There’s a rumour:

If you go into the woods, you’ll meet the ageless man.

But those who go into the woods, never make it out alive.

Jessie is hopeless about finding love, after asking out the fourteenth guy she had a crush on, and being rejected for the fourteenth time, she gets disappointed and decided: love doesn't exist. Jessie's best friend, Rachel, feels sorry for her, she thinks Jessie deserves to be loved, after all she's pretty, kind and she's a girl any guy would want to get as his girlfriend, but neither Jessie nor Rachel understand why the guys keep rejecting Jessie.

Rachel gets very worried about her friend that she will have no other choice but to ask a favor from her brother, Nathan. She begs him to pretend he's in love with Jessie.

Nathan is too busy with work and college that he doesn't have time for love, so he finally agrees, since Rachel promises it will only take two months, She wanted Jessie to feel loved and that's all.

Rachel's plan backfires when Jessie falls madly in love with Nathan, and gets devastated to know the truth behind Nathan approaching her.

Her feelings take a very long time to heal, or maybe not healed after all.

"True Love is a myth, but True Friendship isn't."

A story set in India and London that revolves around the journey for love and friendship transcending borders, 1960 London Love, is an epic tragedy revolving around Meera Bhandarkar, who, six decades later, is asked to recount her saga of love, betrayal, and friendship that has made her the town's legendary figure. As the wounds are opened and secrets spilled, the listener and speaker find a connection and bond that they had overlooked.

What is this story? And who is this stranger that wants to know it?

Read this beautiful and poignant novella with immaculate description and cultural references that will pull at your heartstrings and make you smile as you feel the ups and downs of the relatable characters.

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Rishabh looked down upon his empty hand and then at the old woman in front of him. "So", he finally opened his mouth." What do you have for me in exchange for this photograph?"

Meera looked at the young man and smiled. She then leaned forward and rested her chin on her hand which stood pensively on her lap. Staring at the pair of unsure eyes, she said, " Honestly, I would give you nothing in exchange for this photograph. I had rather, you take it with yourself and burn or throw it somewhere. But I am curious. What do you want in exchange for this shard of memorabilia?"

Rishabh hesitated at first, before forming a slurry of words, "I want the story."

Meera leaned back in surprise but quickly regained her composure. "Pardon?"

He took a deep breath and tried to gather his jittery confidence. " I want you to tell me the legend that revolves around you. The romantic saga that makes you, an unmarried woman, a widow."

Meera turned away and stared at the hills beyond the window. Her composure crumbled as a single tear flowed down her cheeks. She quickly wiped it off and sniffled.

"The story you are asking for", she said without turning her eyes from the lush greenery." Is not what you would call a romantic saga. It has no happy ending. Just pain and heartbreak. But then, that is what life is. More thorned than flowered."

"So", Rishabh asked the frail and sad lady. " Would you tell me the story?"

Meera nodded and turned to look at him. "Yes. Yes, I would, Rishabh. I would tell you the very tragedy that defines my life. But not for this snapshot but because I believe it's time for me to let go of that painful memory, that,  which I call, my 1960 London Love."

Diabolis, a young prince, is forced to search for a bride as he takes the thrown of his late father. However, he's willing to bend the rules for the sake of his own heart, but does he even know what his heart wants? (lol thats a stupid description, will change later *sry Erin)

Side Note: A short story based on my other story which has been in the works way too long (eye roll) This was just a little something i put together to help me explore my characters and add a little backstory (a lot probably won't make sense and I'm sorry for that...i do a lot of test stories like this).

I had a normal life or better yet, normal as it can get when you're a psychic trying to hide your abilities from the entire world.

Despite my freakish powers, I followed the same routine day after day and night after night: Wake up; Take my little brother to school; Go to school; Do my homework; Go to work; Sleep.

Some might say that as a psychic I led a boring life but I couldn't careless. My little brother meant the world to me and with him by my side, life was good. Boring but still good.

So how did my boring life take a 180 degrees turn in a matter of few seconds?

How did my boring perfectly planned out routine fall apart into oblivion?

Sleep became a mission.

School became a bank.

Pencils became a gun.

And my brother became...him.

Blade James Ryder. A killer, a thief and now my kidnapper.

Dominic Kyle Mann is the school's 'punk boy' and is always in trouble. He gets in to a lot of fights and doesn't do his homework much. So when he is forced into being tutored by the biggest nerd at Deadwood High School, he isn't very happy at first and immediately starts picking on the poor boy. But Joel Anthony Clark has some other plans for the troublesome punk.

Zarya Perez is a popular female DJ in Los Angeles, she makes sure to leave her crowds craving for more. She's hired to perform at a grand party in Greece and this is her perfect opportunity to spread her wings beyond the horizon. She takes a flight to Greece in all confidence and anticipation to burn the indices down, to water her crowd with a built-in abnormal craving for much more of her skills. Unfortunately her plane is hijacked but she somehow managed to escape.

How will she survive in a stretching desert with no sign of life at all? Without any form of communication?

How many of us have heard of people bumping into each other, messing the other person's clothes with either coffee or smoothies and an ignition of a romantic spark being created? Well, I heard that too.

Now it was a totally different story for Alexa Roberts, a regular assistant tripping onto Alexander Styles the founder and owner of High-Tech industries. She spoils his favourite Armani shirt and now she has to pay for her clumsy mistake.

Holly shit! Did she just break an antique vas as well?

Cover by Jyansiz

You know those movies and TV shows in which an effeminate gay character has a crush on the popular jock? Strike that, reverse it.

Daniel is technically popular at school but fades into the crowd. After an injury at footy (Australian football) practice, he is forced to focus on improving his grades, starting with English. Luckily, the new kid in school knows a lot about Shakespeare and is willing to tutor him. Now if only this new guy wasn't so attractive.

Christy accepted the fact that she had to marry a man she did not love because she was caught by a bed by the parents of the two men.

Daniel could not help but obey what his parents wanted because they had been caught in one bed with a woman who made him curious.

They separated for five years after their marriage went on for three months because of a small debate that made them both concerned with their respective egos. Until finally Daniel finds Christy no longer alone but together with a pair of small children, and looking at the two children makes him feel a vibration that cannot be interpreted. Can Daniel fix his mistakes because he has expelled the woman who is now part of his current feelings.