When Lilith accepts a job as a live-in nurse at an old manor, she realizes that nothing could have prepared her for what lay in front of her. Follow her stay as each chapter unfolds into this short story.

Will be read by Shelby Scott on her podcast Scare You to Sleep!

"Don't let me fall Ryder! Don't let me fall," back then, I had no idea the truth behind that plea. With my feet in his tiny, 5 year old hands, he held on tight. But I fell in a different way. One that doomed me from that day on, and change my life forever. (WARNING! MILD VIOLENCE! MENTIONS SUBJECTS LIKE: DEPRESSION, SUICIDE, AND ABUSE) Growing up as a quadruplet can be hard. Especially if you have a lot of uncles, aunts and cousins who live with you, and you're the less attractive one out of the four of you. Growing up, Tiana was a very outgoing girl who wanted to be heard. She'd speak her mind and never let anyone get in her way. Now, she rarely talks at home because she just ends up being interrupted and feels like no one cares anyways. The only one who will listen and understand is her mother, but even with her, it seems like she's hiding something. With all these feelings of neglect, she's developed a passion for motorcycle's and a dream to travel the world so she could be anywhere but home. Growing up as an only child is freaking amazing. Especially if your parent's are rich and give you anything you want. Spoiled rotten with a no good attitude, Ryder lives a life of luxury. But at an early age, he develops strong adult feelings for a certain Tiana. As they say, there's a thin line between love and hate. Instead of showering her in kisses, he's been physically and mentally bullying her since freshman year even though they were childhood friends. Will Ryder figure out what he really wants before Tiana leaves to go live her dream of traveling the world? Or will Tiana take a road out that will leave everyone heartbroken? (spin-off to "Abused, Mute and Human") Bruised #1

"just hold me," and he does.

He won't remember the ocean. Written for the #PlanetOrPlastic contest.

❝The most rebellious people in society are the dreamers; for their minds are capable of creating incredibly beautiful and impossible concoctions. And those single thoughts alone have the ability to reconstruct anything.❞ Alice is nearing graduation and the stress is pushing her to breaking point. So, in a spontaneous decision to run away, she finds herself in the circus tent at a carnival two towns away. What better way to distract herself than speculating upon an entertaining show of optical illusions?