"For all we have done, we cannot escape the fates we have created." The year was 2049, and electricity has taken over our lives, and our routines. The "effortless age" as historians will remember it. But not all is effortless, especially not during an all out world war. EMP's and nuclear weapons destroy cities, and ruin electronics. Widespread diseases break out due to lack of advanced medicines, and in a few short years, humanity fell from an age of advancements and progress by the day, to an age of depression and steam. Steam powered devices are on the rise, while many search for a way back to our long-lost electricity driven lives. The year is 2060, and one city, sitting on the remains of London, is facing the worst of the Black Age. The city of Eastcliffe.

What is the worst fear of them all?

Please keep in mind this story is still in progress, and you can expect to find some typos and grammatical errors. A novel inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy, Rise: The Ballad of Damien Fontaine. A story of love, hate, betrayal, and the bittersweet thought of the afterlife will tell the story of the difference between that of Heaven and Hell. The story is told through the eyes of Damien Fontaine, who, one night simply goes on a date with his beloved Alexandria. When their beverages arrive, she drinks, then collapses. Terrified, he embraces her once warm corpse. He then leans in to kiss her; but whatever poison was left on her dry lips gets on Damien's. A mysterious, deadly poison. Damien is confronted with Death. And once he refuses his fate and tries to escape, Death refuses to show mercy to Damien. Therefore he is damned to The Inferno, but no demon, no devil, no angel, and no God will stop him from reuniting with his love. Nothing will, because nothing can... Cover made by MirellaSantana on DeviantArt, special thanks to her! http://mirellasantana.deviantart.com/

Story is still in progress, expect grammatical and spelling errors. Being sent to a foster home is hard. Especially when you lose your parents in such an unexplainable way, I mean who dies from having their whole bodies drained of blood, and then there's you, sitting there, half dead. You probably haven't experienced this, at least I hope not. Ash Newborn knows exactly what I am taking about. Everyone, meet Ash. Ash is the stereotypical goth kid we all have come to know and love (or in some cases hate). You've heard the story before. But while Ash is still new to the foster home, he starts thirsting for something. And I can tell you right now, it sure as hell isn't kool-aid. *Titles of the book and it's chapters are credited to Marilyn Manson and their 2007 album "Eat Me, Drink Me."*

When a death row inmate is interviewed just before his execution, the interviewer could never be prepared for what lies beneath his sick, twisted smile.