Your average coming of age story, involving some above-average characters. Hopefully, this is well-written enough to qualify as "good", but I guess you'll be the judge of that, won't you? It's about a boy adopted from India by a wealthy UK couple - the Robinsons. The boy's name is Dhruv Robinson and the story is from his perspective. I'm not sure how regularly I'll be updating this, and it's the first original story I've ever posted online, or even showed to anyone so please be kind to it. That being said, harsh constructive criticism is most willingly accepted. So I don't know - be firm but fair I suppose. Enjoy.

Ewatomi; A Nigerian teenager Deals with a crush An overprotective brother Bitchy ex friends Secrets

Cover by: jiba_tree Pirate with one brain cell...on a good day? Check. Extremely specific descriptions and random trivia? This story has it. Wild adventures where no one, and definitely not our heroine, knows what's going on? Read and find out! ... "Good day, good sir," she chirped in as cheerful a voice as she could manage while still being salty over the ship fiasco. "Good day? The sun may be shining and the clouds may be gone, but today is anything but a good day," replied the pirate with a long look. "Who rained on your parade?" went Polly. "I shouldn't bother such a pleasant person as you with my tale," sighed the pirate. He cast a forlorn gaze towards the sea and it really would have been quite an aesthetic moment for a picture taker. "Oh, well then, um, sea you later?" replied Polly who began turning away. "Alas, it was just this morning when I was a younger man and had not a clue what evils would befall me," started the pirate. Coincidentally there was a bench which Polly sat herself down on and a stage which the pirate leaped onto.

Seventeen year old Misty Cellars lives in a double-wide trailer where she bargains with a local drug gang to keep her mother out of prison. After losing her father to heroin, she is invited to a weekend church gathering, or so it appears. Instead, Misty is initiated into the underworld of her town's twisted history. She learns of the battle between the Hawkweed and the Gardeners, and the recently revealed role of the Lampyridae in the fight for the heart of her town. Misty learns that her family's misfortunes are part of a larger ploy to keep the town's residents poor and under control. But why would outside forces be so interested in a small town in Maine? Misty learns the answer lies closer to home than she ever could have imagined. Misty is growing up in a town that no one ever leaves. "Bloom where you are planted," is a phrase often invoked by the old folks of the town. Still, Misty feels stifled by her classmates, her parents, and worst of all, herself. Can she break free of the chains that she helped create?

Subtely he places his hand on top of hers. She doesn't push it away because she likes his touch. "So you are happy with him?" He asks. "Yes, he is the best thing that has ever happened to me." She lies looking straight into his eyes. ----------------------------- Tanishka Mishra has always been a bubbly person and has pursued everything she ever wanted. Be it career or education. But when comes the time for her marriage she gets in an arranged one. And the exact thing tumbles her life upside down. Her life brings her at a stage where she has to choose between the father of her child and a lover. Read this romantic thriller to find out how did Tanishka get into this mess. And who really is her pending soulmate? ©All Rights Reserved

**Mature Content** Maya is a young, talented artist with big plans for her future and little concrete direction on how to get there. Through her search for a sense of self and for love, she grips tight to what she finds, whether it may be the right thing or not. Cover Photo by Oscar Obians on Unsplash

A collection of notes, written by an all but normal girl. A/N: I've always wanted to write a sort of creepy, chill-inducing book. Here an attempt. Also, LOW-KEY MATURE!

* Updates every Wednesday! * * * * Aspen Reyes has never believed in magic. Growing up, she was taught that everything had an explanation that could be figured out with logic. Even when the inexplicable happened, like the death of her father, she rationalized it. But after being enrolled into the mysterious Magnolia Academy, a boarding school ran by her uncle, something changed. Too many unexplainable things happened, too many weird events that didn't line up. Magnolia Academy is home to young Magicae, a race of humans with magic flowing through their blood. Under the light of the blue moon Aspen and friends change, and with this their lives change forever. And with the unexplainable murder of Jack Hughes, everyone at Magnolia Academy, even the school itself, is put into danger. Aspen takes it upon herself to find this heinous murderer, no matter what it takes, to protect her family legacy and to prevent the closing of Magnolia Academy forever.

Experience Stephens wild visions and haunting nightmares. During the midst of a lockdown, he starts to see, hear and feel things which terrify him to his core. Will he make it through? Or will the demons of his past catch up to him? Ranked in the top 150 Scary stories, top 10 for Shadow People and top 100 in Lockdown.