Becoming Stories

When quiet, introverted Rilei Hunnerfer gathers the courage to confess her feelings to Kia Murenta,the school's most adored, untouchable girl,she already knows the answer will be no. But nothing prepares her for the humiliation that follows, or the heartbreak she has to carry alone. What Rilei doesn't know is that her confession doesn't end anything. It starts something. Because Kia Murenta, perfect, polished, and straight,or so she claims,can't stop thinking about the girl who ran crying in the rain. The outcast who shouldn't matter. The girl who suddenly won't even look at her. And the more Rilei pulls away, the more Kia can't help but fall apart. Rejection may have been the beginning, but obsession is what comes next.

THE NAMES WE OUTGREW by winter-fire Some loves do not end. They simply stop being places you can live. On the eve of his wedding, Nikolai is confronted with a truth he believed had been buried for years. Letters once lost to silence resurface, revealing that the woman he mourned never stopped loving him-and that the life he painstakingly rebuilt may have been founded on a misunderstanding that was never his to make. Caught between two women who embody different forms of survival-one forged in fire and ambition, the other in patience and quiet devotion-Nikolai must face a question with no merciful answer: Is love defined by the passion that first breaks us, or by the steady presence that teaches us how to endure? Told through shifting perspectives and steeped in imagery of winter, memory, and restraint, The Names We Outgrew is a literary exploration of grief, gratitude, and the cost of becoming whole-asking what it means to choose a future when the past refuses to remain silent.

Short poems exploring the pain of losing someone without truly losing them, but losing yourself instead. A quiet grief for the past version that will never return, and the fragile hope of becoming something new, until sorrow slowly turns into joy. 📌 Pinterest board: https://pin.it/397dQqEff

My name is Bryn G. Wilson, my legal name anyway, I have a cousin who looks exactly like me, her name is Briella Wilson. I am a normal 18-year-old. As normal as I can get being a homeschooled, dyslexic and closeted gay. As normal as it can get, knowing that my cousin isn't actually real. Well, she is but she isn't. It's all rather complicated. See it all started when I came out to my parents when I was 14 years old, and my father beat me within an inch of my life. He would not have a gay son. It effectively got fucked months later when he found dresses and make-up in the back of my closet. Somehow in the mix of the violent spew of words and chaotic screaming, I had told my dad that maybe I didn't want to be a boy or a girl. Maybe I just wanted to be. To cut the long story short, I ended up living a secret double life. My father was alright with it as long as no one ever found out his son was gay. So, I live as Bryn and as Briella. I kept the ruse going so well for four years. I mean mom made it easier by suggesting that I be homeschooled as soon as my father had yelled something about keeping me in the basement and never letting me leave. Like I said, it was all so easy for four years, until I snuck out one night for a party, got drunk and Briella kissed a boy I had been crushing on for years. Welcome to my life, my chosen name is Bee, and I am a non-binary 18-year-old in a world of trouble. ***UPDATES WEEKLY***

Love? Never. Children? Never. Work, yes. Becoming a powerful woman, yes. But nothing went as planned. When I arrived, no one saw me. I didn't exist. Pushed aside, despised, ignored. No one recognized my worth. Rejected, forgotten, alone - they didn't even remember my name, because I hadn't been chosen. I lost myself. I had given up all my dreams of becoming someone... until the day, by the greatest stroke of chance, he took an interest in me. I became someone because this powerful man saw me. And when someone powerful sees you, you exist. My world changed because he looked at me. Seen at last - and I won't fade again.With love, from the girl who finally exists.

Part 3 in the Elliott Series - Please read Saving Elliott and Finding Elliott before this. Elliott Cole can finally breathe, in her own way...

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Softly, I Kept Going is a gentle, emotional collection of poems that explores love, loss, healing, and self-discovery. In these verses, Stanaika writes with raw honesty about quiet crushes, the ache of letting go, the strength it takes to keep believing, and the beauty of becoming. These poems speak to anyone who's ever felt unseen, uncertain, or quietly breaking and chose to keep going anyway. Through softness, doubt, and faith, this collection reminds us that growing gently is still growing, and surviving is a form of strength. For the ones healing in silence, hoping in secret, and learning to love themselves along the way, this is for you.

Hide who you are so they can't see your vulnerable side. Hide your beauty so you know how they act when you have flaws. "I hate it!" I hate this so much. I get up everyday, and it's the same nonsense. I go through it all. Wake up, go to the hell hole. Get bullied, cry. And come home wishing I could show them who I really am. What I really look like. "But you can't, Adeline. And you know that." The only person I have to talk to is myself, Sad. I know. ❀⊱┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄⊰❀ "Let me go, Easton." "Why won't you let me in?" He yells back to me, tighten his hold on my arms. "I said to let me go." "Tell me why first!" I sigh in defeat, shaking out of his grasp. "You're a bully, Easton. And you know it. You only want me when we're alone." "Why do you think that, Addy? Let me know." "I see it everyday." I shrug, walking away from him. Pausing in my tracks, I laugh silently to myself before looking back to him. Your vulnerability shows, Adeline. No matter what, you'll always be you. I talk about not showing but yet I'm the same either way. At home: I'm shy, but I'm in my own skin. At school: also shy, but I don't show what I have to offer. "Adeline-" Easton reaches out for me and I brush him off. "I've said it before. You're a very fake person, Easton. The fakest of them all."

Do you want to become a Karen? This simple guide will teach you all the basics, from complaining to Starbucks orders, simple as: Live, love, life.

What do you speak when the sky sits heavy on your tongue? This debut collection drifts between breath and storm, threading poetry through clouds of grief, resilience, surrender, and sacred defiance. With rhythm that pulses like prayer and imagery that clings like mist, A Mouthful of Clouds invites you to taste the weight of words unsaid and the softness of survival. These poems do not ask for silence-they rise, float, break, and rain.

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The history of a planet flooded by overpopulation, pollution, and poverty. The Bible being that complete history, a project which purpose is to warn of the consequences that will inevitably follow the previous occurrences. Of which, a third of the global population being Christian, worship and follow the Bible. Ultimately securing our inevitable fate of extinction.

Hayley knows friendship. Heck, she’s an expert on friendship. So why not use that to her advantage? When a class project offers the perfect opportunity for Hayley to bring justice to her high school’s social ladder, she knows what must be done. Joining the “In Crowd,” lying to get the guy, betraying everyone that trusts you- it’s all for the greater good, right?

Soule loves the goats in his herd, especially Mama Maa, his mother. But as he grows he realizes something is terribly wrong. He doesn't think like the other goats do. He doesn't act like the other goats do. And he is becoming quite sick with questions. Then, something unthinkable happens. A monster attacks Soule's herd! Amid the blood and terror, a figure emerges: Lore, the king of the Tigers. Lore is interested in Soule, and not as a meal. Lore knows what Soule is. But will Soule accept the truth and face his frightening destiny? ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Have you ever felt totally different than everyone else? Do you feel like no one really "gets" you? Do people often call you strange or weird? Are you afraid that someday someone will discover the "real" you? On the vein of "Who Moved My Cheese?" and "Jonathan Livingstong Seagull," GOAT is a self-help book hidden within an ancient Hindu fable sometimes referred to "The Grass Eating Tiger" or "The Lion and the Sheep." I encountered this fable while conducting intense research on a variety of topics relevant to psychology and the practical usefulness of Hindu and Buddhist beliefs. I wanted to find answers to some of life's most bothersome questions surrounding loneliness, isolation, ambition and mindfulness. In each chapter, Lore gives Soule a lesson that profoundly impacts Lore's future and beliefs about himself. I hope they are also able to help you too! I know they helped me!

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Bella is taking a gap year. She doesn't know where she is gonna go. Who she is gonna be with. She is just gonna pack everything up and leave. Bella is gonna go with the flow and do whatever it takes to be in connect with herself. Her Dad just died and her Mom is always drunk and very absent. She is broken. Noel has young blood with a nice face. Very built and likes to have fun. What happens when they meet? It's a roller coaster of fun. Does sharing a Beach House bring them closer or just make them hate eachother more?