The best second line for any novel would be "and then the murders began," that's a fact. Picture it- all your favorite books with their first lines. Now take those lines and add "And then the murders began" as the second. I always loved doing that- I don't quite so much anymore. It doesn't make such a great second lin...
The year is 2096. Computers, and other recognition software with them, have grown infinitely more powerful since the 2010s. Business is thriving. People are running about, living their lives, and generally enjoying themselves with their new 'smart' devices, which, for better or for worse, are actually living up to the...
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Terribly illegal and highly dangerous, magic can cause the best of people to go insane. If the witch or warlock in question is caught in the act well... they should begin to say their final goodbyes. Sixteen year old Aria Everheart knows these rules. She knows that in order to live a full, even possibly happy life, sh...
Cassius Waterstorm is about to fulfill his life-long dream of joining the prestigious Orion Academy of Magical Arts. Potions, magical creatures, amazing spells - everything is waiting there for our soon to be mage. But, on a fateful night, an unexpected event occurs. He crosses paths with a powerful dark shade who alm...
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||Featured on AmbassadorsAfrica's reading profile|| ||Featured on AmbassadorsNg's reading profile|| ||Open Novella Contest Africa 2021|| * To find his beloved wife, Óshún and heal his broken heart; Cupid comes all the way to Lagos, Nigeria. He crosses path with a girl, who seem to be Óshún. A girl blessed with strang...
In a small yet sparsely populated town called, Summerville. Where the sun's ethereal radiance shining was always overhead and the soothing heat could be felt. As the rays of the sun danced upon, caressed and hugged one's skin with a warmth that was so divine. Somehow the skies always seemed to appear in such a way, th...
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eu·pho·ri·a - a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness. But why does my happiness bring destruction? Why does it feel the contradictory of it? You can call me the girl with her twisted fate. And that's all I can say because words can't contain the pain. It all started in this school of pure fantasy... A...
Rosette's life is already in its fruitful journey. Living a married life while reaching your dreams together is truly the best part of your life. That's all that Rosette ever wanted. Not until they decided to live in her husband's house. Their dreams started falling down their feet, riddled with violence, fear and pil...
"It's majestic to think that everything in autumn dies yet it makes a new lovely haven." Do you experience the warmth of your significant other's embrace or it can be your mother, your sister, your friends? That moment the arms squeezed a fraction tighter as every muscle lost its tension to the spring. Drowned into th...
Lara was different. She was like the two sides of a coin, to her parents she was an angel but to others she was a devil. She was the wind that can keep you chilly or the wind that can destroy you. Achievement. Forth place the creator's choice awards 2020 28/8/2020. Third place The Dragon Fire Awards Horror/myster...
A demon is an evil spirit, a false god that is most powerful, A demon has been captured and kept hidden away to save mankind from being destroyed. Demons don't take souls, you give them your soul....... But will Elenore give her soul away to the demon. Read to find out more. Cover by @CeciliaMohandas
Imagine living in a place where you can't leave. Where everyday is like hell, a killer that has never been seen, a killer that murders brutally, a killer that the police has been searching for. Hazel is a fifteen-year-old girl who lives with her mom and step father. Life is normal for Hazel until she stumples upon a...
Whether or not Theodore Aspen (Theo, to his few friends) wanted to get dragged into the conflict between his old home, Terra, and his new one, Earth, that doesn't matter. He thought that by becoming an exchange student to Earth with his lupine best friend, Alaina, he would be able to leave his past as an orphan behind...
Emotions. We all have them even though sometimes we may want to get rid of them. We've all been confused by them, maybe some more than others. Or maybe we're just confused all the time. This is my story. The story of a girl just trying to get through life. This is my voice calling out from the depths of this dark cav...
This cover is made by the lovely @mauachka. Thank you, hun. The wind picked up, sweeping my hair around his face. It's shielding us from the crazy world and cocooning us in our bubble. A bubble that maybe gets punctured, but for now I want to stay here. Here, where no one is judging me or him for who we are, what we...
In a world of advanced science and technology, apocalypse threatens to take over. In the final attempt to save themselves, they called to the other eight worlds to help. But how can you save a world you don't even know exists? Meet Zahra, a sixteen-year-old girl with bright orange hair and eyes. Cursed by her past an...
Misha was Maxima's first and only mistake. "Boss would have killed you for what you've done." "But you won't." "What makes you say that?" "Because you're not half of what she was." This story is completely clean. Written for preteens.
When their high school suddenly gets transported to a desolate place in the middle of nowhere, a group of teenagers are thrown together on an unexpected adventure. Tensions are high as the cynical manipulator, the class princess and the nut job struggle to figure out how to survive in a strange new world, how to find...
Philomena is a normal girl who gets caught up in an extraordinary adventure. When she is pulled into a faraway fantasy world, she struggles to find her way back. Along the way, she finds beauty, friendship and love. Will she find her way home, or will this new world become her home?
"You found me as a kid. Now let my adult self grow old with you..." --------------------------------------------- "We'll marry as soon as we meet again." "Pwomise?" The little girl held out her pinky finger. The boy entwined his own pinky finger with hers and kissed her lips shyly. "Promise." ...
At first glance, Wendell Chestna appears as a beautiful prince whose presence will enchant others while dashing away on his horse. In reality, he's not much different from any normal teenage boy, despite how children's books portray those that wear a crown. When holding such a high title it's quite difficult to determ...
But before I could take a foot off from the washroom he asked me with a confused look and one lifted eyebrow, "What were you doing in a boy's restroom?" Screw it!! "I...I actually... look everyone has an emergency, right?" I replied at once and left the place without turning back or waiting to see his reactions. Who...
A collection of poems with the connection to the same Seashell. Could this just be a coincidence, or is there a bigger tale to be told? All of these poems are my original work and should not be re-used without my consent. If you want to edit them for your own variations, contact me first. You must give me credit if y...
Day in and day out Kinjari eyes me, staring like he sees the sun rising in my eyes. I want to ask him why he looks at me that way. Am I something so beautiful he can't help but stare? I keep quiet. Beauty is where one finds it, my father used to say. Sometimes, when I wake, I am close to Kinjari I can smell his brea...
I had a vague idea of what was going to happen this summer. Sloppy, half baked and half finished breakfasts, showing up five minutes late to the wrong activity, unreasonably threatening wild horses roaming about and showers that were either too hot or too cold were all that was on my schedule. Heck, maybe I'd even fi...
Two souls of a single being separated through time to wander this universe in the hope that one day they might be whole again. Life is never fair . Sometimes we wish some miracles could do the perfect justice to all the injustices life has done to us. Sometimes we know our end is near and just wish we ha...
I stand by her bed. Watching her as sweat trickle a down her forehead and disappears in her hair, as she clutches the sheets to save herself from the monster she so desperately wants to get rid of. I watch her as she clings on to every string of hope that anytime, anytime her mother will come and save her from him. F...