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

On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive older sister and her kind, passive husband Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. The next day, soldiers recapture the convict while he is engaged in a fight with another convict; the two are returned to the prison ships from which they escaped...

With no pack or family, and now suddenly on his own, Felix, finds himself turning to the only one that would offer him protection, but at what cost? Kicked from his pack by breaking one of the rules, nineteen-year-old Felix knows he won't survive on his own as a lone wolf, and now that no pack wants to take him in, Felix has nowhere else to turn to other than the most feared man of his species, the devil King, Keial. 18+

Kedar Singh Rajawat was undesirable and unlucky. It was a fact. It was drilled into him the moment he arrived at their doorstep. He had accepted and continued his life, barely surviving in the midst of vultures out for his blood. At least that was the story before he had become the scapegoat for two powerful families. An alliance with a royal family changes him into a mere pawn in games he had no part in. What awaits him in the Mahal of betrayals and conspiracies is far beyond what he had imagined. He is pulled into the treacherous games they play the day he steps in there. Will he survive unscathed or be trapped in the intricate web of deceit?