Boyd has nothing in common with his neighbor Gia, but decides to help her out with her studies anyway. Does friendship only work if you both like the same hobbies, or is there a little give and take in EVERY relationship? . . . (Cover image: http://mirror-us-ga1.gallery.hd.org/_c/natural-science/tadpoles-AJHD.jpg.html)

Welcome to COMMON ROOM: A Short Story Anthology, written by Wattpad teen writers and edited by the Freshman Fifteens When the Freshman Fifteens formed in 2013, we wanted to share the journey of being a debut author with one another. As time went on, we experienced the generosity--and help--of established authors in the writing community. We wouldn't be about to have our debut books releasing in 2015 without their support and guidance. We wanted to do the same for writers of the future. Guiding the winners of the Wattpad-Freshman Fifteens COMMON ROOM writing contest through the process of writing, revising, and editing their short stories has been a terrific experience--we hope it's been half as fun for these talented writers as it's been for us! We want to thank all fifteen of our mentees for working so very hard since August 2014 on these stories. We think as you read them, you will see it's all been worth it! Please show your support by reading their stories, leaving comments and votes, and spreading the word about the COMMON ROOM anthology. A word about the cover: A huge thank you and congratulations to Catherine Fondren, a student from the Academy of Media Arts and Technology at Northwest High High School, a Northwest ISD campus, in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, for being the winner of our COMMON ROOM cover design contest.

This is a collection of short stories I have written either from story prompts or just things my friend and I came up with. Enjoy! Cover not mine but photo edit is. 😊

There once was a girl who was friends with the night... But then the night gets in trouble. The moon is gone. And a girl who loves the moon sets out to save it. She must face monsters. She must face doubt. She must face darkness without light. And yet, she knows she can prevail if she holds on tightly to that love (and also her stuffed cat).

Have you ever wondered what boxes (and books, and other inanimate objects) think while we're not listening? What would happen if two cardboard boxes went on an adventure? This is their story. (First posted on Tales From a Modern Bard for the Inanimate Objects Writing Challenge.) 5,000 word short story.

Will Hansel die?

my paraphrase of the book of Ecclesiastes. hope and despair battle inside Solomon's head.

I'm a respectable young man and a magician, and nobody would believe me if I told them my life is tyrannized by an adorable otter. (500 word flash fiction, winner of the Fellowship of Fantasy "Mythical Doorways" Flash Fiction Writing Contest.)

Banished from his own mansion, Kendric risks all by returning to see the woman he loves-when a man who is Kendric's brother in all but name discovers him. In a land breathing with magic and mystery, where snowflakes fall about a young man fleeing in the night from relentless pursuit . . . who is responsible for a murder? And who will pay for it? A 3000-word short work of fantasy.

Anika finds there is much more to puddle jumping than she previously thought when she accidentally jumps into a puddle that is actually a wormhole and is transported to an entirely different universe.