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Sub-genres: Contemporary Literary, Cultural, Epistolary, Family Saga, Historical Literary, Slice of Life
Emphasizes the artistic and narrative qualities of the writing, often exploring complex characters and themes.
    • Fiction
    • FanFiction
    • Poetry
      • 2024 - Seasons
      • 2023- Exploration -Poetry
      • 2015 Poetry Anthology: Remember
      • 2014 Poetry Anthology: A Storm Is Coming
      • 2013 Poetry Anthology: Whispers in the Dark
      • 2012 Poetry Anthology: Cracks of Time
      • 2011 Poetry Anthology: Into the Unknown
    • Fiction - Gay Authors Anthologies
      • 2024 - Long May You Run
      • 2023 - Leap of Faith
      • 2022 - Anniversary
      • 2021 - Spring - On The Road
      • 2021 - Spring - Potluck 2021
      • 2021 - Fall - A Winding Path
      • 2021 - Fall - An Unconventional Gift
      • 2021 - Fall - Potluck
      • 2020 - Spring - Full Moon
      • 2020 - Spring - The Storm
      • 2020 - Fall - Bridges
      • 2020 - Fall - Shadows
      • 2019 - Spring - Into the Stars
      • 2019 - Spring - Snapped
      • 2019 - Fall - Fall From Grace
      • 2019 - Fall - Raincheck
      • 2018 - Spring - Now or Never
      • 2018 - Spring - Encounters
      • 2018 - Fall - Fight Back
      • 2018 - Fall - Good Intentions
      • 2017 - Spring - Unintended Consequences & Jagged Edges
      • 2017 - Fall - The Fallout and Secret Spaces
      • 2016 - Spring - Crossing the Line
      • 2016 - Summer - Wicked Games
      • 2016 - Fall - Blindsided / The Forgotten
      • 2016 - Winter - Rewind: Pre-2016 Themes
      • 2015 - Spring - Full Circle
      • 2015 - Summer - Road Trip
      • 2015 - Fall - Blurred Edges
      • 2015 - Winter - Blackout
      • 2014 - Spring - Nature's Wrath
      • 2014 - Summer - The Backup Plan
      • 2014 - Fall - Scars
      • 2014 - Winter - Chain Reaction
      • 2013 - Spring - A Night To Remember
      • 2013 - Summer - Roll the Dice
      • 2013 - Fall - Pandora's Box
      • 2013 - Winter - Recipe for Disaster
      • 2012 - Spring - It Wasn't Me
      • 2012 - Summer - Choices
      • 2012 - Fall - Friends & Enemies
      • 2012 - Winter - Desperate Ends
      • 2012 - Special - Mayan Tribute: End of the World
      • 2012 - Anniversary - Secrets Can Kill
      • 2011 - Spring - People Are Strange
      • 2011 - Summer - Walk on the Wild Side
      • 2011 - Fall - Legends
      • 2011 - Winter - Aftermath
      • 2010 - Spring - I'd Never Do That
      • 2010 - Summer - Out of this World
      • 2010 - Fall - No Going Back
      • 2010 - Winter - Haunted
      • 2009 - Spring - Oops
      • 2009 - Summer - Carpe Diem
      • 2009 - Fall - Something Unexpected
      • 2009 - Winter - Deceptions
      • 2008 - Annual - It's Just a Game, Right?
      • 2008 - Spring - Living in the Shadows
      • 2008 - Summer - Escape
      • 2008 - Fall - Anniversary
      • 2008 - Winter - Ghosts
      • 2007 - Annual - The Road Not Taken
      • 2007 - Spring - Fairy Tales
      • 2007 - Summer - Ending and Beginnings
      • 2007 - Fall - The Rainy Day
      • 2007 - Winter - Worth Fighting For
      • 2006 - Winter - Blizzard
      • 2006 - Fall - Halloween
      • 2006 - Summer - Going on Vacation
      • 2006 - Spring - Day of Silence
      • 2004 - Winter - Christmas
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      • 2017- Halloween
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      • 2015 - Secret Santa Short Story
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      • 2009 - Novella Contest
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      • Lyric
      • Mixed Forms
      • Rhyming
      • Sonnet
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      • Werewolves
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      • Paranormal Romance
      • Regency Romance
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      • Romantic Western
      • Sports Star Romance
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      • Soft Sci-Fi
      • Space Opera
      • Space Western
      • Steampunk
      • Utopian
    • Thriller/Suspense
      • Environmental Thriller
      • Espionage
      • Historical Thriller
      • Legal Thriller
      • Medical Thriller
      • Military Thriller
      • Political Thriller
      • Psychological Thriller
      • Supernatural Thriller
      • Suspense
      • Techno Thriller
    • Western
      • Western - Alternative History
      • Crime Western
      • Outlaws and Bandits
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      • Western Historical
      • Western Modern
      • Western Romance
      • Western Sci-Fi
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      • Swashbuckler
    • Comedy
      • Comedy Modern
      • Comic Fantasy
      • Comic Sci-Fi
      • Comic Horror
      • Satire
      • Surreal Comedy
      • Tall Tale
    • Fantasy
      • Alternate History
      • Anthropomorphic Fantasy
      • Arcanepunk
      • Arthurian
      • Assassin
      • Crossworlds/Portals
      • Dragon Fantasy
      • Fairy Tales
      • Flintlock
      • Gaslamp
      • General Fantasy
      • Grimdark
      • High/Epic Fantasy
      • Historical Fantasy
      • Lost World
      • Low Fantasy
      • Magical Realism
      • Medieval Fantasy
      • Mythic Fantasy
      • Science Fantasy
      • Sword and Planet
      • Sword and Sandal
      • Urban Fantasy
      • Wuxia
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      • Coming of Age
      • Drama
      • Experimental
      • Family Drama
      • Prompt
      • Rich Boy
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      • Ancient Greco-Roman
      • Ancient Orient
      • Cold War
      • Historical Drama
      • Historical Thriller
      • Industrial Revolution
      • Medieval
      • Non-Contemporary
      • Victorian
      • Western
      • World Wars
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      • Body Snatcher
      • Gothic
      • Haunted House Horror
      • Horror - Modern
      • Monster
      • Psychological
      • Splatterpunk
      • Weird Science
      • Zombie
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      • Contemporary Literary
      • Cultural
      • Epistolary
      • Family Saga
      • Historical Literary
      • Slice of Life
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      • Cozy Mystery
      • Detective
      • Historical Mystery
      • Light Mystery
      • Noir/Hard-Boiled
      • Police Procedural
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      • Autobiography
      • Biography
      • Creative Non-Fic
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      • Ballad
      • Blank Verse
      • Cinquain
      • Confessional
      • Ekphrastic Poetry
      • Epic Poetry
      • Free-Verse
      • Ghazal
      • Haiku
      • Limerick
      • Lyric
      • Mixed Forms
      • Rhyming
      • Sonnet
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      • Cryptid
      • Cursed Objects
      • Paranormal Mystery
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      • Shifters
      • Vampires
      • Werewolves
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      • General Romance
      • Historical Romance
      • Paranormal Romance
      • Regency Romance
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      • Romantic Sci-Fi
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      • Sports Star Romance
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      • Hard Science Fiction
      • Libertarian Sci-Fi
      • Military Sci-Fi
      • Science Fantasy
      • Soft Sci-Fi
      • Space Opera
      • Space Western
      • Steampunk
      • Utopian
    • Thriller/Suspense
      • Environmental Thriller
      • Espionage
      • Historical Thriller
      • Legal Thriller
      • Medical Thriller
      • Military Thriller
      • Political Thriller
      • Psychological Thriller
      • Supernatural Thriller
      • Suspense
      • Techno Thriller
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      • Outlaws and Bandits
      • Weird West
      • Western Historical
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  1. 14,000 Days of Virtue Complete

    By Libby Drew, in Fiction. 07/04/2023 (Updated: 07/04/2023)

    Genres: Romance, Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: General Romance, Contemporary Literary
    • modern
    • love

    Each day, Sidney loses more of Arthur. How do you stop the love of your life from slipping away?

    • 1 Chapters
    • 6,643 Words
    • 3,861 Views
    • 36 Comments
    • 11 Recommendations
    • Everyone
  2. 1968 2. Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP) Complete

    By Mark Arbour, in Fiction. 12/30/2010 (Updated: 01/05/2011)

    Genres: Action/Adventure, General Fiction, Romance, Historical, Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: Historical Romance, Coming of Age, Rich Boy, Cold War, Historical Literary, Family Drama, Historical Adventure, Family Saga
    • young adult
    • mature adult
    • adult
    • adopt
    • celebrity
    • police

    "1968" is a sequel to "Chronicles of an Academic Predator." It takes place in (big surprise) 1968, amid the revolutionary climate of the United States and France. Author's Note: The events of this year were huge, and were constant, I can't imagine a year in recent history that was so convulsive. In fact, there were so many major events that sometimes it felt like writing the story was like wrapping the characters around the history, rather than the other way around.

    • 15 Chapters
    • 87,975 Words
    • 116,725 Views
    • 107 Comments
    • 16 Recommendations
    • Mature
  3. 593 Riverside Drive Temporary Hold

    By RichEisbrouch, in Fiction. 02/17/2023 (Updated: 11/20/2023)

    Genres: Comedy, Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: Comedy Modern, Historical Literary
    • adult
    • urban
    • north america
    • light-hearted
    • serious
    • 20th century
    • love

    593 Riverside Drive is a kind of drawing room comedy about the difficulty a woman living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in 1925 has in getting a divorce and the narrow-mindedness of one of the male lawyers in the subsequent trial. Still, there's a lot of humor in the rudeness, especially when Uncle Herbert's around. The book will serialize on Fridays, probably through November -- WELL, THAT HIT A MAJOR SETBACK WHEN I HAD A TRULY UNEXPECTED STROKE ON OCTOBER 2ND. NOW, I'M HOPING TO FINISH EDITING AND POSTING BY THE END OF FEBRUARY 2024.

    • 34 Chapters
    • 54,684 Words
    • 16,705 Views
    • 86 Comments
    • Everyone
  4. 9.11 13. Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP) Complete

    By Mark Arbour, in Fiction. 04/14/2013 (Updated: 02/26/2014)

    Genres: Action/Adventure, General Fiction, Romance, Thriller/Suspense, Historical, Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: Historical Romance, Rich Boy, Historical Literary, Historical Thriller, Family Drama, Historical Adventure, Historical Drama, Family Saga
    • teen
    • young adult
    • mature adult
    • brothers
    • friendship

    9.11 is the thirteenth story in the CAP Saga. The story takes place in 2001, and will ultimately encompass the horrible events that happened on 9-11-01. Many of the characters in this story were introduced in “Chronicles of an Academic Predator,” “1968,” “The Land Whore,” “Be Rad,” “Man in Motion,” “A Summer Love,” “If It Fits,” “Bloodlines,” “The Box,” "Millennium," "Poor Man's Son," and "Paternity."

    • 79 Chapters
    • 440,450 Words
    • 669,141 Views
    • 2,331 Comments
    • 12 Recommendations
    • Mature
  5. a Glass Floor Underfoot 26. Verse Complete

    By AC Benus, in Poetry. 05/24/2022 (Updated: 02/22/2023)

    Genres: Poetry, Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: Free-Verse, Lyric, Ballad, Rhyming, Mixed Forms, Translation, Historical Literary
    • gay
    • coming out
    • philosophy
    • psychology
    • 20th century
    • love

    A Selection of Robert Jentzsch Poems, Translated in English for the first time.

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    • 33 Chapters
    • 5,685 Words
    • 10,877 Views
    • 120 Comments
    • 1 Recommendation
    • Teen
  6. A June Memorial for New Orleans, Orlando and Colorado Springs Complete

    By AC Benus, in Fiction. 06/24/2023 (Updated: 06/26/2023)

    Genres: General Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: Coming of Age, Contemporary Literary, Psychological
    • crime
    • music
    • philosophy
    • psychology
    • religion
    • death

    Lest we forget our dead.

    Posted on this, the fiftieth anniversary

    of the UpStairs Lounge attack,

    June 24th, 1973.

    • 3 Chapters
    • 4,315 Words
    • 972 Views
    • 20 Comments
    • 2 Recommendations
    • Mature
  7. A Runaway at Christmas Complete

    By Bill W, in Fiction. 12/20/2021 (Updated: 12/20/2021)

    Genres: Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: Contemporary Literary
    • child
    • north america
    • no sex
    • serious
    • modern
    • friendship
    • christmas

    Young Andy Pierce is dealing with a crisis of faith after some of his classmates tell him that Santa isn't real. After leaving home because he's upset that his parents had lied to him, a 'Good Samaritan' named Gordon Fletches comes along and helps to set him straight.

    • 1 Chapters
    • 2,151 Words
    • 3,273 Views
    • 14 Comments
    • 1 Recommendation
    • Everyone
  8. A Summer Love 6. Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP) Complete

    By Mark Arbour, in Fiction. 12/30/2010 (Updated: 01/05/2011)

    Genres: Action/Adventure, General Fiction, Romance, Historical, Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: Historical Romance, Rich Boy, Cold War, Historical Literary, Family Drama, Historical Adventure, Historical Drama, Family Saga
    • young adult
    • mature adult
    • senior
    • adult
    • hiv-aids

    "A Summer Love" is the 6th installment in the Chronicles of an Academic Predator series. The story moves to 1991, the year that the Soviet Union dissolved and Jeffrey Dahlmer was caught eating other men.

    • 14 Chapters
    • 75,136 Words
    • 100,018 Views
    • 68 Comments
    • 11 Recommendations
    • Mature
  9. A Ticklish Meeting In Paradise Complete

    By Ticklishboy30, in Fiction. 04/22/2022 (Updated: 04/22/2022)

    Genres: Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: Contemporary Literary
    • mature adult
    • adult
    • gay
    • light-hearted
    • love
    • brothers
    • friendship

    This is a special story and close to my heart. It's about a real relationship I share with Caleb, my platonic and brotherly internet soulmate. We met online over ten years ago, and have kept in touch through mutual websites and email.

    This is a work of fiction it's how I imagined it would be if Caleb and I ever met in paradise

    • 3 Chapters
    • 6,032 Words
    • 3,083 Views
    • 13 Comments
    • 2 Recommendations
    • Mature
  10. A Twist of Faith Complete

    By kbois, in 2023 - Leap of Faith. 10/26/2023 (Updated: 10/26/2023)

    Genres: Literary Fiction
    Sub-genres: Contemporary Literary
    • young adult
    • adult
    • north america
    • no sex
    • religion
    • modern
    • love
    • friendship

    Sometimes life throws you a curve and makes you rethink things you once highly valued. But can you really be swayed?

    • 1 Chapters
    • 6,106 Words
    • 3,826 Views
    • 76 Comments
    • 12 Recommendations
    • Everyone
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