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This journal was intended to recount how I, Noble Malik, a leader of the World Management realm, was transported to a strange world and forced to climb the corporate ladder in order to return home. Inadvertently, it seems to have become a diary about the odd worlds and dangerous mysteries I encounter on business trips with my partner, whose secrets and four-dimensional personality leave me at a loss---yet intrigued. And if the reader wants a literary perspective, I suppose it's about how a workaholic loner unexpectedly learns more about what moves people and himself while uncovering a universe-shattering conspiracy. But honestly, that's too philosophical and romantic. I just wanted to see my cat, Darla, again.[[Updates Feb. 10, Mar. 2, Mar. 23, Apr. 13 - Saturday 9am EST || 6am PST || 2pm GMT/WET || 3pm WAT || 7:30pm IST || 10pm PHT]]…

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A teen is stunned to discover he's half-vampire. Will being asexual-aromantic thwart bloodlust, or are there other emotions strong enough to trigger murder?*******Natsu anxiously follows his mentally-ill mother's rules, forcing himself to be an emotionless loner and suppressing his peculiar body constitution. But when he finds camaraderie with an abused yet purehearted boy, he rebels and experiences emotions he didn't know existed.Then tragedies disrupt Natsu's improving life and tear him away from the people he cares about. A mysterious "family friend" drags him halfway across the world to reveal an unsettling secret: Natsu is half-vampire, those expected to murder a human they fall for. Can he brave this new life when his friend has left a dangerous, unconventional mark on his heart?*Two time Wattpad Editor's Pick Jan 2018 & Oct 2020*…

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An anxious technophobe has to take care of an android that looks exactly like his dead first love. Is a robot enough to heal Sean's struggling heart? ********In 2025, the world-renowned android, LM2, was mysteriously terminated, launching a series of conspiracy theories amongst the public and scientific community. Sean, on the other hand, knows what truly happened. Losing his childhood friend and first love was hard, but LM2's leading engineer, Suki, had lost her husband. To top it all off, the two of them were to blame.Flash forward five years of attempted healing. Technophobia is probably a strange thing for a 29-year-old Gen-Z to have, but, hey, Sean is already an anxious person. He can't even seem to order a Starbucks coffee without sweating enough to make his own drink. So, what to do when you can't interact with people or machines? Unemployed and in the midst of a premature 30-year life crisis, Sean spends 90% of his days huddled in his Steel City apartment alone and 10% trying not to faint during job interviews.Just when Sean loses hope, Suki disappears, leaving behind an " apology gift." It's LM2 with a new design; its model: Sean's dead first love. So, what's in store for Sean and his top-secret, creepily self-aware new roommate? Basically, all of what makes Sean nervous... and all of whom he needs to overcome it.(SAMPLE. Available on Radish.)…

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Two men trade their longtime friendship and painful memories for a chance to find peace and perhaps love when they meet again as strangers. ***Over a century ago, a botched secret experiment to extend the human lifespan left a group of children with enhanced bodies. The victims were cursed to spend years at every biological age, shedding and creating identities in a cycle to avoid detection. Two victims set off to help find a cure, but the journey is not without murder, revenge, and heartache. In a small town by the sea, two strangers meet for the first time. Both know they share a torturous and emotional past. Only one remembers that past spans 100 years as partners. This is the story of the life they were meant to have and the lives that lead them there.…

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Alex and Liam have been best friends their whole lives until a drunken kiss leads them down separate paths. As time passes, they must face truths they never expected. ***** Alex Camejo and Liam Santos have been thick as thieves since they met at age seven. As the years passed, Liam protected Alex from bullies while Alex denied what those bullies were saying. He's not gay no matter how "girly" he seems... or how much he longs to hold Liam's hand. But a drunken kiss tears everything down. The inseparable Liam Santos and Alex Camejo can no longer be friends. Without each other's support, they must overcome the struggles of adolescence, coming out, new lovers, self-doubt and lingering emotions. One hopes he will forget his best friend and find happiness. The other hopes they will reunite and be happy. In the end, whose dreams will come true?[[Watty's Award Winner]]…

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[This story will become free on June 15th 2022] In the sequel to When Best Friends Kiss, Liam is faced with the life Alex has built without him. Can their love survive when they've become so different? *****Fresh out of university and settled into a new apartment, Liam and Alex are ready to start their life together. While Alex finds passion in journalism and has more friends than he can count, Liam is frustrated with his photography and awkward around Alex's LGBTQ friends. Seeing the life Alex has built without him, and how different they've become, Liam finds his insecurities resurfacing and mental health spiraling downwards. After the time they've spent apart, do Liam and Alex really belong together? Or will their love story end before it starts its next chapter?(Sequel to When Best Friends Kiss.)[[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]…

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Through a strange series of encounters, a delinquent high schooler and upright university student find love. ***** No longer interested in clubbing, kissing girls, and committing petty crimes, 18-year-old Riley is trying to find meaning in his dull, lonely life. Then he chances upon Eran, a blunt 24-year-old grad student with a frosty attitude. It all starts with a cigarette and a stolen wallet and only gets weirder from there.Eran first views Riley as a frustrating young man in need of guidance. For Riley, Eran is an assertive ball of cuteness that has him completely hooked. With each peculiar encounter and interaction, strange new feelings surface. Will the concerns of Riley's age and the trauma from both their pasts prove that first loves never last? Or will they survive when love conquers all?…

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When a spark lights between a commitment-phobic playboy and an emotionally-challenged Ph.D. student, will love or lust win out? ******There's something happening between Jay and Elias, opposites who find themselves together often after their best friends start dating. First begins a playful push and pull, but the two can't play games for long before desire wins out. Jay just wants sex and Elias wants to date, but neither will admit they're in love. Who will win the battle between lust and love? [SAMPLE. Full story on Radish Fiction under title His Almost Boyfriend.] [Spin-off to Our Strange Love but can be read alone, before, or after]…

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One-shots, bios, visual shorts, FAQ, behind the scenes, and other stuff to make you go "yasss," related to Lena's books, including:Our Strange Love (OSL)Smile for Me (SfM)When Best Friends Kiss (WBFK)This is Not a Tragedy (TiNaT)…

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As a kid, Raphael was a homophobic bully. Now, at age 23, he's grown out of the bully act. His homophobia? Still there, but it doesn't show often―after all, there are no gay people around him. Just his mom, ex-girlfriend, and daughter, Mia. Or so he thinks, until a phone call one morning comes with news that puts him face-to-face with his prejudice. But shaking prejudice is hard when your ashamed family, some hungry reporters, and a stubborn gay activist are breathing down your neck. Changing is hard, especially when you've buried skeletons.…

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When Alistair McKinley envisioned college life, he pictured rooming with his boyfriend/BFF of ten years, holding hands around campus, and laughing over crappy dining hall food. He was not prepared to go to college single, room with a stranger, and get served food that was actually pretty damn good. But starry-eyed Alistair just knows his ex-boyfriend will realize their "college adventure of growth" or whatever can be shared and then come crawling back. While waiting for that fateful day, he adjusts to The Campus Life™ with his LoL-obsessed roommate, yodelling floormate, and art/English/education major (approval still pending). Then Alistair makes a mistake that brings him face-to-face with the school's most beautiful, most androgynous Cameron Martinez. As he tries every awkward trick in the book to get closer to the mysterious senior, he discovers the hard way what his ex meant by "adventure of growth." Alistair just got out of love; is he really ready to take the dive into a new one?🏳️‍🌈*If you have a problem with any parts of the LGBTQIAP acronym, this is not the book for you. FYI: LGBTQIAP = lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer/questioning, intersex, agender/aromantic/asexual, pan…

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Two cowardly people begin a sexual relationship amongst unexpressed words. How long will fear hold them back from the burn of love?…

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- in which expected feelings swallow him whole and then spit him back up in a melted puddle of love…

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Kayla's sunburn is related to her figurative heartburn. Also related is her decision to come out to her best friend, Destiny. But Destiny has a surprise that only fans the flames.…

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To celebrate Pride 2020, this is a book club where readers of When Best Friends Kiss can engage with the author and each other. Join the #PrideAtWattpad Book Club!…

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If you're looking for a fresh book of writing tips with a shocking level of humble honesty, a tastefully moderate amount of swear words, and an occasional wave of dry humor, then look no further!Rather than your standard list of Dos and Don'ts, I'll use my own writings and methods I've tried as examples of what you CAN do in your journey to finding what works for you. Because there's no one way to write, but my one way may inspire you.** Just take this sentence fragment starting with because as a sneak peek of the unorthodoxy inside.…

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Notes, poems, and essays on race, queerness, illness, life, and Wattpad.…