Life was a game And she thought she'd knew the rules. Until a blue eyed boy with sirens in his heartbeat threw her the uno reverse card. -Peacesintheirplace- GetawayCar ©2020 peacesintheirplace ®

A psychiatrist once told Stella Montgomery that perception is reality. That same psychiatrist told her many other things, too. Those weren't important. What was important colored her reality: psychosis. One simple word. It colored many years of her life, until she finally got it under control. The shadows, that harbored things best left alone, grew smaller. They stopped moving. Fantastical creatures, found in small sunbeams and hidden pockets withdrew into their world. Her world had a lot less color without them. Yet, despite the years of fractured reality, she survived. Stella achieved her goals and continued to work towards new ones. She was thirty. She was alive. Then one woman walked into her life, dropped life changing news in her lap, and walked away. Once more, Stella has one chance. And the stakes have never been higher. Runner up in the general fiction category in the Earnesty Writing Awards 2019. Cover by w_nnie! And my thanks to them.

When I saw the Ocean, my heart leapt from my chest, and the receding water took it with Her. ˖⁺‧₊˚♡˚₊‧⁺˖ Carolina Williams has been in love with the Ocean since she was a child. Using seashells she collected on a trip to the beach, she speaks to and interacts with the spirit of the Ocean. But as she grows up, life grows messier. Will Carolina recall her Oceanic love and remember the longing to return to the Sea's loving embrace, or will she be smothered by her emotionally abusive human girlfriend and the humdrum of everyday adult life? Some language; lesbian relationships; emotionally abusive partner