The Halbrooks live in Sundew Grove, where cranberry bogs bleed red through the wetlands and everything beautiful seems touched by rust. Cash Halbrook is used to the rhythms of his life: tattoo ink, weed smoke, late-summer heat, little brothers, and the constant pressure of a house that never stays quiet for long. But in a family where everyone survives differently, growing up starts to feel like learning the weather-unpredictable, heavy, and always close. Ghost Weather is a story about brothers, small-town violence, and the things that linger in a home long after the worst moment is over.

In 2180, humanity survives in the tunnels beneath a war-torn Italy. The surface belongs to the ARCs - hostile machines that drove civilization underground decades ago. In a settlement of ten thousand, four brothers navigate life in the deep: Dante, seventeen, with a bad temper and dreams of raiding topside like their father; Sandro, fifteen, who finds meaning in the scrap and salvage raiders bring home; Renz, fourteen, a trader who knows everyone and everything happening in the tunnels; and Enzo, thirteen, too smart and too mouthy for his own good in a world that values strength over cleverness. Their father is a raider - one of the few who ventures to the surface to scavenge what humanity needs to survive. Every time he leaves, the brothers wait, knowing he might not come back. Between raids, they're on their own: navigating school, surviving each other's cruelty, and trying to carve out something resembling a future in a world buried alive. We Who Live Below is a story about brothers, survival, and what it means to grow up when the only certainty is concrete overhead and danger on every side.

The Malloy brothers-Ronan, Hobie, Declan, and Noel-are getting ripped out of Boston and shipped to Dinosaur, Colorado. A town named after dead lizards. A place they've never seen and never wanted to see. They didn't ask for this. Nobody asked if they wanted to leave their friends, their city, their lives. The Old Man got a job, Ma packed the boxes, and that was that. Now it's two thousand miles of highway, cheap motels, and four pissed-off brothers trying not to kill each other before they reach a town that probably isn't ready for them. Don't let them normal you.

Danny Tusvik left home early and never looked back-until he had to. After their mother split years ago and their father finally landed himself behind bars, Danny takes in his three younger brothers and keeps them together the only way he knows how: noise, rules that aren't gentle, and food on the table no matter what. Raised by Wolves is a story about brothers growing up feral under one roof-about loyalty learned the hard way, love shown through bruises and meals, and the pack logic that forms when the system fails you.

Cesar is nineteen and drifting. He works at an illegal pot farm with a loose crew of runaways, burnouts, and kids passing through. Some people stay. Some don't. This is what happens in between.

In a world of superheroes and supervillains, aliens and demons, magic, invasions, and celebrity heroes treated like pop stars, the extraordinary is everywhere. Rafe Ryker isn't any of it. Nineteen and unpowered, Rafe comes from a family of famous heroes - and chooses the one path that doesn't involve flight, fame, or spectacle. He enlists in the military. Stationed in Los Angeles after boot camp, Rafe lives on base, endures brutal training and hazing, and exists in a system that values silence, endurance, and compliance over glory. Able to go home but never fully belong there, he's caught between worlds: military and civilian, anonymity and notoriety, love and humiliation. Active Duty is a grounded, character-driven story about being human in a world obsessed with power - and what it takes to keep showing up when you will never be extraordinary, only present.

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Life in Kill Devil Hills runs slow and heavy, and Lachlan Holiday smokes just to make it feel lighter. Griffin makes the rules, Ezekiel keeps breaking them, and Uncle Mickey does his best to hold the whole mess together. Lachlan? He's the one with his head against the glass, earbuds in, wishing the rare good moments could last longer than a high.

The Thorne family has been part of Bar Harbor for generations-running their bar, fishing the coast, and causing more trouble than the tourists could ever handle. It's the 2030s, but life here hasn't changed much: the boys still wrestle, the bar still bustles, and the family still stands at the center of everything. Between festival booths, sibling banter, and the occasional "sanctioned" wedgie, the Thornes are proof that chaos is a family tradition.

Reggie Domic is in a desperate search for a job. Being kicked out of the family house at 19, he is on the hunt for anything that will give him a steady flow of income. However, no matter how hard he tries, a job just won't seem to stick. A series of unfortunate events eventually leads to him getting a good paying job. Not only that, but he also gets a new phone, a new car and a new house! However there's a catch. The job position is called "Wedgie Assistant", and he is working for his former bully, now boss. It's a twisted and messed up job offer that can't be refused. Reggie's new life will be an interesting ride with many loops and turns. All because he got hired for wedgies. -------------------------- Heads up that this story will probably have some things that can be considered sexual so (+18 warning) • Scenes may depict partial or complete nudity • Vulgar language may be used • Very slight racism Also, there will be another version of this story that will be homosexual (boyxboy) after a certain chapter. That book will differ from this book and will be entirely separate. Both physically and plot wise. Hope you enjoy!