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Grit (Short Story) by Chydinma
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Blind: A Retelling of Snow White by EstrangeloEdessa
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Looking back, I feel I should have known. But how could I? She was my daughter, my beautiful little girl... and I was blind. This is the true story of the girl known as fairest of them all. (Cover image from this amazing fanart: http://kirei-rc.deviantart.com/art/BLIND-186372915 )
Godspeed by FebruaryGrace
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"What is a heart if not the ultimate clockwork?" Abigail's young life was saved by the kindness of strangers: Schuyler Algernon, the man who found her collapsed on cold city streets, and Quinn Godspeed, the doctor who risked everything by breaking the law to keep her fragile heart beating. As the truth about what she's become and her feelings for her savior overtake her, Abigail is forced to ask what constitutes life, living, and what dark secrets are contained within Godspeed's past and the walls of Schuyler's house.
Pretty Jack by ElizaGranville
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There was once a perfectly respectable miner and his wife who had seven children, all sons. But they are very poor, and one bitter winter, inflation makes things so bad that they are forced to consider putting their boys into care. However, Jack is a little different to his brothers, and he comes up with a surprising plan . . .
Diary of a Teenage Time Traveler by PkHrezo
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Who needs teenage dreaming when you're a time traveler? Bianca Butterman's parents run their own time travel agency in the latter half of the 21st century and Bianca's heir to the family biz. Talk about travel perks! Leisurely trips whenever business permits is more than just a rockin' good time. Except, how do you keep all those timelines straight and remember what decade you're visiting when you've got exams to ace, first kisses to barf over, rumors to squash, and prom dresses to design ... Updated weekly, Bianca's entries are in journal format via her electronic diary device, similar to the tablets we use today, but in the future they work as projected holograph screens and keyboards. Diary of a Teenage Time Traveler, is a Wattpad EXCLUSIVE prequel to Butterman (Time) Travel, Inc.,(links on profile page) and follows Bianca's early teen years leading up to her eighteenth birthday and earning her official time-craft pilot's license. Feel free to leave comments on what kind of time trips (past or future) you'd like Bianca to take and it may be featured in a new diary entry! Check out where she's been so far ....
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) by OscarWilde
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"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.