a collection of short stories (~500 to 600 words) I wrote based off of prompts given to me by my Instagram followers :] prompts are in chapter titles enjoy!

"..and just so you know, old sport, that boy eats hearts." copyright © donnastartt 2016

A beautiful young woman was missing. I knew I had a murder. I even had a suspect. But would I ever find the body? Would I ever be able to arrest the suspect without the body? Don't believe all that crap you see on TV shows. Follow me on this true crime story and see what happens in a real murder case.

Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is. ***** A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche? *2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller* [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque

BLACK MIRROR meets PRETTY LITTLE LIARS in this multimedia thriller where an anonymous advice website gets hacked and the dark origins of the site start to come to light. (shortlisted for the 2017 wattys, #1 in mystery/thriller)

A collection of short stories and poems, usually contest entries. Each chapter is a stand alone story/poem. A Chance Not Missed - third place winner (prompt 33)

Alexander Thomas has been waiting for this day for a while. It was the day he'd finally express his feelings towards his crush. This day had to be perfect and he wanted nothing to go wrong. Of course, when he says he wants to have a good day, the universe laughs its head off. This day had to be perfect, but of course, it couldn't happen. Him? Have a good day in his life? Nope. But he promised himself that he would confess. He knew he was going to be rejected, though; a girl like her with a boy like him? Yeah, right... Will he get his feelings returned? Hell, will he even be able to confess?

WARNING: This book was written when I was 11 and 12 years old so ignore all the mistakes and cringe-ness LOL Kennedy is in love. And by in love, I mean "in love." With a guy she's never even met. Yet for some reason he's caught her eye, and she has never felt this way before. Jake is just a boy trying to navigate high school with a terribly jealous girlfriend, and he finds himself caught up in a situation where he meets the girl of his dreams. Unexpectedly. Told in the form of letters, read about a hopeless romantic who only yearns to be happy and instead is met with something different. Highest Ranking: #81 in Short Story on March 2nd, 2017

When popular girl Kelly Anderson receives a letter from an anonymous admirer, she can't help but respond. *Trigger warning: depression and suicide [#17 in Anonymous] [#3 in Popular Girl]

It was dark. Anna and Matthew didn't see the ice on the road until it was too late. Now Anna is in a strange place with a strange man who has several arms protruding from his back. COMPLETE