3 Days SF Thriller For struggling filmmaker Andie McKenna, life could be better. Her fledgling film company is on the rocks. She's seventy-two hours away from being kicked out of her rent-by-the-week shoe box of an apartment in the dodgiest part of San Francisco, and her marriage is on life support. And if things couldn't get worse, she receives a cryptic telegram from the Mexican orphanage where she grew up: "Come quick, your father is dying." Interesting, since she's an orphan. Andie rushes to the orphanage where she grew up to find Father Pakal Ramirez, the priest who raised her, alive and well. He's going into the jungle after a lethal parasite, and he wants to see her one last time in case he doesn't return. When Andie is accidentally exposed to the parasite, Pakal draws her blood and gives her an anti-parasitic. She reacts to the medication and passes out. When she wakes, Pakal is gone. Furious beyond words, Andie returns to San Francisco to find the Bay Area plunged into chaos. Something fell from the sky and crashed north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Something not made by humans. And then there's the frozen, long-forgotten vial of blood, padlocked in a metal box and buried in the orphanage's freezer. Blood that will impact Andie's life irrevocably and shatter the illusion that we are alone in the universe.

Used to his normal day-to-day life, one little mistake throws Phelan Hosklensky off course and into the heart of the dungeons beneath Arcon. In a split second decision, Phelan decides to free another young man there, only to be branded a traitor by Arcon's president himself. When he questions his decision, Phelan comes to find out the truth about Arcon's dark ways and vows to right the wrongs it made alongside the man he risked his own life for.

Welcome to the corner of the internet where being normal is the only sin. Only for Weirdos is exactly what it says on the tin: short stories for anyone who laughs at the strange, shivers at the spooky, and gets lost in the dreamlike. Funny, scary, weird, and a little bit wonderful-these stories don't play by the rules, and neither should you. I'm lookin forward to meet you all lovely strangers! Please have in mind that some of them are a bit scary or some words may not be appropriate for very young readers.

THE LUNA'S BARGAIN In a world ruled by tooth and treaty, Elara is the perfect Luna-in-Waiting: beautiful, obedient, and ice-cold. Her marriage will secure her pack's dominance, and her silence will maintain it. She has buried the wolf within so deep, she fears it may be extinct. Until she is sent to tend to a prisoner. Kaelen is a rogue Alpha from a savage bloodline, all snarling defiance and molten gold eyes. Chained in a dungeon, his presence is a threat and a spectacle. But when Elara touches him, a resonance sparks-a primal recognition that shakes the foundations of her frozen world. He sees not the pawn, but the queen in chains, and he whispers promises of a freedom that tastes like madness. Yet their forbidden spark ignites under the gaze of another captive. Silas, a Vampire Lord bound by ancient sigils and older sorrow, watches from his gilded cage. He understands captivity intimately, and in Elara's awakening spirit, he sees a reflection of his own eternal twilight-and a dangerous, tragic hope. Caught between the feral Alpha who promises a future of fire and the elegant vampire who shares the weight of her chains, Elara must navigate a labyrinth of pack politics, ancient rivalries, and her own rising power. As the moon waxes toward its bloody peak, a single choice looms: remain the perfect Luna and wither in the light, or embrace the beast within and shatter every bond-even if it destroys her, and everyone who desires her, in the process. Love is a howl in the dark. Freedom is a bite that draws blood. And some bargains can only be paid in tragedy.

♛┈⛧┈┈•༶༶•┈┈⛧┈♛ *＊✿❀Author's Notes❀✿＊* This story isn't your typical campus life, because at Montclair, the past never really stays buried. Mystery, secrets, and a touch of fear await. Don't forget to leave a vote and a short comment after reading! 🩷