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  • Bound by atmonroe
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    Bound by A.T. Monroe Ava falls for Logan, the boy who makes her feel seen, then shatters her over and over again. From high school to young motherhood, Bound follows Ava as she keeps circling back to the same toxic love, broken promises, secret girlfriends, late-night apologies, and a baby that ties them together even when she knows she should walk away. Ava has to face the truth: is this really love... or is she just bound to the fantasy of who she wanted him to be? Based on true events. Read at your own risk.
  • Kash and The Black mafia Prince by Aaliea
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    When Seventeen-year-old Kashmere Reed moved back home, she carried a Stage IV cancer diagnosis and a notebook full of fire. Malik Davis, the "Mafia Prince" of the city, was built to guard an empire, but would he trade his crown for this "New girl?". This is the raw "Side" of a miracle-a story of a love that refused to skip a beat.
  • My Roommate Is Not a Cat by AmanoNekozuki
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    I am a cat, and I would like to tell you about my life - from birth to the end. My roommate is human - unfortunately, not a cat. She believes I'm her pet, but she's wrong. I'm TonTon, a feline philosopher who rules his small kingdom with wit, patience, and dignity. From misunderstanding the "litter pan game" to teaching my human roommate about love, respect, and the art of coexistence, this is the story of a life shared between two very different beings. I did not know then how much she would change my world... or how suddenly everything could be taken away. Based on the true life of an extraordinary cat, My Roommate Is Not a Cat is a heartwarming Animal Fiction - a humorous yet deeply moving tale of intelligence, loyalty, and the silent love that never fades.
  • Hopanoia omnibus: red words to blue hearts by JoshHead5
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    The universe is indifferent. You already knew that. Here's what nobody told you: indifferent isn't the same as empty. HOPANOIA: Red Words to Blue Hearts is a book being written in public - a living document from a trans woman in Georgia who decided that nihilism wasn't the end of the conversation, just the beginning of a more honest one. It's a philosophy manual for people who can't stand philosophy manuals. A memoir for people who distrust memoir. A spiritual practice built by someone who doesn't believe in spirits. A TTRPG framework for the actual campaign of your life. It calls itself a "religion of one" - anti-dogma, open-source, built to be forked and remixed, never followed literally. Its central move is Anomance: the act of animating a dead universe with meaning, not because it's true, but because it makes the universe livable. These are the working notes. 196 parts and counting. Written through mental illness, HRT, grief, political collapse, and the daily act of refusing to go quietly. The real book is being mined from this archive in real time. You're not reading a finished thing. You're watching something become itself. If that sounds like your kind of book - you're already the reader this was written for. Signed: a thot that likes thinking.
  • Crazy Quilt by joyceholt
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    Stitching life's tales together any which way... This is a patchwork collection of accounts from my life. Every word is true! Well, ALMOST every word. Some tales need just a little embroidery.
  • I Lost Everything, But I Won't Lose Myself by SimbaTheSavior
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    Trying to become the man my son deserves - one day at a time. This is me. Every day, trying to be a better man - even when I don't feel like one. A mess of thoughts, failures, wins, and everything in between. This is my journey in real time, raw and unfiltered. I'm not writing for attention. I'm writing for release. I pray that someone finds solace in the words on these pages. This is an ongoing journey with daily entries. It will be long. There will always be something to read. I think of this as a rough draft to a future published book - if I'm lucky enough to make it that far. Because of how I'm writing this, there won't be hundreds of parts. A new part begins each week, and daily entries live within the current week. Simple. Honest. Consistent.
  • From the Housing Projects to U.S. Government Service | A Memoir by MiaZEdwards
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    ~ This memoir chronicles the journey of Mia Z. Edwards, exploring the significant places and influential figures that have shaped her life. From the housing projects of Southeast Washington, D.C., where the strength of her mother served as a profound foundation, to the wisdom of neighborhood matriarchs. Mia navigates heartbreak and demonstrates remarkable resilience in her pursuit of employment on Capitol Hill, despite having only a high school education and no prior job experience. She sought spiritual healing after experiencing a traumatic betrayal, confronted the challenges of working within the government, and prepared mentally for two transformative years of travel on behalf of the U.S. government. The culmination of these experiences empowered her to become an indispensable office secretary to high-ranking government officials, contributing to the emergence of her captivating storytelling voice. Crafted through poignant vignettes, the narrative reveals one truth at a time, structured in six parts: Foundations, Networking, Betrayal, The Tyrant Boss, Business Travels, and Secretarial Diaries. Updates on weekdays.
  • Dear Diaspora, You're Not The Main Character by PigDog31
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    Being Indian American feels like living in a pressure cooker wrapped in a smile. You're told to be perfect, productive, palatable - never loud, never intimidating. But travel to India, and you'll meet folks who are bold, stylish, confident, and unapologetically gangsta. DEAR DIASPORA, YOU'RE NOT THE MAIN CHARACTER is a sharp, personal callout - not to India, but to the suffocating performance of "representation," perfectionism and intraracial competition that dominates Desi life in the West. This isn't a sob story - it's a truth bomb. A cultural essay that demands real freedom, not filtered branding. If you're ready to sip some realness, break free from the cage of expectations, and find your max pro aura - this is for you. 🍋 Bold. Tart. Sweet. Unfiltered. 🍋 Just like a glass of limeade on a hot day.
  • The Pragmatic Universal: A Grounded Mystic's Guide by qw7ewg
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    What if the ancient rituals of our ancestors and the cold logic of modern science were never meant to be enemies, but different dialects of the same universal language? In The Pragmatic Universal, the author invites you on a deeply personal journey from the vibrant, ritual-rich landscape of a Hindu upbringing to a mechanical, evidentiary understanding of the world. This is not a manifesto seeking to dismantle your faith, nor is it a new religion. Instead, it is a "Diplomatic Philosophy"-an additive lens designed to bridge the gap between skepticism and the sacred. Through the eyes of a "Grounded Mystic," you will explore: The Fossil Record of Superstition: Reimagining ancient beliefs not as "foolishness," but as ingenious psychological survival tools and the "software updates" of human history. The Curated Past: How shared narratives and "collective fictions" have allowed humanity to cooperate on a grand scale. The Singular Consciousness: A logical deep dive into Panpsychism and Advaita Vedanta, proposing that the individual ego is merely a user interface for a universe experiencing itself subjectively. This book is a personal "source code" for processing existence. It is an invitation to view the world through a lens of profound empathy-where loving your neighbor isn't just a moral command, but a recognition that they are literally another iteration of you. Step into a perspective that allows you to sit peacefully in a room full of varying beliefs, feeling deeply connected to everyone without needing anyone to change their mind.
  • Rebuilt From Being Torn by bookworm_gelxz
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    I was the sporty boy with worn-out shoes and a dream bigger than my bank account. She was the girl with designer bags and a family that could afford half the city. We never planned to fall for each other. It just happened - studying together, late-night talks, stolen laughs, a kind of love that didn't care about bank balances. For a while, it felt like we could beat the odds. Then her parents found out. One signature, one transfer, one goodbye I didn't get to say. They pulled us apart like we were a mistake that needed erasing. Now I'm left with memories and a promise we made under the sky "if it's real, we'll find our way back." But how do you chase someone when the world keeps putting walls between you? This is our true story. About class, family, and the kind of love that refuses to stay quiet. -Love didn't break us. Their rules did.-
  • Back To My Knees by Mupenzi_1
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    "Back To My Knees" is a spiritual memoir set in Rwanda. From dusty roads to locked gates, from strangers in scarves to thirty minutes of prayer, each chapter reveals a journey of faith, struggle and grace. Follow Mupenzi as he learns that even in weakness, God's love never fails. This is a story of redemption, companionship, and the power of prayer.
  • Dove tornano i passi by PioTravaglio
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    Una macchina fotografica tra le mani. Dieci fotografie. Un paese che riaffiora lentamente dalla memoria. Pio Travaglio torna a camminare tra i vicoli della sua infanzia, a Latronico, in Basilicata. Ogni luogo diventa un ricordo: le donne al lavatoio, il pane cotto nel forno a legna, i giochi nella Piazzetta, il suono delle campane, il profumo dei pomodori d'estate e le persone che hanno riempito una vita semplice ma intensa. Attraverso fotografie immaginarie e frammenti di memoria, prende forma il racconto di una famiglia, di una comunità e di un mondo che oggi sembra lontanissimo, ma che continua a vivere nei gesti, nelle parole e negli affetti. L'albero delle origini è un viaggio tra radici, nostalgia e memoria, dove ogni ricordo diventa un modo per non lasciare scomparire ciò che siamo stati.
  • White Orchids - Her by SierBla
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    White orchids are graceful flowers that symbolize many different concepts, including purity and elegance. White orchids provide an ambiance of wistfulness and loneliness, and therefore are highly suitable as "I miss you" flowers. For Irene So I'm trying this writing thing again. This is my dedication to Irene, it's been too long. If you feel like I did something wrong, kindly ask me to take it down. I just didn't know where to publish it so I guess it's here now.
  • THE DAY SCHOOL WENT DRY by VeilsandVictory
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    True story. I was 13. Sunday. Pink dress. Birthday party. Jollof rice in my hand when my sister said: "Uncle Paul is dead." He flogged me last Friday. Now he's gone. This is the party before the news. Before I learned that childhood can end in one sentence. Before boys. Before heart breaks. There was death. And I was just a child.
  • Ouijdane  by OuijdaneHlm19
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    Ouijdane Based on a true story Some people carry the weight of everyone around them - and no one notices until they stop. Ouijdane is many things at once. A daughter who lost her world. A sister who became a guardian. A woman who worked hard in a world that rarely honors that. Someone who loved, and lost, and still got up the next morning. This is a story about what happens when the person who was supposed to protect you is gone - and you realize you were already protecting everyone else. About parents who stay, and parents who leave. About love that doesn't fit neatly into a category. About a generation carrying wounds no one talks about. Based on real events - written by the person who lived every word. Updated every week
  • The toxic friend group drama of eighth grade  by Foxarethebest667
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    Basically this is a true story on this friend group I was in eighth grade where it sounded more like a high school show than middle schoolers this takes a wild ride. New chapters every 1-2 weeks.
  • Forgotten Symphony/Crimson & Void by DivaElysium
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    ❝I am the ocean, and you are an ant. No matter how skilled a swimmer you become, you can never survive even a single small wave of this ocean.❞ In a world where music warps reality and notes command the elements, Hekate Zuber stands at the pinnacle of evolution. A genius musician who has transcended humanity itself, she can split mountains with a finger, convulse the skies with a glance, and hold nature in the grip of her dominion. To the ordinary masses, she is a living goddess - untouchable, unquestionable, and utterly alone at the top. Until the day an entirely ordinary boy with raven-black hair and fierce amethyst eyes plants himself in the path of her warhorse and speaks to her as an equal. ❝Lady Zuber... I request that you become my training opponent.❞ It's a plea the world calls madness. Her elite pupils call it suicide. Hekate herself calls it entertainment. But behind those unflinching purple eyes lies a resolve that even her legendary power cannot shatter - and a philosophy that might just crack the icy walls around her heart...
  • Griefyard by thewiltedprose
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    Grief is like the waves on the shore that always go and come back around as they please during your calm days. Everyone has experienced grief at least once in their life, and how do I cope with the loss I never expected? I write eulogies in my Griefyard.
  • The Version of You I Never Met  by Soul-Surgeon242
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    Some heartbreaks don't shatter you, they unravel you thread by thread, until you're forced to rebuild the parts of yourself you once gave away. "The Version of You I Never Met" is a "Tribrid" book, part memoir, part emotional guide, part psychological blueprint for anyone who has loved someone who couldn't love them back the way they deserved. Blending raw storytelling with attachment psychology, this book explores the very anatomy loving an avoidant partner, carrying emotional weight for two, surviving emotional absence and walking away from a bond you wanted to кеер. Through a story blood-stained with devotion, confusion, imbalance, heartbreak and clarity the author dissects the hidden patterns behind avoidance, the cost of loving someone who hasn't healed, and the quiet, almost celestial strength it takes to choose yourself when choosing them costs too much. Its not a story about blame it's a story about limits, healing, and the power of understanding the truth even when it hurts. If you've ever begged for clarity or felt invisible in the arms of someone you loved, this book will feel like finally being seen. If you're learning to trust again, it will remind you that healing is possible, and that some endings are actually beginnings in disguise. For the heartbroken, the healing, the emotionally attuned, and the lovers who have always loved too much. This book is your mirror, your medicine, and your metamorphosis. It will break you, then rebuild you. It will explain him, then return you to yourself. It will hurt - then then it will heal. "He loved you, just not in the way you needed. You loved him, just not in the way he could hold."
  • I RAISED THEM WHILE RAISING MYSELF  by Dina_19_
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    At eight years old, Dina D became a mother. ​While other children were mastering playground games, Dina was mastering the art of survival. Left in the wake of a mother who was physically present but emotionally distant, Dina stepped into a role she never asked for: the primary caregiver for her siblings. ​In this raw and deeply personal memoir, Dina D pulls back the curtain on a childhood spent in "survival mode," From the comforting smells of her grandmother Elsa's kitchen in Trinidad to the heart-wrenching nights spent waiting by the gallery for a mother who might not return, Dina explores the heavy cost of being "the strong one." ​I Raised Them While Raising Myself is more than just a story of lost innocence. It is a journey of: ​Breaking Cycles: Finding the courage to stop the patterns of the past from reaching the next generation. Faith and Healing: Finding in God the sanctuary she never had as a child-learning to trust a Father who stays when everyone else leaves. ​Reclaiming Identity: Learning to replace the negative labels of the past with a new truth: I am enough. ​At twenty-nine, Dina is finally putting down the weight that was never hers to carry. This is her testimony-a story for every eldest daughter, every cycle-breaker, and every soul searching for the girl they had to leave behind just to survive.