Starving Stories

At twenty-two, she is one of the most recognizable models in the world. Her face is on magazine covers, billboards, and advertisements across the country. Wherever she goes, cameras follow. Fans adore her, photographers chase her, and the media seems determined to turn every part of her life into a story. But fame has never given Elena the life people imagine. Behind the perfect photographs is a young woman who has spent years being controlled, criticized, and taught to hide anything that might make her seem less than perfect. Her mother is the one person Elena can never seem to escape-and despite everything, Elena still loves her. There is another part of Elena's life almost nobody knows about. She has always wanted to sing. Then, in 1984, at the height of Thriller's success, Elena receives an invitation to the Grammys. Two weeks later, in a room filled with celebrities, cameras, and some of the biggest names in music, she meets Michael Jackson. Michael is already one of the most famous people on earth. Elena is already accustomed to living under a spotlight. Neither of them expects to find someone who understands what it feels like to be watched by the entire world while desperately wanting a place where they can simply be themselves. But the world is watching. And the media doesn't know the difference between a private life and a story worth selling. Because when the lights go down, that's when the real story begins.

Saltwater Secrets / Finnick x oc romance. Sirena Kincaid has spent her life keeping her family fed. As the eldest of six children in the poorer side of District Four, she has learned how to survive by stealing what they need and relying on her sharp instincts and even sharper tongue. Finnick Odair once knew her as just another face from school. Then he was reaped at fourteen. After winning the Hunger Games, Finnick returns home changed. The Capitol sees a beautiful Victor to be adored, but behind the gold and smiles is a boy being forced into a life he never chose. More than a year after his Games, Sirena breaks into Finnick's Victor's house to steal food. He lets her. What begins with stolen fish and awkward encounters slowly becomes friendship, and eventually something neither of them can deny. Sirena becomes the one place Finnick can still be himself, while Finnick becomes the person willing to quietly help her family and the people he left behind. But Finnick has secrets. And President Snow has been watching. When Snow discovers exactly what Sirena means to Finnick, she becomes the perfect weapon against him. Because in Panem, loving someone isn't simply dangerous. Sometimes, it's a weakness someone else can use against you. (full description inside)

They call him the Little Minnow. He will soon show the other tributes why they should have been afraid of the Smiling Shark. [~•~] At seventeen, Elian Maren knows the sea better than he knows the world beyond it. When he is chosen to represent District 4 in the 72nd Hunger Games, everyone expects the cheerful fisherman's son to disappear beneath the bloodshed. He isn't the strongest tribute. He isn't the best trained. And he has no desire to become a killer. But the arena is flooded, and water has always been Elian's advantage. As alliances crumble and the Capitol turns the charming boy from District 4 into its newest obsession, Elian discovers that surviving the Games means becoming someone he never wanted to be.

[This following article is based on a lecture given by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson in London, England. It was previously published in the Muslim Word—a monthly newsletter in Toronto—in the May, 1998 issue.] This current version includes a new introduction, several additions, and has been edited.

A disease is spreading a rapid speed all through Japan. There were only a handful of people who were not effected by it. How will this group mange to make it on their own, when the only way of life they knew what suddenly taken away from them? Who will be able to make it through this? Will this end in shed tears and hugs, or bloodshed?

I've been dealing with depression, anxiety, self harm, an eating disorder, and drug addiction for around 6 or 7 years. It's nothing new. It's just my life, and these are my unoriginal thoughts. Ones that I probably shouldn't be sharing with the internet, but fuck it, I don't care.

After a suicide mission sadly lived, 20 year old Lee-Hyun is forced to live in the kingdom of the person he killed when he was 17, so that the son of his victim can pick his fate when he's decidedly old enough. Lee-Hyun, with his time almost up as the son is in his 19's decided to finally try and get out at any means possible. No more of his sneak out situations, they never worked and he's get severely punished. He decides that the best course of action is to get to the root, the son. The son is forced to visit Lee-Hyun sometimes so that his punishment would be correct. WILL LEE-HYUN SUCCEEDDDD???? Find out on the next episode of North Korean Kardashians in a bad place. Wtfrick happens next dudes?

Just a girl, with a friend nobody seems to notice

⚠️TW//eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia,binge eating,ect also self harm and life questioning Any artwork or illustrations not owned by me I don't own copyright!! I really hope you guys enjoy my poetry I'm trying to connect with you guys leave feedback and suggestions if you want. Enjoyyyy❤️❤️ -dxesirity

this is probally going to be poems (i cant write poems so just a warning for cringey content) i should probally put a trigger warning i get deep sort of....so warning i guess....

Two friends- Hanna and Asher- are on a road trip when suddenly a storm hits and they're forced into an empty beach house to weather it out. However, being locked in a house with no food starts to take a toll on their stomachs...

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A collection of poems I am writing. I had them as I write them so they'll be sporadic. Most of these are pretty depressing, as I usually find my inspiration comes at my worst times.

Anna Wellcock is like the average teenage girl: wanting to find her place, joining clubs, trying out for sports,etc, Except there's something different, she's anorexic and bulimic. Caught up in her head Anna Wellcock learns what it means to be truly beautiful.

Elizabeth Snow has the world in the palm of her hands. Her life is perfect. Her parents, her friends, her boyfriend, her town, her looks, and everything is just perfect. On the outside looking in, she has everything anyone could want. Taking a closer look though, everything is not what it seems. Elizabeth has a secret and she is desperate to keep it hidden. But certain things can only stay a secret for so long..