a cavalcade of ominous thoughts

weave magic on paper, concoct sensory illusions and delude yourself in the fabrications of your mind. Ⓒ shezal, 2016 - 2017

my sunflower

Poems from my wrong state of mind inscribed at the right time

𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 | poetry + proses |

You taught me the art of blooming, of how you can bloom in the places one cant even imagine of. There are strands of you which saw violets in my hazel eyes, sunflowers in my golden soul and roses in my beating heart. So this book is dedicated to Amrit, a person who bloomed a dandelion in the barren field, a dead hear...

THE GREY AND THE BROKEN.

grey clouds fill the sky, broken hearts fill the world. why couldn't we be happy?

Her, white feathers

who said a doves white feathers couldn't be as alluring as the devil's wings?

dear moon, i adore you

❝𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 sun 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘦...

Loverboy

I think I burnt down an angel once.

𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬

I miss your last glacé clandestine kiss, I miss the way you left me with a broken promise, I miss our love's perfidious bliss, I miss how i felt falling down your tenebrous abyss, and now I dip my feather into the murky ink to frame a masterpiece of times I thought you and I shared a love that was endless - remi

Aurora

"you are the sugar that my body craves."

A Speck in Time

Jordie Cheng angered a goddess by stealing her lover. Her price? To be cast into the past, forced to work her way through each decade as a traitor. Beginning in 1900, Jordie must capture the heart of a potential lover, only to break it. She falls into a steady routine of heartache--until 1990. Trinity University of Ve...

Dripping Mascara: Narratives

Personal, non-fictional, diary-esque entries written in the ink I use to write my life: blood, sweat, and tea -- er, dripping mascara. • Chapter 1: He's Engaged & Other Good News Chapter 2: Closure & The End of Dripping Mascara • An appendix of sorts to the real thing, minus proofreading unless I feel like it.

Heart Over Mind

After tragedy strikes, Ela becomes collateral damage to her own life. She, as the strongest usually do, decides to continue living. To continue getting by, even if only slowly, and even if only barely. It isn't until she meets her mysterious neighbor, Maverick Aeko, that she begins to see the world for what it used to...

I Married a Millionaire

"How did we go from pretending we're in love, to you actually falling head over heels for me?" Cara cocked her head as she studied him. This boy will be the death of her. "W-whoa whoa whoa, head over heels?" Darius raised his hands in mock defeat. He was perfectly aware of how serious she was, but he couldn't pass up...

The Boiling Point | ✔️

In which two competitive culinary students get under each other's skin in all the right ways. * * * ʙᴏɪʟɪɴɢ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ (ɴᴏᴜɴ): ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴀɴɢᴇʀ ᴏʀ ᴇxᴄɪᴛᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴛ ᴇxᴘʀᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ. ʟɪᴋᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴏꜰ ᴏɴᴇꜱᴇʟꜰ. Summer Westley and Ashton Banks have three things in common: they both attend the same c...

When Night Falls

❝ Anitchka, Anitchka, will you not invite me in? ❞ In which a girl is indebted to a wintry demon for saving her life, and the gold from her fingertips is a magic whose price she must repay tenfold. Unless she guesses his name first. | loosely based on rumplestiltskin |

1001 Nights

❝Tell me a story, love.❞ In which, a slave girl tells a bloodthirsty king a story in exchange for her life. [07.15.16] all rights reserved ©2016

Malika

This book is a sequel to Khalifa and cannot be read as a standalone. To avoid spoilers, description and excerpt are added inside the book. ✵ Started: May 2, 2022. Completed: December 3, 2022. ✵ cover by @xniftykayx

Khalifa

✵ featured ~ ❝Once upon a time in Baghdad, a street girl teaches the Khalifa of the kingdom why a king needs a queen.❞ ✵ Started: June 5, 2021. Completed: March 30, 2022. ✵ cover by @xniftykayx featured on wattpad historical fiction, undiscovered, and dangerous love profiles. Highest ranking #1 in historical fiction.

Dead Girls Tell No Tales

[ WATTYS '18 LONG-LISTED ] ❝ I have slit throats far more beautiful than yours.❞ In which a thousand brides have fallen, and she is the last, so she spins a tale as old as time to live the dawn. | an arabian nights x beauty and the beast crossover | (cover by ES Johnson) trailer (video by @AKfiction): https://youtu.b...

Be My Anchor

While harboring an intense fear of the ocean, Marjo finds herself setting sail on a cruise ship her parents forced her on. She must learn to face her fear if she wants to keep her sanity. Luckily, she meets someone who can help her. And who knows, maybe she can help him too. Updates every Tuesday and Friday TW: abuse...

quarter to dawn {poetry}

a collection of poems. you ask me why i like art and i tell you that the water colours bleed prettier than my wrists

Happy Endings

"Why do you cut yourself?" He asked. I thought about my answer for a moment. "Because I've never met anyone who I hate more than myself." -

Until December Comes

"Life deserves a second chance," she thought. "And If December comes and I'm still not happy, I'll jump."

Why She Jumped | ✔️

❝ This is the closest I'll ever get to flying. ❞ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ No one can fully understand the truth ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ behind a girls suicide, unless the girl ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ who jumped actually tells you the full ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ story. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But that's impossible because she's ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ dead. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But what if she could tell you why she ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ k...

Over The Horizon

Italy. A nostalgic love story between the present and the past of a woman who returns to her hometown after years on her father's death anniversary and a sailor with only his life in the sea. Memories and passion never die in this town where adventure and sadness resemble the different skies of a dantesque Hell and H...

Despicable

Lark has always had a laser focus on her goals. She knows what she wants and how to get it - though sometimes she's too afraid to take the risk. Maybe Roman Oshiro - who is risk personified - is just what the nurse ordered. W A R N I N G Explicit sexual content, the use and mention of alcohol and drugs, and graphic vi...

Saving Violet

Working his first assigned missing persons' case, Jackson never anticipated to find dark secrets, kept truths and a new found love for the one girl he can't stand. Will he be able to keep his promise of saving her, even if it means losing himself?

Chasing August | TEASER

THE FULL NOVEL TO BE PUBLISHED WORLD-WIDE FRIDAY, SEP 30 2022. A summer romance where enemies turn to lovers, and lies threaten to ruin everything. The last time Caroline saw Adam she threw her fist into his face, avenging her best friend's broken heart. The next time she meets him she has just boarded a last minute f...