The home of the Spencer was torn apart by a gruesome incident of murders committed by the only daughter of their family, Clementine, who stabbed her own father and a delivery boy that accidentally stumbled upon the scene. After undergoing arduous trials and legal battles, she was deemed not guilty by reasons of insanity and was sentenced to be institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital, in addition to promptly being disowned by her mother and brothers who now harbored a profound abhorrence of her. Eighteen years later, Cameron Crane, Clementine's second younger brother made the decision to take over her guardianship as she was no longer viewed as a threat, but his endeavor was all his own and without telling his other brothers of the fact that their father's killer was coming home with him, he swore that even if he had to cross what remained of his family, he was determined to understand what really happened that day.

What happens when your imaginary friend gets all too real? Emma hasn't seen her sister's family in seven years. After a fate meeting, now Emma is living with them. The relationship with the kids were rocky at first, but after an incident with the housekeeper, Emma is now doing her best to take her place. But the youngest kid, Lilly, makes an imaginary friend named Harly that likes to cause trouble. After a while Emma starts to notice that maybe Harly isn't so imaginary after all. What if he's real, and worse sinister?

Surrounded by a dark thick forest and population below three thousand, it is the town where the demons dance in broad daylight and shadows rule during the night. Of all the places, Simone's parents think that Elmdale is the perfect town to stay hidden from the loan sharks and be together as one family. With the mysterious deaths occurring for a decade and the administration trying to cover it up, it certainly is not a perfect place to live as a happy family... P.S: You can find this story on inkitt under the same title. ^^

The snow on the mountains of the Jefferson National Park has settled. With her ankles buried deep in slush, Lily leaves her cozy cabin, bow in hand and arrows sticking out of her backpack, for the trees. There is nothing unusual about this hunt. Not until she spots something dark and mysterious underneath an old willow oak. Lily doesn't so much as flinch when her prey arrives. With her sharp eye, she strikes at the right moment, taking down her dinner. As she goes to collect her meat, a shadow catches her attention by the old oak tree-something that will change everything. ------------- Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2019 Suspense Fiction #1 - Winter Sun - 2/8/19: Title Change from HUNTED to WHEN BLOOD SPEAKS - © 2019 Sarah Lampkin Published to Wattpad 01.18.19 Initial Draft - Ongoing - Last Update 03.26.19

**Featured Story on Wattpad Fright & Mystery** How well do we really know the people we call our friends? For years Jaycee Thompson has been on the run. Trying to escape from the unknown monster who threatened and attempted to kill her, she has hidden her true identity as she hides out in another town. However when she is forced to return home, she slowly begins to adjust back to her normal life with her old family and friends, starting to believe her mysterious stalker is truly gone. Although when she begins to get unknown calls and messages containing the familiar threats, Jaycee is thrown back into the same terrifying and twisted game from years earlier. And this time, she is beginning to completely doubt that she will make it out alive. {Amazing cover design by @_chanceuxx_ }

Rifton Girls' High School is the most elite all-girls school in the city. With a strict scholarship-only admission, a grand school campus and plentiful funding from its wealthy alumni, it is no doubt that the already-talented young ladies within its halls will develop further into future leaders. Unfortunately for some of them, one outcast concealed in the shadows will soon ruin their plans when she tears apart the facades of select students in the name of revenge. From the perspective of a troubled teenage mind, a story of merciless revenge unfolds - and all MASKED GIRLS will be exposed. ❝DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE PAWN.❞ © 2018 maskedst. All Rights Reserved. ACHIEVEMENTS | #2 in #thriller, zodiac awards honorable mention, the teen fiction awards 2018 finalist, added to 'bright young minds' reading list on @mystery.

A man, held captive in a small room for decades, had lost all hope of a normal life. One day a maple leaf, carried by the wind, enters his room through a small window - setting off a chain of events that give him the will to attempt a daring escape. After years of abuse, no outside contact, and total tyranny of his physical and metaphysical self - can he find a way to break free of the walls within his mind and the walls which surround him in reality? A story that explores the passage of time, good and evil, living with the concept of death, and the sheer power of one's will to survive. *You can further support my work by purchasing this novel on Amazon Kindle or by downloading it through Kindle Unlimited* (Completed Novel: 45,000 words - 29 Chapters - Epilogue - Author's Note)

⭐𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐚𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 Grace Matthews yearns to break away from her small hometown. On the day of her 18th birthday, she embarks on a road trip that will launch her into adulthood. However, one lesson she quickly learns is that life doesn't always go the way you plan it. Abducted by a religious family with cult-like ideals, Grace finds herself facing the unimaginable while struggling to maintain her own faith, and her sanity. As reluctancy becomes evident in one of her captors, will she fight like hell to redeem him or is he merely a blue-eyed devil in disguise? ⚠️ 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 ⚠️ THIS STORY CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT. READER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED. [64,000+ Word Count] ⭐️ #1 in Abducted - 5/3/23 ⭐️ #1 in Cult - 8/15/22 ⭐️ #1 in Mystery-Thriller - 5/11/23 ⭐️ #1 in ShortHorrorStories - 5/11/23 ⭐️ #1 in TrueCrime - 9/30/22 ⭐️ #2 in Horror - 2/9/22 ⭐️ #2 in StockholmSyndrome - 9/28/22 ⭐️ #3 in Brainwash - 3/21/22 ⭐️ #6 in Murder - 7/30/22

In a freezing cold winter day, Promise never thought that she would end up having her car tire pop right outside her old pack's border line. She would never imagined that she would once again see the people who have caused so much pain and sadness in her. She would never imagined that her parents and siblings would fall down onto their knees, trying their best to make amends. She would never imagine that she would come face to face with her ex-mate who broke her. But she knows that no matter what they do, they can't fix one thing. And whats the one thing? Cancer that is spreading like a forest fire.

A spin-off to the Family Comes First series. The Wilcox family became famous for their kidnappings, brainwashing, murders, and let's not forget about cannibalism. This is the story of Leah Marshall and how she was taken one night after getting in a fight with her boyfriend. Gabriel takes her and brings her home to be a wife for his son Jared. *You don't have to read the Family Comes First series first, but it definitely does help*