Today
I’m giving over my blog to my good buddy Iyana Jenna. She has a short story
that’s just been released and another out in May, so welcome, Iyana!
A Granted Wish and Glowing Dim as an Ember by Iyana Jenna
I’d
like to extend my gratitude to Faith Ashlin for the opportunity to guest blog
on her site. Now here are my stories.
A Granted Wish
Genre: M/M Young Adult
Word count: 1,800
Summary: Being told over and over that he is too young to have a girlfriend, or
a boyfriend as the case may be, 15-year-old Kyle sends a wish to whoever up
there is willing to grant it.
This
story was inspired by the movie Blue
Lagoon and I playfully dubbed it Blue
Lagoon 2. It has silliness of a boy that is entangled in a case of ‘be
careful what you wish for.’
Excerpt
Kyle
inches slowly, creeps in, and, stealing a quick glance towards the boy sitting
next to him, he smiles. He looks down; can feel their fingers entwined together
underneath their school bags. He loves seeing the blush on the other boy's
face, feel the slight tremor running through his hand–though from excitement or
fear he knows not. They are inside the school bus after all.
He swallows his disappointment when Aiden pulls his hand back. Right. He tries
not to show his feeling, looks up and sees the boy’s shy smile toward him,
making him feel warm all over.
That's exactly what he feels every time Aiden is around. In the classroom, at
PE sessions, during breaks. He can’t wait. Can’t wait to see him again once he
loses sight of him.
“Kyle? What are you doing out there? Get inside and change. Dinner’s ready.”
Startled, Kyle whirls around to find his dad standing at the doorway. He
doesn’t realize he’s been standing at the gate, watching the bus that carries
Aiden vanish round the corner at the end of the street.
Glowing Dim as
an Ember
Genre: Young Adult
Word count: 2,700
Summary: 14-year-old Etienne keeps getting flashes
of someone else's memories. Dancing bears and painted wings are not exactly the
things he meets every day especially since he is just a homeless boy living on
the cold streets of Paris.
This story was inspired by a song Once
Upon a December and the story of Anastasia, the lost princess from Russia.
But it’s by no means a story of her as this one is a tale of the boy Etienne
and another named Eric in the year of 1840 and before.
Excerpt
At first he thought he
heard it from afar, the roar of a gun blaring, a voice screaming. Or perhaps it
was a dream.
But someone was pounding at the door, and he leaped out of bed. Feet entangled
in the blankets, he nearly toppled face first onto the floor when a pair of
hands caught him and he gasped, panicked.
“You have to go. You have to go!”
“Mama?”
His mother grabbed his boots and pulled them onto his feet, then snatched up
his coat and put it on him; she pushed him urgently toward the window.
“Mama!”
His room was on the second story and though the snow outside was thick and soft
to cushion his fall, it was pitch black and he really didn't want to stumble
around, cold and with probably a sprained ankle as well.
"Go!" His mother was getting hysterical. “Anna is waiting outside.
You will be safe.”
A Granted Wish was out on April 28, 2013 and Glowing Dim as an Ember will be on May
5, 2013.
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stories. ^___^
