Diversityinlit Stories

"Are you my Karma in a masquerade, punishing me for my sins, while I was falling in love with you?" Nicholas cried, stepping closer. I withered by the sofa as he flooded his glass with wine, it's scarlet staining the trail of struggle betwixt us. His drunken face plastered with a forceful smirk that failed to hide his painful eyes, as he raised his glass at me. "I raise a toast to your successful pretentiousness." "My lie was hiding my truth, but my love wasn't. And the truth is, I don't deserve to love or be loved. You fell in love with everything about me, yet not me," I confessed, as tears seeped down my eyes, filling my empty glass. He crashed his heavy body on mine, as his wine drained down my transparent shirt stripping my misfit identity. His hands tugged at my skirt, unzipping it, as I held him midway. "No-" I hissed. "I fell in love with a human. But you were only a delusion," Arjun expressed. ••••• ❝To bully or be bullied, to love and yet be hated- The third gender only knows the extremes.❞ Things have never been simple for Karnika aka Karn, a trans person who identifies as 'female'. And life takes a turn when she is forced to juggle as a male and a female, in and outside school. To complicate things further, her love Arjun knows both Karn and Karnika, but as two different individuals. As the yarn of her dual life unfurls intertwining her in its threads of complications, how long can she withhold her truth from the love of her life? 18 in #transgirl (28.04.19)

highest rank - #193 in horror APOPTOSIS / noun ❝ the death of cells which occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism's growth or development ❞ | fifteen-year-old high school student seph is in the middle of maths class when strange people break into the school and begin eating her classmates. now as the world falls apart around her, will she and her friends be able to survive? | season one of a zombie novel set in australia contains violence and coarse language

"Life's not a fairytale, honey. If you lose your shoes at midnight, you're drunk." In which a fairytale-obsessed daydreamer and a no-nonsense pragmatist attempt to navigate the murky waters of love, life, and high school.

Howl at the moon, scream at the stars, say hi to the sun, sure ― promise me one thing, though, that you won't get lost. It's a big world out there, little boy, and you're not ready to face it just quite yet. #486 chicklit 2/23

a collection of extras: short stories, rants, and competition entries. a place for me to add all my works that don't belong in a story of their own.

In a small Indiana town, a teenage girl hasn't been seen for months, and her brother Reed is sketchy on the details. But seventeen-year-old Mayuri Krishnan doesn't know any of this-not yet. For her, Reed is the boy of her daydreams, the name she scribbles in her notebook, and the starring role of her online cliche mafia romance. When he stumbles upon her secrets, she first thinks Reed's claims to be from an Albanian crime family are lies intended to trick her. Soon, Mayuri begins to question the thin line between fiction and reality. Threats are made, daggers are drawn, and near-misses come too close for comfort. With Reed's promise to keep her safe from those who want her dead, and her growing belief that he may be lying about it all, Mayuri chooses to keep the dangerous part of her life a secret from her cop father. Things come to a head when she teams up with Reed's ex-girlfriend and best friend to uncover his secrets, leading to a night when a knife and a gun determine all their futures. She didn't mean to run away from a murder. She didn't have a choice. Abducted by someone she trusted, Mayuri must use all her wiles to save herself. The true lies that drew Reed and Mayuri together-and the false truths they discover along the way-could drive them apart forever.

a list of face claims~

everything you need to know about #ProjectNewAmericana.

𝐏𝐀𝐑·𝐀·𝐃𝐎𝐗 \ per-ə-ˌdäks \ (n.) a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true [ cedric diggory x fem!oc ] [ goblet of fire - ? ] [ harry potter au ]

"allo, kto eto?" "..." "kto eto?" "so... do you like dogs?" • in which a girl finds a series of numbers at a bus station and decides to call a particular one.

WARNING: CONTAINING AMOUNTS OF SASS PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN TO MANKIND In the city of NYC--- Ok. Hold up. First of all, New York City. What, are ya gonna assume everyone here knows what NYC is? Anyway, this is about two people. I can almost hear you rolling your eyes. Another cliché teen fiction with a bad boy and a good girl? Nope. This is about superheroes. I can still hear you rolling your eyes. Superheroes. Like in comic books? Like people with super speed and mutant powers? Yes. But this isn't about the fight they have. More about the lives they lead without the masks. But just keep in mind, people who live in the world have all different skin colours. Do not assume my characters are of one unless I state them explicitly. and diversity is welcome here in my novel! Anyhow, back to the story. Ever wonder where supervillains go after their fight with the hero? What about the other side of the story? It's not like they sit in their lair cackling all day and planning how to kidnap reporters. What about the lives they lead? And instead of just focusing on that, what if the superhero and the supervillain knew each other? I mean, can they see behind the mask? No, so their identities are secret. So what if the hero and villain were best friends? What if they were roommates? What if they were falling for each other? And what happens when they find out? Now, I assume you know all of these questions will be answered in this book. But hold on. It's going to take a while. You're in for a bumpy ride. And if any of you got any of the references in this description, give yourself a pat on the back. That is a beautiful thing. And if you can name all the references in this book, you truly are a gift to mankind. Fangirl out.

"You're a pile of poop." "You're a fountain of pee." Dialogue Story

In which America packs her bag to leave for London and Nathan enters her runaway ramp again - more alluring, flirtatious and charming than he ever was. [extended summary inside]

"Māra is loose. His kin walk among us. You must find them- before it is too late." There is one cardinal rule that all users of magic abide by: that the human world must remain ignorant of the practice of magic. So, when they discover that the demon king Māra has been set loose - raising spirits, upending graves and seeding chaos in the human world - it's up to Shalini and Kai to find him. But the search brings with them shocking secrets that could unravel everything they ever knew about magic.

When Noah is involved in an accident, she loses everything. Her friends, her self esteem, her perspective on life, and most importantly her right arm. Her mother afraid of her depressed state moves them from bustling New York City to the quiet mountains of Colorado hoping for a fresh start. There Noah meets Finn Castillo. The boy with the perpetual scowl, and the gloomy outlook on life who always seems to sport the same beat up vans. But with a little help from him, and some quirky characters from her new special eds class, maybe she'll find the perspective she's always been looking for. #745 in General Fiction

In which Gwen recounts to Ruby exactly how she feels about their relationship, in the form of a letter because Gwen is too much of a wimp to say it to Ruby's face, and Ruby's reply is not what you'd expect. (Strong language kinda I guess)

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Memories of him, but he's not really dead.