There in those city lights, there was no her and there was no him. There was just everything and nothing and the spaces in between, like flickering lights against a never-ending, black sky. There in those city lights, there was no love and there was no hate. There was just listening and talking and understanding every single thing, like the 'ready, stop, go' of car-chasers and dream-makers. There in those city lights, there was no sadness and there was no happiness. There was just candid smiles and wasted tears and bottom lips chewed off, like the overflowing boulevard of things unseen. There in those city lights, there was no lady and there was no man. There was just a boy and a girl, who promised to fall in love, not with each other, but in those city lights. [a blind collaboration by @hepburnettes & @cityscape]

What do you think would happen if you started seeing glimpses through your soulmate's eyes, knowing you're due to meet them in a week? [Book #1 of The Soulmate Series] © felicitate | 2015

"When he first heard her, he knew. She was his bestseller." Before there were great stories, there were only words. Luke's were smart and eloquent but hollow. It was nothing like Emma's story, bleak and awkward, but honest to a fault. This is a coming-of-age journey of a writing prodigy in search of a story, his story, and a doe-eyed, homeless storyteller stifled by secrets, her secrets .

Highest rank: #30 [3/25/17] To Whom My Heart Belongs To, Emotions are a messy thing, but if you learn to forgive others for the mess they have made, you can learn to love. The heart pulls me in one direction, yet my mind resists the force. I hope one day you will be able to know what happened during those days. With love, Lost hearts in a large world --- A girl struggling to comprehend what her mind and heart tell her to do. A boy attempting to ignore the situation that tore her apart. The two sides make the story whole. There was a girl, and then there was a boy. She wanted to love him, but he only wanted to live. He failed to express his love when she poured her soul into loving him. In the end, they were unsure of which chances they would regret not taking, for an untimely death hid beneath their fake smiles. Note: don't let the number of parts scare you away; it's two parts of a story with 26 letters each. The second part is incomplete. Part I: story written through letters for February #justwriteit challengeYou Part II: story for Camp NaNo April 2017

It's the real world, but it isn't. Secrets and dangers lurk below the surface - as well as slavers, strange creatures and a shifting wasteland where humans were once gods. You just need to open your eyes to see past the illusion. You just need to wake up. Meet Anna - a 21 year old cardigan-wearing English major - whose world falls apart when she stumbles home slightly drunk and sees a man dissolve into thin air. From there, hijinks ensue - as hot baristas, Hierarchs, slavers and acid rain make sure to severely disrupt the last year of her degree. She's uncovered a dangerous new world - but soon realises that the truest danger is inside her own skin. *** Jake gazed at me with his pale green eyes and reclined backwards onto his elbows. I realised that the metal on his hands continued up his forearms under his long-sleeved shirt. It was as if his skin had been stripped away, revealing nothing but a machine underneath. “You are a Waker. So am I. And we’re in the unworld right now. Welcome.” He grinned at me without any humour. “We’re in the middle of a war, and you and me are the soldiers on the front line.” For a few long moments I couldn’t speak. Then I cleared my throat and said, “You and I.” *** Follow her journals, music and thoughts as she realises that it isn't real. Anna's Music : http://8tracks.com/users/annawakes Annawakes on Tumblr : http://annawakes.tumblr.com *** Updated weekly! *** (One thousand thank yous to Minnah - an amazing designer and friend - who made this glorious cover (http://winklevines.tumblr.com/) and another thousand thank yous to another bestie, Georgia (http://whatthehellisawinchester.tumblr.com/), a social media goddess and marketing grad who has inspired and directed the various multi-media aspects of Awake.) xx

He saw everything and then he ratted her out. She went away, but now she's back. Silvia Brendor went away to prison for setting fire to her father's boat because of Abe Ronrock, the son of a police officer, who ratted her out to police. And after two years of being locked away, she comes back, seeking revenge on Abe and ready to get her life back in check. But being an ex-con is harder than she thought. Instead of getting back her job as an assistant, she now works for a business renovating yards and gardens. As if that wasn't bad enough, her life gets worse when Abe Ronrock steps back into her life as her "guidian." But it isn’t long before Abe finds himself in the same group as her, thanks to her revenge plot. Silvia knows that Abe’s falling for her and she discovers that this could be the best revenge plot of all. But the more she finds out about his life, and the more he finds out about hers, the harder it gets for Silvia to stop herself from ending up like Abe. Falling for the wrong person. Could they be a perfect match or will she end burning more than just the boat?

Dark haired guy with light eyes are the reason she struggles to stay alive.

Keira is the type of girl your mom warns you about. It doesn't matter though, you'll still go after her. You want to change her. You'll think it's working. She'll pretend to love you, then break your heart. She doesn't care when you end up crying, because everyone told you to stay away. She's a flame and you get trapped in the blaze, thinking you'll never get burned because her fire is ice cold. You catch frostbite instead. A story about how people aren't what they seem. to be :: volume II #149 Teen Fiction 5/14/16 Completed 7/28/16

in which a suicidal boy, learns how to drown his demons from a girl who is learning to live with her own. [lower case for stylistic purposes] [highest rank - #124 in short story as on 11-12-2016] cover by - @crookednights