Young Adult
Guardians and Angels | Chapter One (Part 4)
Sunlight has a way of making everything from the night before feel like a dream. I wish it had been… but it was a regular night in America for us. When I woke up he was looking down at me, the biggest smile on his face, the gold highlights of his hair sparkling in the morning rays, laughing for some reason, his smirk sharply carved upon his cheeks.
By Christopher Dubbs2 years ago in Fiction
Sarah Matthews and the Forbidden Feelings
In the detention center,where the captors had been taken, Sarah was processed efficiently, her possessions confiscated, and a new, stronger dose of Equilibrium administered against her will. As the drug entered her system, she fought to maintain her emotional clarity, focusing on the faces of those she'd come to care for—Elias, Luna, Dr. Wei, and the countless citizens who deserved the freedom to feel.
By Shane D. Spear2 years ago in Fiction
Guardians and Angels | Chapter One (Part 3)
He heard the rumble of his father’s truck approaching before the vibrations reached my ears. He tensed tight, muscles contracting into coiled cables. Flesh turned from tan to armor under my fingertips. I felt him change like the temperature. For a second a part of me thought he was getting ready to hit me, a quick strike and a sting descending in nanoseconds was what flashed across my mind. Everyone knows that flicker, the knowing just before the pain…
By Christopher Dubbs2 years ago in Fiction
The Dark Order 1.4: I've Been Having Dreams Lately...
Begin with Chapter 1.1 Click here to jump back to Chapter 1.3 It had been a few nights since Maggie could get a glimpse of sleep. The body aches are constant and numbing; she's lethargic, but she's been way too paranoid to rest ever since that day. Since then, she's struggled from one town to the next, one city to another, and it's all the same.
By Donnie Barlow2 years ago in Fiction
Ellie
To put it simply, mayhem ensued. While Murphy was left dangling from the bars, holding on for dear life, my turn to die had finally arrived, and Hnid was going to be my executioner. The wolf spider bit into my cocconned body, then tossed me towards the red gate so the younger spiders and lint ants could have some fun with me before I was fed to the beast.
By Kale Sinclair2 years ago in Fiction
A Future Stamped and Sealed
A Future Stamped and Sealed Ellen M. Laura December 1968. A twenty-one-year-old Marine, Brian, and his nineteen-year-old wife, Mary, exchanged letters—words filled with longing, hope, and the promise of a future together. But war is cruel, and history is not always kind.
By Ellen M. Laura2 years ago in Fiction
Sarah Matthews and the Forbidden Feelings
The old subway tunnels beneath Equilibrium were a labyrinth of darkness punctuated by emergency lights that flickered like dying stars. Sarah moved quickly, following Elias's directions, the data drive secure in an inner pocket.
By Shane D. Spear2 years ago in Fiction
Guardians and Angels | Chapter One (Part 2)
His flesh was soft upon my flesh. I don’t think any part of my body was capable of movement at that moment but my heart. My eyes dare not open, the butterflies in my stomach froze into statues in a garden, and my lungs stretched taut like a parachute full of air, knowing if I let go of my breath I would fall into the unknown.
By Christopher Dubbs2 years ago in Fiction
