If Two Times for the Past is me drowning in feelings, this one's me resurfacing for breath -- sunny side up.

[𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑨𝑴𝑩𝒀𝑺 2024 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆] [Featured by @Wattpad on Community Pride Recommendation Reading List - June 2025] "Outside, in the harsh light of day, the lines between us are too stark, too defined. Here, we can pretend that your world is black and white, and I am the blue that fills the space between. In black and white, I'm blue. And when I dance to your music, I'm home." In Black And White, I'm Blue is a story about a retired dancer who's struggling to find his place in this twisted world, and a young pianist carrying far too many secrets, barely contained behind the melodic pieces he composes. Meeting each other was destiny -- but fighting for each other is a choice. °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Tintinnabulation - Book Of The Month Jan 2025 - @CroodsGirl "A powerful, feel-good story about love and angst, In Black and White, I'm Blue will rip your heart into shreds and rebuild it with its beautiful characters, prose, and symbolism." - @CroodsGirl {editing⚠️️}

In search of distraction, Aster, a prickly young mage with barely controlled power, and Nash, a packless werewolf, find themselves in the same MMORPG. Aster's not much for chatting, but Nash doesn't mind-he's just grateful for the help fighting spiders in an area he's underleveled for. Neither expects their connection to extend beyond the game, but fate intervenes when Aster finds himself stranded one night. With no other options, he reluctantly reaches out to Nash for a ride. As Nash arrives to help, both are stunned to realise they've met before.

Reincarnation of an ordinary otaku girl into the world of her design; a book she made when she was 13. Facing the loss of her loved ones and this new fantasy life as an Over-Powered god-like person in this new world of Amyris, she started her journey of finding herself in that world and receiving a whole new family, although not related by blood. A journey of comedy, mystery, thrill, and in essence the life of an isekai book. Starting as a depressed teen, who due to sudden circumstances immediately got reincarnated into her book as her Overpowered character; the protector of Amyris. "Welcome to Amyris, Amyra" "where did that come from?", I thought as I looked around the area. " Giving all privileges, as well as, all passive and active skills". "It's in my head! Am i crazy?!". It answered, "No, you are not crazy". 'Now I remembered, I was now in Amyris the world I designed when I was 10. A crazy set of circumstances got me here and I want to forget them. I was and am the designer of this world Amyris and according to otaku knowledge having a system is the norm for a reincarnation', Amyra thought after hearing the sytems response. 'status' ' i should be able to access a status board as a designer if I remember correctly, Amyra remembered as it was the norm for all reincarnations. 'As expected...now I am..Over-powered!'

The aliens kill every human they catch, or in rare cases, put trackers on them to discover their hidden villages. When Natalie is caught in an ambush, she is unexpectedly released. But there is no tracker. The Saursunes have an entirely different motive this time. *** Run. Don't look back. When Natalie is trapped in an alien ambush, she is unexpectedly released. The first human to ever be let go. The Saursunes invaded centuries ago, and everyone knows that getting caught is certain death. Natalie is confused but grateful to be alive. As a porter, one of the few humans with the rare ability to teleport between special crystal formations, she must leave the safety of her desert village every day to help gather food. When other villages increase their raids on the Saursunes' farms, the aliens retaliate by hunting down every human they can find - except Natalie's group. Instead of trying to kill her and those helping her, they bring them food instead. Is it a trap? Or something else? Natalie isn't sure, but one thing is certain: the Saursunes aren't done with her yet.

C41 was taught to fight and never trust anyone but a select few. But in order to leave prison, he might have to work with those who can break him. ***** Inmate C41 is the youngest registered "feral" shapeshifter -- someone unable to control his animal urges and aggressions. When he turns eighteen he is transferred to the Adult Feral Rehabilitation Center in Scotland, where he meets a mysterious American government agent who endlessly probes him with questions. C41 does the only thing he thinks will help him survive - he lies. And that starts a chain of events that will either end in a prison break or a life of torture. Content and/or Trigger Warning: sex and violence. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]