New Fics from V Featured Authors

It's the 15th of a new month! Check out the new Twilight fics from V featured authors
that you might have missed the past few weeks.

Non-Canon

"Fireworks" by idealskeptic

Emmett & Bella, All Human, Romance, M, One shot

Summary: When Renee gives her new college graduate daughter a trip to the North Carolina beach for a the 4th of July and tells her to live a little and have fun, what will Bella do when she meets a sexy jogger on the beach who happens to have a very cute puppy? Will she do as she was told and let loose with Emmett? AH

"The Major's Daughter" by Speklez

Jasper, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, MA/NC-17, WIP

Summary: When the worst thing imaginable happens, every little girl just wants her daddy and Jade was no different. The difference between Jade and other little girls is that her daddy won't just make everything all better, but will paint the world in blood while he's at it.

"Petition" by BookwormBaby2580

Jacob & Bella, T, One shot

Summary: A story of smiles and tears, of giving up or holding on.

New Stories from Featured Authors

Check out the new fics from V featured authors that you might have missed .

"Breaking Free" by mama4dukes

Jasper & Bella, Romance/Friendship, MA/NC-17, One Shot

Summary: Can people start anew after being abandoned by the ones who supposedly loved them? Bella & Jasper build new lives for themselves after being torn asunder by Edward & Alice. But what happens when they run into each other? Will they give love a chance?

"Just Breath" by dirtybrat

Carlisle & Bella, MA/NC-17, One Shot

Summary: "Welcome home, darling." is just the beginning. Breath play, BDSM, orgasm denial. **A Remember When This Was Fun Entry**

"The Thrill of the Hunt" by Arianna-Janae

Tanya & Edward, Drama/Romance, MA/NC-17, One Shot

Summary: A challenge, a hunt, and a lesson. Edward flees the call of Bella's blood only to succumb to another call. Will a simple lesson turn into a dream fulfilled? Will a chance encounter be something more? Tanya&Edward, AU. Canon lovers be warned.

"Divided" by forthelongestday

Peter & Bella, Drama/Romance, MA/NC-17, WIP

Summary: "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." — Carl Gustav Jung / Eclipse AU

"Set Fire to the Rain" by idealskeptic

Alice & Jasper, Romance, Hurt/Comfort, T, One Shot

Summary: Alice is completely convinced that she's damaged goods & not worthy of anything good in life. Jasper begs to differ. With the help of his brother and sister-in-law, Carlisle and Esme, he works to convince Alice that she's worthy of love - with him.

"Journal of a Young Vampire" by duskwatcher2153

Drama, MA/NC-17, WIP

Summary: For their first Christmas together, Carlisle gives Edward a journal. This is the beginnings of that journal. Incomplete.

"Flowers for a Ghost" by LJ Summers

Edward & Bella, Supernatural/Angst, T, One Shot

Summary: "Come to me..." the voice calls in the misty evening. It has been ten years. An entry into the TwiFicPics Memories of the Past Challenge, inspired by a banner by maxipoo1024. As implied by the title, someone has died. Edward/Bella AH? Not entirely.

"Square Pegs" by BookwormBaby2580

Carlisle & Edward, Romance, Slash, MA/NC-17, One Shot

Summary: Three years after Edward chafes at Carlisle's restrictions and leaves him, Carlisle stumbles across his scent in an alley in New York City. Slash, AU, C/E

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"Before The Dawn" by BookwormBaby2580

Edward & Bella, Horror/Romance, MA/NC-17

Summary: After her mother's wedding in Mexico, Bella encounters a vampire with less altruistic motives than the ones she might have met in Forks under drastically different circumstances. One bad decision, she discovers, can change her entire life. AU E/B

"Dark Imprint" by peters.kitten

Paul & Bella, Angst/Romance, MA/NC-17

Summary: What happens when fate gets one wrong? Will he be her salvation, or is she doomed to spend eternity bound to another? Eventual Bella/Peter

"67" by HopelessRomantic79

Emmett & Bella, AH, Romance, MA/NC-17, One Shot

Summary: Emmett likes to treat a car like he treats a woman... with a loving hand. But what if his wife Bella misses his loving hand? AU, AH, lots of fun!

"Harlequinade" by Kyilliki

Various Volturi pairings, Supernatural/Romance, MA/NC-17, One Shot Collection/Drabbles

Summary: A series of fourteen unconnected drabbles featuring various Volturi pairings. Posted for Valentine's Day.

"Opportunity" by wonderwoundedhearers

Edward & Bella, AH, Friendship/Romance, T, One Shot

Summary: An excerpt from the diary of Edward Cullen, and how 'The Day Alice Spilled' became 'The Day Edward Thanked Her for It.' AH/AU. O/s. Mild lang. Fluff-ish.

March One Shot Staff Picks

Every month, we rec under-appreciated one shots we simply adore. So get comfy, check out these short reads and try something new, and be sure to leave them some love.

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"Those Who Wait" by BookwormBaby2580
Mike & Bella, Romance, MA/NC-17

Summary: Because nice guys shouldn't always have to finish last.

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Wayward Girl: I have found yet another wonderful story written by BookwormBaby2580. This time, though, she paired up Bella with Mike Newton. *gasp* I know you are skeptical, but "Those Who Wait" has me willing to root for Mr. Golden Retriever himself. The author has created a very likable (and believable) Mike who you can't help but love. This one-shot is well written and has all the elements of a good story, go check it out!

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"Lepidoptera" by smexy4smarties
Renee & Charlie, Hurt/Comfort, Post-BD, M

Summary: lepidoptera: Gr. lepidos "scale" and pteron "wing." Any of a large order of insects, including butterflies, that as adults have four wings covered with minute overlapping and often brightly colored scales. Brush the scales away and... Canon. NEHEA entry

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RaindropSoup: Smexy4smarties is refreshingly smart. Brilliant, really. She has taken what is often a predictable, shallow, and overlooked character and given her a depth that left me aching—for both Renee-centric fics and the character herself. Renee is not who we think she is, not for the reasons we assume and always portray. Using the bare-bones of a character SM left us, Smexy4smarties has fleshed out a canon Renee with a haunting voice, a painful perspective, and startling realism, all the while answering a few questions. What happened between her and Charlie, when they were young and when she left? How do Bella and the Cullens—and Charlie for that matter—tie the loose ends that was once Bella's human life, post-BD? "Lepidoptera" is not about a how a seemingly scatter-brained woman thinks, but how she feels and is perceived. It could not have been better written. It's a one shot you'll never forget. Be sure to stop by and leave some love.

(Be aware that this was written for The Never Ever Happily Ever After Contest and tied third place in the public vote. No fluff or rainbows—except for Renee's outfit—here, which suits this spot-on characterization perfectly. And because it's sadly beautiful, captures the feel and essence of "Lepidoptera," along with further explaining the title, here's the quote used in the one shot:

"Imagine what it would be like to hold a butterfly in your hands, something bejeweled and treasured, and to know that, despite your devotion, it is dying by degrees." — Jodi Picoult, Harvesting the Heart)

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BookwormBaby2580's "Take This Heart" Reviewed by wonderwoundedhearers

Title: 'Take This Heart' (WIP)
Author: BookwormBaby2580
Rated VVM18+
Genre: Hurt/Comfort/Romance
Pairing: Carlisle & Bella
Summary: Bella's dark life is lightened by hope when she moves to Forks and meets Carlisle Cullen. Will have references to physical, sexual and emotional abuse.

When I first trawled FF.net for Bellisle fics and found this...well, I was reluctant to read it, I admit - I'm not a huge fan of abuse, and I usually scroll down the page double-time when anything really graphic appears on my screen...but then, this fic doesn't shovel abuse in your face for no reason.

This fic vividly shows you the consequences of a person's actions, how that person dictates their victim's life, even when they're not there, and how, when that victim finds herself stuck between supernatural worlds in little ol' Forks, light can be found in the strangest and darkest of places.

To date, 'Take This Heart' is eighty-five chapters long - I know! How does she do it?! - and an update for it seems to appear in my inbox like clockwork. But not only is BookwormBaby2580 dishing out the chapters faster than I can say, 'Wait... Is that another chapter?' but the quality of them... *sighs* Her writing is fan-fucking-tastic - it's more than readable, more than relatable, and it gets to the heart of the matter so cleanly and precisely you'd think she's written it with a scalpel.