"Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death." Being pure is what everyone longs to be. To rid of your past complications and be innocent overall. But if being pure came with a price, would you still take the opportunity? How deep are you willing to go to become socially acceptable? Would you risk losing love for the people you're close to? Or risk the ability to have a family? Risking it all just to live lavishly and risking your sanity just to be treated fairly. But maybe being impure is better. copyright © 2017-18 by artsyheaux. cover by: yours truly. highest rank: #52 in science fiction. [06/17/17] » 2017 nominee of the @wokeawards

Most of us are hurting, Most of us are searching. Someone to love, Someone to understand. You're my Salvage. You're my Balance. You're so new. Started: June 29, 2018 Completed: October 28, 2018

15 year old soon to be 16 year old Maya E Johnson a straight A student at William Ray high school, one of the worst schools in the neighborhood. But that don't stop her from having a dream of going to college and becoming a surgeon, that was always her dream every since she was 8 and watched "The Good Doctor". She goes to school, work, then home and complete her homework. Partying, smoking, boys and drinking is not her thing. School, and homework is all that's on her mind, until she runs into a certain someone. Will that change her state of mind? Will she be naive and fall for the schemes or will she be strong enough and stand her ground?

"Emptiness is a home with no bed, A body with no head, Mechanical pencil, no lead. Emptiness is a heart, broken. Words chose to be unspoken, The sibling treated un-kin. But your emptiness is freedom, Your imagination's own kingdom, No heartache, no feelings." Charlie Kingsley has had bad experiences with love since she was a young child, which is exactly why she chose to save children from unhappy homes. With only what's left of her grandfather's memory to make up for her lost childhood and several sessions at a therapist, Charlie feels as though change is looking up. Full pockets don't compete with an empty heart and Apollo can vouch for that. Losing a child in the past has only hardened his heart in the present and could possibly ruin his future. Through secrets, lies, and the blurred lines between, love and the emptiness is brings is pushed to its limits and question lingers: "What is the bliss of solitude?"

Awaking from an almost two year coma and losing her memory-- Alani soon learns of the secret within her sister and her sisters "new boyfriend".

❝𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚.❞ 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦.