Sixth year begins with a knot in Eilidh's stomach she can't name. School is a place she drifts through - too loud, too bright, too demanding, while she tries to ignore the truth, she doesn't have words for. Something is wrong. With her friendships. With her body. With the way people take and take and call it normal. Zander arrives already angry. Ripped from the only life he wanted, he's determined to make this new school as miserable as he feels. Until he notices a quiet red-haired girl who doesn't flinch at his attitude. She's the first person who looks at him without expectation. Or fear. Their connection isn't soft or easy. It's a collision - slow at first, then impossible to stop. But Zander's world has darker corners than Eilidh realises. There are people around him who trade in secrets, power, and things far more dangerous than rumours in a school corridor. And once Eilidh crosses his path, those shadows begin to follow her too. When the truth of what happened to Eilidh finally surfaces, it's only the beginning. Because some dangers don't come from classmates, they come from the people pulling the strings. A story about consent, silence, and the terrifying ease with which one girl can slip through the cracks of a world built to exploit her. © All Rights Reserved 2025 J. Meadows Game of Consent This story is my original work. Please do not copy, repost, translate, or adapt any part of it without my permission

Sun City is beautiful in the way things are when no one looks too closely. Once a year, the festival floods the streets with color, music, and masks. The rest of the time, life drifts quietly. People grow old here. No one leaves. Leaving isn't an option. Lately, though, people have been talking. Talk of the Outsiders is everywhere now. Golden-eyed, otherworldly beings, half rumor, half nightmare. They're said to lurk beyond the city walls, bending reality in ways people can't understand. SunTear soldiers insist they're dangerous and people believe them. But Silky doesn't know what's true. She's never seen an Outsider. But the stories keep changing, and none of them feel right. When a sudden discovery puts the most precious person in Silky's life in danger, everything snaps into focus. With time running out, Silky steals a SunTear uniform and steps into the heart of the city's protective force. She must blend in, survive, and uncover the truth before she is discovered. And every answer Silky uncovers hints at a deeper truth, the Outsiders may not be the real threat at all. The real danger has been inside the city all along, watching and waiting, more cunning than anyone realizes. Silky's only goal now is to uncover the truth and save the person she loves before it's too late.

Five friends go to Camp Lumen for one last summer in Spring Falls, 1982. Only four come back. When Natalie Reeves is found murdered in her cabin, suspicion falls immediately on the one person who loved her most-Vera Greene. She found the body. She held the knife. And everyone knows those two girls were famous for their twisted pranks. With no DNA, no instant answers, and a town eager to move on, the investigation drags on. Each friend tells a different version of what happened that night. But the more Vera tries to prove her innocence, the clearer it becomes that someone is lying-and someone else is still being protected. Because at Camp Lumen, the most dangerous thing isn't the woods or the lake. It's the people you call a friend. | Trigger Warnings | If You're Reading This contains themes that may be distressing to some readers, including: • Graphic depictions of violence • Murder and death • Blood and injury • Psychological manipulation and blackmail • Betrayal • Emotional abuse • Grief and loss • Fear, paranoia, and sustained psychological tension • Crime involving minors • Disturbing imagery • References to trauma and survivor's guilt Reader discretion is advised.

Set in medieval times during a dark winter, seventeen-year-old Zorya is dreading the coming of spring, when she'll be forced to marry a stranger. With the cold comes a foreign lord from the west and his ill son, who arrive in town to seek shelter for the winter. The lord is eager to marry Zorya to his son, but she senses they are hiding a dark secret. As snow begins to fall, bodies are found, and people vanish into the night. A monster stalks the town in the darkness, hunting its victims one by one... Mystery, horror, and romance bloom in the shadows.

Rosette Jordan's life has always been ordinary - quiet days in a small bookshop, surrounded by stories she'll never live. That all changes the moment a mysterious, untitled book arrives. Drawn by curiosity, she opens it... and falls into a world twisted by a curse called the Withering. Forests bleed ash. Creatures move like nightmares. The land itself seems alive, watching, remembering. In this world of danger and shadows, Rosette meets Prince James - someone marked by secrets, scars, and magic that comes at a cost. Together, they must navigate a kingdom on the brink of collapse, where trust is fragile, every choice carries consequences, and even friendship could be deadly. But the deeper Rosette ventures, the more she realizes the truth: she may have been brought here for a purpose she doesn't want - and surviving may mean losing everything she thought she knew about life, loyalty, and herself.