|SEASON 1 OF CLAXTON| |2X FEATURED · WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · PAID STORY ON INKSPIRED!| As the Octopus Man returns from the Bermuda Triangle, Makenna Angelia Delling teams up with Merlin the Great's ninja-like fairy apprentice, Tracey, to defeat him. However, what will happen when Tracey learns he is the K.T. Magic Murderer? *** Fourteen-year-old Makenna Delling is a Metamorphic Fairy, a rare fairy from a family in which one person must have been a fairy. Except, who is that one person? To help find answers regarding her past, Makenna teams up with seventeen-year-old Tracey, a mysterious fairy who hails from Merlin's Island. Together, they are dragged into the flight of their lives after they learn that the Octopus Man has returned from the Bermuda Triangle, and he is eager to kill Tracey. Mustering up all her courage, Makenna must find a way to stop Tracey from becoming who he truly is. She has to help him defeat the Octopus Man himself if he is to change his fate. Both teens have high stakes, especially since Tracey could be one of the greatest threats in the entire Magic World. Who is Makenna? Who is Tracey? Most importantly, why must Makenna find her long-lost family member? It's so she can call herself a True Metamorphic Fairy. *** *Main tropes: bad boy, love triangle, and friends-to-lovers.* *Note: My writing style is 3rd-person omniscient, so please judge it accordingly. Thank you!* *Important: There is a non-graphic suicide attempt in Part Two of Chapter Sixty--just FYI, in case you'd like to skip that section.* Word Count: 150,000-200,000

|PUBLISHED IN THE CHANTICLEER COURIER| When Holloway breaks his little sister's sled, he embarks on a coming-of-age journey through Yuletide Village to buy a new one before it's too late. *** Sixteen-year-old head elf Holloway loves his little sister Brenna more than anything, but while out sledding one day while she's in the reindeer stables, he has an accident and breaks her sled. Overwhelmed with fear and guilt after learning that he can't afford a new sled, Holloway stirs up trouble in Yuletide Village, trying to find more coins to help his sister. However, when greed consumes him and takes him to Santa's sleigh, Holloway must face the consequences of his actions and learn a lesson that he never thought was possible for an elf. Regardless, will it be too late for Brenna and Santa to forgive him? *** *A short Christmas tale about a flawed teen elf learning an important life lesson.* *Word Count: 1,000-2,000.*

|2X FEATURED · SHORTYS 2025 LONGLIST · WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM| #SupportPacificIslanderVoices Erin, a conflicted Elemental Spirit, embarks on a life-changing journey across the ocean as the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season. *** Erin hasn't been an Elemental Spirit for long, but she has watched the Earth change right before her, becoming more unrecognizable each day because of humans. As her first journey across the Atlantic Ocean approaches, she has one goal and one goal only: to eliminate the humans. Take them out one by one, starting with the Caribbean. As Erin moves her thunderstorms away from Cape Verde and begins organizing into a massive hurricane, she starts seeing the world from different perspectives: between ships, islands, animals, and even the Hurricane Hunters investigating her. When she nears peak intensity in the Caribbean, Erin faces the toughest question of all: "Is this right, or am I just another monster?" That's something the young hurricane must figure out on her own. *** *A short story inspired by Henry Loomis's quote in Jurassic World Rebirth: "When the Earth gets tired of us, believe me, it will shake us off like a summer cold."* *FYI: This is a story, not a science lesson, so don't expect everything to be completely accurate.* *Moral: There is just as much good in the world as there is evil.* *Word Count: 5,000 exactly (500 words per chapter).*

|SEASON 1 OF BILL AND THE WHISTLING DEATH| |9X FEATURED · WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · 2025 BEST RISING AUTHOR OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST · PAID STORY ON INKSPIRED!| #SupportHistoricalLGBTQVoices A troubled veteran attempts to forget the past by volunteering at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, but it proves difficult when he's close to the plane that changed his life forever--the Corsair. *** Retired Navy pilot William Beckington never planned to move on after The Incident and has lived with the guilt for seventy years. After failed attempts with PTSD counselors, his daughter recommends that he begin volunteering on the aircraft carrier CV-10 in Charleston, South Carolina. Reluctantly, Bill agrees, but his decision proves difficult when he stumbles back into the world of Corsairs, the plane he'd rather forget. Seeing that The Incident still haunts him, Bill's new friends attempt to help him remember his long-lost joy; he attends Bulldog Tours, learns the stories of other veterans, and strangely finds himself near the Corsair more than he would like. While nothing will free his mind from the traumatizing Incident, Bill must find a way to push past his grief and guilt to live the life he is meant to live--and rekindle his best friend's legacy before he succumbs. *** *There is a queer side character in this story, but it remains relatively quiet and is not the story's primary focus.* *Moral: "Loss hurts, but it's not the end of the world."* *Word Count: 50,000-52,000* Are you curious about the airplanes we have at Patriots Point? Feel free to check them out! https://www.patriotspoint.org/things-to-do/aircraft

|26X FEATURED · 2X SPOLIGHT STORY · SHORTLISTED FOR THE SEASONAL CONTESTS!| #SupportHispanicVoices #SupportIndigenousVoices Mateo Brook, a young Pinta Park Ranger, must learn the legend of the Green Guardian to save the Paperblank Forest from a ruthless basilisk. What starts as an enjoyable mission soon becomes a matter of life or death. *** The fae are an ancient race in Pinta Country, but no fairy is as old as the Green Guardian. Sixty years ago, she trapped a little boy in time. Now, she begs for the Pebble Masters to rescue them. Eleven-year-old Evie Amanda Madison and twenty-one-year-old Mateo Brook are part of a specialized camp to train aspiring Pinta Park Rangers. Evie, who dreams of being just like her hero, Ranger Anthony, is unaware of the danger she is about to face. There is a basilisk loose in the Paperblank Forest. It's a creature of old magic that dates back to the Green Guardian herself. Together with a talking Red-Crowned Crane, John, and Pinta's young king, Benjamin, Evie and Mateo must find a way to free the time travelers if they hope to defeat the monster. Little do they know that this is all part of a prophecy-a prophecy held dearly by the people of Paperblank Village. Sixty years ago, history changed forever. A dark shadow is looming over Pinta Country, but Evie and Mateo are the only ones who can reverse the past. *** Word Count: 100,000-130,000

|SERIALIZED STORY · ACTS I AND II · WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · ON BREAK FOR CLAXTON| |AMBYS 2024 GRAND FAVORITE! · 19X FEATURED| Daniel Matton wasn't ready for an adventure, not until 3025 sent him into space on a journey to prehistoric times. The prehistoric animals test his patience, but Dan must endure all the pain and suffering to return home safely. *** Seventeen-year-old Daniel Matton, still grieving after his mother's death five years ago, is given the adventure of a lifetime when he's selected as the Star of 3025's PPMC Project for a journey through a black hole, wormhole, and white hole to prehistoric times. Now, does Dan want to be the Star? Heck no, but he has loved paleontology ever since a bittersweet memory with his mom twelve years earlier. Programmed to resemble Dan's mother's personality, PPMC vows to keep him safe on his journey, but it's difficult when the stubborn teen constantly gets in trouble, not just with himself but also with prehistoric anomalies: volcanic eruptions, eight-foot-long millipedes, terrifying saber-toothed cats, and, above all, disaster. Now nearly trapped in time, Dan and PPMC must work together to escape the geologic time scale before Dan's love for paleontology and the mighty Quetzalcoatlus prevent him from learning how to truly trust PPMC and "let go" of the burden that's weighed him down for five years. A teen, a starship, and Becca... Have you ever wanted to see where life first began? *** *Moral: "Accept where you belong."* JUDGES AND REVIEWERS! The world of Through the Wormhole is enormous, and I cannot touch on every nook and cranny of it in merely five chapters. Please keep that in mind.

|A SET OF TWO WHAT'S NEW SCOOBY-DOO FANFIC NOVELLAS| |WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · 5X FEATURED · ONC 2025 SHORTLIST AND AMBASSADOR PICK · TEGSA 2025 · BEST NEW FANFICTION SHORTLIST| Scooby-Doo and the Ghost of Ontario: When Freddie reads of hauntings at Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park in Ontario due to a mysterious lullaby, "Lucilla", he drags the gang on an unexpected canoe trip, where he's determined to prove that not only do ghosts exist but also that not every villain hides under a mask. Scooby-Doo and the Lightning Spirit: When the Thunderbird awakens in the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, the Mystery Gang and their new friend Ihaan embark on a journey that tests everything they thought they knew about mysteries and the Ghost of Ontario. *** *Don't ask... LOL!* *FYI: These stories are based on a TV show, so expect a screenplay-like writing style.* *Main Tropes: Found family and angst with a happy ending.* *#SupportIndigenousVoices.*

|WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · TEGSA 2025| #SupportIndigenousVoices When the Thunderbird awakens in the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, the Mystery Gang and their new friend Ihaan embark on a journey that tests everything they thought they knew about mysteries and the Ghost of Ontario. *** After surviving their first year of college, the Mystery Gang is excited to return to Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park to spend a week with their friend Ihaan, where they try to reintroduce him to society with modern gifts--and teach him the fun of solving mysteries. However, that night, Ihaan dreams of the Thunderbird, a Spirit said to encompass good and evil, who only appears when someone needs help. The next day, he and the gang are drawn into a new mystery when the Spirit Animals disappear, and a strange lightning storm signals the return of the Thunderbird. As Ihaan and the gang fight to calm the Lightning Spirit and save the Spirit Animals, Ihaan must learn where he truly belongs, while the Mystery Gang learns the harsh truth of the word "erasure". By then, though, will it be too late for all of them? *** *Sequel to What's New Scooby-Doo: The Ghost of Ontario. Can be read as a standalone.* *FYI: This story is based on a TV show, so expect a screenplay-like writing style.* *Also inspired by Indigenous mythology.* *Main Tropes: Angst with a happy ending and found family.* *Moral: "Some mysteries are more than someone in a mask."*

|ACT I · MERLIN FANFIC · WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM| "In a land of myth and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young man. His name: Merlin." *** After two weeks of peace in Camelot, the Death Lion is loose, conjured by Morgana, and is eager to kill. Joined by King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Merlin embarks on an epic quest to slay the beast. Whether he succeeds or not all boils down to the friendship he has with Arthur--and if he can save his magic before the Death Lion destroys both it and the young king. As the two friends travel to unknown lands and encounter new enemies and allies, they're forced to make decisions they never thought were possible--decisions that will either help or shatter their friendship, which will determine who will win, who will die, and who is the true Once and Future King. Let the misery begin. *** *Written in 2019.* *Word Count: 20,000-25,000*

Undiscovered writers unite in friendly competition on the enchanted world of Unification, where they receive support and opportunities to grow as writers as they continue their majestic careers--to prove that they are just as important as their Discovered peers. *** The world of Literature is confusing. A group of writers, the Undiscovered, are shunned by their Discovered peers, leading to frustration and conflict with their craft. Ready to prove that they're just as important as the Discovered, the Undiscovered leave the safety of Literature and begin exploring other opportunities for them to attempt, leading to a planet called Unification. There, they meet two eager readers ready to share their stories with the universe and give them the recognition they deserve--a place in the Discovered Circle on Literature. As the Undiscovered learn new tips and tricks about Literature, they will create new friendships and discover that to be a good writer, they must be themselves. The two readers hope to achieve this through Unification with this unknown, beautiful population. Welcome to Unification. *** *Join my friend and I for an opportunity to gain recognition for your hard work! Any story and genre is welcome here, and we are so excited to help Wattpad's hidden gems!* *Let's start the new year with a bang!* *Note: This is my first time hosting an award, so I ask for patience and cooperation.*