Missouri Stories

The lifestyle her mother introduced her to? It was never a child's place but she had no choice. Esmé Solei, at the age of twelve, witnessed things a child should never have to. A lifestyle meant for survival but passion to most, at least according to her mother. Esmé grew accustomed to the streets being that she's around her mom twenty four seven. Unfortunately the number twelve would be embedded in her head forever. A particular night happened to change her life for the better and worse when she runs into Moses. A face the streets feared and the name that was opposite of the biblical meaning. But that's also short lived.. because she wanted everything and by all means necessary, she was going to get it.

It was supposed to be a simple trip to the past to see my parents when they were younger, but because of me now my dad is falling in love with my mom, and my dad's wife is falling in love with me and I can't go back until I fix it. My name is Ronnie Snow and this is how I royally screwed up.

~ HELLO~ SO THIS STORY ABOUT A ARRANGED COUPLE BOUND IN FORCED MARRIAGE. HE still loves his female bestie who us goneee. But all she is trying is to be a good partner. Do you think they gonna end together??? ♡♡ENJOY READING ♡♡

Lizeth, 13, is a proud older sister to Uzellia, an 8-year-old girl. She puts Uzellia before herself at all times. However, when the family moves from Colorado to Missouri, all she wants is the room with the window. But Uzellia wants it too, leaving Lizeth confused. Why would a girl like Uzellia want the only room with a window?

All Alice Larkin wants to do is pass her Criminal Psychology class and make it through the semester, but when her eccentric teacher assigns the class a cold-case murder to solve, things get a little messy. Lines are blurred between class and real life as an ongoing homocide investigation creeps closer to Alice's hometown. When an old friend disappears, Alice is dragged into the case, and (because Midwestern small-town police are incompetent) is forced to take the investigation into her own hands. Worst of all--she's forced to team up with her nemesis, Rudi Larsen. Will this unlikely crime-fighting duo become the Watson and Holmes of Central Missouri University, or be the latest names in the obituary column?

All but one Battleship were destroyed in WW2. Read to find out about the life of the last Battleship. The USS Missouri. (Version 2. This is if he was summoned instead.)

Entering into their senior year of high school, Cole and Jason discover they share an unexpected attraction to each other. What should be a normal teenage relationship becomes complicated as friends, parents, and cross-country coaches try to keep them apart. Can Cole and Jason overcome the distance?

After Bradley's parent's die in a car accident, he becomes a orphan. Like any other orphan, he hates his life. Now four years after the accident, Bradley is now 17, and wants to explore the world on his own. However, there is a new couple who want to foster Bradley, and there is nothing he can do about it. Within a couple days , he starts to think about runing away, again..... until he meets his foster parent's daughter, Lily. By then, Bradley is forced to start high school for the numerous time. Over the first couple months everything is fine, but later problems start to apear with Lily's ex, Jade, as Bradley starts to have feeling for Lily. Not sure how to handle things, Bradley thinks his only option is to run away, but he dosen't want to leave Lily. Will he stand up to his problems or run away/

David Li simply wanted to create a name for himself, to paint a brighter future. He never imagined that a chance encounter would propel him down a much darker path, one that would entangle him in a game of life and death broadcasting over generations. UPDATE: For those who enjoyed this work when I originally posted the draft in 2018, please know that more is coming soon. I am currently serving as a writer-in-residence for a week and am in the thick of tackling edits, rewrite, and new chapters. I promise, I have not forgotten that the radio waves are still broadcasting. They will reach their conclusion. (October 5, 2022) *** Highest Rank in Horror - #838 (July 29, 2018) *** *** Highest Rank in Paranormal - #401 (October 22, 2018) *** *** Highest Rank in Terror - #178 (June 24, 2019) *** *** 1st Place - Horror - OMP Awards *** *** 1st Place - Horror - The Frozen Awards *** *** 2nd Place - Horror - αλήθεια Awards *** *** 2nd Place - Horror - Blue Rose Awards *** *** 2nd Place - Horror - The Corona Awards *** *** 2nd Place - Horror - The 2nd Ohana Awards *** *** 3rd Place - Horror - The Unicorn Awards *** *** 3rd Place - Horror - Rebel Wars 2018 *** *** Best Aesthetics - The Magic Awards ***

[ON HOLD] Three years after the abrupt departure and complete silence of Blake Pierce, Hadley Jones finally decides that she wants her answers, and she is going to get them. 9 hours and 500 miles later, Hadley arrives at Blake Pierce's doorstep and into a life she thought she knew. A life she used to know, but changed so quickly. Before she knew it, everything had changed. ~ "I've learned to never take anything in this crazy, screwed up life for granted. Especially the people that I love. But do you know what? Life's still going to get screwed up, and it's going to suck, but I'd never want anyone else to go through it with me except for you. So, suck it up and stop running, because this is real life. And I know it sucks, but it's life. And there's no one else I'd rather screw it up with except for you." -Hadley Jones ©2019 EllaRose Cover by: @wallflower_r

The gripping story centers around a nineteen-year-old drug mule from Detroit named Kareem Chestnut, who is blackmailed into being the bait in an undercover FBI operation to catch a mysterious killer targeting African-American boys of an affluent Missouri high school. Being a victim of his environment, sixteen-year-old Kareem Chestnut, a street-smart orphan of vile and crime-infested Citizen, Detroit, had no choice but to become a drug mule to survive. And he was comfortably trapped in his bubble until one fateful night, agents in black unexpectedly burst into his life, threatening him with shocking charges, including murder, which could potentially imprison him for life. However, to his bafflement, no cuffs are flaunted. Because apparently, a mysterious killer with a depraved blood lust for African-American high school boys on the cusp of adulthood is lurking freely in a distant Missouri town, and the hunters are about to enroll Kareem as bait to lure the predator out of plain sight.

This is the Prologue and First Chapter of my novel "...Before You Leap" (Time Will Tell Book 1). With every 10 new followers, I will add another chapter.

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Someone believes she knows a secret; a secret worth killing over. A year ago, Nadine helped a woman escape an abusive husband or so she thought. Now, the husband and his mob associates want her back, even if that means killing Nadine. While Nadine is searching for answers, she gets a roommate and bodyguard. Zeke works for her and he's a former mercenary, just the kind of man Nadine needs protecting her. However, when Nadine's mother meets the tall, exotic bodyguard, she leaps to conclusions. Her daughter is living with a man, an attractive man, they must have eloped. To get answers, Nadine will have to turn to a man that has been trying to kill her for most of her life, only he has the connections to get the information she needs to stay alive. However, playing with bad guys is never a good idea and this time proves no different. Now, Nadine will have to fight the mob, the monster from her past, and her mother.