[Wattys 2022 New Adult Winner] Following in his late father's footsteps, Gabe works as a runner during the golden age of a drug empire in late-90s Southern California. Miguel, exiled from his family for being gay, discovers meaningful work in the warehouse where Gabe makes his nightly deliveries. Slowly, resentfully, they fall in love, and together they battle off demons - both real and imagined.

One snowy night, one dead body, one alive, two hearts; and three fates to change forever.

If Tara Ahuja has learnt anything in her eighteen miserable years of life, it is that in order to thrive in a Punjabi household like her own, one must abide by a set of very precise golden rules. The most crucial golden rule is to Never Discuss Boys. She failed to follow this guideline, and had to learn that lesson the hard way when her father committed suicide as a result of her actions. For Tara, college was meant to be a new beginning. After her father's death, her brother Ajit assumed the role of the overbearing, strict parent. But what will happen when Tara crosses paths with her former high school sweetheart lover who single-handedly helped kill her father? Or worse, when Tara seems to be developing greater affections for her brother's best friend, who is expressly forbidden? It sure as hell makes following Tara Ahuja's golden rule all the more difficult.

Could the first boy she fell for be the man she needs? Callie Morris has a plan to make dating simple. She doesn't see why finding Mr. Right needs to be complicated. Before she gets started, her friends insist she take a good, long look at her BFF, Oscar Levinson, to eliminate him from the running. She laughs when they suggest it. Cos seriously? Her and Oscar? Getting naked together and having sex? Never. Gonna. Happen. The last thing she expects to find when she examines him more closely is a spark of attraction. What's more, it appears to be mutual! WTAF is she supposed to do about that? She doesn't want to lose her best friend! Oscar has been keeping secrets and some of them are huge. Before he can fess up, Callie does the very last thing he expected her to do. She checks him out. And seems to like what she sees. Their friendship could be a strong foundation for the happily-ever-after Callie has been searching for all her life. But Oscar fears when she knows the truth it might set him free... *Recommended for readers 18+ due to mature themes. *Previously self-published but revamped here as part of a re-brand/relaunch prior to the release of 'Just Josh'. * Link for the Spotify playlist at end of last chapter

|| ✨ 2022 WATTYS WINNER ✨ || || x8 FEATURED || Kill the monsters. Claim the bounty. Escape to Alaska. ------------ Ten years ago, an event known as The Turning upset the balance of Earth's ecosystems. Demons emerged from the depths of Hell, dragging along with them obscure creatures from old myths and legends. In the midst of all this chaos, eighteen-year-old Raine Barlow makes a living by hunting monsters. No price is too high, no monster is too deadly. Her goal is simple: to make enough money to escape to Alaska -- where her parents are rumored to be held. And Raine just might be able to do it: the mayor of Eureka has agreed to pay her $10,000 to escort his young daughter to the City of Dust -- a former metropolis surrounded by walls and secrets. Armed with poison-tipped crossbow bolts, her own brand of small magic, and an aging battle-elk named Winston, Raine and her charge must trek across the dust-covered and desolate stretches of a California highway, all the while trying to avoid the monsters and demons who are trying to take over the world. Cover created by @Shreya_VA

-Slow Update #Wizarding-Fantasy #Magical-Mythical Creatures Kerajaan Aleas adalah kerajaan sihir. Ya, sihir. Ia terletak di suatu tempat di negeri tersembunyi bernama Trar Gloin. Tak ada orang luar yang tahu di mana tempat ini. Di dalamnya, bukan hanya bangsa penyihir yang menempati kerajaan itu, tapi juga beberapa makhluk lain. Suatu masa, peristiwa tragis terjadi, menewaskan Raja dan Ratu dalam pertempuran antar-penyihir. Sang Pangeran yang masih balita telah dilarikan keluar kerajaan oleh adik Sang Ratu, menuju suatu tempat dan keluar dari kerajaan itu untuk menyelamatkan nyawanya. Dan dari saat inilah semuanya berawal. *** Sihir .... Rasanya itu sangat mustahil untuk dipercaya pada zaman sekarang. Sama sekali bukan hal yang harus dipermasalahkan, sebenarnya. Tapi, jika kau terus mengalami hal-hal aneh, maka hal seperti ini harus kau pertimbangkan. Alan, adalah salah satu dari banyaknya orang yang tidak percaya pada sihir atau semacamnya, walaupun, terkadang, ia mengalami hal-hal yang berada jauh di atas pemikiran manusia normal. Tapi, sayangnya ia tidak menyadari bahwa semua itu nyata, dan takdirnya akan menuntunnya untuk kembali ke tempat dimana ia dilahirkan. *** Alan harus mengakui kalau ia tidak pernah merasa tertarik kepada seseorang sebelumnya. Ia merasa, itu adalah sesuatu yang aneh. Seolah-olah ada seseorang yang berada diluar sana yang menantikan kehadirannya, seolah orang itu menghentikannya dari menyukai orang lain. Semuanya terbukti pada hari pertamanya di akademi. Seseorang tanpa sadar menarik perhatiannya. ====== ©Vironite | 2021 - The Kingdom of Aleas - Start: 20 September 2021 End: ....

Nykia Nykia is a Redscale girl from The Mid Regions living on the alien planet Korai Uji, inhabited by a humanoid-species known as Korainians. On the first day of her 15th cycle of life, Nykia, along with her fellow age mates and by the laws of her Government, is officially decreed an adult - and everything in her life changes.

Family. Everyone in their lives has one. But some who were unfortunate. Like these seven brothers. They will find out in life was not what they'd expected it to be. What will happen? Come in and have a read to find out. Hi all. Springjasmine91 here. Here I am with another story. It's actually a rewrite from my original story but I changed the characters. Hope everyone will like this story.

Sneaking into a campus party shouldn't lead to expulsion, should it? *** Colleges across the U.S. have been on alert because of rioters who all but rendered the American Ivy League universities extinct, after the end of the COVID pandemic in twenty-twenty-five. After their destruction, smaller subsidiaries of those Ivy Leagues have been thriving, thanks to donations and government grants. In twenty-twenty-nine, Junior student Kera Mitchell learns the hard way that it's actually a minor crime to crash a party on campus--it's an invasion of private property. At her university, Valence, there are still severe punishments in place for disrespect to any structures on site. Kera finds out that though she won't be expelled for her party-crashing, she did break a serious rule, and she'll have to pay for it. Along with the party-throwers, hot golden boy Miles, and drug-dealing douche Vick, she's given a punishment none of them expected: they're sent to an unknown, tropical island to learn how to control their erratic behaviors. Like a brainwashing vacation against violence, sex, drugs, and alcohol. Except Kera shouldn't be there--she's as docile as they come, and has never been rowdy and rebellious in her life. Wrong place, wrong time? The island has many secrets, some of which Kera and Miles will stumble upon inadvertently, and that will change the course of the rest of their lives. Will they leave the island unscathed? Will they leave it... at all? ----------- A post-pandemic, post-apocalyptic, paranormal horror novel. Please mind your triggers (gore, language, trauma, violence) Inspired by a dream I had and that I became obsessed with turning into a book.