'It's not every day you discover that you're not completely human.' Ariyah West has always felt different. After a troubled and inconsistent childhood, she has finally found herself in a small coastal town in Cornwall, England. But her new-found peace doesn't last long, and after strange dreams and even stranger encounters with the mysterious Callan, she discovers who and what she really is, and that she has no say whatsoever in her destiny.

we are all just misfit human beings infatuated with the idea of perfection.

the scribbled down thoughts of a girl who's utterly lost. a girl who's begging for anyone to save her, but really it's a certain someone she's wishing for.

Katrina's best friend Marco dies in a mall shooting when they're fourteen years old. Three years later, she's starting her senior year of high school and beginning to forget, at last. Her life had become as bearable as it could possibly be, until Ian - Marco's older brother - comes back to town. He comes back changed, dangerous, and enigmatic. Katrina can't stay away, despite the overflow of memories his presence brings to her. A catastrophic relationship is born, one the world never wanted and most definitely won't permit. (cover art by hagenmarley)

"i think that someone hollowed out the stars and poured all of their magic into you."

Everyone has thoughts. These ones are mine.

☾ Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry. ☽ - Cassandra Clare; Clockwork Angel.

i will shed myself of humanity and hold it within my aching chest, as if it will stop the burning. [ © jude rigor two-thousand-&-thirteen ]

"Remember when we were voted cutest couple at the end of senior year? A lot has changed since then. Tell me- why did you come back?" Alex and Carrie have been best friends for as long as they can remember. Suffering through life in their poor, dumpy old town, they swore they'd bust out of there as soon as they could. But after high school, when Alex left without her, Carrie found herself a new sweetheart and a new life. Now trapped in the world of poverty and an abusive relationship, Carrie doesn't know where to turn- until Alex suddenly comes back. This is their story. [Title Page by @TornStitches]

d e a r v i o l e t all the letters i wrote that you'd never get, the words i penned that you never read; of all the shades of you.