Once Heroic

And what if once upon a time the villain was the hero?

Abandoned Dreams

❝I love travelling,❞ Xavier stated, ❝and travelling is the life I've chosen,❞ he sighed and smiled faintly. ❝What about you, May? What are your dreams? What is your thing?❞ he questioned me. Books. I wanted to become an author, I wanted to be one of the people who could make a blind see things...

Delude

Delude // She loved him, yet never loved him at all. ••• © All Rights Reserved, 2015//16. Cover Credit: @SyedaFatimaBinteAziz •••

Sleepwalker

When the quiet girl in Clayton Hugh's chemistry class comes knocking on his door at five in the morning barely covered up in her little pajamas, inattentive, and drooling like crazy, he has no choice but to take her inside. But once Lucy Walker wakes up inside a room she has never seen before wearing an over-sized t-s...

The Girl He Never Noticed

When billionaire bad boy Eros meets shy, nerdy Jade, he doesn't recognize her from his past. Will they be able to look past their secrets and fall in love again? ****** When Jade Collins goes to work for billionaire bad boy Eros Petrakis, all she thinks...

11:11

dear stray eyelashes, ladybugs, dark tunnels, wishbones, dandelions, pennies, shooting stars, 11:11, and birthday candles, when will you do your job?

A Note A Day

Anxiety-ridden, nightmare expert Charlotte 'Charlie' Jackson has been receiving witty, heartwarming, anonymous notes since the beginning of the school year. One afternoon, Charlie notices she did not find a note for the first time all year and suddenly gets the urge to figure out who writes them, and why they have be...

Balconial Conversations

bal-co-nee-al ; of or referring to a balcony \\ in which a cynical girl and a disastrously (self-characterized) aromantic psychology student have daily discussions between neighbouring balconies \\ #1 in short story june & july 2k15 \\ book 1

The Girl who Writes and the Boy who Likes her (Now Published So Sample Only)

Zac Carter had spent one week out of every year at Emily Dawson's house since he was fifteen. It was the week his parents had their 'alone' time as they liked to call it. He was thinking of bailing on it this year, telling them he was old enough to be on his own for a week. Then he remembered sad, strange Emily who he...

Through His Eyes

What do you think would happen if you started seeing glimpses through your soulmate's eyes, knowing you're due to meet them in a week? [Book #1 of The Soulmate Series] © felicitate | 2015

Cerulean

I unlocked the chain on the door on the balloon once we landed. He stepped out and looked at me. He memorised my every feature as if his life depended on it, and I did the same to him. I made sure to remember the little scar on his nose and the wrinkle in his forehead. I knew the freckle on his neck and the swift aubu...

Hidden

hidden [ hid - n ] /adjective/ concealed from knowledge or exposure; kept secret. these are the things I've always kept hidden thoughts unspoken, stories unwritten truth be told: I should keep them inside but they're getting oh, so hard to hide ranked poetry #65 and teen fiction #417 on the twenty-ninth of june. a co...

Driving Doctor Mayhem

PERSONAL ASSISTANT NEEDED. People skills optional. Ability to take drink orders preferred. Personal mode of transport a MUST. To Reply, Contact Dr. M's home office: 1-555-TRBLE-4-U (Idiots and those prone to knock-knock jokes need not apply.) ◎ ◎ ◎ Nobody in their righ...

Aside

"AN ASIDE is a dramatic device in which words are spoken by an actor to the audience that the other characters in the play do not hear." A collection of "Eleven O'Clock Number" one shots.

What Could Have Been

This is a story full of what if's, because all my regrets run in my veins and glue themselves to the walls of my mind. This is a story full of endings that I wish would've been quicker to unravel instead of lingering in the air, waiting for the worst moment to strike. This is a story of truth, for all that I write, I...

Door To Door

Hudson Ellis is good at his job. Somehow, he manages not to annoy people when he knocks at their doors and asks them to contribute to the charity he works for - instead, he gets them to sign up for sponsoring programmes and fish whatever spare change they have out of their pockets. Even the infamously tough residents...

Cosmos

"It's just that sometimes, we just sit here and be damned wondering what our place is in the cosmos." * * * A conversation between two friends in the middle of the night leads into something more. * * * [A short story told in just 6 chapters.] [warning: swear words included]

Rhapsody

A shoebox collection of short fables, stories in verse, discontinued manuscripts, and other fluffy curio. Featured by Wattpad under "Short Story" from October 2013 to 2015.

Beautiful Dreamer

Parker Elway is having dreams. Strange dreams; waking dreams; dreams in which she opens her eyes in the darkness to find herself paralyzed and surrounded by shadows from her deepest nightmares. The doctors call it sleep paralysis. But is it really so simple? As the waking terrors worsen and strange people begin to app...

breathe

breathe (v.) briːð/ •be alive; remain living Its not pretty there if you ever go there. A random collection of thoughts. + cover by @dimmings + © works by shiza all rights reserved. 2015/16

The One Without Words

"Go ahead," I said, backing up against the pink wall of the shop. "Do something other than glare at me." I waited. One, two, three seconds... and nothing. I raised my chin at him. "You're boring me, mute boy." He stepped closer. Leaned toward me as his gaze burned into mine. Then... ❀ ❀ ❀ After three months in juve...

The Run ©2014 Sydney Wray

"Who the hell are you?" A boy demanded. He had tousled, chestnut hair. His green eyes were wide with confusion and red from irritation. The boy was also shirtless, paired with red and blue striped boxers. He was, after all, attractive. His abs shown a deep indent in his chest and I forced my eyes not to linger. "Who a...

Osculation

"As far as I can tell, there are two basic (kissing) rules: 1. Don't bite anything without permission. 2. The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly." In which Anna writes about a lot of people kissing.

Dark Blue

"Because I really don't have a future. I don't believe in myself. I'm not sure if I know myself anymore. That's why I come up here, because I am scared." ~ What would you give to not have to tread on eggshells everyday, scared off tipping the balance? What would you give to be able to believe in yourself just once? Wh...