What Valeria Alvarez, a young paranormal activities researcher was to find in the little seaside town of Pacific Grove, was more than shocking. It gave many the notion that what science purports to know of supernatural phenomenon, is still in its infancy. Valeria gets pulled into a case that has resonated as a haunting on the California coast for over a hundred years. But what happens when the young subject who recites clues in her sleep begins to give details which encroach horrifically upon the life of the researcher herself? Valeria's romantic involvement with a professor who brings her into the case, further complicates her dealings as she begins to learn of her own hidden connection to the occult. The case brings the young researcher to a nexus of light and dark elements in the spiritual world. But in the process, she experiences a harrowing descent into the world of paranormal activity.

"Sometimes he would remember a moment of sweetness and almost wish things had ended differently..." When Coriolanus chooses not to turn in Sejanus for the plan to flee District 12, this leads to him and Lucy Gray moving to the Capitol together to escape Mayor Lipp. But what starts out as a dream come true turns into a nightmare as Lucy Gray proves to be more of a threat to the Capitol way of life than anyone could have predicted. Coriolanus finds that not only must he gain power to protect himself and the girl he loves, but fundamentally question his upbringing, values, and what it means to be human. An alternative ending/sequel to "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" (The Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins. This story uses the book canon, not the movie.