I held the cigarette between my teeth, lighting it up with the lighter and took a drag, leaning my head back against the brick building. I played with the wheel of the lighter, watching it spark, and every now and then, briefly burn. It was a lot like life, about how it would spark and fade. There are those certain mo...
If you're one of the quiet kids, and you like it that way, then you're not alone. So, what even is an introvert, you ask? Most of you probably heard this word at least once before. My guess is that if you have heard the word introvert, you may have heard it used to describe someone in a negative way. You might know a...
hobbledehoy (n.) An awkward youth; one who is perpetually ungainly and uncertain. If one were to choose a word to describe 19-year-old Hyrum Aniston, it would probably be this odd, but accurate one. Hyrum is a OCD writer that lives a plain, simple, and undeniable boring life; pushing around a mail cart on campus and c...
Dear potential readers, Please respect me and never read this. It's not just me trying to down myself, but honestly it's very toxic and just overall badly written and too many of my real emotions were unmasked during writing this. Do not read past this blurb because the rest of it is completely hurtful. I'm only keepi...
Hugo hated summer. But Hugo loved Summer. --------------- Unlike every other teenager his age, Hugo Calder dreaded summer break solely because of the season itself. He hated everything from the heat, to the unbelievable amount of mosquito bites he gets every time he walks out the door of his house. On one hot summer...
❝O Romeo Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?❞ ❝I'm right here.❞ ∘∘∘ As her senior year comes to a close, ultra-feminist theater extraordinaire Amelia Delaney Windham wishes to go out with a graceful bow in her final stage production at Waverly Prep. The only problem: this year's play is Romeo and Juliet. Worst of all...
"Hi, my name's Basil Olivier. My mom named me after the herb because she's kind of a psycho botanist-slash-cook. Olivier is French. My dad is French-Canadian and loves for me to tell people that, even though he was raised in Vancouver. I lived there for a while when I was little, but we moved to Washington when I was...
A book club dedicated to improving writing skills, providing feedback, and uniting with other fellow lonely writers, of course!
"Where do you plan on going after you graduate, Nell?" Nell brushes a strand of hair out of her face and casually remarks, "Paris, probably."
What if one Facebook status could save a life? Meet Caden Grave, he's a social outcast. He only wants a friend or two. So he puts up his number, but with his reputation obviously no one would even look at it. Just moments before he takes it down, someone has already copied his number into their mobile. Enter April Ca...
Sinister! That’s what it was. What his laugh was. It haunted my dreams, my life, even my thoughts. It finds me when I least expect it. He’ll never give up, not until I throw my hands up in defeat. It echoes. Forever.
❝All wolves are the same. Some are closer to a real monster, and others hide in sheep skin.❞ Lennox Armstrong is a twenty-six-year-old Alpha who controls one of the biggest packs in the Northern hemisphere. The one difference between him and every other werewolf? He's less human and more wolf. With his pack house loc...
Taking a bullet for a stranger is one thing not many people would do. So, when Autumn saves Tate from a horrible death, a need to return the favor burns inside him. He shows her a whole new world hidden within her own. Things only complicate when a group known as 'the exterminators' comes into the picture. Their...
Leto’s life is turned upside-down when an excellent performance at a mathematics competition catches the attention of a prestigious school. Given an invitation to the life of the privileged, she is torn between looking after her two young siblings and a chance at success. Caught on the threshold of poverty and riches...
"Never?" Another tear fell from the girl's face, but she let the salty drop cascade down her cheek. "Never."
"One girl. One friend. A six-story building. A mysterious death. Everything seemed okay - until she jumped off the 6th floor of the Claro building. The mystery behind Luna's death continued to haunt all those people who knew her well and those who truly cared for her. Short Story #102 // Mystery #45 Copyrigh...
