❝ Don't be afraid of the shadow at the end of the tunnel. It only means that there is a light nearby ❞ Juniper Stauff was an outgoing, enthusiastic, forever smiling girl. She also considered herself to be a superhero for she was the one who restored what was destroyed within the walls of Phantom High. All that ended when this little superhero decided to rebel and pursue her hearts most true desires. Was Juniper going to achieve what her heart wanted so badly or was her heart going to end up wounded in the process? She already had a deteriorating heart so what else did she have to lose? { Copyright © republicans. All Rights Reserved }

It's always the same every year, that one dreaded day. February 14th. But, this year, it's different. This year, Arizona May has a valentine. Specifically, a valentine who also has a dangerously sexy older brother. // humor #31 / short story #63 //

Lines We Forget is now published and available in both e-book and paperback on Amazon and at all good book retailers. *** Love never comes easy, especially to those who aren't prepared for it... Twenty-four-year-old musician Charlie Stone has always played the classics. It's just another day of playing the same old songs when he notices her-Anna Garrett, a beauty with cold-bitten, rosy cheeks and a coffee cup clutched in her hands. Five songs later, and she's still standing there. He vows to steal her heart the only way he knows how. In the heart of London, chance encounters are few and far between, but a warm melody can bring people together... New day, same old disappointments. Anna Garrett believes her luck at finding love has stalled before it's even started when she's stood up for a second date with a friend of her housemate. But when she sees a handsome musician playing his heart out, everything changes. Memories come flooding back. As she listens to the music, Anna realises she must take matters of love and luck into her own hands. When opposites attract, sparks fly... After a series of wonderful, unconventional dates, feisty Anna and hopeless romantic Charlie declare their love for each other. But their newfound bond is rocked to its core by a New Year's Eve party gone awry that threatens to throw them off course. Finally, a bright future appears to be within their grasp. But when Anna's world fractures and distance comes between them, the real work begins. Will their love go on in perfect harmony, or become another old song full of Lines We Forget? *** All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Copyright (c) 2016 J. E. Warren & Limitless Publishing Cover Copyright (c) 2016 J.E. Warren

they say death is something written down, something made to happen. they say it's inevitable. it is. but apparently, that doesn't make it hurt any less. © s.g. Humor #363, 06/19/14 Short Story #342, 06/03/14

"Her name was Autumn but her smile was as bright as the summer sun." Finn's heartbreaking story in which he tries to live his last days to the fullest. 30 day writing challenge by @figurative / @threesixtyfive [terminal]

A body positivity movement, in which Belle Moore emphasises the beauty of our birthday suits.

A seventeen year old boy named Jacob meets his (potentially insane) birth father for the first time, and goes with him on a road trip to dig up Nazi war paintings, hoping for a quick million. Or billion. Whatever works. A story about loving the ones who raised you and forgiving the ones who didn't.

Sometimes love isn't enough. Here are Alicia and Ethan at the start of junior year. Perfectly happy, utterly in love. Here is Alicia again, one year later. Perfectly heartbroken, perfectly confused. Because Ethan killed himself and left her feeling utterly alone. [cover by @Chocoluv3r]

Brielle Evans was an ordinary girl with an ordinary job at the local bakery. However, she had a not-so-ordinary problem - acute lymphocytic leukemia. When seventeen-year-old Tyler walks into the bakery, Brielle's life turns upside down. Spending all of their free time together, when will Tyler find out Brielle's secret, or will it be too late? Not cancer story, merely a story about a girl with cancer.

This is not going to go the way you think.