Daniel Merrell was just about the most competent man you'd ever meet. He was sharp, strategic, and always on top of everything. He worked efficiently and knew exactly what to say and do to complete a project ahead of its deadline. He counted everything-steps, coffee cups, and even the number of times he said "strategic alignment" in meetings (well, actually, Mallory does that for him. She's been keeping a tally: forty-seven and counting, apparently). But he was terrified of everything. Mondays, coffee machines that judge him, elevators with other people in them, the very idea of anyone knowing he exists... even office succulents on the brink of death that definitely have opinions about his life choices. (Don't ask him how he knows that. He just does.) But most of all, he's terrified of Ava Thomas. Not because she's intimidating. Because she's kind. She sees through his corporate jargon and anxiety, yet she still smiles at him across the office. She greets him in the mornings and engages in small talk, simply because she doesn't want the new guy to feel lonely. She even offers to help him out, despite him giving her no reason to do so. He had never met anyone quite like her before. And now... he's doomed. Now, he has to decide: stay safe and alone, or do the terrifying work of becoming someone not only worthy of a second chance at love after facing devastating heartbreak, but someone actually capable of receiving it. This is a story about anxiety, growth, and learning that being brave isn't the absence of fear. It's choosing love anyway.

Seventeen-year-old Siff longs for freedom from the strict rules on board humanity's last starship, but when she discovers brutal slavery hidden from the general population she is forced to make a choice: join their fight for freedom, or run to her own dreams and leave humanity to its fate. Join the crew of the mighty starship, Janus, and decide for yourself if hope is worth sacrificing for the sake of peace...

When her father sets an illegitimate successor on the throne on her stead, Lillemor's raging fury leads her to unravel what she's capable of. Forsaken, she sets off to use her newfound powers to end the witch trials, seize her crown, and, as impossible as it sounded, to cease the insidious wars. But when she meets one of her coven sisters and the darkest sorcerer of all time, Saturna, Lillemor begins to question who the real enemy really is . . . The neighbor nation or the malevolent woman she's slowly falling in love with? Salem means Peace. That's what her father taught her. Now Lillemor is torn between keeping it safe and watching Salem become everything it isn't, or revealing her powers to save the kingdom and get burned at the stake.

Lee Danford, a singer-songwriter in high school, puts down his guitar permanently after experiencing a loss caused by his passion for music. But when a persistent Matthew Hargrove--seeking to impress a girl in their class--offers him a sum he can't turn down, he is forced to reckon with the weight of his trauma. Will their one-on-one guitar lessons help them learn something deeper than the space between each musical note? Can Matthew strum the chord that Lee's heart has silenced? Or will every string he plucks push them farther from each other?

Dot Alby was just a face in the crowd. A quiet woman with plain clothes, a factory job, and no record. Until the day she was arrested for a string of killings so calculated, so untraceable, that experts still don't know how she did it. But the real horror begins after her capture. As Dot sits silently in a cell, the murders continue-impossible, identical, and signed with her name. A doctrine begins to spread. Clean. Poetic. Unstoppable. It calls itself The Correction. Victims range from the powerful to the cruel to the seemingly ordinary. There's no pattern, no demands. Only one chilling promise: "You were never waiting for change. You were waiting for permission." As society begins to fracture under the weight of its own secrets, those who once sought justice are forced to confront a question more terrifying than guilt: What if she's right?

When aliens invade, four baristas are forced to become the saviours of the world. Grab your double-shot of java and strap in - it's going to be a bumpy ride! ***** In the Earth's darkest hour, unexpected heroes are stirring... their coffee, that is. Four baristas on a camping trip are under-qualified to save the world from an alien invasion. But thanks to a hologram with no fashion sense, newly developed superpowers and an alien with a guilty conscience, they've landed the job anyway! So grab your double-shot of java, your blueberry muffin and strap in - Hasta barista, baby. [[2018 Wattys winner and twice featured]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Please note this is a sample of the book, which has been published and is available for purchase: Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WKFVKQJ Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1644342154

In Delta City-a world subjugated by metahuman oppression-survivor antihero Persona races checkpoints with limited powers to stop a device wiping out his kind forever... or get locked away for good. Think of this story as X-Men inspiration with a dark twist.