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Drowned Silence by AmyMcNulty
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Living in a home dripping with silent tension, lonely teen Dylan finds refuge at school-until Kelsey is assigned to be his class project partner. Kelsey, the school outcast, is allergic to water, dresses in Gothic Lolita fashion and refuses to use technology from past the 19th century, which makes working together difficult to say the least. Invited to Kelsey's house during her sister's Halloween party, Dylan uncovers a frightening connection between Kelsey and a death that took place on her property years before. A serialized YA contemporary horror short story from the author of The Never Veil Series and Fall Far from the Tree. Kelsey and Dylan's story is over after Part 3. This collection includes three bonus UNRELATED, one-shot short stories: Five Bucks, Ego Cafe and All the Living and the Dead
Cursed by AllisonWhitmore
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The story of Cinderella's stepsister and the guy who got away...Prince Charming. Stephanie and her cousin, Ellinor, have switched stations in life, but Ellinor isn't quite sure she can handle being a princess all on her own. And Stephanie is certainly sure she can't handle being stuck in the kitchens. Now, that the roles are reversed and some time has passed since Ellinor's marriage to Prince Dominic, things will start to change again for both ladies. Especially, if their Aunt Felice, also Ellinor's godmother, has anything to say about it.
The Ever After by jodilynnanderson
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Meet May Bird: a very shy, very precocious young girl who wants nothing more than to live in a world where she’s accepted and loved. One day while walking in the woods she finds that world—or falls into it, really. Through a pond, May enters the Ever After, a world of ghosts. Here, towns glow blue beneath zipping stars and the people—are they really people?—walk through walls. Here, the Book of the Dead holds the answers to everything in the universe. And here, if May is discovered, the horrifyingly evil Bo Cleevil will turn her into nothing. May Bird must get out. Fast. As May journeys through fantastic lands, she gathers an unusual group of new friends who join together to overcome Bo Cleevil and find the way back home.
Minnesota Goodbyes by hazelgracewaters
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M., a college sophomore, is haunted by the events of a year ago that ended another girl's life. In an attempt to clear her conscience, she writes her confession down in a battered notebook addressed to a stranger. This search for redemption is far more painful than she ever imagined, and she struggles to cope with her grief and guilt. As M. spirals deeper into herself, she must ask what the cost of absolution is...and if she's still willing to pay it. [ Wattpad featured story | cover by MayTijssen ]
The Human Condition by hazelgracewaters
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Jonah is helpless after a tragic accident leaves his best friend, Scott, comatose. Lost and alone, he is left to contemplate the limbo between life and death and the consequences of circumstance. Though Jonah is losing hope for Scott's recovery, he must make decisions that have the potential to massively impact both their futures. As he wrestles with these choices, he must ask himself: What does it mean to save someone? And what is the cost of doing so? [cover by KayC91 | past cover by rainbowbrook]
Haunted by JanaeMitchell
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Selected as a featured story by Wattpad, @IncarnateMovie, @ParanormalActivity & the @SinisterMovie. Sometimes being haunted isn't always a bad thing... as long as you can survive it. Copyright © 2014 by Janae Mitchell. All rights reserved.
Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board by zaarsenist
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This is the original, unedited version of Light as a Feather, Book #1. This book was the inspiration for the Hulu Original Series. The revised version is now available in bookstores throughout the USA & Canada from Simon Pulse. McKenna Brady thinks her junior year of high school is going to be the best ever when she's welcomed into the elite group of popular girls at Weeping Willow High School led by blonde, gorgeous Olivia Richmond. Prior to junior year, McKenna was known in her small town as the girl whose twin sister died in a tragic house fire, and she's overjoyed at the prospect of redefining her identity. She has a date to the Homecoming dance with Olivia's handsome older brother, and a good chance of being elected to student council. For the first time since McKenna's parents divorced, things are looking up. But everything changes the night of Olivia's Sweet Sixteen sleepover birthday party. Violet, the shy, mysterious new girl in town, suggests that the girls play a scary game called Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board, during which Violet makes up elaborate stories about the future ways in which beautiful Olivia, brassy Candace, and athletic Mischa will die. The game unsettles McKenna because she's already escaped death once in her life, but she doesn't want to ruin her friends' fun. It's only a game, she reminds herself.
Pride and Prejudice (1813) by JaneAusten
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The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.
Grey Eyes: Book One of the Forever Trilogy by balston82
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15 year old Anastasia Adams has spent her entire life on run. She and her mother have never spent more than 18 months in any one location, often times leaving with just the clothes on their backs. Despite the havoc that this is wreaking on Ana's social and academic life, her mother offers no explanation as to why it is they're constantly moving, or even what it is they're running from. But that all changes one night in the woods of Pelion, SC--the night the terror catches up with them. Fearing her mother dead, and having barely escaped with her own life, Ana is whisked away to world of privilege and tradition. It's a fairytale come to life. The poor girl used to living out of a suitcase is now a resident of one of the most exclusive addresses in the world. The people there adore her and she catches the eye of a young guardian who sees her as a refreshing change to the girls he's grown up with. If only they could find her mother. If only she knew the consequences of being born a "conjurer." If only she knew who that green eyed stranger was, the stranger who'll tell her about a past too romantic, and too tragic to be real. In the end, she'll have to choose between the boy who has captured her heart and the stranger she can feel down in her soul, assuring at least one of them an almost certain death.
Ghøst by Sian_Bai
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Emeli is a ghost. After watching her body get taken away, she finds herself all alone. No one can hear or see her. Why is she still here? Surely she should be in Heaven or Hell... Maybe Karma has one more thing installed for her before she reaches the man upstairs...