The art of story telling is something that has been passed down through the centuries. Storytellers are found in every culture, race, and religion. Often these stories are long and intricate, weaving webs of intrigue that leave you in a state of awe. Sometimes, you just want a short story to get you to sleep at night. Maybe you're interested in short stories from a teenager filled with angst. That's where this book comes in handy.

Have you ever wondered what the real lives of super heroes are like? We see them every day out there fighting the good fight. When they go home, they're still just people. Some fight crime to fight the need to hurt people. Some don't believe they are heroes. Others struggle with depression, relationships and everything else. What about those who never chose the life of a hero but were thrust into without a choice, how do they live with the added weight on their shoulders? Between the pages...

Najor has seen more than most boys his age should, but he's never felt the warmth of the sun on his flesh.His town has been blessed with the gift of sunlight for three years now. The elders believe that this will continue as they are in God's favor. Najor is smart enough to listen to the migrants who travel along with the beam of light which illuminates the sky. They know the light is to vanish soon, and with it will go any normality in his life. He faced with the choice of spendin...

Javon Swift is stuck in a bloody feud for the family business. His uncle Grady has married his mother before his father's body could go cold. Tiffany is a police officer claiming that his father was a confidential informant, and wants him to follow the leader. His best friends are trying to build their own drug empire. It doesn't help that he's fallen in love and has a crooked police officer trying to extort him for his father's hidden stash of money.All this is going on while Javo...

Rythe is a down on his luck, disgraced newspaper journalist. The toughest story he's ever worked on is the one of his life. A twisted story or abuse, addiction, death and destruction that he keeps hidden from himself with an addiction to Fairy Dust. He's spent close to a decade chasing the story of a supernatural serial killer, that no one else believes exists. A chance meeting with Sierra Evans leads him to the clue he's searching for. It also leads to the constructed house of cards he li...

Jason is young man raised in a forest temple to be nothing more than a mercenary who follows orders without question. Unfortunately, he prefers to act before thinking. His future is up in the air but he's been given one more chance to show he can do the job. When he realizes werewolves aren't the cause of a violent attacks across the countryside he has to decides to follow his heart instead of the rules. Excommunicated from the only family he ever knew, he arrives in Detroit.Kaiden is a te...

Devonte, Vivian, Jin and Orlando were abducted after witnessing an event that changed the evolution of humanity as we know it. The four are forced to form bonds in order to escape captivity. Once arriving back in the world they left behind they learn that chaos has descended on the outside world as well. With others awakening their metahuman abilities as well it is up to our survivors to bring peace in the midst of riots and fighting.

It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were, than never to have dreamed at all, Alexander Pushkin said that. Cacophony is the radical and discordant culmination of those dreams. Will you dream of boy who finds Atlantis, lovers seeking the aid of a voodoo priestess, a woman debating her future at home or just a guy looking for a new roommate. The choice is all yours, just understand that sometimes things aren't always what they seem.Not Like Them - Nate isn'...

Being a vampire comes with too many problems.Maddox lives a comfortable life, even if it is a little boring. Then he meets Destiny, and it's love at first. She shows him a side of the world he never knew existed. A side filled with magic, vampires, werewolves and wererats. Everything is going well until her ex shows up and Maddox finds himself in the center of a blood feud between vampires. Destiny has her own secrets that threaten not only their relationship, but their lives....

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURYCelebrate all the ways love makes us who we are with the romance that Entertainment Weekly calls "wise, wildly unique"--from the bestselling co-author of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist--about a teen who wakes up every morning in a different body, living a different life. Now a major motion picture!**Every ...

Beloved Marvel characters Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Araña star in three original Spider-verse stories! Don't miss this collection from bestselling authors Justin A. Reynolds, Roseanne A. Brown, and Eisner nominee Pablo Leon!Take a trip around the Spider-Verse (and New York City) in three comic adventures! The tour guide on his field trip to the Museum of Natural History has Miles Morales's Spidey Sense tingling... Gwen Stacy's punk band's concert at the Central...

My 4th grade teacher gave an assignment to write 500 words about any subject and it was due in a week. I misread the instructions and wrote 5000 words. The first thing my mom asked after she read it was who did you copy from? I guess she doesn't have a lot of faith in public education. I just like to write. It's the first story I've ever published. I don't know if it's any good.The short story is about a young person living in a modern day war zone who's trying to find a treasure t...