When Teal helps an injured soldier by hand-delivering a scroll to the Emperor, he is offered a place in the Emperor's harem. Teal is of Lombock descent however, a cannibalistic race of beings who were believed to have died out. Having grown up on the outskirts of the Empire, Teal finds adjusting to life as the Emperor's concubine difficult, especially when he starts to fall for the Emperor's number one concubine instead. As he begins to learn about his origins, he also stumbles on old dark secrets; traitorous spies, unfinished disputes, and old enemies from neighboring kingdoms hide in plain sight within the palace walls, all threatening to ignite Teal's true identity and with it, cause the return of a race of beings who once controlled the world with horrific consequences. The only way out? A possible alliance with a defiant and strong-willed princess and a group of magical assassins who wish to control the world as they see fit. (Contains mature content) This story was inspired while reading the book "Emperor Dowager Cixi" by Jung Chang. Quite a bit of Ancient Roman politics also inspired/influenced me. Word Length: approx. 176,000 Art work for cover purchased from Canstock: by 'AtelierSommerland'

In the summer of their senior year, 2018, a group of 6 friends leave a kick-off party for the summer after a long night of drama and drinking. On their way back to their small town, they get into a severe car accident, leaving one of them dead. Six years later, the other five friends come back into town after graduating college. They plan to honor their dead friend, but someone has other plans. Secrets that they wished would have stayed hidden are revealed, and one by one the group starts to run into trouble. Can the survivors find out who is tormenting them in time? Why are they doing this? What happened that fateful night in 2018? And will anyone survive the summer of 2024?

In the year 2552, humanity had spread across the stars, colonizing hundreds of worlds that billions called home. However, for nearly two hundred years, the Unified Earth Governing Alliance (UEGA) had struggled to maintain its foothold throughout its established territory, losing ground to the insurrectionist threat known as the Expanse Sovereign Union To bolster the 13th Fleet, the Navy ordered the derelict SPIRIT OF ENDURANCE back into service. Commander Mercer, a hardened veteran and survivor of the Battle of the Binary Stars, was assigned to the aging vessel, tasked with leading a crew of hardened veterans and green recruits into the heart of the conflict. Soon, the crew finds itself embroiled in a conspiracy that can unravel the very foundation of the Alliance. A secret organization has been pulling the strings beyond the confines of both sides, casting a shadow of suspicion of who Mercer and the crew can trust.

Are dolls innocent figurines as the advertisements on television say? Or is there something sinister that lurks inside of them? As the last heir of a mysterious curse, Janneth Hudson has her hands full. For generations, a doll has been watching over the Hudson family without their knowledge. It was waiting for the right time to punish all who have done her wrong. After her mother passes away, Janneth is tormented with a new doll named Piper to the point of insanity. She is desperate to end the vengeance of Piper, as it took the lives of innocent people with her. But Janneth couldn't do this alone. No matter if Piper had to be sacrificed under a burning bonfire under a witch's chant, or if Janneth had to involve her psychologist, his secretary, and her social worker in the process, she'd do it. She wanted to prove that she isn't insane as many believed. The cover was created by the amazing @feralshadow #1 in Horror and Paranormal = 9/20/2021

Abril is a woman of all vices and she has only one goal in life: enjoy every second of it. Drinking, smoking, doing drugs, getting into fights, sleeping with an entire frat house... You name it, she's done it. When it comes to sex, she only has one rule: no repeats. Repeats lead to dating, which leads to falling in love, which she will not be caught doing again. Arthur is uptight, rigid, and a smidge entitled. He makes Marie Kondo look messy and his favorite color is any shade of beige. His principles are no less inflexible in the romance department: he's either all in or all out, and never in his wildest dreams would he ever consider partaking in casual sex. They're polar opposites, but the universe seems determined to put them on each other's path. When one wants to fall in love and the other is hell-bent on doing anything but that, there doesn't seem to be a way for them to overcome their differences.

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Nicole and her family love to vacation in Harvey, a small beachside town. However, it's a town of secrets, and Nicole is invested. She loves a good mystery and can't help herself from getting wrapped up in the town's biggest one: Ashton. As the son of the town's sheriff, Ashton is expected to follow in his father's footsteps. But what do you do when you don't agree with how things are run? For him, the answer is to live in the woods and take all his secrets with him. Naturally, this sparks rumors and means he's the main suspect when a little girl is found dead on the shore. The police want nothing more than to see him be charged for murder. Nicole doesn't believe it for a moment, though. She's fallen hard for the mysterious nature of the gentle creature in the woods, and nothing can convince her that he's to blame for anything going on in the town. However, nothing is ever as simple as it seems... Word Count: 51,025