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The Sleepwalker: Chapter One
Charlotte Dean, a logical young woman from a well-off family, has always been prone to sleepwalking which has put her life at...
0Paranormal fiction / Magic realism
Perpetual Horizon
A couple is going on a road trip and get lost. Everything that can do wrong did go wrong and this is how they deal with it.
0Flash fiction
Beyond the Blue Kite
Over the course of a weekend, Brian McFadden-Brant falls into a downward spiral both helped and hindered by his mother and grandfather...
1Literary fiction
Family Affair
Aging family physician and wife long for a child and achieve that in unexpected way
0Flash fiction
The Whrilpool of Thought
The inner thoughts of a young girl about life and her place in it.
0Literary fiction
Abandonment
Johnny told me he loved me once. That was the last time I saw him. The last time I hugged him. He told me he needed to leave,...
0Flash fiction
To Ski
A young man experiences what it feels like to ski.
0Coming-of-age / Young adult fiction
One Last Breath
The story is about a young girl who lost her father, the only person in the world she loved the most
0Literary fiction
string of pearls
1942, a young man is sent to Hawaii, while there he is faced with many challenges and makes a best friend along the way.
0Literary fiction
The Lion's Deal
A lion was captured in the wild and forced into slavery. He made a deal with his captor that if he won 100 battles in the arena,...
0Literary fiction
XIII
A girl with schizophrenia, pudding, a spork, and a need for a spoon.
0Literary fiction
On Second Thought
The downtrodden don't matter. Until they do...
0Literary fiction
The Education Institute
A surrealist parody of school life and the struggle for freedom and Identity within controlled systems.
8Fantasy / Sci-fi
Trapped
A young girl has left her village under odd circumstances and has accidentally "fallen" into the future- a new world.
0Fantasy / Sci-fi
The Lost Light
Domestic abuse is driven by a desperate need for power within the home sphere, for those who feel powerless outside. Nonetheless,...
0Crime / Suspense / Mystery / Thriller
Grandpa's City
I wanted him to imagine me there, walking down skyscraper-lined streets, buying hot dogs and dodging taxis.
3Literary fiction
<The Covens of Cornucopia>Chapter 1
Surging hormones in a young girl may wreck the plans of a coven of witches, dependent on her powers for their survival.
0Paranormal fiction / Magic realism
The King and Queen of Sweden
Young sisters meet two types of royals.
1Coming-of-age / Young adult fiction
Eastern Love
Ali and Jane, my two favorite people on this planet besides my parents, seemed to be making a sort of connection. It's strange,...
0Romance / Women's fiction
Prologue from novel named 'Gone.'
A mum of three kids is struggling with postpartum anxiety. She refuses to get help, thinking no one can help her and the story...
0Romance / Women's fiction