Her life ended with fire and began with ashes. After a heartbreaking loss; Clara trains to become a knight with the General's help. After years of fierce training, she finally gets the title she so rightfully earned. Being a knight instantly brought many responsibilities on her shoulders, and they only got heavier with each passing day. She could succumb to the pain, or she could rise above it all. This is the story of Clara Lux-Virtus. This is how she became the warrior of Avelyn. {{TRIGGER WARNINGS:}} somewhat graphic descriptions of war, death, blood, injuries...etc. Feel free to ask me about anything that triggers you. [[FIRST DRAFT]] COMPLETELY UNEDITED [[If you want to become a beta reader for this book's semi final draft, please go to my Instagram @/ chatoyantminds and fill the form in my bio]] #3 in Warrior 20.6.2023 #2 in Warrior 12.10.2023 #34 in Featured 26.7.2023 #1 in War 6.7.2023 #1 in Wisdom 14.10.2023

{Written for NaNo and Camp NaNo between 2020 and 2022.} How to study necromancy, accidentally start the zombie apocalypse, and discover the skeletons hidden in your family's closet: a guide by Abihira Sinistrah. (Or: why you should always read the fine print before raising the dead.) Cover by @KrystoKParris

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.