He lit his cigarette, I lit nothing. He drank alcohol, I drank water. He smirked, I smiled. He didn't love me, I didn't love him. He and I together wouldn't last a day. And then the game started... He said he found me intriguing, unique, and interesting because I didn't swoon over him. "You and me Grey, let's play a game. We'll date and in three months time I promise you will fall for me. When you fall in love with me between that time span, I win. If in any way you were to win I'll give up all the alcohol, cigarettes, and player ways." It was a game I wasn't willing to lose, but all games had accidents and consequences. It takes a broken heart to know how to break a heart.

"As I sat on the toilet, I realized how badass I was being. First of all, I (kind of) broke into Walmart; Second, I was (kind of) plotting to steal toilet paper; and third, I was doing all this while a hurricane was brewing outside." Ellie wanted a quick trip to Walmart to buy some toilet paper for her mom. A minute in, a minute out. Instead, she got locked in. With her secret love, of course.

“Oh God, I’m so ready for summer. School this year has been a bitch.” “Yeah, pretty crazy” “Hey, what are you doing this summer?” “Riding the subway” “Oh… Well, why?” She was used to the odd looks she got every time she revealed what her summer plans were. But they hadn’t changed since she was 13, so she wondered why everyone was still always surprised. Of course, she had other plans. She wasn’t crazy enough to ride the subway all day everyday for the entire summer. Nonetheless, she felt that, of everything she did during those two months away from school, the most meaningful to her was always riding the subway, which is why that is what she chose to tell people whenever they asked the question. “We live in a city that never stops moving. At least those damn trains will always be there.”

When deaf Magnolia Scotland meets utterly charming, hearing drummer Blake Underwood, she simply cannot believe it. Sheltered in a deaf community for years, she never felt the urge to talk to a hearing person and make new friends. After they meet, things start to change. They take a strange journey through the struggles of communication and their new, developing friendship suddenly sparks something unlike anything Magnolia, or even Blake for that matter, have ever experienced.

Danny arrives in France and is forced onto the brutal battle ground far from the ones he loves. He never imagined that saving the life of Black Jack, an out of control stallion, would lead him into the most dangerous journey. What they witness will haunt them till their dying breath. With their friends dying around them, the question that hangs in the balance is, will their newfound friendship survive where everything else perishes? - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cover by weeknder Historical Fiction #63 / Short Story #478

Briar and Josh are two friends who acknowledge their differences through sarcasm. However, when Briar hears Josh calling her in the night, she's tempted to stay in her room. But she doesn't. And he doesn't mind.

Sebastian Bowman is a glasses wearing, fiction writing dork. He has a thing for finding trivial things fascinating. He has a Broadway singing roommate who doubles as his best friend. He's happy. Arya Lennington is a leather wearing, fiction writing loser. She has a thing for The 1975 and typewriters. Her roommate is always in their room, hosting parties with plenty of alcohol. She's never felt more alone. When this unlikely pair bond over a club, a cigarette, and a memoir, things go where nobody thought they ever would.

The unfortunate do many things. Crying is not one of them. thanks so much for #37 Short Story cover by: @-grier-

They weren't supposed to kiss. But they did.

~The Mystery That Was Wren~ "Dawson knew who Wren Brady was. He has always known of her, but has never actually known her. They attended the same High School, Mayview Prep. He was even once her waiter at Bernie's Burgers, but she payed no attention to him. News traveled around quickly at Mayview, especially if you hung out with Rebecca Healy's group, and it didn't take long for people to find out Wren's Mother had killed herself. People felt sorry for her. Real sorry, actually. One guy bought her a bouquet of yellow lilies, and presented them to her in our English class. She accepted all of the gifts and the stares of pity, but never once said the reassuring words "It's alright. I'm alright." She was a mystery. A cold case. Wren Brady was slowly unraveling, and we were all sitting back and watching, including me. That is, until June 6th, 2014. Graduation Day." ~~~ I hope you enjoy! The chapter's are short, but that's just this books style. Sorry guys!