Tyler Brooks was dead. Suicide by hanging. There was no denying it. But no-one knows why he did it. With his parents in so much dismay, the only one left to figure out the mystery is Tyler's peculiar best friend. Quinn Hunter is known as the "oddball" in her school. Quiet and curious, only Tyler could really accept her as a proper friend. But she refuses to move on. She's determined to discover Tyler's motive for his suicide. The answer will be difficult to obtain, and perhaps even more difficult to accept. Can Quinn do it?

Are you one of us? They call us the 'Irradiated'. We were just like any other children before we showed the signs. After we're locked up; experimented and trained, we came out to be the biohazzards that the world secretly feared to have. After five long years, we escape and now we are faster, more dangerous, and ready to kill anyone that gets in our way to save the other children of our kind. Now let me ask you again. Are you one of us? My name is Allyson Hex (Radioactive Experiment no. 012) and this is my story.

An Oath Sworn. A Struggle Engaged. A Sacrifice Required. When Mara, a trained Oathtaker, is drawn by the scent of the Select to battle underworld beasts summoned by powers of evil to destroy the guardians of life, she swears a life oath for the protection of her charge. Armed with a unique weapon and her attendant magic and with the aid of her Oathtaker cohorts, two ancients and a spymaster, Mara seeks safety for her charge from one who would end Oosa's rightful line of rule and from assassins who endeavor to bring ruin to the land. As Mara puzzles to decipher ancient prophecy concerning her charge, as she is haunted with memories of her own past failings, she discovers the price her oath will exact. To renounce her word would be treasonous; to fail, ruinous; to persevere, tortuous. Abiding by an oath requires sacrifice.

A brutal storm brews over an idyllic, Norwegian town. Local cemetery bones were found to have been washed out of their graves. After the recent downpour, a young girl ventures outside and unknowingly finds an ancient set of bones with a certain demonic origin. Ethereal hauntings and possessions stem from the incident, making her commit to merciless actions in her sleep while waking up with no recollecting memory. After several midnight-murder incidences, a curious boy manages to entangle himself in the girl's downward spiraling fate to the demon, Abaddon. [This story was inspired by the Norway Flood of - 23.5.13] ----- Note from the author: 1. I set out the book a little bit differently; there aren't chapters, I called them 'parts', as I felt it would be more fitting to such short scenes I've decided to write. 2. The 'parts' are just to help distinguish different chunks/scenes. ♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒ ❖ Reader discretion advised: religious involvements ❖ ♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒

Vera is a young archaeologist with a determination to prove herself in the field. While on a dig with her father, they happen to stumble across an ancient ruin that releases a jinni through a doorway between the worlds. Out of naivety and sympathy, Vera befriends the ancient creature only to realize the dark, nightmarish truth behind classic fairy tales of the Genie. The jinni's fascination with her quickly turns into dangerous obsession. Soon mangled bodies begin turning up all over desert and Vera has no clue how to stop it. When the jinni begins to posses her friends and threaten their deaths, Vera finds herself desperate to end the madness.

When Maggie continues to act out glorified death scenes through suicide attempts she is told that she's only looking for attention, and it's probably true. But after she attempt's to drown like Ophelia, by jumping into a river, she is rescued and a new friendship emerges that could change everything.

Military SciFi: The shattered remnants of the Battle of Antar are drafted back into service and retrained with new weapons, new hope and the chance at a new life. Each given the capability to control a sub-unit of drones, they are thrown into the final battle with the Lizards, but will the ever devious BattleCorp have one last surprise for them?

Kyle's already dismal life takes a turn for the worst when her colony is attacked by Creatures; the cannibalistic scraps of humanity left after a plague wiped out the majority of Earth. Accidently freeing a captured wild boy in her haste to survive the bloodbath, she acquires an odd ally. The pair set off into The Waste, forming a strained friendship as their worlds clash together with unyielding force.

[SLOW UPDATES] WARNING: This story includes multiple references to brothels, prostitutes, and eunuchs. Read at your own discretion. *** "I'd tell you, but then I'd have one more thing to be afraid of. I'm done being afraid." Losing her family in a house fire, eighteen year-old Lenna D'Souza is unwillingly taken in by her wealthy uncle, whose only purpose in life is to garner himself as much money as possible. Deaf to her heart-wrenching pleas, he sells her to one of London's most famous brothels, soon vanishing from her life with his newly acquired cash. Not one to give up easily, Lenna tries innumerable times to escape her new "home," only to be caught and severely beaten. One night, she pushes the limit too far, resulting in an incident that leaves her completely shattered. Having no sense of time or direction, she aimlessly begins wandering the deserted streets of London, literally stumbling upon a drunken Zayn Malik, lying unconscious in the middle of a barren road, beer bottle in hand. An emotional wreck, she acts on impulse, grabbing the beer bottle and relentlessly mutilating her body. Her loud cries pierce into the night, awakening Zayn, who rushes to stop her before she can do herself further damage. Seeing that a complete stranger helped her when she was at her lowest point, Lenna begins to feel that maybe not all is lost, that maybe there is still a fragment of hope left. Alas, she speaks too soon, for even her handsome savior ends up disappointing her. But disappointment isn't permanent. Lenna doesn't give it a chance to be. And when Zayn mysteriously appears in her life again, Lenna sees that he doesn't give it a chance either.