❝My Autumn, I think you should know that you're my first and only love. Don't you ever forget that. Love always, August❞ After a series of unfortunate events, August is admitted into a hospital. Once he realizes his stay will be longer than expected, he begins writing to Autumn, hoping that at least one person in the world will care. [Highest Rank: #35 in Short Story] [Watty Award Winner 2015 for JustWriteIt!]

❝ They watched the stars, night after night ❞ { Watty 2015 Winner Copyright © republicans. All Rights Reserved }

He put flowers on her doorstep for her birthday. Too bad Nina was allergic to pollen. [ cover made by @incendia- ]

(Previously known as Facebook Crush? - Unedited version) It started out with a friend request. Violet didn't plan to fall in love-especially through Facebook, but she couldn't help but be drawn to his sweet personality-and those mesmerizing brown eyes of his. But everything had a price and happiness couldn't last forever. Join Violet and Noah on an adventure of a lifetime, as they experience many firsts-including loss. Paperback now available on Barnes&Noble, Amazon and Book Depository! Ebooks is now available on Barnes&Noble, and ibooks! *Published by Crowdscribed* *Wattys 2012 Special Award: Jawdropping Scene winner* *Featured story (6/30/15)* *Promoted story for Lays Wavy (9/24/15)*

Archer is Ivy's drug; he's overwhelming and addictive. But like any other drug, the effect it has slowly kills you. Until, there's nothing left.

Dev Malhotra is a popular chef. Meera Sachdev is a ruthless food critic. Both are A-listers in the restaurant circuits. A clash between them will surely turn into a clash of the Titans. What happens when Meera dines at Dev's restaurant and gives it a bad review? Neither will back down, that's for sure. Knives, forks and plates will fly-who will emerge the victor? Or will both be left with a defeat, albeit so sweet that it will feel like victory?

"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."

In which a happy Sylvia Plath and a disgruntled Oscar Wilde meet over coffee to discuss boys, legal studies terms and the perils of being a writer in a logical world. [Now a Wattpad Featured Story] [#40 in Short Story 11/4/16] Cover by @DriveMeCrayCray

Thirty-year-old Elise Andrews couldn’t bring herself to marry Griffin, her childhood friend-turned-sweetheart, so she let him walk away. Eight months after their break-up, she arrives in her hometown of Chicago on Christmas Eve and hears a voice from the past calling her name in the grocery store. It’s Griffin’s mother Janice, who invites Elise over for a neighborhood gathering of eggnog and carols.Walking into Janice’s house sends Elise tumbling headlong into memories of her relationship with Griffin — and with Janice, who exudes the kind of warmth Elise ached for after her own mom passed away when she was six. But Griffin has moved on, and suddenly Elise doubts her decision to give him up, and lose her chance at being folded into his wonderful family. Confused and reeling, she goes in search of an answer to a universal question: How do we say good-bye to people we’ve loved without losing everything they’ve meant to us? Heartwarming and witty, All Is Bright is a charming story about coming home for the holidays — and finding gifts in the most unexpected of places.

This collection tells of life, pain, suffering, and sometimes even happiness. I hope you will enjoy. Thanks to @wendythestoryteller , a super talented writer and artist, for making this brilliant cover! Highest rank: #3 IN VIGNETTE! Featured on @flashfic 's The BreakRoom reading list. Part of the Wattpad Block Party 2017. RtL was a Wattpad featured story. My piece, Breaking Up With Anne, was published in the anthology Conversations by Kingston University Press. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/KUPress/popular © Christine Bottas. All rights reserved 2015-2020.