The dragons came to Earth and set our world on fire. Humans took shelter underground our formerly glorious cities, avoiding the imminent death found on the surface where dragons roam. When my sister disappears, I take off after her but don't get far before I'm snatched into the claws of a dragon. Instead of scorching me, he refuses to let me go.

-Featured Story -Wattys 2016 Winner Eve's a vegan zombie, and she really doesn't care what you think of it, so shush it. All she wants is to get by and find some pigeons or a fat rat - anything without a name she can eat before she starves to death in What's-Left-of-Los-Angeles, California. Because I don't care what you say, she's NOT eating humans. It's gross. Levon's weird and has a funny voice. Or maybe it just sounds funny when he hears it. Everyone's voice is funny when they hear it recorded, right? Anyway, he's like one of the only people who hasn't turned into a zombie since the outbreak, and even he has no idea how that happened. He thinks it's gross to eat people too. But he also thinks it's gross to eat pigeons and rats, so there's that. And now that they've found each other in the wasteland, Levon's plan is to carry Eve with him across the country to the army shelter in New York that totally exists and will save them both. Eve's plan is to keep her eyes from rolling into her skull every time Levon opens his mouth.

It started with a fortunate mistake It ended in a mistaken fortune. * * * * They get gold if they're lucky. Most of the time, they settle for silver. It's not a question for Damien Jacobs. For his whole life, he has been stealing from families with his controlling father as his accomplice. After a whole life of living like a criminal, Damien finds himself having a change of heart when he starts to get cozy with the son of the rich family that he's trying to steal from. But regardless of his father's commands, Damien is willing to leave his theft days behind.

She's the awkward girl with a troubled past and he's the dark and handsome guy who always wears a hood. Drawn to Anthony by circumstance, Felicity makes it a mission to befriend him but not without some misunderstandings along the way. What she will come to find out is that the boy underneath the hood is more troubled than she could've imagined, and it will take loyalty, love, and the raw truth to help heal his scars. But, it's a two-way street, and Felicity has wounds of her own that may just end up making even a friendship impossible. A teenage romance with a lot to say about trusting your heart, and taking chances. ACHIEVEMENTS #1 in enemies to lovers 6/20/22 #1 in teenage 4/5/20 #4 in young adult 6/23/22 [90,000-100,000 words]

Alex and Liam have been best friends their whole lives until a drunken kiss leads them down separate paths. As time passes, they must face truths they never expected. ***** Alex Camejo and Liam Santos have been thick as thieves since they met at age seven. As the years passed, Liam protected Alex from bullies while Alex denied what those bullies were saying. He's not gay no matter how "girly" he seems... or how much he longs to hold Liam's hand. But a drunken kiss tears everything down. The inseparable Liam Santos and Alex Camejo can no longer be friends. Without each other's support, they must overcome the struggles of adolescence, coming out, new lovers, self-doubt and lingering emotions. One hopes he will forget his best friend and find happiness. The other hopes they will reunite and be happy. In the end, whose dreams will come true? [[Watty's Award Winner]]

A book full of angry black feminist op-eds and rants written by this black girl so keep your misogynoir to yourself ✨ i am not a teacher so please don't ask me teach you or educate you... google is free✨

Gia knew Isaac as her adopted sister's boyfreind. A boy with a bad reputation and who liked to tease her for her place of birth and race (sort of). She didn't like him. She spent as little time with him as possible. But then she was kidnapped, and Isaac right along with her. Thrown into an, at first, unknown situation, she was forced to depend on someone she hadn't ever thought she would have to, even more so when the unknown situation became clearer. They were taken by a cruel couple, a cruel couple who couldn't adopt or have children of their own. An insane, wicked couple who decided instead of going the way of surrogacy or find willing participants, and instead force two unwilling people to conceive and birth their children for them.

Kiara has a hard time loving. Her grandma says its because she doesn't love herself. But when she does love, it is with her whole heart and everything in her, the only problem with that is not everything in her is good or even whole. Selfish and prone to emotions such as jealousy, envy, and insecurity most of her relationships thus far in her life have been toxic. That doesn't change when she gets into a relationship with a boy she never thought she would give the time of day too, Nolan Cullem. A kind but complicated boy with a dark past and an overwhelming need to belong, be needed, and be loved unconditionally, Nolan has his own set of problems all on his own. These two begin their relationship on uneven and muddy ground. A marked thing already bruised and rotting. It makes perfect sense for a relationship such as there's to be doomed to suffer strife and drama. These two character ultimately change one another, but not all change is good.

Bryce had been a good kid. A better than good kid actually, with his sense of justice and high morals. He wanted to be a police officer and do good things for his community and the world. But then he was kidnapped because of one of his many good deeds, and worse yet, he had dragged his girlfriend, Krissy, into the dangerous mess he had made for himself. Their kidnapper was a woman, a mother, who blamed him for her son's imprisonment and later death. The woman's goal was to torture him, break him, and turn a good kid bad. It wouldn't have worked if not for Krissy - the good kid's one weakness. The one thing he would do anything for, including becoming a Monster.

Iila's husband use to love her, but that good thing ended like they sometimes do. He hates her now and he shows her that every chance he gets. He shows his hate in the coldness in his eyes, the broken glass in his words, and the cruelness wrapped around his hands like gloves. She loves him though, because she made the mistake of not doing so once and it ended up costing her everything. She loves him much more then she loves herself. Her love and her willingness to be the one who shoulders most of the suffering is tested when he forces them to move.