Lily, trembling and broken, wakes up in a alley to find that she is the only witness to a vicious slaughter. The murderer has left nothing to chance, except for her. And he knows exactly who she is.

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I laugh at you pitiful humans who scurry about this Earth with out a purpose seeking only life, but finding only death. I welcome death. I know what is coming, and the Goddess of Darkness will welcome me into her kingdom when I die. For now, I serve her purpose. I fight wars in her name, and serve as her avatar when needed. When she first came to me, she burned the love out of my heart. Now I find only humor in silly human affections. Love. It's such a short and despicable word. Maybe I could just enjoy fighting until I died, if it wasn't for the city. My city. My own corrupted city that cast me out for saving one of the city's own. The city I spit upon for its treatment of the gods and goddesses chosen people. I swear that one day, I will come back. Something must be done, and maybe, just maybe, the Goddess of the Absence of Light might choose me as her instrument of salvation, or destruction.

A smile crossed Death's cold, skeleton face. "Looks like you're out of a job," he told her. The angel looked up at him, shocked. "I-it's not as easy as it looks," she insisted. [A compilation of short stories that are sometimes about life, but mostly about Death.]

Living in a world where the dance team is her kingdom, fashion her passion, and judo her secret pastime, Jade Wright's life is as close to perfect as it can be without her mom to guide her through the perils of dating and Nordstrom sales-that is, until the day she is forced into a kidnapper's car. In a matter of minutes the foundation of everything she thought she knew about her deceased mother is crumbling around her and threatening to take Jade down with it. What she doesn't know could mean the end of her above average existence. But things aren't all bad. She has one week to figure out the truth before her new state of suckiness becomes permanent. Plus, her would be kidnapper is totally hotness personified. When pitted against some of the most disturbing fashion setbacks from the eighties, current teenage celebrities, and gigantic hit men, the stakes are high and the danger extends to everybody she loves most. Luckily, Jade happens to be a little bit ninja, and with the help of a boy who is immersed in the world of crime that she's desperate to escape she just might be able to recover her life.

Zane Torres a spoiled child, who get everything he wants when he wants. With two loving parents and on the football team as star quarterback. Zane even had the hot head cheerleader as his girlfriend. What more could he want? Payton Graves. The loner of the school abused by her Father she wears black and hides her bruises well. Works for everything nothing comes easy or free in her life. What happens when these two total opposites path in life collide and they are forced to interact with each other. Will something very beautifully strange happen?

Arthur Heart is basically a canker sore in the mouth of society. Or at least being an eighteen year old virgin has convinced him so. In American Pie fashion, he vows to lose his virginity before graduation night—which of course leads him to strike a deal with the devil herself; his best friend’s sister, Liz. Red haired, self assured and crazy as a lark, she claims she can turn him into the man who bags their class's foxy vixen. Liz's harebrained schemes might have just what it takes to have Arthur swipe his V-card with Ms. hot and busty herself. That is, if Arthur can navigate through his destitute biological mother’s mind, keep his pitching arm up to snuff and avoid falling in love with a certain tomboy firecracker first…

In the fall of 2010, sixteen teenagers suddenly vanished without a trace from a small suburban town in the Midwest. Each one was sixteen years old. There were no witnesses, no ransom notes, no clues whatsoever as to what happened to them. The community was devastated and the police were baffled until they all suddenly reappeared, sixteen weeks later with extraordinary new powers and no memory of where they had been or what was coming next. ** PLEASE NOTE - this is a rough draft of a future full length novel - it is ON HOLD right now