❝I- what? What are you talking about? Who is this?❞ ❝Well the bathroom stall says that this number is the gateway to a good time, and unless you're trying to say that a bathroom stall is lying to me, I think I need a little more information to be sold. Do you have like a yelp page I could look up? Past customer reviews? How many stars out of five?❞ ❝What are yo- oh my god, I'm going to fucking kill Marie.❞ (alternatively called: a lot of people shit with pens) written in dialogue // cover by xhemmingshugsx

anonymous: why you gotta be so rude? alex-burke: no (c) c-araphernelia 2014 !! lowercase intended !! **pls no hate bc i wrote this a long time ago and i hate myself **

Ever since her older brother was lost at sea, Noreen has been forbidden to set foot in the ocean. Once a year, she travels to the spot where his watch washed ashore and buries a daisy in the sand. Once a year, she waits beside the ocean and wonders. What happened to him in those blue waters? Where has he gone and where is he now? Deep in her heart she believes he's out there, somewhere, alive and well. But every year she stands on that shore and leaves disappointed. That is, until she happens across a young man named Liam who claims to know her brother.

*2018 Wattys Longlist* Sandelene is self-taught white witch struggling to make a living in Memphis, Tennessee. When a local historical library contacts her about hostile paranormal activity she figures, what the hell, I need rent money, and investigates. Sandy divines the source and steals it back to her home to cast a spell to free the spirit, but winds up binding him to her instead. Problem is, she can't release him without knowing his true name, which he refuses to tell her until after he's had his revenge.

Julie has been single for 19 out of the last 20 Christmases. Just when she's about to have her first boyfriend for Christmas, he breaks up with her. Now, she's known as a Mistletoad with a reputation for being absolutely awful. But when a snowstorm leaves her stranded outside a tree farm on Christmas eve, she meets the one person in all of Montana willing to give her a kiss. That is, if she lets him.

"Quick Clean Laundry! When it's dirty we make it clean, this is Melissa speaking." "uh...." "Hello?.." "I asked a cute girl her number and this is what she gave me" #3 in Short Story [8/1/16] Book One From Texts and Calls Series © Copyrights Reserved

Caitlin knows what she wants to be when she grows up, a mafia boss! She saw it all on cable and now Melissa, the school bully, is gonna pay, capish? (Warning: satire for adults!) Cover by: @emmotionallyunstable