NJ Starling

I have been writing novels and stories since I was six years old, and dream of becoming an author one day. My favorite book series is Caraval by Stephanie Garbor.

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NJ Starling

I have been writing novels and stories since I was six years old, and dream of becoming an author one day. My favorite book series is Caraval by Stephanie Garbor.

Writings

Followers

Following

The “Spineless” Older Sister

NJ Starling

3 min read

I pace the halls of my Grandparents old manor, my heart thumping with anger in my chest. I still can’t get the whole thing out of my mind—how I was completely backstabbed by those I thought I could trust.

I still can’t believe it.

“Why are you still with her?” My sister had asked, confronting Jason, my boyfriend,, when he was alone in the hall way.

_ “I don’t know,” he had answered, with a...

Drama

Romance

The Pain Of Being Unwanted

NJ Starling

1 min read

No one understands the heavy weight of the heart as the bell rings and you are the last standing in the dark corner, waiting for someone to notice—someone to care.

No one understands the sting of your eyes as the joy and laughter floods through the air—the type of joy and laughter you aren’t apart of.

No one understands the urge to leave as someone offers you a part in there fun—but only out o...

To Maintain A Population

NJ Starling

1 min read

Two go in, and one comes out. That is the way it’s been for the last two hundred years. Ever since the monsters took over the world, maintaining a low population of humans so they will not be overthrown.

On one’s 18th birthday, when there days of adolescence are behind them, they enter the dark tunnels up in the Mountains. There are only three entrances; one for you, one for your opponent, and...

Fantasy

Horror

The Beast Beyond The Beauty

NJ Starling

1 min read

In all beauty

There is a touch of gray

Even roses of crimson red

Will soon decay

Every monster

Seems harmless at first

But the closer you get

The more you will hurt

Behind every beauty

There is a beast

Hidden deep in cavern

But soon will retreat

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover

Because once you look inside

It holds partial truths

And complete lies

So now, I warn you

Of the beau...

Poetry

Snow In July

NJ Starling

1 min read

In the blaze of July, where the heat swirls high

Clouds whisper secrets, the sun starts to cry

A paradox blooms, petals kissed by frost

In this dance of confusion, reality’s lost

Crystal castles rise in a world turned upside down

Footprints in snow, while the grass wears a crown

Laughter echoes, the children rejoice

In a city of ice, hear the sun’s silent voice

Snowflakes falling, where the w...

Poetry

The Cavern To Hell

NJ Starling

1 min read

We all look the same in the dark, same vague features, dark eyes, and messy dark hair. Are hands are all stained with a past that led us here—though our paths very, they all lead to the same destination.

Deep, deep, down, in the clutches of Earth itself—or in the hands of something else entirely; something darker, like the sharp claws of a monster. We all ended up here. In this dark cavern, fill...

Horror

Here Comes The Bride

NJ Starling

1 min read

The day you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. I tell myself, I had waited for this day for my whole life.

The day I married Micheal Hanks, my childhood bestfriend. The man I have always loved.

But this day couldn’t have turned out worse.

Warm blood pools in the lacy crevices of my white wedding gown—and it dries against my pale skin. My heart thumps in my chest, banging against my r...

Horror

Crime

How The World Was Destroyed

NJ Starling

2 min read

10 years ago, without any notice or clues to why it happened, an 8-year-old girl named Adelaide Brinker disappeared from my small town of Westville.

People searched for her for years, but nothing came up— no body was ever found. Her parents, heartbroken, left Westville and moved to a village far away.

It has been six years since the case of Adelaide Brinker closed, and she was presumed dead.

...

Thriller

Humour

Dream Land

NJ Starling

1 min read

In a place where stardust sparkles bright

Evearything is perfect in broad daylight

The clock unwinds, and time stands still

In a world of wonder, we chase a thrill

Cotten Candy clouds, and skies so blue

Where every hidden wish is waiting for you

A melody floats on a gentle breeze

Lifting our hearts like the tallest trees

Stars are the secrets that we will unveil

Every heartbeat tells a f...

Poetry

The Girl Who Could Tame The World

NJ Starling

1 min read

The key they’d given me still fit the lock, but the house no longer felt like home. It was now a place I hated, a place I kept away from.

But I couldn’t just leave forever.

Part of me wanted to, but the other knew I needed to find out more answers.

All I knew now was that the family that I had been adopted into, the family that had graciously given me a key and welcomed me into their home. T...

YA fiction