Young Adult

The Truth of Aphrodite
“Not all love stories have a happy ending as they do in Disney movies and fairy tales. The beautifully dark fables of the Grimm brothers tell the ugly truth: that life is never one straight happy flat road. This road has twists and turns, slopping hills and steep jagged cliffs, life and death. The little mermaid never had her happy ending with her sweet Prince Erik. When she tried confessing her love to him, she faded away into bubbles. Life is ugly, dark, and revolting at the worst of times. There are people hiding in plain sight who enjoy raping, torturing, and killing others. They crave the sweet release it brings, a high like nothing they have ever felt before. For this feeling is the closest emotion they can get to love.
By Emily Hart5 years ago in Fiction
Life Could Be A Dream
Virginia 1954 The copper penny sat motionless, awaiting the charge of the steam-driven beast. The Atlantic Coast Line was rushing down the tracks where Neil had laid the coin only minutes before. He felt the tension rising as the locomotive blew its horn repeatedly and got exponentially closer to its target. The horn screeched and growled like the scarlet macaw at the zoo. Backing away from the tracks, he sat down in the long grass of a nearby embankment, awaiting the impact.
By Kevin Gaylord5 years ago in Fiction
Linear
It was a joke to take math, but he was not laughing. In high school, he had had some success with the work in his classes, textbooks and assignments. He was confident then; now, it seemed as though the material professors put on their black or white boards was some sort of secret code he could not break. He was not laughing.
By Kendall Defoe 5 years ago in Fiction
Teeth of Loch Tay
So, I’ve been backpacking the Scottish countryside for the last few weeks. When I started, I just picked a small village in the highland. The village of Torridon sits at the base of the mountain Liathach in the Torridon Hills. Honestly, it was the perfect place to start my journey. I bounced from village to village seeing all the sights, meeting some of the kindest and most hardworking people.
By Kevin Barkman5 years ago in Fiction
Running through the rain
Chapter Two Jace’s POV I walked out of the bedroom and onto the balcony and looked up to the sky, “Darling!!” A sing-song voice rang out as I hear a door slam to my bedroom, I quickly turn around and sigh as I see Cynthia walking through my room and over to me. She was wearing a long light lilac dress that went down to her ankles the skirt coming down with see-through silk that made her legs look stunning, I gave her a small smile as she came out to join me on the balcony. “Cynthia, I apologize for my previous actions, I was drinking last night,” I stated, it was a lie of course, but my parents would never let it go if I ruined this for them. She smiled at me then grabbed my hand, I looked down at her and let out a small sigh. She went from looking at me to looking over the balcony, “It really is an unfortunate event. But at least we can enjoy it together.” Cynthia stated before she let us go of my hand, she then leaned over the balcony and looked down at the ground. “I disagree, Cynthia,” I stated before turning around and started to go back inside before She grabs me by the arm and moves so she was leaning against my back. “Don’t be like this Jace…” Cynthia said in a whisper. Pausing for a moment, I looked back at her before pulling my arm away and walking back into my room closing the balcony door behind me, so she knew that I did not want her to follow me.
By Lily Ann5 years ago in Fiction
The Unloved Daughter
~Thorn~ "Your Majesty, Duchess Fallon Von Keem is here to see you." my personal butler alerted me. "Thank you Colby, send my regrets, we are going to the sparrows for dinner this evening." I reponded.
By Daniell Frovarp5 years ago in Fiction
Genesis
“They don’t want any more singers.” The person, dimly lit by the stage, clicked their headset and lowered their computer. The low chattering through the wings died. “Those of you in section 3 are dismissed.”
By Autumn McGiveron5 years ago in Fiction
Make Kindness Boss Again!!!!
As Copper waited for the light to turn green, he slowly drank in a popular billboard promoting the upcoming state fair. The billboard ad, located on the left side of Dirkstone Boulevard, featured a young couple standing in front of a cotton candy stand at an amusement park, holding up matching peace signs, while posing hard with their tongues hanging out.
By Tiffany Gordon5 years ago in Fiction
Love Trials: How Deep Is Your Love?
I stood there glowering at the father of my child with my arms folded. If our daughter wasn’t in the next room playing with his stepkids and his wife I would of slit his throat and bounced. However, the witnesses that consisted of innocent children I didn’t want to taint and the fact I had love for this man because he was Malubay’s father albeit I was no longer IN love with him; were his saving graces at the moment. So I stood there imagining all the different ways I could not kill nor torture him. “Who gave or how did you get this information?” Alejandro asked trying to stall with the explanation I was there for.
By Kimmie Hite5 years ago in Fiction
Flames to Ashes Pt. 2
Chapter 2- One Year Later Continued Sometimes, I still wake up thinking they were still alive. Expecting them to be waiting for me at the kitchen table for breakfast, where we’d talk and laugh with each other, just like we used to.
By Darcy Lance5 years ago in Fiction
Once Upon a Lake
Once upon a lake, Time stood still—which may not have been the brightest thing it ever did since it was in a boat at the time. But the lake was so beautiful with the leaves of fall in the riparian forests changing hue & casting their reflections upon the surface of the water. It was a moment when the air was so sweet, the breeze so delicate, the temperature so ideal & the sun, moon & stars in such perfect harmony—& as anyone with an ounce of sense can tell you, there simply is no more wondrous sensation of peace, joy, contentment & grace as to be out in a boat on the middle of a lake with such a day—well, Time just never wanted that moment to end.
By Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock5 years ago in Fiction
Something Strange At Butterscotch Hill School
Preface If nothing strange is happening in your town, don't read this. Just put it down and walk away. Consider yourself very lucky.
By S. L. Kirby5 years ago in Fiction