[COMPLETED] When down on her luck, Abby Redding lands a position as the personal assistant for wealthy businessman Alex Carter, her first assignment is to fix up his new cabin in a remote town. Things don't go as planned when an unsolved murder and a haunted cabin leave Abby Redding fighting for her life. Is her handsome boss hiding secrets? Or is there something more sinister afoot?

"Hello?" "Um, hey?" "Wait, you don't sound like my Aunt Kathy." "Unless I was miraculously converted into a member of the opposite gender and somehow related to whoever is on the other side of this call, then yeah. I'm not your Aunt Kathy." "Oh, shiitake mushrooms." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Short Story #1 (19/04/18) 2016 Fiction Awards Finalist © 2015 evethespy. All Rights Reserved.

The cop climbed out of his car exactly at 12:00 AM. He walked straight into the campus as Everything went silent. Students were moving aside creating a long path for the cop. He kept walking until he stopped at one door. One and only. He stopped at room 317. He knocked the door, but obviously, nobody was there. Why? Because A) that room was mine! B) I was standing far away watching and C) I don't have a roommate. The cop knocked again, as the whispers started to fill the place. I, on the other hand, stayed frozen not knowing what to do. My eyes were wide opened. My heart was beating so fast. I was left with two choices, A) escape. B) Walk to my fate. What to do now? The cop started looking around. I know he would ask students about me. And I still need a few minutes to recover from my shock.

Emma Rosetta has been told her entire 13 years that love is bad, love is a weakness. She doesn't quite believe it until her sister is taken away to Azkegon, the worst prison there has ever been, for falling in love. The procedure is simple. Weeks of torture until they are brainwashed into believing the government. When Emma falls in love at 17,she knows she has to keep it secret. She doesn't want to end up with her sister. But the problem is her boyfriend. Or, more simply, the fact that he has gone missing. With everyday he's gone a stab to her heart, she has to trust he won't give her up. But after all, the government has its ways. 'Love is just an illusion. Nobody loves. Its just a lie'

JoshLozada's official entry for Aftermat's Fantasy Writing Contest The Dream Stone - One-shot - Completed © JoshLozada stories - 2016 All rights reserved. Say no to plagiarism. Cover by @zofeyahn_kems

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Most teens dream of visiting the City of Lights, but it feels more like a nightmare for Sophie Brooks. She and her brother are sent to Paris to spend the summer with their father, who left home a year ago without any explanation. As if his sudden abandonment weren't betrayal enough, upon arrival in Paris, the siblings learn that their father is about to remarry. And to make matters worse, they're expected to play nice with his soon-to-be wife and stepdaughter, Camille. Camille, agrees to show Sophie and her brother around Paris, but she quickly makes it clear that she will do everything in her power to make Sophie miserable. Sophie could deal with all the pain and humiliation if only she could practice piano. Her dream is to become a pianist, and she was supposed to spend the summer preparing for a scholarship competition. Even though her father moved to Paris to pursue his own dream, Sophie feels that he clearly doesn't support hers. His promise to provide her with a piano for practice goes unfulfilled. However, an unexpected and handsome new friend comes through in a big way to help Sophie both pursue her dream and learn what's most important in her heart.