you really wore me down; best english short stories
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00:00 ✓ by sonderingly
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At 00:00, Cinderella ran away from her prince, leaving a glass slipper on the marbled steps of the grand staircase. At 00:00, I ran away from him. Unlike Cinderella, I didn't leave a single thing behind. © sonderingly
It Started With A High Top by xThePineappleGirlx
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Anne De Ville is a do-the-same-thing-every-day kind of ordinary. On the one day she chooses to try and do something different, she ends up dropping her shoes down several flights of stairs, right onto the head of her crush-and her brother's best friend-Hunter Denegan. Will her Prince Charming look for the girl who lost her shoe? [This book is going to be published with Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group in the Summer 2025] [[word count: 20,000-30,000 words]]
Stuck in a Hospital | basically on hold by myfangirldays
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"Belle, meet your new roommate Kian." "Hi! I'm Arabelle, your new roommate!" « • « • » • » the story of a girl and a boy who were stuck in a hospital. ¤ • ¤ • ¤ • ¤ first ranking: #642 highest ranking: #90 § • § • § • § cover made by @amotione
pervorto | on hold by moonchildnessa
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#26 | SS 270317 pervorto (lat.) - to destroy, ruin, undo, corrupt. ❝i'm so used to being used.❞ in which an innocent college student is forced to pay for her brother's careless, dirty mistakes the worst way possible.
The Girl He Left Behind ✔ by TahliePurvis
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Stacey Williams had always loved Axel Teller. But he had paid her no mind. She wanted more than the meaningless flings they had. She wanted her love to be returned. She wanted to be loved back. She did everything to get his attention. She had one-night stands with countless boys - throwing away her innocence - and tearing apart her reputation. All for him. But Axel didn't notice Stacey as anything more than a girl to have a fling with on the side. And Stacey watched as the boy she loved fell for another girl, and they were happy and complete. And Stacey was alone and hated. Tarnished and scarred. She was the girl he left behind. [The first book won the 2015 Wattys for the Cover-to-Cover award and 2016 Fiction Awards. Book two won the 2018 Fiction Awards. #1 in Teen Fiction and Short Story.] book two is currently unavailable, it will be released late 2023.
Once Upon a Bathroom Stall by hyrule
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❝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
Pigtails by the-booknook
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"So... do you need a babysitter or not? "Yes, but not just any babysitter. I have two little sisters, so can you do their hair if they want you to?" "I can put their hair in pigtails." "You're hired." {Highest Ranking: #9 in Short Story} all rights reserved © the-booknook on wattpad
Candy Floss by laughterandjynx
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(COMPLETED) Flossy is the product of a dentist and his groupie. Alfie has dentophobia and has a serious sweet tooth. When this aspiring dentist crosses paths with this sugar junkie, they'll be tied together by a force that is so big, they cannot escape it. Can they escape it? The better question is: will they want to?
frosted by fermatas
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"why are you back again?" "donut worry about that." "..." "..." "did you just-" "yup." #9 in short story [081217]