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The Day The Music Died

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**COMPLETED with new chapter released every day...
 Imagine a world where music has been tweaked to the point where songs become catastrophically addicting. The hooks and jingles that dominate the industry now invade and erode our brains. The world systematically stamps out music in response: the modulation of voices evened, industries shut down, films silenced. Don McLean got it right: something touched us deep inside, the day the music died. 
  
  Enter Shira. Shira has grown up in the first generation post-music. All she knows is quiet and the carefully coiffed fundraisers of the anti-music political action committees. But when Shira meets Lark, she realizes music is more than a drug. He introduces her to a whole musical underground, hidden in plain site in Los Angeles, teaching her about rock, jazz, rap, swing, melodic prayer, and more. But Shira still has to reckon with the danger of the music that traumatized her parent's generation. What happens when a public good transforms into a collective terror...where do the lines get drawn, how does fear pull us apart and how can joy bring us together?
  
The Day The Music Died is a YA speculative fiction romance novel set in this world, a twist on the classic Fahrenheit 451.All Rights Reserved

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To Be by AlexiaRichardson

Death could be so unpredictable, am I right? You see I never really pictured how I'll die. My life was okay, or as okay as okay could be for me. Haunted from my past. Always pretending. Except with Adrian. My Adrian. With him I can be happy. But then everything changed. And now I'm dying, slow and painful. Now, what led to all this? I'll tell you only if you're daring enough to read my story. Well, are you? *#197 in young love 12/26/19* *#222 in young love 5/10/20* *#270 in young love 12/3/20* *#55 in yafiction 3/29/21 *#18 in yafiction 4/01/21 *#16 in yafiction 1/24/22 *#44 in yafiction 11/11/22 *#25 in yafiction 3/13/23

One Last Summer by xJayLewisx

Phoebe Strider had her whole life ahead of her kids, a career, marriage but no. Phoebe found out there was a tumor in her head, her doctors give her to the end of the summer for a risky surgery. Her chances are slim, but she wants to live her life like she planned. Her life is a mess come to find out her parents aren't her real parents, Phoebe is heart broken. With her best friends by her side she will travel the country fulfilling her life long dreams and finding her true parents. But Phoebe finds more than she was looking for a long life love, a chance, and a reality she never thought possible. How would you spend your last few months? Sam has been Phoebe's best friend since as long as they can remember, but eversince then Sam has loved her. He's gone year after year being near her keeping her happy and loving her secretly. But when he finds out she doesn't have long he will stop at nothing to make her last three months her best. How would you feel if the one you loved was dying?

Escaping Elysia by jessicarvasko

A dystopian young adult novel involving romance, secret experiments on human subjects, and a group of teenagers' will to survive. Reader Comments: "I'm gonna gush about your book real quick...all the technology has a purpose and is beautifully explained so I can picture it in my mind...the whole concept of the book is completely original...*moment of silence for your beautiful arch of character development* everything your characters do is strictly them but they develop enough to show more about themselves without you straight up telling the reader about them" -Vairl9023 "Ahh!!! This is so good!! I will be anxiously awaiting the next Chapter!!" -CrystalBagot "Brilliant...ohh, this is very catchy, good work" -IndeeMaynard "I love this so far" -BrianneMorris "You've done a great job at creating a mysterious mood" -poisonedpen *** All Evita Creedy, 17, wants is to finish her degree and be accepted for a prestigious job with the city's Department of Energy. On the way to take her placement test she sees a man take a gun out of his bag. Panicked, she reaches into her purse for her phone to call 911. Instead she takes out a gun. She doesn't know where it came from or how it got there, but when the man turns his gun on her she shoots him. It would be easy for Evita to forget about where the gun came from and let her life return to normal, but its mysterious appearance won't stop nagging at her. When Evita starts asking questions Evelyn Sheer, the head of the city's Department of Energy, takes her captive and places her in a secret, underground research facility. Evelyn Sheer and the researchers are trying to create a genetic modification that enables humans to photosynthesize. Once in the facility, Evita is tagged as a test subject and loses all say over what happens to her body. She has to escape. By the time she comes up with a plan there is only one problem. Evita isn't ready to leave.

L.O.V.E. by denissebloom04

100 years ago, amidst WW3's nuclear bombing, a deadly virus was released in the atmosphere and nearly wiping out the humanity. It lives inside the human brain thriving on the empathy receptors, leading to irrational behaviour and ultimately brain death. To slow the damage, scientists created L.O.V.E, short for Living Off Vital Emotions, a nanovaccine that numbs the virus and switches off all strong emotions. As a last resort and with a dying planet, the Supreme Government created the City, a place to contain the infected survivors suitable for the experiment. Those in the first stages of illness became ideal candidates to receive the neuroinhibitor. Having their feelings restrained and their memory altered, those who come of age are designated a life partner through a Selection process, thus preserving the humankind. A few decades after the trial had started, scientists had a major breakthrough. The nanites, which are highly chemically reactive organisms, are changing their bio-engineered purpose when dopamine levels are high. With a new generation of nanoids, stronger and smarter to fight the battle, the virus doesn't have a chance. Many attempts were made to create a man-made version of synthetic dopamine and each time the outcome was a disaster. Their goal is to create new generations, immune to the virus. These are called Purebloods, the offsprings of those who find pure love, the only cure to save them from a violent death. Running out of time, the Experiment entered in its final stages. To minimize the threats, the Colonies have sent their best soldiers to oversee the trial and protect its key subjects. If only things were going according to plan, or better...stay hidden. With Iron Guard, the resistance outside the walls, hunting the Purebloods too, will the trial save human race before it's too late? #3 in #dystopianfuture (27.06.2020)

It Doesn't Even Matter by butterbreadfly

Max is struggling, plain and simple. After dropping out of school two years ago to help his mom with the bills and losing his best friend, he's just kind of shut things out. His life has been in pure survival mode. Work, pay bills, survive. But things only getting more complicated when he's ripped away from everything he's ever known. His mom, never the most put together woman has an affair with her married boss and gets pregnant. Now she's decided to move them both to Beverly Hills and into his place! With new step siblings that hate him before they've even met and a man that thinks he can just jump in and be his father, Max has had just about enough of everything. On top of all that he's starting up school again, and with these new fancy rich kids, Max feels even more suffocated and out of place then he did before. Will Max figure out his place or fall farther and farther into the background suffocating?

VALERIE by xxmils

He speaks as if he knows everything, he trips over his own tongue like the intelligent person he is. The lingering taste of vodka and whiskey taint his sinful chapped lips. When he walks he stumbles, he smells like nicotine and he's cold. Ice resides in his veins and heart but not even the hell like flames of hatred and anger burning within his mind can freeze over. She's sweet like honeysuckle. She's warm and physically beautiful with her long brown hair and different colored gaze. When she smiles, the entire world stops to look and stare at her. Yet underlying her forced smile and physical perfection, dwells the monster that is her mental illness that she cannot control. Being beautiful doesn't hide it either, only mass doses of prescription pills do. In which an 18-year-old who believes he hasn't much to live for leaves his small sleepy town in hopes of finding his mother who abandoned him years ago. All the while a 17-year-old girl with severe Manic Depression tags along in hopes of being distracted from her illness and to also find peace of mind and happiness elsewhere. ** Inspired by music, specifically The 1975, Lana Del Rey, and others. ** Rough draft in desperate need of editing, plot holes, grammatical issues, etc. * not cliche but cliche it has it moments, but also so many plot twists so idk yeah. Mature Content. Read at your own will. Copyrighted ©

For The Next Thirty Seconds ✓ by lanaisadumbass

**editing ((: "How many sets of thirty seconds are in a day?" "My rough estimate?" "Sure." "About three thousand." "Oh." "Yeah." • 19 year-old Jack's life has been one traumatic event after the next. So, being diagnosed with small cell lung cancer was just icing on the cake. With a survival rate of 14 percent and a life expectancy of 4 months, Jack does all he knows how to do: he runs. 18 year-old Lane's life has just been turned upside down. After finding out her sister's engaged to her childhood best friend, she doesn't think it could get any worse... until she finds out her happily-married parents of 24 years are getting a divorce. She can't stand even being in the same room as one of her family members, so she does something she's never done before: she runs. The Big Apple has never seemed so small. At least, not to Jack and Lane, not when they were next to each other. Nothing seemed too big. Side by side, they could conquer the world. They could fly. But, if the world decides to fight back, whose to say they won't fall, instead? 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴.

𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 📸 by jammyjess20

...We were so caught up in the shared moment of care free joy to notice the midnight grey Toyota pickup truck speeding directly towards us. Meters before impact dad finally caught on to what was about to happen, despite it being day the approaching vehicle's headlights blinded us as our cars breaks slammed on, the sound of the tires melting away as the rubber tires scraped against the pavement filled the air and the scent of burning rubber overwhelmed my nostrils, despite our efforts the brakes didn't slow us down, we were to late. There was nothing we could do as we collided head on..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attempt two at writing a book lmao, summaries without spoilers are not my strong point but here you go: After a tragic child hood accident Astra is left utterly alone, forcing her to make a massive move across the states to live in Tennessee with her grandmother. A few years pass and Astra finds it difficult to deal with the trauma she experienced as a young child, but surrounded by friends and throwing herself into education she starts to heal, until she meets Jason. In the beginning Jason was a kind, caring guy who seemed genuinely interested in getting to know Astra, but not everyone is who they seem to be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TW LIST!!!! (there's alot) swearing PTSD/past trauma Character death Violence/ injury detailing Stalking Kidnapping Depression, anxiety Panic attacks Alcohol and drug usage Over thinking Self harm/sabotage Survivors guilt Potential homophobia HEAVY Eating disorders If there's anything you think needs to be posted as a TW then let me know, also please don't read if there is anything that triggers you. Some of these topics are personal, don't be afraid to reach out if you need to talk or ask anything :) Also this is my first solo writing project so any feedback positive/negative is appreciated, writing tips for anything too, hope you enjoy. - jammy :) 24/09/24 - ?

Worth It by Rand0mpers0ns

Zara is moving from New Zealand to New Jersey to attend Princeton; the college she got accepted into. She decided to attend there not only for the amazing opportunity it held, but also to get away from her traumatic past, but what if that past decides to follow her? There she meets her neurotic roommate in a... compromising situation. Her roommate (Josephine 'Jo') invites her into her friend group where they also have a dance group together. There she meets all sorts of friends like the sweet Shane, the cold June among others. Oh, and lets not forget about the infuriating Cameron who is also in their friend group. He also seems to have a past and is often times hot and cold making it hard for Zara to understand where she stands with him. Most days, she hates him because, well, he's an asshole, but other days, he's not an asshole. Those days are the days that confuse Zara and complicate her already complicated life. What will happen when Zara's past starts to travel back to her? And what about a secret that Zara is hiding that no one else knows about? What will happen when Cameron finds out? Will it make him even more colder to her or will it make them closer? Read to find out! *** Warning: Could be triggering to some people. This is a dark romance about a young woman trying to hide from her demons. This book includes violence, profanity, sexual themes and a lot of depressing stuff that will soon lead to hope. :) Or will it? Read to find out!!

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To Be

Death could be so unpredictable, am I right? You see I never really pictured how I'll die. My life was okay, or as okay as okay could be for me. Haunted from my past. Always pretending. Except with Adrian. My Adrian. With him I can be happy. But then everything changed. And now I'm dying, slow and painful. Now, what led to all this? I'll tell you only if you're daring enough to read my story. Well, are you? #197 in young love 12/26/19 #222 in young love 5/10/20 #270 in young love 12/3/20 #55 in yafiction 3/29/21 #18 in yafiction 4/01/21 #16 in yafiction 1/24/22 #44 in yafiction 11/11/22 *#25 in yafiction 3/13/23