Short For Teens

Inspired by Taylor Swift's song "You Belong With Me." Molly and Jack have been next door neighbors and best friends ever since they were toddlers. But the summer before Jack's senior year in high school, he spends the whole summer away from Molly. When he comes back, not only has Jack changed physically, so has Molly's feelings for him. Unfortunately, on the first day of school, Jack's new good-looks attract the attention of the head cheerleader and most popular girl in school. Does Molly even stand a chance of winning Jack's love?

It was the most wonderful time of the year for everyone...except Betsy Morgan! She barely had enough money to pay her rent and utilities...let alone any extra for clothes or Christmas gifts. She had run away from home when she was 17 and had never looked back. She had just arrived at the Panguitch Inn to do her cleaning job and was getting frustrated when the last group of people still hadn't left the room so she could start her cleaning. As she turned to leave the room, she inadvertently trips over one of the chairs which made a loud noise drawing everyone's attention in her direction. A ...

You might be the kind of person who stands up to online trolls. Or who marches to protest injustice. Perhaps you are #DisabledAndCute and dancing around your living room, alive and proud. Or perhaps you are the trans mentor that you wish you had when you were younger. Maybe you call out false allies or stand up to loved ones. Maybe you speak your truth and drop the mic, or maybe you take it with you when you leave. This anthology features fictional stories—in poems, prose, and art—that reflect a slice of the varied and limitless ways that listeners like you resist every day.

Fearless Paths: Inspirational Sports Stories of Self-Discovery for Teens to Build Courage, Resilience, Friendship, and Unity is a heartwarming and empowering collection of short stories crafted especially for boys. Each story dives into the real emotions, challenges, and triumphs that come with growing up and discovering who you really are. Whether it’s stepping up for a teammate, conquering stage fright, surviving a weekend without screens, or learning to forgive, the characters in Fearless Paths show that true strength often comes from the most unexpected places. These realistic, ...

Kellyn had always loved Elias Stratton with all her heart and probably always would. She'd trusted him...but never again. Elizabeth had always believed there was nothing more magical than the precious gift of love...even now in the heart of danger, she still believed it...she always would. After telling the story of Simon's magical cowboy ranch for more years than she cared to count, Elizabeth Fountaine wondered if there might be more to the fanciful fairy-tale than being an elaborate bedtime story to tell children. More than ever before, she very much needed for even just a small piece of ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The creepers include: FANGS: Harry wakes up one morning and bites his lip because of the fangs that grew in his mouth during the night. CATHEAD CREEK: Fred inherits property in Cathead Creek, NC and discovers all three of his brothers were the victims of a legendary monster. FRESH: Sam's TV died, and a fellow worker offers him a side job robbing graves for a doctor who pays obscenely well for fresh corpses. THE TOWER: Ever since the anesthesiologist administered the drug ketamine for my ...

Fifteen-year-old Miriam's only dream is to become a Reaver, a magical threader of the spark. However, beyond the age of Initiation, her chances are all but gone...until she finds a powerful Reaver on her doorstep. Now, she must unveil the magical spark within her, only to learn that Logan, a four-stripe Reaver, has other plans for her and her family... Miriam's dreams are about to come true in the worst way possible.

It had been an interesting nine months with morning sickness, cravings of all kinds for different foods, and finally the long-awaited time for the precious baby to arrive. Joy can't wait to become a mother...and Hildie is just as excited to become a grandmother, experiencing all of the excitement along with her dear daughter. Hester and Hildie have become the best of friends and while they share the excitement of becoming grandmothers, their daughters are sharing the ups an downs of experiencing their first pregnancies. Life is moving right along for the men in their lives with their ...

In an experiment that goes horribly wrong, in which a woman’s memories were to be duplicated, recorded and stored in a computer, she finds herself conscious and self-aware within the machine, not knowing whether she’s the duplicate and conscious or her consciousness was ripped from her body and begins an evolution discovering firsthand how efficient the universe is.

***Sweet Young Adult Romance*** ***The Lakeland Boys Book 1*** All Amber Johnson wanted was to be normal. Go to a normal school. Maybe meet a nice boy. The Last thing she expected was to be the pretend girlfriend of Jason Turner. Jason needs a pretend girlfriend to keep the high school drama as far away as possible. Amber Johnson needs the social acceptance being Jason’s girlfriend would give her. It’s only for a few weeks. Just long enough to get everyone to back off. Amber quickly learns though. There is nothing worse than pretending to be in love with someone you already love.

Lilibelle Thompson was still in shock and surprise over the unbelievable telegram she had received over the Thanksgiving holiday. A distant aunt had left her 92 million dollars! Good grief! She had just turned 90 years old in October! What would she do with 92 million dollars? She smiled to herself...and quickly thought, "Hmmm, Santa's not the only one that can make children happy with his Christmas gifts and miracles. Now that I have my own sleigh filled with millions, I can spread some of my own holiday cheer and magic!" Fall in love with Lilibelle and her determination to spread ...

Transness is as varied and colorful as magic can be. In Transmogrify!, you’ll embark on fourteen different adventures alongside unforgettable characters who embody many different genders and expressions and experiences—because magic is for everyone, and that is cause for celebration.

Markas hear news about dead people with weird symbols on their bodies. He decides to investigate symbols at the library to see if he can find anything. Shortly after he starts having dreams about the people and the rituals done to them. In one of such dreams Markas seeing visions of his own dad…

Chris has been friends with Annabelle since they were kids. When Chris is feeling down on his luck he knows he can always go to his friend to be cheered up. Today he's feeling down. His dream prom date Samantha has turned him down. Hoping to get cheered up, he goes over to Annabelle's house knowing she'll be there for him. Indeed, she's already got a plan in the works for him that she guarantees will win Samantha's heart. She knows how to save his prom experience and have him end high school the way he's always dreamed it would end. All he has to do is play along with her plans. Chris ...

A collection of twenty horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: SOMETHING IN THE SKY: Strange things happen to two college students on Lovers Lane after a meteor cuts a path through a nearby cemetery. THE TOASTER: The City of Baltimore appropriates funds to move Edgar Allen Poe's grave site to a new mausoleum. LORD OF DARKNESS: Fred finds a large box on his doorstep with a horrific looking ebony statue inside that terrifies him. He abhors scary things and takes it to the city dump for disposal. THE METEOR: Newt is ...

Hildegard Bennet had grown up in an orphanage and had always felt out of place due to the fact that she stood head and shoulders above everyone else. She met Ben Woodman, who barely missed running her over with his wagon, causing her to fall and pick up painful slivers in her hands. When he stops his wagon and gets out to help her up, he is shocked at how much she towers over him. He thought he was tall at his six feet two inches, but she made him feel short at her six feet five or six inches. He agrees to take her home and if they get along well for the next two weeks, they will get ...

'Wanted, a mail order bride for St. Patrick's Day for a lonely Irish Lad. I wouldn't mind if my future Lass has some Irish roots which would bring luck to our marriage! I own the 'Lucky Shamrock Ranch' and am a man in my late twenties. I grow peach and pecan trees as well as work at my ranch on the side. It gets mighty lonely at night here and I'm longing to find a pretty lil Lass to keep me company...hopefully by St. Paddy's Day! If you're interested, my email address is...' Clover O'Malley sees the ad on her lunch break...and is immediately interested. She plans to apply as soon as she ...

Life is chaos. Death is the only cure. You're never so vulnerable as when you surrender your body to a hospital. You trust the doctors to know what is best, but these stories show what happens when they have other plans. What if a maternity doctor pretends your child died during birth just so he can steal it? Or a simple operation is used as an excuse to harvest parts? Discover the truth of the asylum in the woods, take the pills which induce mind-bending phobias, and try to escape when you've been institutionalized against your will. A CURE FOR CHAOS is an anthology of horror ...

I woke up dead. No, not “late for school” dead — actual, shambling, slightly decomposed zombie dead. Suddenly, surviving high school isn’t just about passing tests or dodging drama; it’s about hiding my missing limbs, keeping my crush from catching whiff (literally), and avoiding a government agent with a serious bone to pick. Welcome to Sunnyridge High, where lunch trays fly, friendships get... complicated, and the undead kid is trying not to lose his head —or his heart. If you like: snarky undead heroes, slow-burn romance, teen angst, and apocalypse humor — you’ll love ...

Jem Carstairs and Tessa Gray are finally united after waiting over a century to be together, but they become aware a dark threat is looming over a child of the Shadow Market: a lost Herondale, from a line of Herondales who have used the Market to hide from their fellow Nephilim. Now is the time for the lost Herondale to be discovered. Jem and Tessa have to find him before his enemies can.