Jeune 20s, Strange cities

Collections of short stories about young 20 somethings, in strange places.

Chizuru 千鶴

For Chizuru, life in Kushiro is all that she ever wanted; far from the blaring noise of the city, simple, and even with the absence of her father, everything seems perfect as long as she is with her mom. But when she found out about her mom's illness and that they needed to go to Tokyo to examine her, Chizuru realiz...

TWO-WAY MIRROR

Billionaire John Sheppard almost destroyed our world 10 years ago. He's been in hiding ever since. Now an enemy only he can see has opened a doorway from an alternate Earth where his mistake was far more devastating. Will they make everyone on earth pay for his crime? Can he save us all... can he forgive himself? A...

The 31st Floor (Cellphone Novel)

A tall building with 32 stories. The elevator takes you up slowly. Floor numbers light up as you ascend. 29... 30... 32... Wait... where's 31? [Written in 2013; originally published on textnovel]

Deception

In a time after a terrible plague came an era of peace and harmony among the six thousand, five hundred and forty three survivors. Sixty five years later there were still six thousand, five hundred and forty three survivors, who resided in a town called Mount Wescott, jagged peaks and forests surrounding it in every...

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Six teens are devoted to a game with one rule: If a player gets tagged, they must change their life within the next fifteen minutes. The better the player, the bigger the change. One might give their car away, or punch the school bully. Another might change identities or sacrifice their virginity. Anything to keep evo...

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The Book Nook

[WATTPAD STAFF PICK] "This story has it all - romance, mystery and books! You'll love the quirky characters and enticing plot." - @TEJJohnson - Wattpad Sales Development Specialist https://twitter.com/wattpad/status/745240165984145408 They met in a bookstore; he, a quiet, bookish boy content with watching life p...

The Universe Revealed

The Universe Revealed is my attempt to discuss more thoroughly the main questions that we humans should ask about our existence, our universe and our place in it. These are mostly my thoughts on science, religion and philosophy as it applies to the human condition. My first book, The Theory of Nothing, covered many su...

Anthology of Short Stories - Vol. 1 (Literary Fiction)

The anthology showcases works of literary fiction from talented writers on Wattpad on an ongoing basis. Send short story submissions of less than 5000 words to wattpadlit@gmail.com in the email body text (don't use attachments) for review, if you believe your work fits the essence of "literary fiction". See our profil...

The Fringe Wars

War looms on the horizon... After the colonization of Mars and Europa, it took us fewer than five generations to reach beyond our solar system and discover new planets capable of supporting human life. Too far away to be governed under Earth law, the Collective was formed. Several hundred years later, the Collective...

All Is Silence - Deserted Lands #1

ALL IS SILENCE finished #37 of 151 for Wattpad's Story of the Year! Also a WATTYS 2015 - Dream Collections Winner! Thanks to everyone who added me to their collections! You made my year! The sequel, STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS, is available in print and e-book on all major ebook sites. If you are interested in hearing abou...

The Things We Bury - Part 1: In Anticipation of the End of the World [Completed]

In the spring of 2012, the US government captured a creature that wasn't supposed to exist. Faced with a monster of myth and nightmares, they built a secret facility half a mile beneath the earth to lock it away. But the scientists and caregivers charged with observing this specimen have been selected because of the c...

Eden Can Wait

When a young Boston reporter Ryan West finds himself unemployed and his reputation damaged as a result of an unsanctioned journalistic investigation, he starts looking for alternative ways to pay his bills. Soon his search takes him into a strange world of a mysterious scientific experiment conducted by a secretive or...

The Fall of Man

So much for an easy way to go. After thirty nine long years, each squandered day chained inexorably and uneventfully to the next, this is how it ends. How appropriate. Blinking back tears, Joanna shakes out another handful of pills into the palm of her hand... Environmental catastrophe, dismissed by many as myth or pr...

The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-ol...

Naked Minds

North America is reeling from the effects of psychedelic gas attacks perpetrated by a mysterious terrorist group. Appearing through the hallucinatory fog is Johnny, a Red Cross volunteer from Europe. He desperately tries to make sense of the drugged, chaotic world he discovers upon his arrival in Toronto. A small Mes...

Millennial's Monologue: Secret Dramas in Our Hearts & Souls

REAL LIFE STORY: I was a stereotypical high achiever in an Ivy League school who got suspended for plagiarism; April was a sweet girl who worked in a high-end prostitution ring. We were both in our early twenties when we became friends. A perfect timing, because my heart was full and swollen, so was hers. With the...

Confusion in Underground Clouds

This is a collection of assorted poems, detailing one consciousness extending and swirling into another, and another, and another.

Drowsy

The Sleep Trilogy. Book one: Drowsy (complete), Book two: Catharsis (ongoing), are both collected here. About sleepy feelings, sharp moments.

BATTLE FOR MINDSHARE

In the times of the transhumans… The human upgrade economy is in full swing. Life has never been better. “What did people do before you could be anything you wanted to be?” asks Doc Holiday’s assistant. “I have no idea. Must have been a hell of an existence,” she replies. Doc Holiday is the Sister Theresa of her time...

Koto no Ha (言ノ葉)

A bunch of little things that I write as I observe my surroundings. With my ears. With my eyes. As well as random ideas that sprout into my head. For future stories, perhaps. Cover creds: original picture - pixiv editing - @HirondelleMeirie (Thank you so much!)

Death Angel

An original and unique Paranormal Romance Mystery that will leave you on the edge of your seat and guessing until the end! When nineteen-year-old Vanessa Hunter falls to her death, she realizes her life as she knows it, is over. But when Death strikes a bargain with her in exchange for her immortal soul, she takes th...

These Shadows Remain: A Fable

Images overrun the world. Toons filled with rage and hate hunger for life. A war between simulations and humans. People besieged in a castle of dreams. A mysterious knight shifts between worlds, holding the secret that could save all. Orphaned children lead him to the whirlwind, the terrible faceless source. "We’d com...

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The Duplicate

A billion-dollar clone, bought and raised as an extremely dangerous weapon, strikes out against those who manufacture and harvest clones for spare parts. ***** Duplicates are used for one thing: spare parts. Kept in Emulation Facilities, brain-dead...

Stained Glass Souls (Wattys 2014, Collector's Dream Award Winner)

Ariel Fontansia is ten pounds away from total relapse. Since the previous summer, she has been stuck in a vicious cycle of calories, pounds, and inches. Redemption, Maine, isn't another escape -- it's a dead end. With no one to keep her disorder in check and hallucinations of a dead cousin driving her insane, she fall...

Sempiternal

A military experiment gone awry sent an entire country spiralling into chaos, death and destruction. The modernised nuclear weapons had malfunctioned, releasing toxins that were only meant to immobilise the afflicted. To everyone's horror, the toxins had transmuted (perhaps divulging the warped truth that it had been...