Salutations, everyone. I decided that instead of polluting my nice, clean, pleasant poetry book with strange, disturbing poetry, I'd create another collection. Most of these poems will be stories about people or events, and some will have murder, death, and curious characters. I hope that you enjoy these anyway, sincerely, K. M. Marugg Edit: This is an old, old work of fiction, but I am keeping it published for now, because I still find it amusing, even if I don't feel that it's any good.

"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.

A short poem about the tragic battle of Thermopylae, in which three hundred Spartans held back thousands of Persians as a rearguard for the retreating Greeks.

#132 in Poetry at one point in time. This, my friends, is an ongoing collections of random poems that I occasionally choose to publish. Please feel free to comment and/or critique any of my poems, as I will probably be giving out dedications to those who do. I write about a broad range of subjects, so if you have a writing dare for me (ie. Write a haiku about writing a haiku) I will gladly accept! Please comment, like, follow, or PM me if you enjoy these poems. Happy reading! -SapphirePheonix42

In the desert, an instant turns life into death and hate into love. In the desert, everything is different. Boundaries break down, and you find yourself doing things that you would never, ever have imagined. Lilly Linton finds this out the hard way: in the shadow of the pyramids, she and her boss, cold, calculating Mr Ambrose, must face death and danger together. Is the desert's heat enough to melt the cold heart of Britain's richest financier? WINNER of the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD in the Wattys 2016 Sequel to Robert Thier's #1 Hit 'Storm and Silence'

Reviewed in "Read It 'Cause It's Teen Fic" By The RoundTable. "Whatever you do, don't crack. If you crack, you fail. " Cracking means you're breaking. You're falling apart. But sometimes, you have to fall apart in order to fall together. *********************************** Zeenath has secrets. Things she's trying to hide, things she's trying to run away from. But that's hard to do when everything around her reminds her of what she's lost. She's been running. Running from her past. Running in the park, concentrating on one foot in front of the other. It's how she silences her mind. But when she meets another group of teenagers in college, she learns everyone has their demons. No matter how much she tries to hide her own, someone always finds out. And the dark, probing eyes of the silent, dark-haired Damian aren't making things any easier for her... Will Zeenath learn to let others into her life again? Will she find friendship, and in the process, find herself? Told in a series of journal entries and letters, join Zeenath on a heartwarming story about friendship, love, and loss. Because you're never too old to learn to let go and smile. Because people change...but memories never do.

This is a collection of short stories written by Wattpadders who love their Science Fiction as much as we do. It aims to celebrate the diversity of the genre both in sub-genre, length and style, so whether you like Steampunk or Hard SciFi, Space Opera or Dystopian, fanfiction or a drabble, we know you'll find something in here you like. Explore, read, enjoy. Come one, come all. Welcome to Nano-Bytes!

A longer, humorous poem about the evils of technology and television.

I know I had a description written somewhere... But I can't seem to find it. Science Fiction Short Stories

Do you remember Garrowby Hill as I do?