Theodore's mother keeps warning him not to have 'direct skin contact' with anyone. Nearly driven to extinction, Sorcerers live in forests near human settlements. They always take precautions to hide their true identity- especially because they depend on the human village for food and money . But no one received a warning like Theodore ever since birth- not that he can find out about it. One day Theodore hears a voice in the forest, singing a tune he remembers, but doesn't recognize. Day after day, the human villager keeps coming back. And so does Theodore. But soon he sees that the Sorcerers are more endangered than ever- especially his family- all because of him. Cover Credit: TDA, YamiSweet, Hzeo, Rui, Ikeno, Resilee

Why I think that he has something in him? There is something in his eyes which made me one that I don't know.

Aabir's world swirled with the mosaics of holding himself together and reveling in the taunting post-truths life had thrown at him. He felt estranged from life, not knowing he was longing for a sense of coziness, always feeling out of his skin. Looking through a pair of ingrained glasses, he saw himself apart, excluded, and excused. In his writings, he choose a steep path for himself which, no matter how bright the sun shined on it, led to a cliff. In black and white terms, she could view everything as doomed. And that was exactly what she chooses not to do. Too tired of the hopelessness, she thrived with the risk hope provided. Daydreaming with a spring in the steps: that was Reba is a few words. Then she tumbled onto him, a world that challenged her beliefs. Thankfully, Reba accepted that challenge. Otherwise, we wouldn't be here now, would we?

Gwen, desperate to feel something, kills someone. But she quickly learns that one kill is never enough. Can Gwen stop before she turns on her own family? **INCLUDES BONUS BOOK - A CHILD CALLED WENDY** ***** It was just an experiment. Simply kill one person to see what it felt like. See beauty in the moment of death. See if it filled the void within her. It didn't. Nor did it the next time. Or the next. Gwen is an ordinary person. Wife to Amanda. Mother to Grace and Alexandra. Suddenly, she is no longer ordinary as she finds herself battling her urges and demons before she hurts those closest to her. But is it already too late? ### **WATTY 2021 SHORLIST!** A multiple Wattpad Featured Story #1 in Fiction #1 in Homicide #1 in Killing #1 in Scary #1 in Serial Killer #1 in Terror #1 in Death #1 in Murderer #1 in Creepy #1 in Adult #6 in LGBTQ #1 in girlxgirl

Emmy's life is going just as she'd planned: She's living in her own apartment, dancing every day and is just leaps away from being named her company's next Prima ballerina. And she's only 17. But all of Emmy's plans come to a screeching halt when the FBI shows up at her door to let her know that she's being stalked by a serial killer. Suddenly, the safe, insulated world she created for herself is riddled with violence, fear...and a growing pile of dead bodies. At first Emmy wants nothing more than to forget her chilling new reality - but her admirer isn't finished with her yet, and before she knows it, Emmy's stuck in a nightmare she can't dance her way out of. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains detailed scenes of murder, rape, torture, sex and stalking, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son. ***** Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice. [[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]] [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

2022 Watty Winner || At the age of ten, Sanford Crow discovers the worst secret of all--his father is a serial killer. It was the year 1969. Sanford's dream was to grow up to be a detective. Putting his intuitions to the test, he conducts an investigation into his father. The discovery he makes brings his whole world crashing down, and to the culmination of one terrible Christmas morning. Twenty five years later, it's 1994. Sanford is a divorced and a recovering alcoholic, with an eight-year-old daughter named Sadie. His dreams of becoming a detective never came to fruition. Instead, he lives vicariously through his job of being a crime scene cleaner. As therapy begins to open up doors to his past that he'd rather keep shut, the same string of murders that his father committed when he was a child are happening again all around him. Sanford starts questioning his grip on reality. The answers he finds brings his past rushing back, and has him doubting everything he thought he knew about himself, his past, and his own sanity.

The world had gone to hell long ago, taken over by the vampire race. In order to keep some sort of peace in our land, the Vampire Lords made a consecutive agreement. The rich and powerful humans could survive just as they had been, untouched by the vampires save for the occasional blood collections, or so they thought In reality, we were all under their control. Castles spread out throughout our land, one landing in each city. Each castle varied in the number of vampires residing there, but all of them carried a Lord. The Lords were the ones in charge in every city, whether we liked it or not. The vampires often roam through the city, making sure that everyone was in order and no one stepped out of line. If you stepped out of line, you died, end of story. Even if the rich were still under their control, their lives were still better than the poor. The poorest lives held a much worse fate. The men were to be put to work as slaves, whether that meant serving a specific vampire, or just building their castles, they were slaves. The women were to be pets. Pets were the lowest rank you could have. They were forced into cages that were too small to stand in with collars around their necks. They spent their lives in pet shops, just waiting for the dreadful day that they'll be bought. They were treated like animals, trained into what their master wanted, and punished if they misbehaved. Those who were lucky enough to live through that, we're to be slaughtered for their blood at age twenty-five in an act to make sure that our population would stay steady. I was born into this world. Born into this world full of blood-sucking monsters. Except, I was one of the lucky ones. Was. It all ended for me when I was 12, when I was taken away from the last bit of hope and family that I had left. Ever since then, I've lived in a cage, just rotting away, waiting, dreading for the day that some monster would make me his. This is my life. I am a pet. ~~~ Cover by: @mshacake

For years angel academy has taught students of all races and ability's, angels, werewolves, vampires, dragon riders, you name it. The school was created for a purpose, to help students reach their full potential and rise against the demons that vow to destroy the world as we know it. But one girl changes everything. Nobody has seen her powerful kind for thousands of years. Her power could bring about the victory or downfall of every supernatural aspect. To everyone around her she is just an ordinary werewolf with and unordinary appearance but in reality she is much more. She is a Mythica. She always knew she was different. She was told to keep her powers hidden, that people would fear her for who she is. But now. Everything is going to change. ----------------------------- There WILL be dragons !! ----------------------------- ***There may be some colorful language and violence. All rights reserved, this is my own work so please DO NOT copy anything without asking permission. Original images may be subject to copyright*** HIGHEST RANK : #1 in fantasy #1 in dragons

Alyx Johns has traveled to hell and back since the night her mother died. She suffered through the worst of emotional and physical abuse, yet kept her humanity through it all. Her life's brightens when she meets her best friend. His name is Daryl Dixon. Alyx takes her life into her own hands by joining the military. It was the hardest decisions she's ever had to make. Escape her fathers brutality? Or leave the love of her life? All her hope is focused on making it back together again with her person, and to survive the post apocalyptic world with him. *-*-* #1 ranked for redneck #2 ranked for Daryl & Dixon (I wrote this when I was 12 it's utter garbage pls stop)