"there may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke." - vincent van gogh. my entry for _theskyisthelimit_ 's 100 poems challenge. (c) mockingjayde 2013
Everly Winter hasn't had a day without responsibility in years. Between dealing with her newly divorced parents and watching out for a suicidal best friend, Everly never has time for herself. But then Jace Wasson comes along, self-contained and enigmatic. He doesn't give Everly the best first impression, but the two o...
Author's Note: I dedicate this spoken word to a set of extraordinary human beings. Shared by blood and passion, our perspectives. I have learned to cherish my flaws, including my petite, dysfunctional and freckled wrists.They have provided instruments of potentiality, and attainability. I am thankful, as my grandfathe...
“Has that ‘curl up with hot chocolate and read’ feel to it.” ~*~*~ Monica doesn't believe in life after death. Obligations, certainly. But, after her husband's death, there hasn’t been much ‘life’ to speak of. Just her kids, her farm, and the man who rents it to run his business, Marshal. She decides to change tha...
(Formerly known as Dream Walkers!) Coming out November, 2014! Cordelia Jameson has met the boy of her dreams...too bad he's only in her dreams! In modern New York, seventeen year old Cordy learns she can enter and manipulate dreams, triggering two opposing groups to hunt her so she can find a talisman that controls...
Since she was thirteen years old, Jennifer Johns had been writing letters to her 21 years old self each year on her birthday. Follow her now at 21 as she remembers her depressing past by reading her old letters.
Wrap a scarf around your face and you're a muslim, simple, right? Wrong. What about Modesty, Belief & The Qualities? That's what you need. Also commitment, you can't wear the hijab then take it off. What would the point be in that? Layla learns the point of islam in a tough route. High School. What would you do? Wit...
Sleeping Beauty? Ha! That girl had it easy. My name is Morgan Peters and I fall asleep at random times of the day due to a condition I have called Narcolepsy. And because of my evil grandmother, I'm sent to live in California with my twin brother. So instead of living in a palace in some fairytale land... I get Califo...
Jake and Sam have always been there for each other, through thick and thin. But when a secret they have both been keeping from each other is revealed and the unthinkable happens, how will they be able to carry on with their lives? Can both of them survive the life changing event that is about to tear their world apart...
She took a long drag at her cigarette, blowing the smoke into my face. I struggled to breath in the smoke filled room. I could already feel my chest tightening up. "So you drink now, huh?" She questioned me, her cold blue eyes tearing through my skin. "I--I" I began to stutter. "I--I," Sher mimiced me, "You're l...
