Young Adult

Out of the Woods
Cecily threw a waterskin into the sack, blanket, clean shift, linens for Val. She tried not to hesitate, moving swiftly from one side of the little room to the other, deciding quickly what of their lives was essential, what must be let go. Her hand shook as she counted the money in her purse, enough it would have to be enough.
By Annie Gibson3 years ago in Fiction
Qapkas. Second Place in Christopher Paolini's Fantasy Fiction Challenge. Top Story - November 2022.
Everything was orange, starting with the trees that ringed the clearing: aspen, birch, cottonwood, maple, and the larches whose needles paled to gold in the Fall.
By Jennifer A. G.3 years ago in Fiction
Milo
Tumbling, falling, rocks digging. Everything is a blur, I’m falling too fast. Just a mass of green speeding by me on my descent.
By MainelyWriting 3 years ago in Fiction
The Foundling and His Keeper
It looked rather like a dog. It was about that size, at least, and crawled on four legs. It wore a wrought iron collar, which chafed so that the soft hide below its jaw had all shed and lymph sat slick on the raw flesh. That bothered it little now. Now its fetter was broken, and embers were on the air. It was cold, but the winter chill held small sway. The season was dry and dead leaves sat in tall heaps like the bulbs of an hourglass on the forest floor, growing all the time. The whole thing was poised to go up. Tinder for a thousand-thousand oak trunks swirling into one unending firestorm. It had to get out. Flames were something it had never mastered. It had shunned fire ever since its skin blistered under the hot brand behind the auction block. Fire was something to be feared and certainly was an unwelcome sight even as it crackled from the wagons of the covetous menfolk in disarray behind it. “Away” was the only thought that hung in its mind. Upwind and quickly.
By Andrés3 years ago in Fiction
Doom, Boom, and the Baby
"It's alive." "It's awake." "It blinked." "I saw." Doom and Boom stared at the tiny bundle of cloth, trying to decide what course of action to take. As always, they were of two minds on the matter. This wouldn't be such a problem, except that their two minds shared one body. To take any action, they would need to agree. However, until a consensus could be reached, both would be stuck doing nothing but looking, listening, and—of course—talking.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist3 years ago in Fiction
Zhane & Vitani Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Zhane joins a gang. It was the end of 4th period, and everyone was going to lunch. Zhane was putting his stuff in his locker when his friend Tommy showed up.
By Kylecovey Smith3 years ago in Fiction
Dragon Moon
Bejeng knew how to follow tears like breadcrumbs through the forest; the dragon could smell them miles away from the terrace of the ornate temple that overlooked the misty forest hills. His white and golden scales shimmered as he raised his head, nostrils flaring toward the dense green below, like all the times before. The human sitting next to him continued to doze in the warmth despite the movement as Bejeng rose. Most of the crowd that began to congregate in front of the Gates within the temple had stopped caring when the dragon returned with another townsperson, solemnly accepting the unstoppable tragedy like an unbreakable earthquake that sucks the world around them. They sat on the marble floor, waiting for The Gates to open and mumbling to each other in hushed voices. No laughter resonated through the walls, and no tears were shed either, just a fog of confusion and detachment misting their minds and allowing them to drift off into their heads, impartial to the newcomers.
By Marya Pettingill3 years ago in Fiction
Little Blue
she touched my breast with her Rough hands. The same hands I had caught a glimpse of her grip the basketball with. I watched as she plow past the girls on the court. I was nervous about when she asked me on a Date, all those times in the locker room after games did she feel my stares…Tiffaney wrote in her diary eager to fill the pages with juicy details of her first date with a Female… Sam liked Tiffaney before she got exposed as a Lesbian. Now since Tiffany was known for the Rainbow lifestyle Sam was confident enough to ask her out for a date.
By HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)3 years ago in Fiction
The Serpent Sign
Long past the Age of Dragons, well into the Era of Man, two souls were born into a royal family on a moonless night. In the nation they were born, the coastal state of Aqentis, there was a superstition regarding twin births; a superstition hailing back to the nation’s genesis and its twin dragon rulers. It was said that the birth of twins was called the Serpent Sign. Once thought to be an augur of good fortune, it is now considered an ill omen, heralding a disaster to that bloodline. On that moonless night, the princess of Aqentis, Niolandi, gave birth to twins: a girl and a boy.
By Chris Heller3 years ago in Fiction
Dreamer - Chapter 50
The hospital lights were bright as the doors opened, the cranked-up AC welcoming me inside. Standing by the receptionist desk was T, who had been leaned over the counter with a clipboard in hand before he glanced over and waved for me to come by. "Lex! Hey!" He smiled, "Came to see your dad?"
By 'Lissa Stufflestreet3 years ago in Fiction
The Dragon's Angel
Prologue The whole forest was alight with revelry and cheer as the noble families from the Lunar Kingdom prepared to come down for their yearly visit to Efril. The natives had a week-long holiday that they celebrated for these royals, called the moonlight festival, in which the king and queen and their court would ride down the mountainside from their secluded castle in elegant horse-drawn carriages.
By Brenna Williams3 years ago in Fiction
Anomie Amalgam
The snowdrift twitched. Kiri kept perfectly still, from the tip of her mottled snout to the end of her barbed tail. She could tell the vole wasn’t large, but it was something. A snack to keep her stomach from rumbling and alerting the larger game.
By Shea Dunlop3 years ago in Fiction