{"quotes":[{"text":"We laughed as we ducked behind a pile of snow. Then our brothers came charging through the barrier, sending the four of us sliding down a white slope full of cherished memories.","author":"Erica Sehyun Song","tags":["adventure","adventure-fiction","adventures","coming-of-age","fantasy","fantasy-fiction","fantasy-ya","fiction","fiction-fantasy","historical-fiction","siblings","victorian","young-adult","young-adult-fantasy","young-adult-fiction"],"id":2809,"author_id":"Erica+Sehyun+Song"},{"text":"The wolf had begun hunting human prey. They were plentiful in the dark city streets and provided enough good meat to satiate his gnawing hunger. He was still very careful not to let any who saw him live. To do otherwise would displease the Master. He would only stalk those people that were foolish enough to walk alone in the night.","author":"Brian S. Ference","tags":["fiction-fantasy","fiction-fantasy-horror","historical-fiction","horror","paranormal","werewolf","werewolves"],"id":7345,"author_id":"Brian+S.+Ference"},{"text":"She snorted in amusement at my remark. “When are the guards going to start to notice?” Keith peered into the distance. “Starting now,.","author":"Erica Sehyun Song","tags":["adventure","adventure-fiction","adventures","fantasy","fantasy-fiction","fantasy-ya","fantasy-young-adult","fiction","fiction-fantasy","fiction-novel","fiction-writing","fictional","fictions"],"id":15091,"author_id":"Erica+Sehyun+Song"},{"text":"Oscar always said that books are truly our best friends. He said that they never think poorly of us and that they always have a shoulder for us to cry on or relieve stress. They take our minds away from the real world by telling us captivating stories. When we look back at our choice of books, we can nostalgically recall our younger years.","author":"Erica Sehyun Song","tags":["adventure","adventure-fiction","adventures","books","coming-of-age","fantasy","fantasy-fiction","fantasy-ya","fiction","fiction-fantasy","historical-fiction","victorian","young-adult","young-adult-fantasy","young-adult-fiction"],"id":34479,"author_id":"Erica+Sehyun+Song"},{"text":"Don’t worry about paying me. Stay alive, child. You must save yourself. And, whatever you do, don’t forget who you are.","author":"Catrina Burgess","tags":["dark-fiction","fiction-fantasy","horror","paranormal","paranormal-romance","romance","thriller","thriller-mystery","young-adult"],"id":39549,"author_id":"Catrina+Burgess"},{"text":"Splendor was the decree of the day.","author":"Karen Azinger","tags":["action","adventure","epic","fantasy","fiction-fantasy","magic"],"id":58386,"author_id":"Karen+Azinger"},{"text":"Boney freckled knees pressed into bits of bark and stone, refusing to feel any more pain.Her faded t-shirt hugged her protruding ribs as she held on, hunched in silence.A lone tear followed the lumpy tracks down her cheek, jumped from her quivering jaw onto a thirsty browned leaf with a thunderous plop.Then the screen door squeaked open and she took flight.Crispy twigs snapped beneath her bare feet as she ran deeper and deeper into the woods behind the house. She heard him rumbling and calling her name, his voice fueling her tired muscles to go faster, to survive.He knew her path by now. He was ready for the hunt.The clanging unbuckled belt boomed in her ears as he gained on her.The woods were thin this time of year, not much to hide behind. If she couldn’t outrun him, up she would go.Young trees teased her in this direction, so she moved east towards the evergreens.Hunger and hurt left her no choice, she had to stop running soon.She grabbed the first tree with a branch low enough to reach, and up she went.The pine trees were taller here, older, but the branches were too far apart for her to reach. She chose the wrong tree.His footsteps pounded close by.She stood as tall as her little legs could, her bloodied fingers reaching, stretching, to no avail. A cry of defeat slipped from her lips, a knowing laugh barked from his.She would pay for this dearly. She didn’t know whether the price was more than she could bear. Her eyes closed, her next breath came out as Please, and an inky hand reached down from the lush needles above, wound its many fingers around hers, and pulled her up.Another hand, then another, grabbing her arms, her legs, firmly but gently, pulling her up, up, up. The rush of green pine needles and black limbs blurred together, then a flash of cobalt blue fluttered by, heading down.She looked beyond her dangling bare feet to see a flock of peculiar birds settle on the branches below her, their glossy feathers flickered at once and changed to the same greens and grays of the tree they perched upon, camouflaging her ascension.Her father’s footsteps below came to a stomping end, and she knew he was listening for her. Tracking her, trapping her, like he did the other beasts of the forest.He called her name once, twice. The third time’s tone not quite as friendly.The familiar slide–click sound of him readying his gun made her flinch before he had his chance to shoot at the sky. A warning. He wasn’t done with her.His feet crunched in circles around the tree, eventually heading back home.Finally, she exhaled and looked up. Dozens of golden-eyed creatures surrounded her from above. Covered in indigo pelts, with long limbs tipped with mint-colored claws, they seemed to move as one, like a heartbeat. As if they shared a pulse, a train of thought, a common sense.“Thank you,” she whispered, and the beasts moved in a wave to carefully place her on a thick branch.","author":"Kim Bongiorno","tags":["fiction","fiction-fantasy","short-fiction"],"id":62546,"author_id":"Kim+Bongiorno"},{"text":"My one true love remains my self... I dump myself occasionally to keep it interesting.","author":"Cassandra Clare","tags":["fiction","fiction-fantasy","ya"],"id":68015,"author_id":"Cassandra+Clare"},{"text":"My mama always said, You can always ask. The worst they can do is say no. But I don’t think Mama was thinking about revenge and murder when she dealt out that piece of homespun advice.","author":"Catrina Burgess","tags":["dark-fiction","fiction-fantasy","paranormal","paranormal-romance","romance","thrillers-mystery","young-adult"],"id":70561,"author_id":"Catrina+Burgess"},{"text":"She smiled sinisterly. Light mist started to slowly swirl around us. All I could see was her, the tall rocks and the white wall. She beckoned to me. I took a step and another. I was now ankle deep into the water. The mysterious girl smiled like a predator.","author":"Erica Sehyun Song","tags":["adventure","adventure-fiction","adventures","fantasy","fantasy-fiction","fantasy-ya","fantasy-young-adult","fiction","fiction-fantasy","fiction-novel","fiction-writing","fictional","fictions","mystery-suspense","sinister"],"id":72928,"author_id":"Erica+Sehyun+Song"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":57,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}