Norman Patterson believes that the world is against him. Why wouldn't he, when his brother's demeaning and abusive comments keep him awake at night, ravaging his mind? With his unique, hardly appropriate survival skills and damaged self-esteem, the largely self-absorbed, sometimes clueless man, sets on a mission to prove to the world that he can find love, no matter the cost. It appears there's no one more suitable for the job than the woman he simply cannot stop thinking about. NB 'Beneath The Surface' explores the effects of child abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, and low self-worth. While I might throw in some form of humor to lighten the mood, none of these issues should be taken lightly. 🚫 Trigger warning; Some scenes portray abuse, violence, and self-harm. ❗❗❗ If you are not comfortable with dark themes or have any triggers at all, please do not read this story!

Welcome to Miss.Clarvence's Home for Exceptional Girls. Here lives 4 young girls just trying to get through life. Till one day they find one of their housemates, Victoria, dead. But thats not the end of the story... is it? Because there's always than meets the eye.

A misguidedly idealistic high school student founds a club to teach his classmates philosophy; when it becomes a cult, he must change course before the whole school drinks the Kool-Aid. Frank can think of no better way to prove his classmates have no moral compass than to write a manifesto satirically arguing for the virtues of selfishness; when this attempt at shining a light on his classmates' behavior is taken at face value, he creates a club to spread his teachings, hoping his ironies will be more obvious on a grander scale. The authoritarian rule of law he establishes meets little resistance from his club members, even as he wonders privately when they'll have enough and choose a more virtuous path. While Frank earnestly seeks to help his classmates, his methodology proves misguided in practice, and Frank must find where to draw the line before he permanently ruins his beloved high school. But then again, being a cult leader is too much fun to pass up... You Must Remember This adapts the foundation of Catch-22 in a high school setting, applying the same notion of dystopian bureaucracy to lampoon Silicon Valley's competitive spirit and, in these politically charged times, comment on the fragility of our own democracy. CW: minor character death (non-graphic), dark psychological themes (e.g. gaslighting), authoritarian regimes (including references to communism and Nazism) "Amazing, terrible, bourgeois horror" "At first I thought the story was about silicone implants" "I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves the classic American English course reading list or just wants to read something that will make them think."

Eden's got a crush on her neighbor, Jasper, who lives in the apartment across the hall. The problem? He already has a girlfriend who's a beautiful model. That is, until the day she turns up dead. Eden finds herself caught up in the drama and meets four additional romanceable characters as she figures out what happened to Jasper's late girlfriend, Sophia. Looking into a dead girl's past may turn out to be more complex and dangerous than Eden could've ever imagined, but Jasper stands to pay a steep price if she fails... ~~~This story features choices that allow the reader to choose which character they would like to get to know better, and will one day be a visual novel~~~ 1st Place in The Strawberry Milkshake Awards ~ Mystery/Thriller 1st Place in the Opulence Writer's Awards ~ Mystery/Thriller 2nd Place in The Chocolate Heart Awards ~ Horror/Mystery 3rd Place in The Banana Awards ~ Mystery/Thriller Runner-up in The Fast Foods Awards ~ Romance Top Rankings: 2nd in #investigate 6th in #reporter 7th in #user 10th in #visual 10th in #dreamlandbooks