skinny love : (n.) when two people love each other, but are too shy to admit it, even though they still show it. Paristella's Contest ~ Round 2 [ Short Story #54 / Romance #240 ]
One thing Declan hates most in this world is cats. So when his girlfriend Heidi asks him to watch her cat for a week, he finds himself in an awkward position. Not wanting to risk his relationship with Heidi he agrees, because it's just one cat. How bad can it be?
A painful breakup pushes Kyla Evans to get into a fake relationship with the person her ex-boyfriend hates the most: Seth Everett. But what will she do when the game starts to feel too real? ***** Seventeen-year-old Kyla has sworn off love. After ge...
"Anna dislikes being stuck three-quarters of the way down a chimney. She really does. Not to mention, she's still going round North America, and there's, like, three continents still to get through in about as many hours."
When paper burns, it doesn't just turn to ashes. This is the story of Lily and Keaton. Of the boy who was hopelessly lost, and of the girl who was his oasis in a sea of strangers. Most of all, of how he found himself turning paper to ashes.
For all who felt caged by life... please do read this poem, I hope this will be your realization. (^_^)
❝it was always you and me; always us against the world. but i only realised that four days after.❞ a story about learning to forgive.
He disappears with magic. She sits on her chair all day. But when the two collide... The Ghost of the school and the New Damaged Girl consume in their flaws. © 2014 All rights reserved | Short-Story #1 |
In which I am you, you are me, and we are the moments that define us.
A dialogue short story about the things we wake up to that remind us there are still things in this life worth waking up for. ante meridiem - [adv. & adj.] "before noon;" Abbr: A.M. Or a.m. [credit to owner of image (not me)]
Author Note: If you have already read my story 'The Northman's Bride', this is the same story with no changes or edits. I have written a full length novel, book 3 in my Sons of the North series and have decided to use the title 'The Northman's Bride' for it. I apologize for any confusion. What would you do with only...
Hudson Ellis is good at his job. Somehow, he manages not to annoy people when he knocks at their doors and asks them to contribute to the charity he works for - instead, he gets them to sign up for sponsoring programmes and fish whatever spare change they have out of their pockets. Even the infamously tough residents...
"Just don't go falling in love with me, loser." Falling in love is hard. Falling out of love is harder.
My debut historical romance transports readers to 12th century Sweden, where a powerful Viking lord will discover a fierce heart cannot be taken by mere force. Lida was married to the love of her life for just two months when she became a widow. Pregnant and disowned by her late husband’s family for suspected infidel...
It's a scary thing to do -- trusting someone with the most special thing about you; the thing that defines you as a person: your name. There's no telling what comes after it when someone speaks. It could be positive, and it could also be negative. But sometimes you just have to take a chance and open yourself to every...
❝I know that even with the seams stitched tightly, darling, scars will remain.❞ He was a contradiction to me; the light at the end of my pitiful tunnel. I shouldn't have loved him because I was me and I didn't love, but I did. Above everyone else, he was the only one who made me want to change my pessimistic opinions...
Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * Being re-written completely as of May 14, 2021
When you decide to name your dog Steak, you're just asking for a wacky pet. top ranks: short story #100, humour #240 [current fabulous cover by @Moria7]
