Every year in the small town of Holly Grove, twenty-two year old Alexa Esmond and her friends play a game called Mistletoe. The game takes place at the annual Christmas party in the town's square and is rather simple. If your friend caught you sneaking glances or staring at a cute guy, then they will tell you "Mistletoe!" You would then have to somehow get the guy to kiss you before the party ended, otherwise you would be forced to go on a (horrible) date chosen by the other friend. Luckily for Alexa, no guy has ever caught her eye, that is, until this year. And it just so happens to be the guy who broke her heart years ago. Twenty-five year old Charlie London has always been too busy for women because of his restaurant business in NYC. What will happen when he spots the girl he let go of all those years ago? Will old love rekindle into a new flame? Find out in The Mistletoe Game!

{Highest Ranking: #1 in Short Story} Liam Walker's life changes drastically when he watches his best friend Allison Parker get hit by a car. The injuries are so bad that Allie ends up in a coma, leaving Liam devastated. He visits her at the hospital as often as possible, wishing for nothing more than to see her wake up.

"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.

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