Pencilprize2014 Stories

In which Margie stumbles upon a plane ticket to Florida, a three-legged cat in a dog collar, and a drunk man with purple hair. --- #128 Adventure 7/27/14

Four girls. Three detours. Two flat tires. One destination. Hope Sanders has been planning the perfect road trip for years with her friends. So when the time comes when she's 21, she jumps right in to it. Not even thinking twice about her no cell phone rule unless it's an emergency. And that includes not using it for car problems. Hope is also determined not to let anything stop her from completing her road trip. Add in two flat tires, and Hope's enemy from the past, and you get some road trip with detours. But there is only one destination.

"All of this happened because of a Kiss Cam"

All because five friends sat together on the bus, and claimed the back seats. {Extended summary inside}

When your down, there is nowhere to go but up!

Seventeen year old Zeron discovered a message embedded in human DNA. A discovery that will bring him to the far reaches of the universe. Witness Zeron enroll in a school on a planet in a far away galaxy with other extraterrestrial students. Travel with him to some of the most mysterious places in the universe, enter black holes, ride inside wormholes, learn how to control gravity, create matter, combine energies , invent devices , build ships, bomb a star, harvest dark energy, jump to other dimensions, design and sculpt planets, discover more life forms, trap light, travel through time, witness some of the most violent yet fascinating disasters in space, fight some alien barbarians, and most important of all is to decode the hardest puzzle in the universe “ The Primordial Gene”, a puzzle that might answer all of the questions in the universe or might also destroy what they already have.

When Christina Hopkins' life crashes out of control, the only thing she can think of is to pretend it never happened. A declining state of depression along with a yearning to drugs and alcohol are her way of life until she comes across an unexpected gift, but it's too late. As the addictions get stronger, she is forced to give up her only hope of recovery – until she accepts an offer for therapy. Twenty years later, with the help of a single man, she gradually reshapes her past and catches up with her long-lost teenage years – but there's just one surprise left waiting for her. This is the story I am going to use for the writing competition The Pencil Prize 2014, over at @thepencilprize. I'm not quite sure if I'm going to continue it when the competition is over though. Cover credit goes to @esoterically

"People are a lot like ice cream, both have a variety of different flavors to choose from." Alison Debber wanted nothing more to be with hottie Ben Carson. Tall, dark, and handsome, Ben Carson is every girl's dreams. But when she discovers he's running for president she can't help but worry. Is she ready to be the next First Lady? With his looks and dark past maybe she'll make it through this wild ride. I love Ben Carson and I realize he's not in the running any more but he will always be in my heart the prez of the U.S! I wanted to share this dark story about his wild past and I hope you enjoy. BEN CARSON PREZ 4 2020!!!!

The world's gone to hell. People are eating each other. Literally. Eating. Each other. I'm just doing my best to keep myself and the quirky mismatched group of people I call my own off the menu. Unknown pasts, unknowable future, friends that are actually family, maybe even a little bit of romance. Oh and zombies, lots of zombies. My name is Zero and this is my story.

Somewhere deep inside of everyone there is a part of them that believes that they are invincible. Nobody really wants to admit its there and more often then not people deny its very existence, but it is there. None of us really believe that we could die any moment now and I am no exception. My life was going fine, I had met a boy who seemed to like me for who I am. I had a tight-knit group of friends who were always there for me. I had been volunteering at the local hospital. I had good grades at school. And I had barely any enemies. I had a life, and a pretty good one at that. Then I was hit by a semi.

❝For the love of hand-holding.❞

Studying abroad means you get to go home once a year; around Christmas. And this year, every thing will be slightly different than the previous years. This year, Noelle will receive a present she didn't know she wanted.

On the last day of high school, Sasha Collins sent a love letter to her longtime crush, Tyler Ellis. She did it recklessly, thinking that there was no way in hell that they would end up living in the same state, much less the same college. On the first day of her new life, far away from everything she’s ever known, she runs into someone from her past. And guess who it is? Freaking Tyler Ellis. Gorgeous cover by @17Serenity

Isabella Cartez is a clumsy dramatic average girl. She likes to think of herself as in-between pretty and ugly to make her self feel even the slightest better. She enjoys her simple life and her invisibility at a small co-ed school in Scotland to the fullest. Thats until her famous twin brother Isaiah decides on a whim to leave his fame, fortune and money hungry angry manger for the coldness of Alaska. Now Isabella has to be above average. Now she has to be her hot older twin brother, Isaiah because he's about to get signed as the newest member of world famous band, 5 Seconds Of Summer. If she doesn't, she has to find another way to pay off their father's dept. It's an opportunity they both can't afford to lose.

Moving half way across the country was what my family needed. It was what i needed. I've done terrible things in the past but nothing like what i did last month. Now I'm a heartless soul with a guilty conscience and i need this. I need to be better. At my new school i've started to hangout with the sweetest guy and his amazing nice friends. This should make me a better person. Right?