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The Goodbye Kiss
Beth Stafford The Goodbye Kiss
  • Short Story
  • English
  • 2770 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 2094
  • 41

A kiss can say a thousand words; it can herald a new love, and it can end an old one. As her husband Oliver packs his bag to leave, Lila reflects on the most important kisses of their relationship.

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ENEMIES IN LOVE
Melody Dupree ENEMIES IN LOVE

TRIBUTE TO THE TWILIGHT SAGA

  • Romance
  • English
  • 3121 Words
  • Ages 12 and up
  • 2409
  • 150

FALLING IN LOVE IS SOMETHING THAT SIXTEEN YEAROLD AMBER LANE NEVER THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN TO HER. BUT MEETING SIXTEEN YEAROLD JABRI BROWN CHANGED HER LIFE. BUT NOW SOMEONE IS AFTER HER AND THE ONLY WAY FOR THEM TO GET TO HER IS BY HURTING THE PEOPLE SHE LOVES. WHILE DODGING... Read more...

Keywords: VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, ROMANCE, DANGER, EX-BOYFRIENDS, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIP, DIFFERENCES, SECRETS

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I Never Thought it Would Happen to me
Kylie Golden I Never Thought it Would Happen to me

no one ever does...

  • Drama
  • English
  • 516 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 1701
  • 53

No one ever thinks it would happen to them. you see the girls on telivision, dead or raped or both, and you say oh id never be that stupid! i was one of those people. and i found out, its not a fact of being stupid. bad things happen to everyone. even me, and you.

Keywords: rape, pain, pregnancy

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An Ordinary Joe
N. Barry Carver An Ordinary Joe
  • Fiction
  • English
  • 633 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 708
  • 22

An ordinary man, in an all-to-common predicament, with an amazing outcome.

How has this "ordinary Joe" such a mystery?

WINNER HOLIDAY STORY CHALLENGE

Keywords: Homlessness, love, desperation, hope, Christmas

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Some Things Never Change
Jesse Griffin Some Things Never Change
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • English
  • 2015 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 2378
  • 82

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Glassy-Eyed Girl
Nijika Cole Glassy-Eyed Girl

Behind every smile, there's a pain hidden inside

  • Juvenile Fiction
  • English
  • 4781 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 4588
  • 110

"I saw a girl today. She's amazing and almost-perfect. How I regret not being able to tell her that."

Mark is nothing but a nerd. No one really knew but he likes being alone because he could observe people. There was one girl though that caught his eye. The girl with the... Read more...

Keywords: girl, love, heartbreaks, young, parents

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Rain on My Wings
Juliet Rose Rain on My Wings
  • Fiction
  • English
  • 6859 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 50763
  • 938

I wanted him to see me, to open his eyes and simply acknowledge my presence. But I knew he wouldn’t. To him, I was only a speck in the universe, a beautiful but unimportant creature. He would not see me, because right now... I was a butterfly.

(Note: this is an... Read more...

Keywords: Fiction, love, romance, butterflies, music, changing, young adults

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Why can't you love me
ashley Why can't you love me
  • Poetry
  • English
  • 147 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 591
  • 17

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My Best Friend
Elaina My Best Friend
  • Short Story
  • English
  • 915 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 7906
  • 55

My ears were buzzing and the room grew denser. Tears clouded my eyes as a lump built in my throat. I was dizzy and high. Her memory was too painful to bear. I don’t want to remember, yet I’m too afraid to forget. God, I miss her. The tears streaked my face as I thought of... Read more...

Keywords: leukemia, cancer, death, angst, suicide, self hate, flashback, memories

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Mending Molly
Caitlin Colbert Mending Molly
  • Drama
  • English
  • 2693 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 745
  • 21

Molly Evans is a sixteen year old girl, not only starving herself of food but of the will to love, and carry on. She feels as if everything she's cared for all her life is being taken from her, and in defeat she lays on the tracks of life and vows to quit. Until she is... Read more...

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