21st century apollo

banished from the heavens [2017]

TREMBLE

wither, with him, within

he smirks as he tips guns to bruised temples

broken-hearted boys

Paper Wishes (#1)

There is a belief that with each origami star folded, a falling star is saved. After folding 365 stars while mourning the loss of her mother, Vilvian makes a wish that will change her life forever. Enter Nox Bright - the handsome and mysterious guy who has been haunting Vilvian's dreams. She can barely believe it wh...

*ON HOLD* Cliche Madness Competition 2019 | CLOSED

Do you think your story has what it takes to make it through? 64 go in. 1 comes out. Welcome to the 2019 Cliché Madness Competition!

Unlit

Sometimes I just get tired looking for my stolen matches, and so these places remain unlit. Copyright 2015 by CielloMaxin Highest ranking: #25 in Poetry 12/06/2016 DISCLAIMER: I do not own the photos I use for the covers of my books. All credits belong to their respective owners.

The Tavern at the Corner of the Multiverse (An Edgewise tale)

The story that started it all. First featured in Tevun Krus's Punk Wars issue on @ooorah the characters of Edgewise make their grand debut. Hi-jinks and Hilarity ensue.

Intimacy

A collection of romantic stories. From summer sweetness to winter heat, with a sprinkle of humor, magic, and everything in-between.

Bath Salts (TNTHorrorContest)

**TNT Top 35** With her parents out of town, Maddy and new boyfriend/ partner in crime Brad were looking to have a good time with a bit of recreational aid. However, their quest for the next high shows Maddy a whole new side of Brad, a dark one. A tale of bad behavior and juicy revenge. Remember....it's just aspirin.

Macabre Beauties

Macabre: imagery that is disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury. There is beauty in such darkness. There are notes of hope and light amid our most desperate hours. "Dying Is an art, like everything else." -Sylvia Plath, "Lady Lazarus" Original cover photo b...

Skirt

Under the totalitarian hand of the Controllers, the world is binary in every sense, down to the sanctioned clothing we wear. Non-conformity is punished, even if the gender of your soul does not belong to the gender of your flesh. **Top 10 Winner of #MyHandmaidstale selected by Margaret Atwood and Hulu** Inspired by M...

Sisters of the Heavenly Fire

Spies, Brawlers, Gunslingers, and Swordsworn. The Sisters of the Heavenly Fire are ladies of dubious origins, gathered under the command of Mother Superior Ione. They are the lost ones. Former slaves, cast off concubines, pit fighters, orphans, cursed by blood and circumstance. The Sisters offer a chance of redemptio...

Ragnarök Unwound *Sample*

Prophecies don't just fix themselves. For every doomsday that never happened, there is a Fate Cipher carefully untangling the tapestry, unraveling the threads of destiny. When a Valkyrie tracks down Ikepela Ives drowning her sorrows at the local tikki bar, her day goes from bad to worse. There's an old prophecy stirr...

Edgewise

***Winner of the Wattys 2016 for Hidden Gems*** The Edgewise exists everywhere and nowhere. A sanctuary to all realms, should you find the door. Managed by one Macklemore Edgewise, proprietor, guardian of the between places, and barman of mystery. If the tavern accepts you, abide by the rules. 1. Leave all confl...

Smash ×× A Stydia AU ×× Teen Wolf.

Punk Pack Band AU. They say all's fair in love and war... but they never said anything about band wars. Lydia Martin. Lead singer of Mercy For Mania. 20. Taken. Black coffee drinker and song writer, with a long standing feud against the drummer of Few Are Angels, Stiles Stilinski.

Hunting for Silence

British business mogul Rikkard Ambrose has departed London to face his arch-rival in a deadly game of espionage and intrigue at the Royal Court of France, leaving his lady love behind to knit socks and twiddle her thumbs. Left behind alone? That is not something Lilly Linton is willing to put up with! Determined to sh...

In the Shadow of the Storm [SAMPLE]

JESSICA JONES meets DRACULA: Fleeing a man who steals memories with a touch, Aveline Arden finds an unlikely respite in the home of a cursed vampire trying to survive in a world that wants to see his kind destroyed _______________________ Without a home to return to, Aveline Arden seeks to start a new existence in the...

Bereft: Foretold

Darius escaped Envy's reckoning with his life, but lost much in the process. Mortal and vulnerable, he seeks a new reason for his continued existence, and may have found it lurking below the mage city of Itheria. The Sins and their immutable control are broken. The streets are bloodied by Wrath's wayward child...

Noah (5th Street series)

Veronica Cruz has been through hell and back. After disconnecting with the world two years ago to be at the side of her dying mother, she's left alone, unemployed, overweight, and feeling a decade older than her twenty-eight years. When her best friend coaxes her into joining the local gym to ditch her depression and...

Bereft: Demise

Sara and Pride escaped Verweald's dangerous streets, but their quest to kill the Sin of Envy has just begun. In search of a way to end the immortal creature's life, Pride and the dying woman find refuge in the manor of Crow's End, where the residents harbor deadly, secretive histories, and the walls breathe with the m...

Expiration Date (Books 1 and 2)

Now a digital pilot for SYFY The Society knows when we're going to die. They imprint it on our arms at birth. I was supposed to die yesterday. I'm the girl who's Expired. Winner of the 2020 Readers Choice Awards Cover by @Forcade

How to Write Fiction

The advice you will find here follows the Chicago Manual of Style which is widely used by American publishers. There are some variances in style from country to country (and even from American publisher to American publisher.) **It may be easier to search the Table of Contents, as there is no rhyme or reason right no...

Moments

Tantalizing poetry of various moments featuring six word but including other formats. Six word novel an urban legend? Most likely a great marketing trick To sell; Get published, get produced. For sale; baby shoes; never worn Whether or not by Ernest Hemingway Undoubt...

The Enclave - Sample Chapters

From the world of "The Succubus in a Red Dress" comes ... the Enclave, one of the most luxurious and affluent housing developments in all of Northern California, but it also hides a secret; it's the home to the most influential wolf pack on the West Coast. But, for Selene, the Enclave is less than a paradise...

UNFINISHED Stydia AU - Room Mates - Teen Wolf.

"One love, one house." .............. Set in an alternate universe where Stiles and Lydia had never met, they are stuck as room mates for a year. It's not ideal. Stiles has no idea how to act around her, and for once, a boy is somehow making Lydia nervous. It's complicated. Meddling supernatural friends aren't much he...

Once A Poet

Some things can push you to become a poet.

Circle of Day, Circle of Night

Life is a circle. For people, for dogs. Do circles end?

Construction Zone

There's dirt under my fingernails, sawdust in my hair. I'm proud to say I hammer nails. Install toilets. Hang drywall. Welcome to the construction zone. Note: I've had to "unpublish" a few poems from this collection because they are going to appear in various magazines. Sorry if you missed them. And a big warm thank-y...

One Summer Night

Always a fan of celebrating his independence, Beckett Roberts was a happy man. The Fourth of July meant sweet summer heat, loud, boisterous fireworks, and joining his newly extended family at a castle in New Hampshire with smart, sexy Danielle Mayberry by his side. What could be better? But a crack appears in that fun...

THE BLOODS OF BOLTON | GAME OF THRONES

❝SHE'S GOT A SICKNESS, THAT ONE. IT'S IN HER BLOOD. SCARY TO THINK WHAT SHE'LL BE LIKE WHEN SHE'S FULL GROWN. IF THE GODS ARE GOOD, SHE'LL DIE BEFORE THAT.❞ In the North, there are whispers of a cruel and sickly girl lurking in the Dreadfort. Her skin is as pale as snow and her eyes are colder than winter itself. Her...