Boy meets magic. Boy meets death.

some feelings are better left unfelt (eve, 2019 ©)

When Cleo Cunningham is invited to the literary competition of a lifetime, she figures it's just what she needs to cap off her gap year - the perfect addition to her college resume and (if she's lucky) a one way ticket to a full-ride scholarship. But when Dane Anderson, an arrogant, self-proclaimed intellect who hates everything from the way Cleo writes to the way she dresses, comes onto the scene, the competition becomes about more than just the sweet opportunities it has to offer. It becomes full-fledged war.

Kai Gilling, a transgender wanderer traversing the American West, has to trek hundreds of miles in his beat up Jeep, in order to reach an urban legend rumored to be the only settlement still thriving. *********** It's a Wasteland, baby. In the uncomfortably not-so-distant future, the world has been ravaged by natural disasters, water shortages, and public apathy. People like Kai Gilling have flocked to the desert (once known as the American West) in hopes of finding a better life. After picking up a pair of siblings, the three come across a strange woman who claims to have a map to Arcadia, an urban legend rumored to be the only city thriving in the wreckage of the old world. Will they keep their hearts set on an oasis in the desert--even if it's just a mirage? Or will they be tempted by something else