When friendship turns to love, how does one negotiate the path? Specially if that love is between two people of the same gender? Lily discovers that her feelings for her best friend are romantic but does not have any hope for happiness with her. She has never told her best friend that she is not straight so how can she even confess ? When finally love blooms, it comes at a terrible price. That is the price one has to pay to be in a relationship which is taboo.

Seven years have passed since Regan lost the love of her life. During that time, she found solace raising her three children, sequestering herself in the country and away from the talk and bustle of society. But now her eldest daughter is beginning her own search for a husband, and Regan finds herself drawn back into the public eye after so many - too many - years away. She meets Thomas Cranmer, a young - too young - and handsome gentleman who should have his attentions focused on other women, women lacking the age and grief she earned as a widow and mother. Yet he seeks her out, winning her over with his smiles and wit, reminding her of what it is to be a woman, and a desirable one at that. But when secrets are revealed and her respectability threatened, Regan discovers there is life beyond grief, and that perhaps it is possible to find love a second time...

Akash Sinha and Ricky Tamang are childhood friends. But there is a caveat. They are not of the same status. Akash is born into a well established family while Ricky is their driver's son. Ricky's father goes to jail in his brother's place when he kills a man while driving drunk. They go through massive upheavals in their lives and have to part ways when Akash's elder brother mysteriously disappears and his father goes bankrupt. But neither of them forget the other, specially Akash who secretly nurtures a crush on Ricky from the age of 16. Those feelings grow deeper as he grows older and joins Ricky in his real estate restoration business. Ricky is now well established, running his own successful business. Even though he is a team leader, deep in his heart Ricky doesn't believe that he deserves to be with someone like Akash. He still sees himself as a servant's son, remembering all the taunts and insults he was subjected to by everyone around him. Even when they come together, Ricky feels inadequate. He decides to buy back Akash's ancestral home which his father had lost during his bankcruptcy as a gift to Akash. What was meant to be a gesture of commitment and pride in his achievements opened a can of worms of old secrets and hidden guilts. While Akash refused to accept this gift, other sinister forces turned their lives upside down. Once again, Ricky and Akash find themselves in the middle of a maelstrom which was not of their own making. A swirling, darkness had been building force ever since their childhood, unbeknownst to them. It finally erupted, almost destroying the new lovers' lives. Until they face it and conquer it, there couldn't be any hope for peace. Sometimes life throws incredible challenges in peoples' paths. Sometimes the solution is also not easy to find. It is often said that under tremendous pressure diamonds are formed.

The year is 1940 , the place , a village in India called Adityanarayanpur . Duke, 17, the eldest son of a wealthy landlord and Piku , 15 , the zamindar's Pa's son , are childhood bestfriends .They realize that they are in love . Piku , younger and poorer , rejects Duke's confessions even though they share a fiery first kiss . Not for long , though . His attraction to Duke is overwhelming and they start a secret relationship that would continue for years as they go through med school together . Duke feels suffocated in their secrecy and comes out to his father when he's forced to go through an arranged marriage . A manumental clash ensues , violence erupts and separates the lovers . Will Duke and Piku be able to over come the odds and reunite ? Who will come to their aid ? This is an epic tale of overcoming guilt , trauma , violence and tears . Will they emerge victorious ? .... Well that depends on how we see victory .

Shot in the head and ready to die, Rudra is rescued and secretly nursed by a most unlikely saviour. A 13 year old boy. Rudra watches in helpless silence as his saviour is mistreated and abused. After one night of intolerable torment, Rudra promises little Agni to save him. Still disoriented and gravely sick, Rudra regains partial memory and runs away, forgetting his promises to Agni. They meet again a decade on. Rudra is now an advocate and Agni a full member of his adoptive family, a transformed person. Rudra doesn't recognize him. He fights his increasing attraction towards Agni, not wanting to betray his memory of promising his love to his little saviour. Agni's life is shrouded in multiple mysterious deaths. Rudra feels compelled to investigate inspite of his inner turmoil. When Rudra and Agni finally admit to their feelings for each other, lies and secrets create a precarious bridge between them. Their fragile love is shrouded by their murky history. Overcoming everything would need them to test their faith in each other. A bond has to be forged through the fire of mutual resolve. To rid the world of tormentors, together.

Old wounds.. Sometimes they are the hardest to heal. Sometimes they fester inside, They spread, darken and throb like a familiar friend that refuses to leave your bed. The friend who's now an unwelcome guest. Stuck, stuck in the rut of a such deep lesion, the blood stagnates. Until a new cut is made. A path emerges when blood is spilt. Sometimes the path through an old wound is the wound itself. The bridge that forms when healing comes only from within. What happened to the generations of the RoyChowdhury clan? What happened to Duke and Piku's family 85 years after their story began? Prejudice, lies and violence still spin a dark web in their lives. Patty and Avi meet in the monsoons of 2025 after two missed opportunities. Sparks fly once again. But Avi seems to be headed towards complications yet again. Avi's inner struggles are resolved only to plunge the couple into the mire of violence and the confusion of their mutual history. Can Avi repair the breach in his fractured life and heal himself? Can he overcome all his past trauma and embrace a new future with the love of his life? A story that began in 1940 will finally find its conclusion in the hearts of these people nearly a century forward in time. This is a story of love and acceptance, both romantic and filial. For true healing starts with one's roots.

In 2045, Psychwatch treats the mentally ill or cages them. Margo wants to bring empathy to every patient but a killer pushes her, and the system, to the limits ***** In a dark future, more than a third of the United States population suffers from mental illness and violent crime is on the rise. In response, Psychwatch is formed - an organization intended to combine mental healthcare and law enforcement - creating monitored areas and neglected ones known as the Psycho Slums. Margo Sandoval is the latest recruit to Psychwatch, bringing a new level of empathy to the controversial agency known for its unforgiving methods. Margo spends her days as an Empath treating everyone possible, until the arrival of a new serial killer upends her life and forces her to confront the evils of the human mind and the system that claims to be the solution.

"Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not." - Isaac Asimov This piece is intended as a bit of a Help guide, a point of reference and hopefully something people will enjoy, as ultimately all of you will have different experiences reading and writing science fiction, and writing in general. If nothing else, I hope it inspires you to try your hand at writing Science Fiction if you haven't already.

Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, "Hamlet" dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother. Cover by @vkbloodgood

#1 & 3 in the "There's A..." series. #2 is on my profile. [Editing] He's popular, I'm a nobody. He's a senior, I'm a freshman. He goes to wild parties, I stay home all night. So how did he end up in my bed? Where will it go from here and how much will he pay to keep it all a secret? (Boyxboy) Cover by @LoveInsanity