These are just small pieces of our days. Bus rides, cold mornings, the kind of talk that slips out without any plan behind it. Nothing big. Nothing that would matter to anyone else. Just the things we noticed before they faded. I wrote them down here because, well... if I didn't, they'd vanish quickly like a wave of the sea does. One moment they're right in front of you, and then they're gone, tucked somewhere in the past where you can't reach them anymore. Maybe putting them here doesn't save anything, not really. But it lets me look at them for a little longer. All I can do is catch them for a moment - the light, the voices, the way the city feels when it breathes - and leave them on these pages. These stories were ours. These quiet seconds, these almost-forgotten scenes. But, it doesn't matter because they belonged to us for a moment. And now, they belong to you for a moment too. PS: I'll release this on Royal Road! Stay tuned!

Two ambitious women rose through Wall Street together. One fall shattered everything. Clare believed she'd found a friend in her colleague. She never saw the undercurrents-resentment sharpened behind smiles, loyalty twisted into leverage, admiration curdling into something far darker. She had no idea what was being cataloged, or how long the tally had been kept. Now one of them is dead after a rooftop fall that looks less like an accident by the hour. The police want answers. The other woman can't give them. Not because she won't- but because she's no longer certain what happened in those final seconds. As old secrets surface and small cruelties reveal their true shape, the line between victim and perpetrator blurs. Memory fractures. Motives distort. And the truth-whatever it is-is more dangerous than any lie. On Wall Street, loyalty is a pretense. Friendship is a liability. In the end, every frenemy has her day... And someone always falls.

"What do I hunger for..." The existence of Shades are as old as history. Soul-eating entities with skin as black as ink and a presence as cold as ice. They don't have an end goal, their only purpose: To steal, kill, destroy and most of all, to Consume. One of these Shades meets Dawn, a shy, noble girl that's still coping the loss of her father, who died three years prior. In a last second decision, the Shade possesses her umbrella. All the while, making a vow, to not just watch over her as she enters a new school, but also to protect her from the rest of his species.

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What if the world tearing itself apart was what brought two star-crossed lovers together? As World War I rages, a war also rages inside the hearts of Will and Anasasia (Anna) Johnson, two orphans adopted into the same home without their knowledge. When he's called to serve, and she nearly dies from the Spanish Flu, their bond deepens into a forbidden love that defies morality, family, and faith itself. As their love is slowly discovered, the town turns against them, and they retreat into each other. Will clings to Anna as his neurodiverse Lighthouse, and his yellow rose, the woman he would cross Texas for. Anna latches on to him as her neurotypical anchor, the one who interprets the world and makes it safe for her. As their love deepens, they must decide whether or not to stand firm as they face down the loss of the friends, futures, and possibly their lives. Haunted by memories from past lives lost, and apparitions that even others can see, Will and Anna begin to suspect that this might not be their first time falling in love. The Lighthouse of Galveston is a haunting story of forbidden love, war, soulmates, sacrifice, civil rights, and the gray areas of the human heart. It's perfect for readers who enjoy: Star-crossed lovers Slow-burn romantic tension War-shadowed coming-of-age stories Historical fiction with psychological realism Literary romance with moral complexity Haunting love stories with metaphysical undertones Written with sharp psychological realism, it asks: Do we choose who we love? What kinds of love are acceptable? How far should we go to protect the people we love most? And most importantly Is it ok not to have all the answers? For readers of Cold Mountain, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Atonement, The Lighthouse of Galveston explores how even the purest love can challenge everything we believe about right and wrong.

Damian DeGuia's your average 16 year old kid - just trying to keep his grades up, navigate through the motions of high school, and maintain the friend group he cherishes. From maintaining the growth he's gained from his past of constant temper to hiding his crush from everyone he knows, his life is a similar path most may have followed before. But underneath his stoic demeanour lies a web of feelings, struggles, and a goal to prove that he's not the angry little kid he was. Combined with the impending sense of doom and the recent increase of UFO sightings growing around Damian's oh-so regular life, will he be capable of holding it all together? Or will it all collapse and crumble to dust? ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1,000 READS: NOV 15, 2025 #2 IN ORIGINALSTORY WE UP

Tessa is just trying to survive her last year of university. What happens when someone from her university starts studying her a little too closely? The warnings for this book are at the end of chapter one. Some of them are in the tags as well.