When aliens invade, four baristas are forced to become the saviours of the world. Grab your double-shot of java and strap in - it's going to be a bumpy ride! ***** In the Earth's darkest hour, unexpected heroes are stirring... their coffee, that is. Four baristas on a camping trip are under-qualified to save the world from an alien invasion. But thanks to a hologram with no fashion sense, newly developed superpowers and an alien with a guilty conscience, they've landed the job anyway! So grab your double-shot of java, your blueberry muffin and strap in - Hasta barista, baby. [[2018 Wattys winner and twice featured]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Please note this is a sample of the book, which has been published and is available for purchase: Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WKFVKQJ Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1644342154

What is the point of death? Why can't everyone just be immortal?

Olivia has always been ready to meet her Matched partner. However, when the Matching system fails, she is paired with Neo - a heartbroken boy who is totally uninterested in her. *** Olivia Jensen has always known that she will be meeting with her Matched partner at eighteen. She is confident that she will be the perfect pair for him to love her. What she does not expect is Neo Carmichael, a boy who already has loved someone outside of his Match and is not interested in being with her. Completely taken aback by his confession, Olivia finds herself to be the first incompatible Match with Neo by a seemingly 'perfect' Matching system. What seems to be the first signs of the system failing ends up opening a whole new world for Neo and Olivia as they navigate a life that they discover to have been built upon lies and secrets. (Book One of the Death of the Future Series) [[Editor's Pick | April 2021]]

Sam was the lonely wallflower of her pack. She was the goodie two shoes that was as innocent as an angel; she never drank or smoked. But when she reached the mature of 17, she finds her mate, the one and only alpha-too-be. But when he realised that she was his mate, he did not think twice about rejecting her. A heartbroken Sam disappears from the pack without a trace. But a year and a half later, Sam winds up on the borders of her old pack, wounded and in need of help. Will the alpha who rejected her, help her? Can he accept that she has changed? Will she let herself live out her last days happy? 'I can't stop crying.' @JulietBanzuela 'this was by far one of the best werewolf stories ive read on here && i normally dont read this particular genre :).' @koko_bby ''m crying so hard! I love how it wasn't cliche!' @Karinaleon48 'Omg I'n crying and can't stop. You wrote this chapter so beautifully. I can't describe how good your story was. Just know that it was amazing and the ending was so fitting. This is a story that will forever have a special place in my heart.' @IlseBakker

Aden Perri has problems. The last day of school his girlfriend calls it quits. And proceeds to move on a little too quickly. His friends disappear, leaving him to spend the summer alone. His mother buys a dog. Aden hates dogs. The scar on his leg confirms it. And his new job titles are garbage collector and toilet scrubber. At least he'll be out in nature, excepted he hates the outdoors. Aden's ready to barricade himself in his room, until school starts back up in the fall. His mother won't allow it, and his father is ready to do some character building. They drag him out and drive him to Beaver Lake. His father loads him with a bucket and a mop and sends him off to clean campground toilets. The local campers just laugh as the poor garbage boy wandered around picking up after them. All but one. One very strange, shirtless, barefoot boy who Aden will never understand. But the boy makes it bearable, so he'll let him stick around. It's not like Titus is really going to give Aden a choice anyways. *** I've been wanting to make the Demon Series into a graphic novel for years, and being on Tapas has made me really start to consider doing it. I had some of it posted before but I'm reworking the style-simplifying it!

A story of ambiguous love and fluidity based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid," a mysterious ocean creature falls in love with a charming and beautiful human being, and the two must navigate through the obstacles this love brings. Angry fathers, a betrayed friendship and mayhem ensues between kingdoms. Distant memories of the past turn to realizations of the present, and entire societies begin to crumble. A story that will leave your heart all a flutter or shattered.

Dre, a sixteen year old boy living in a world that seemed so small and so cruel. Lack of light and dreams. His life was turned upside down from such an early age and all he'd known was that his father didn't love the child he helped create. A knife went a little too deep and now his entire life is ... just silent. But what happens when he finds someone he really likes but can't tell them how he feels ? Will he even tell anyone so he can be saved from such torture? Will his abusive father let him go ? Or will his own feelings, torture him to the breaking point? I'm Just Silent Warning: mentions of abuse, SA, mental health, body image, mental torture. Read at your own risk! * Will be edited once it is completed*

A collection of the most memorable videos from a bunch of bands. Why? Because I'm trash.

"Why are there so many hotline stories on your website?" "...Excuse me?" "And tech support stories. Nobody falls in love with the tech support guy at Best Buy, let me tell you that." {highest rank: #17 s.s.} ||cover by -riparian || NOT AFFILIATED WITH WATTPAD