Dealingwithdeath Stories

Shane, a boy with Asperger's disease, tries to fit in at school. One day he meets a funny, popular girl Zephyr who starts to coax him out of the barricade he built to keep himself in. They soon became best friends, sharing the same humor and occasional sarcasm. Just as he realized he was in love with Zephyr, he received shocking news. Zephyr had jumped off a building.

The Perfect Gift is a story leading up to Christmas during the late 1930's, when Canadians are beginning to recover from the Great Depression. It shares the story of a young girl, Mary, who is trying to make Christmas special after her Ma's passing. With the emotional and economic challenges of this time, Mary is forced to make new decisions, friends, and to discover new truths about the importance of friends and family. The Perfect Gift is heartfelt, funny, and thought-provoking... a book that every tween should take the time to read! (Age 9-12)

The tragic story of a woman racing to finish out her life before, Death who is always near finally claims her. A short story.

His mother ad named him after the frst constellation to be measured but tonight, Cygnus was infinite. A bit of poetic prose and a short story!

A young boy and girl play chess as a way to deal with their troubles in 1980s Toronto. This was originally published in the final issue of Descant Magazine. The magazine is now defunct and the issue out of print.

Starting University is nerve racking. When Tara leaves home for the first time to move into the dorms at university, she's excited to start this new chapter in her life. Her new roommate is cool and soon she has a new tribe of friends to hang with. What she doesn't anticipate is her roommate's playboy brother to always be hanging around and popping up when he shouldn't be. But as Tara goes through first time life experiences, including heartbreak, she realizes that having him around might not be so bad after all. No matter how hard she tries, their paths keep crossing, and pretty soon, it gets hard not to fall for him. Before she knows it, she becomes a part of a family and things are comfortable. But when his family member is in a terrible accident, she learns more about grief and loss than she knew possible. This coming of age novel deals with love, loss and all matters of the heart.

Dylan, a young man from San Diego went to New York for New Year's Eve. But as the ball dropped and the countdown began Dylan started to fell woozy and woke up with his friends in a dead end street. They began to walk down the quiet empty street and moving in the wind Dylan saw a piece of paper. He ran to it and read aloud to the other "Happy New Year 1914!"confused he inspected the paper. It wasn't faded, it was fresh. That was when he realised they were no longer in 2016. And that was only the beginning...

Its a book that helps how you see the world whether depressed or happy. To see how the rich suffer and how the poor are suffering. This book will not be ending its an expiration on the youth and all

In the aftermath of Wally's death, Dick chooses to take a step back from his life as a hero. His family, his friends. He leaves it all behind. Not because he wants to, but because he knows he needs to. No one will understand what Dick knows in his heart: the only way he can honor his best friend's memory, the only way back for him from Wally's death, is to answer his best friend's unspoken question. Without the mask, who is Dick Grayson?

The room went deathly quiet, and the soft patter of rain outside of modest wooden walls made everything resonate with a certain dull somberness. Despite a hesitant warmth in the air, Deshrau felt cold and numb. The taste of the past was painfully bitter on his mouth, and one not easily forgotten. "Do you really think this can work? This... truce?" It was that, and only that: A truce. Nothing more, nothing less. A temporary arrangement for a temporary problem, destined to end- one way or another. Saershyn was unusually hesitant. His eyes were heavy and distant, his frown grim with some kind of unspoken and terrible understanding. "I hope so." He spoke softly. ---- Two idiots are forced to very begrudgingly get along as one recovers from an injury. Everything is fine- until they get tracked down by a wildly vengeful god and have to flee the continent. Why exactly is this god out for their blood? ...Somebody's hiding something about their past. Unexpected allies get dragged into the mess, and things quickly grow even more complicated. Some souls are born in chains. Cruelty is in a god's nature, after all. (I need to make a cover so for now just take some random art i made of the main antagonist haha)

Elle, a popularly-known harlot seems to have some secrets about the child she raised. As things begin to unravel itself, they become complicated for Promise. She thinks life is over, but it may just be a new beginning for them. She does something stupid and the results fall on Elle as a burden to bear. "What happened" becomes the question to be answered.

What if we found intelligent life in the universe? What would happen if they came to us not as enemies, but as refugees? Cipher is a stranger in a strange land. From a different world. He has spent most of his young life preparing to represent his people among the humans, proving that Aeolians can live among humans. He and several others are enrolled in schools scattered across the world. But integration is never easy, and as one of the first Cipher must bear the brunt of it. Will he succeed in his mission or is it too much to ask of someone so young? ***If you're looking for the Cipher from my short story "Not Alone" this is the fuller story*** ***Warnings*** I don't really know how to do this... There is bullying (verbal and physical), some violence, very mild and few 'bad words' (let me know if you see more I need to add) ***This is a first draft of my original story I hope to publish one day so constructive criticism and feedback is much appreciated**

THIS IS MY FIRST BOOK MEANING IT CONTAINS (cringe, grammar mistakes, and more) BEWARE! This presents a teen romance where a girl (Serena) goes to a new high school after a tragedy where she loses her brother (Malik). She finds herself falling in love with someone who is innocent and sincere, but she meets another guy who is puzzling and potentially has the background of murder. If you want to end up grinning at your phone, read more... ;)

One year since Wilbur died. One year since Tommy's life was happy. One year ago his brother was brutally murdered. One year ago, Techno barged into the craft family's kitchen holding the dead body of his twin. One breath ago Tommy turned, staring at Wilbur, who is wearing the same yellow sweater he died in but with a hole, with blue stains around it. one heart beat ago he asked"Tommy, what are you doing?" cocking his head a bit to the side. One moment ago, Tommy's dead brother's ghost stood in Tommy's room, watching him harm himself. or, Wilbur died one year ago on this day, only for his ghost to appear in Tommy's room. (cross posted on Ao3 with the same name)

~"You don't- you don't need me." I stared in shock. This was the first shred of emotion he'd shown since he started avoiding me, and I had no idea how to respond. What was I supposed to say to something like that? So I let myself be honest, and I told him exactly how I felt. "But I do." I almost choked on my words. "I do need you. I can't talk to anybody else. I can't eat. I can't sleep. And I know you know what that's like."~ Liliana is now an orphan. Just 17 years old, she lost her parents in a boating accident and now she must live with her best friend, her best friend's parents and her best friend's brother, Joseph. She struggles through her grief as well as dealing with the mysterious but obnoxious Joseph, and it soon comes to light that he isn't the only one around her keeping secrets. Living under the same roof, tensions arise, and Liliana begins to discover that a perfect family may not be so perfect after all." If you like a good old slowburn, enemies (ish) to lovers, bonding over tragic backstories type beat then this story is for you, I promise :) #1 in #bestfriendsbrother (didn't note the exact date - some time in January 2021) #1 in #dealing with death (11/04/21) amazing cover by @sixty6ix !!

Two demon siblings, Delta and Chris are sent up to the mortal realm to deal with an issue that could break the very balance of heaven. And although it is important, Delta can't help but not want to be back with the mortals, but when he meets Evan and his dead now-turned-ghost boyfriend Theo, he can't help but want to help them turn Theo back into a mortal. Even if it means going as far as going on a heist for an old book of witchcraft from the local museum.

The story of a man trying to find himself again after his husband passed away due to cancer.

Baxter Rhett is an orphan that struggles to fit in, and struggles with his anger. He finds love and wonders if it will last.