Eli didn't think much about the city's newest so-called hero, but he supposed Vigilante wasn't all that bad. Granted, he was kind of a jerk and if he ever tried to kiss Eli again he was definitely getting punched. A story about a starving college student, making a living serving coffee and the local vigilante with a c...
"My name is Jace Overton, and I have schizophrenia." Mr. Stevenson stood from his desk, his eyes widening and surprise slapping him in the face as if he'd just discovered vibranium. "Wow, so you're a schizophrenic?" My mom told me there were three kinds of people in the world: people that didn't care, people that care...
this story's about how important loving yourself is. (I'm not an author)
I am Olivia-Jolie, I am no ordinary girl. I am the girl who will look odd and be judged by others. People do this because of who I am and what I look like. I was brought into this world with no idea that I would have to save the world. A strange creature has been hunting down planets esscence for centuries, and now it...
"Being reunited with your childhood best friend after eight years apart? Sounds like a heart-warming story. Finding out that said best friend is now a complete jerk who's determined to make your life hell? Not so much." Georgie and Connor were once inseparable. Best friends from birth, they did everything together - w...
3 + 1 = 3 ... idiots and a ghost! Cooper Smith, the clueless one. Archer Lee, the awkward one. Skyler Rose, the skeptical one. And then, there's Rags, the dead one. Can three total idiots really solve the great mystery surrounding the unexpected death of one girl? (3 Dudes 1 Paranormal Series) *Important ranks: #1 in...
'Something from the menu?' she asked. 'No, thank you.' The boy held up a newspaper. He had scrawled a message on the front page: THE PASSENGER BEHIND ME HAS A GUN. ~ This is an action-packed short story in three parts from the author of THE CUT OUT and THE FAIL SAFE.
ha! "i'm the rudest girl around, i ain't friendly, i ain't shy, Get ready cuz i'm hear to ruin my life!" said Anonymous. "i'm here to ruin my life. Doesn't make sense right? Well let's just say it's time for me to step out." wondering what this is all about, it's all about revenge. ordinary girl in an ordinary town...
In which Kiara Bergmann meets a German boy who should've been buried over two hundred years ago. [Extended summary inside] #22 Short Story #115 Humor
-Editor's Choice! Dec 2019 - 17-year-old Lucille Monteith wants nothing else to find her brother, who, despite what everyone says, she refuses to believe is dead. She'll do anything to locate him, to bring him back home safe, though it begins to dawn on her that she's hopeless in her investigation. After a tragic ac...
Cigarettes, lilac skies and poetry at 3am: sixteen-year-old Pietro ''Pit'' Rossi knows the adrenaline of feeling empty and infinite at the same time. With the reputation of a goofy idiot who doesn't care about anything at all, getting held back at school doesn't seem like a problem. But it is. Because Pit cares about...
A collection of mixed genre short stories highlighting the bizarre and surprising. Humor, horror, romance and adventure with an occasional murder thrown in. Love lost and found and even avoided. The real and imagined, reflected in troubled and flawed individuals doing their best to thrive and survive in a turbulent wo...
WATTYS WINNER 2020 Two interconnected murders, 64 years apart. One woman's search for truth and identity. Readers' comments: 'a masterpiece', 'impeccably written', 'amazing', 'superbly crafted page-turner', 'hauntingly beautiful', 'tremendous plot and character development', 'one of a kind', 'fantastic story telling'...
Two influential Art Critics and a prominent Gallery owner make a bet that they can make an unknown artist famous. The artist they choose is dedicated and talented with an eye to spotlighting the injustices of American society. He is also a serial killer who see his work as transcending conventional mores. As the bet p...