Onceuponnow Stories

Stories can change over time until it is almost completely backwards and unrecognizable. How it came to be is often lost. That is why it is best to look toward the beginning of things, rather than what it became; because only then will you truly understand. It didn't happen ages ago in a land far away-but it happened right here, right now, in an ordinary town with ordinary kids. Let me tell you my story of how it all began. Let me tell the story of the boy who never stopped running, that is, until he began to fly. Created 2016

Published by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, in an anthology called Once Upon Now! Available on Amazon and at other other fine retailers. Cupid has an epic party, but, whoops! He accidentally sinks Charon's Ferry. Hades is not amused. To avoid the ultimate penalty, Cupid has to travel to Hawaii and do a favor for Hades - ensure that his daughter kisses the heir to the Bullseye Mattress Kingdom and never comes into her demigod powers. Cupid must combat a lukewarm cup of coffee, a beady-eyed crab, and his own heart if he's to succeed. Business major Phoebe Thompson needs a job or she and her mom will have to spend another month eating nothing but Spaghetti Loops. There is an amazing opportunity for a management trainee at the Bullseye Mattress Kingdom. All she has to do is pass three tests. What could go wrong when she has the "help" of a certain love god? In this modern retelling of "Princess and the Pea," a young woman has to prove her worth not by sleeping on mattresses but by selling them.

Angel is a college student attending Barrymore University in New York. In a desperate attempt to find his joie de vivre, he broke in a museum. He expected the priceless vases, exotic paintings, and creepy sculptures, but not Zoé. He's immediately hypnotized by her. She's not like any other girl he's ever known and that's not only because she's trapped in a painting. She might be the only one who can help him find himself again. Now, all he has to do is keep her from being sold.

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The Sugar Plum Fairy is on the brink of economic failure. After a business deal gone wrong, she's looking at bankruptcy with no way out - except for her competitor, Mr. Claus, who offers her a solution if, and only if she agrees to help him on a mission, where millions of people are depending on him. The last thing the Sugar Plum Fairy wants is to cave into blackmail, but it appears that there's no other way to get out of the Sugar Slump. [entry for #OnceUponNow]

A 30-day-challenge where a 13-year-old girl, Lizzi, meets her "supposedly" new mate. What most don't know is that they original met in 2nd grade. What will go down? And what secret is the mate hiding? Started at 4:29 PM on 5-18-16

Casey always hated how she'd messed up her vision when she was younger, and suffered through the inconveniences of glasses since the 4th grade. All through high school, she dreamed of a life free of the sleek black and blue frames resting on her button nose and when she left college her wish finally came true when she received both the perks of a brand new job and a set of contacts. Not any contacts- a pair fresh off the drawing board, rumored to eventually restore your vision. What Casey ends up seeing through her very own eyes, is a completely different story. #OnceUponNow (I don't usually write fantasy, but why not?)

They're friends. Since forever. And this year is senior year, but what is important is the following summer. For the first time in their crappy lives, they're going away from home, the 5 of them, for a road trip that is going to be the biggest trip of their lives. But are they going to survive it ? Is their friendship strong enough to spend 3 months together, every single day and every single night ?

I'm many things really, although to most I'm nothing. I'm a paradox. However I'm also one of "them". The Infernos. The outcasts. "I'm Celestia DiAngelo, and I'm not human."

In Yolanda's world at age 21 you are sent off to war. You are not allowed back home until you have been to war for at least 6 months. Even then it's hard to get off base and come back home. Most of the soldiers that get sent off to war never make it back a live. Yolanda isn't afraid to die but she worries about leaving her mother alone. The law states that at age 21 you must go to war no matter what physical state you are in. Yolanda is also a cripple, but soon she gets her legs and discovers a hidden secret that will change her world forever.

Normal girl, Cora Reese Belle, is going into the final stages of the princess trials. Everyone knows that the last trial requires her to leave behind her princess ways and go to a different world via a special charm bracelet that every girl in the trials receives. But little does she know that The Fallen, an evil team of witches out to stop the princess trials, have altered her bracelet, and she is sent to our modern day world , a corrupt file in the midst of a perfect universe. She has to fight her way through the terrors of the fallen, back to her perfect trials in time for the last trials. Would you do what it takes to get home?

Lucy found out she's going to a new school when she overheard a conversation between her parents. All her life she's only had two friends, what happens when she realises she might lose them, how will she make new ones? Follow Lucy's story on a new life filled with fantasy and adventure.

A war is going on between two powerful countries, and it seems like neither can win. After nearly a decade of constant fighting, many people are starting to lose hope. Until a hero appears. It's the first water mage they've seen in years, and she's eager to get into the fight. Vic Smith was orphaned at age ten, when her mother was killed by an enemy soldier. She moved in with her only friend, Alyssa, whose father happens to be the representative for the country's mage population, and they're filthy rich. They've been hiding Vic's magic for years at her mother's request, but she's done hiding. It's time for Vic to take action.

ARISTA DOES NOT like monsters or dragons, but sometimes to slay a monster, you have to embrace your inner monster. In this modern day retelling of A Thousand and One Nights, sometimes, you just have to survive one night in order to survive a thousand more. ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ ▂ [#574SS]

Lost in her thoughts, Aria turned quickly. Losing her footing, she started to drop the box. Arms quickly caught the box, steadying it in her hands and steadying her. "Watch it, Red," an irritated voice mumbled. She glanced over and saw the owner of the bothered voice and found herself tilting her head upwards, making the sun glare in her eyes. ************************************ Hi everyone! This is my completed rendition of a modern spin on The Little Red Riding Hood. It is inspired by the fairy tale making it have similarities but it unique in its own way in relation to high school dramatics and love affairs. It is written for the #OnceUponNow contest and I'm really excited to share this with all of you! Hope you enjoy xx-Elle #1 in OnceUponNow

What does it mean when your eyes begin to change colors and your skin begins to turn wrinkly, but it only happens when the clock strikes twelve? Not to mention how your mother leaves you a letter along with a map leading to the middle of nowhere to a woman named Naomi? I don't know, but I'm sure the Big Bad Wolf has an idea.

Ella is a transgender girl who wants to be free of her stepmother and stepsisters. She wants more to life. Local celebrity Chris' birthday party and a fairygodfather work to open that world up for her.

In this modern adaptation of Jack and The Giant Beanstalk, Jackson Perry is a 18 year old boy that lives with his father in a small suburb of Houston. Jackson and his father struggle to make ends meet, running his Grandfather's Auto shop. When hard times strike, Jackson is forced to sell his Grandfather's most prized possession, a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner 426 Hemi. Jackson makes an unlikely trade at a junkyard, and receives something seemingly worthless in return. But, some things aren't what they seem. Jackson ends up having the adventure of a lifetime, and he manages to save his family's livelihood in the process.

14 year old James finds himself in a strange place. He doesn't remember how he got there though, only the fight he had with his parents. [This is a work in progress, but I hope you like what I've done so far]