➳ A quarry, two cousins and a daredevil act that has far reaching consequences ➳ A never-ending desert, a lost traveller, and a fennec fox with a lisp ➳ A pair of brothers on the run from an enraged dryad These are a but few of the short stories to be found in this collection, one for every October day, varying in length, genre, and tone. The prompts of the day are bolded, and each fill runs at about 500 words long. (prompts via fictober-event.tumblr.com)

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Highest Ranking in Fantasy: 81 Blaze lets out a dramatic cough and scrunches his nose, :You need a shower." I turn my head towards him, and roll my eyes, "And you need a soul, so shut up." His mouth starts to twitch, a pinch of a smile tugging onto his lips, but he immediately recovers and his face is blank again. =========================================== Lexi spent her whole life thinking that she's just another ordinary girl. However, one day after school, her life gets turned upside down. A planned mall trip goes awry when the bus crashes into another vehicle, leaving her wounded and defenseless as two strange black figures appear out of nowhere and kidnap her. Lexi soon discovers that she is anything but ordinary. A handsome young man enters her life in the most unexpected way. She would have fallen head over heels for him except...she can't stand him! She continues fantasizing about creative ways on how she can torture him just for fun. Will Lexi's past come to haunt her? Is she ready to face the unknown?