[WATTYS 2024 SHORTLIST] Lucan Thurst, an alchemist shackled to his obsessions, seeks the unattainable: immortality. In the heart of Burnell Academy he toils away--pieces of himself lost until the line between human and other is blurred beyond recognition. Meanwhile, long-time friend and scientific rival, River Kim, believes death is not the body's end, and a heart stopped may yet beat again. Nearing the completion of his medical degree, River intends to prove immortality lies not in elixirs but in the resilience of flesh. As their friendship fractures around them, the two men must learn to work together in order to achieve their goal. Both keen on being the first to alter the course of medical science. Both utilizing one another's secrets to their own advantage. But, when those secrets are whispered into the dark, Lucan and River will learn a harrowing truth: it is the dark that always listens. For fans of dark academia: Frankenstein, The Secret History, The Haunting of Bly Manor

Yuri, a high school student, lives in the small town of Waterfront located far from major cities. She attends Pinewood High and every year the junior class is taken on a week-long camping trip to Mt. Boulder where students learn about survival skills. The trip takes a turn when an unknown outbreak suddenly occurs causing the students and everyone else on the campsite to turn into infected creatures. Yuri and her friends must learn to survive on their own. However, they soon realize that these infected creatures behave differently when the sun goes down, making survival even more challenging. When Yuri and her friends return to Waterfront, they soon discover some horrifying secrets and its connection to a wider outbreak.

In the decrepit state that is part of the Chaos Coalition, its people are divided into two groups: the reverent Eles who run the new world, and the ex-convict Molders. In order to keep the peace, the Eles have banished the Molders to the left side of the bridge connecting the Peninsula; while the Eles enjoy the more favourable region on the right. After all, that's what they deserve. The Molders are lucky they have a place at all in this society still. Alora's always shared this sentiment until one night, when she comes across a Molder on the right side of the bridge. Suddenly, a world of horror begin to unravel beneath the rigid laws and the world she once thought she knew. Will she stay silent? Or will she expose everything she knew?

Several disappearances and unexplained events have been registered shorty after the commercialization of an ancient statue linked to some legends from a mysterious place called "Reich der Finsternis" in eastern Germany, there is no know route leading to such a place. Due to the chaos caused in Europe and other parts of the world, American agents are sent to investigate the area, unaware of the many terribly dark secrets that await them.

Janette's flower crown is beautiful, but deadly. Much like she is. Sent to assassinate the crown prince of Volitare, she embarks on a quest to find the treasure of the great dragon Revrem that the prince seeks. Along the way, she has to deal with a runaway aristocrat that looks suspiciously similar to prince Leonore.