The Serpent Shares Color: Knowledge, Love, And Peace. Tales of the past, the present, and the future. The stories of teachers and students.The stories of demons teaching good and evil.The stories of Lucifer, Lilith, Lilim, Psyche, and Eros.The stories of the seven deadly sins and the seven heavenly virtues. The stories of the divine and spirit.The stories of Judgment Day and Heaven on Earth.…
Amelia Penney is an 18-year-old gambler on a luck streak; she enjoys and partakes in the "Vegas Night" on the 7th day of every week. She often deals with toxic drama at home, so she had to find a hobby. Amelia only ever teases a guy if he try's to flirt with her. She's never had a boyfriend and she's never been in love. Amelia doesn't feel threatened by any boy, any man, until she meets Parrish Livingston. Parrish is the new handyman at the diner where she works. He grabs her attention unlike any other guy she's met, which scares her. She quickly realizes she can't hold back, or tease him off. He makes her feel curious and she can't hide away from her feelings for him forever.On top of it, he's a beautiful man that is good with words. How could she resist?Parrish Livingston is a singer, song writer, and guitarist who has moved to Vegas from Pennsylvania. He was a womanizer in high school through college, which is what got him kicked out of college. His father told him to move to Vegas, work at the diner, and grow up. Parrish is talented, but he's been taking a break from his talent since college. He's never been in love but he sure has slept around. He knew Amelia was different. Parrish couldn't stop thinking about Amelia since that first conversation they had in the quiet room, in the back of the diner. That feeling was so foreign to him, but at the same time he was fascinated by how she made him feel. Will Parrish and Amelia find love for the first time together? Through all the adventures they go through, together or separate, they have to figure out how to let go of fear. What all really happens at the Underdog's Underground, the most lively place to gamble in Vegas? Will Lauren, Amelia's mother, resurface?…
-1997- Willow Monroe and Kennedy Danes have been best friends since drawings were assignments in school. They've been joined at the hip for years. They love riding bikes together, smiling for real, and laughing, even at the wrong times. Once their senior year of high school comes around, Kennedy becomes terminally ill. Though he has plans that don't involve sadness, he still needs to find a way to tell Willow he only has six more months to live. Willow and Kennedy can never say the word 'goodbye'. They have this agreement to say Hello up until their last time spent together. The sixteenth of August in the year of 1997 is when Willow and Kennedy say Hello for the last time. -2006- Nine years later finds Willow in the smallest hospital of Chicago, working as a registered nurse. There she meets Wyatt Blanquette, a curmudgeonly patient with untapped wisdom and heart, beneath a stony exterior. When they agree to be nice to each other instead of abundantly rude, Wyatt eventually shows the fact that he sees a light in Willow that cannot burn out. Everything changes once Wyatt reveals to Willow his heart-wrenching secret. Willow's thoughts bicker and she has to determine whether she should suppress the feelings she's afraid of reliving, or to let them be seen - with her heart wide open.#10 in General Fiction | hit the featured list…
*Ongoing--on hold for now as I am currently writing a different book (March 2024)*ONLY AVAILABLE TO READ ON WATTPADNorman Ackerman is a "writer" who doesn't write. He's obtuse and stuck in his ways, all the while being a total sleaze. Periodically, he investigates compelling and sometimes notorious situations. He stalks people's lives and invades their privacy. What he gathers is what he hands over to his ghostwriter. He's not afraid to get his hands filthy, so picking faults with another's fate is his frequent chore. Even if he has to shadow numerous people for weeks on end, there is no stopping him until he finds his bestselling ending.Due to a financial deficit, Norman prompts to hit the streets for his next work of chaos. A dainty yet cryptic woman stands out in the masses, and it takes no time at all for Norman to fall behind her heels.Lux Beck, an independent artist, has been on the road for the entirety of her life. One could say she's lost, though she clearly enjoys the changes in her surroundings. She's a pure soul--sweet, courteous, and a friend to anyone in need. From afar, her kindness leaves Norman perplexed. He figured she'd be holding up her middle fingers and cursing the world, because how could any other person give their life to the road, the world? She wears freedom admirably.When an anguished driver puts Lux's life in danger, Norman breaks his single rule. He timidly steps out of the dark to save her. Without questioning his intentions, Lux welcomes him on the journey he had been documenting for his upcoming novel. She looks at Norman with wonderment in her eyes, slowly awakening his conscience. His love for her will defeat his weakness for fortune--or everything will fall apart as he watches her walk away for good.…
"Everything begins with a lining of some sort.You take your pencil, and you draw where your mind takes you - wherever it leads.You draw here, there, then a big circle around it.Or perhaps an oval. A square wouldn't do, as a square has corners. Life, and the events within it - they don't have genuine pauses. It's all a never ending story."…
Rebellion is a corrupted medicine that teens tend to feed themselves everyday-until the day they fall-then the day comes where they are connected with the right sides of their mind, and the right sides of reality-and that is the day they will fly levelly against the world they are living in-thanks to: Compromise.Fantasy #699--Don't forget to vote, comment, and FAN! (Voting competition starts August 17th)--Copyright © 2014, Cristy Marie Poplin ™ All Rights ReservedThe moral right of the author is asserted. This story has been published subject to the condition that it shall not be reproduced or re-transmitted, in whole or in part, in any manner, without the written consent of the copyright holder, and any infringement of this is a violation of copyright law.A single copy of the materials available in this story may be made, solely for personal, noncommercial use. Individuals must preserve any copyright or other notices contained in or associated with them. Users may not distribute said copies to others, whether or not in electronic form or hard copy, without prior written consent of the copyright holder of the materials. Contact information for requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials available through this course are listed below:[email protected]…