Risingupbooks Stories

Tess, a hot-headed, tutu-wearing maid from New York City, gets a job working for a rich and powerful Virginian family who come from old money. When the family's devilis...

A cup of latte was what started their story on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Matt, a college student who was working as a barista, didn't see it coming. It all happen...

Part of a trio Band, Han Jina, quiet but explosive vocal onstage and a private personality meets Stray Kids Minho (Leeknow) continuously by fate. They find themselves in...

* ONC 2020 AMBASSADOR'S PICK * * ONC 2020 HONORABLE MENTION * * ONC 2020 SHORT LIST * * HIDDEN GEMS * Sean has a problem: his dreams come to life. It causes him enough t...

A girl that's never slept a day in her life. She can't. But that's not a problem.

An immortal and practically invincible eight-year-old sorceress was mysteriously found stabbed to death inside her bedroom. What killed her? Why? But most importantly, w...

Hanzo is good at killing, and pretty much nothing else. Unfortunately, there's not a lot of demand for ruthless, efficient murder these days. He'll have to find some oth...

Professor and astronaut Katy Schlau had a new theory four decades ago: a place beyond space, beyond the universe (or multi-verse, if it existed). She called this place E...

A collection of short poems, sometimes free verse, written anywhere and anytime when I found inspiration in nature, weather, places and smells.

The Martinez Gang is the most feared gang in LA with ties to the Russian Mob dating back to the 60s .Strength and money that was all it took Niklaus Martinez the Underbo...

Josh Alves recently became a father. The only issue with that is that he is gay and never went to an adoption agency. Caleb somehow turned into a five-year-old and now g...

She can alter photos but it also changes that moment. However sometimes there are unintended consequences.

The bad boy. Ezra Michaels, the misunderstood trouble maker. Until, the girl that you would never expect came along and saw him in a different way than everyone else saw...

My name is Lucy. I'm a human. I save werewolves.

Usually death is a good deal more... permanent. Or at least that's what Ana thought before waking up in a new body, to new parents, belonging to a new country, on a new...

Protector of the Human Race Against the Lizard People is not something that Chris Thompson can put on his CV. Lab Technician is. When a new PhD student joins his resear...

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