[wattys 2021 winner - new adult] A heroin addict struggling with recovery finds an unusual solace in a brilliant, beautiful girl in his therapy group, who seems to have being happy and sober down to a science. [2x wattpad editor's choice pick (2021 & 2023) & 6x featured story] Copyright 2020-2025 | Taylor Romagnoli [moonraess]

❝You take great pride in being depraved. ❞ ❝Did you expect something else? Perhaps a guilt ridden soul? ❞ ❝I don't believe you have a soul.❞ ❝I do and because of it I've learnt the only way to reform people is by killing them.❞ Scarlett Diaz, a name that leaves a bitter taste on the tongue of those who utter it, took pleasure in watching the blood drain from her victim's bodies. She had killed 13 people over the span of 4 years without raising any suspicion to herself that is until she got bored. 2 years after her final kill, Scarlett turns herself in and is sentenced to death by electrocution to atone for her sins. Within the final weeks of her beating heart Scarlett is interviewed by Parker Cunnings, an investigative journalist who has made it his mission to get into a serial killers mind or die trying. With detailed accounts of each kill and a look into Scarlett's upbringing, one might be able to say: "And that's how a killer is bred." Please be advised this book contains violence, complicated relationships and strong themes of blood and gore that might be uncomfortable to some. It is twisted, immoral and overall dark.

A collection of dark flash fiction. Cameron's older brother Tony disappeared when she was a child. Twenty years later, he returns, looking the same as the day he left, only wilder, madder. Where did he go? How much of him came back? What did he bring with him? And other dark, strange, weird tales. Written for Nyhterides #theartofmadness challenge.