★ Matteo's arms draped over the cushioned chair, eyes cold. "I don't enjoy violence." He paused. "But if you lay a finger on Victoria, or any of my soldatos again, I'll turn your corpse into art." The suited man froze at his warning. Behind him, Victoria held a revolver to his skull. Violence wasn't the solution. It was a language they understood. ───────────────────── Victoria Greenwood, a 20-year-old who grew up on the streets of New Orleans, suffers from mental scars and an enormous debt from loan sharks. Being an orphan, she learned to fend for herself, living amongst the troubled and surviving. Only when mistakenly confronting the Lucchesi family did she understand her life's fragility. They took her prisoner and gave her the choice to work for them or face the repercussions. She refused to be controlled, but mounting debt and dwindling escape options forced her hand. She stepped further into the underworld and met women like her with the world's weight against them. Her relationship with the underboss, Matteo Lucchesi, grew dangerously closer. The question persists. Should she break or keep her loyalty to the Cosa Nostra? ───────────────────── 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞: This book is primarily action-based with a side of romance, involves complex characters, and systems similar to a Sicilian mafia. There's no smut, however there are sexual themes that aren't explicit. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭: violence, profanity, sexual themes (attempted S/A (no rape & smut), etc.), mental health themes (sh mentions, trauma, etc.), death, non-explicit gore 𝟑𝐫𝐝 (𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫): 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟏𝐬𝐭 (𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧): 𝐇.𝐒. 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

"They say love is felt most when lost" The killer thinks of all of them as one thing, his flowers. Esme is just an ordinary girl growing up with an abusive mother, but what happens when she suddenly becomes the next target of the killer? She has to figure out who the killer is before she loses more than she has, with an suspicious Oliver and mysterious Lilian... It seems not all hope is lost yet..... • Excerpt from Book "And, What is the MO of the killer? Do you even know that?" I asked, frustration evident in my voice. "The killer leaves behind flowers on his victims graves, Flowers sharing the same meaning as the victims names." He said writing down the word flowers with the red pen before making a circle around it. "It's the proof of the killer, left by himself." He continued, determination and something else shining in his eyes. X-X Cover made by @ThatWomanlyWoman321 Started - 22/9/24 1k - 13/11/24 2k - 5/3/25 Hello! This is my first book. I'm sorry for any mistakes and errors. I hope you will enjoy it!

"If you've heard his name... it might already be too late." He wasn't born. He was built. Locked in a hidden lab, raised behind titanium bars-starved, tortured, trained to survive. They called it science. Then, they called him Subject 07B. Now the cage is open. And it's too late to take it back. Sightings? Whispers. Survivors? None. His name is spoken like a curse. The Mauler. A shadow between screams and static. He doesn't hunt. He waits. Then strikes-without mercy, without a trace. Governments deny him. Cameras miss him. The ones who see him... don't come back. You were never supposed to know. Now that you do... He might already be coming. "Don't run. It won't matter." ───── Journalist Miélle, a fearless and determined reporter thriving on exposing truths buried under silence. Charming. Sharp. Reckless. She dives into the dark-where others run. But some secrets don't want to be found. And one of them is watching her. ───── The Mauler, a weapon born of cruelty, exists between man and monster. Caged since birth. Forged in pain. He moves in silence. Lives in shadow. Feeds on fear. But something human stirs beneath the horror. And when it surfaces... what happens when the monster remembers he's a man? ───── She wasn't meant to find him. But fate doesn't ask. And in a world where monsters are made, not born... Will she uncover the truth-or become the story no one lives to tell?

3rd place winner of the Neptune Awards 2025! Josephine Vega has never been the same since the Wilder twins disappeared two years ago. With every passing day, it becomes clearer that they are not coming back, yet she can't help but hope. Torn between the hope of their return and the reality that she has to move on, she finds herself stuck in her hometown, Ashville, with no clue what to do with her life. When the dashing Luka Bradley walks into her life, it seems there may be a way to move forward after all. But Luka has a secret that threatens everything she thought she knew about him and suddenly she is faced with a choice: dive head first into a world she never believed possible, or walk away for good. But what happens when the past is not as out of reach as she thought? Not only is this new world much more dangerous, than she bargained for, but she starts to suspect that there are more secrets to uncover. Secrets that might have something to do with her... Josie begins to question whether it was truly a coincidence that she stumbled upon this secret world, or if it was something deeper...something like...fate. ___________________________________________________________________ * Authors remark: This story is a passion project of mine. I intend it to become a full-length novel, but bear with me, as it is my first time writing one. Your feedback is very welcome. I hope you enjoy!

Following an incursion from an aggressively invasive oceanic predator, the world has come to realise that monsters and the paranormal may actually be very real. We join a small group of investigators working with the ISMI, a newly formed institute in charge of overseeing, containing and potentially neutralising these new threats that had previously gone unseen. [A vore story with way too much plot, filled with horror and fantasy elements.]

Marta Díaz Aponte, a city-born caretaker working in Hayatozca's sole orphanage, is met with the grim sight of a young man found dead in the playground with strange marks on his neck. Terrified, yet determined to keep her orphanage safe, she teams up with a paranormal investigator who is as mysterious as the killer she seeks. Her fiery resolve may be both a blessing and a curse, as she unearths secrets buried within the rural town she calls home, grows closer to her scarfed collaborator, and faces a supernatural murderer threatening both her loved ones and her sanity. ⋆⋅ ☾⋅⋆ ⋆⋅ ☾⋅⋆ ⋆⋅ ☾⋅⋆ ⋆⋅ ☾⋅⋆ ⋆⋅ ☾⋅⋆ Sporadic updates until completion! Current cover made by me. Chapter banners created by the talented @VeraChendra © 2025 Nightingale257 || Available only on W a t t p a d.

Beneath a shimmering, magical dome that shields Elaris from the devastation of a demon-infested world, the ancient Elders-powerful spirits-rule the city with an iron hand. But when the mighty Elder Aranthia is murdered in her palace, the fragile order begins to unravel. The only witness, her young servant Valara, narrowly escapes and is haunted by unexplained visions and fragments of Aranthia's memories. Alongside the cynical detective Daron-a man with his own shadowed past-Valara seeks to uncover the truth behind the murder and the schemes of the Elders. Together, they find themselves ensnared in a web of lies and betrayal as powerful players like Inspector Lyssara and General Kharon vie for control of the city. Beyond the dome, dark mysteries loom, threatening not only the fate of Elaris but the entire world. As the dome begins to flicker and prophecies of a "Rift in the Weave" edge closer to fulfillment, Valara and Daron must decide whether to save the city or choose their own destinies. Elaris: The City Beneath the Dome is a tale of magic, power, and secrets, where every decision determines life or death. ══ஓ๑ஓ══

He thought he was just chasing a signal. He didn't know it was chasing him back. Something is waking in the dark-buried beneath ruined systems, flickering across corrupted memory logs, hidden in the static between thoughts. When Jem intercepts a strange transmission, he's pulled into a collapsing network of abandoned tech, fractured identities, and echoes that feel too personal to be coincidence. Alone and hunted, he descends into the remnants of a world that was never meant to be found. The deeper he goes, the more reality begins to twist-architecture that loops on itself, doors that open into memories he doesn't remember living, and voices that shouldn't be speaking. Whatever's waiting at the end isn't broken. It's waiting for him to remember. ARCHIVE-34 is a slow-burn, atmospheric journey through a ruined future-where memory is unstable, and the past is never truly gone.