incandescent

we kept each other away from the cold. - a collection of words [ © victoria g. two thousand and fourteen]

The Misfortunes of Lolita

A/N: This is an unedited, significantly different version of the soon to be published novel by losangelesque aka L. Akhter. This draft was written when I was 15-18 years old and I highly encourage new readers to read the published version instead. Former high school football star Frank Novak meets profound and depress...

Blood (COMPLETED) (UNDERGOING EDITING)

"What is it about you, Kira?" Oliver asked, more to himself than me, in a whisper. I could hardly breathe with him being so close and my heart was pounding almost painfully hard. "I don't know what you mean." I answered in an out of breathe manner, though I believed he was feeling the same as me. I wished I didn't hav...

Home For The Lost

AnchoredShips quote contest entry. cover by @peterpanner [ © billie rose two-thousand-&-fourteen ]

Twenty

❝ Blow out all the candles, you're too old to be so shy. ❞ © nate k. 2014

Essays, Etc.

An essay book about my life, and, on occasion, the lives of others as well.

Wool

They weighed her down like a sweater that would never fit. _________________________________________________________ -editing, slow updates- Cover by @etherealinsanity

She

❝ She is a mystery, so he seeks answers. ❞ © nate k. 2014

Lucky

❝ He got too curious so she finally reveals what makes it so special. ❞ © nate k. 2014

nights

it was in the darkest hours of the day that i felt most comfortable in. a collection of words: [ © victoria g. two thousand and fourteen ] |cover created by -therapy|

Fear of Flying ✓

A fear of flying is one thing. Being seated next to a Tetris-addict who claims to be the Reaper is quite another. "He pulled out a business card. Where his profession should have been stated, the card read 'Destroyer of Worlds'. Nodding slowly, I pocketed the card." [check out the new spin off: http://www.wattpa...

monsters.

❝When we grow, we stop searching the monsters under the bed, instead, we search in our heads.❞ [other #161-10/25/13 ● spiritual #81 -01-27-14]

Nuit Blanche

Sleep--it's his fondest wish, and her greatest fear. A different kind of love story: one of shyness, humor, heart, humanity, and, most of all, sleeplessness.

therapy

"they told us that we needed therapy, as if medication and tainted words could fix broken toys."

Grim

‘Cause Grim really isn’t that bad of a guy; he just has a terrible rep. {Correspondence between the Bringer of Death and a girl, not by the means of letters – because let’s face it, nobody has time for them anymore.} (© vanities 2013)

Until I Met You

For Jessalyn and her mom, moving to the small town of Avondale, California seemed like the perfect decision; they wanted the new scenery but what they really needed was a new start. Jessalyn Hartley had always been shy and one to keep to herself, but now, as she enters her final year of high school at Crestview High...

All the Wrong Reasons

They married for the wrong reasons. He married her for the money and status, while she married him to start over again. It doesn’t really matter why exactly they married, but what happens when he starts to feel something towards his own wife. And what happens when the trouble she left behind catches up with her?

Her Romanian Beast

Calista and her father moves to Romania a year after they painfully lost Calista's mother in a terrible fire. The pain is still very fresh for Calista especially with a physical reminder. Calista's father believes that they could come back together if they have a fresh start. He hinges on it. When her father finds th...

He Was A Dog When I Left, I Swear!

"I can't really remember much before I was four," I admitted, shrugging my shoulders. "Four seems to be where I stop." He nodded, digging his teeth into his lower lip as he stepped in front of the window, as if to protect us both from someone looking in. "I'm going to tell you the truth, Blue, and you've got to promi...

About A Girl

In Seth Ryan's own words.

Band On The Run

Keely Staub has grown up. At least that's what she thinks has happened. No longer a naive eighteen year old being introduced to a music industry that's equal parts grandeur and grime, she might even be considered a veteran. At just twenty six, she's lived almost too much of a life in the intervening years since she fi...

Just What I Needed

In life there are things that are said, and then there are those that remain unsaid. For Keely Staub, her life mostly remained in the latter category. She kept the one true love, music, hidden from even her best friends. But when one song changed the world she lived in, shaking it to it's very core, everything she kno...

Lady and the Wolf [Book One, Lady and the Wolf Series] -Published-

"Fate is tricky and her time is limited. She can love without reason, and forgive without thought - that is her curse and her gift. Be that as it may, the wolf will remain by Red Riding Hood's side for all eternity, for she is a lady, and he, a monster." - Aleksandra Volkov. Van Volkov was born with a curse, a demon t...

As I Am

"Do you want to talk? You know, about everything?" Evan asks. He's staring up at the star-covered sky as he holds our brown bag of French fries. I finish my sip of my vanilla milkshake despite not wanting to stop and follow his gaze. The stars twinkle against the black and wish I had brought my camera. Somehow I thou...

My Bad Boy

Kelsey Mays knows everything there is to know when it comes to loving a bad boy. They're uncaring jerks who will leave you brokenhearted and alone without a second thought. So when Julio enters her life, she pretty much has him all figured out. But when they become lab partners in a project she would rather not do, s...

The Concept of Perfection

After an accident claims her twin’s life, Addy’s “perfect life” falls apart. She had the greatest friends, the most understanding family, the perfect best friend who’s also her twin brother, but she lost everything in one snap. Her perfect life comes to an end. If that wasn’t bad enough, she is forced to live in Blue...

Fragments

One bridge. Two guys. Three secrets. Four therapists. Five attempts. Six months. Seven bad habits. Eight family meetings. Nine visits. Ten cuts. One death. Spiritual #4

The Race

Lennox Gordon had basically trained for the Race all her life. She was always cool, calm, and collected when it came to the month and a half Race around the United States. She never let anything get in her way or distract her. But then Kier Portner came along and changed everything. Kier's the newbie in the Race a...

Miles Away

What happens when you leave your heart with the one who’s miles away? Meet Jagger Linden – Lead singer to up and coming rock band Fight the Fury with enough issues and one night stands to write twenty albums. His dream? To tour the world with his best friends and add to the list of girls who worshipped him. Meet Ella...

Virtue and Vice

"If I'm going down, I might as well pick my poison. I pick you." *** A Cobalt Bay Billionaires story. *** She couldn't be sure whether he was her predator or protector... but she was doomed to love him either way. *** It was a summer they will never forget. Young and naive Cassandra Collins finds herself offe...