After and Before

A journey through the love of a young couple told in reverse – starting from where it all fell apart and ending in where it all began. Copyright © 2014 CrayonChomper cover by lydiarse

Six Last Lessons

"We all live, Emily, and we all die. It's part of being human, but more than that, it's part of being alive. I'm proud to say that I lived, and when I die, I want you to be proud too." Emily knows a lot about life. She does, after all, have sixteen years of hands on experience. But when her best friend is diagnosed wi...

Re: Pete

❝Roses have thorns, my dear, but so do you. ❞ In which Jan falls into an existential crisis, and Pete is there for her, if only in the form of words on her screen.

saturday midnights

and sometimes she thought of him. and sometimes he thought of her thinking about him.

look (completed)

❝ i always find myself looking over to your window. ❞ copyrights - all right reserved.

lost

❝Nothing's quite right anymore.❞ {copyright; @ernutet}

you ::

you are an untold beauty; a kind only I can see {copyright; @ernutet}

Ella Was

Ella was beautiful. Ella was fast. Ella was gone. Ella was never coming back.

words

you

❝and you slipped away from me without talking❞

say something. [ COMPLETE ]

❝ Last night, 'Say Something' came on the radio. You know, that really sad song you always hated? You made me change the radio station whenever it was on. Funny thing is, Ethan, I think it's our song.❞ - - - - everybody has different ways of coping with a death. lynne's way is recording herself saying things she nev...

Smoke

-You shouldn't do that. It kills you. -And? ••• In which a boy remembers what a girl tried so hard to forget. CAUTION: May trigger thoughts on: suicide. The story is rated PG-13.

Let Me Be The One

❝ Falling in love is the best feeling one could ever experience, but falling out of love is the worst feeling one could ever endure. ❞

arabella

| in which a girl sits in a support group that doesn't make her feel like she belongs. |

Crush

"I wanted you to like me the way I liked you, but your heart already belongs to her."

Glass Castles

"We live in glass castles, fragile versions of reality that have cracks. And today my glass castle finally shattered" A short story about the less eloquent love stories and mysteries of life, often hidden behind precious glass castles. © 2014 alohomora_ all rights deserved

dear human

"try not to forget about me too often"

Ante Meridiem

A dialogue short story about the things we wake up to that remind us there are still things in this life worth waking up for. ante meridiem - [adv. & adj.] "before noon;" Abbr: A.M. Or a.m. [credit to owner of image (not me)]

Alaska Tyler's 27 Bad Habits

"why am I telling you these?" "because you trust me."

o l i v e r

dearest oliver, you were tragically beautiful. love, j. copyright ©2014 by saplingchild || short story || lower case intended

The Suicide Effect | ✓

In which Becks commits suicide and Gayle spends the next fifty days wondering exactly what she should have done differently. © 2014 inexistence Spiritual #20 [26.11.14] Short Story #26 [05.12.14] Short Story / Spiritual crossover #1 [21.11.14]

Memories of Us (You)

a number of short memories

little talks

i needed to write down almost everything he had said, to reassure myself that he had been real, that we were something that lasted; at least for a little while. - nina [ © jude rigor two-thousand-&-thirteen ]

The Dreamer ✓

One day, Morgana decides to pick up a pen and write a series of letters addressed to those she loves and hates. In these letters, she reveals her deepest fears and darkest secrets, in these letters she tells of the only boy she's ever loved and in these letters she realises that nothing is ever as it seems, and after...

The Sensation of Falling

Pause for a second and imagine this: the person you love is dying, but you can help. You can give them a few more months to make memories, laugh, cry. But at what cost? (Thank you to @TalatheWolf for the summary)

The Misfortunes of Lolita

A/N: This is an unedited, significantly different version of the soon to be published novel by losangelesque aka L. Akhter. This draft was written when I was 15-18 years old and I highly encourage new readers to read the published version instead. Former high school football star Frank Novak meets profound and depress...

Crushed

"We often confuse what we wish for with what is." ~ Neil Gaiman

Like Snow

"Why do you call me that?" "Everyone has been calling you Snow Queen since you transferred schools and you're just now asking why?" he asked incredulously. "Yeah, I guess I am." He looked straight into my eyes and said, "It's because you're like snow; beautiful and cold."