Semiautobiographical Stories

Daniel has spent his life trying to understand love by reading patterns, silences, and signals everyone else seems to know instinctively. From York to Manchester to Denmark, every almost-love leaves him with another question - until an autism diagnosis helps him see that the mystery was never only other people. It was himself. Tender, quiet, and deeply human, this is a story about missed chances, late honesty, and the kind of love that does not ask you to guess.

The Boys on the Corner is the prequel book in a heartfelt Brooklyn trilogy that includes A Foot in the Door and Somewhere Between Old and New. In 1973, fifteen-year-old Gerry and his crew rule their corner-until three older guys arrive and everything changes. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Meet Den Mum. She is a self-contained arsenal running on calm, a "Hobbit-Elf" with cerulean eyes, and a woman possessing a thread of classic European elegance running staunchly through her bones. She survives on a precise matrix of sugar-free flavored waters, regular Shopee vitamin orders, and a fierce dedication to the Golden Rule Protocol. Having survived a childhood of psychological combat zones and a catastrophic system crash of familial loss, Den Mum has built an unyielding, sovereign fortress of peace. She has zero patience for the "Tedious Baseline" of her peers, corporate ego loops, or the superficial drama of the modern dating pool. Navigating the harried, roaring intersections of Bangkok, teaching a swarthy crew of young piratey ESL students, and running forensic audits on everything from British television satires to the un-kosher logistics of cheeseburgers, Den Mum is finally coming into her own. She's not looking for a corporate compromise. She's tracking a rare, high-fidelity frequency: My Person/Mr. Exemplary-a checkmate matching soul to share the handlebars of life with, if anyone at all. Equal parts dry, deadpan comedy and fiercely poignant emotional stewardship, "How Not to Marry a Welshman (and Other Success Stories) is a deeply unique, slow-burn biographical journey about stepping out of survival mode, healing from the wreckage of the past, and mapping out a multifaceted galaxy of one's own. Moving from high-concept cultural critiques to turning a frantic "fridge-dash" leftovers mess into culinary alchemy, "How Not to Marry a Welshman (and other Success Stories)" is a witty, raw, and fiercely sovereign story of neurodivergent survival, profound healing, and finding/founding a fortress of peace entirely on your own terms.

It was a time of change. An era of revolutions and overthrows; of secessions and unifications. A time of recessions and elections and bloody beautiful football. Electronic music and boy bands, zombies and the coming of winter. The time of dystopian worlds and SickLit novels that aimed to be 'Okay? Okay.' The age of reboots and remakes and high functioning sociopaths. There was a Doctor with a bow tie and a Doctor without a bow tie and two incredibly awesome brothers with a pet Angel. The age of rights and discrimination. Of terror and happiness; oppression and liberty. An age of fear and an age of hope. And it was in this time that I started 11th grade. CONTENT MAY BE SLIGHTLY MATURE.

What lengths would you go to in order to achieve your dreams? Spencer has always seen the world through numbers. While they watch those in negative numbers strive for positives and those in the positives risk everything to stay in the positives, they long for the simplest of numbers: Zero. At Zero, they will experience true tranquility and feel at peace with themself. To help reach as close to Zero as possible, Spencer writes books, novelettes, poetry and more. By sharing their experiences as an agender person living with a mother who doesn't understand them (nor try to), they hope to inspire others and assure them they are not alone. When Spencer is given the opportunity to work with a publisher and publish their own book, they are determined to write a romance book proposal that no one will want to turn down. The only problem: none of their ideas are authentic enough. Since Spencer never felt the need to date before, their writing teacher encourages them to pursue romance to help inspire their book. While Spencer is determined to not date anyone, they are willing to give it a try for the sake of their writing. And when they find out their cute classmate seems to be interested in them, they decide to see where their blossoming relationship will go. After all, they're willing to do anything to reach Zero.

ONGOING | Someone lurks in the depths of the school, someone powerful and well-known enough to hide its own identity. A man behind the slaughter, endless chaos, and one to serve a deeper purpose that no one could comprehend. As the school rumbled in chaos and left with hundreds of mysteries to unravel, will the section Luna who once been outcasted, insulted and mocked by other individuals, take on this problem and solve it all to save the whole school, or will death consume them instead?

A mix of historical fiction, autobiography and fan fiction. Just because I'm loosing tells the story of three very different kids and the bands that saved their lives.

A world that's dystopian, and on most days, painfully normal. Dear reader, That's the world I live in. I'd like to believe my redemption was my own doing. That I was the hero in my story. But it wasn't me. It was someone else. Someone who taught me how to love. How to forgive. How to live. Someone who killed dogs for a living. In a world where our stomachs are filled with dog meat and our bodies full of symptoms, how has no one put two and two together? What if- Dog meat caused the illness. Hear me out: What if eating dog meat is the illness? What if-just what if-we made ourselves sick, and refuse to admit it?

I confess, I'm a mid-twenties pseudo-adult with a short attention span and a penchant for self-deprecation. The following stories are real and no names have been changed to protect anyone because really this is just me struggling with adulthood while trying to reign in an overactive imagination. I'm trying to be funny, just go with it, okay?

--- The Shadowed Mirror tells the story of Kento, a man lost in his own despair and searching for meaning in a life he believes has none. When he meets Akari, a woman with her own struggles, their connection offers a brief escape from their pain. But as Kento's thoughts grow darker and reality starts to blur, he must face the truth about himself and the world around him. A story of love, loss, and the search for purpose in a meaningless world. ---

Three women, three different time periods, one house. How are all three of these souls connected, and what will they find hidden within the walls of the place they call home?

A nightmare I've long dreaded has finally come to pass. The day I was left alone in this empty world began when my father died a week ago in a work accident. Meanwhile, my mom had been gone for a long time due to illness. I was a spoiled child, but this didn't change the fact that I now had nobody to rely on.

Margaret "The Nerd" Fabian navigates the highs and lows of middle and high school. All the while dealing with a hidden disability.

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Dying is hard, living is harder. Making order of disorder and finding companionship in an accompanying world is impossible. And to fight the impossible and inevitable is Human. Make sense of the senselessness with me.

Prompt: A kid takes a small seashell out of a jar at a friend's house. Not a seashell, but I don't need to take those from people.

Kind of a semi-autobiography where I try to find my writing style and explore my feelings.

This is currently a memoir type non-fiction, although based on current events in my life. I've been inspired to use Wattpad as a tool to document my reactions and thoughts during this pivotal point in my life. Right now I'm getting ready for things like SATS and figuring out what I want to do with the rest of my life. It's time to grow up. (G-Rated until further notice)

Emma Morel is the perfect specimen of how life doesn't always turn out. At 28, she's single again after a twelve year relationship with her high school sweetheart Craig ends. Even though it was relatively amicable, Em still feels like she's failed at adulting. The fact she's studying another Masters with the seemingly impossible hopes of getting into her PhD while trying to hold down a job as an admin assistant doesn't really help much. Her five best friends are adamant she get back on the proverbial horse and go out of their way to make her. Which is all fine, until a new guy at their local asks about her relationship status and the girls make it their mission to hook the two up. But as Emma gets closer to Jaime, another prospect pops up, Ryan Matthews had been one of Craig's best friends for years and Emma had always had a bit of a crush on him. She'd even been embarrassing enough about it on plenty of occasions. So, when the idea that Matthews might maybe have felt the same all these years? After twelve years with one guy, Emma doesn't know how to deal with two suitors. Between Jaime - the edgy, gorgeous bartender - and Matthews - the Chris Evans look alike she'd dreamt about for years - what was a girl to do? Both of them seem to have adulting down-pat. Jaime has plans, exudes confidence, and he'd give anything for Emma. But Matthews has a proper job, there's eleven years of history there, and he would give anything for Emma, if only he didn't feel like he was betraying Craig...