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When you look
at a picture, what do you see? We gave authors around the world the challenge
to write a story based on a set of five images. More than thirty authors rose
to that challenge and created an amazing young adult anthology of drabbles,
short stories, novelettes and novellas for you to enjoy. Flip the pages and prepare to be Wonderstruck!
Dive into a
world where wind is a power that feeds the flames and love makes everything more complicated. A life where a scorned
bride can cause a great deal of trouble and a place where silence as you will
find out has a lot to say. Find yourself in a future where a powerful enemy can
only be stopped by the most dangerous weapon of all: the truth. All of this and
more lies within these very pages... Are you ready?
Wonderstruck
is Clean Teen Publishing's first break through Young Adult anthology. All
stories within this book have fallen within our YA rating scale, however, not
all stories have young adult characters. You will find a great deal of
entertainment within Wonderstruck that is appropriate for readers of all ages.
To view more information on our official content rating system please visit:
www.cleanteenpublishing.com
Winning Novella-
Wind Warrior by Jon Messenger (Clean
Teen Publishing Author of Wind Warrior)
The sleepy
town of White Halls harbors a dangerous secret. On a picturesque street, two
houses down from a lovely little park, in a quaint little home with a
wraparound porch, lives a family that seems rather normal. Sure, their twenty
year old son, Xander, still lives at home, but he's going to college and dating
the leader of the schools top sorority. It's all very... normal. However, when a man is miraculously saved
from being hit by a bus, Xander's life turns in to the living embodiment of the
tornadoes he can suddenly create with a flick of his wrist. Whether he wants
this gift or not, Xander must learn to use his new 'super power' quickly if he
wants to survive. For his kind is a
dying race, and when this sleepy town has a sudden influx of new, blonde, fire
wielders, no one is safe, especially Xander. It doesn't help that one of these
blondes happens to be the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Xander can't
deny the instant connection he feels to her so, when she tries to kill him, it
certainly makes things complicated.
Winning Novelette-
Pastiche by Maren
Dille
A punishment
far worse than death awaits Alim Hamal. Sylin Incorporated has a particular
sentence for their rogue assassins: uncovering the darkest moments in their
subconscious, then watching as they relive them through virtual simulation.
Only one assassin has ever escaped. Alim plans to be the second.
The simulation
demands the truth, something Alim has kept from his employers at all costs. But
as his final moments emerge, Sylin will discover that the truth is Alim’s most
dangerous weapon.
Winning Short
Story-
The Silent Man by Kati Ellis
I thought my
time with Silence would be peaceful. Heaven knows I deserve it after all those
years of raising babies. Silence, however, had a different plan. If it weren't
for Marigold, I don't think I would've seen it. She introduced me to the Silent
Man, and Silence, as it turns out, has quite a bit to say.
Winning Drabble-
A Lady's Revenge by Jennifer
Bull
A scorned bride can cause a great deal of trouble...
Wonderstruck
Authors (By Last Name)
Radeyah H. Ali
Drabble~ Magically Fitted
Gabrielle Arrowsmith (Clean Teen Publishing Author of
Concealed in the Shadows)
Drabble~ Joah and the Beacon of Light
Beau Barnett
Short Story~ Into
Eternity
Eric, a widowed paralytic, knows he is
dreaming when he sees a younger version of his deceased wife, Jessica, by a
lake with his old dog. But the joy of seeing them again is replaced by the pain
of knowing they won't be there when he wakes up.
Jennifer Bull
Short Story~ A
Wizard's World
When Jack stumbled upon a
strange jar in the middle of the forest he found the one thing he had always
wanted—a friend, and now he’ll do everything he can to protect her. Born into a
world unlike any other, a world within a jar, Lottie longs to explore beyond
her glass home. Little does she know that even the smallest adventures can have
dangerous consequences…
Drabble~ Life in a Jar
Drabble~ Round and Round I Go
Drabble~ Once In a Blue Moon
Liana Chau
Drabble~ Ahead and Beyond
MeMe Collier
Short Story~ The
Fairy Jar
Gracie doesn't believe in
magic. Disillusioned by their mother's abandonment, she dismisses her younger
brother, Brennan's, claim that he's caught a fairy. But as the invisible Ileana
works in her family's lives, memories of their mother's fairytales tug at
Gracie's mind. They call into question everything she's come to place her faith
in, making her wonder if magic really does exist and if love still lives on
after loss.
Leah D.W.
Short Story~ Watery
Grave
There is something in the
water...something dark...something hungry...
When Ashlynn escapes from a life of
abuse she is thrown into the swamplands rumored to harbor a nightmare. She
should have listened to the rumors because there is something in the
water...and it loves the taste of human flesh
Julie Gilbert
Drabble~ Keio and the Farsight Fire
Lisa Goldman
Short Story~ Oafish
Me
In Oafish Me, teenager, Misty,
considers herself a social outcast—an oaf—as her classmates remind her every opportunity
they get. When Drake, a charismatic and gorgeous new student, stays by her side
through their constant ridicule, she discovers she not only longs for a
friendship with him but for the first time, a relationship. With her raw
emotions on the line, she accepts his invitation to go out but when he takes
her to a secluded wooded area, she starts to question if he is her knight in
shining armor or her worst enemy.
Dominique Goodall
Drabble~ Fairy Capture
Brenna Harden
Short Story~ A Warriors Journey
Sandra Havriluk
Drabble~ Jedidiah
Sacha Hope
Novelette~ Glass
Heart
Wolt is a brilliant scientist trying
desperately to cure his wife's condition. Doctors suspected she had a type of
cancer and their medicines offered little help to the ailing woman. Wolt finds
a way to buy time for his wife, but his experiment turns her into something
else altogether...
Erin Liles
Novelette ~ Outside
the Walls
Outspoken, seventeen-year-old Jenna
hates the settlement she lives in where disagreement is frowned upon. Fed up,
she leaves one day, and meets a group of outsiders, only to discover that her
home and family are in danger. It is up to Jenna to save them and in doing so,
discover what is really important.
B.T. Lyons
Novella~ Heartkeeper
Short Story
It only took fifty years for humankind
to plummet from the turmoil of a population of ten billion people to a
struggling group of two billion trying to figure out how to survive in harmony
with the Earth. Under a new, peaceful societal structure, people have relearned
their connection with the Land and the spirits of nature that live there. Young
Adain has just reached thirteen years of age, and must undertake the dangerous
Heart Chase to secure the spirit of an animal that will act as his conscience
and companion for the rest of his life. It will be a year of trials and
challenges, but the risks to the People may be even higher as someone else
binds with an animal spirit that may not have their best interests in mind...
Short Story~ Peace
London in the late 1800's is a dirty,
chaotic, and above all, loud place embroiled in a scientific war with
neighboring France as each strives to outdo each other with technological
wonders. A young married pair of university professionals finds themselves at
odds over the benefits of this war: Nigel only wants to see England prevail –
preferably through his own inventions – whereas his wife, Christine, dreams of
quiet and a natural world that she has only seen in storybooks. Enter a
street-side vendor offering “Peace In A Bottle”; this might be the answer to
Christine's greatest desires, but it could be the beginning of Nigel's worst
nightmare.
Julie Marcinik
Short Story~ The Executioner
Vivian Fletcher has a gift that’s given
her a special place in the kingdom—the King’s personal executioner. Everything
and everyone she touches dies. When she finds out that the world she’s living
in is full of lies and turmoil, she’ll have to accept her gift and use it to
right the wrongs.
Mia Marin
Drabble~ A Note To My Traveler
Drabble~ A Dear Dalliance
Miranda Maurin
Short Story~ The
Dance of Time
Tabitha and Carter are a little too
daring when they run through a tunnel to investigate the mysterious music
they heard while running through the woods. The cave is well lit, and the dance
looks fun, but they can't seem to stop.
Veronica Morfi
Drabble~ Shine
Ifeoma Ofuani
Drabble~ He Would Be Great
Paula Phillips
Short Story~ Skye
in High School Wonderland
It started out just like any normal day
for high school Plain Jane Skye Salisbury until tragedy strikes her school and
out of nowhere, a glimmering hole appeared. The question on everyone's minds is—what
lies at the bottom? Will it be another world or a different dimension?
Jocelyn Sanchez
Novella~ A World
Unlike Mine
What would you do if you could see
magical creatures from the early age of five? Well, for seventeen-year-old
Tasha it gets pretty difficult when a fairy prince named Thomas appears with
news that will change her life forever. But with the help of her best friend
and pixie, Seamus, Tasha will find her place in a world so unlike hers. Will she
rise to the occasion and become who she was destined to be?
Drabble~ Night
Drabble~ Darkness and Light
Cindy Saunders (Clean Teen Publishing Author of Double
Star)
Short Story~ Nirvana
She looked at the picture she’d painted
many years ago. It was a magical place—a place inspired by her dreams. Though,
tonight it almost seemed... alive, as if it were calling to her.
Clemy W. Thompson
Drabble~ The Truth
Dana Wright
Drabble~ Fairy Lights
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