In this futuristic novella, Lace Heavensmall is trapped at her high school during Freak Week, a global warming side effect that makes weather -- and people -- act completely nuts. Written by: Grace Helbig and YOU Want your chapter to be included? Check back each Thursday for a new "Writing With Grace" episode and chapter prompt. Make sure to tag your submission with #WritingWithGrace. Read the full Rules & Regs on the @writingwith profile page!

Lacey is a bat girl. Seven years ago, her mother wished at the well in the heart of the Wish Wood, transforming a young bat-ling into a human girl--mostly human. But Lacey is growing up, Mama has a real daughter now, the kids in town tug on her pointy ears, and the schoolmistress chides her for hissing and baring her sharp teeth at her tormentors. Lacey is overwhelmed by all the typical angst of being a teenage girl, being an outcast, and the animal nature inside her--which seems to be out of her control. Will she give in to her baser instincts or will she be the daughter Mama wants her to be? The struggle brings her back to the haunted Wish Woods, where she learns just what kind of animal she can be. A/N: I appreciate feedback and votes very much. My dedicated readers, you are like gold to me! Every time I see a comment and vote from you I think how lucky I am and how amazing you are. Thank you so much for reading!!

Book II of SEIZE THE DAY, Winner of the 2014 Wattys Instant Addiction Award. If you haven't read Book I, SEIZE THE DAY, please do! There are spoilers ahead! **** Lannie Brackenbury never thought she would be sent on a dangerous quest to save the world. But after she discovered her destiny as a Harbinger, that idea took a drastic twist. Bestowed with abilities that she is still learning to use, Lannie is sent on a journey that will take her across Etheia, where she must negotiate a peace treaty between the magical kingdom of Eremith and the human kingdom of Nor to break the vicious cycle of slavery. But making peace in the world of Etheia is not as easy as it seems. Therin, the bloodthirsty Drakain that ruined Lannie's life, is still moving in the shadows, convincing the world to doubt the existence of the Harbingers. And when a terrifying beast cloaked in darkness attacks Lannie, she realizes that defeating Therin is the least of her worries. Humans and magical creatures are on the brink of another war. This time, it is far more dangerous than Lannie could ever have imagined. There is a dark force at work that is bent on destroying not only Nor, but Eremith as well. And it will take everything that Lannie has to stop it. ---- Cover: Model © Ylenia Manganelli via PrincessandDragon.deviantart.com; Background © Sean & Ashlie Nelson via AshenSorrow.deviantart.com; edited by me

THE BODY ELECTRIC IS A NEW, FULL-LENGTH SCI FI NOVEL BY BETH REVIS. THE FULL NOVEL IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM ALL MAJOR RETAILERS. THIS SAMPLE COMPRISES ROUGHLY 1/3 OF THE TOTAL BOOK. The future world is at peace. Ella Shepherd has dedicated her life to using her unique gift-the ability to enter people's dreams and memories using technology developed by her mother-to help others relive their happy memories. But not all is at it seems. Ella starts seeing impossible things-images of her dead father, warnings of who she cannot trust. Her government recruits her to spy on a rebel group, using her ability to experience-and influence-the memories of traitors. But the leader of the rebels claims they used to be in love-even though Ella's never met him before in her life. Which can only mean one thing... Someone's altered her memory. Ella's gift is enough to overthrow a corrupt government or crush a growing rebel group. She is the key to stopping a war she didn't even know was happening. But if someone else has been inside Ella's head, she cannot trust her own memories, thoughts, or feelings. So who can she trust?

#1 for a month on the Fantasy-Action Hotlist. Wattys2015 Winner. Fourteen-year-old Luisa is focused on staying under the radar at her rough London school, relieved that the summer holidays are soon to begin. Exploring the ruin of an abbey at night, Luisa falls into the underground land of Cataindar. The catains are a cat-like race, possessing powers and magic that most humans could only dream of. They have been expecting her. As the catain abbot guides Luisa through their world, Luisa finds out that things in Cataindar are not quite as they seem. Old secrets are discovered, new loyalties are forged and a dark truth puts Luisa's life in terrible danger. Cataindar is the first in a planned series involving talking cats, giant rats and an ancient power that will change the world as we know it forever.

Echo has always had a soft spot for animals, even as a child. However, when she gets lost in the forest at the age of five, she makes a pact with a demon without knowing the severity of her simple promise. With just two months standing between her and her seventeenth birthday, many strange events begin to occur around her; the sudden death of a friend, spontaneously exploding objects, wounded animals suddenly healing under her touch, and an intriguing new student who goes by the name of 'Crow'. Though at first these things seem to have no rhyme or reason, Echo soon finds something in her family bloodline that ties everything together- with her right in the middle of it. --This work is COPYRIGHTED >:0 <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.

Reid has been homeless on the streets of New York for years now, fighting for cash in clubs and sleeping in empty buildings. With his special ability, Reid could have whatever life he wanted, but chooses not to. When Sam meets Reid on the subway, she has a hard time forgetting about him, and not only because he keeps showing up in the least likely of places. Sam doesn't know it at first, but the boy she just met is about to show her a whole other world.

Willow Maverick has a secret. A secret that she wishes she didn’t have to keep. But he’s changed her forever, leaving her with the constant reminders of everything she’s ever done wrong. Even if she tried, no one could begin to understand what’s happened. But the new boy who sits behind her in class is too persistent to let her go down without a fight, no matter what it takes. Even if she’s permanently torn apart.

In a five part story based on the BBC TV show SHERLOCK, the legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his mild-manner companion, John Watson, face five original adventures written by WattyAwards2012 Finalist, E. K. Sloyer. The two partners in crime face a criminal that can only be tracked through John's past; a mysterious voice bent on destroying Sherlock through a member of the Royal family; and lastly, a nemesis that is determined to prove that Sherlock's dead...though, all the while, the great detective is one step ahead of all of them. __________________ IN EDITING PROCESS COMPLETED 2013 #54 in Mystery/Thriller

My name is Lindsey Roy, and I will survive. There is no room in a world of 21 billion, certainly not enough room to let the weak live. On every child's 17th birthday they would be taken from there homes and shipped off to a remote facility to be tested. This test is not your run off the mill test, this test would decide whether or not you are an aid to society... whether or not you will live. All Lindsey's life she was taught that this was the way of life, that there was nothing wrong with what the government was doing, that this was for the greater good. Her parents refused to talk about it, they avoided the subject like the plague, and I guess to them it was, it could one day take there daughter away. But Lindsey despised the test, it was rumoured to be monstrous, and it had taken her best friend from her. But is this hatred be enough to make her rebel? Side note: I am horrible at descriptions, but please check it out! It'll hopefully be way less boring than it sounds! Tnx! -Asia