“Are you sure about this, Ava?” Jayden whispered, his voice trembling as he stared at the mirror in her room, the glass reflecting every inch of his nervous frame while she fastened the garter ...
2025-11-08 21:46:16 +0000 UTC
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Coming soon from DopplerPress!
2025-11-04 23:29:06 +0000 UTC
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Somewhere during our frolic, we were joined by other mermaids and their companions. Some of the girls had dolphins following them around, like my two. Others had stranger creatures. Have you ever s...
2025-11-03 16:58:23 +0000 UTC
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I made up a bed on the couch. It was still a couch — lumpy, narrow, with that one spring that pokes your back no matter how you lie — but I managed to throw a sheet over it, add a blanket, and ...
2025-10-25 19:15:05 +0000 UTC
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“Well, that was reassuring what the doctor said. Since you’re going to be here waiting for Jack to wake up in a few hours, you should all get something to eat. Keep your own strength up while y...
2025-10-23 19:32:05 +0000 UTC
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“Don’t you look nice!” exclaimed Mom as I entered the kitchen looking for breakfast. My senses were assaulted by a strong aroma of coffee. My parents keep trying to get me addicted to c...
2025-10-22 04:20:26 +0000 UTC
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What the hell? I have a tail? A… a… a fish tail? My brain must be oxygen-starved and this is my final hallucination. I floated in the murky half-darkness of the water. Above me were wave...
2025-10-18 15:28:16 +0000 UTC
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Coming from AlephTwo, Kevin's 2nd book in his epic Future Past series. This one has pirates!
2025-10-18 00:24:28 +0000 UTC
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I juked right, then took two steps left, assessing their moves. I caught #31 on the wrong foot, faded him and ran through the hole he left when he turned the wrong way. I saw it was clear to the en...
2025-10-17 10:56:10 +0000 UTC
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Josh sat down on the couch like it was his throne, arms thrown wide across the back cushions. I flopped beside him with the remote and started flipping through the local channels. The Saturday nigh...
2025-10-16 18:27:32 +0000 UTC
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“Give me your right arm, Lindsey.” Elena held her hand out to me, a serious expression on her face. I was just about to walk onto the tennis court at Grossinger’s, where Jeremy and I were goi...
2025-10-10 16:29:38 +0000 UTC
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My heart started beating faster as I pressed the doorbell, the soft hum of the porch light above blending with muffled music and laughter from inside Angela’s house. I adjusted the strap of my ov...
2025-10-07 18:42:14 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 1 – The Magic Fish
The beach was mostly empty. All my fellow students were sleeping off getting drunk the night before. But that’s okay. None of them are my friends anyway. I ho...
2025-10-06 00:33:44 +0000 UTC
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Coach Wilson put me back in after two more plays. When I complained about the delay, he said, “You’re almost half of our offense, even if you are defensive team co-captain. I’ll use your skil...
2025-10-02 15:16:27 +0000 UTC
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Part 2
“You’re a boy?” asked Sarah incredulously.
I nodded with a shrug. “Yes. I wasn’t trying to fool you or anything. People mistake me for a gi...
2025-09-30 16:28:42 +0000 UTC
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I could swear the waiter winked at me as he passed out the menus. I ignored him but pretended to need to see what was available. I didn’t really, I always order the carne asada burrito with guaca...
2025-09-30 02:26:46 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Thirteen
“Round about the cauldron go;
In the poison’d entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights hast thirty one
Swelter...
2025-09-26 21:23:31 +0000 UTC
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As defensive team co-captain, I lined up with Jake and our other captains to witness the coin toss. I must have looked tiny standing between Luther Bengally, our massive offensive center and defens...
2025-09-18 10:52:39 +0000 UTC
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As we placed the final plate on the table, the doorbell rang. I preferred the previous version commonly depicted in films, as it was quieter and less intrusive compared to contemporary system...
2025-09-14 08:12:57 +0000 UTC
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Loren blinked several times, then turned toward Ashley. “Was he making a pass at me?”
Ash dimpled. “You couldn’t tell?” she teased.
“I—I....” Loren stammered. Ash was a ...
2025-09-10 23:10:51 +0000 UTC
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There are only two kinds of people in the world: those who change and those who are changed...
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2025-09-10 16:45:23 +0000 UTC
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“Take a seat, please.”
“Thank you.” I smiled pleasantly to the woman who was about to give me my first job interview. Yes, I said first. I know. I know. I’m eighteen and...
2025-09-08 04:12:25 +0000 UTC
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I had the whole girls’ side of the locker rooms to myself, since all the other cheerleaders were still on the field. I changed quickly, not even really thinking about the girl’s athletic chest ...
2025-09-07 04:33:06 +0000 UTC
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The door to Joey Allen’s dressing room was wide open. Correction: our dressing room and soon to be restored to us in the next five minutes. Joey was hurriedly loosening his bow-tie when ...
2025-09-04 17:59:53 +0000 UTC
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We performed our final cheer skit right before the game. The bleachers filled up fast, and people were still finding seats when we started our show.
First came a lot of jumping, screaming, si...
2025-08-21 11:15:49 +0000 UTC
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Elliot Fuller is a 12-year-old boy who is the definition of a perfect kid. He is an eighth-grade student at Fuller Boys Academy. He had been a student here since his parents divorced. He hated it e...
2025-08-18 16:11:09 +0000 UTC
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“So, when do you expect Aaron’s mom to arrive?” I asked Elena as the five of us (me, Elena, Jeremy, Dad, and Grandma) picked at our lunch on the patio by the pool. It was a sweltering Friday ...
2025-08-13 20:34:48 +0000 UTC
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After the cheer practice all week, the pep rally at the end of class went off like clockwork, even though I had to make a lightning change to cheerleader after football practice. The shower had bee...
2025-08-07 06:47:50 +0000 UTC
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Upon our return home, Ryan followed behind, his gaze fixed on Johnny’s sleek black motorcycle. “George will be astonished,” he remarked with a smile when Johnny extended an offer for a ride. ...
2025-08-03 17:45:35 +0000 UTC
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“Going riding again with Aaron, Lindsey?”
Dad looked up at me from his supine position on the bed nearest the windows, a wide yawn subsiding as he spoke. I hadn’t meant to wake him. He ...
2025-07-29 19:10:35 +0000 UTC
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