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"Bridget Jones with a lot more wine! This story is hilarious, feel-good and relatable in all the best ways!" - Grace K @ HQ. She's just quit her high-flying job, and her marriage is coasting on fumes. Can Alice find a sense of purpose in the wreckage? ***** Alice's life isn't going to plan. She's tied to her phone, pointlessly managing PR for a sinking corporate megalith. She's become a bit player in her kids' lives, and her marriage is coasting on fumes. Forcing herself into action with a rash resignation, Alice sets out to make a positive impact on the world around her. But how? Meditation leads to napping, and her attempts to get closer to her teenage daughter result in the discovery of a secret that leaves her at a loss. As the months tick by and a sense of purpose continues to elude her, Alice finds herself forming bonds with the most unlikely characters: the young woman who panhandles outside her old office; the homeless boy who sits cross-legged outside the liquor store with his ginger cat; her own dog walker who, it turns out, knows a thing or two about developing a good crema. Testing the limits of marriage, motherhood and the Toronto subway system -- can Alice find her way into a purpose-driven life? Or will it all be one giant hangover? [*Wattpad Editor's Pick 2018*] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]] Readers say: "This had me laughing so loud that my sister came to check up on me to see if I'm OK!!!" "...the new Bridget Jones, a working woman's take on the digital age." About the Author: Working mother and red wine enthusiast, Renee lives in Toronto with her flawed but wonderful family (seriously, who left socks on the kitchen counter?) in a flawed but wonderful house (what *is* that smell in the basement?) where she writes flawed but wonderful stories about what it is to be a woman today.

The planet seems perfect for human settlement: water, an earth-like atmosphere and a lush vegetation. Mil plunges into the study of the biosphere with professional enthusiasm. But one detail slips her attention...

A collection of short stories based on the Shipping Forecast regions around the United Kingdom. Some factual, some mystical, some sad and some amusing, I will be adding to this collection over time. These stories are currently on Wattpad as stand alone stories, but I have decided they, and the stories that follow, will be better placed in a single work.

**2016 WATTYS WINNER FOR VISUAL STORYTELLING** Letting her appearance fall to the wayside and desperate to find a reason for her life, Marilyn sits half naked in an Urgent Care examination room with a mysterious skin itch. If she can survive the humiliation of being treated by a sexy male nurse while unraveling the hidden drama woven throughout the hospital staff, Marilyn might leave the hospital cured far below the surface of her skin. NURSE McSEXY is a hilariously enhanced true story (with a healthy dose of fiction) about my mortifying experience involving an allergic reaction, Urgent Care and a sexy male nurse. It was an evening in which one of my greatest fears was encountered--only to reveal my better self on the other side of humiliation. This humorous tale is definitely worth calling in sick for! TO CLARIFY: Despite the title, this is not a tale about a hot and sweaty romance. I mean--I wish it was since it's based on a true story. Unfortunately (depending on how you look at it), my life is a lot more on the belly laughing side of the spectrum than the steaming up mirrors side. Just saying.

Book #2 in the Chrim Chronicles series •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The second book in the Chrim Chronicles occures in three different worlds that collide in an inevitable war. The reckoning is coming. In part two of the Chrim Chronicles, the two missing bloodlines, Moreau and Fynce, make their return, and not without bloodshed. Meanwhile, Wren tries to escape her way out of Tartarus the Underworld, making a lot of enemies along the way. Back in Chrim the witches of the Infamous Coven who were once best friends now face each other in a battle of life and death. (Ongoing and has yet to be edited)

Winning Chick Lit Weekly Prompt 14. A gorgeous guy walks into the restaurant where a lonely girl is having dinner... 1,666 words in two chapters

PUBLISHED ON AMAZON/KU *** 4 CHAPTER SAMPLE HERE *** Life has not been easy for Mary. With the loss of her mother to cancer, her overbearing father gives her the role of housekeeper, cook, and punching bag for his grief. These lonely jobs don't allow time for a social life or even a close friend to lean on. Despite all these challenges, she keeps her chin up and it pays off on the day a cute boy asks her out on a date and steals her heart.

If you think the NHS is struggling now, you ain't seen nothing yet... A 1650 word short story.

England 1921. For fifty handicapped veterans left without home or job after WW1, the only person standing between them and utter destitution is Olivia Altringham. Lacking sufficient funds and a support network, Olivia has managed to keep her veteran's programme running by sheer determination and force of personality. Now, a soldier she had an affair with during the war has suddenly reappeared in her life, forcing her to re-examine their time together and how she ended their affair. At the same time, mysterious and deadly events unfold on the estate that threaten to unbalance the safe environment she has created for her handicapped charges. The times, and circumstances, are rapidly changing and Olivia realises she must change with them -- or risk going under completely. 🔔 #1 in Historic Fiction May 2020 🔔 Featured on the Wattpad Hidden Gems list May/June 2020 🔔 1st place in the Jelsa Awards 2019 🔔 1st place in the One Million Project Awards 2018 in the category Historic/General fiction. 🔔 1st place in the Asteria Awards 2018 in the category of Historical Fiction 🔔 1st place in the Rise Awards 2018 in the category of Historical Fiction

When you are the only sixteen year old in town- possibly in the state- and you are considered stolen goods, things can get downright interesting. Moni Silva desires only to lead as normal an existence as her hidden past can allow, but the ambitions of the corporation that gave her life propel her toward a greater purpose.

Years have gone by, the Cold War is over, the Special Weapons Program has been shut down along with the old Continuity of Government Program, and the USSR is a fading memory. Old weapons have been set aside, shelved, and largely forgotten. One such weapon is Anthony Stillwater, a relic of the Cold War, trained to bring about the end of the world and fight in the rubble. However, relics are shelved when they have no use. After being put out the military, Anthony Stillwater thought he had left it all behind. Living in the woods with his wife and four children, he's known around town as a relatively quiet man who dotes on his young wife and children when he isn't tending bar at the local seaside tavern. Although he bears scars from his time in the military, beyond nightmares he has left behind the dark, cold, and horror of his military service. A buried secret has been found, and events are in motion to remind Stillwater that no matter what lies he tells himself, no matter what masks he wears, he will always be nothing more than a weapon and Property of the U.S. Army.

You lose the ability to dissociate the world wide web from the world of flesh and blood. You're lost in theories of multi-universes, of infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters, of flat earths and fake landings and all-seeing eyes and all that good stuff. Your world becomes a web browser, with open tab upon open tab within open tab. Your mother is concerned about how you'll cope out there in the real world. Out there in the real world, your teachers tell you truths. Van Gogh cut his ear off, artists are crazy. Don't worry about student debt, it'll be fine. Don't ever start a sentence with 'But'. But you can do anything you want to do, be anything you want to be. They play alphabetti spaghetti games with your medical records. They put a label on you, nice and convenient, it'll help you get better. ADD. ADHD. FAS. ASD. PTSD. OCD. All that good stuff. You get a job out there in the real world, you get sacked, you get another job. It pays the bills. You just live for the weekend. Work to live, live to work, what's the difference? Better to tow the company line. You're an asset - their asset. Could be worse - there are sweatshops in China and this ain't one of them. You can travel when you retire in 55 years. You can see the world on google maps anyway. It's fine. There are other yous in other universes. Other yous, living the dream. Living clean. Self actualising on a daily basis. Fighting off the supermodels and autograph selfie hunters. Kicking arse and taking names. Getting the girl. Getting the boy. Lifting the trophies and collecting the medals. Changing the world for the better. Going down in history. The big 'I Am'. All that good stuff

A possible near future we can but hope to avoid. 1.8k words.

Yuki had a crush on Kaname forever. When she learns that he also has a crush on her. The plot thickens as they learn more about each other and found that they're parents set up an arranged marriage years ago. What will the new couple do? ©2018 Nadine van der Merwe

Jack Hansard is the man who can sell you anything. Luck in a bottle, fame in a box, dreams on a leash, you name it: if he doesn't have it, he'll convince you he has something better. He's a trader on what's known as the Black Market - the occult Black Market, that is. If you're in need of that extra special something to curse your ex-lover or win your fortune, Hansard's the man to go to. Just make sure you check the 'best before' date on anything you buy. This is Season 1 of the Jack Hansard short story series - each Episode is a separate story, but follows an overarching plot much like a TV series. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! Please do not copy or distribute this work without the author's permission. Cover art by Dominique Lane: http://domlane.weebly.com/

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While the world shivers since three years in an endless winter, Leif, a young man struggling to rebuild himself after the death of his girlfriend, meets fortuitously Freyja, a woman of his age with whom he shares strange common points. However, this heavenly encounter could be not as hazardous as it seems, and while fate plays the matchmaker, an old and dark power is about to be freed in the North...