The City Breathes – Part Two – 7,505 words
BACK THEN Eve doesn’t remember when she first ended up on the streets of Adeshell, or where she was before that, but she does remember where it started. The hunger was the sharpest memory she had of that time. How it gnawed at her core. How difficult it was some days to sleep while her …
The City Breathes – Part One – 4,218 words
“Oh, fuck this.” The door was made of rotted wood and rusted metal, but it still withstood four kicks before finally giving in on the fifth. Eve stepped into the stairwell behind it, groaning as she shook debris from her clothes. It appeared that the rest of the old apartment building had fared no better …
A Guide to My Writing (Updated 4/23)
This guide is designed to create an easy way to find something to read on the site. Summarizing genre, content warnings, and blurbs, reading through this post will give you a good idea of what interests you while letting you avoid things that don’t. Longer Works / Short Stories / Flash Fiction / Drabbles / …
(Poems) – and we’ll be ok – 101 words
we could stay right here like this, spend more mornings listening to the rain. more mornings over cold chocolate and hot coffee, we could keep trading kisses in the dark and falling asleep on the phone. – you could stay right here with me and try, and I’ll stay and try right beside you. beneath …
(Poems) – The Beast of Northmoor Forest – 277 words
Once, there was a great beast, that claimed the woods of Northmoor, until an even greater hunter felled it, with a crack of gunpowder and lead. – Vengeance filled its dying heart. “Flesh!” It cried out, “Do not leave me here, for my work is not yet finished!” – But the beast’s flesh paid no …
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(Poems) – blank canvas – 86 words
I am standing in front of a blank canvas, trying to leave a mark on the emptiness. I paint with darks, I paint with lights, I push hard and wild, and then soft and light. I forgo sleep, food, and restraint, but the canvas is still blank. I split my wrists and empty myself out, …
Liminal – 2,122 words
liminal : characterized by being on a boundary or threshold, especially by being transitional or intermediate between two states or situations. I: Northmoor University’s campus had always felt like a strange new world to Sara in the midnight hours, a thousand streetlights lighting every inch of the sprawling maze of roads and old brick buildings in …
You Who Wanders the Dark – 1,214 words
You know there’s something wrong with the forest. The light of your lantern feels choked, like the darkness makes it fight for every inch. It isn’t enough to make out more than a few meters around you. That little flame is the only light you see. The trees are black as pitch, and your only …
(Poems) – self-creation – 51 words
you didn’t make me. you made me scared and vulnerable, mean and selfish. i made myself kind. i made myself into someone who believes in people. i made myself into something hopeful and growing. you are nothing but a bad memory, but I’m still here and I’m better. i made me.
(Moonlighting) The Arcane – Chapter 5 – 4,650 words
(A/N): And with that, my first real romance story is complete! Thank you so much to everyone who has read along and reached out to me over this story. Although I can’t help but be a little underwhelmed by how this turned out, it’s the first step toward something great. i. Life went back to …
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(Poems) – you’ll remember me – 108 words
[(A/N): and this is what happens when I try to write something sweet these days– it turns out kind of bitter? It takes a little effort to get back to soft parts of yourself, but it’s worth the trip. I’m still happy with how it turned out. Hope you enjoy it! ] you can say …
(Poems) – let them leave – 71 words
what they did to you was not love. – don’t defend them, don’t pretend they couldn’t have known what they were doing, don’t blame yourself for being manipulated, don’t try to fix what they decided to break between you, don’t let anyone make you feel bad for hurting, don’t let them turn your love against …
(Poems) – to her, to me – 80 words
to her, love was a word it was what you said to get someone to stay it was a warmth you could take off and throw away just to make room for another. – to me, love was everything it was the hope that got me out of bed every day it was the feeling …
(Poems) – dreaming of someone – 129 words
and every night I dream of someone I haven’t met yet. I dream of holding her in my arms and kissing her on the mouth. I tell her that I’ve loved her ever since I first knew what love was. I tell her that I’m already hers even though she doesn’t know it. I tell …
(Drabbles) – Burned Out – 1,024 words
([A/N]: I posted this as a goodbye to someone back in May, but I took it down. Since I doubt I’ve as much as crossed her mind in months, I figured I would post it as a final goodbye to her and that part of my life. It’s not my best work, and generally my …
(Poems) – heartbeat – 163 words
one of the times we were tangled together, nothing separating us, your head on my chest, you asked me— “why is your heart beating so fast?” – – and I told you it was just anxiety that it was just something it did – – I didn’t say that I felt lighter than I ever …
(Moonlighting) The Arcane – Chapter 4 – 3,206 words
i. “Who did you leave with last night?” Vince had barely opened his eyes before Tim was already talking to him. He groaned in response, throwing his arms over his face. Wasn’t the point of sleeping to not feel tired? Tim nudged him. “Come on,” he said, “I get if you don’t want to hang …
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(Poems) – I have – 65 words
I’ve lived for eighteen years, I’ve lived in two states, I’ve broken no bones, I’ve driven my car too fast, I’ve written stories my whole life, I’ve read more books than I can count, but the only time I’ve ever breathed is when I’ve had someone else. A body to hold, lips to kiss, and …
(Poems) – marks – 135 words
I’ve never let go of something easily. every goodnight kiss is long and drawn out, and I’ll always be the last one to look away I can’t kiss your neck without leaving myself in places no one else can see— reds and purples that ache with my memory for days. I can’t love without giving …
(Poems) – august – 123 words
It is august. Last year I came to life during this month finding myself in kisses and smiles in stolen hours and midnight car rides building a home in another discovering the truest me with a warm hand helping me through a world where I didn’t face the quiet alone – It is august This …
(Poems) – that’s not love – 127 words
being in love has always been a choice and you strayed at the first bump you left on a whim and an idea that’s not love – love is a place to grow it’s a journey with more than just ups it’s a beautiful thing with thorns it’s more than a hobby or a distraction …
(Poems) – temporary – 56 words
I’m tired of temporary things. – I’m tired of fleeting happiness of momentary stability and changing feelings – I’m tired of people who don’t know how to stay who use promises as weapons and me as a hobby – If you’re not going to stay please don’t come any closer to me I’m too tired …
(Poems) – hope you’re okay – 111 words
sometimes at night, I wonder how she’s doing not the woman I have loved, but the one that I will not the woman who left, but the one that will stay — I wonder if she dreams like I do of sleepy mornings and warm kisses of soft cuddling and corny texting of stolen time …
(Moonlighting) The Arcane – Chapter 3 – 3,659 words
([A/N}: This chapter is kind of the “bridge” between the first and second halves of this story, which is an okay excuse for why the tone is absolutely everywhere. For my first real romance story, I’m honestly surprised at how well this is going. Thank you for reading this far!) i. For the first time …
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(Poems) – more – 117 words
I am more than how you treated me I am not the backup or the second choice I am not your toy or your secret I am not the person you just taste on the way I am not the place you leave your empty promises and hollow words I am not what you pretend …
(Poems) – invisible things – 109 words
it is always the invisible things I miss the things that you feel instead of see the things that you find without looking – like the love behind a kiss the safety in an embrace the security of your hand in mine the sincerity in your smile the presence in the smell of you left …
(Poems) – cleaning – 99 words
I washed the sheets of my bed (our bed) until they stopped smelling of you I threw away every last little piece of you that you left in my room I broke the chain of the necklace you gave me and hid the bracelet that matched yours I deleted every picture of you from my …
(Poems) – please kiss me – 143 words
please kiss me. kiss me in the dark like all you need is the two of us. kiss me in the light like you’re proud that I’m yours. kiss me on the cheek and let me kiss you on your forehead. — give me sleepy kisses in the morning, and I’ll give you kisses at …
(Poems) – sometimes – 71 words
and sometimes i just want to walk into the dark, and let it close up around me like the arms of a lover. ——- who would worry, who would miss me? there’s no one here to love and hold me. there’s no place here that feels like home. ——- even if I wandered forever, at …
(Poems) – just a little longer – 419 words
and when the alarm pulls us from sleep, i’ll do everything i can to make it last a little longer. thirty minutes left and we had things to do, but you’ll press your face into my neck and i’ll let you sleep. twenty-five minutes left and i’m awake with an eye on the clock, more …
(Poems) – scars – 142 words
but, my love, these streets don’t feel the same without you. – there’s no place I can drive to that feels like home there’s no smile on your lips or goodnight kiss there are no car drives taking you back home or movie nights cuddled together there are no more breathless kisses in the dark …
(Moonlighting) The Arcane – Chapter 2 – 2,906 words
i. As it turned out, seeing Lenore every night wasn’t assured. Vince couldn’t find her at the library for three days after their talk in the staff room. He had been about to write her off as being bored of him when she reappeared the fourth night and came to him with coffee like nothing …
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(Drabbles) – Remember Me – 480 words
Do you remember me? Remember how I used to kiss you just to taste the sugar on your tongue? Remember how I used to kiss you awake? Remember how I used to kiss your neck to get your attention? Remember how I could never just let you go with just a peck on the lips? …
(Drabbles) – Banks – 542 words
And no matter what I do, I can never find a place where this feels right. I’m in a place in my life where I’m finally ready to leave all that I want behind, but my love, I wanted to bring you with me. Maybe your promises and our kisses were always meant to be …
(Moonlighting) The Arcane – Chapter 1 – 2,823 words
({A/N}: Moonlighting is a tab that contains all of my disconnected romance stories. They can be read in any order.) i. Vince didn’t even see her the first time he met her. Someone had shoved his shoulder and he jolted awake, staring around blearily at his surroundings. Northmoor University’s library was shrouded in darkness and …
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