Gabriel is a 500-year-old vampire on the run from his former coven. Jessica is the human woman who gets caught up in the middle. She's also the one who brings warmth to his lonely world. Rated MA for strong language/violence, adult/sexual themes/content

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.

For who could ever love a beast?

Rules to Kill By

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.

For Gemma, the hardest part about traveling across southern Africa looking for an infamous criminal wasn't the constant danger, the long days, or even working undercover. It was pretending not to have feelings for her partner, who was not only endearingly complicated and frustrating, but also her new pretend husband. [SEQUEL TO VERTIGO] [COMPLETE]

SEQUEL TO OUAN. The sale and production of the BlissMaxx pill has spread worldwide. The famine in Chimera, city of Nightmares, has escalated to desperation. The newly crowned king will do whatever it takes to save the Nightmares, and that includes finding a way into the mortal world—a breach never before attempted and potentially disastrous.

He was her rival, on and off the court. He can get any girl he wants, and she doesn't know how to lose. In a battle of basketball and the heart, Taylor Hampton won't let James Stirling win. Dallington High School never saw this coming.

He stared down at me, eyes dark and unrelenting. "Do you want Malcolm?" Stupid question. But I nodded anyway. "Then kiss me." Talk about getting caught between a rock and a hard place. *SKoW Winner*

The seemingly unrequited crush on your best friend, the perfect romantic cliche, and you know those always work out. However, when an evil older brother, mind games, and dirty little secrets are thrown into the mix, maybe this cliche isn't that perfect...

When he takes his first step away from me, my heart clenches from pain and fear. I can't lose him, too. "Aidan, please don't walk away from me." And he doesn't. He runs. [ONESHOT] [Winner of ADoR Star-Cross'd Round 9, prompt running]

He was dark, handsome and killed anyone who looked at her. Amelia Spitz's heart never stood a chance.

Complete After a rather hideous break up with her boyfriend due to her inability to 'put out', Talia bullies her brother's best friend into teaching her the complexities of a 'full' relationship. Turns out uni courses have nothing on life lessons! **Removed and now available on Amazon and Smashwords!**

It's not easy to pretend you're in love for the sake of teenagers and housewives across the country but top footballer Lucas Goodspeed and shy, romantic Isobel Saunders soon discover that convincing themselves that they're not in love might be even harder. **Removed and now available on Amazon and Smashwords!**

Nightmares and Dreams are actual creatures who invade human minds as embodied fears and joys. Violet doesn't use the new BlissMax pill designed to give good dreams (or any modern niceties, thanks Dad), and one night, a Nightmare—the fear of hell—enters her enticingly un-medicated mind and gets trapped.

He was quiet, brooding and closed off. He sat next to me every class, even following me when I changed seats. He never talked, never looked my way and if it weren’t for that damn Morrissey shirt, I’d have kicked his stalking ass. ONESHOT.

She fell in love with him the minute she saw him. No. That wasn't true. She hated him the instant he opened his mouth. That, at least, might have been a little more accurate. For the most part, anyway...*Judge's Pick Best Drama, SKoW Round 12

Because he'd never settle for just slaughtering lambs.

It was a myth that a leprechaun leaves a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. My granddad left a message for me to find this pot of gold, so I went to unearth the damn money and instead found the greatest gift God has ever made: a naked Irish man in a pond. And baby, he was definitely at the end of the rainbow. One-shot.

Hannah Ayers and Jake Allen had hated each other for longer than they could remember. But when a car accident leaves Hannah with amnesia, she can’t remember him at all. Jake could use this to a nefarious advantage…or enjoy a clean slate. Tough choice.

What not to do when trying to show you can be independent: 1. Go to a party with the girl who wants to stomp your best friend. 2. Accept Jello from said girl 3. Kiss the cutie with the anger issues and no concept of personal space. It will not end well.

"I think if you decided that we should end this and you started dating someone else you would be ripping out my heart." So Romantic. Rated M for some language and scenes of a sexual nature.

She's just the sweet girl who sells cupcakes. He's just the charming guy who buys them. She has a crush. He has something up his sleeve. Pure, unadulterated, happy, non-dramatic fluff. rated M for some language and some, yknow. Some eventual schmex.

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.

Historical: To get back at the man who insulted and refused her, Marianne Holton kidnaps him and forces him to marry her before she's sold off to someone much more cruel. To her delight the plan works, but to her horror she married the wrong man.

'Dear Pip, Firstly, don't freak out. I know you've just tipped four dolls' heads out onto your bed and they're probably giving you the major creeps. Bear with me, there's a point to this.' One shot, ADoR prompt.

She wonders about a world without colour. He wonders if he is still dreaming. In hindsight, some things just don't compare. ONESHOT.

-which is where my hand is at the moment. That is, if the Cookie Jar is the school's notorious bad boy's back pocket with the whole school watching on. "What do you think you're doing?" "Er..." oneshot

Jesse Tybalt is strange. He's mysterious. He's compelling. He's alluring. He's gorgeous. He's deadly. He isn't human...and his prey is Elizabeth Hailie. Unfortunately for him, his plans are disrupted when he falls madly in love with her. -COMPLETE-

Caecilia is a maidservant to Marciana as the two must head to Britannia for Marciana's wedding. Along the way the two are kidnapped and thrown into the Celtic world. How will the two Romans ever survive surrounded by Celts?

The idea was to catch Pierce's attention. I was nearly naked beneath my coat and ready to flash him. Oh, God, was I crazy? /Two-Part Fic! Complete/

One-shot. "What's wrong?" Before I knew it, he had placed himself squarely in my path. And – dare I say it – he actually sounded a little angry and hurt. "Why are you not stalking me anymore?"

“Why didn’t you tell me?”I asked him tenatively. “You’re beautiful,” he murmured hazily, “when you’re angry.” Expeditiously, I blushed. And cursed the fates that had given me a best friend who still flirted even while he was drowning in pain. Ch. 16 is up

ONE-SHOT. It was on that day that I began my downward spiral of meaningless sex, alcoholism, violence, and… okay, not really. But it felt close to something like that.

Hi, my name is Kelsey Sanders and I'm too nice to be mean even when I think he deserves it. Even when I'm sure he broke my sister's heart. So why give him mine to do it all over again? Big mistake, Andrew Wiser told me so and he's always right. Complete!

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

Summer buys a lot of Kleenex and lets her sleep in her bed and Zach emails her about how sexually frustrated this is making him. Because apparently a boy and a girl can't be friends. First in a series of one-shots about The Champagne Gang. Various OCs.

Six different students, six different perspectives. One weekend.

ONE SHOT. “Jealous?” He knew the damn answer to that. She grabbed him into place so that no space existed between them. He knew he wished it were like this forever. “You wish.” Cute how they try to run when all they need is each other.

Leah Townsend is on the run.And in serious danger.Desperate,she finds herself in the hands of a spy who is as dangerous as they come.Has she jumped from the frying pan into the fire?R&R!Thanx PLS READ MY UPDATE ON CHAP 30 IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS STORY.

“Are you decent Monsieur?” I rap my hand on the door and once again, receive no answer. I sigh inwardly; I’ve managed to fit right in with my host family, all except one. One that happens to lie on the other side of this door.

SKoW Nominee, Round 9. I see him every Thursday morning on the train with a clouded look in his eyes and all I want to do is make it go away. one-shot

So this preppy girl’s desperately in love with the bad boy who’s totally crushing on his best friend who is actually in love with her brother’s athletic best friend who is lusting after his nerdy tutor but really, I just want to graduate. Skow Challenge.

Oneshot. I give every guy a chance but I knew in the first five minutes that I would never date Owen. I was set to make a clean get-away, he didn't even have my number. Of course, things change when you rear-end his car.

Amelia West has a secret: she can read minds. It's an ability that brings her into contact with a multi-pierced, tattooed boy named Mitch Cooper. // One Shot //

Taylor, who works at a greeting card store, wants nothing more than to be given a Valentine of her own. But what happens when she has to sell one to the boy she secretly likes?

As long as I'm here, you will never have to mow again." Samantha is a secret romantic who despises mowing. When a stranger offers to mow her lawn, she never suspects that her love story is about to be written. But not all love stories have happy endings.

Ace Reporter Lucy has to get to the bottom of the story...about the roses in her locker.

I see his eyes open. "Hey, Noel," he says, his voice languid. I wonder if he thinks it's creepy that I'm watching him sleep."Hey, you," I say. He lifts an arm and puts it around my waist pulling me down on top of him. And I STILL don't know his name.

Sitting on a plane with nothing to do but to stare at a small fixed TV at the wall and baby sit a boy your age isn’t really my cup of tea." and so, Lissie says. Full story inside. LOL. I'm not good with summaries.

“Is this where I try to make you laugh?” he murmured against my hair a few moments later. I allowed a happy little grin to steal across my face. This was kind of nice. Cozy even. I wiggled my toes contentedly inside my mismatched polka-dot socks. One-shot

REMOVED. There are loads of things out there I'm not exactly fond of. For example: string beans, getting up early, doing homework, and Ryan Bradley. He was number one on my list. And he was trouble.

She's a bleeding heart liberal. He's a jaded Marine. She's the best friend. He's the older brother. She's middle class. He's loaded. And they're sharing the same address. Painfully cliché? You have no idea. SKoW Winner and Runner-up, Round 8.

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 widen my eyes and hold my arms up, as she squeals and giggles at the same time, crashing into my chest and bringing me to the grass, winding me. My chest is on fire, both with pain and of that awful fluttering.

He's pure gold and I'm not even breaching on copper.

“You're spying on me.” He says, once more with that flat, no-nonsense tone. I blink up at him and go to laugh off the accusation when he holds up a hand. “You were, behind that tree right there. Why?” for the RIDICULOUSLY HAPPY ONESHOTS CONTEST

FOR RIDICULOUSLY HAPPY ONESHOTS CONTEST! I've been in love with my best friend for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, we're thirty-two and he still hasn't figured it out.

One plus one equals two. Yellow plus blue equals green. Two crazy in love best friends equals the cutest couple ever. But one surly Mr. I-don't-believe-in-happy-endings, plus one slightly insane Little Miss Matchmaker? Not even Newton can find an answer.

All I wanted was one last peaceful summer before I finished college. Needless to say, I hadn't expected my brother's best friend to climb through my window every night...or that it'd be so hard to turn him away. Judge's Pick for SKOW's Best Cliche Round 7

When this boy had found me shackled to his tree in his underwear, my head pointed upwards as I yelled profanities at the top of my lungs, he had kindly untied me, and, after a brief explanation as to who I was, led me inside. -Plushie's writing contest

“Whose jeans are those?” Lillie questioned and I shrugged sheepishly. “Oh my god, don’t tell me those are Grants’… Those are, aren’t they?” I nodded and she shook her head. “Why the hell do you have your ex-boyfriends jeans?” One-shot.

Oneshot. Belle's surefire ways to get a guy: 1, Write his name on your hand. 2, Lure him in with jelly beans. If it works for kids, it works for men. And 3, recite your many witty food analogies. He won't be able to resist.

“What the hell did I steal of yours now?” I demand, annoyed to no end, but my breath catches when he fully sprawls himself over me, pinning me down and taking my head in his hands. “My heart,” he whispers and then his lips are on mine.

ONE-SHOT! "Hi," I mumbled, "are those contacts?" He laughed. "No, that's my real eye colour. I'm Kieran Westwood." I shook his offered hand, saying "I'm Vanessa Cerille, soon-to-be Vanessa Westwood." Yeah, I don't know where that came from either.

He’s totally in love with her and is deluded that some day and some day soon my mum’s going to leave my dad for him. But what I'm wrong...what if he isn't coming over for my mum, what if he's really coming over for me under false pretenses?

*One-shot* "Return me my ribbon, poopy-face!" "Not till the day we get MARRIEDDD..." He jeered, poking his tongue out. She knew all too well what that meant. She was never going to see that ribbon again... Or was she?

The Devil grinned wickedly and stared down at her broken body. Her mangled wings spread out painfully and her bruises ached. The last Angel was dying and The Devil stood and watched. Oneshot

ONEshot. - She is the type of person who likes hugs and kisses. Cuddles and touches. But he isn't. And sadly, she doesn't know.

June was fine with her rather dull life. The last thing she needed was a cursed bracelet, a demon chasing her, and a surly vampire who makes her toes curl. Although she's changing her mind on that last one...

Ingredients for making a best friend's wedding day complete: two shots of vodka, one lost ring, and some very mean gunmen. Wait...what? After the gunshot went off, all I remember is feeling the blood on my head. And that's when this crazy mess started...

If you want to be more specific, the writing on the desk is what really changed my life. Scribbled across the surface of that life-changing desk in the back of that history classroom was a three month conversation with a boy I’d never even met.

Cursed by a former lover to spend his nights as a Vampire, Kyle McKane must find the woman who cursed him to get the cure. His search leads him to a city that can't be found on any map, and a clumsy witch who can cure him every night with a kiss.

So that’s how it happened. I lost the bet, and now he had to know. The guy I had never ever talked to a day in my life had to find out that I liked him. This was bound to be awkward.

ONE SHOT So you find a phone, and you take it, because… it’s a free phone, why wouldn’t you? And it’s pretty sweet until the angry owner starts calling you every chance he gets.

I never, in a million years, would have guessed that Hunter Ashen was interested in playing drums for our band. The guy wasn’t mean, necessarily. But the quiet, rocker type boy had everyone in our school intimidated.

It wasn’t my fault he wanted to teach me how to drive...and failed, miserably. I mistook the accelerator for the breaks, my bad?

For some people, the only way to show someone you love them, is to hurt them. Oneshot.

Oneshot "Of course I'm crying," I said frankly, "I've been crying for months. In fact I've pretty much been crying ever since my boyfriend said 'oh and this is my brother Mac' and I thought I was having a heart attack."

Throughout their lives, Aubrianne and Brent have been stereotyped as the naive cheerleader and the quiet rebel. Yet, they have been inseparable since kindergarten. Now that they're beginning their adult lives, unexpected changes enter their friendship.

ONE SHOT. She said, “Silly, you’re my guardian angel…” and he said, “Yeah, I guess I am. I promise I won’t let you down.” He didn't.

[COMPLETE] For Christmas, all I wanted was that special someone. Then, 12 days before the holiday, I found him sitting alone at the coffee shop. It was true love from the moment he spilled my coffee. Absolute fluffiness, Christmas fic.

Two people, two bodies, two wills. One desire, one duel, one winner. ONESHOT

Anna Mitchell has always been obsessed. She has loved goths since the time she first met one. But her obsession has taken a new twist, in the form of a certain blue-haired goth boy. Just how far will she go to get his attention?

:: Completed:: Aelyn has been trained as a soldier her whole life, but when she is captured by the enemy army, survival takes a whole new twist

Nine years ago Holden broke Randy's heart. Reunited with the guy who made her a relationship cynic, Randy realises how twisted love really is. Will she make the same mistake twice?

COMPLETE On graduation night, Carson Morgan gets drunk . . . and wakes up the next morning strapped to Sahara O'Brian's back on a motorcycle in the middle of the desert. Not that she's terribly pleased about that...