In a technologically advanced world, a young hacker seeks to overthrow her former mentor, who is now ruling the city. Part of my short story collection "The Looming Darkness".

In Belaria, magic is power- and power belongs to those who wield it. Alya Velmire has spent her whole life wearing the mask of the perfect heir-despite being born to a murdered non-magical mother and raised as a blemish on a prestigious mage bloodline. When a political mission goes wrong, Alya falls into the hands of Sirius Lioren: a rebel leader, a Union idealist, and the first person to look at her and see the truth she's terrified to face. "When was the last time your family made you feel like you're enough?" The question shatters the world she thought she knew. As her carefully constructed life collapses, Alya spirals into a world where loyalty means complicity, and strength means becoming a monster. But some choices can't be undone. Some lines, once crossed, lead only to devastation. And when everything she loves burns to ash, there will be only one way to make it right: Go back. Change everything. No matter the cost. A dark fantasy of political intrigue, forbidden magic, and a love that transcends time itself. (You can find this story on Royal Road, too)

Mara Averill has spent her life invisible by design: an icy, brilliant legal aid built on discipline, distance, and doors that never fully open. But the night a specific contract makes it to her desk for her to sign, her world tears wide enough for monsters to slip through. A single drop of her blood shatters the balance. Every vampire in the city can smell her: raw, intoxicating, impossible. And the first to find her is Lucien Vashkiel, an enforcer forged for obedience and violence... until he tastes her. What should have been a routine extraction becomes a catastrophe. Her scent unravels him. Her power burns through him. Her defiance only makes the hunger worse. Now Mara is hunted by creatures older than law and hungrier than death. Some who want to drink her dry, others who want to chain her, and one rumored king who might kill to claim her. But Mara is no lamb. And whatever sleeps inside her, whatever the scar in her palm was meant to cage, is waking. As the city descends into a silent war for her blood, Mara must decide which monster she'll gamble her life on: the enforcer losing himself to want... or the king whose throne is built on it. One thing is certain: Her blood won't just change their world. It will remake it. ⚠️CONTENT WARNING⚠️ This story contains: Violence, blood, and supernatural injury Abduction, restraint, and power imbalance Vampire feeding and blood-related themes Explicit sexual content Addiction-related themes Coercive situations and intense predator/prey dynamics Psychological distress and mature themes This work of fiction is very much intended for mature audiences. Reader discretion is advised.

After a flagrant display of cosmic irreverence, Elizabeth Evans is left adrift. With no place to call home. No plan for the future. Only a useless college degree, lingering substance abuse issues, and a penchant for burnout. When a childhood friend offers her a chance to start fresh in the sleepless city, Ellie does what any hopeless soul with nothing left to lose would do; she takes it and doesn't look back. Life in New York City is more complicated than this small town girl could have ever imagined. And it would seem the gods have a few more tricks left up their sleeves. Ellie finds herself torn between two worlds. Between her growing feelings for two enigmatic men. Between her wanton desires and lifelong ambitions to finally make something of her sad, little life. The scales must be weighed. Between lust or power. Between desire or reason. Between getting what she wants or doing what's expected of her. She must also ask if those are really the only options. What if she wants more? What if she wants it all? And what is she willing to do to get it? To find out, Ellie must confront not only her past, but the deepest parts of herself. Neither the universe, the city, nor these two annoyingly handsome men are going to make it easy. And only two things are certain; the gods certainly have a sense of humor and the heart wants what it wants. (A New Romantics Novel: Book One)

Four heirs. A peasant. An inheritance. Zero self-control... *** Welcome to Billard Academy! A sanctuary of ivy, secrets, and power-where old money whispers through stone corridors and every gilded crest hides a knife. Corin Clarendon, flawless heiress of the wealthiest dynasty in the nation, should have the world at her feet. But tradition bars her from inheriting her father's empire. She's not a man. The Chairman has found his solution: whichever boy at Billard emerges at the top of the class will claim both her hand and the Clarendon throne. Every legacy scion wants her crown: Rothwell, Ascor, Vandercourt-their surnames weigh heavy with wealth and ruthless ambition. But beneath the perfect façade of a Clarendon rose, a patient predator waits-she won't be anyone's queen. She wants to be king. Enter Lucien Green-the scholarship kid with nothing to lose and everything to prove. Brilliant, unflinching, and fearless in a way no legacy boy could match. A new contender capable of matching Corin move for move. At Billard, only one truth survives: to reign is to destroy. #boardingschool #heirs #succession #rivalstolovers #inheritance games [updates every Wed or Thu]

Skye is dead. How she perished is a mystery. All she knows is that she is trapped in After, a makeshift city of souls surrounded by infinite darkness and terrifying monsters that tear ghosts apart. But while all other ghosts accept the eternity of darkness ahead of them, Skye refuses to spend her afterlife in a world without light. She knows there must be some way to escape the monsters that keep them all imprisoned and return to the realm of the living, and she's going to find it...even if she has to face the prince of monsters, himself. Skye risks her existence and escapes the walled city of After in search of the truth. Venturing into the black reveals untold perils, but that's not all. The Dark...and the dark prince, are hiding a terrible secret... 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 WATTYS SHORTLIST | 2021 WATTYS BEST COVER SHORTLIST | 2021 AMBYS FAVORITE - HORROR | 2024 Cover art drawn by me.

A man wanders alone, lost in both time and thought in the quiet solitude of a vast forest. Under a watchful gaze, he confronts the fragmented memories of his past; his regrets, his joys, and the weight of a life lived. He relives moments of love, parenthood, and missed opportunities and finds himself reflecting on those moments of his life that consume him. This novella explores the nature of reflection, the human struggle to make peace with the self, and the choices that shape us through rich allegory and profound introspection. With stunning imagery and a narrative that invites readers to reflect on their own lives, this is a meditation on the burdens we carry and the paths we ultimately choose to walk. - - - Winner of the 2025 March Writer's Crown from the Watthub Community

𝓒𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓪𝓵. 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓻. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓔𝔂𝓻𝓲𝓮... Words Verona has heard in her nightmares, ever since the death of her family at the hands of the monstrous Cearnian Empire. In between trapping game and fishing for a living, she spends all of her time in The Soggy Crow- a run-down tavern at the edge of her town of Everthorn. When a handsome stranger arrives at the Crow, the nature of her reality is thrown into chaos. Bolero is a firehawk- a red-tailed hawk shapeshifter with an affinity for fire magic. Hailing from The Eyrie, a civilization of avian shapeshifters, he is a masterful hunter, and a furious warrior. But something is missing. Something that tugs at his chest every time he wanders into the Nithra Forest that borders the cliffs of his home. When he has a run-in with the Sidhe - the fae of the Nithra -he realizes that there are some secrets better left unknown. #WattpadWritersShowcase

18+ 🌶️🔥| Extremely Explicit Smut, Violence, and Language Liora doesn't need saving. She needs a leash long enough to strangle gods. The succubus has starved for 500 years, a hunger no mortal could sate. Until him. Ashton "Ash" is a frostbound vampire with a hacker's smirk and a death wish. Five years undead, he's spite and cold charm incarnate. Thawed only by her venom. When a cursed bullet leaves Ash at her mercy, Liora does the unthinkable: she saves him. Bound by forbidden blood, hunted by the Guild and haunted by their own pasts, they must forge a bond more dangerous than any enemy. Their connection of shadow, ice, and ruthless desire. Eternity must be won. Will they claim it together, or burn each other to ashes trying? A dark gothic romance of villains, liars, and lovers who'll scorch the earth to keep each other. The smut happens fast. The emotions are a slow, volatile burn. It is a dual POV story. Switches between Liora's and Ash's perspectives. 🖤This book is already written. Updated twice weekly.🖤

On Christmas Eve, Elowen Foster tries to save her long-term relationship with a grand romantic gesture-only to walk straight into betrayal, champagne shattering on tile as her high school sweetheart is caught cheating over his desk. A week later, still raw and humiliated, she's dragged to a New Year's Eve party hosted by her best friend and her husband... who has invited the cheating ex and his shiny new replacement. Cornered, hurting, and trying not to cry into a plastic flute of prosecco, she's rescued by the one man she never expected to want her comfort- Rowan Hale Her best friend's older brother. The Viking. The one who used to tease her relentlessly. The one she secretly crushed on for years. What begins as a strategic distraction turns into one unforgettable night that changes everything.