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Award winning romance stories in the Some Kind of Wonderful Romance Awards. It's Round Twelve! :D Only stories that have won an award at SKoW are entered in this community.
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Opposite Ends of The Spectrum » by
She Had Somewhere To Go
. "Hatred comes from the heart, contempt from the head, and neither feeling is quite within our control." Bullshit, she thinks. Then she meets Matthew Valentine.
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Romance & Drama, chapters: 31, words: 136k+, favs: 1k+, follows: 882, updated: 1/28/2015 published: 10/24/2007
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Sweet Poison » by
HowdyCowdy
A young man struggles with the grips of depression and a beautiful girl takes interest in him. As she tries to welcome him back into a life of living and loving he still continues to slip through her fingers. Losing time, she desperately tries to save him
Fiction: General, T, English, Romance & Hurt/Comfort, chapters: 33, words: 108k+, favs: 68, follows: 22, updated: 3/12/2016 published: 11/9/2009
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Tree Love by
Morine
Two trees in love, but of course can never be together because of what they are. "Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence." Just a sad yet sweet one-shot.
Fiction: Romance, K+, English, Romance & Angst, words: 344, favs: 17, follows: 2, 3/8/2009
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beautiful insomniac by
CuriousContradiction
darling, we are all adrenaline and paper cuts and raw electricity shudder-craving solar eclipses. stand here on the precipice of insanity and fall with me.
Poetry: General, K+, English, Poetry, words: 284, favs: 203, follows: 14, 7/24/2009
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Once Upon A Nightmare » by
Mickey John
Nightmares and Dreams are actual creatures who invade human minds as embodied fears and joys. Violet doesn't use the new BlissMax pill designed to give good dreams (or any modern niceties, thanks Dad), and one night, a Nightmare—the fear of hell—enters her enticingly un-medicated mind and gets trapped.
Fiction: Supernatural, T, English, Supernatural & Romance, chapters: 24, words: 86k+, favs: 725, follows: 314, updated: 1/17/2014 published: 1/3/2009
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Gum Wrapper Confessionals by
extrapolating ideas
Surface area, generally, isn't what most base their choice in gum off of, but most people, generally, didn't write love notes on their gum wrappers. One-shot.
Fiction: Romance, K+, English, Friendship & Humor, words: 3k+, favs: 137, follows: 8, 6/27/2010
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Shit Happens When You Party Naked by
castiel89
Alcohol plus a lack of clothing equals a 21st birthday Shaun Evans will never forget. *ONESHOT*
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Humor & Friendship, words: 5k+, favs: 174, follows: 10, updated: 3/2/2011 published: 9/19/2010
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So I was Hit by a Car the Other Day » by
Lainiee
Lucky had resigned himself to the life of an observer. The little brother. The best friend. The sidekick. But then life decided to kick him in the balls, and dumped his twitching body into his own crappy soap opera. And a sucky one at that.
Fiction: Humor, T, English, Humor & Tragedy, chapters: 61, words: 318k+, favs: 315, follows: 151, updated: 4/7/2011 published: 8/7/2005
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Jasey Rae by
ThereAfter
Alex never made a bet, but he gambled with desire. He never lit a match with intent to start a fire, but recently the flames were getting out of control. SKoW Challenge Response - #23 So Many Songs, But I'm Feeling So Lonely. SKoW Runner-Up Round 11
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Romance & Angst, words: 7k+, favs: 29, follows: 4, 11/5/2010
137The Bonny Ship » by
M. Forthe
There's an island where time stands still, a prison for two ancient evils, where villagers with dark secrets and pirates with a reconstructed ship constantly feud. Eva is dropped right in the middle of it, with no memory of how she got there, and no plan to escape. Maybe the pirates will help her? That is, if their captain can manage not to be an irritating prick for five minutes.
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Fantasy & Adventure, chapters: 11, words: 45k+, favs: 208, follows: 70, updated: 8/21/2016 published: 7/8/2009
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The Rabbit Hole » by
Penelope P
When a riddle from her dead father comes in the mail, Alice Ripley learns that things like pirates, secret passages, skeleton keys, and bad guys who just might want to take over the world actually exist. Wonderland wasn't exactly what she expected.
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Fantasy & Adventure, chapters: 28, words: 163k+, favs: 900, follows: 277, updated: 3/28/2010 published: 6/3/2009
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Rocked Like Me » by
Enigmatic Night
I may be somewhat strange, but he's got arrogance down to an artform. I may have thrown a rock at his car, but it's no excuse to concoct a plan to kill me. Honestly, who does he think he is? The nerve of some people. Course language, you've been warned.
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Humor & Romance, chapters: 31, words: 166k+, favs: 1k+, follows: 518, updated: 12/6/2008 published: 3/25/2007
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Daddy Daughter Dance by
x-Summer Rain-x
She held onto my legs tighter and carefully picked up her bare feet and placed each of them gingerly on top of my own, and my body still felt frozen and numb, but my feet started to move without my brain's help. For SKoW Challenge #4: The Baby Dance.
Fiction: Romance, K+, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, words: 1k+, favs: 31, follows: 4, 7/28/2010
62Phantom Heart Syndrome » by
aprilsunshine
Owen makes up for a missing arm with a healthy serving of spite and sarcasm. And as irreverent and uncompromising as he may be, he might be Quinn's best alternative to her rash of dead end jobs, psychiatric medications, and unhealthy relationships.
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Drama & Humor, chapters: 14, words: 28k+, favs: 47, follows: 78, updated: 4/29/2013 published: 4/11/2010
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Solitaire » by
S. Renee
REMOVED In the years preceding the Revolutionary War, softspoken Elizabeth McCarthy unintentionally falls in love with a British soldier, spies on her two older sisters' budding romances, and lives through the events of her brewing Boston society.
Fiction: Historical, K+, English, Romance & Drama, chapters: 40, words: 9k+, favs: 277, follows: 65, updated: 12/23/2007 published: 1/30/2007
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My Meaningless Existence at a Frozen Yogurt Shop by
the milk bottle
ONE-SHOT. It was on that day that I began my downward spiral of meaningless sex, alcoholism, violence, and… okay, not really. But it felt close to something like that.
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Romance & Humor, words: 4k+, favs: 700, follows: 49, 2/21/2010
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Just Another Girl » by
CheDe
*Finish* If loving somebody means the possibility of getting hurt would you risk it? What if the person who was going to get hurt most in the end wasn't you, but the one you love...
Fiction: General, T, English, Romance & Drama, chapters: 32, words: 54k+, favs: 673, follows: 67, updated: 8/16/2003 published: 9/6/2002
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She Had Somewhere To Go by
S.L. Gunn
REMOVED ..."On a scale of 10 to 10, how hot do I look right now?" he wriggled his eyebrows suggestively. I tried not to gag - or jump his bones - as I said sweetly, "Is get the hell away from me before I punch you in the kidneys a choice?"
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Humor & Angst, words: 300, favs: 897, follows: 407, updated: 3/17/2013 published: 4/26/2009
531The Gravedigger's Daughter » by
Deena
What if you want to spend your entire life living in grief? What if you never want to move on and know happiness again? What if the one person claiming to love you is the one with ties to your brother's killer?
Fiction: General, T, English, Angst & Romance, chapters: 10, words: 58k+, favs: 300, follows: 107, updated: 8/14/2005 published: 10/22/2002
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Scarfy In The Middle by
LilyWolfe
A young Muslim woman is tugged in several different directions by her matchmaker mother, creepy neighbourhood watch man, overloaded work schedule, her housemates, her brothers and her Prince Charming...Adam from across the street.*SKOW WINNER 2010*
Fiction: Romance, T, English, Humor & Spiritual, words: 124, favs: 86, follows: 24, updated: 5/8/2010 published: 5/30/2009
45paper hearts by
citrus scented
rip easily, as you found out.
Poetry: Love, K+, English, Romance & Tragedy, words: 99, favs: 51, follows: 4, 6/5/2005
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Virtuoso by
his terrible beauty
I loved him like a symphony that soared inside my brain. I loved him, how I loved him, and his music kept me sane... A poem about falling in love with a musician.
Poetry: Love, K+, English, Romance & Angst, words: 348, favs: 88, follows: 4, 6/4/2008
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The Boy Who Talks to God » by
Unbridled
Whatever God told him to do, he did. Giving away his shoes, taking punches, befriending outcasts. Even turning his back on love...and on me.
Fiction: Romance, K+, English, Romance & Spiritual, chapters: 61, words: 195k+, favs: 346, follows: 112, updated: 2/20/2010 published: 2/28/2009