Earnestycommunity Stories

Book 2: ~•~ In the busy streets of Accra, a blind woman is held by the arm by a seeing companion who thrusts a cup in the direction of passing pedestrians, move from vehicle to vehicle, pleading for mercy and asking for in the hope of getting a few coins - no matter how little. Xorlali is a twenty-two-year-old young adult who lost her sight during an outbreak of measles when she was only two years old. Since then, all she has encountered in life is darkness - literally and figuratively. Surviving in a community that has little reverence for her condition has been one of the many challenges she has to face aside trying to survive by begging when people didn't have anything to give. Her world takes a quick three-sixty turn when she gets a visit from an unexpected visitor telling her the fate of the world is in her hands. How is that even possible when she cannot she? But Xorlali is soon to realize that not seeing is one of the least things she has to worry about.

Cottonwood Hills is the stereotypical small Kansas town. It's poor, quiet, and surrounded by grasslands on most sides. Sheriff Marcus Avery likes to keep it that way. The most crime they'd had there in years was last year's gas can scandal, and that was caused by an old woman who thought it was cans of cat food. The three person police department was still trying to figure out how she did that. Then in 1928 everything changed. A headless corpse was found in shallow grave on the outskirts of town. Together Sheriff Marcus Avery and the rest of his town try to solve the mystery and end up uncovering so much more. But WHAT do they uncover? WHO commited the murder? And will Cottonwood Hills ever be the same? WARNING: Mild descriptions of blood and death. Cover art drawn by yours truly AWARDS: • Honorable Mention- Mystery Party Contest • People's Choice- Mystery Party Contest

Poems and things. ••• Highest rankings [As of 5/5/19] #588 in Mythology #290 in Prophecy #235 in Legend #120 in Poetry Contest #7 in Earnastycommunity #32 in Dirge

McSteve Anderson awakes in a strange apartment next to a dead body that he doesn't recognize. When the police arrive, he is blamed for the murder that he has no memory of committing- despite every piece of evidence appearing to suggest that he did. Who is the victim? Why can't McSteve remember anything? Did he really kill the victim? And if not who did? This is my entry for The Mystery Party Case File #1 Party name: Agatha Christie Cover by: @emmahavana

Written for the Mystery Party hosted by @earnestycommunity Mystery writer Sebastian Chase had always felt that there was something wrong with him. It wasn't because he'd lost most of his memories in an accident. It wasn't because he wasn't even sure if Sebastian Chase was really his name, either. It was more because of that nagging feeling at the pit of his stomach that told him he didn't belong. Not in this place and time. When a mysterious man leaves an old pocket watch in his possession, Sebastian gets sucked into the intrigues of a bygone era and is forced to face the demons of his past. A past that takes him back to 1920's Beachcastle where he must track down the saboteur who took everything away from him and sent him almost a hundred years into the future. * Third Place Winner * Wordsmith Award Winner