When you look at someone that you honestly like, you think that someday, your heart might explode because you are that in love with them. Emma Waters has a crush on a boy that never would date her in a million years. But, for her sixteenth birthday, she is also given magic- magic that she has no idea how to control. W...
Things were finally looking up for Percy Joyce. She had escaped the world of retail with a real job in the business world. Unfortunately, she had sent out so many résumés to corporate America she was fairly certain the US Forest Service and/or Greenpeace were going to be visiting her soon to discuss the havoc she wrea...
New and a bit alarming... who would have ever thought that this could be? Beatrice Hanes is cunning, beautiful and destined for greatness. But after her father loses his job, greatness would have to wait. In order to save up for her dream college Beatrice reluctantly accepts an offer from her foe Andrew "The Beast" W...
(Editing in Progress) 👑 2016 Watty Award Winner - Writer's Debut 👑 -Milestones- •1K Votes - (1.2.17) •44K Reads - (8.15.17) •Highest Ranking: #18 (Short Story - 8.16.2017) **Ranked #1 in BDD Prince William is one of many well-known princes' in New York despite the fact that no one has seen him in person f...
With his brother whisked away in the night, it's up to Josh to figure out what happened and rescue him. Finding an unlikely informant and the details he needs to move forward, Josh puts into motion a plan to save his little brother.
A reality star turned super model, a reclusive gorgeous Hollywood power player and David Beckham's left bicep...inspirations for the retelling of the enduring love story of Cupid (Q) and Psyche (Paige) with a modern twist. Cupid & Psyche's story had been told since 2 A.D. and their love has been immortalized in sculp...
A modern-day fairy tale about why you never-ever follow the cute new boy in class into the woods behind the cafeteria.... #OnceUponNow
Angel is a college student attending Barrymore University in New York. In a desperate attempt to find his joie de vivre, he broke in a museum. He expected the priceless vases, exotic paintings, and creepy sculptures, but not Zoé. He's immediately hypnotized by her. She's not like any other girl he's ever known and tha...
Entering her Junior year of high school, Valerie Nguyen wants a little peace: her brother is becoming a pest, actual pests won't leave her alone, and her classmates are their usual pestering selves. Yet, the first day of school presents Valerie with a whole new kind of pest in the form of a mysterious classmate wi...
Unlike her sociable twin brother, Apollo; 17 year old Artemis has always felt content with the familiarity of her small, simple life in Freeport, Maine. Population: 7,879. Well, make that 7,877. Acknowledging the sibling's need of a change in perspective, much to Artemis' dismay, she, along with her brother, are sent...
Everyone's heard a picture is worth a thousand words, but when you only have a few months to live it can be worth so much more. Noah Prescott wanted nothing more than to be your everyday typical 15-year-old boy, but with stage 4 melanoma, he was anything but normal. Depressed and completely ready to give up on life, h...
In 3053 the world is majorly overpopulated. Causing a extreme shortage of food. The only option the goverment has left is for them to use a program called Asleep.Where each parent must pick one child and send them to Asleep. To make sure the parents makes the right decision. Asleep doesn't accept them till they are 1...
Mana had always believed in the fey, but she had never told anyone about it since she was a child. Too immature, she thought. They weren't real. Or at least, that was what she had been taught to believe.
Does true love really exist? Beautiful "Beauty" Whalen was born with the world in the palm of her hand. The daughter of the world's most famous pop singer and a high-profile director, everyone has seen her grow up via social media and via a few roles in her dad's movies. As she celebrated her 21st birthday, a curse pl...
Nathan Miller has been and always will be the star of the show. Cocky and pretentious that he is, Nathan is about to learn that the show isn't always about him. Emily Torres has just entered the spotlight on this stage or should I say "crew", and when Emily sees Nathan, she's speechless. Literally, she can't...
Avery never expected to be a mermaid. Mermaids are a myth...or so she thought. After drinking her mother's project with jelly-like chemicals, whenever Avery touches water, she gets tail in return. Things go bad to worse as the new girl on the street sees Avery's tail. Avery must survive with her new powers, and try to...
Will he break the curse, or will the curse break him? His mother had always warned him that his bad attitude would one day catch up to him. And on one occasion, it finally did. James Masters never believed in fairy tales, but when he finds himself under a magical curse he no longer has a choice... •••••••••••••••••••...
Three clans inhabit this enchanted city: Wolves, Huntsmen, and The Red Hoods. However, the Red Hoods have been declining in numbers. When the famous "Grandmother" Anastasia Volkov's murder broke out, the news shook the very core of the city itself. Hunter Investigations appointed one member from each clan to find out...
Fairytales. Happy endings.#OnceUponNow book about a modern fairytale world, but something bad happens to English Amber when she enters the world, her home or helping the fairies get the legendary princesses back.
Have you ever seen your world suddenly turn upside down? Things that seem impossible have a chance of possibility, and stories come alive? Things in our world that is odd suddenly become the most normal thing on the planet? Oh, it's happened to me, alright. My name is Julianna Owens. I've experienced ques...
Always expect the unexpected. Drake is, and has always been living his calm life in middle school where he's the top of the class in creative writing, his friends and teachers are awesome, and Mira is always student council president. Always. Starting from her fifth grade year, Mira always won by a landslide. Every ti...
"Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate beings, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves." -Plato's The Symposium After a mission forty-five years in the making, after finding his soulmate, a...
The moment they met, Gwen and Art had an instantly fiery connection. But doubts about Art's honesty cause Gwen to push him away. Can Art get past Gwen's fears and teach her to trust again and to believe that love is worth the risk? Author's note: One of my favorite stories as a kid was King Arthur and the Knights o...
After a lightning storm, Andy's camping trip goes from bad to worse. Zombies and ninjas are released from his phone, and they have one mission--get Andy. To make matters worse, a wolf is Andy's only ally.
A young pregnant couple is faced with an unprecedented run of bad luck, but at each turn for the worse, a strange little man is there to help them out. The problem is, he always wants something in return... ...the first time she needs help, she has to give him her necklace, a family heirloom. ...the second time she ne...
Meet Jonathan - a typical American teen, who just likes to have fun. However, the day has come when he is to travel to Germany, where he will stay with his aunt and uncle during the summer to help in their shop. This is anything but fun for him. But that's until things start to get interesting. After meeting a girl an...
❝Brown hair that is nurtured in its tresses, the chocolate brown eyes that keeps me searching for answers, every smile you send my way stresses every question of mine that is left unanswered.❞ Love, Adam Thomas Beaulieu -+- Sometimes facing your fears might mean falling in love... with silence. A boy with s...
*One of 10 winners in the @target OnceUponNow contest* After five years in a coma, Rose has given up on ever living her life again. It's pure torture hearing her husband's voice as he struggles to save her. All Rose wants is for Crane to be able to go on with his life and be happy. When a change in her conditi...
Stories can change over time until it is almost completely backwards and unrecognizable. How it came to be is often lost. That is why it is best to look toward the beginning of things, rather than what it became; because only then will you truly understand. It didn't happen ages ago in a land far away-but it happened...
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