[Book One] "I'm proud of who I am. A thief, a lone traveler who never stops running. Just watch me, I will fight and survive, for me and by myself." Akai is not a shinobi. She's just a travelling mercenary with no destination. Okay... 'mercenary' is just the kind way to call her... She's also a thief. Merely just for the thrill. She did everything she wants, no rules can stop her. Until she stumbled upon Konoha. A warm, peaceful place, unlike her 'home'. The people's kindness is something new for her. Will she stay? Or will she continue her old life, messing with other people and running away? | * | * | * | * | * | DISCLAIMER: We do not own Naruto. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto ©MidnightPilots

Issue #13 is now available with a brand new competition by DonnaSharples, an interview with deathofcool, book reviews by authors HWTaft and RichardStaschy, and an original article by Grady Richards. With cover art by LifeLustingDreamer.

Kidnapped by a psychotic vampire, 22-year-old Jessica Smith doesn't really think things could get any worse until she becomes a pawn in a vampire plot to take over the world. As war breaks out between the vampires and humans resisting them and the world begins to quickly fall to the undead, Jessica finds herself warring with herself and questioning the true intentions of the vampire who took her in the first place. With everyone she can't trust telling her things about him that make no sense and unable to trust his words either; she really has no idea who to believe in this dark world that she is now very much a part of. As time goes on, Jessica finds it harder to decide who to trust and who not to trust. But more important than that, she finds herself questioning her feelings towards the one person that she knows she shouldn't trust or love. Excerpt "It'll be a cold day in hell before I willingly become your slave." I spat. "Well, you better get your coat on, Jessica... because you're already in hell, and it's definitely a bit nippy, don't you think?" he smirked. *Note: this takes place in the same world as "Everything I Never Wanted". It's a prequel of sorts, but it can also standalone*