A woman on the edge... Christa Evans is having a rough night. She's lied to and harassed, then she loses her job. And that's before the crash that sends her car careening to the bottom of a cliff. She'd be dead if not for the big, bearded recluse who pulls her from the wreckage and carries her back to his cabin in the woods. The quintessential loner... Wounded hero Micah Graham has no time for visitors. So, when he brings home the woman who nearly died on his mountain, he'll take her in, but he doesn't plan to let her stay. Then the storm hits. Heating up the Holidays...together While the snow piles up, trapping the two strangers together in the middle of nowhere, Christa and Micah find common ground in the attraction burning between them, proving that not only do opposites attract, they combust. As things come to a head, the question is: What happens once the ice melts?

This is not a story of peace or love. This is a story of grease. Of sex. Of blood. Of all the things we're desperate to control. This is the story of one boy struggling to keep his head above water as everything begins to cave in around him. It's all about living fast and dying young.

Having a stroke at 48 is bad enough, but having a stroke, alone, in the woods of Oregon is a nightmare.

Andrew, a twenty-six-year-old literature graduate, has been through more drama than many his age. From suffering obesity to arthritis, and then anorexia after drastic attempts to lose body fat, Andrew grows more conscious of his body. He shields himself from the rest of the world in a reserved cabin tucked away in a small town where he dwells in solitude and self-pity. But things can't stay the same forever and Andrew's carefully planned out walls fall around him with the arrival of his uncle's fiancee's son, Ethan. Ethan will more than disrupt Andrew's 'perfect' life. He'll also teach him the sole act of acceptance.

Jay is no longer a competing ice skater. He was at some point, so long ago that it seems like a forgotten memory. Now, though, he lives in a smaller town, with smaller minds, and less room for people like him. He sneaks to skate on the frozen lake in the wintertime. Will is new, which is rare in and of itself. But there's something about his ginger ale hair and bubbling laughs that call Jay to him. And, Will is happy to have the company. Jay, slowly, is learning to call Will his place to belong. *** Part 1: Kissing Will Part 2: Kissing Will Pas de Deux Part 3: Christmas Special Highest Ranking: #126 in Short Story

Evan has a bit of a temper on her; Adam thinks it's just what he needs to keep him in line. ... Inspired by the song Cherry Wine by Hozier. It's a sadder one. WARNING: Domestic Violence.

Six months ago, Frank McQuire’s life changed forever when he attended a business seminar called “Sales is a Jungle.” The presentation taught Frank to rule over the sales force of his company. Since the presentation, Frank has been able to conquer his competitors one by one. Now he will face his greatest enemy, the lazy but somehow successful, Paul. Frank believes that his boss has sprung a trap for Paul that will allow Frank to easily take him down. As Frank moves in for the kill, he realizes that he is the one actually being set up and is no longer fighting to rule the jungle but to survive.

To his peers, Liam Kingsley has it all-girls, good looks, loving parents, and a best friend that'll fight for him until the death. Little does the school know that Liam's faking it. Faking it all. Fearing the loss of everything he's worked so hard to achieve, Liam forces himself to constantly keep up the act of a charming young bachelor. But when Liam becomes friends with the mysterious Connor Hawkins, a dreamy eyed misfit, he begins to lose all the control he's worked so hard to maintain for seventeen long years. Eventually, Liam realizes he knows very little about the mysteriously quiet boy, despite all the years they have attended school together. Connor breathes new life into Liam, and soon Liam discovers that when love, lies, and lust intertwine they can have consequences. Consequences he's not quite sure he's ready for just yet.

Beautiful is the word I have always used to describe myself. I know very well that it isn't the adjective that I should be using, and that, in itself, is why I use it. Because even though it isn't grammatically correct, or correct in the eyes of society, I'm beautiful, no matter the body in which I was born.

He wakes up every morning wishing he could just sleep forever and live in his dreams. At least that way he wouldn't have to face the reality he lives in. But dreams only last for a night... right?