The land has been ravished by disease and famine. Creatures who were once thought to be extinct or imaginary have risen from the shadows, and the humans are now the prey. Famished and afflicted with the Sickness, a group of humans on the run seek shelter from the creatures that pursue them inside an abandoned barn. But can you really hide from something so Monstrous? ************* This is a short story written for Fantasy's #OfMonstersAndUs contest! Word count: 1,000

[Mirror Me Series Book 2] Hope Martinez is the first person in Tartarus to kill a Half-Life. Such a feat should be commended if not for the dreadful prophecy that surrounds her. In the meantime, Hope along with her band of misfit renegades have one goal in mind, make it to the ancient city of Vetra so she can learn of her Mirrorbender ancestry and further her studies as Mirrorbender of Tartarus. Unfortunately the group is captured by Juprus soldiers and brought to the capital city of Blackstone where a king with a wicked secret sits on the throne. On Earth, the Martinez family attempts to heal wounds and forget their past, but the past comes back in full force as supernatural events begin plaguing the world and an old enemy resurfaces. In a chase to outwit a dastardly secret organization and escape the chains of a ruthless king, Hope, her family, and her friends must work together to stop the terrors of the past from succeeding and keep new ones from breaking free. Young Adult ■ Fantasy ■ Sci-Fi ---- Copyright © by Jules Haigler No parts of this manuscript including illustrations or content may be distributed, copied, or sold on any media without permission of the author. The author claims full rights to all illustrations and content within. All names, places, and themes are a work of fiction and do not relate to any person living or dead.

-IF YOU SEE THIS UNDER THE SAME TITLE ON AO3, DO NOT WORRY. IT'S ME REPOSTING IT THERE- Don't leave a site without authorization. That's the only rule. Well, there were once other rules as well. But those other rules went out the window when she went from simply being contained to full-blown researcher. And Alita thought she'd never break the one rule left. Well, she thought wrong. Because anomalies are almost never what you think they are. And assuming can get you killed. Look, guys, I'm going to warn you here. From what I'm thinking of where this will go, there will be blood. There will be major injuries. There will be character death, major and minor. Do not read this if you aren't okay with that. I'll try to keep it not graphic, but I don't even know at this point if that is possible. I'll update this if that changes.

24 hours before the end of the world, it went beautiful. The flowers bloom, the air is calm. All is still and peaceful.

Shifters never mingle with humans. They reside high in the mountains venturing below only once a year for the night of the Red Moon. They invade the human villages below, take and kill who they want, but they never leave any witnesses. Not before Freya. Season 1 of Cloud Piercer ***** 18-year-old Freya Raune will do anything to find out why the shifters took her brother. And that includes searching for the deserters, an elusive rebel group determined to end the shifters' rule. But as the next Red Moon approaches and the mysterious yet charismatic Killian Li sweeps into her village, Freya is forced to be more careful. Those caught fraternizing with the deserters are murdered, and Killian's arrival is a reminder that nobody can be trusted--even those Freya is closest to.

Having enhanced senses cannot help one earn a living. A useless special ability--or at least, that's what Shia Sheridan believes. But when she is caught for a crime she did not commit, this useless ability saves her, leading her to enroll in Titan Academy, the very place she hates with a passion. *** Titan Academy is an esteemed school where students train to improve their special abilities. However, for seventeen-year-old village girl Shia Sheridan, it's nothing more than a despicable place where wealth speaks the loudest. Fate plays a joke on her when her best friend, Lucas, becomes part of a crime committed within the academy, and owning that crime in his stead leads Shia to the headmaster and principal, who then offers her a proposal she dare not refuse--in exchange for her freedom, she must become one of the special group of students joining the annual survival game called Linus Cup. Now, not only is she fighting for a spot she did not want in the very academy she hated, but also for her dear life as well. Can Shia survive till the end? STATUS: Published under Summit Media - Cloak Pop Fiction DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish COVER DESIGN BY: Rayne Mariano

When best friends Astrid and Lexi matriculated the SilverShore Academy, everything turned into a complete mess, especially when one of them got picked to join the Cosa Nostra-a chaotic tournament in which you have to fight in order to survive. Unlike Lexi, Astrid has her motives set before she even entered the said academy, and when the latter finally revealed the plot she's been scheming, the whole world began to shatter. Genre: Fantasy Language: Filipino - English

A collection of wild, and magical short stories created by the members of our community over on our Discord server, contributing three to five word sentences at a time.

The world is coming to an end, or so the doomsayers keep saying. But some are willing to fight and die for the chance of another day. The enemy is a cruel and unstoppable monster, but she refuses to give up. She will fight, to the bitter end if need be, to give all life on earth hope for a better tomorrow. Story word count: 1000 For Fantasy Writing Contest (Of Monsters and Us - 2021) #OfMonstersAndUs

When the war brings a young enemy soldier to the ruined palace Tabeya calls home, the truth about her past emerges, chasing her into the desert, where she must elude her vengeful guardian for the sake of her freedom and her forbidden love. ***** In her lonely tower, Tabeya dreams of the world beyond it. That world becomes real when she meets Humban, a young general from a rival kingdom who isn't afraid to ask the questions Tabeya can't face about herself. Those questions bring answers that lead them into the desert, away from the goddess who imprisoned Tabeya. Enraged at her escape, Tabeya's guardian hunts her and Humban relentlessly across the war-torn land, where the elements are vicious and survival isn't guaranteed. In the treacherous world where Tabeya finds herself, she must fight for her happy ending or let her past destroy her future with the man she was never meant to love. [[Word count: 150,000 - 200,000 words]] Content warning: this story contains themes of violence.