The screens on the sides of buildings were already on, advertising Particle City as if it were a perfect world. Ads of the Emperor and his dazzling smile. Posters of "happy" street-sweepers. And on the side, there was a large image of a Particle City worker facing the city's symbol with these words in-between: 'Til Death Do Us Part. A couple of days ago, those pictures would've reassured her. Comforted her. And now, it only clawed sharper at the odd ache in her chest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the dystopian society of Particle City, happiness is shoved so far down a person's throat, it's hard to tell what's real and what's not anymore. Most everyone there is internally crumbling, but under their commander, humanity is simply a suggestion. So they put on a happy face and do their work. Astra is one of the thousands upon thousands of victims trapped in this vicious cycle of fake smiles and oppression that seems unbreakable. When she finds out the secrets of her beloved society, things unravel into a rebellion she never saw coming.

{2nd Runner-Up in Celestial Awards} Burberry, a soft-hearted perfume developed a crush on Posh the second perfume in my collection thus follows their story which started when Posh arrived in the perfume collection and the story along the way. Later the story goes, the greater the tension and spice goes on between them. Was Posh thinking the same thing... Was Burberry pointed out she's gay?

Rated-R: {Read the Author's Note For More Information} Two gay villains. Not just wicked smokers and immature characters, no. They were more on the inside. Twisted geniuses, yes-but not mindless monsters. Stanley Stickman and Pop weren't chaotic for fun; they had purpose, strategy, and one deadly clue about who their enemies really were. And Cityville? It wasn't some generic town either. Beneath its grey-colored buildings and New York streets hummed secrets, layered storylines where every character played a role: Sawyer, the bear with tan fur, Decan, a stuffed dinosaur, both dressed up as an agent spy... all guarding what this place truly hid under layers of comedy and forced healthy relationships. But then? Chaos paid with vials. A controlled masterpiece shattered like glass when those two transformed, not into a funny predicament, but into something far more dangerous: Attractive. Manipulative women. 5 foot nine and unforgotten at first sight. Fangs glinting under streetlights, Pasts screaming around them like omens... fear and obsession radiating off everyone else because suddenly? The sassiest ladies in town could destroy you without blinking. A break out rumor raining over Sawyer and Decan to crack their X-rated relationship in one day... No laughter here now. Just a numbing truth, "Two hot women..." "Agents cut deep..." Is it really just a beginning for both parties or an end to their shining futures in Cityville...? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Arjun Rishikant isn't chasing criminals-he's chasing the ghost of a nightmare. A brilliant detective scarred by the brutal murder of his family, he is consumed by one pursuit: to uncover the faceless mastermind who destroyed his world. Each case he solves brings him closer, but also drags him deeper into a web of betrayal, mind games, and shadows he cannot yet see. "The First Card is always hardest to play ♠️"

A business woman Celeste who is friends with an elf girl Ji-ji who unintentionally practiced something that would break the point of their friendship instead of the other way around. The only way to fix their mistaken interest is that Ji-ji finds a way to choose which path she would rather spend her relationship with, and on the other hand, Celeste has to find out if she has a cute elf ex or a 'close friends' relationship. All in the practice of either being Bisexual or Straight.