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Camp Runaway by leigh_
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Running away from their jobs as camp counselors, Ellie and Seb embark on a road trip with unexpected turns en route to their destination - New York. ***** Camp Raukawee was meant to be where Ellie Morrison and Sebastian Lee spent their summer working as camp counselors, but they've had enough. Escaping in the middle of the night, the friends hatch a crazy plan to make their way to New York to visit Ellie's dad, who she hasn't seen since he moved five years ago. Along the way, however, a series of cities and events have the pair not only questioning their individual futures, but wondering what will happen to the growing spark between them as the countdown to adulthood begins. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet
Alice's Restaurant Rock Radio by bobbelcher
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"I am so unsophisticated, my only hope is to circle back around and possibly become sophisticated again." -- casey (@doctorhorrible) ☀︎☼☀︎ in which the great marley eels and co. (sort of) have an epiphany to (maybe) change the world by (possibly, but probably not) going werewolf hunting. inspired by @KeepYourFocus' revolutionaries writing challenge.
The Mayor Of Pontybridge by frankenwhine
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In which Flo Parker teams up with Harper Hatley, radio host and notorious opponent of Clement Hessenheffer, to try and get her Dad into office before he gives up on his biggest aspiration: becoming the Mayor of Pontybridge (and rubbing it in Clement's face). (cover by @erupted)
Bad Habits by frankenwhine
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What do you get when you put a vicar, a stripper, a lazy high-school graduate and an ex-nun in a minibus together and send them off in search of Aspen Willinger? Chaos, that's what. (cover by @erupted)
The Bathroom Stall by Infatuated
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A short story of an abandoned bathroom stall door giving desperate, heartbroken girls relationship advice, hot guys incorrectly trying to woo hearts, a stupid dare in action, and irrationality ruling the minds of every character.
The Protagonists by ruleone
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They were different people who wished for different things. All Benji wanted was to survive high school without failing his six AP classes. Josephine wanted to win every debate competition she stepped into, and quite frankly, everything else she ever did in life. Snyder just wanted people to never call him by his first name, or even better, never talk to him at all. They were different people with different wishes, but in the end they all got the same thing: weekly book discussions.
Wholesome by ruleone
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Maribel thinks she is happy, in the 'I only interact with other humans when I order my cup of overpriced coffee' kind of way. Bishop thinks he is happy, in the 'I want to hug everyone and kiss every baby' kind of way. The two different definitions of the word collide, as well as the people who hold them. //Short Story #65
See Spot Run by bobbelcher
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An apology for the life of Snoopy Kennicott (or at least, the first twenty-five years of it).
Playing Sleep by belora
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Jason is nineteen-year-old uni student with a chronic case of insomnia. Emily is a seventeen-year-old high school girl with sporadic bursts of crippling anxiety. The two live in different worlds, but when they meet at a pop-up-punk concert, Jason just can't let her go. He had tried nearly every thinkable cure for his disorder, but in the end, all it took was a mixtape, seven phone calls, and a very special girl to get Jason to sleep. Short Story #228 22/10/14 | Teen-Fiction #304 14/09/15 © belora / bee s. 2014
Finding Ford by dougmcquaid
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Jas gives me a sympathetic look. She sighs heavily, long nails tapping against the wooden table, dodging the 'Missing' posters scattered all over the surface. "Maybe," she finally says, "Just maybe, he doesn't want to be found, Ava." I clench my jaw. "No. I refuse to believe that. He's not like that." "What do you know?" Jas snorts, finally withdrawing her hand from the table and turning back to look at me. "You don't even know him." xx Ford Wilson was in three out of four of Ava Jackson's classes. They had one mutual friend, did a project together once in sophomore year, and had the same lunch. When Ava's car had broke down, she had even ended up parked outside of Ford's house, asking for gas. In Ava's life, he was everywhere. And yet, she didn't notice him until he was nowhere to be found.