Talkthepoc Stories

West Rickert is an asshole. He's a crackhead, and he's a drunk. At least, that's what everyone says about him.

On her 21st birthday, Eden Wiley discovers that all the unsent letters she's wrote to people throughout her life have been posted onto her university's gossip blog and have gone viral online. With the help of her best friends and a charming guitarist named Xavier, she must find out who spread her letters while all the people from her past come flooding back as she gets pulled back into the experiences of her first loves, betrayals and heartbreaks.

ONC 2026, Prompt 78: You begin to realize that nothing is quite what it seems ONGOING! Couture Magazine: the most prestigious fashion publication in the world, where hemlines are sacred, deadlines are deadly, and the coffee runs are... surprisingly literal. Every intern who walks through those gleaming Manhattan doors dreams of landing a full-time position-complete with vision, dental (including twice-yearly cleanings), and an endless supply of designer clothes fresh off the runway. Sure, the demands from editors, photographers, and even the notoriously temperamental writers can be exhausting. But an intern's day at Couture is pretty ordinary, right? WRONG. Alcide Lancaster is about to discover that his summer internship working for the iconic-yet-terrifying Ellen Montclaire comes with a few... unexpected job requirements. Like why he and a select few employees-including the formidable Editor-in-Chief herself-are the only ones taking mandatory two-hour lunch breaks. Why his thirty-to-fifty-something coworkers look suspiciously athletic, eerily youthful, and are borderline obsessed with eyewear that definitely isn't just a fashion statement. And why A-list celebrities who stop by the Couture offices seem less interested in the magazine's latest cover shoot and oddly fascinated with Alcide himself. But most importantly... What does any of this have to do with Alcide's late family, their disturbingly narrow worldview, and the real reason they wanted him out of their lives forever? All excellent questions for a young man trying to survive a summer packed with Fashion Week chaos, superpowered coworkers who treat the office like their personal runway, and a boss who's less Anna Wintour and more fierce-but-loving grandmother. Between navigating new friendships, an unexpected romance, and enough secrets to fill an entire September issue, Alcide is about to learn that in the world of high fashion... Not everything is just an illusion.

[AMBYS 2024 FANTASY FAVORITE] Badriya As-Sahra is sick of piling up camel dung and picking people's pockets for a living. Her world discriminates against women and orphans, and it is only her damned luck that she happens to be both. She yearns for more but can't do anything else unless she wants to rot in the streets. Ayaz Shahrayar balances two lives: one of defiance, where he aids his people suffering from the Sultan's rule, and one of obedience, where he plays the role of a naive prince and heir in public. But his thirst for vengeance drives him more reckless by the day, and he knows that he might do something that could threaten his inheritance and his life. When the Sultan of Zecaj, desperate for more wealth to start a war, declares a country-wide hunt for a powerful artifact lost in legends called the Jewel of Opulence, Badriya jumps at the chance for the promise of reward. When the Sultan threatens Ayaz of losing the very thing he is meant to have, he has no choice but to join the hunt. As Badriya and Ayaz cross paths on their quest, they must learn to work together to find the Jewel and uncover the truth of its power. Only that it proves to be more difficult when the threat of betrayal and the spark of attraction try to distract them from their opposing goals. | 90,000 - 100,000 words. Second rough draft. | Featured by WattpadAsianFantasy, retold, WattpadDarkFantasy, WattpadFantasyPH!

Enter Jericho Tucker: a Nigerian, Brooklyn native with serious daddy issues, a killer afro, and has a whole lot of love to give. But toss picture-perfect Joseph Turner into the mixing bowl; quarterback, silver-tongued, white boy from the dirty south, and you'll have a real disaster on your hands. It's their last year of high-school, and things are already getting hot; just add a pinch of fake friends, two cups of jealous exes, and a little too much southern lovin', and now you're really cooking! So, if you can't handle the heat, you better get the heck out of the kitchen. + 5th place Ace Awards Supreme LGBTQ batch 2 + #2 in talkthepoc + #2 wmbm + #3 in diverselit + #3 bmwm + #7 in weneeddiversebooks + #10 in diverse ***HIATUS***

❝Well, uh...My name is Mark Tuan, I'm 18, I also like dogs, my mom is my favorite person- and I like being in pain.❞ ❝Is that why you hurt yourself?❞ ❝No.❞ • • •

Previously known as 'Booktrovert.' ________ Not all boys are cool, Hot, and can flirt like a pro. Most of them are lame, Stutter, take hours to master a quiff, Or even obsess over a certain sadistic anonymous writer on wattpad. But life isn't just food, guitar, lame jokes and wattpad. And crossroads in the name of a forgotten childhood friend, a strange wattpad writer and new friends might just be what Varun needs to learn the meaning of Life. Or probably not. ( writing descriptions are going to be the death of my nonexistent writing career ) Cover credit: @HalimaIfoy Image credit to owner #9 Humor Contains elements of Romance, Abuse and alcoholism. Read at your own discretion. #ProjectNobody #ProjectINDIA © copyright 2016- Please do not copy. All rights reserved.

Mason Marks is a screw up. Every day is a struggle to cough up enough money for rent, to ignore the reek of despair flooding the streets, to stop himself from slipping further into the shadows and slums of Downtown L.A. And he is sick of it. When he's kidnapped by a creature seemingly taken straight out of folklore, his world is flipped upside down--quite literally. There, he is rescued by two strangers who are part of an organization tasked with keeping the peace between the two words: Earth and the land of folklore, Somnium. Though Mason stumbles to find his footing in a world where fantasy and reality walk side by side, he is nothing but determined. Mason has no choice but to fight for both worlds. To fight against the oppressors, those who claim to be on his side, his doubts, and his own inner darkness. *** from readers: "With it's wonderfully diverse and interesting cast of characters, The Los Angeles Lighthouse will take you on a little adventure into a world of pure fantasy and some emotional rollercoasters. Easily my favorite book on Wattpad. And don't forget to keep your eyes peeled for stray spears!" -@honey-tea-rosemary * * * FEATURED on @Wattpad 's 'Fresh Reads' Reading List @Fantasy 's 'Featured Fantasy Stories' Reading List 'Magical Realism' Reading List 'Celebrating Black History' Reading List & @WattpadMulticultural 's 'Celebrating Black History' Reading List ranks: | ranked #1 | #LGTB #Lighthosue| |completed| 07.23.2019| awards: | long list | Authentic Skull Awards 2019| [Completed ✔ Currently Editing]

What do you do when you get a wrong number? Do you apologize and hang up? Or do you try to keep the conversation? Then again it depends on what end of the phone you're on. ---- highest ranking: #93/short story

The storm said to the wall, "I rage to give you purpose." And then the storm said to me, "I rage to give you life."

Beauty /ˈbyo͞otē/ noun 1. a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight. Fat /fat/ adjective 1.(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh. - - - Etna has never really felt good enough, pretty enough, or smart enough. She's always felt like an elephant in a zoo of Flamingo's. Trying to finish high school with a head of confidence, Etna struggles to avoid her persistent counselor and the bullies around her. Sometimes she's not as strong as she should be; other times she's an inspiration. #66 spiritual Jayla Felix Fat Girls © 2014, Jayla Felix Self publishing (felixejayla@gmail.com) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This book contains material protected under International and Federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the author / publisher.

Megan Clarke knows how to work hard and play even harder. Ever so casual about it, she has shamelessly had her fair share of encounters in people's bedrooms. Without ever thinking of settling for one guy, promiscuous Megan finds herself in a bit of a bind when a young, ambitious lawyer is challenging her in ways that can only keep her focused on him. She gets caught in his mischievous little trap and now finds herself feeling things that she's not ready to feel again. Her hard exterior will need to be softened for the sake of her budding new romance. Maybe even for the sake of a third party who just happened to come along at the wrong time. [3rd installment of the #WhenAWomanWalksSeries] ©2022, K.R.W. Malete, All Rights Reserved. *unedited*

If you ask Jema what his life is like, he'll probably give you a shrug. "Fine." At sixteen, he's already emotionally drained, and often finds himself caught between giving up completely, and chasing after the dream of life getting better. But it's just a dream, after all. The school's administrators have lumped him in with the 'troubled kids', his mother thinks he's just acting out... but then his life really flips upside down. After a wild sophomore year and junior summer, confessions are made and secrets are out. But Jema feels more trapped than ever. Along comes a boy with a harder shell than Jema. The unexpected bond between them flourishes. But all good things must come to an end. "Jema" has been #490 in Teen Fiction. (boyxboy in the title because WP asked me to)

Casual sex is harder than it seems. In order to keep it safe, both emotionally and physically, Jake comes up with a set of rules.

Ezra Know's everything about Keisha. Keisha doesn't know anything about Ezra.

"I didn't expect anyone to actually text me." "You wrote your number on the men's bathroom stall. What did you expect?" Áurea Nikiforov Reyes always knew the story behind her parent's everlasting love. A simple text at three in the morning. Since she was a little girl, Áurea dreamed of having a fairytale romance like her parents. Now she's entering her second year of college with all hope for her fairytale ending gone. With summer approaching, Áurea decides last minute to study abroad in Japan. One drunken mistake in a nightclub might have changed her life for the better. A spin-off of Sailor's Moon. Takes place five years after the epilogue. You do not have to read it, but a little background might help. traditional writing + texting format #14 in Phones #2 in Dialogue book #170 in Messages © sapphire nyström 2021. cover by @sereneur

Avery has until the winter solstice to find the final piece in the fairy queen's plan. In exchange: his family's lives and freedom. Logan has been protecting the town of Dwyer from mythological threats for years. The destruction of the entire world as he knows it qualifies as a threat, but Avery heads it, so it's a little more complicated.

In which Wilhem Smith, a gay pre-law student is drugged and raped at a frat party but the only thing people are worried about is his sexuality.

"I was born peaceful and you were born wild, look where we are now" **** The story in which a boy who converted to Islam meets a girl who dreams of a world outside of it

Gin and Ave have been friends for years--since they were kids. But they're not kids anymore, and it's starting to look like the only thing they have in common is chocolate. cover by @soulection