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Sebastian Gallagher is a 17 year old boy who struggles with grief from loss in different ways. He spends his days doing the same mundane things, going to the same coffee shop after every day of school. Until one day, he meets a girl who turns his world upside down.

Kaly's world is turned upside down when her older brother, Hoppy, comes back once again. While her mother may believe otherwise, Kaly sees Hoppy as a source of her torment from the physical and emotional abuse inflicted on her ever since she was a young child. However, soon, tables quickly turn when the person she viewed as a monster apologize. But while Kaly struggles with the new moral dilemma brought upon her, she also suspects that everything behind closed doors isn't what it seems.

This is a story about two siblings who have grown apart because of their parents. Their parents divorced when they were young, and ever since, the siblings have been fighting constantly while struggling to keep their home from being taken away. Their uncle adopted them, but he doesn't do much to support them, so they have to work to get by. Cleo has no idea what her brother does to make money-until one night, she finds out, and she may never forgive him for it.

***2023 SHORTLISTER FOR THE @OPENNOVELLACONTEST & FEATURED ON (FORMERLY) @STORIESUNDISCOVERED'S 'FEAST ON FICTION' READING LIST IN OCTOBER 2023*** Born and raised within a few steps of Hollywood's golden gate, Arlene Berkshire always knew she wanted to be an actress. After some minor roles in overlooked features, Arlene gets her break at last when she secures a role in Forrest Washburn's highly-anticipated directorial debut. Asked to play opposite a veteran actor who seems to stray from the script only in her presence, Arlene soon finds herself at the cusp of a blossoming affair with the famed Norman Stillwell himself. Yet it is not long after their affair's beginning that an individual reveals a secret that could bring ruin to Arlene's career before it's even started. Thus torn between the man she's fallen for and her reputation, Arlene realizes relatively quickly that no script could have prepared her for what turns out to be her own Hollywood scandal. AN OLD HOLLYWOOD NOVELLA & AN ONC ENTRY.

Life was so simple. All he had to do was follow the rules. Life was so simple, until he met him in a Classical Christian school. Why him? Why here? Why now? Maybe he just needed to sleep.

★彡█►─ ❝𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀, 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹, 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳... 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗼? 𝗢𝗿 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗶?❞ ─◄█ The young prince of the previous era could only watch as his older twin brother took the throne, after a long battle everything seemed fine. Everything seemed so calm. However, the power of envy and greed soon overtook the bloodline of the Akashi. He watched as the heart of gold became colder, solid, greedy. He watched it all, the river at best carried the young prince away and now, the prince pays the price to overthrow a kingdom by playing a simple game. A simple and hard game. That game - chess. But even then the prince wasn't innocent; he no longer was innocent. It was only a matter of when, when he decides to overthrow the emperor he calls his kinship. In a game of basketball, there is only one emperor in the Imperial courts, and only one royal blood will take that throne. Who will it be? The Emperors' Eye? Or the Emperors' Shadow? Who. Will. It. BE? ┊ ˚➶ ｡˚ ☁️ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 ₊❏❜ ⋮ 𝗠𝗶𝗱-𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 2０21 ┊ ˚➶ ｡˚ ☁️ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘀 ₊❏❜ ⋮ 𝗢𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 ⌒