From the sands of the arena, the ultimate female warrior will rise. ~ ~ ~ Rome's hunger for gladiatorial combat has never been greater. The passion for novelty in the arena has given rise to a range of warriors, but none quite like Krista; sole survivor of her family's brutal murder, Krista is now the property of Commander Niclaus and is sent to train and fight in the arena for his pleasure and greed. Guided by her friend and mentor Lazarus, Krista's deadly combat skills earn her the adoration of the public and the fear of fellow gladiators. Though there is one gladiator who seems indifferent to her. Fighting to stay alive, Krista will do anything to break her chains and enact revenge upon the Commander who slaughtered her family and put her there. But Krista's pride and skill earn her powerful enemies which sets her upon a path she never expected, and one that will change the fate of Rome forever. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Book 1 of the 'Gladiator Series' Highest Ranking in 'Historical Fiction' #1 Wattpad Featured Story Currently editing. *** ALL RIGHTS RESERVED *** Content Warning: The story you are about to read is intended for mature readers due to its content. It may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion. All characters are fictional. Copyright.

We were pumping fists and we were banging our heads ...

Stereotypes. I hate them. On my first day at my new school, a girl in a blue and white cheerleader's uniform told me I 'looked like a cheerleader' and asked me to come to tryouts. I almost decked her. Blonde hair and blue eyes do not a cheerleader make. Cheerleaders can be bitchy and mean but they can also act all happy and excited and they can drool and swoon over Finn Wallace – the hands-down hottest guy in school – like there's no tomorrow. Me? Well, I'm just bitchy and mean. So someone please tell me why Finn Wallace is suddenly chasing after me? *This is NOT a Bridgit Mendler fan fiction* Copyright © 2013 CrayonChomper

I suppose I should have started this woeful bunch of stuff with "Once upon a time, in a land far, far away.". However, this is basically a waste of time, space and effort - So here goes nothing! My name is Margot, and when all this happened I was 13, my sister Alicia , just 12 when our darling Daddy, Master William Stinking-Rich Banker " departed this mortal coil. " Mumsie, who had, up till then been Mistress Lucrezia Stinking-Rich Banker suddenly became The Widow Lucrezia Disgustingly Stinking-Rich Banker. Mumsie didn't mins being disgustingly rich , but she did find being a Widow a bit deadly. "Being a Mistress is much more fun girls, and I should know! Nudge nudge, wink, wink," ............... her words , not mine . A week or so after Daddy's sad demise, Mumsie happened to bump into the Baroness Petronella Hardupski at a Cheese and Wine Party. The Baroness ( who was a screaming hypochondriac) considered Mumsie one of her bestest friends (tuff on Mumsie) simply because Mumsie'

Magic, mayhem, viciousness: childhood

As a freshman at Silas University, Mary Ringwold is quickly getting used to the weird. If anything, she thrives on it, absorbing the university's strange traditions and rituals like a sponge and embracing them wholeheartedly. Or, at least, she was enjoying until the girls across the hall decided to get up to something hinky and deprive Mary of her beauty sleep. Kept up late into the night, Mary decides to theorize about the strange noises, and then to investigate them. Braving several trips to the library, Mary discovers the dark history of the dorm she calls home and decides that the best thing to do when faced with compelling evidence of a haunting is to befriend the ghost. [A Canon extension of The Carmilla Series]

Hark! What is this I hear? A poor Damsel in distress ...

Poems with a Romantic feel.

At the age of fourteen Cecily Neville married into the House of York, unaware that the blissful marriage would change the very shape of England itself. With war looming Cecily will find herself in the middle of the Cousin's War.

Danny Orchard wrote a bestselling memoir about his near-death experience in a fire that claimed the life of his twin sister, Ashleigh, but despite the resulting fame and fortune he’s never been able to enjoy his second chance at life. Ash won’t let him. In life, Danny’s charming and magnetic twin had been a budding psychopath who privately terrorized her family—and death hasn’t changed her wicked ways. Ash has haunted Danny for twenty years and now, just when he’s met the love of his life and has a chance at real happiness, she wants more than ever to punish him for being alive—so she sets her sights on Danny’s new wife and stepson. Danny knows what Ash really wants is him, and he’s prepared to sacrifice himself in order to save the ones he loves. The question is: will he make it back this time? Check out this exclusive sneak peek of Chapter 2. THE DAMNED is out February 2015.