Opposites

❝ Things are only as beautiful as you make them, Charlie. Including murder. ❞ It's the opening night of Burton Abbey's production of Romeo and Juliet and all is going smoothly - that is until the climactic death scene. Romeo takes a big gulp of the poison to be with his lover, except it really is poison and Elijah, who plays Romeo, is now dead. Charlie Monet, in charge of props, is the first suspect but soon the suspicion around her turns to worry as it seems she's the next target. Khaleel Rahim, an aspiring writer, is dying for a mystery to solve at his new school. When he sees Charlie sneaking around at night he thinks he's finally found something worth writing about. After discovering Charlie's ability to see visions of the past, Khaleel decides that they're the perfect pair to solve the mystery. With threatening notes, a quiet library and poison disguised as props; somebody in the school is blurring the lines between theatre and reality and the fast friends are about to discover that there's more to boarding school than just silly rumours. [2022 Watty's Shortlist]

Jordie Cheng angered a goddess by stealing her lover. Her price? To be cast into the past, forced to work her way through each decade as a traitor. Beginning in 1900, Jordie must capture the heart of a potential lover, only to break it. She falls into a steady routine of heartache--until 1990. Trinity University of Vermont. Jordie finds herself in the company of an art student desperate to prove his skills, and who sees Jordie as the perfect inspiration. Hungry to let herself experience "life" this time, Jordie turns her back on the curse that will kill her by the year's end if she doesn't succeed. But competition is brewing among artists in the school, and the goddess is keeping a close eye on Jordie. Only she doesn't know whether she can bring herself to be the villain this year.

A book of poems about yoUth , disease, and love. Art by reign_true