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Summer Chronicles, Part I: Poems from July 2013.

The Perks of Being a Rowling

Growing up in a world related to everything Potter, Libby Rowling decides that she has had enough. Ready for a change, she packs her bags and embarks on her journey to the states. Her plan blows up when she meets Mason, a Harry Potter fanatic who might just turn her world upside down. [#31 short story 1.23.14]

eight-track

❝for me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. it gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.❞ [[ eight short stories based on eight songs by eight different artists. ]] http://8tracks.com/yourgirlbeth/eight-track

On The Inside

This is just the kind of stuff that goes on in my mind. The stuff on the inside, that has potential of breaking out, seeking life, stretching its legs. And this book allows my mind freedom of stereotypical borders, lines, and bottled up conversations. But maybe these words are a mix of all three. All in all, it's just...

Loveseat Nights

Yesterday, Mona Lieber saw something she shouldn't have. Now she's got an ignorant boy wrapped around her finger, teaching him a lesson about the arts of entertainment. Today, Adrien Finkwell is suffering through 28 nights of classic movies. If he doesn't, one very snarky girl will spill a dark secret of his. They b...

The Sensation of Falling

Pause for a second and imagine this: the person you love is dying, but you can help. You can give them a few more months to make memories, laugh, cry. But at what cost? (Thank you to @TalatheWolf for the summary)

Temporary

It was all just temporary, never meant to last. You, me, us. It all had to end sometime.

without further ado

instruments make music. people love music. they say that no music is no life. well, our story's heroine's first instrument was the rainbow coloured xylophone, age three. ever since then she has mastered every instrument she has come upon. she does it for the euphoria it brings, knowing that your fingers, your set of l...

The Cover Girl [Harry Styles Love Story]

Iridesca is a quiet, shy girl: she's homeschooled, lives in a small town in the south and hardly ever leaves her room. The only thing that keeps her sane is music; playing the piano and singing is what she loves. The only connection to the outside world is through the internet, where she posts videos of her singing. S...

Aposiopesis

aposiopesis [pron.: /ˌæpəsaɪ.əˈpiːsɪs/; classical greek: ἀποσιώπησις, "becoming silent"] is a figure of speech wherein a sentence is deliberately broken off and left unfinished, the ending to be supplied by the imagination, giving an impression of unwillingness or inability to continue. james attello is very good at r...

Letters {Watty Awards 2013 Winner}

{Watty Awards 2013 Winner} This is simply a story about a lonely girl who finds love. I was inspired to write this because I wanted to know that there are good things that happen to invisible girls like me. I wanted to write Hope for those who seem hopeless. • • • In March of 2013, Letters was #1 in the short story ca...