Updates every weekend, with occasional bonus posts on Wednesdays. Willow Locke, a teenage immigrant living in turn-of-the century Manhattan, must find the strength within her to protect her family from an insidious corporate plot to destroy the unions. Her father and sister are primary targets, marked for death. By chance she falls in with reclusive fallen inventor, Nikola Tesla, who begins to build the weapons she needs to single handedly combat the deadly Pinkertons, a private militia hired by the corporation. Her partner in the investigation is an English schoolboy and a brilliant intellectual, James Whitcomb. Just as their partnership as detectives begins to blossom into love, or infatuation, James encounters a deeper evil within the corporation, an undying thing called the Amilech. The revelation comes too late to save him from infection. Can Willow save the boy she loves and protect her family? No one is safe. Danger is everywhere in this high-tech supernatural thriller. Updates every weekend. Thank you for reading! Please message me and share your stories! Willow Locke, Anarchist Detective is a steampunk science fiction thriller with a supernatural edge set in New York City in 1910. The story is built around the pivotal events of the labor movement. The novel includes depictions of anarchist Emma Goldman and suffragettes Alva Belmont and Clara Lemlich. The framework of historic events supports a story of dark magic and technological innovation. The Willow Locke Play list: https://open.spotify.com/user/12150136528/playlist/0r6byn1EppP2ov4jKmhAnl Music to set the atmosphere for the novel.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Seven letters, seven confessions, seven clues. Elliot Parker has what he needs to find out who killed his best friend... But is he hunting down the killer? Or is the killer hunting him? ***** When Colton Crest returns, unharmed, to his small town after mysteriously disappearing for two months, his best friend Elliot Parker breathes a sigh of relief. But days later, on the night before graduation, Elliot finds Colton in the lake. Dead. And on the day of his funeral, Elliot finds a letter in his jacket pocket with four words that send him spiralling: I killed Colton Crest. There are six more letters to find, six more confessions about Colton, six more clues to uncover why he was murdered. Elliot has no choice but to play this sick scavenger hunt, and with each new revelation, he begins to question whether he really knew Colton - or anyone else in that little town of dark secrets. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

***This story is currently under revision and will be reposted under the username @ephemorescent "Just because you're wordless doesn't mean you're powerless." Wren of Swansong - mute, lame, and brilliant. Having witnessed a tragedy as a young girl, Wren struggles to express herself under her overprotective mother's wings. She leaves her sleepy village for the great city of Leidblum, desperate to make something of herself. At Leidblum's School of Dreammaking, she meets an unlikely friend in cold, arrogant Kais Blackwood, who's just as equally gifted in dreammaking as she is, a tabby cat named Oliver, and an unconventional, charismatic teacher whose true motives seem to lie elsewhere. Something is stirring in the Blacklands, an unexplored place where the undreaming are said to be. Little does Wren know of her own lineage, an ancient line of Dreammakers from the rival country of Eyverlin.

Here is a place of both psychological and supernatural Horrors. It's a place of uncanny resemblance to our own world, but the small gaps inside defy reality. In this short story collection, you'll get to take a deep, dark glimpse in those horrifying gaps and immerse yourself in the atmosphere. Among such stories are: Four individuals are trapped inside a pharmacy after a mysterious fog overtakes the entire town. A new superintendent, of an apartment building, unravels some paranormal threads lying within. Cover done by @eWritersInk

For best friends Mestoph and Leviticus the end of the world can’t come fast enough. Mestoph is a demon and troublemaker for Hell Industries, while Leviticus is an angel and cubicle jockey for Heaven, Inc. They might be unlikely friends, but they have something in common – they both hate their jobs. Unfortunately for them The End is nowhere in sight. The two take matters into their own hands when they come up with a scheme to get themselves kicked out of the Afterlife without spending an eternity in Purgatory. Their misadventure will take them from the tiny town of Truth or Consequences, NM to the highlands of Iceland as they cross paths and pantheons with Neo-Vikings, Greek and Norse Gods, and a Scottish terrier named Sir Reginald Pollywog Newcastle III. Content Warning The story you are about to read is intended for mature readers due to its content and language. It may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion.

When rich teen Nicholas Chandler's mansion and family are lost in flames, he takes refuge at an abandoned warehouse run by delinquent kids. They have survived in the gang territories of Chicago for three years. Nico is forced to leave his old life of luxury and descends into a world of violence and greed. Will he find a home with the crew that saved him? Or will they resent Nico because of his previous life and arrogant ways?The backstreets of Chicago may swallow him, and the warehouse, in rising mob wars. "So welcome to Castle. From here, there is no turning back."

WATTY 2016 WINNER of the HQ Love Award! Strange Yarns is a ball of tangled tales. Twisted, knotted, and intertwined. Like Tales of the Crypt, the Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits. Strange Yarns is not just a collection of ghastly tales, these are yarns, and yarns are sewed together. Follow the yarns and see the grand design... think of this as an evil quilt. Ghost, ghouls, and cannibals being studied for nutrition research, Strange Yarns has got it all. ALL EXCEPT HAPPY ENDINGS!!! (The Author's Lawyer's retain the rights to define happy endings.) I'd love it if you'd vote. And if you really like them please share with a friend. And if you hated them, please share with an enemy. *Josh Saltzman is a Canadian Comedy Award winning writer and director. Recently he was the head writer of season 2 and 3 of Inspector Gadget on Netflix. His other credits include Fangbone! (Disney XD), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Animated Series (Sony/DHX), and in live action Call Me Fitz (HBO Canada). Josh has also made lots of weird videos you can find on youtube.