Is Thirteen Stories Fiction?

Deputy Mark Forrest and Nurse Francis Archer can’t deny the chemistry that arises between them. A chance meeting awakens the idea of something greater than either had ever imagined.<br><br>Mark craves being able to let go, and Francis loves to take him out of his head. But Mark’s past bears a truckload of personal demons that have kept him in the closet and made him lash out at the LGBTQ community in the town he’s come to regard as home.<br><br>Despite finding love and a new purpose in Acker, Francis’s new job might end up being temporary, and he doesn't want to lose the life he's settled into. Can the two of them build a future together despite a bitter past, and diverging paths?

Life's lessons can be harsh and misunderstandings can tear us apart. When communication breaks down - will we be able to fix the damage we've caused or are the rifts too raw, too savage to ever be healed again? "Give me ONE good reason why I shouldn't leave you. I trusted you and you broke my heart, you ripped it out and crushed it under your heel..." The last words were choked off by sobs that wracked his body. I watched as my heart broke in front of me. He was right. I fucked up. All I could do was watch as Lan Yibo gently encased him in an embrace and as his golden brown eyes sliced through me with disappointment like the chilling winter winds that blew over the Arctic ice caps. "Please, I'm sorr-" "Not welcome. Get Lost." An original story by me but I borrow names from well known people and characters. HOWEVER: any similarities to actual events or incidents are coincidental as this is a work of fiction. CONTAINS: Graphic and sexually explicit scenes, abuse, violence and cursing. Read at your own risk.

Coolyala is sent from her home world by her father to protect a collection of stones that apparently will become a weapon in the wrong hands. After months of being on her own, she meets Lofgun and his "crew" of special people. She is reluctant to trust him at first, however, after multiple times of having his help, she does. Now, they are scattered. The stones are spread out across worlds and Coolyala must find them and protect them. Friends will become involved, lives will hang in the balance. But when the time comes for Coolyala to do what she must, will she? Will she trust herself to make the right choices? After all, she doesn't even know what these stones can do...

A girl can't move on from his ex-boyfriend who broke her heart so bad. Her boyfriend ditched her and she was replaced with her schoolmate. She can't move on because she still loves his boyfriend. But one day, she received a message from an anonymous number. She doesn't know who is the sender but the message says "If you find happiness, open your eyes to see it." She follows the message. The sender always sends advice for her to follow. She will move on from her ex-boyfriend? Or she will endure the pain forever?

WEALTH,FAME,POWER,UNCHARTED FRONTIERS AND VAST KNOWLEDGE,THOSE WHO WANT IT SEEK IT! ALL HIS LIFE YOUNG ALESUL DREAMED OF BEING A "SEEKER", EXPLORERS OF THE UNKNOWN. WHAT HE DOESN'T KNOW IS THAT THIS WORLD IS FAR BIGGER AND MUCH MORE CRUELER THAN HE COULD EVER HOPE TO FATHOM.THE STRINGS OF DESTINY REACH FAR AND WIDE, WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY HAVE IN STORED FOR THIS YOUNG KNUCKLE HEAD.

… At first, El was just a seven-year-old boy, surviving in a war-torn village steeped only in the air of misery and the stench of death. He was far from ordinary though – for his fragmented memories made it difficult to remember many things, yet it gifted him with an uncanny intelligence. With only a few tattered books from a crumbling, wooden library, he taught himself how to read, clinging to knowledge as his only solace. He believed his fate was sealed, destined to die like other children who succumbed to illness or starvation, then left him there alone. However, everything changed the day his village was attacked by unknown people. The invaders slaughtered everyone, yet for reasons he couldn’t fathom, they left him alive. When El awoke under the pale light of the full moon, the attackers returned, searching for what they called "A breath that was left." Helpless, he was captured. What followed was a blur – six years of his life erased from memory. He woke up again, his head bandaged, in the care of a mysterious man who brought him to Mirthwater, a city in one of the Four Vassal States of the Ryxhaton Empire. Then without much of an explanation, he abandoned him there. Left to fend for himself, El navigated the harsh underside of Mirthwater, while haunted by dreams of the unknown he couldn’t make sense of. But his quiet struggle for survival suddenly took a dark turn when he stumbled into a brewing conflict hidden within the city’s shadows. Unwittingly thrust into a world fraught with danger, he found himself face-to-face with creatures born from humanity’s darkest desires and worst nightmares. Now, El’s must confront the horrors lurking in the depths of Mirthwater and uncover the truth about his past – before it consumes all of him. … This novel is entirely work of fiction. The names, characters, and incident portrayed in it are the work of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, event or localities is entirely coincidental. Contains themes regarding mental health and violence that may not be suitable for all readers. Viewer discretion is advised. ...