Calandra the mermaid gets caught up in a web of treasure-seeking pirates. This was supposed to be a vacation! Warning: non-graphic violence abounds and there are definitely feels here. Takes place in the setting of my fantasy world for "Bastian's Song", but it stands alone and you certainly don't need to have read...
The King is sick and he needs to choose one of his five children to be heir to the throne. Traditionally, the eldest takes the throne, but the King doesn't believe in tradition. Instead he enlists the help of a Fairy Godmother to help him choose. Along the way, the children learn to be careful what you wish for, but o...
An unusual encounter in Limestone County, Northern Alabama, in the Summer of 1861 following the secession of the first seven states of the new Confederate nation
Last decade, before we moved back to our present farm in the country we love so dearly, I was a careworker for a few years. This story is about one of my most frustrating but loveable clients who showed me once again how the greatest courage demanded is often in facing each hour of every new day - and getting through...
🌼 Wattpad Featured Story 🌼 Highest rank: #423 in Short Story (28 September 2017) Jaejoon wanted to die. As a musical protégé, he had quickly risen to stardom only to realize that fame came at a price. Having fallen far from his pedestal and having lost the ability to make music, he decided that death was his only re...
Toby waited for Mummy, but she never came back. Uncle Jim and Aunt Doris told him she was in Heaven. Why did Mummy go there without him? Why couldn't he go to see her? He kept Mummy's torchlight safe, to guide him through the darkness, knowing she'd watch over him. If you are reading this story on any other platfor...
Jodie is a nature photographer by profession, captivated by the beauty of the natural world. An encounter with Monet's series on haystacks seen at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston inspires her to find an object in nature that she can follow through the seasons with her photography, much like Monet did with his art...
An injury in the midst of a hurricane leaves Sarah with no memory. Her husband Tom is the only one able to help her. But as paranormal activity begins to take place, it will become increasingly hard to tell who is protecting who, and why. Written for the One Million Project. All proceeds go to charity so please check...
A routine day takes a detour when an airliner is hijacked. And there's not enough fuel to get there. Warning: Crude language
Miranda the absent-minded sleuth is taking a cruise to avoid anything related to solving mysteries, of any kind. But the forces just won't let her rest.
Zoey knew there were stories about the catwalk. Everyone had stories about it. Things like that - dark, old, abandoned things like that - collected stories. They collected ghosts like a child collects baseball cards. Everyone you talked to could tell you a different ghost story about the old train bridge. But the only...
Patricia is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the town where she had been a wife , and briefly, a mother. She is trying to recover lost memories around the trauma of losing her child, but instead sees a girl with her face. Strong emotions lead her to follow the girl and discover more about her past than she e...
This is an excerpt from one of 40 short stories in the OMP (One Million Project) Fiction Anthology. Historical fiction based around the Battle of Culloden -the last battle to be fought on Scottish soil.
[One Million Project - Fantasy/Sci-Fi Anthology] Russell Cornelius Brattle - a punctual and orderly teen - worked long hours as an apprentice tinker to provide for his broken family. His cousin Agatha - a free-spirited youngster - was eager to put her sewing days behind her and get her hands greasy. But she and her pr...
"Sometimes, life calls us back to live again." Maggie Warner has the rare gift of a perfect memory concerning all the days of this life, and some from her past one. Dr. Robert Malone, a neuropsychologist with a memory inducing technology, can prove her claim about a kidnapping no one remembers. The support and encoura...
Following a journal left behind by his grandfather, Mitch Cassidy heads into the Venezuelan jungle in search of a legendary deposit of emeralds. What he finds instead sends him and Amanda Verdugo, whose father disappeared over the same jungle, on a search and rescue mission. Braving the country's dangers, he ultimatel...
A Young Adult Fiction. Humourous read. http://imgur.com/a/Op6tI+ a Cover from the kind and talented @playboystiles. Thanks so much.
A collection of flash fiction (and non-fiction) tales written for the purpose-designed 'Weekend Writein prompts', challenging writers to produce around 500 word stories each time we choose to join the party.
Written for the weekend write-in: "Moving Day": In 500 words, write a story where somebody moves away.
Elsa Silvereye, the greatest thief in all of Vordelle, cares for only one thing in the entire world: her twin sister Elaine. She would do anything to protect her. When a mistake in judgement leads to Elaine's abduction, Elsa is coerced into stealing the most precious artifact in Vordelle--the Lightshield. Little does...
Julius Barnum lives an average life as a small-time private investigator. His world is about to get a whole lot bigger when he finds an abandoned pocketbook on his lawn and is dragged into a murder investigation. When the victim's sister attempts to steal the box from the pocketbook, their touch accidentally brings tw...
Forever Torn is the true and amazing story of two brothers and three generations of one family - a family torn apart by deaths, poverty, deceit and a promise made by a small boy to his Grandfather over 80 years ago. It is the story of one man who refused to acknowledge his past and his brother who remained bound t...
Space Monkeys - follow the adventures of experimental subjects Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta as they blast off into space and into a galaxy of adventure, intrigue and old-fashioned radio serial drama. Season 1 is a collection of eight radio scripts that form the first season of Space Monkeys.
'In 500 Words Or Less' is a collection of short stories, all of them 500 words or less, written for the WattPad WriteOn Writers Weekend WriteIn.
One last swipe at the Godzilla of the Web-iverse. Evicted but not defanged, we prove resilient in the face of real and imagined threats.
The disappearance of a friend and millions of Francs worth of wine interrupts David's buying trip in France when he pauses to assist and comfort his friend's wife, Catherine. Their lives are threatened, the intensifying circumstances draw them closer together, and they uncover their buried traumas, insecurities and lo...
Fate is all. Destiny is written and every single mortal is beholden to the whims of the Gods. Except one. Her thread broke. Deliberately or on purpose? You will find out. Swanhilde possesses an abundance of beauty but not much in the way of wit and character. She is a vain and shallow girl, convinced of her own su...
