midnight thoughts

A compilation of short poems and quotes written by yours truly. Highest: #1 in poetry All Rights Reserved © John Schorwinson 2017 Marvellous cover made by @soundthealarm

The Heir And The Spare

Until now, Princess Eva Windsor was content in knowing she wasn't remotely considered to be the successor to the throne. In fact, she was glad she wasn't. Everything about her family's royalty she hated. But the princess can't hide away forever, and when her lifelong enemy and the heir to his own throne, Prince James...

The Ghost Files

Cherry blossom lipstick: check Smokey eyes: check Skinny jeans: check Dead kid in the mirror: check For sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She's been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she ca...

Stained Glass Souls (Wattys 2014, Collector's Dream Award Winner)

Ariel Fontansia is ten pounds away from total relapse. Since the previous summer, she has been stuck in a vicious cycle of calories, pounds, and inches. Redemption, Maine, isn't another escape -- it's a dead end. With no one to keep her disorder in check and hallucinations of a dead cousin driving her insane, she fall...

Paladin

Sam is the most promising swordsman among this year’s crop of Paladin trainees...and knows it. Brash, cocky, and unbeatable with a sword (well, almost), Sam is the kingdom of Thule’s best hope against the violence wrought by demons. The only problem is that Sam is really Lady Samantha, daughter of the seventeenth Duke...

I promise you (Watty Awards 2013)

'“I promise you,” he whispered. I smiled and let my eyelids shut, as his lips pressed against mine. To be together in the end. That was the promise that he’d made me. A promise that he forgot. A promise I vowed to keep.' Nothing cuts deeper than the love of a scorned woman.

The Untold Restricted Stories (Paladin Spoof/Extras)

WARNING: EXPLICIT MATERIAL (RATED R) Hi guys! This is a total silly outlet for me to write Paladin "extras" - scenes that have absolutely no chance of ever making it into the actual story of Paladin, but make me - and hopefully you, too - giggle or swoon. This is not meant to be read as a companion guide, since anythi...

Magical PR 101

Corrie Eaton is having a really bad week. She just started a new job at the top inter-species PR agency in New York City, and her first week on the job, she's already had a number of mishaps--most notably, almost starting a magical war of epic proportions. When she meets her first client--the mysterious and obnoxious...

Trust: Book One of Gypsies, Gamblers & Thieves

Home crazy home. Sure, everyone's family has problems. But not like this. Reva Dobson is a daughter of the Dixie Mafia. Reva's last memory of her parents together comes from the age of seven, the night her dad points a .357 Magnum between her mom's eyes. After that, her parents divorce. Mother and daughter leave thei...

Children of the Plague

In the darkest corners of lower Manhattan, a battle like no other rages. The city is home to a hidden group of survivors of the nanite plague, and a brother and sister born to defend their race. With a touch that can destroy nanites, Lanni, sister of Alex, is their last chance. Can she save her brother? Can she protec...

Tree of Life

You are now reading Books I and II in a combined format. They are presented here as a single volume. Book I is about a thirteen year old boy's journey into magical healing. It is a time of awakening. Awakening to who you are, what you are meant to be, of friends and young love, of power and its use for good or evil. B...

An Unpredictable Life

** Winner of The Watty's 2014: Collector's Dream Award ** ** This is a true story. Now FULLY edited ** I was diagnosed with Cancer a week before my 16th Birthday. I had Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and had to undergo Chemotherapy and a Stem Cell transplant, back in 2003. My whole life changed. I wrot...

TMI (2014 Collector's Dream Winner)

One post will change everything... Playful Bailey Grant and practical Megan Farrell are best friends... until Bailey starts ditching Megan for virtual quality time with a boy she meets online. Megan doesn't trust Ryder West and thinks Bailey's making a big mistake.

Hugs

❝Sometimes hugs speak louder than words.❞ A short story about a girl who can't speak, and a boy who says very little. [BOOK TWO of the Breakthrough Series] • COMPLETED • Ranked #757 in Short Story

Essays on Writing

Essays on Writing is a collection of thoughts I come across during my writing journey. They cover topics such as grammar, editing, writing, publishing and very often character and story development within the expectations of genre or society.