Bonjour! Welcome to The Paris Journals. These are short stories featuring secondary characters from my new novel, Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer, the story of Colette, an American girl who's on a school trip to Paris while a crazed murderer is going around beheading people. (You can read an excerpt here at Wattpad!) These stories give me a chance to share a little more about what was going on with some other characters in the books. I recommend reading the book first so you get a better idea of who they are, but it's not a hundred percent necessary! Enjoy!

→ finished ← Claustrophobic and agoraphobic, Alaska Gouramie doesn't leave the house much. She whiles her days away nurturing her goldfish, Gordon. Her life is passing her by. Elver Harrison James is scared of fish. He won't go near the pond at the bottom of his garden. He will do anything to stay away from those water-loving freaks. Alaska's mother forces her to leave the house. It's just a trip to the park, no big deal. Until Alaska falls in the pond. And Elver is the only one around. Teen Fiction #118

You know Cupid? Of course you know him, everyone knows Aphrodite's kid! But did you know who's fallen for Cupid sans being shot in the ass? Meet Pubid, the god of of puberty. How does he look? Well he's got a lot of acne. Pubid shoots arrows to give people the wonderful gift of pimples and pubic hair, and breasts of course, which is good I guess as long as you're not a man. But hey, puberty results in a hot adult (sometimes) so don't hate on the poor god. To what extent will a scrawny guy with wings and a bow and arrow go to impress that person he loves for what they are inside, that kid who gave him free pizzas during breaks? ~summary by InkStrings~

Xavier doesn't speak; he writes.

charlie works late nights and watches even when you think he is gone.

Police officer Tom Bevans is nicknamed the Sad Man by his colleagues. As a Family Liaison Officer he is always the bearer of bad news - it is his job to tell the friends and family of victims the fate of their loved ones. But Tom is weighted down by crimes both old and new - haunted by the death of his best friend Dani, whose murder has never been solved. When a rare opportunity emerges for Tom to take the lead in a horrific murder investigation, he is determined to get justice for the victim. A young girl has been found in her own home, cut so badly - and so carefully - that she has bled to death, leaving a deliberate pool of blood in the shape of angel wings....

My son doesn't remember. He just doesn't. And yet, before he was even in kindergarten, he could read. I don't understand the human brain...

Completed Short Story. Annie Parker is lost. She has been wandering blindly through life for four months now, just hoping and praying that some day she will find the light and be guided back onto the right path. This is Annie's story of finding that light in the most unlikeliest of forms. [Watty Awards 2013 Submission]

The story of a girl, a town, and the world as they face imminent death.

A girl. A train. A delay. [Cover made by rigor_samsa]