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  • Brain the size of a walnut
    196 18 1

    Greg was an unusually foul-mouthed and clever mouse. After watching Planet of the Apes, he decided he'd had quite enough. This is my entry for the science fiction Challenge 19 - It All Started With A..., which required me to use the opening line: "My only chance of escape involved a small, dark tunnel guarded by..."

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  • Lydia
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    In small town Hendersonville, North Carolina, there's a time and a place for women to open their mouths. Lydia Grace Abney doesn't care to wait on that time or that place. She walks through life without any shoes on, dirt on her skin, and wind-blown hair. Some might say she gets her classless qualities from being rais...

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  • December
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    They met in December.

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  • Marrow Charm
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    ****Taken down for publication with Parliament House Press in 2019*** ****Bonus Story Available: The House of Seven Smiles***** ***Wattys 2015 Winner!!!*** Magic runs bone deep... In a world overrun by monsters, humans struggle for survival underground. Magic is feared and reviled, but rooted deep in the bloodlines of...

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  • The Lady Pursues
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    2019 WATTY WINNER FOR HISTORICAL FICTION. Charity loves Ian. Ian thinks Charity is an incorrigible flirt and he is certainly not tempted. Not one bit! Or at least that's what he tells himself... Bright, optimistic, and a bit naïve, Charity Crewe has always been in love with Ian Douglass. And it would certainly help if...

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  • Silent Souls (Wattys 2014)
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    He thinks she's beautiful. He thinks he's falling in love with her. He wants to tell her, but there's one problem: He can't speak. #87 - Story Story / #300 - Romance

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  • Dear Autumn
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    ❝My Autumn, I think you should know that you're my first and only love. Don't you ever forget that. Love always, August❞ After a series of unfortunate events, August is admitted into a hospital. Once he realizes his stay will be longer than expected, he begins writing to Autumn, hoping that at least one person in the...

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  • Like Hurricanes
    1.1M 81K 44

    Cigarettes, lilac skies and poetry at 3am: sixteen-year-old Pietro ''Pit'' Rossi knows the adrenaline of feeling empty and infinite at the same time. With the reputation of a goofy idiot who doesn't care about anything at all, getting held back at school doesn't seem like a problem. But it is. Because Pit cares about...

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  • Blind Fools
    3.6M 86.7K 33

    Ophelia Masters can't seem to get this love thing correct. She wants a normal man, but they are so mind-numbingly boring, that she's given up on them, too. Then along comes Ian Fisk...a sexy-as-sin, blind artist that wants nothing more than to sweep Ophelia off her feet...and into his bed. She struggles with his at...

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  • Edgewise
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    ***Winner of the Wattys 2016 for Hidden Gems*** The Edgewise exists everywhere and nowhere. A sanctuary to all realms, should you find the door. Managed by one Macklemore Edgewise, proprietor, guardian of the between places, and barman of mystery. If the tavern accepts you, abide by the rules. 1. Leave all confl...

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  • M.A.I.D.S. [season 1]
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    [season 1] In the near-future, mankind succeeds in curing A.I.D.S. However, something much worse fills the void, an aggressive sickness that only affects females. Though only 50% of Earth's population is at risk of contracting M.A.I.D.S., the illness impacts everyone. World War III begins as panic-stricken government...

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  • Mudpuppies
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    Maya, Benny, Toby, and Stephanie have been best friends since as long as they can remember seeing each other outside each other’s mobile homes, in the small town trailer park they all grew up in. Cast off by the rest of their peers for their own odd quirks, they form a pact and become known to each other as the Mudpup...