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The day Andrew's best friend tells him there's a no-fly zone near their homes changes everything. One minute they're talking conspiracy theories, the next they're hiking into a restricted zone to uncover what they suspect is another Area 51.The armed soldiers patrolling the electric fence around the area are the big clue that they should go home, but this could be their last chance for a little end-of-summer adventure. When the teens witness another hiker murdered, they need to rethink their commitment to unraveling the mystery.Is losing their lives really worth finding out what's being hidden in the New Mexico desert?====== TRIGGER WARNINGSome gun violence and war scenes. One mild sex scene that fades to black.=======================This might be the first book you've read or the thousandth, but did you know voting for chapters helps others find this story? It does! =======================Selected as a Wattpad Hidden Gem in 2020 and for BRIGHT YOUNG MINDS in Wattpad @Mystery (2019)Find more selections in the Wattpad @Mystery BRIGHT YOUNG MINDS category: https://my.w.tt/4tDR5FUVQYFor more WattpadExplorer's Hidden Gems visit: https://my.w.tt/tgFFncxSZ3Cover art by wombo art…

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Learn how to write flash fiction. It's not as hard as you think! This guide presents a simple set of exercises that will demonstrate just how easy writing a short story can be. If you do the exercises, you'll have a piece of flash fiction when you finish.Total lesson time: 30 minutes to an hourMary Robinette Kowal was a guest speaker on Brandon Sanderson's YouTube writers series. This tutorial extracts her instructions and information to act as a tutorial for learning to write flash fiction, or really, a story of any length. If you work through this tutorial and play along, I encourage you to visit the video on YouTube and catch all her details. It's a wonderful explainer and exercise bundled all into one.Cover art: "Space Collision" by chiaralily is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0…

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A man who's always seen the world through an artistic lens, where boat railings are covered in vermilion paint under cotton candy clouds, would like nothing more than to get validation from the son who's always thought his father was crazy. What if he isn't crazy at all? What if faeries are real? What if pixies did steal his shoes? Sometimes fathers and sons have lenses that will never be focused the same.Like most of my stories, this one has a surprise ending that makes people say, "Wait! What's next?! Give me more!" If you want more after you read it, you better tell me! :)**********This is a short story I wrote for a series of shorts I am putting together for a community education course that I hope to teach one day (maybe in retirement to keep me from going stir-crazy, though that's still quite a ways a way). I've receive so much good feedback, that I have decided to turn this short into a novel. I wrote 60+ words for in November of 2019 for NaNoWriMo and am hoping to be done writing and editing it mid-2020 so I can query it to agents.All Rights Reserved. This is a copyrighted work. Do not reproduce without my express written approval. If you want to share the story, please link to this Wattpad story or send people to my Smashwords page or Amazon to purchase it. (It's often free to download to your Kindle on Smashwords. If it's not free, ask me for a coupon!)…

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How do we end up in jobs we don't love? And once we realize we're there, how do we get ourselves back on track to go where we always wanted to be? Technology provides new platforms for connecting with people who can make our dreams come true. You never know who might be watching. This is a short story I wrote and submitted to a contest in a national legal journal. It is not FanFic. The contest requirements were that the story needed to be a representation of a young attorney's life and the way he or she used technology to do their job. I wrote the story before my father passed away just last year and I'm grateful that he was able to read it before passing because I used the information about his legal case and interviewed him for the details of the story.I work in IT at a law firm so I have a bird's eye view of attorneys and the technology they use. Between my father's information and this unique vantage point, I was able to write this short story. Please vote if you like it and give me feedback about character development or depth of story if you think of any. All feedback, good or bad, will help me become a better writer!Superman portion of the cover is credited to trrydmshrb on Pixabay.com…

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2019 C O N T E S T W I N N E R Wattpad @MysteyWelcome to the Eagle's Club, where an 80's band has the crowd rocking and the bartenders hopping, but not everything is as it seems.This story is for every person who's ever felt like prey. ==== Trigger Warning ====Undertones of rape.…

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My new neighbor is cute. Really cute. But I'm not living here in this beachside bungalow to flirt with all the gorgeous men on the beach. I'm on a mission. At least I think I'm on a mission.======This is a short story I wrote in three parts using writing sprints during Camp NaNo. I didn't do a lot of editing on it, so it's not perfect. I do my own cover design, so let me know what you think of the cover as it relates to the genre (romantic adventure) and story elements. The background image includes some Michigan beach-front cottages, which is what I was envisioning while I was writing the story. Not sure the girl with the jeans jacket works that great, but she is kind of how I pictured Tina so I went with it.Don't forget to vote if you enjoy the story! All feedback is welcome and appreciated. Thanks for reading!…

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This is where I repost contest entries or links to my entries if they have no other home, mostly so I can keep track of them. It's bound to be a hodge podge of snippets, short stories, and maybe even a bit of poetry (which is horrendously far outside of my comfort zone). Every bit of writing gets me closer to a masterpiece! And who knows what snippet might take off in my imagination and make a life of its own.…

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Setting up headers and footers in Microsoft Word can be challenging. This guide is for all those people who struggle with setting up their headers and footers when they are preparing their book for publication as paper copy. The instructions are written without screenshots. Let me know if that makes it too hard to understand. I may come back and add them in later.I may parle this into writing more about how to use Word, depending on the feedback.…