bravery

My body is a dead language and you pronounce each word perfectly. -u.k. (Non-Fiction: #31 Poetry: #90)

The Sirens

I never wanted to be one. I never wanted to be one of them. Mother had always told me to never venture out and to keep my hands over my ears during the full moon, or they would take me. Yet, I never knew who 'They' were, and why I was so stupid to sneak out on that cold Winter night...

Snowed In

A one-off holiday romance for all readers. Happy Holidays and enjoy :)

Under the Influence

Charlotte “Charlie” Crawford is practically the definition of a nerd. She gets extraordinary grades, works at her family’s comic book store, and most importantly, she never gets into trouble—ever. Hunter Greene is supposedly the epitome of a bad-boy. He gets into fights, is on a first name basis with the school princi...

As I Am

"Do you want to talk? You know, about everything?" Evan asks. He's staring up at the star-covered sky as he holds our brown bag of French fries. I finish my sip of my vanilla milkshake despite not wanting to stop and follow his gaze. The stars twinkle against the black and wish I had brought my camera. Somehow I thou...

Thin

When kids are young and full of innocent wonder, they're asked the question that will haunt them far into their adult lives: what do you want to be when you're older? Kyleigh Frost's answer to this very question was that she wanted to be thin. Ever since she could remember, all she wanted to do with her li...

Unromantic

“I’m a hopeless romantic. Not a prostitute!” You’d think that for a guy who could make the entire female population of our high school drop their pants at the snap of his finger, Adam Flynn would have some sort of charm. Instead, he is the opposite of charming. He’s revolting; he’s mean; and his only saving point in t...

Astoria Falls

[HIATUS] Astoria Falls was the most frightening, beautiful being that ever walked the earth. At least, that's how twenty year old Conrad Stevens saw her. He was the Ivy League cookie cutter. She was the vagabond artist. He was methodical and she was illogical. And by a small chance, a blemish in their fate, they met a...

Three Months

Paisley has a bucket list. After all, she's going to die in three months. What she expects is for her little excursions to be fun-filled and light-hearted, but what she doesn't expect is to have one thing on her bucket list that can only be achieved by bringing along badass Jude Andrews, who's got some secrets of his...

Mickey High

What if all your favorite Disney characters were in high school?

Adam and Evie (Part 2; ON GALATEA)

| SAMPLE ONLY; READ IT NOW ON GALATEA | ❝He's the boy she left behind. She's the girl he let go.❞ ➵ Before she became one of music's biggest up-and-coming artists, Evelyn "Evie" Chase was a nobody at the bottom of the Roosevelt High School food chain with only a handful of friends. Her best friend (and longtime crush...

Ariel: What Really Happened

Thanks to Walt Disney and Hans Christian Anderson, the majority of the world is convinced Eric and Ariel fell in love with each other at first sight, or the beloved Little Mermaid met a tragic end. This, however, is not the case. It's little known that Walt and Hans had an extreme lying disorder. A tendency to stretch...

forget me not [severe hiatus]

Elliot Bridge is new in town: socially awkward, friendless, and an avid reader, he's not sure how to fit in at a "glamorous Californian school." Callida McAbrams is newly blind, and also newly antisocial. Angry at the world for her unlucky fate, Callie quickly turned into a bitter girl who has no care for the world ar...

The Boy Who Lost His Sight

[SAMPLE ONLY. PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 2016] - LINK TO PURCHASE E-BOOK ON MY MESSAGE BOARD! "Why are you being nice to me? I'm a freak, I'm blind," Riley had once asked her, but Ellie could never answer that question, and she would never be able to. Ellie Burke is just this simple town girl, who will never look at the wr...

One Step at a Time

Maya Hudson is nothing but an average teenager living in New York City. Or, was. Her only dream in life was to be on Broadway, but after a construction accident amputated a whole leg, that dream became so much more distant than it already was. Has anyone ever heard of a one legged actress? Then there's Jason. He's jus...

Playing With Fire

"Rule number one," He whispers, pulling back to look me right in the eye, "Never let your guard down." He flashes me a cunning smirk as I stare at him, stunned at what he had just done. Only, he makes a mistake of turning to see what everyone else ahead of the bleachers is doing. I smirk and take a step back forcefu...

Death Wish

Kyle and his best friend Brandon went to a party, like every other high schooler does. But what do you do when something happens after you leave that party that doesn't happen to every high schooler? What happens when you're driving drunk and you hit someone?

16 Unexplained Letters [Discontinued]

Sixteen letters, mailed out to all the people on the list. Once the person had finished reading them, they would mail them – all sixteen letters – to the next victim on the list. That’s how it went. That’s how I came home one day and discovered those letters in my mailbox. I never knew the impact they would have on me...

Red For Rebellious

Compared to the beautiful, outgoing Melody, Sutton Bran has always lived in her older sister's shadow as the shy, innocent girl. Even so, she happens to catch the attention of mysterious bad boy Colton Jones. He steals her first kiss one night at a party and sends her home thinking that her life is finally starting t...

Dear Lea; Love, Jason

Lea was bullied to the point she'd rather die then stay on earth. Jason fell harder for her then Romeo fell for Juliet. How do you love someone who isn't there? Jason won't stop writing her, but little does he know she's writing back. Authors: dakotamegan and HolyCheerBatman (mostly dakotamegan.) (haha) You are never...

Terrifyingly True

"When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew." he whispered softly. I bit back a smile and huffed. "Well technically I didn't know. I just smiled to be nice." He rolled his eyes and smirked. "Always have to ruin my moments, don't you Little Nali'?" It was my turn to roll my eyes, "Stop calling me li...

Over, Above, and Beyond

There are three stages in love: Over the clouds with happiness, above the surface (barely scratching), and under the water (twenty feet deep). You go up, then spiral down. How do you save yourself from drowning? Charlotte doesn't even want to take that first step. She's been through enough, thank you very much. Oliv...

Culinaria L'amore

About a boy and a girl whose love for each other far exceeds their love for food.

Suicide Cinderella

She likes the idea of death. He likes the sight of blood. Nobody cares about her. He cares about nobody. She wants to die. He wants to kill. "Yes, I am a murderer. I've been planning to kill someone for weeks, months years. Many, many ways. But I have never been successful. Yes, I am a murderer. But the only person...

Letting You Go Was The Hardest Thing

It was hard for Charlotte to let go of her best friend, Dalton, the boy she fell in love since she was nine years old, to make way for her sister, Caroline, who happens to be in love with him too. It was hard for her but in order to make someone happy, even if it meant sacrificing her own, she was willing to let go. I...

Reasons to Live | ✔

After an incident three months ago and her parent's divorce, Reina Caverly finds a way to cope: cutting herself. Her mother's a workaholic, her sister is an out of control teenage girl, and her dad disappeared from the face of the planet. She can't even tell her two best friends, Joshua and Megan, about her problems...

Butterflies Don't Lie

16 year old magazine quiz junkie, Kelsey Sinclair will spend her summer waiting tables and(hopefully) seducing her secret crush, Blaine Mulder, but a hidden phobia and dare devil kitchen guy are about to mess up her perfectly laid out plans. This book is available in paperback or ebook! Amazon (Canada) http://www.ama...

Love : A short Story

You'd fight for the one you love wouldn't you? (Temporarily on hold)

That Deaf Girl

Quinn is has been deaf since she was six years old. When she was three, she got a horrible case of meningitis, which made her go deaf. Ever since then, Quinn has been trying her best to be as normal as possible in her high school, McAurthur. Then there's Oliver. The quiet kid that sits in the back of Quinn's biology...