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Dark Magic Looms Within
Mamrie has awoken inside a vast forest with no memory of her life before this moment, but she's under attack. As a form of sadistic...
0Fantasy / Sci-fi
<The Murder of Grace> Chapter 11 (1989)
The Murder of Grace is a novel about the involvement of seven children in an apartheid government plot to infect anti-apartheid...
0Crime / Suspense / Mystery / Thriller
Gypsy Wind
This piece is a reflection of the rebirth of life after a long dreary winter.
0Paranormal fiction / Magic realism
Dark Morning Star
Mark knew there was something wrong with his little brother the minute the baby was brought home from the hospital, but no-one...
0Horror
Another Morning
We resist time, and then we wonder about the promise that was inside.
0Literary fiction
The Painting Jumper-Chapter 1
A story of a boy who finds that he can jump through paintings.
0Coming-of-age / Young adult fiction
Crossing Kitty-Corner/a midlife crisis
This chapter comes from a memoir I recently finished about how I navigated the midlife transition, coped with social anxiety,...
0Literary fiction
The Roger Treatment, Chapter 1
Roger Bowcott thinks he is God's gift to women. His wife, Lillian is a snob of the first order. They decide to move to rural France...
0Romance / Women's fiction
Ages 'n Ages Hence; The Fall of Democracy
The day's world with bare facts, as seen from a better view; through the life of a balloon.
0Literary fiction
Bereavement
Love brings out many feelings and actions, so does love lost.
0Paranormal fiction / Magic realism
By Starlight and Roses
The monitor beeped and whirled in the background. The Peterson’s had a decision to make about whether or not to disconnect Sheryl’s...
0Romance / Women's fiction
Ok'in'mga's Game
Ok'in'mga has a hunch that his people are wrong. An opportunity presents itself to bring a better understanding of the world to...
2Action / Adventure
Momma's Kitchen
After nineteen years of being alive and Terry is finally going to meet her birth mother but is the mother she's dying to meet...
0Literary fiction
Avenly part 1
Avelyce has known her whole life that she's going to be queen. That doesn't mean she's happy about it though.
1Coming-of-age / Young adult fiction
The Summer of the Riotous Walls
The Riotous Walls is a fictionalized memoir of the summer of 1991 in a sweltering upstairs apartment on the outskirts of a small...
0Literary fiction
My two hearts
Twin girls lost their mother when they were four years old. They have never gotten along. That broke the grandmothers heart. When...
0Literary fiction
Miracle
A bubble inside a hospital room brings joy to a little girl, but it may be more than it seems.
0Fantasy / Sci-fi
Rayn and Her Stars.
The coming of why humans wish on stars, and why they no longer come true. Follow the tale of a family torn apart and brought together...
0Paranormal fiction / Magic realism
<Leo> Chapter 1
Leo's in love. At least, he thinks he is. It's complicated. But of course, that's what happens when you fall for Ruby La Rouge...
1Literary fiction
The Cemetery Sketcher
Story of an emotionally elusive man who finally grieves the loss of his parents and is set free to produce real art inspired through...
1Paranormal fiction / Magic realism