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The year is 2062, and humanity is nearing its end.It is not because there was a zombie apocalypse, or an experiment gone wrong. It is because the experiment went right.At first, anyway.But then something went wrong. It was something minor, something that could be fixed. Something that someone didn't want fixed. And now, we are paying the price.Someone has single-handedly destroyed our world by changing our robots, making them Sick.Our only hope now rests in a group of Rogue robots, ones who somehow survived the Sickness.That is, if they even exist.(Gorgeous cover made by WickedPromises-!)Copyright 2015 by GWritesNovels. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without prior written permission by the copyright owner.…

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In which Nagito Komaeda is dying and Hajime Hinata is his Last Friend.(Based on "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera.)…

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{Sequel to Project Smile}Gabriel Lancaster has had his fair share of ups and downs, especially throughout the last four years of his life. He's improved since his junior year of high school, but he still feels as if he's stuck in between the dark depths of his depression and approaching recovery.Cassidy Evans completed Project Smile four years ago, but she knows she still has work to do. Though she knows that her boyfriend is doing a lot better, she can't help but worry for him, which takes a toll on both her schoolwork and her mental health. As they walk together through the peaks and valleys of life, they know that they must persevere and never leave the other behind. But as tension keeps building and time continues changing both of them, will they be able to make it through? Or will this finally be what tears them apart?{Trigger Warning: This book deals with heavy topics, such as depression and anxiety, as well as mentions of a suicide. If any of these topics may make you uncomfortable or distressed, please do not read or be very cautious.}…

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"How much can you fit under your skin?" -Jukebox The GhostNicole Haught still suffers from the past abuse and torture she endured as a child at the hands of the Cult of Bulshar. With the help of therapy, she and her alters are learning how to live a semi-normal life once more.However, when a string of murders begins occurring once more, Nicole begins to worry that the members are still alive. As her system and the Black Badge Division begin to investigate, Nicole and the others find themselves once more in the clutches of danger.(Alternatively, an AU in which Nicole was never rescued by Nedley and was instead kidnapped by Bulshar, developing Dissociative Identity Disorder as a result of the abuse.)…

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"It seemed to last for hours, it seemed to last for days. This lady of the flowers and her hypnotic gaze."In which Rue Bennett is dared to find the prettiest flowers for her kind-of girlfriend (a certain Lexi Howard) but the daughter of the flower shop owner ruins all of her plans.…

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"Why do you never smile?""Because I'm not like you. I'm not important enough to be happy." ~ ~ ~Gabriel Lancaster has never smiled. He has never grinned, never laughed. He goes through life as the world's biggest pessimistic optimist. If anyone else feels down, he does all that he can to cheer them up. But he's never once helped himself.This bothers Cassidy Evans. Gabriel has helped her out many times, and she's only been able to repay him once. All she wants is to see him happy. But she can never seem to break through his walls and get him to smile or be happy.Gabriel always wonders why Cassidy even cares. No one else does. But what he doesn't know is that Cassidy has a reason for what she does, and part of it involves her best friend's dead brother, Zach.One night, Cassidy devises a plan for Gabriel.One clicker, clicked only when thinking happy thoughts or doing something that makes him happy.Company, so he knows that he isn't walking this world alone.Cassidy's ultimate goal: prove to Gabriel that he is worth something in this world.Welcome to Project Smile.{Rated PG-13 for thematic elements.}[Warning: This book deals with subjects such as bullying and depression. There is discussion of a suicide. If this triggers you, please be careful.]Copyright 2015 by GWritesNovels. All rights reserved. None of this work may be reproduced without consent.…

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In which short stories, bonus chapters from novels, and other extras are posted.…

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kurt clay is afraid to live life freely. he has severe anxiety around people, isolating himself in a cabin in the middle of the woods, miles away from civilization. the only thing he can do to keep himself from panicking is to write.lana evers is afraid to die and always lives life on the edge. but she has one secret: she's not who she says she is.then their lives collide.the writer and the daredevil.these are kurt's letters to lana, at least one a day, as they uncover their aliases in life and discover who they truly are.{lowercase intentional}{beautiful cover by the lovely @hddlstnCopyright 2015 by GWritesNovels. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any form or by any means without prior permission from the copyright owner.…

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Josh Parker just wants to be normal. All he wants are parents who actually care about him, people who love him, friends, a girlfriend, and an okay home life. He just wants to be like all of the other kids in his high school. But things don't ever work out that way.Instead, his father is an abusive, unemployed alcoholic and his mother works at Wal-Mart for a living. They have next to nothing in terms of money, and he's bullied for it all the time. But when a relative dies, it gets worse because they have to move. And the cycle starts over.Josh's only escape from his awful reality is a world that he's created in his mind, a world where he has everything he's been wishing for. A world that he knows doesn't exist, that never will, but still gets sucked into sometimes. He doesn't even realize it until he's there most of the time.Then, with a twist of luck, he meets someone real: the school's bad girl, Bree LaRue. They're forced together for chemistry class and then begin to talk. She shows him that real life isn't that bad, that he's just spending it with the wrong people.As he spends more time with Bree, his dream world seems to get a little lighter. But then it begins an out of control spiral into darkness. When everything he's wanted is suddenly ripped away and turned against him, what will he do? Where will he go?Copyright 2015 by GWritesNovels. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be replicated without prior permission from the copyright owner.…

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Abby Porter is the average university student, trying her best just to get through life while maintaining a steady GPA.That is, until she stumbled across a man with a bludgeoned head.The number one suspect? Nicole Ward, a recent student transfer who has severe psychosis and can't remember the night of the murder.But Abby feels that the woman is innocent.As more and more bodies turn up, can the pair prove innocence and catch the murder? Or will they fall victim to the dark?…

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{sequel to 3:24}he couldn't sleep because he lost his love at four in the morning. he stayed in his home, a heartbroken man who'd had everything torn from him. for a year, he's wished on 11:11 to make the pain go away, to have someone to love again, always finding himself one minute too late. one night in february, a set of events with a beautiful stranger might just grant his wish.{lowercase intended}I do not own Twenty One Pilots or any associations.…

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In which a girl with a heavy heart stands on a rooftop and ponders life.…

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What are you most afraid of?Are you afraid of ghosts? Murderers? Dying, spiders, snakes, clowns? Does anything that is unknown to you frighten you?This book of short stories and poems holds deadly secrets, things that go bump in the night, all of the horrors that used to make you check under your bed and in your closet when you were a kid.Are you ready?Are you in a safe place?Because when the night falls, nothing is safe anymore.Copyright 2016 by GWritesNovels. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without prior written consent by the copyright owner.…

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Katherine Beasley has gone through her entire life hearing odd knocks coming from the inside of her wall, misplacing objects and finding them in unexpected places, and hearing whispers when she's alone. Basically all of the ghost-story, urban legend-type tales that happen in the movies when people move into new houses.Only, she's lived in the same house her parents built when she was a baby. No one has ever died in it, so why would there be ghosts?That is the logic of her parents, who always tell her that everything she sees, everything she hears is completely imaginary.But when horrible things beyond any of their imaginings begin, Katherine isn't sure that it's all in her head anymore.Suddenly, all of the members of her family find themselves held inside of their home by force, experiencing more horrors than they ever could've imagined.It's up to Katherine to find out exactly what's going on, and fast, before the "imaginary" being tears them apart.…

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"We've both been victims of pain. Everyone in this world has been, at one point or another. All in different ways. But what I want to learn, what I want you to learn, is the thing that not everyone figures out. I want us to learn hope, and what it means to live."In which a homeless girl meets a lonely rocker and decides to teach her the meaning of living within the span of twelve days.…

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Bryn Ross knows what it's like to be broken down. She's been broken down so many times by so many people. She's almost ready to give up, to say that she's had enough. That's when the last straw comes: Connor, her boyfriend of two years, is caught cheating on her with her best friend. Jason, the only person she can trust, wants to help her pick up the pieces. What she doesn't know is that he's broken, too. They put their cracked glass hearts into each other's hands, trusting them to keep it safe.It's such a shame that glass can break so easily.Copyright 2015 by GWritesNovels. No part of this work may be reproduced without prior written consent by the copyright owner.…

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My entry for a one-shot contest made for Book Club, an amazing story that I have read!…