Short For Teens

A collection of twenty horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: BORN TO BE WILD: After working with a renowned geneticist for five years, a young Harvard graduate is frustrated by his mentor's failure to publish any of their discoveries. SANTA’S NOT COMING TO TOWN: An eight-year-old boy is pissed that Santa never brings him toys like his friends at school and seeks revenge THE LOSER: A disillusioned wife regrets marrying her loser husband who fathered two pathetic dolts and fantasizes how great life would be without ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories for readers who would enjoy a stroll through a graveyard after midnight. Hark! Don’t read this book if a deranged maniac has escaped from the local asylum. Otherwise, enjoy the horror.The creepers include: THE MASQUERADE CURSE: Five master criminals are abducted and brought to a decaying island hotel, where the vengeful son of a ruined tycoon tries to determine which one is responsible. THE IMPOSSIBLE KILLER: A detective discovers a series of brutal murders are the work of a supernatural entity that kills anyone whose name it hears. TWICE DOOMED: ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The creepers include: KRAMPUS: Chad, a very naughty boy, is adopted by a European couple who believe in St. Nicholas and Krampus rather than Santa. DEEP SPACE: A meteor shower bombards three astronauts’ spaceship en route to Mars and they are free falling into deep space. THE PUZZLE: Olivia buys a jigsaw puzzle at a yard sale that rekindles memories with her dad but scares her when she puts it together. GRAVE FOR SALE: Dennis hopes to sell the cemetery plot his parents bought for him ...

Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler’s heirs have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that puts Black women and gender-nonconforming individuals at its center. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of complex and true-to-life characters through which you cannot help but see yourself reflected.

My husband's birthday is in one week and I need find him a present that will blow last year's away. I caught him eyeing up our college neighbor. It isn't a secret that I've had my fair share of romances with other women, but I haven't thought about that since I married Joel. He seems very interested in our neighbor's tight, youthful body. And so am I. Maybe I have found the perfect gift after all.

Heather and Adam don't just need a babysitter, they desperately want the babysitter too! Little does poor innocent Freya know that she's just walked into the most warped babysitting job of her life. But Adam and Heather have intended it to be that way, for they know far more about Freya than she could ever imagine. Will the adorably cute babysitter cotton onto their game? Can Adam's acting skills last long enough to keep Freya inside the house? and how can Heather make sure that the babysitter adheres to her strict instructions? Find out only inside this darkly comical, extremely taboo ...

Sound Mind is a collection of poetry inspired by the struggles we face to embrace our true colours. The first half is a short novel written in rhyme and verse. The Second half is a collection of poems written by the author during the creative process. “Sound Mind”; Aura, a wolf born of many colours finds himself fighting to live his dreams as a singer/songwriter while maintaining the old traditions of his pack. This narrative poem stretches ninety-two pages and includes paintings created by the author. Excerpt from Sound Mind: The Valley As the pup’s tip toe, they notice the rituals ...

For the Seven Oaks friends, there is always something to do. Whether they're singing along with Pokey Porcupine's harmonica or playing soccer with Jumper Rabbit, everyone is having fun and learning all sorts of things. These seven stories show how practicing the 7 Habits makes this possible for the whole Seven Oaks Community.

This is an anonymous true short story about the fear of being nude (gymnophobia) within male spaces where changing clothes and showering take place. The author of this true short story wants the teen male who reads this disclosure to know that you're not alone, and that all adult men have been in your shoes.

No world is like the other. Within this masterful collection, each setting is more strange and wonderful than the last, brimming with new technologies and beings. And yet, for all the advances in these futuristic lands, the people still must confront deeply human problems. In these six stories, Veronica Roth reaches into the unknown and draws forth something startlingly familiar and profoundly beautiful.

Don't miss this breathtaking collection of stories set in the world of the best-selling Darkest Minds trilogy: “IN TIME”, “SPARKS RISE”, and “BEYOND THE NIGHT”.

The job was worth two million credits, but Captain Drake could care less about the money. Marachari Five and the terraforming station that was under attack had a much more personal connection. His parents were in charge of the facility. Now it was a race through space to see if he could make it there in time to save them. Would he be able to do the impossible, again?

Darcy Field has made a promise to her brother: No more dating his friends. Ever. Which is fine, because all of her brother’s friends are massive losers. Thanks to them, she’s spent one too many Valentine’s Days with crushed dreams, a broken heart, and zero chocolate. But when Darcy is forced to attend the annual singles' event at Lonesome Coffee—her family’s coffee shop in the small town of Emerson, Massachusetts—a certain promise may become very hard to keep. Stuck on Your Heart is a novelette of approximately 18,000 words.

A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters lurk, refusing to be forgotten.

What happens when a horny young man is gripped by a forbidden taboo lust for the hunky older men living under the same roof as him? Keep it a secret, of course! This smoking hot deal of a bundle contains four steamy hardcore taboo gay stories that get you in on the dirty little secret! Included in this boxed set: POUNDED by the Steps POUNDED by Them at Halftime POUNDED by my Mom's Boyfriend POUNDED by Her Ex-Husband Satisfy your fantasy and get this raunchy collection of shorts now for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! And for a naughty preview of the book, make sure to Look Inside!

Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In her first collection, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure.

What do you do when your new stepmother is a lying psychopath, your best friend is out of the country, and the father who once loved you more than life itself kicks you out of the house at the beginning of Thanksgiving break? Well, you probably cry for a few hours and then crash at the first place that offers you a sofa. And if you’re me, that place happens to be a house of seven boys. Don’t get me wrong, I’m really glad I don’t have to sleep in my car until Alya gets back from her cruise. But staying with half a dozen strangers and some guy I once had a math class with was not how ...

A collection of 22 horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE CADAVER: Blanche foolishly risks her career as a university professor to enhance the learning curve of her students by supplying fresher cadavers for them to dissect. THE GOBLIN: A tourist in Vegas steals money from a quadriplegic panhandler who has special powers FEELINGS: A motorist seeks revenge on a TV news reporter whose ambition to be a star causes an accident that takes the life of the man's wife. THE VELVET CAGE: An abusive and destructive marriage ...

Prepare to embark on an exhilarating journey through history unlike any other! In "Surprising History Stories to Tickle Your Brain," you'll uncover fascinating tales that captivate your imagination and make you eager to learn more. Delve into the ancient world of the Egyptians, where mysterious hieroglyphs hold secrets waiting to be deciphered. Discover facts about the Greeks and Romans that you didn't know before. Journey to the birth of a nation and witness the extraordinary leadership of George Washington as he navigated the trials and triumphs of early America. Experience the thrill of ...

Matt considers himself to be a pretty normal straight guy, except for one thing: He’s got this aching curiosity to be barebacked by another man! When his wife catches him watching some dirty gay videos, she confesses she wants to see him get pounded and knows just the man to do it! WARNING: This story contains horny straight guy with a dirty little secret! For readers 18+ ONLY! I can't describe anymore of the filthy, raunchy details here... Look Inside for more...