Roisin lives in a world where all of humanity lives in caverns carved into the earth by millions of years of erosion. Life for her is a battle between old humans--those who didn't evolve to survive in the cave--and neohumans, like herself, who have developed new abilities to cope with the dangerous environment of the cave. The neohumans are rejected from old human settlements, forced to survive on their own in the caves with only their wits and their strength to go on.

Life and death, and endless cycle of happiness and misfortune. In the world masked with lies and secrecy, one can only compare the cycle to that of a game of cards. The poker faces, the fake smiles, the trickery, the pride and loss. A game of cards is what mirrors everyone’s hidden lives in a hidden word, buried under the adventures of life. Evelyn bears something she can tell no one- her story of her mother's murder before her very eyes and the fact she'd been kidnapped at age seven. Garrett has a secret- his private, forbidden relationship with a servant, and the fact he'd been forbidden to see his younger sister. Arianna has a problem- being abandoned by her father with only the servants and her brother, who was forbidden to see her, 's company. Watch their story unfold before them in the world revolving around a Game of Cards. Life and Death. Something, that no one can stop.

A small town girl, Jamie, and a heart broken player, Landon, meet and immediatly get off on the wrong foot. Landon always acts like a jerk to her and she eventually gets sick of it. Meanwhile Landon a ctually loves her but is afraid of getting hurt again.

"Amidst the darkness, The black, blind ways, I notice a small flash." What does light bring? This flash? This flash of light will tell my story.

"Rain drips to the sodden ground, From my hollow face." Who are these people? What has happened? {Poem inspired by the painting, Old Jew with a Boy, by Pablo Picasso}

Darren dropped the note addressed to the "Prince Charming wannabe" and announced "Well then Cinderella, I propose a game. If I win, you must come away with me. If you win, I leave and never return. The game itself is this: I have to find you."

Cassidy Gold is just an average girl, maybe a little more tom-boyish than most, but nevertheless, average. One night, the same night she’d been out with friends, having a normal Friday afternoon, downtown, a car accident occurs, knocking her into a coma. When she wakes up, above her, all she can see is darkness. Black, surrounding her, like a glass box getting smaller and smaller, pushing against the victim inside. Without sight. The darkness that surrounds her entire being begins the crashing down of the life she called normal, until Cassie doesn’t know whether or not to trust someone and let them into her heart.

You want it all? And you want it now? Players? Vampires? Werewolves? Nerds and Jocks? Rockstars? Princesses? Kidnappers? Falling in love with your best friend? This short story has everything you're wishing for! Come in! Let's play: Spot the cliché! (Attention: Parody ahead. Read at your own risk.)