Moving to the city alone always seemed like a good idea to Cora. But it seems that a lot of things are like that. They seem alright in principle, but in reality, they're a shambles.

❝are your parents mean?❞ ❝there are mean parents and then there are parents who turn off the wi-fi at night.❞ ❝damn, poor you.❞ ✎ ✎ ✎ a short story following two polar opposite amateur authors as they struggle to collaborate together on a book to win the ultimate prize; a published work.

❝ what's the most important thing you've ever held in your hands? ❞ ❝ somebody else's hands. ❞

❝O Romeo Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?❞ ❝I'm right here.❞ ∘∘∘ As her senior year comes to a close, ultra-feminist theater extraordinaire Amelia Delaney Windham wishes to go out with a graceful bow in her final stage production at Waverly Prep. The only problem: this year's play is Romeo and Juliet. Worst of all, she's stuck playing doe-eyed Juliet, with a Romeo whom she passionately despises more than the play itself. (The feeling is rather mutual.) Another possible problem: she may or may not be falling in love with her best friend.

Because umbrellas are reliable, and reliable (unlike the capricious, loud, and volatile Aspen McKinley) is just what Hudson Parks likes.

come one. come all. the circus is in town...

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” ― Jack Kerouac

charlie works late nights and watches even when you think he is gone.

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)

in which marcus and audrey exchange sweaters. © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2014. N. A.