Kara's battle to find the Talisman is fraught with danger. From deadly Shadow Eaters that would feed off her life force energy; to Quildor's elite team of trained assassins--- Kara must elude them all. Each day she enters the twisted trails inside the mountain with her sister-searcher, Jerrika, hoping to find success, until one day Jerrika is captured. Kara must rescue her at all costs. This might mean tracking the very assassins who she has been trying to elude. Kara discovers that her endeavor is actually a race against time as the planet itself prepares to adapt to the life forces on its surface. Can she save her people, and her sister, from possible annihilation? Cover art by: Cierrabarker9

This is where it all began.

A sudden break out occurs in America, possibly the whole world... Ash and her friends have to cross California to get to her mother, and to get her friends' parents. But in Zombie land, nothing is easy, and nothing goes according to plan. Especially since zombies are roaming around the place, add to the mix her 10 year old son! They will have to fight their way to reach their destinations and get to a safe place. ...But, what if there isn't a safe place? They don't know yet, maybe they are the only ones left, against the whole world. Join this journey, that is full of horror and adventure, along with tears, heart break, and pain. Will Ash, her friends, and family survive this land? Or are they really trapped? Escape is not a word in the zombie land... Doomed is.

The original Angel Ex Machina series. NOTE: this series will NOT be continued. Also some chapters have formatting issues.

WATTYS 2016 WINNER Untouchable. Stone. Jewel - these are some of the names used for people who are born with a gemstone at the centre of their forehead. This unfortunate phenomenon cannot be detected before birth, it cannot be prevented, if a family has a Jewelled child, there is only one outcome: Before they're sixteen, they will have to leave human society forever and serve "the Zephyr". Among the Jewels there are those who have it worse. Those who sport clear diamonds on their foreheads, the Undefined. The downtrodden, the unlucky - the doomed. Cello Riles and Syianne Locke are both Undefined. On their sixteenth birthday, they each leave their homes and travel across the country to the Zephyr, attempting to go into service. Though aside from the place, or thing, that will take them from human society forever - what IS the Zephyr? There are only questions promised, only shadowy riddles guaranteed. Yet faced with no other choice they must venture forth and plunge into the unknown - the Zephyr. [A big thanks to @stpolishook for being a wonderful friend and helping me figure out how to write a better synopsis] COVER BY Abyss-of-Crazy

Sherwood Institute for the Magically Afflicted. A refuge for those seeking remedy from curses, hexes and other fantastical ailments. In one night, Ariel Winters went from socialite wannabe to cursed freak. Her heart is turned to glass by a vengeful witch and she is shipped off to Sherwood Institute to find a cure. While receiving treatment, she meets a demonic mobster with anger issues, a timid girl who grows a fish tail when water touches her skin, a beast boy who is kinder than his brutish appearance... As time passes, these damaged people slowly wind their way around her fragile heart. Can Ariel learn to trust them enough to let them into her heart? Or will her new found friendships shatter it before a cure can be found? This will be book 1 in what is tentatively titled The Sherwood Chronicles. Copyright © Melissa Lucas 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this literary work may be reproduced or used without written consent from the author. The images in the cover do not belong to me and all rights go to their respective owners.

Harriet Ironspike is a tax collector, but not the exciting kind. Not one of the highly-skilled operators of the Special Assessments Office with their ultra-light chainmail and automatic crossbows. Harriet is only an initial assessor, a form-filler, who has to call in the SAO when things became complicated or tricky. Which means that the SAO always get all the credit for the most interesting audits she does. Harriet doesn’t mind that. She doesn’t mind her job. In fact, she actually quite likes it, even though working where she does is sometimes tricky. She is in the difficult in the northern province of Karmelt. Or Heroland, as everyone calls it. Karmelt is in the northern marches, and is full of heroes. And bandits. And dragons. And orcish raiding parties. Which the all heroes fight endlessly. And that fighting is all very well, and like all the residents of Heroland, Harriet is glad someone does it, but it does create certain complicated issues around their taxes. Like irregular incomes and capital gains and deductible expenses for dragon hordes. Any cash-based employment with haphazard accounting needs to be treated with a certain care by the tax authorities, and unfortunately, those tax authorities are Harriet. Only Harriet. For the whole province of Heroland. And it isn’t just heroes she has to deal with, either. It’s heroes, and orcish mining corporations, and elvish agricultural collectives that everyone knows are growing illegal narcotics off in the woods, and worst of all, it is doing audits of dragons. Harriet hates doing audits of dragons, but tax season is coming and she knows she is going to have to before the financial year is out. [Updates on Wednesdays]

Damien Vennar used to be a god. As a technomage, Damien had the power to create entire universes. Then, five hundred years ago, he gave it all up. He suspended the nanotechnology in his bloodstream and began to age--and eventually die--like anyone else. For centuries, Damien has lived among those who once worshiped him, his real identity fading into myth and legend. Hundreds of years later, when Ceril Bain finds Damien's old sword buried in his grandfather's garden, he is put on the fast-track to follow in Vennar's footsteps. Over the next six years, Ceril trains as a technomage aboard the Inkwell Sigil, a ship with the ability to travel between dimensions. Just as Ceril is preparing to undergo his Rites and finish his training, the Inkwell Sigil loses power. Stranded in space with no way back home, Ceril and four of his classmates are given their final assignment: go into uncharted territory, find a way back home, and bring back the one person who can fix the ship--Damien Vennar himself. While away, Ceril and his team find themselves in a predicament when they confuse an attempt at first contact with an attack and kill two of the world's winged inhabitants. They are shortly captured and imprisoned, and the only thing keeping them alive is their angel-like captors' belief they may be the subjects of an ancient prophecy about a group of magic-wielding messiahs. But that's impossible. Isn't it?

When night falls, they wake up upon the world as sunlight dies. The vengeful one curses the land for decades, and also for decades, lineage of humanity fights them with bravery. A distant tales of the past that passed down in many legends.. The stories revolve around Noir and Almerich, units of the Special Police Department; which took a duty to protect humanity from evil beings under the cover of ordinary detectives. With an ability of supernatural power in hands, these agents had hunt down malignant entities of the darkness since long ago, passed throughout generation until the modern era. Below the seemingly harmony world of modern era, secret organization and bearer of the darkness crawls around, lurking and slowly taking a great turn in the world. Without known, the great secret was in work, and it will plunge the society into turmoil. Twist of fate comes as great mayhem unfold by time, when greater shadow was watching and about to be unleashed. As the wheel of fate will soon bring chaos, the long peace of civilization will shatter as primordial evil forces start to awaken. Soon, the war between light and darkness shall unveil.. ▬▬▬▬▬ Served with full action packed story line, innovative and constantly changing form of narration, unique blend of characters, fantastic event and epic battles, Crossing Illusion is the book for those who wish for thrill and adrenaline written in the beauty of literature. The story have non-linear flow to keep making it fresh. New characters, event, intense plot and the twist of truth is the ingredient of the story. This is a supernatural story filled with mystery, "shonen anime" styled battle, unique powerful character, and an epic battle between light and darkness for humanity! The book is three part, each will be around 60 chapter for each book. Cover made by myself. Highest Record: #222 in Fantasy! Rank #69 in Trailblazer! NOTE: Currently under rewrite and will be reuploaded on the Royal Road!

A weapon unlike any other. A haunting tale of family secrets, madness, and healing. #10 Science Fiction - highest rank