shane dawson is the world's most famous music producer; surrounded by girls, sex and money 24/7. the world seems infatuated by his strong jawline and charming demeanour, yet little does society know that it's a blinding facade of who he truly is. ryland adams, on the other hand, is entirely lovely. well, not just that - ryland is a lot of things. he's sweet and he's naive and he's engaged to the first boy he met after moving to la. when ryland loses the job that's kept him afloat for the last five years as the company crumbles in fraud and sexual harassment cases, he is left redundant and poor and clueless as to how him and his fiancé are going to survive the next few months, let alone plan a wedding. so he goes for an interview to become shane dawson's assistant, not realising that he's laying out his own murder weapon and preparing to let the most adored man in music destroy all hopes of his life ever being normal again, piece by piece.

Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]