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Prompt #265

Write a story that begins with a phone call at three in the morning.

Trevor insisted the house phone be on his side of the bed. There was one problem with that; Trevor was nearly impossible to wake up. One night, the phone rings at three AM. Julius has a hard time waking Trevor, but finally succeeds. Trevor finally answers the phone on the ninth ring. The phone call starts something they never could have expected.

Kismet is a transgressive coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of a stifling North London summer. It explores the fragile boundary between childhood innocence and the electric, often terrifying, awakening of adolescent desire.

James reunites with his ex, Evan, now a determined law student, and they slowly rebuild their relationship with new boundaries. While James is sent out of town to rescue a failing engineering project, his homophobic family crises erupt: his father’s cancer and death, and his brother Sam’s years of manipulation and financial abuse. Supported by Evan, James protects his mother, pursues justice, and begins to imagine a shared, hard-won future where love, not fear, defines the rest of his life, one cautious step at a time, finally choosing himself.

A demon baby, a custody battle, and one very dysfunctional family.

When a desperate woman dumps a fire-breathing toddler on Taine's doorstep, the philosophy professor's life explodes into chaos. Now he's navigating demonic family court with his undead ex, his wrestling-obsessed almost-boyfriend, and a cherub who hasn't practiced law in 3,000 years. Between the Latin-speaking infant, the thousand-soul debt, and the wedding they accidentally crashed, this found family is about to learn that hell hath no fury like a grandmother with a fireproof cardigan.

Six months after surviving a demonic body swap, the squad is back—and Leamington Spa has a love problem. When a coven of witches accidentally fuses with a succubus, their broken spell unleashes chaos: a Deliveroo driver turned Regency suitor, a wrestler feeding grapes to the wrong boyfriend, and two Charlies fighting their own impossible attraction. Now the demon hunting squad must stop the Love Eternal Project before the whole town drowns in romance. Featuring cursed love potions, extremely polite demonic possessions, and the most awkward school day ever.

A moment in the lives of two young people, Alexander (Alex) Weston and Mathew (Matty) Tetherton, and of those around them, and others whose paths they cross.

“As long as we're together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same”

The lyrics of the song by David Bowie just about sum it up.

These books were part of my first venture into writing and even if I revised and edited them, they are probably still a little amateur, something you will have to forgive and concentrate on the story.

When William's borderline diabetic diagnosis threatens his love of sweets, his baker boyfriend Cameron attempts to create healthier alternatives with catastrophic results.

When a beautiful 24-year-old is strangled and dumped on the pristine tenth fairway of Wilshire Country Club, Detective Daniel Vega’s first day back from exile becomes the fastest murder solve in West Bureau history.

One espresso martini selfie, one navy Hermès tie, one panicked rich lawyer, and eight hours are all Danny needs to turn a country-club morning into a career-ending afternoon.

Some people think money and a perfect handicap can buy silence.

Detective Vega is about to prove them wrong, one handcuffed swing at a time.

The Legend of Fred Krueger is a re-imagining of the original 1984 classic horror film "A Nightmare On Elm Street".

Set in present time, the story introduces us to Nancy Thompson and her friends Christina Gray, Rodney Lane, and Glen Lantz as they take on the newest challenge to sweep social media; The Deadly Nursery Rhyme Challenge! But is the challenge just another in the long line of urban legend challenges, or is there something waiting to be unleashed?

Lord Percival Nocturne is an ancient vampire suffering from a profound boredom. His fate is sealed when a meal on a virgin porn author fills him with untapped creative energy. A subsequent attack by a rabid unicorn doesn't kill him—it transforms him into Sparklehoof, a glittery, fanged unicorn who excretes rainbow ice cream . He realizes he is a cosmic antibody against "The Beige," a universal force of soul-crushing blandness . Can his army of Pepsi-addicted penguins and furious dachshunds save existence from total monotony?