2024 Phoenix Award
A 15-year-old girl is hiding from her biological father in an exclusive boarding school in New Zealand. She changed her name but lives with her getaway bag packed. When another girl at the school is found in a coma, the question arises - did the father poison the wrong girl by mistake?
In this heartwarming, and inspiring autobiographical story collection, the author bares all that is candid and revealing as well as shares his hard-won wisdom and insights.
Tyler, a disenfranchised American expat, is trying to survive his first-year teaching in the Korean Hagwon system. As his self-isolating, culture-shock induced depression gets worse, however, he will need to draw on new resources to manage his deteriorating mental condition.
Seraphina must choose the lesser of two evils—the ghosts that haunt her or the murderer who hunts her. Born with a rare ability—or curse, Seraphina can see and hear the dead. During the early days of the London Blitz, she is confronted with hundreds of lost souls wandering the streets. As the war...
Inspired by a true story, an elderly woman recounts the tales of her ancestors from the glittering age of the Romanovs through today, and how their struggles, sacrifices, and perseverance has impacted her decision whether or not to have an operation to save her life.
Annabel Tate's life is a mess. When an unconventional Advent calendar appears at her door from an unknown sender, Annabel's life could be about to change as she completes a new challenge each day until Christmas. Each challenge takes her out of her comfort zone, but is it for better or for worse?
Young Dr. Choate had it made. At thirty-five, he had survived medical school and a long residency and had come into his own as a legitimate surgeon. Then, the music stopped. He had suffered a life-threatening stroke. His self-penned story, ‘The Stroke Artist’, speaks to all who have at one time or...
Inspired by a true story, Rachel Stein teaches a valuable life lesson about adversity she hopes will make a difference in her students' lives. She relates the tales of her ancestors' struggles and sacrifices, and how they overcame adversity from the glittering age of the Romanovs, through today.
I wish to enter for the Phoenix award with this story since early Welsh medieval history is little known and chronicled; I hope to shed light on a particularly dark corner of early medieval history.
"Passion Struck" inspires you to become your best self. It's about choosing courage, living intentionally, and crafting a life aligned with your aspirations. Learn how to make the shift from being a passive observer of your life to becoming the master architect of it.
Adventure is found in unlikely places. Lily is a lonely child who lives in an old house by the banks of the Mississippi River. The house is mysterious with a closed door between two apartments. Lily hears a voice encouraging her to open the door, but she is scared to do so. Curiosity can be good.
After falling out of the sky- quite literally- with an airplane, Amber goes though life simply surviving from week to week. Her traumatic experience keeps on haunting her day and night, but mostly at night, and it seems there's no way out. If life is only a torture, why keep on going?
IT’S A STRANGE FORM OF CHRISTIANITY THAT WOULD DENY PERPETRATORS OF EVIL CAN BE REDEEMED. Ever made a self-destructive choice? How do you survive the losses & rebuild a life worth living? TBOC was written to those who, like Cain, have made life-wrecking decisions - written by a fellow traveler who...
Collecting life force is essential for death fairies survival. To give it away is a death sentence. Two fairies, one light one dark, or so it appears at first glance.
His touch could kill her. Her life could save him. The balance of the entire realm lies in their hands.
Native sisters Luka and Little Feather have a dream to see the ocean... It would take somehting magical to make that happen! The hidden messages throughout and the underlying story of magic and whimsy make for such a unique, outstandingly beautiful piece of art steeped in Indigenous culture.❤️
