❝ Things are only as beautiful as you make them, Charlie. Including murder. ❞ It's the opening night of Burton Abbey's production of Romeo and Juliet and all is going smoothly - that is until the climactic death scene. Romeo takes a big gulp of the poison to be with his lover, except it really is poison and Elijah, who plays Romeo, is now dead. Charlie Monet, in charge of props, is the first suspect but soon the suspicion around her turns to worry as it seems she's the next target. Khaleel Rahim, an aspiring writer, is dying for a mystery to solve at his new school. When he sees Charlie sneaking around at night he thinks he's finally found something worth writing about. After discovering Charlie's ability to see visions of the past, Khaleel decides that they're the perfect pair to solve the mystery. With threatening notes, a quiet library and poison disguised as props; somebody in the school is blurring the lines between theatre and reality and the fast friends are about to discover that there's more to boarding school than just silly rumours. [2022 Watty's Shortlist]

COMPLETED ✅ a short story about the love of a goddess and a girl.

All Emelie has ever been told is never to cross the border that separates the Fae and human lands, especially after her mother was murdered during a Faerie attack. However, when she finds an enchanting Fae Princess injured by the lake, this girl becomes the allure that keeps pulling her back to a place she knows that she is forbidden to go. How can this girl be the enemy they've been scared of all this time? . "You told me she didn't want to be scared anymore, but that can't be the only reason... can it?" . "Maybe... she met a girl and she couldn't run away. Because the allure of her eyes and her touch was too strong to fight. And maybe part of her didn't want to fight it. Maybe she wanted her life to be more than just a slideshow of events..." . "So that's why she keeps coming back..." . Contains mild swearing Milestones! 20k- 26/08/2020

Mary is sent to boarding school to become more worldly. She discovers not only knowledge of the world, but of herself.