Amanda Starks
Bio
Lover of the dark, fantastical, and heart-wrenching. Fantasy writer, poet, and hopefully soon-to-be novelist who wants to create safe spaces to talk about mental health. Subscribe to my free newsletter at www.amandastarks.com for updates!
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Precipice Chapter III: RE: INTEGRATION
CHAPTER I CHAPTER II _____________________ A few days later, Avery was finally cleared to leave the city hospital. The call from the nurse was brief, simply describing Avery’s condition as “stable enough.” Normally Nikolai would question the nurse on the fidelity of her lack-luster conclusion, but the memory of Avery’s tears silenced any medical concerns he had. At this point, getting her out of that environment of stress and loneliness would do far more for her than leaving her strapped to a hospital bed.
By Amanda Starks4 months ago in Chapters
Within Your Pages; My Dreams
Dear Journal, Hello, it has been some time, hasn't it? It is as you say, the previous year was agony, but as time marches on in that steady way that it does, I can't help but be pulled along its currents and look forward to the new horizons before me.
By Amanda Starks4 months ago in Fiction
- Top Story - January 2024
Precipice Chapter I: The Fall
The first thing Avery Thompson could recall was her body falling through a violent, stormy sky. Below her was nothing but the roiling waves of a disturbed ocean and the shadows cast by each peak and trough. The air was bitterly frigid - slices of cold lanced her cheeks, chest and arms and tangled into her jacket and hiking pants.
By Amanda Starks6 months ago in Chapters
- Top Story - December 2023
Precipice: Dreams of the Fall - AnnouncementTop Story - December 2023
In the year 2285, a mysterious event occurs in which hundreds of bodies wash ashore TRUEcit, the last surviving bastion of human ingenuity and prosperity. Among the bodies is a survivor named Avery Thompson, whose memories of her past and where she came from have become fragmented. Her rescuer, a TRUECorp employee by the name of Nikolai Garcia, offers his aid in her recovery. However, in the wake of this event TRUECorp begins demanding answers, and Nikolai is faced with an impossible choice: will he assist the corporation in its vision for saving humanity from impending doom, or will he risk it all to help Avery reassemble her fractured memory?
By Amanda Starks6 months ago in Writers
Sun Killer: Author's Cut
Author's Note: The story you are about to read is the original version of Sun Killer before it was edited down to fit the requirements for Vocal's Under a Spell Challenge. It was already a long piece, so feel free to pace yourself or bookmark this for another time!
By Amanda Starks6 months ago in Fiction
Fantastical Vocal Favorites Vol. 2
Hello, everyone! I'm very happy to have Fantastical Vocal Favorites Volume 2 act as my comeback article after my self-imposed hiatus for the month of November. It was a long month and I missed the community here a lot more than I anticipated.
By Amanda Starks6 months ago in Writers