Black Girl Shine #Wattys2017

A collection of 10 poems to uplift the melanin soul. *Highest rank: #20 in Short Poems.

Falling For Mr. Sundae | ✔

[watty's longlist 2018] Elisa Robinson has only one thing on her Summer to-do list: Go to Jamaica with her best friend. But after an ignorant tweet sent in the heat of the moment, her parents threaten to make her get a job so she could see life through a different set of eyes. Elisa was against the idea until she real...

"You are my home"

Samantha Jones is a privileged girl who comes from a good wealthy family. She is a nineteen year old college student with her life planned ahead of her. When she's not at her ballet rehearsals, working towards the most important recital of her career or at her weekly piano lessons, Samantha still finds time to find c...

daraja [COMPLETED✅]

from the swahili word meaning "bridge." let this connect my queerness to my blackness. let this connect all those that are different. let this connect you to me.

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...

You.

“for you, i would give all the love that is in my heart even if you've already ripped it out of me.” ➴ one third of the 'us' series. ➴ lowercase intended © troubhle 2015

The Girl in the Hoodie

{FIRST BOOK IN 'THE GIRL IN THE HOODIE' SERIES} {2014-2018} A girl moved to California two years ago. No one knows what she looks like. All they know is that she wears a hoodie. *~*~*~* "HOLY SHIT, NOAH! WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU LET THE TROLLEY GO?! COME BACK! OH MY FUCKING LIFE, FIZZY DRINKS UP AHEAD--" BANG FIZ...

Friendship for Dummies

"Being reunited with your childhood best friend after eight years apart? Sounds like a heart-warming story. Finding out that said best friend is now a complete jerk who's determined to make your life hell? Not so much." Georgie and Connor were once inseparable. Best friends from birth, they did everything together - w...

Herculean

Lightning crackled in my eyes and jumped around my fists. ❝Zeus is fallen. I am Hercules. I stand in his place.❞ The giantess snorted, leering down at me, yellow teeth like bricks. ❝Another dead hero.❞ ❝Yes. But not today.❞ * *...

The Witches on BellaRow Street

Four African-American witches on the run from a Warlock detective, a jilted lover, and a ridiculous super clingy cat named Mister Purr. *** It's Mardi Gras weekend in New Orleans, and instead of celebrating with deep-fried beignets and dancing, Yanni finds herself i...

Fragments of His Being | ✓

When Quinn discovers a boy watching his friend group play basketball, his mind becomes filled with curiosity. A string of events will lead to him meeting Cody, and as he learns more and more about the small quiet boy, he starts to piece together the fragments of his being. [A PLAY] Cover by @shizunj

Swipe Right

***WATTYS 2021 YA WINNER*** When her handsome nemesis challenges her to a bet, ambitious eighteen-year-old Nyla must go on more dates than him or risk losing her dream role on the school paper. The only problem is, can she stop herself from falling for him in the process? ...

letters to my first love (poetry)

If you ever loved someone but you had to let go. Then this book just might be for you. I'm not sure whether to call it poetry but I wrote down quite a few things after experiencing my first love and heartbreak. I hope this helps you in some way, though I don't know how.

Between the Lies

Vanessa: There's nothing I hate in this world more than I do Aaron Sinclair. Hate is the only word for it. It's not dislike, it's not envy. It's resentment, it's detest, it's despise. I hate Aaron Sinclair. I loathe him. Unfortunately, working with the man and constantly competing with him doesn't make things any eas...

Van Terra [NOW A PUBLISHED BOOK]

[PREVIEW ONLY] Jasper Van Terra stalks the streets of the city-planet Kronos, masquerading as a notorious (and obnoxious) teenage supervillain. Under the guise of pulling heists and picking fights, she's secretly after revenge on Kronos's governor, the man whose family stole her from Earth and ruined her life. When sh...

Awks. ✓

*** "*Sobs* I'm so happy to have a character that's exactly like me." - @TakenUsernameSoz. "This story is so normal that it's unique; a breath of fresh air! Gives us normal girls hope, hi hi!" - @LocalSlayer "This book is seriously my inspiration to not be afraid to show who I am." - @Who_Says_Duh "THAT IS SO ME...

Under The Mistletoe

Hope Kingston. She calls him Asshole. Hope has just come back to her hometown after 2 years in New York and magically landed herself the picture-perfect boyfriend, Jonah Calvin. But what happens when his best friend and Hope have a history? Blake Rivers. He calls her Princess. Blake and Hope were best friends growing...

Children of the Plague

In the darkest corners of lower Manhattan, a battle like no other rages. The city is home to a hidden group of survivors of the nanite plague, and a brother and sister born to defend their race. With a touch that can destroy nanites, Lanni, sister of Alex, is their last chance. Can she save her brother? Can she protec...

A Starship Called Starsong

Computer updates are simple, right? Apparently, that's not always the case when it involves a Spaceship's AI in the middle of deep space. We have always relied upon technology to travel through space, but sometimes that very same technology has a mind of its own... (This story has a happy ending) -------- Sneak Peek: ...

Before

He never knew life could be this way, but truly if he did, he wouldn't have cared. He cared about nothing, not even himself until her. Before her, he was empty/ Before her he knew nothing of joy or completion, and this is his journey to his life After her.

War of the Sexes

When Ellie and her friends pull a prank that goes horribly wrong, Ellie finds herself in a position to which no one had imagined. She had been frozen in time for nearly 500 years, finally thawed it in a world of split sexes. Desperate for any way back to her old world, she meets two boys who agree to take her to the "...

The Perks of Knowing Evans

"You're all I could think about, all day." His voice is low as his lips linger by my ear, his hands trailing down the sides of my body. Slowly. Teasingly. My breathing is heavier than it was a moment ago and I can feel the heat rushing to my cheeks. My heart is pounding so hard that I wouldn't be surprised if he coul...

Reckless Play | ✓

"This thing between us." He said, gesturing to the space between our bodies. "It's bound to happen. You know it. I know it." He tipped his head to the side and lowered his face until it was inches from mine. I sucked in a breath when those vibrant green eyes met mine under a set of thick eyelashes. "Don't fight it."...

WHEN YOU HEAL

[AMBYS 2023 Top picks in humor novellas ✨️] Lee Cook is heartbroken; his wife left him for another woman after twelve years of marriage. He vows to never fall in love again until his dying day. Sana Gulati is befuddled; her boyfriend left her for a woman ten years younger than her. She vows nothing; she's just pissed...

kaden the irresistible | re-uploading in process

[18+ // explicit content including cursing, sexual situations, substance abuse and mentions of violence // do not read if underage or aforementioned warnings are personally upsetting.] "I'm gonna fuck you in every way possible; you're gonna get it all 'cause you're like me and that needs to be properly a...

The Heart Behind Those Glasses

Angela Winters is just your regular high school nerd, a book lover, hates parties you name it. But then her world changes the day when she has to tutor Alex the most popular boy in school and her complete opposite. Alex Anderson is the most popular guy basically the golden boy that everyone loves but his world soon c...

Lighthouse Lullaby | ✓

|Highest rank #2 in Short Story| Ambrosia "Amber" Underwood is a seventeen-year-old high school junior with warped perceptions of the world. She has no friends, only acquaintances. No boyfriend, only a vague dating arrangement with a jock. A lover of routine and a hater of change, Amber spends her nights at the old li...

Ivy of Our Hearts

Trapped in the woodlands, Ivy's only hope of going home is to escape the faerie who enchants her into loving him, blinding her to what he is--monstrous. *** A dark fortress of trees twisted and crippled by time, the Clearwater, Connecticut, woods is no place for two teenage girls. The legends claim it's haunted. Fed u...

The Rich Boy in a Rock Band

Formerly known as We The Young / Vera, a singer held back by her size, and Ashton, a songwriter looking to stop failing himself, team up to achieve their dreams by forming the greatest rock band of our time. *** Vera has always dreamt of being a singer, but is held back by her judgmental mother, a former singer hersel...

Bad Boy Roommate ✔︎✔︎

after a prank gone terribly wrong, hayden jones is sent across country to caldwell academy, a school for the bitchy, the dangerous and the rebellious. and if that wasn't bad enough, it becomes much worse when hayden is accidentally put in the male dormitory, landing her in a room with the school's notorious heartbreak...