Cowardice

She

Was

Just

So

Unbelievably

Beautiful.

From the second she stepped into my life, she snatched my attention

Like a comic book convention captures fans

And I was her biggest one.

Because at her name's slightest mention

I'd imagine her face in all its perfection

And suddenly, BAM.

An extension in the length of my p-

Pencil lead, you perverts.

UPDATE: Blogiversary!

So... ahem, NaNoWriMo was a moderate success. Came nowhere near to the 50,000 word target, but given that I had a SO MUCH stuff happening at the same time, I'm pretty proud that I managed to pull out 8,000 words. Plus, I know exactly how every aspect of my novel should go, so give me until the end of winter and I PROMISE I will finish the novel by then. And I'll definitely post it on here, though I might have to break it up across a few posts, since 50,000 words in one post is gonna be one hell of a long page.

Anyway, on to the main point. My blog's one-year anniversary is coming up and I want to do something special in celebration! And to do that, I'll need your guys' help! I want you to go to my ask.fm and send in your name (or whatever name you want to show up in the story) along with a short biography of your character. I'll be handpicking 16 characters for the story, so the more interesting and exaggerated you make your biography, the more likely I'll pick you for the story! Keep in mind that I only ask you at least include your real first name. Your biography doesn't have to be accurate to your life, it can be completely made up, but I'd prefer the first name is yours. Last name can be whoever's. Deadline to submit the names/bios to my ask.fm (which, conveniently, can be found to the right of my blog) is December 13.


RECAP: Send in your name (preferrably your real first name, last name is a toss-up) and a biography of your choice to my ask.fm before December 13 and I might pick you to be in my anniversary story!

I'm planning it to be AWESOME, so send, send, SEND those names!


EDIT: Oh, and because the story's gonna be MASSIVE, I've decided to go on hiatus for the rest of December because of it. Sorry to take out your weekly fix of writing everyone, but it's a necessary evil for the greater good!

Night Terrors

At first, we thought someone broke into our house. On the first night it happened, my wife and I were jolted awake by a deafening boom and screams from Jonathan's bedroom. Panicking, we burst into his room and saw toppled furniture and dented walls. On the floor were clothes and shattered glass from a picture frame that fell off a nightstand. And in the corner of the room sat Jonathan. His face deathly pale and his eyes wide open, mortified. His knuckles dripped blood which stained his bedroom floor. And his fingers pointed to something inside of his closet.

Paranoid Pat and the War Pigeon

Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Steady breaths. Steady breaths.

Pat controlled his breathing as he walked briskly down the sidewalk. Sweat dripped from his head and his heart raced from nervousness. His vision darted around at the suburban houses on either side of him, fearfully scouting for murderers, or snipers, or axe-wielding maniacs. Every time he heard a car approaching behind him, he would look over his shoulder, in case that driver planned on running him over. 

His eyes met with a neighbors, who, while watering his front lawn, smiled and took his right hand out of his pocket. Pat froze momentarily, anticipating his neighbor to pull out a gun, or a throwing knife, or a really, really sharp boomerang. But his neighbor just gave him a wave. Drenched in sweat, Pat walked faster and faster home.

Pat reached a four-way intersection, where he stopped. He glanced to his left, then his right, then his left again, making sure that there wasn't a single car in sight for miles. He was about to cross when he noticed two pigeons standing across from him on the other side of the street.

To Celie

The first hero I ever had wasn’t my dad, or my mom.
It was Superman.
And I mean, who wouldn’t call Superman their hero?
He has super strength, super speed, heat vision, he can breathe in space
And aside from a stupid green rock and magic, he practically has no weakness.
Prime hero material, right?
But as I grew up and I learned that there was no such thing as a perfect person
And that Superman was not only fictitious, but incredibly unrealistic,
I started to wonder.
Who in the real world could be a hero?

UPDATE: Junior Year, the Most Potent of Chronocides

AAAAAAAAAAAAGH. I am SO SORRY, but I won't be able to publish a new story this week. I have been SWAMPED in work for the past few weeks (which is entirely my fault for procrastinating), and the small pieces of free time I get are either dedicated to eating or immediately seized by the Bank of Sleep because of how much in debt I am. Seriously, Sophomore year, I averaged sleeping at 10, 11, but now? I'd be lucky to sleep before 1 AM with all my homework done.

So I'll be delaying the new story to next week. Rrrrgh, I really hate to be so inconsistent with posting, but aside from pulling all-nighters every weekday, there isn't much I can do to fix that until I learn to better manage my workload.

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Asterisks = Author's Favorites. Brackets: Genre

Titles in Alphabetical Order:

*12 Billion Eyes [Drama]
A Realistic Fighting Cartoon [Prose, Experimental]
Ad Council [Humor]
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Pillsbury Dough Boy [Humor]
*Alight Romance [Romance]
All You Wanted Was a Cookie. [Humor]
Alone Again [TO COME LATER]
Another Misguided Lamb [Humor]
AT&T VS. TMOBILE [Humor, Fanfic?]
*Blood Trails [Humor, Drama]
Brandchael [Humor]
Bunny Cafe [Humor, Murder Mystery]
The Bus is Late [Humor]
Chunks (It's About a Lesbian That Eats Her Own Vomit) [Humor]
*Cookie Clicker: The Movie [Humor, Script]
The Corner of Carl's Jr. [Humor]
Crab People [Humor]
Ephemeral [TO COME LATER]
*Fladeboe [Xkybo]
The Hash-Slinging Slasher [Horror]
*Hi [Horror]
Himchan Miracle Story [Humor]
Hotel Apocalypse [Humor]
I Gotta Feeling [Humor]
Joker&Bane: Friends4lyfe [Humor, Fanfic]
Mecha-Hitler 2.0: The Infinity Reich [Humor, Sci-Fi]
Megan's Adventure [Humor]
Mint Chocolate Sushi [Humor]
Mushroom Soup [Horror]
*Naruto [Humor, Fanfic]
Only You Can Prevent Wildfires [Humor]
*Oscar [Humor]
Paper Trails [TO COME LATER]
*Samuri the Last [Humor]
Story Title [Humor]
Superman Loves the Sun [Humor]
Tales from the Mushroom Forest
Unrecognizable [Humor]
*The Wonderful World of Wombats [Humor, Informational]
Author's Note