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Danni Aarmodt is exiled to Planet Redemption, a penal planet a hundred years away from Earth. Frozen for the trip, he wakes up on a new planet in Colony 12. Soon Danni learns that survival on Planet Redemption is the only currency. The only person he can trust is himself. As if that's not bad enough Colony 12 discovers something that is equally fascinating and terrifying in nature...and it's been buried underneath the ice for millions of years.

The lens of the camera is shallow. It sees colour and shape. It gives the illusion of motion in two dimensions. It draws the light from the dark. In that space between lens and subject, between picture and reality, lies solitude.

Jonah lived in that solitude, content within its embrace.

Until Michael.

Carlton Henderson, who at the age of 12, lost his father in a shipping accident, and for two years, he and his mother Elizabeth, struggled to survive. With the assistance of Carlton's uncle, his father's brother, Jayden - (Jay) and wife Jacqueline - (Jacq), who are owners of three Cray fishing boats in North- East Tasmania, Carlton spends his weekends and holidays working on the lead Cray boat with his Uncle and Aunt, while completing his high school education, then University to study Marine Science and Applied Science.

For monsters, Halloween is like Christmas, and nothing ruins the holidays more than having to work fast food.

I've lived next door to Alex for twenty-four years. Hoping for a second glance and a chance at being more than friends.

But, Alex is different, and he just wants to go home.

Now we're being chased and we need to get him gone as soon as possible.

After an intense encounter with a co-worker, Cyril is slowly realizing his abusive relationship might not be his only option. But when is enough really enough?

Justin is a mischievous high school student living a comfortable life until he gets caught with another boy. He is sent away to a place run by an evil man, where every day is a struggle for survival sanity.

Why research can make a difference to your story.

Being apart for Christmas isn’t fun when you’re boyfriends and roommates in college. But a surprise present or two may cheer Edward and Connor up.

Book THREE of the Boy’s Trilogy. Peter and Tom of Boy’s of the 1950s are now friends of Vlad, the Moscow boy of Russia My Home. They have numerous adventures with their circle of acquaintances. Adventures include Peter and Tom seeing Bette and Barry at the Continental Baths and getting involved in the Stonewall riots. Peter’s son develops strong feelings for a farm boy. The story continues from 1965 to the present day.

A young man from the city has great ideas for redeveloping his late uncle's quaint, rural house and its garden. A present he finds in the attic changes everything ...

White Elephant Present Prompt #23: "Stars for the Star." A bit of sweet at Christmas.

Joel is the odd man out on his cross country team. He's the only sophomore on the team and he's never spent more than an hour or two of practice with the other guys. Now he's been tapped to run in the district qualification meet and that means an overnight trip with the team. He knows he can run just as well as anyone else, but what happens when the race is over?

Danny Bright has been waiting all year to compete, and the day is finally here. He'll have to earn the chance to participate, and once he does, he hardly even knows what he's getting himself into. Make no mistake, it's going to be a day he never, ever forgets. He'll need every bit of his skill, savvy, and a little bit of something special to win... The Contest.

A home for Exquisite Corpse and other collaborative projects. "Poetry must be made by all and not by one." - Comte de Lautreamont, Surrealist poet

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I had never kissed anybody before tonight.

Something about it was so electric. So surreal. I kept trying to use enough of my practiced sense of teenage 'cool' to determine whether or not this whole experience was really happening to me...but my mind kept drifting off, mid thought. Carried away by the powerful current of untapped hormones and unexplored feelings within me. Dizzy. Lost. Swept up in the undertow of a moment for which I had no previous precedent.

WARNING: Mentions of Suicide

A man finds himself alone in his room, with photos taunting him.

Taunting, with no need for words.

Made as an antithesis to Can't A Guy Visit A Friend

Gold medal favourite Sun Song-Jung, is prepared to sacrifice Olympic glory for the chance to find love.

Ian anxiously waits at the coffee shop for his secret boyfriend to arrive so they can plan their Valentine's Day together. Another cute boy walks into his life as he waits.

Dome of Death is a thriller revolving around the consequences of climate change and rising seas on unsustainable coastal ‘development’.