Jen Morse and Jake Miller had known each other their whole lives. Living across from each other on the shore of Jen's beloved Stone Lake, they grew up and fell in love. But when tragedy pulled Jake away from the lake, Jen lost him. Now, she is forced to relive the highs and lows of love while watching the man she loves marry another woman. Received an honorable mention in ONC 2021: A coming-of-age take that packs a punch through the nostalgia and sting of first love and absence of closure. This is where Nifer's and Jake's story should have ended. But some endings, as the author reminds us, are also beginnings. Prepare to ugly cry.

🌟9XFeatured! In a different world from ours, the world where the events of the Moon series take place, and quite possibly before the "Fallen Moon", Khaldarr returned home feeling bitter and resentful. His mutinous acts against his king's decisions forced the king to punish him, a punishment he thought was nothing but a foolish attempt to dissolve his bitter feelings and rage. But he couldn't have been more mistaken, for what he thought was foolish proved to be effective indeed, when he met the stunningly beautiful, golden-haired girl with the sapphire eyes. Now he could feel his bitterness dissolving into something more dangerous: LOVE. ***** (Completed Short Story and companion book for the Moon series.) Featured by: 🌟Wattpad @short story "another time, another place" 🌟Wattpad @CoffeeCommunity "Frappuccino" 🌟@Fantasy "Quick Reads" and "Featured Fantasy Stories" 🌟@YARomance "Love, Magic and Dragons" 🌟@speculativefiction "More than the eye can see" 🌟@Storiesundiscovered for the month of April 🌟@NewlyWrittenBooks "Big Ideas" 🌟@Alt-U "Heartbreak That Might've Been" 🌟@highfantasy "Mines of Moria: Fantasy Shorts" Completed draft Word count: 8000

❝You take great pride in being depraved. ❞ ❝Did you expect something else? Perhaps a guilt ridden soul? ❞ ❝I don't believe you have a soul.❞ ❝I do and because of it I've learnt the only way to reform people is by killing them.❞ Scarlett Diaz, a name that leaves a bitter taste on the tongue of those who utter it, took pleasure in watching the blood drain from her victim's bodies. She had killed 13 people over the span of 4 years without raising any suspicion to herself that is until she got bored. 2 years after her final kill, Scarlett turns herself in and is sentenced to death by electrocution to atone for her sins. Within the final weeks of her beating heart Scarlett is interviewed by Parker Cunnings, an investigative journalist who has made it his mission to get into a serial killers mind or die trying. With detailed accounts of each kill and a look into Scarlett's upbringing, one might be able to say: "And that's how a killer is bred." Please be advised this book contains violence, complicated relationships and strong themes of blood and gore that might be uncomfortable to some. It is twisted, immoral and overall dark.