Eight years into the Infection, a spunky idealist convinces a hardened recluse to help him save humanity. --- For eight years, Zafaru has fought to survive the freezing cold, constant hunger, and vicious Infected. Armed with a dull blade and sharp sass, he clings to a dream of saving the world. For eight years, Recluse has watched the world burn from the safety of his fortress. The Infected don't bother him. He saves his bullets for humans. When Recluse catches Zafaru stealing from him, he is enchanted by his captive's wit, humor, and passion. So when Zafaru sets out to uncover the sinister truth about the growing Infection, Recluse has no choice but to join him. He'll do whatever it takes to keep this fluffy-haired do-gooder alive. Even if he has to save the world. 🎖Honorable Mention in Wattpad's Open Novella Contest 2021 Editor's Pick, September of 2022

Innerhalb von 6 Wochen kann viel passieren. In Linas 6 Wochen änderte sich alles. In den Sommerferien verlor Lina ihren restlichen Babyspeck, entdeckte Make-Up, fand ihre Weiblichkeit, bändigte ihre Haare, wurde ihre gehasste Zahnspange los und plötzlich erkannte sie sich im Spiegel nicht mehr wieder. Und was noch viel besser war: Selbst ihre Mitschüler, die ihr bis dahin das Leben zur Hölle gemacht hatten, erkannten sie nicht mehr. Nicht einmal ihr Peiniger Jona Fitz, der sie stets auf das Widerlichste zu erniedrigen wusste. Plötzlich sieht er in ihr nur noch die neue Schülerin, die er ganz offensichtlich auch noch ziemlich attraktiv findet. Lina sieht darin ihre Chance Rache zu nehmen. Rache für all das Leid und all die Qual, die er ihr zugefügt hatte. Was zu Beginn noch gut funktioniert, scheitert jedoch zunehmend an den Gefühlen, die sie für Jona wider Willen entwickelt. **Triggerwarnung: Diese Geschichte behandelt das Thema Essstörung und Mobbing ** Nummer gegen Kummer: 116 111 https://www.nummergegenkummer.de/kinder-und-jugendberatung/kinder-und-jugendtelefon/

In a city where a single flower is worth more than a man's life, some secrets are deadly enough to kill for. Amsterdam, 1637. At the height of the insane Tulip Mania, a group of the city's wealthiest speculators gather on a lavish barge, De Vergulde Lelie (the Gilded Lily), for a secret auction. The prize: the Semper Augustus, a tulip bulb so rare it could buy a palace. But before the first bid is cast, the night is shattered by a scream. The host, a ruthless and widely hated speculator, is found murdered. The priceless bulb is gone. Trapped on the barge by the frozen canals, a handful of suspects are locked in a cage of opulence and fear: the bitter rival on the brink of ruin, the indebted English lord, and the vengeful farmer who claims the bulb was stolen from him first. The city watch sees a simple case of greed. But they're not looking closely enough. Signor Alvise Grimaldi, a disgraced Venetian glassmaker living in exile, sees what the others miss. He's not a detective; he's an artist with an eye for fatal flaws. While everyone else is blinded by the missing bulb, Grimaldi is drawn to the real heart of the crime: the silent, stolen glances between the victim's beautiful, trapped wife, Katarina, and the brilliant, obsessive painter, Frans van Loo. Their forbidden love is a secret far more dangerous than any financial debt. As Grimaldi peels back the layers of deception, he realizes the murder wasn't a simple robbery. It was a crime of passion, a desperate act disguised to look like greed. Now, he's in a silent duel with a killer who is just as much an artist of deception as Grimaldi is of glass. In a world gone mad with speculation, can a broken artist expose a truth hidden in a single drop of paint before the ice thaws and a devastating secret sinks them all?