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Johnny Wilson, next victim. Detective Bartram's getting mighty frustrated... » Read...
Ten years after the Newark Conservatory is destroyed, former resident Thomas Evans leads an investigation into its demise. But before he can, he must confront the investigation's most fervent cynic--his own sister. » Read...
A total rewrite of the Prologue. I chose to change the perspective, following the main character instead of his doomed father. The previous draft seemed too cliched for its own good. Here's to hoping this perspective works better! » Read...
Lucian DeYarrick goes to Mr. Savoy's laboratory to see about some ongoing research. » Read...
Will celebrates Mercédès' birthday with the rest of the children from the orphanage; however, Will is surprised at the arrival of a mysterious guest. » Read...
Memories of green pick-up trucks and the girls who drive them can destroy a person. » Read...
Chad Palma goes home and shows what is truly the love of his life...and what isn't. » Read...
As the fiery object descends to the ocean, a lone soul struggles to save the crew. » Read...
Jemima Cuthbert witnesses a flaming object falling from the sky and slamming into the ocean. » Read...
Matt would never call himself a lucky boy, but luck is what you make of it. » Read...
Horatius is introduced, and he's happiest in his playground...

MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS. » Read...
Matt would never call himself a lucky boy, but luck is what you make of it. » Read...
Cupid loves Aphrodite, but when he loved Anatheia, he learns the penalty of loving two women under Zeus's command... » Read...
Seraphio, an angel has forever wanted to tell Belle of his secret that could forever break their relations: He had bitten in the Forbidden Fruit, which corrupts even the most pure of men. The story of tragic hearts. » Read...
Can you be a serial killer if you don't know you're doing it? » Read...
Will must find a gift for a friend's upcoming birthday. While browsing the Street Market, he meets a most unsavory salesman but also discovers a mysterious treasure... » Read...
The true story behind all of what happened way before Sinclair was falling into temptation's clutches with a seemingly innocent thing called Water of Temptation. First he was pure, then tempted by such innocence, which he soon began to regret and... » Read...
Matt would never call himself a lucky boy, but luck is what you make of it. » Read...
a gnome girl discovers a ring while working, and finds the fairy world. » Read...
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David finds that making friends is easy--especially in the computer age. » Read...
WARNING: MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS.

Andre deals with a pedophile.

This chapter is slightly tweaked following an editor & a publishers' recommendations (from the writer's conference). » Read...
ok, I'm changing the formatting. Everything I've written so far is now one chapter, with several breaks, instead of three separate chapters. » Read...
In the land of Odralon, the Queen of the ShadowKeep names a successor... » Read...
IncentivesThis work gives bonus karma points for critiques.
Intro to Suviana and Ariza. Suviana gets several surprises. Raiders attack. Arrio comes and Ariza is reunited with Kell... » Read...
IncentivesThis work gives bonus karma points for critiques.
A poem I wrote a few months back. It may be hard to understand the meaning, but that's why I need your help. » Read...
A poem I wrote a few months ago. I thought it was one of my better ones, so I posted it on here. Please be honest. Thanks. » Read...
This is where you meet Spencer, and get an overall feel for the story. » Read...
This was in response to a post in the NaNoWriMo thread, "Kill the NaNoer above you (or torture, rape, etc.)". I thought I'd share this. I use the "You" pov because I couldn't remember the name of the poster above me. » Read...
the tale begins in the future, and then works towards that event. chapter one deals with the destruction of life, as well as the insanity of it. » Read...
William Carter and his friends find their small, island life suddenly disrupted by an outside world that he has no knowledge about.

Childhood innocence is lost when he and his friends discover a disturbing visitor in the forest outside of... » Read...
A modern interpretation of a classic god.

This piece studies the varied concepts of love, centered around a certain individual we all are familiar with--but may not have seen in this way. Consider it mythology for the modern day. » Read...