by Madeline_Lane_0455
A lone dove, white as an angel, flies across the sky. As it glides and soars, it feels a tug beneath its wings. It looks down, and a single tear slips along its fine feathered face. It watches the droplet all the way to the ground, through low-hanging clouds and maneuvering trees, until it lands gracefully on a small green flower, in a small green pot, on a blood-stained windowsill. The dove wavers in the air for just a second before flying far from the house. Though it feels guilt, it doesn't l…
by faedyes
Excerpt: "Heartbreaking? That's a new one. I've heard people describe my curse as depressing, tragic, unfortunate and even pitiable. But I haven't heard heartbreaking yet. So, your heart breaks for me, then?""How could it not?!" Effie exclaimed. "I can't even imagine what life must have been like for you! And it makes me angry for you too!""Oh? Angry?"Effie nodded her head resolutely. "The way everyone talks about you around here, making you sound like a weak and fragile prince. It makes me angr…
by A_Morrow
The Rare Chap ChroniclesIn a roaring-steam 1920s metropolis where women run the guilds, command the skies and outnumber men a hundred to one, a single misplaced bow is legally a marriage proposal. Into this clock-work matriarchy tumbles Harold “Hal” Forsythe—modern British tinkerer, accidental heart-throb and the first freeborn man the capital has seen in three years.Declared “decorative inventory” by his tyrannical Aunt Effie, Hal would much rather earn a proper craft-licence, upgrade his dead-…
by Shrandie
Effie grew up never knowing her birth parents or family. But she created a family with the other outcast teenagers she grew up with. They were wild and care free always seeking the next thrill. One such event had her crashing a race car into what she thought was an abandoned warehouse. Instead she crashed into a secret and sacred clan ceremony. And as fate would have it instead of ending up dead for her interrupting she became the chosen one and had apparently been returned to her family. But E…
by Effy_Ismail
Alice is a middle school student. She is not very friendly with people and she has only one friend. But everything has changed since she was admitted to the drawing club. "A drawing club? Sounds like fun ". But all that was just Alice’s expectations and even vice versa.I'm sorry I'm not very good at English. So sorry if there is a wrong words.
by Harmony_Nyesom
For thousands of years, the mundane and the mythical have coexisted side by side, separated by veils that may not be easily breached With the mythical beings being superior. However, once in a while, they venture into the human world through portals for a little diversion.While going through a heart-wrenching heartbreak, Effie Makaio accidentally becomes a doleful werewolf.While adapting to her new being, she was sent out of the human world. Being lonely at heart seeks refuge in the Night Park.R…
by Shadowemme
Hope was the girl who lived on the street, with her mother Effie, other homeless people all knew about her, the girl who was dragged onto the streets by her mother, when she was just an infant. But the circumstances behind why they were homeless, was always a mystery , something about her father not caring, or that her family didn't care. There were times were she just didn't know where she was supposed to belong, or who she was supposed to belong to.
by Krablle
Greenfield, a picturesque little town where it rains 85% of the year. Black Pack, home to the indigenous pack in which I reside—unfortunately, also home to werewolves, or rather, wolves as per the legends. When you think about it, you don't imagine a pack of teenagers with hormones raging. Yet, unfortunately, these are our protectors against vampires and corrupted witches. Even Ichabod, who is still a young adult, manages to be reckless, always striking that grumpy macho pose. Idiots who couldn'…
by Emma_McBean_2883
Effy Stone finds herself reincarnated as an advanced synthetic human AI in the year 2089 after living a life dedicated to destroying AI advancement and was killed after trying to execute an AI humanoid robot as part of a radical anti-synth group in the year 2032 when the AI acted in self-defense. In this life, Effy is what she hated in her last, and working for a rich CEO Lazaruth Quaid who is vehemently anti-synthetic. She hides that she is a "violet blood" from everyone including her hot boss,…