Ellie LaTraille
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since: 05-16-09, id: 668903, Profile Updated: 03-23-13
country: USA
Author has written 42 stories for Romance, Humor, Young Adult, Love, General, Family, Nature, General, Mystery, School, Sci-Fi, Life, Mythology, Friendship, Fantasy, War, and Humor.

I suppose I'm not new to FictionPress anymore. I don't spend as much time here as I'd like, though. Please forgive me if I'm not regularly updating -- I'm in the middle of obtaining my MFA in Creative Writing and school stuff gets in the way of writing things for fun. You can find me on Twitter (ellielatraille) -- I'm usually fairly responsive and I love seeing what you all have to say!

Check out my newest novel, "Ritual Girl." It's on temporary hiatus for the moment, but I should be picking it up again this week (23 March 2013).

Hope you're all well, and I promise I'll do my best to get another chapter up soon.

All the best,
Ellie

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1. Things left unsaid reviews
A girl and a boy and the things they've left unsaid. Still deciding on the title, suggest one if you like.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 181 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-21-13 - Complete
2. Ritual Girl » reviews
Paige is next in line to be the community's Ritual Girl, the annual sixteen-year-old sacrifice for this perfect-communist society. She dies so the others can survive.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 39 - Words: 59,244 - Reviews: 109 - Updated: 5-14-13 - Published: 6-11-12
3. on searching for human compassion reviews
I hate phone menus - so much that I wrote a poem about them.
Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Humor/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-7-13
4. wind, interrupted
The wind that threatens to separate the branches from their trees / cannot hurt me.
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 227 - Published: 4-29-13
5. Fortress reviews
You didn't mean to cry / during your speech / at my wedding / last October.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 235 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-27-13
6. The T u g reviews
to counting on the Little Dipper / to less reflective buildings / to the two of us being / the two of us
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 175 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-4-13 - Complete
7. Like Tonight
Vignette on that space between dreamland and awakeness. Flash fiction, one-shot.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 502 - Published: 3-17-13 - Complete
8. Small Talk
A woman on a plane talks to her neighbour. Short, one-shot.
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 624 - Published: 3-16-13 - Complete
9. Nun of That reviews
Miranda wants to become a nun. Rated M for language. One-shot.
Fiction: General - Rated: M - English - Family/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 819 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-23-13 - Complete
10. gravity's lullaby reviews
yellow burns, yellow falls.
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 102 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-21-13 - Complete
11. Automated Response reviews
Short fiction detailing the drudgery of the workday and the things that keep us going. One-shot.
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,760 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-15-12 - Complete
12. The Games They Played reviews
Meg and Charlie had a summer fling, and Julian has found out. Punches, profanities, and sexual partners are tossed around; egos are hurt. One-shot; rated M for strong language.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: M - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,497 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-9-12 - Complete
13. the unassuming life
white dots stick to the window / train tracks are empty outside / the fridge, it hums and the cars roar below / but we are protected, inside.
Poetry: Family - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 122 - Published: 9-17-12 - Complete
14. Hide and Seek reviews
No clue. Not a one. Maybe vampires? Short poem.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 201 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-20-12 - Complete
15. Joe, Unpopular
An old poem from a class I took during my first year of uni. You tell me what it's about if you'd like .
Poetry: War - Rated: K - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 383 - Published: 7-14-12 - Complete
16. Radio silence would be nice for a while
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Poetry: Life - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 454 - Published: 6-15-12 - Complete
17. The InBetween
First attempt at poetry in a while. Reflections on being in a plane.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 140 - Published: 5-28-12
18. Okay
Sawyer has a lot of expectations about college. He finds that people smell a lot different than they do in his imagination, plus drinking makes people rather entertaining and people do questionable things in public bathrooms. One-shot.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: M - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,097 - Published: 1-1-12 - Complete
19. Maggie »
Maggie is an average girl in high school. She competes on a gymnastics team, she likes art, and she has a crush on Matt Wigby, who just asked her to lunch. But what happens when there's an entire world she never knew about, waiting for her to join it?
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 7,462 - Updated: 8-8-11 - Published: 12-15-10
20. Paint
They're worlds apart, even though they're husband and wife. Short one-shot.
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 965 - Published: 6-9-11 - Complete
21. Observation reviews
A close look at a hallway. Short, one-shot.
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 360 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-7-11
22. Serenity
Kate, an English computer programmer, arrives in Japan under certain presumptions. None of them are fulfilled. Quick one-shot.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,015 - Published: 6-7-11 - Complete
23. 1932 reviews
Louis finds a penny on the floor of the Tube-and then he finds the girl of his dreams. One-shot, fairly quick read. Some offencive language for UK readers.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 666 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 6-7-11 - Complete
24. Doubt
The insanity is burning,/Burning, burning, faster than I realise the flame is travelling
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 179 - Published: 2-16-11 - Complete
25. Kate and Leo » reviews
My NaNoWriMo novel. Kate and Leo are best friends. In Chapter Three, jealousy rages on and Kate becomes frustrated with two girls in her history class. Based on Taylor Swift's "Mary's Song Oh My My My " and "You Belong With Me."
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 7,101 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 12-15-10 - Published: 11-5-09
26. The Other Daughter »
Wilma and Isabel are twins with their differences. Wilma's the responsible one, and Isabel is the playful one. They start to drift apart; and then one of them goes away completely. This is the story not of the prodigal daughter, but of the other.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Family/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,268 - Published: 12-15-10
27. Abigail
I was in Kumasi Ghana two weeks ago, and this is my reaction to what happened.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 309 - Published: 9-7-10 - Complete
28. Adriana, Or: The Girl in Burlap reviews
An unconventional girl meets an unconventional prince. One-shot.
Fiction: Mythology - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,754 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-27-09 - Complete
29. La Casa
Conozco a un chico; Se llama La Muerte. One-shot poem. Idioma: español.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - Spanish - Spiritual/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 210 - Published: 11-28-09 - Complete
30. Hush, Little Baby reviews
We had sex there, on the table, burning to our deaths where a life was conceived in the midst of it all. Somehow, I could tell that a life had been bourn, bourn in the middle of death. By the time our child had been conceived, the three of us had been bur
Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,110 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-25-09 - Complete
31. worthless reviews
A short poem about that lurking feeling of inescapable hopelessness. One-shot.
Poetry: School - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 88 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-14-09 - Complete
32. If Looks Could Kill » reviews
Dakota and Jeremy are best friends, perhaps even lovers. What Dakota doesn't know is that Jeremy doesn't exist.
Fiction: Mystery - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Suspense - Chapters: 5 - Words: 5,328 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-24-09 - Complete
33. The Actress reviews
She started off as an actress, but lost herself. One-shot; complete.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 455 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-24-09 - Complete
34. The Harpist
The melody is sweet indeed; A crescendo up an octave, the separate notes Simple to form an elaborate tune But it would be nothing without the hands Which birth the music so tenderly; Patiently sweeping over the strings
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 200 - Published: 10-21-09 - Complete
35. It's All About the Hunt reviews
A rather personal poem about memories of knives and how it affects me now. One-shot. Psychologically suggestive toward violence. Read with care.
Poetry: Family - Rated: T - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 545 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-11-09 - Complete
36. A Pen and Paper reviews
Finding inspiration. One-shot poem.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 215 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-27-09 - Complete
37. The Worst of the Worst
More from the universe of "The Student." Wilson has lost his wife, already. But can he also cope with Amanda's death? One-shot.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,083 - Published: 9-25-09 - Complete
38. Applesauce
Accompanies "The Student." Amanda causes a nuisance in the mattress shop, and she's just too cute to say 'no.' One-shot.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: K+ - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 812 - Published: 9-25-09 - Complete
39. Empty reviews
You're a magician of sorts." - A poem exploring the usage of light. One-shot.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 321 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-10-09 - Complete
40. The Student
Abby has a secret that she's managed to keep from her husband, Wilson, for quite some time. Jila had the same one, and Benjamin was lucky that Jila was alive. Can Benjamin help Abby before it's too late?
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,905 - Published: 8-5-09 - Complete
41. No, I Don't Think I Will reviews
Chelsea has duct-taped Evan into a box. It's not criminal; in fact, she's saving all of womankind from the terrible date he is. One-shot.
Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 371 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-13-09 - Complete
42. White Houses reviews
Based on Vanessa Carlton's song, "White Houses" all rights reserved to her . Arden and Karter meet in the dormitories. Two seperate people with two seperate pasts find a way to make a new relationship work.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,174 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-18-09