Linus Baker is a quiet, orderly man in his forties. He has no friends, unless you count the standoffish cat who decided to move into his small home some years ago. He spends his evenings sitting quietly while listening to his classic records, and he is content with his life.
Barefoot, wild, and strange. The people of Barkley Cove keep their distance from the “Marsh Girl”. She’s dirty and unsocialized. Not fit for their decent little town. So it stands to follow that when Chase Andrews, the local golden boy, is found dead on the edges of the marsh, the Marsh Girl is an obvious suspect.
As a child Tara Westover had never set foot in a classroom. She’d never tried Tylenol and ‘Holocaust’ was a strange and meaningless word. Born deep in the mountains of Idaho to survivalist parents, she was taught to prepare for the end of a world that she did not know.
Evelyn Hugo hasn’t stepped into the limelight for decades. Now the aging starlet, who was at the height of her power and influence during Hollywood’s Golden Age, is finally ready to tell the scandalous truth that was lurking behind the makeup and the cameras
Drawing on courage that was born out of desperation, Samra begins her exploration of faith, love, family vs found family, and queer sexuality. Impossible to imagine when she was younger, her search takes her across the globe, introducing her to people from all walks of life. But more importantly, she discovers a scattered community of queer Muslims and finds a way to prove to them and the world that they are not alone, and they have always been there.
Growing up sheltered and stifled, it was beyond Poppy’s wildest dreams that she could possibly experience a love like the one she shares with Prince Casteel. But before they can truly enjoy their happily ever after, they first have to answer the question of what each of their brothers have become. And they have to deal with the threat from the Queen of Solis.
This is Ove. He is the definition of a crotchety old man who likes to yell at kids from his front porch to get off his $%*#@ lawn!
Poppy has had everything of value stripped away. The truth of the world she’s always believed in, the Queen who cared for her, her trust in the man she was falling for, and the veil that shielded her.
Poppy’s destiny has been determined from her birth. She is the Maiden and the hope of her people’s future. That is, if she can make it to her Ascension and still be deemed worthy by the gods.
- 11 min
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1 year
- 1,649 word
Tagged abuse,acceptance,children,Fantasy,found family