'When your breath becomes faint When your heart seems but quaint You'll know that touch of blue lips Upon bottle tips They say love is so pure Yet it isn't the cure For a soul that's lost in your eyes' You've heard it all before. The rebellious teenager who sings in a band and struggles with the woes of...
things were shit. life was shit. "was" being the operative word. now? now, things were different. whether this so called "different" was a good thing? one can't be sure. RANKED #3 in LIQUORICE as of 03/08/19 RANKED #5 IN SECONDARY as of 11/01/19 RANKED #17 IN TALKTHEPOC as of 01/01/19 RANKED #18 IN BWAW as of 08/12/20...
why do they call her milk? "...i like things simple. i'm not sweet, but i'm not savoury. you leave me alone long enough, and i'll become sour. some people love me, some people don't. take it or leave it." why do they call her honey? "i sweeten the deal. i ooze gold. a treasure from the Gods. the colour of sun rays on...
[EDITORS' CHOICE, June 2020][#1 History June 2020] -- Five black students make history as the first to integrate a prestigious school for gifted students in 1950's Vermont. One student, Anita Prescott, is a young girl whose strength and leadership keeps the isolated group together. She finds her wariness tested whe...
To all readers old and new, this story will be soon taken down and re-written. Thanks for all the support. As soon as it is re-written, I will be sure to repost the chapters. Follow me for more information. Abigail Jenkins is a young African woman from Missouri in the early 1890's. She's caught wind of the Oklaho...
Rhea wants her. Her flaws. Her imperfections. She wants her. And only her. Qadeera is confused. Her world is a shackle. A spiteful, selfish shackle that binds her. Ignoring the depth of her love.
2016 WATTY AWARD WINNER - HQ LOVE THE TERM SHEET is a fast-paced technothriller about entrepreneurship, startups, encryption, and the delicate balance between national security and individual privacy. Its complex characters explore thought-provoking questions about the role of technology in an ever-changing society. S...
"I didn't know you had friends like Isaac," Willa said in greeting. "I don't," muttered Jared. Isaac rolled his eyes. "Yeah, you don't. You have //one// friend like Isaac." His voice turned into this stupid mock whisper and he leaned towards Jared conspiratorially. "It's me, by the way."
A recently single, newly-graduated and unemployeed Coraline Novak must confront the present mess of her life by addressing the truths of her past - during the course of one evening at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting her father is hosting. 「 2nd Place Winner of the TMoL One-shot Contest / A re-draft 」
At first glance, nobody would be able to tell that Nathaniel Jean had a problem. Or second glance, or third, or fourth. After all, he had everything. He was a captain of his school's soccer team and one of the top players in the state. He had a big house and money to spend. He had family, he had friends, he had...
To Be a Silhouette in a Blue World is a collection of short stories about womanhood, faith, race and identity. i. Flaws of The Female Condition The tale of transgirl accepting herself while others around her cannot. ii. The Brownest Thing is Not Always The Darkest A story about a young muslim woman who shares dinner w...
「 WATTYS 2019 WINNER 」 the failings of a surgically healed heart, is a series of autobiographical poems arranged into six thematic parts to form a collection which examines the idea of the collective and how that informs individual. i. family an exploration of my relationship with the men and boys in my household and...
