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He has a thing for girls wearing wooly sweaters. Illustrated.

A palace. A betrothal. A promise made in shadows that changes everything. When eight-year-old Sena meets ten-year-old Seon in a palace alcove, neither understands they've just sealed a fate more powerful than any arranged marriage. Six years later, when Sena is repositioned from one prince to another, she and Seon finally claim what was always meant to be theirs. But love in the Joseon palace is never simple. In building their life together, Sena discovers that true power comes not from control,

Black, beautiful, and deadly as a black mamba — Afro-Iranian princess Ma Mei-Lin was not meant to be taken. But they netted her like an animal and sold her across the Silk Road to the Emperor of China's Panther House. She challenged him to a duel the same week. He won. She kept her word. What neither of them expected was everything that followed. Delicious Poison — the most dangerous thing in the Panther House was never the leopard.

Before London had really started swinging, before the Summer of Love, there was rural England — where duty mattered, marriages endured, and women were expected not to ask for too much. But in the summer of 1964, one lonely shopkeeper begins to wonder if life has passed her by. Then, during one extraordinary afternoon, a pop group, a Mars Bar, and a tub of petroleum jelly alter a wife and mother’s life forever.

While coming back from a party late at night, I saw my Uber auto-rickshaw driver creepily checking me out. Even though he stops when he learns I am not a prostitute, I make a big mistake that changes my life.

Someone asked me how I became CaptainPig. This is the answer.

Competition winner has dinner and sex with the star of Law and Order SVU

Serena Li is eighteen years old and dying. Glioblastoma, stage four. Six months. This is the gut-wrenching, heart-breaking story of one sister counting the cost — and paying it — to give her dying sibling the unconditional intimate love she desperately longs for before the end comes. Some gifts cost everything you have to give… And even more.

After years of missed opportunities and wasted resources, Camilla Durum has enough coin stashed away to pay the fees required to take the Mage’s Exam. If she passes, she’ll become a Mage, the boost in respect almost as sweet as the increase in pay. But days before the fees are due, Camilla’s feeble-minded sister comes to her, screaming and crying about thieves and kidnappers. Their brother has gotten himself deep into debt with a vicious crime lord and Camilla’s future as a Mage is at risk.

Two short stories, companion pieces. Two perspectives on the same youthful relationship and its quiet unraveling. Written in the same raw, introspective style, they explore the gap between what we plan and what actually happens when young love collides with timing, family expectations, and the unpredictable paths of growing up.