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g'night psycho, I thought to myself. There was a split second where I wondered who I was talking to, the invisible boy spooning me from behind...or me..the girl who somehow managed to summon him back from the darkest corners of dream world.

written 2007

FINISHED! I'm the loner with no backbone. He's the school's favourite god. He's at the top of the pyramid, while I'm not even part of the pyramid. Somebody tell me how this is going to work out.

Her boyfriend dumped her for a first class skank and she wants revenge. He's her ex's archenemy who wants a little revenge of his own. Pretending to date each other could be the perfect solution to both of their problems, right? Then again, maybe not.

All Seb wants it to spend his last year of college with his best friends, pass Bio 212, and avoid Juliet Banks at all costs. All Cadence wants is to finally snag the attention of a certain Ryan Hayes, but she knows she'll need a little help to do it. When a failed mid-term and some ancient history bring Seb and Cadence together, it naturally all goes downhill from there. REWRITE

Available on Less Than Three Press under the author name Celeste Spettro. My job at Melissa Anderten Gallery was hard enough without the input of the most annoying photographer on the planet. God, I hate that guy.

. "Hatred comes from the heart, contempt from the head, and neither feeling is quite within our control." Bullshit, she thinks. Then she meets Matthew Valentine.

It wasn't complicated, our arrangement. We had sex. Fantastic sex. But there I went, making things difficult, falling for the guy who stayed up with me long after his roommate had gone to sleep. Oneshot.

I needed a ride home and he was the only one who could understand my drunk text messages. But in that moment, I was too intoxicated to understand why, exactly, that was. Oneshot.

Life was complicated enough. Her job required a clearance, several passports, and lying to her boyfriend. When she gets mixed up with the CIA's fifth Most Wanted, she has to go undercover with her partner as his fiancée. It doesn't help that he's overprotective, that they have to sleep in the same bed, or that he manages to get into that little compartment behind her heart. [FIN]

She knows his type: criminal, cocky, and absolutely no good for her. Not to mention he's already escaped her once. With a second chance to take Raleigh Braxton down, FBI Agent Olivia Hunt attempts to look past his charms and finally - for justice and her sanity - beat him at his own game. Sequel to On the Run. NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.

Sweet, geeky boy next door Chris was Meredith's favorite babysitter when she was little. Almost a decade later, their paths cross again... and Chris is now charming, wealthy, successful, and incredibly handsome. As they grow closer, Meredith finds their smoldering chemistry harder and harder to resist. Problem? She's 17. He's 26. Worse? He's getting married...

The first time I had kicked in the womb it had been when Max, a baby himself, had placed his hand against my mother's stomach. It had been the first, but certainly not the last, time I'd kicked him, and now suddenly he wasn't interested in a fight? Weird. **Removed and now available on Amazon and Smashwords!**

It's like we're more than just friends but still less than lovers, you're oh so tough, but I want to be your first weakness. Here we go again with the mixed signals and second thoughts.

I thought I liked Jeremy Rhider. And then he kissed me, shoved a briefcase in my hands, and jumped out my second story window. Now I'm under the watch of Agent Ryan Sumner, FBI. And he's about as thrilled with our arrangement as yours truly. Complete. NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.

Determined to put the fear of God into the racist homophobe who messed up her best friend, mild-mannered Jane Hazelton resorts to hiring a thug to do the job. Trouble is, said thug isn’t interested in money, he’s interested in her. **COMPLETED**

I wanted him. And everyone wanted her. So I crafted the perfect plan: Break them up with a little help from a guy who played girls like it was going out of style. REMOVED.

The moment Honey Smith sets foot in South Merritt Academy, she unknowingly becomes the target of an unspoken challenge, setting into motion a self-fulfilling prophecy that will forever change the lives of South Merritt’s Elite Five.

An international project - the truth about what happens to everyday teenagers. It's raw, it's real, it's life. Sort of like a universal pillowbook. Try it out?

Yeah, I'm not good at titles. Read for your selves : scifi/romance

Seb was mortal, married in the human world. My boyfriend ran away with a pink eyed loon. And then he came into town, Lucian Boom. He fell from the sky, cursing my name and calling me a red haired midget spy. I hated him and was positive he hated me too.

Of course the guy I thought I had gotten rid of on multiple occasions would pop back into my life. I should have known he would show up again at some point or another, but I never expected him to be a model. Last time I checked, he graduated with a degree in engineering. Written for ADoR's Star-Cross'd

They used to be best friends until her betrayal tore them apart. Three years later, he's back, only to discover she's become everything they used to hate. But that's not the only thing that's changed over three years... HIATUS

I had best friend Reece, semi-jackass Liam, sweet Landon, equally sweet Kara, and high on life Max. I’d be with Landon, who I’m not even sure I like. And help Reece get his girl, who he keeps anonymous. Not like best friends ever fall in love or anything.

Leah and Lana have been friends for years... but sometimes friendship hides deeper feelings, feelings that can rip a person apart. Warning for F/F

She wants it all. But she knows it won't last.

What happens after the world ends? "It's you and me. Just you and me." His hands framed her face, holding onto her, and she nodded. "Just you and me," she whispered and she was so relieved that out of everyone left in the world, he was hers.

SLASH. Elliot's pretty sure his temperamental flat mate, Quinn, has a problem with him. But since he likes to call himself a pacifist, he'd rather watch MythBusters than find out why.

Katie and Jessica have been friends forever. But then the party happened. -I wrote this in the spring of 2010 for a creative writing class- One shot.

Oneshot. 'I grinned, liking this stranger with his warm brown eyes and cup that announced he was a 12 year old girl.' Turns out cupboards under the stairs aren't just for wizards.

He lifted his hand, my bra dangling off of his index finger.OPEN ME...one word on each cup. His smirk grew as he said, "I don't mind obeying orders."

It'd be fair to say Madison McHale has a little trouble controlling her temper. It'd be fair to say Caine Jeffries is a little bit of a player. Insert a bet, an ultimatum, dysfunctional families, meddlesome friends... and you've got yourself a love story.

- "This one’s for you, Siân." Everyone seems to have the same opinion of Siân and she's tired of it. She wants an actual boyfriend who's not like the others. Unfortunately fate has other ideas. COMPLETE

their lives are violent in their beauty.

I was a Muslim guy with a temper and she was the olives on my pizza...what was the point in eating pizza if it didn't have olives on it? **One-shot**

REWRITE again. Alexander Little is a loser, and he knows it. He panics in social situations, and his best friend is his cat. A cute girl who bakes cakes and a rainbow-haired boy with OCD will change this...if Zander doesn't manage to kill himself first.

from the girl with dreamer's eyes.

She's the sarcastic bitchy girl. He's the panty-dropping manwhore. The only rule of the game: Don't fall in love. Who ever falls first, loses. COMPLETE. REMOVED.

April used to be a boy; Ehren used to be a soldier. It is because of this, and because it is the last quarter of the twentieth century, that they driving 80 miles per hour down the highway in a Pontiac Sunbird the color of ripe tomatoes. Slash.

Mikey was in love and it killed him-a big bang and my best friend was blood and memories. Now, the new girl is flashing her star-spangled knickers at me as I look down the barrel of a fairy's gun. I guess the only thing to do is enjoy the ride - REMOVED

They meet for the first time when he falls from the skies and lands in her backyard.

- "I’m happy with the girlfriend I’ve got, thank you very much." Meet Nerys Powell. Never had a boyfriend, never been kissed, never been at the center of attention before in her whole entire life. And then she meets Billie Winters. COMPLETE

..."Does that kiss have anything to do with why we're on a train to New York in the middle of the night?"

As a romantic comedy fanatic, I vowed to become THAT girl. My own love life may be a sham but what better place to play high school matchmaker than from the top? Hello, my name is Queen Bitch.

Slash// Teagan is a punk content to fall in love, be ridiculous, and change the world. Winter just wants to escape the Eastern Seaboard, but he wouldn't mind coming along for the ride.

She wanted the fairy tale. She wanted the chick flick. She wanted the soaring music, the dozen roses, the Princess Bride kiss-to-end-all-kisses. She wanted the cliché. It’s a pity she was so busy up in the clouds that she didn’t recognize it when it came.

Life’s hard when you’re stuck in the future fighting a war you don’t understand on a planet that’s falling apart. It’s even worse when the most wanted assassin in the world can’t keep his damn hands, or lips, off you. [ m/m slash ]

In a world where everyone had looks, brains and eternal youth, who do you turn to when you're an outsider, flawed, an imperfect human hunted ruthlessly like a cockroach running out of places to hide? How about the 21st century?

*2011 SKOW nominee* Tesla is a drifter on post-virus Earth, doing his best to stay alive. When he meets two heathen traders, he follows them in hopes of a better life. He expected many things, but not that they'd make him prisoner for his genes.

He was the guy no one could really label. She was just another prep. And they weren't even obsessed with each other. Yet.

darling, we are all adrenaline and paper cuts and raw electricity shudder-craving solar eclipses. stand here on the precipice of insanity and fall with me.

Take a girl who cheats, a guy she can't stand, and her gay, sometimes crossdressing ex. Throw in a pissed off football player, one doozy of a bet, and more money than should be handled by people like this. Mix well. Chaos, anyone?

So was it a really big deal that I was getting paid for sex? It was a huge misunderstanding. And so what if that letter finally arrived which made my stomach roll. I would have handled it. It's his fault he made my life even more complicated.

I said hi. He said he'd eat my eyeballs. I said to put his goggles on. He said he raped my cat. I said he's a cannibal Saiyan. He said he's a colorblind vampire. The psychic said we'd be gushing over each other by next year. Someone's lying.

Sequelish to FrankInLove: Greg, Dracula's dark, menacing, socially retarded eldest son, finally finds romance. That is, after he gets over his intimacy issues, adopts a dragon, and helps save a monster orphanage. MM, WIP, other acronyms.

Sheltered by her family's wealth, Mia McKinley was happy. But when she discovers her grandmother might still be alive, her cocooned life is shattered. Now, with the help of two boys, she must find out what she really wants. //REMOVED//

transgender childhood has never been the happiest story

Drag. That's what happens when you combine one intriguing older girl, a couple games of pool, and a series of poorly advised bets. Some things have to be learned the hard way; for Greg Harris, that seems to be the only way.

She thinks she lost her cell phone, everyone else thinks she lost her virginity, and the guy thought to be responsible for her 'deflowering' has no problem adding fuel to the fire.

SLASH / The other kind of band slash. One number carved into an Old Navy bathroom stall, one miserable summer at band camp, and two boys to string it all together. Mix and allow mayhem to ensue.

There was no one in the world that Keri DeGiovanni hated more than Alexander Vidal. Which was why when she found a shirtless Alex with his arms around her bare body and no recollection of the night before, she was a bit surprised.

COMPLETE! His name was Patrick Fitzpatrick, but he pulverized anyone who dared to call him that. He was an enigma, a mystery. Nobody knew anything completely true about him other than that he hated his name. But hey, I’d always liked solving mysteries.

-FLASH FICTION- You were an ugly baby. I want you to know that.

It is said that if you put your name in locker 420, the Matchmaker will find you your perfect match. So what happens when the arrogant spoiled brat is captivated and the matchmaker meets her match?

(One-Shot) 12:05pm. Target caught masturbating in bathroom stall. 007 status: in adjacent stall, hyperventilating.

Sure, the experiment was a weird idea - reading people by comparing them to junk food. I mean, there was nothing better to do at Fresh Mart. But now my cute co-worker thinks I'm crazy and wants me to conduct the experiment on him. Uh oh. ONE-SHOT.

Brody's not gay. But then he kisses a boy. So he might be gay? No, Brody's not gay. But he loves this boy. So after much delaying, debating, and waiting, the answer comes clear...nothing is ever perfectly straight. It's slash.

A darkly satirical look at a future society where unhappiness is a crime. Co-written by Alex Moore and Erik Olsen. Complete

“There's a difference,” he said, faded strings of smoke blurring between his lips, “between existence and actually living.”

Some thoughts on description in fiction and how to handle it.

*COMPLETE* Burroughs said it best, “Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.” This is how Callum led his life until he met Marina. Maybe pleasure can be something more than relief.

Want to make your writing sound more professional? View the nitpicks within--and learn to avoid them!

I start off with a simple short story. I then proceed to tell it in as many different ways as possible. Newly added: 20 Years Old and First Person perspective.

Adam's got the Spidey Sense but he'd rather be The Invisible Man. Your regular Marvel Action Hero minus lycra and enthusiasm for saving the world, he'd rather just ignore it and his dormant to extinct love life. Going nuts is more of a problem. MxM. slash

I was going to be the 40-year-old virgin living with 20 cats, and I was happy with that plan. Well, okay, not really. But I would've, had he not stepped onto the bus that morning and asked if i'd miss him. God, the nerve of him. Fluff fluff fluff!

Hello. My name is Rosie. I'm a boring, dead inside emotional wreck, living in a boring village filled with lunatics. The only colourful things in my life are the boy I don't know and the soundtrack I stole. Life is good. Complete! - REMOVED

Blair and Matt haven't got along since her brother befriended him. Now it's six years on and Blair is refusing to do any of her schoolwork. When Matt's hired to tutor her, secrets Blair never wanted anyone to know start emerging, but will anything change?

Things aren't always what they seem...

[COMPLETE] She liked rock music. He preferred classical. She said what she thought. He thought before he said. She was from the 21st Century. He was from the 19th. There were more than walls keeping them apart.

nonfiction pulp fiction for the broken record cocaine boy i don't know anymore

Complete! Between the three of us, we were probably connected to everyone in our year group and helped people meet the men or women of their dreams. But then one dream turned into a nightmare when I realised I'd fallen in love with the target…

.FIN. I was starting to think he was my bad luck charm. After all, it was no coincidence that I embarrassed myself every time I saw him. Just throw in bookstores, sisters, best friends, blind dates, and dentists, and you’ve got my newly complicated life.

You're always doing stupid things when you're around her, but you just can't get her out of your head.

MM Original slash. Jamie's got a theory about how life and the universe seem to work, and Alex just fits right in. Complete.

She grew up in the Darling Estate alongside the flawless Darling twins. After six years of separation, they are back in her life as sexy, organic, pure alphamales. Hell runs loose, but as they say, can't live with them, can't live without them.

[Slash] Liam mostly keeps to himself and spends his time painting, until one day a neighbor shows up with his mail. After that, it's only a matter of time until Liam finally gets the hang of actually having a life. OneShot.

A modern day romance between monsters. Well, sort of. Slash, MM.

Slash. A sheltered young prince makes a friend late one night that will change his world forever, though he will encounter considerable odds before he can truly be happy.

Complete. It's not that I was a bad person. Actually, I was quite a good person. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Not my fault. And then he walked in. Oh, sweet irony.

Luke Casten thinks the library is just a quiet place to get his summer homework done and escape his loud little cousins until he meets Alexander, a cute volunteer who soon becomes Luke's friend and obsession. [slash] [complete!]

Is love a tender thing? Two ex-bestfriends spend 5 years of High School hating each other. Now at the end, a sudden unexpected road trip forces them to rethink everything they thought they knew and felt about each other.

A series of letters i will never send, directed to a different you each time. I am coming into this idea of being transgendered, this is about that.

COMPLETE WITH EPILOGUE Amazing what occurs when witty bad boy Donovan makes a bet to seduce sarcastic good girl Piper. Follow the story of their intertwined existence through high school as lessons are learned and relationships forged. EDIT IN PROCESS

Does it make you happy, doing what you do? Does it satisfy you to eat your fellow man, to devour and mutilate their bodies and shame their very souls? Absolutely not for the squeamish or faint of heart.

[Slash, completed, under revision] Two boys. The first, Max Kennedy: Soccer forward and elite college socialite. The second, Eddie Calhoun: Band nerd. It will be a battle of the wills and the pills, and it will change their lives forever. Look out!

I'll chase and stalk him until he is mine. I'm pretty determined. Unfortunately his best friend thinks my existence is pointless and I'm unworthy. And, well, he's pretty damn determined too. / Left up just for comparison with my writing then and now.

a theory of mine.

He’s perceived as a spoiled rich kid that always gets what he wants. She’s seen as a cynical loner with an anger issue. But neither are truly what they seem what happens when they begin to notice this? What happens when he “buys” her for a week?

Slash Clyde doesn't discriminate; he hates everyone equally.

she & he, they & them, no one understands like pain does. like the way a touch of lips can leave her afraid and leave him happy.

My life was mindnumbingly dull, but I was fine with being the invisible Ginger Ale Girl. Whoever said friends were good for the soul did not know the boy with blue hair.

Jenna has an eating disorder, but she doesn't call it that. She also keeps a diary, but she doesn't call it that either. What happens when her diary is stolen and the worst person in the world reads it?

Zack is arrogant, mysterious, and he loves to irritate her. With him, there are always things left unsaid and under the surface. Yet when he leaves unexpectedly, Zack leaves a hole in her heart that she didn't know was supposed to be there. [Complete]

[Complete] You've got a wonderful plot, and well developed, intriguing characters, but you're still striving to make your work better. Perhaps this can help!

Nicole was sure that her best friend Jack was real. No one could see him, but she knew it in her heart. On the day of her graduation, he disappears. Years later, he returns, only his name isn't Jack and people can see him...

After a drunken night, Lira wakes up next to Jude, a childhood nemesis. It gets worse when they find that they’re married. But when an opportunity too good to pass up presents itself, what will happen when they stay married?

Rated for language and talk about transgenderism. A series of short prose pieces about the life and love of a transgendered boy, and how he loves, loses, serves, and lives.

Slash. An English assignment becomes much stranger as five teenagers find themselves at the centre of the murder story they chose to review. Trying to stop the killer, they find things aren't so black and white. COMPLETE!

A transgender muses about love and relationships and why they can’t just be a butch lesbian. Gender-sensitive issues. Please read and review.