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Echoes

2013-06-07T22:14:28-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Romance
English, Rated: K+
Horror/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 802, Reviews: 2, Complete

In a tree, in the ruins of civilization, the last human on Earth faces a storm that speaks with the voices of a species but all that matters is one lost love and a promise. Written for the June WCC

Grayscale

2013-04-07T23:12:58-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Biography
English, Rated: T
Hurt/Comfort/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 553, Reviews: 6, Complete

I've accepted my perspective; I'm not looking for repairs. I just want you to know what it's like to live in grayscale and remember a time of technicolor. Creative nonfiction essay on living with depression.

Nomad

2013-03-13T21:55:52-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Romance
English, Rated: T
Adventure/Supernatural
Chapters: 5, Words: 8,358, Reviews: 27, In-Progress

After accidentally hitting a stray dog in her van, Nora soon finds herself thrown into a supernatural world of curses and monsters she never thought could actually exist. Together with the not-so-stray dog and his tall, dark, and broody brother, Nora begins a cross-country adventure to figure out where she fits in a world beyond the Masquerade. Updates on Wednesdays.

Mountain Dawn

2013-03-13T21:55:09-08:00

Author: Nesasio
General
English, Rated: T
Drama/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 4, Words: 5,679, Reviews: 21, In-Progress

All Lea wanted was to give her brother a proper burial, but the mountain spirits have another goal in mind: revolution. Updates on Wednesdays. Temporary hiatus.

The Wolf

2013-03-07T23:22:32-08:00

Author: Nesasio
General
English, Rated: K+
Horror/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,034, Reviews: 1, Complete

There's a dangerous wolf loose in suburbia. Stay out of the backyard, sweetie. Written for the March WCC

Intermission

2013-02-04T11:34:25-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Horror
English, Rated: K+
Parody/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 529, Reviews: 4, Complete

This is my paradise and this is my prison... Winner of the Review Game's February Writing Challenge Contest

The Fantasy

2013-01-07T23:29:01-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Romance
English, Rated: M
Hurt/Comfort/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 657, Reviews: 4, Complete

What role do I play in your fantasy? Written for the January Writing Challenge Contest

Bad Seed

2012-12-06T22:46:23-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Mystery
English, Rated: K+
Horror/Crime
Chapters: 1, Words: 145, Reviews: 3, Complete

They say only the good die young... Drabble written for the December WCC

Kingdom Come

2012-11-07T11:37:36-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Horror
English, Rated: T
Parody/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 596, Reviews: 6, Complete

A post-apocalyptic love story. Written for the November Writing Challenge Contest

In Light Dement

2012-10-02T11:44:12-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Spiritual
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 269, Reviews: 7, Complete

Flash Fiction: On the first day of my second life I know mourning. Written for the Review Game's October WCC

Mooning

2012-09-07T22:30:07-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Romance
English, Rated: K+
Sci-Fi/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 470, Reviews: 3, Complete

A love letter. Basically. More or less. Well... you know. Written for the Review Game Forum's September WCC

Cat Mouse, Cat Mouse

2012-08-07T22:20:57-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Romance
English, Rated: M
Parody/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 855, Reviews: 15, Complete

It's all a numbers game until someone loses their life... Winner of the Review Game's August Writing Challenge Contest

A Short Walk in Elysium

2012-07-03T11:39:53-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Spiritual
English, Rated: K
Hurt/Comfort/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 603, Reviews: 11, Complete

We're all just passing through here... Written for the Review Game's July Writing Challenge Contest

Bay

2012-05-04T10:51:32-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Horror
English, Rated: T
Supernatural/Drama
Chapters: 26, Words: 49,549, Reviews: 144, Complete

SKoW Round 12 Best Non Romance Nominee: A shadow stirs in the depths and sets its sights on the people of Tover. It aches to feed a vast hunger, one only a city can sate. Rated for violence. I return reviews over one line.

Isobel's Shadow

2012-04-07T21:16:53-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Romance
English, Rated: T
Horror/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,017, Reviews: 11, In-Progress

SKoW Round 12 Best Challenge Response Nominee: Isobel summoned me for protection... I always do what Isobel wants. Winner of the Review Game's April WCC

Savvy

2012-01-07T20:42:46-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Horror
English, Rated: T
Humor/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,289, Reviews: 8, Complete

A fictional account of the author's untimely death. Winner of the Review Game's January WCC

The Beacon

2011-12-07T18:15:58-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: K+
Drama/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,021, Reviews: 13, Complete

I can see my breath every fourth second in the red light, and I keep it steady, timing it to the pulse of the beacon. It calms me, it measures my life, measures the time... Winner of the Review Game's December WCC

Retrospect

2011-11-07T23:08:59-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Essay
English, Rated: K
Adventure/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 151, Reviews: 3, Complete

I did some pretty reckless things as a kid... I regret nothing. Drabble written for the Review Game's Writing Challenge Contest

The Love's Candle Inn

2011-10-20T20:55:13-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Romance
English, Rated: K+
Supernatural/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,071, Reviews: 3, Complete

The ghosts and the memories of the house awaken with the touch of lovers' lips, and life returns to the marriage bed... an experiment with 2nd-person POV

Thinking of You

2011-10-20T17:25:11-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Family
English, Rated: K
Hurt/Comfort/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 308, Reviews: 4, Complete

I think those three little words all the time... "I miss you." Poetry-prose

Twenty Minutes

2011-10-20T17:18:10-08:00

Author: Nesasio
General
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,193, Reviews: 5, Complete

How long does it take to realize things will never be the same?

The Breaking

2011-08-03T21:35:14-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Supernatural
English, Rated: K+
Horror/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 618, Reviews: 19, Complete

Hope and Despair lead a lost soldier to his fate. Winner of the Review Game's August Writing Challenge Contest.

Cassiopeia

2011-07-07T23:28:42-08:00

Author: Nesasio
General
English, Rated: K
Adventure/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 180, Reviews: 6, Complete

A realization. A drabble written for the Review Game's July Writing Challenge Contest

Pied

2011-06-07T23:01:22-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Mystery
English, Rated: T
Supernatural/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,017, Reviews: 13, Complete

Respect the music, man. Always respect the music. - Written for the June Writing Challenge Contest

Grilling With Uncle Joe

2011-04-07T23:15:40-08:00

Author: Nesasio
General
English, Rated: T
Supernatural/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,572, Reviews: 8, Complete

I ain't asking Uncle Joe if he needs help ever again... Written for the Review Game's April WCC. Warning: Rated for morbid humor

ThoughtNet

2011-03-05T22:34:12-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,147, Reviews: 15, Complete

I've got no strings to hold me down... A look at the dangers of groupthink, written for the Review Game's March Writing Challenge Contest

Strobus

2011-02-07T23:10:15-08:00

Author: Nesasio
General
English, Rated: K
Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 658, Reviews: 13, Complete

A glimpse at the cycle of life on the shores of Lake Michigan. Written for the February Writing Challenge Contest.

The Witnesses

2011-01-19T19:03:32-08:00

Author: Nesasio
General
English, Rated: K+
Tragedy/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,732, Reviews: 8, Complete

Listen to the rain...

Solidarity

2011-01-19T18:59:29-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Action
English, Rated: T
Sci-Fi/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 898, Reviews: 3, Complete

Two adults, two children, one beast. They can't all go home happy...

The People's Blessing

2011-01-19T18:50:52-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Romance
English, Rated: T
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,056, Reviews: 3, Complete

Do you think this is the best choice? Because if you think so, I'll do it." A young couple hopes to find the good life...

One Golden Morning

2011-01-16T23:41:57-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Mystery
English, Rated: K+
Romance/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 652, Reviews: 10, Complete

I wake up in an empty bed on an otherwise perfect morning...

Fluffy on Doomsday

2011-01-06T22:58:01-08:00

Author: Nesasio
General
English, Rated: K
General/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 127, Reviews: 6, Complete

Ignorance is bliss... A drabble written for the January WCC.

The Secret: A Mostly True Story

2010-11-03T00:17:16-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Biography
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 583, Reviews: 12, Complete

Every family has a few skeletons in the closet... My family has a ghost story and a memory, a memory of two dozen red roses. Written for the Review Game's November Writing Challenge Contest

Lucky

2010-10-07T23:39:15-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Action
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,392, Reviews: 8, Complete

A young man escapes certain death with a little help from an unexpected friend. Written for the Review Game's October Writing Challenge Contest

By the Daly Park Fountain

2010-09-06T19:07:51-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Romance
English, Rated: K
Supernatural/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,574, Reviews: 9, Complete

We'll meet each other again someday. I know it..." Two strangers find they have more in common than they thought as a promise echoes through time and brings two souls together again. For the September Writing Challenge Contest.

Thunderbunny

2010-08-09T01:00:55-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Play
English, Rated: T
Sci-Fi/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 6,962, Reviews: 2, Complete

A man and his toy rabbit fight crime. Screenplay adaptation of my short story I Am Thunderbunny. Please note that the Fictionpress wordcounter added about 3000 'words' to the story. IT'S NOT AS LONG AS IT LOOKS.

Four Months

2010-08-07T21:26:05-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Mystery
English, Rated: K+
Supernatural/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,130, Reviews: 8, Complete

Zoe inherits a diary that predicts the future and can lead its owner to power and riches. Any girl would love to have it...wouldn't they? Written for the August Writing Challenge Contest.

Coup d'Etat

2010-07-23T22:11:53-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Humor
English, Rated: K
Supernatural/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,940, Reviews: 5, Complete

Two little girls must face their greatest fear: the monster under the bed.

First and Last

2010-07-06T09:33:33-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Essay
English, Rated: K+
Hurt/Comfort/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 651, Reviews: 6, Complete

It's hard sometimes to figure out when someone is really gone... Understanding doesn't always come instantly, and then you're left combing the memories, searching for a moment. Lyric essay written for the July Writing Challenge Contest. May disturb some.

A Bucketful of Oranges

2010-06-14T21:01:34-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Biography
English, Rated: K+
Family/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,864, Reviews: 4, Complete

What color is a happy memory? For me, it's a nice shade of orange. Lyric essay connecting some of my happiest memories.

Dodging the Snare

2010-06-07T12:36:17-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
General/Romance
Chapters: 2, Words: 5,794, Reviews: 22, In-Progress

A necromancer and a soldier must work together to survive the machinations of an unknown enemy moving ever closer for the kill...

Middle of Nowhere

2010-05-30T22:29:53-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Young Adult
English, Rated: T
Family/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,079, Reviews: 3, Complete

Rated for language. Mandy's relationship with her brother changed a lot while she was younger but one seemingly ordinary late-night car ride provides an opportunity to change it again...for the better.

An 8Letter Word

2010-05-30T21:55:33-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Humor
English, Rated: T
Parody/Sci-Fi
Chapters: 1, Words: 901, Reviews: 10, Complete

Virginia just wants to finish her crossword puzzle but this irritating man keeps ringing her doorbell, claiming to be her soul-mate from the future...

A Passing Storm

2010-05-22T23:55:52-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Spiritual
English, Rated: T
Drama/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,364, Reviews: 5, Complete

A young woman confronts her emotional turmoil when she is forced to spend a night away from her dying father.

A Hundred Year Love Story

2010-05-14T00:01:07-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Romance
English, Rated: T
Supernatural/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,614, Reviews: 10, Complete

Henry died more than a century ago, waiting in vain for his love to come home. When a strange woman visits his grave, he leaves the monotony of the cemetary behind to follow his heart one last time.

Mary's Dog

2010-05-13T23:48:03-08:00

Author: Nesasio
General
English, Rated: T
Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,376, Reviews: 6, Complete

An elderly gentleman searches for a new way to mourn for his wife when her dog, the only other soul who remembers her, finally passes away. Some dry humor.

A Solar Love Affair

2008-03-15T18:28:08-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Love
English, Rated: T
Drama/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 249, Reviews: 3, Complete

A man falls in love with the sun, builds a spaceship to be closer to it, and gets pulled in by gravity. Or does he?

Just Thought You Should Know

2008-03-15T18:20:32-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Love
English, Rated: K
Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 111, Reviews: 3, Complete

Simple comparison between a picture of a dancer and a love gone wrong.

Hercules Goes Hollywood

2007-12-16T18:16:48-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Mythology
English, Rated: T
Fantasy/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,394, Reviews: 2, Complete

When the great hero Hercules' autobiographical movie script gets rejected he's willing to sit down with some writers to make it better. Unfortunately, he didn't quite understand when the producer said it'd be a 'romantic comedy'.

The Window

2007-11-18T23:16:02-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Life
English, Rated: T
General/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 195, Reviews: 2, Complete

For the Stop The Press Writing Challenge: 'Monsters'

A Lesson From Cinderella

2007-11-18T23:10:32-08:00

Author: Nesasio
School
English, Rated: K
Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 109, Reviews: 4, Complete

For the Stop The Press Writing Challenge: 'Beginnings'

I Am Thunderbunny

2007-10-17T20:54:15-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: T
Supernatural/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,426, Reviews: 6, Complete

When Jack finds his most cherished childhood toy in his mother's attic he rediscovers more than just an old corduroy rabbit. Rated for language and some mature content.

How to Ruin the Moment

2007-10-05T13:29:12-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Supernatural
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 387, Reviews: 4, Complete

A night at the laundromat ends up being a bit different than this guy thought it would be...

What Mommy Said

2007-04-05T11:05:11-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Kids
English, Rated: K
Adventure/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,379, Reviews: 6, Complete

Casey's Mommy always told her two things: don't talk to strangers and don't go into the garden alone. Casey was a good girl who always listened...until she found Puppy.

Memoirs of a Technologically Challenged Feline

2007-04-05T09:44:44-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Humor
English, Rated: K+
Humor/Adventure
Chapters: 3, Words: 1,949, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

The autobiography of Calico Katie II, a somewhat pudgy kitty who's just discovered she's reached that thing dreaded by all: 'middle age'. A series of anecdotes about life: fond memories, love lost, a home invaded, a catnip mouse stolen...

The Wisdom of Master Roberts

2006-07-17T21:42:38-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Horror
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 831, Reviews: 4, Complete

Mr. Jameson considers himself the luckiest potential artist around: Master Roberts, one of the world's greatest painters, has agreed to teach him a few things, starting with some surprising words of wisdom.

Trick

2006-07-16T23:12:02-08:00

Author: Nesasio
Supernatural
English, Rated: T
Supernatural/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,087, Reviews: 6, Complete

Patrick ran into the woods that night to save the woman he loved. He ended up with a dark new purpose and an identity he never could have imagined.