A dialogue short story about the things we wake up to that remind us there are still things in this life worth waking up for. ante meridiem - [adv. & adj.] "before noon;" Abbr: A.M. Or a.m. [credit to owner of image (not me)]
bal-co-nee-al ; of or referring to a balcony \\ in which a cynical girl and a disastrously (self-characterized) aromantic psychology student have daily discussions between neighbouring balconies \\ #1 in short story june & july 2k15 \\ book 1
the human body is a blank canvas. it's up to the artists to decide what to paint on them. copyright © 2015 by eloquencx {#136 in poetry • 26 april 2015}
We look up at the same sky and we see the same thing and suddenly, it's not so lonely anymore.
"Sometimes happiness feels like a chore." A short story chronicling the relationships (and lack thereof) of Drew; in which nights and days are spent curled up in the tear-and-food-stained sheets, with and without the warmth of another living soul, because he has lived like this and he'll probably die like this -- whet...
Give me a pen and a piece of paper, and I'll pour out my thoughts, my feelings, my mind and my heart. #252 in Short Story, 6th April 15
A collection of notes, a public library, two teenagers, and zero spoken communication.
small but big things. copyright © 2015 by eloquencx #187 in short stories - 05.04.15
Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * Being re-written completely as of May 14, 2021
Published 9th December on Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble and BookDepository - Copyright ©2015 by Holly Sparks I remember waking to the scream. I remember calling my sister's name. I remember seeing the blood smeared along the staircase. I remember the creature's green eyes. They say there's a cure. They say there's a wa...
***Ranked #4 in Non-fiction - "It's a thing of beautiful nonsense to be young." ***Featured original non-fiction for Pivot TV's Secret Lives of Americans. I Drew a Monkey in a Math Book and Now I'm Married is the true story of how I met my wife Jennie and our awkward teenage romance that followed. The book began as li...
The new world changed her, but the chance of her group surviving brought her back.
Jaron likes to spend his time alone. He's not a loner as such, but he is one of those people who feels at peace when there is no one around to bother him. Where he can sit back, write or think, accompanied only by silence. It just feels natural to him. But when his parents start acting weird, well weirder in Jaron's c...
Now complete! ~~~ It's a bad time to be a superhero. When the world turned its back on metahumans, the golden age of superheroes came crashing down. But now a mysterious supercriminal is making one final bid for power, and with no one else left to protect the world, ex-hero Spook must risk everything to take him down...
#1 for a month on the Fantasy-Action Hotlist. Wattys2015 Winner. Fourteen-year-old Luisa is focused on staying under the radar at her rough London school, relieved that the summer holidays are soon to begin. Exploring the ruin of an abbey at night, Luisa falls into the underground land of Cataindar. The catains a...
A Prophecy. A Shipwreck. The Battle for Britain begins... They hardly remember the May-children. The one hundred and forty children King Arthur exiled from Britain. Mordred – he’s the one they talk about. They say he was the only May-child who survived. They were wrong. This is the story of the children King Arthur...
❉ Tales of Horror ❉ Stories of the dark and wicked. Beware the trail hiding from the light lest your soul fall prey to the shadows. Stay off the path of mischief, little ones. . . ❉ For the shadows forebode a reaping ❉ - - - Includes entries from: @MsBunni @toreach_thesky @Tychailus @zeinaphobia @Hostile_Jam @EricAMBM...
Meet Ray, she's a Daemon. She's the reason the darkness falls. The reason you close your windows at night. She's the monster lurking underneath your bed, the devil hiding in your wardrobe. She's the worst of all nightmares and now she's escaped. Running through the streets, screaming in the shadows. You won't see her...
When seventeen year-old Runner was sentenced to death for stealing a loaf of bread in MegaCity One, his dreams were literally at an end. But then he opts to sign up for the Remnants of Men, a government sanctioned search for a rumoured fresh water lake beyond a radiated wasteland. At first, it seemed like a second ch...
Lyra has been invaded by Fevior. The government has disbanded, the royal family is all dead, everyone is fleeing back to their cities and towns to pray and hope. Out of the ashes rises two groups determined to oppose Fevior, the Amazons and the Resistance Zeke, a loyal general of the Resistance, has been sent by the C...
The Age of Dragons is over. King Aesar, Dragonlord of the kingdom of Dracariya, had been overthrown by the treacherous Lord Malekar. Dracariya lies under the shadow of the Usurper's tyrannical regime, which ruthlessly crushes rebellion. Very few oppose him. But not none. Vengelis, the fifteen-year old bandit/idealist...
And these words I have contempt flew out of me, myself. The screeching resonance around me, echoing all around me. The face I once was wore was never again For darkness impaled the light Screeching of horror as the light fades away Into the pages of bright And the ink of dark, kept on rustling Scratching Painting tho...
"Lead us to victory, Marked One." The Queen of the Grey Kingdom bore a Violet, one so unblemished the Witch of Eeras' own power flared to life uncontrollably. Upon further inspection, it was found that the boy, Rhedall, was the prophecized Marked Violet, whose arrival warns of a forthcoming war. Separated from his fam...
Infinite Storm was just a normal VRMMORPG, but not everybody knew the secret behind it. Until one day, in the year 2035, a young boy discovered its little secret. 15 year old Cliff was just playing as usual, when his Nerve Gear, the hardware used for playing the game, ran out of battery. Theoretically, he would h...
Who knew that Snow's grandson was a brilliant but mad scientist exiled years ago for an unforgivable crime? Henri, codenamed Hazard, is now back with a thirst for revenge. With the 26 serums he and his team created, he will recreate the Hunger Games, but with a new name. The Death Carnival. Cover design by Jayde Irwin
"And they have a name for those kind of people. People with both the blood of a regular mortal and also a Zoid. They call them Elementalists. And I'm afraid to tell you, Nathan, that you are the last Elementalist." Days after his mom's death, Nathan discovers that he is not a hundred percent human, and there wa...
[Watty Winner 2012, Fantasy / Teen Fic / Adventure / Romance] Stars. For millennia, humans have stared up at the sky watching them light up the night. Unknown to most, they've been watching back, protecting us and keeping us safe from dangers. However, in the land of Astron, two girls are struggling to keep themselve...
