Book of the Month on the @Ambassadors Mystery profile! This story will become FREE on August 30th, 2023! When 17-year-old Arbor Hayes' best friend turns up alive after a mysterious six-month disappearance, she must piece together the fragments of her story to make sense of what happened. But as clues emerge, she discovers how damaged Emma Navarro is ... and how dangerous the truth can be. * * * * * When 16-year-old Emma Navarro goes missing, the seemingly perfect town of Menteuse, Ohio is in shock - including Arbor Hayes, Emma's best friend and next door neighbor. After weeks of searching, Emma's truck is found abandoned hours away from home with blood in the back seat, turning the rescue mission into a recovery of her body. Six months later, Arbor receives a text from Emma's phone stating she's alive, but when her best friend reappears, she's more sinister and unpredictable than the Emma from before. And as details regarding her ordeal emerge, the more Arbor realizes how damaged Emma is ... and how dangerous the truth can be. Content warning: this story contains references to sexual abuse, mental health issues, violence, and mild drug use. ✨2022 Watty Awards Shortlist ✨Mystery/Thriller winner 2022 Amby Awards ✨Mystery/Suspense winner 2022 Punk Rock Awards ✨Best First Line - 2022 Punk Rock Awards ✨Best Action/Fight Scene - 2022 Punk Rock Awards ✨2021 Watty Awards Shortlist Emma That is Dead by Darly Jamison Copyright © 2021 All Rights Reserved Current cover designed by me, using MidJourney and Canva Pro. Photo inside created by D-Keine on iStockphoto, and edited on Canva Pro. (Previous Wattpad cover designed by Ashley Bandy) Notice: This document is not authorized for upload or use with artificial intelligence systems or platforms. Any attempt to upload, analyze, or process this content using AI technology is strictly prohibited.

#1 IN MURDER-MYSTERY CATEGORY! Rachel never thought her past would catch up to her. When she and her friends are invited to a new haunted house on Halloween, she expects it to be a night of fun. Before she has a chance to realize what she's gotten herself into, her friends begin dying at a rapid pace. Someone is after them. Someone out for blood. Someone out for revenge. As Rachel races to find the truth, she learns that the reason for these murders may be connected to her in a way she never expected. Will she be able to find the killer in time before they make their own move on her? Or will everything she ever loved come crashing down around her? A series fans of Pretty Little Liars, Saw, and Scream most definitely do not want to miss!

**If you enjoy please consider purchasing the full book on Amazon.com (it is less than the price of a cup of coffee) Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ2NZ6GK ** Ding Dong Dell... the Witch is in the well... Reeling from a nasty divorce, Jeffrey "Bax" Baxter heads north to start over. But when his car breaks down in a small town called Primacy he finds himself trapped. In this strange place, he meets both the woman of his dreams and his nightmares. Now he must unravel a century's old mystery to try to free Primacy from the grip of the evil that has made them all prisoners of A Small Town.

Being kidnapped is bad enough, but it's even worse when you're kidnapped by a serial killer! Oli (age 6) is kidnapped while walking home with his mom one afternoon. His kidnapper is a serial killer that likes to kidnap kids to grow his "family." 9 Years of helping his "father" , against his will, kidnap, torture, kill, and bury hundreds of kids that , According to father, just weren't right for their family, he finally finds two more boys perfect for his family, but will he stop there or will he want to grow the family more? What happens when these two new boys are allowed out of the shed that kept them hostage for months? Will they escape or will they be doomed to stay there the rest of their lives? Find out in "Father's Shed"

Layla is on her way to her Thanksgiving celebration. Layla fears that tension between herself and her boyfriend's mother will spoil the holiday. Little does Layla know that she will not make it to the feast. Someone else has a plan for Layla that is nothing she could ever imagine. Somewhere in the forest, is a hidden cabin that has been prepared for her. The most shocking thing is that Layla knows her captor. Being trapped and isolated from the outside world, Layla has to adapt to her situation. Layla has to decide how she will make it out. Will Layla risk escaping on her own? Will Layla give in to her captor's fantasy, or will Layla wait for someone to find her?

When a young college student is taken captive by a deranged billionaire she must learn how to survive in his psychotic world of torture while trying to escape from the crime filled world around her. *** Life is good for Raelyn, studying at college while working at a local café where she interacts with the handsome undercover cop, Ethan. When her only relative gets sick Raelyn struggles to find another job to pay off the medical bills. In a desperate attempt to save her Aunt she gets caught up in a world of crime, drug and sex trafficking. Raelyn struggles to survive with the violent Deimos holding her captive as Ethan works desperately to find her after her mysterious disappearance. Unknowing to Ethan, Raelyn is more connected to his undercover work that he thought. *** Content warning: This story contains violence, gory scenes and torture. Cover designed by Holly Thurston

A peaceful village torn apart by murder. In the small, close-knit village of Oakhurst, residents aren't willing to believe that one of their own might be a brutal killer. So when young women begin to die - their bodies found with accusatory words carved onto their skin - suspicion falls on the newcomer to the village. Charming Zack Wild, author of violent crime novels and possessor of a dark history, seems like a perfect suspect. As they investigate, Sergeant Mitchell and Constable Turner are increasingly unwilling to believe that someone they know could be responsible for such heinous crimes. But will this affect their judgement, allowing the real killer to escape?

There was no way to save the dead; only to seek revenge. And even then, the dead would remain dead. Five teenager friends are visiting an amusement park to celebrate the beginning of their holidays. When they arrive there, the amusement park is nowhere to be seen. There's just an abandoned old circus which is full of psychopathic, freakish clowns who want to torture and kill them. And so the friends take every risk they can to escape. Cover credits: @l3sbianaf - thank you so much!!!!! 1st place in the 2019 Constellation Awards, horror 2nd place in the 2019 Golden Awards, horror #blossomingawards

From being neglected by her foster parents to being an outcasted at school, Emma never felt like she had control over her life. Emma never realized she deserved any better, she never realized she had the right to hope for better. However, it took Emma losing her freedom to realize she has more power than she ever realized. It started on the night she was walking home from work, Emma witnessed something she shouldn't have seen. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but it didn't matter to the gang of men who kidnapped her. Being ripped from her miserable life she is thrown into another type of hell. Faced with challenges with her life on the line, Emma finally decides to fight. She had nothing to lose, and everything to gain. ⚠️ Warning: verbal, mental and physical abuse. Cover art by Ko Byung Jun

"Okay, where do you want me to start?" "Anywhere you wish." "There were five of us. Dani, Elizabeth, Audrey, Taylor and me. We spent about 9 months in the basement. The walls where cement. The floor was cement. We each had our own chairs. Dani had her baby blue chair with white roses in the upper right corner. Elizabeth had her pale pink chair with white daiseys in the lower right corner. Audrey had her yellow chair with white roses in the upper left corner. Taylor had her black chair with red roses in the lower left corner. I had a white chair with sunflowers that sat in the center, the very center of the room. Each of us had a light above our heads. There were no covers in the lights just the wires losely hanging with the light attached at the end. The front legs of all our chairs had buckles that when we sat down they were right where our ankles were like he knew just were to put them. There were buckles on our arm rests that when we laid are arms on them the buckels our wrist were in the perfect spot. I think its funny how we all never made the conecction." "What conecction would that be?" "That we all have brown hair, blue eyes, were 5'5, all weighed 130. That when you put the first letter of each of our names together it spells Death. I love how at one point we all thought something, right before we were taken. Dani thought she was going to get mail. Elizabeth thought she was picking up dinner. Audrey thought she was going to class. Taylor thought she was taking her dog for a walk and I thought I was going to marry him and that I loved him with all my heart."