The Weight of Silence is a poignant short story that explores the quiet, internal landscape of grief. After the slow, silent unraveling of a relationship, Lena finds herself navigating life with a heart heavy with unspoken sorrow. Trained since childhood to suppress emotion, she moves through the world with practiced composure-until a single tear breaks the dam she's held for far too long. Set against the muted hum of the city and the changing seasons, this intimate narrative captures the quiet ache of loss, the strength in vulnerability, and the first small steps toward healing.

maya smiles- but behind it hides a world of pain at sixteen Maya mastered the art of faking happiness . school is her only escape from the chilling silence of home, where her mother love is conditional and her father absence speak louder than words. but when the holiday arrive, Maya is sent to her step uncle where something that shattered her world happens. when she finally speak up the people she trusts the most silence her in the name of family pride. isolated and shrinking into depression Maya thought she is alone - until she discovers righteous branch a group of fearless girls who refuse to be silent anymore Hollow is a gripping tale of survival and a fight to reclaim your voice

A story about a 15 year old who has mental illness she didn't now she had until she was sectioned in the mental health ward in st James' hospital from when she had a suicide attempt. read to know what happened to her and what she has for the future. not all the story is based on a real life person but some parts are. enjoy reading x

25 year old Theodora Avery loves her job at the city's top independent interior design agency. Well she used to. But now? Now, she is collaborating on a project with a designer from another agency, and he is the most obnoxious, arrogant and dominating man she has ever experienced. And the worse part? Theo cannot ignore how undeniably sexy Rhett is and how she burns with desire every time she sees him. Rhett has never, ever had to collaborate on a project. He is the best in the business. When he is told he must collaborate with another designer, and one from an independent agency at that, he sees red. That is until he meets her. Instantly drawn to her beautiful blue eyes, golden hair and come-at-me attitude, Rhett is given a run for his money. But Rhett likes a challenge and he knows he won't mind rattling this woman a little bit. For the first time, both Theo and Rhett find themselves questioning their beliefs about work and relationships, especially when they are mixed for pleasure.

Jamie Abrahms was a nineteen-year-old college student. Her father walked out on her family when she was young, and her mother has always struggled to keep food on the table. When Jamie's mother took a job that places them in the middle of the gang-ridden part of Boston, things looked worst than they ever have before. Jamie has previously had multiple offers to play D1 basketball all over the country. However, she had turned down all the opportunities to care for her older brother with severe autism. Jamie's mother has never been able to get a caretaker for her brother; so, Jamie is forced to care for her brother while juggling on and off courses at a community college. Her life is forced to change when a notorious gang leader and drug dealer finds Jamie on his basketball courts. He is intrigued by the talent she has on the court, and he might be able to help her achieve her dreams. But, at what cost? Cover by sixty6ix

Don't you think it is about time that we see a woman as an heiress to a billion-dollar empire? All Veronica Tate-Moore wants to do is live a normal college life, but the business streets of New York are calling her. Her dad has told her she has until the middle of the college term until the press release tells the world who she really is: the new CEO of the multi-billion dollar Moore Inc. Things turn complicated when there is a mole in the company her first week as CEO and the only suspect is the ever charming Chad Baker... Is he being set up or is Veronica falling for a monster? There's more at stake for Veronica than her billions. Mix together scandal, lies, friendship, and love- and you have Veronica Moore's life. -------- We've been staring at each other for what feels likes ages and I can feel my cheeks deepen their tomato colour (not that I thought it was humanly possible). He doesn't say a thing, so I decide to break the silence. "Yes?" I wimpier out. He's taking a step closer to me. I retaliate by taking one back, but my back hits the door behind me. He leans down and whispers in my ear with his face so close that his breath is causing the hairs on my neck to rise. "Who are you?"

A near-death experience leads Sylvia Thomas to leave the big city for a brief vacation to a cabin in the mountains. She'd left the grand city of Dol'Sera for a fresh start. A new place. Time to decide where her life was headed now that things had changed. But things are not as they seem in this new small town. The military is patrolling day and night, a religious cult preaches of gods long forgotten, there are whispers of things that cannot be, and at times..the earth trembles. Nothing makes sense, and the longer she stays, the more confusing it gets. Until one day... Death nearly finds her again, and she wakes up in a collapsed underground passage into a government guarded prison. When she meets the man-the god who has saved her, she realizes those within the cells still hold more power over the world than she could ever imagine. Her own world is thrown for a head spin when she gets caught and is forced to work for her freedom. Her only way back to a normal life is to learn the inmate's plans to escape and help prevent it. She doesn't know if she can. Or if all those inside deserve to be. But what she knows for certain is that though the world may have forgotten those who dwell in those cells. They have not forgotten the world, and that which was once theirs. All illustrations by @talia.nobel *please do not repost without tagging*

Greta North has recently graduated high school and has no plans for what she wants to do next with her life. After learning a secret her parents have been keeping from her she decides to seek out the family that she never knew. What she starts to set in motion will change both of her families forever.

Six friends that met through their co-ed freshman dorms at Earhart University have another year to get their lives right, which is more than any of them could have hoped for. However, when personal issues begin to bring them down, they unknowingly split into pairs to confide in as few of the group members as possible. In their own, different ways, the relationships formed there take a turn in new directions, but despite the good that is done, it isn't enough to stop the downfall of one of their own. Five friends remain at the end of the spring semester, and the school wants to know the truth: what happened? And worse, who is to blame? (a more detailed, character-driven description can be found in the first chapter)

"Whatever Jessa, you may have fans now, but in the real world- you'll always be a nobody" Multimedia star Jessica Thompson is loved by many...on the internet. Her life looks like a fairytale on instagram and tiktok, but her verified mark puts a target on her for bullying at school. Luckily she puts the persona on of not caring but theres a lot more to Jess than people know. Will anyone get to know the real her or will she always pretend to be someone she's not?