Humanity’s desire to be immortal is finally fulfilled when Stuart and Nick, two mischievous yet brilliant young men, figure out a way to reverse age. Over the next few years, they sell life to the aging population and build Phoenix Corporation: one of the biggest companies in the world. With Life Centers across the globe, people can prolong life but death still remains unconquered. When an accident at a Life Center throws the city of Hamilton into chaos, nothing stops the spreading death and madness. Stuart and Nick struggle to find the real reason behind the mysterious phenomenon. Will humanity pay the ultimate price for evading death?

A woman in an oil painting—a proof of her secrets and a catalyst to his daring mission. In the shadows of a speakeasy, in a time of prohibition and cultural transformation, Charlotte’s world is tilted off its axis at the arrival of an enigmatic stranger who has come to destroy it for justice. She can’t lose her heart to a man who’s come to lose his life to the monsters that lurk in the shadows of her world but she will have no choice when fate comes meddling. Her life on the run will have to come to a standstill and the very thing she is afraid of will be the biggest risk she’ll have to take. Will she let time carry her away once again or will she finally stop, fight and live in the moment?

It’s 1999, and curvy funny girl Evianna Moore is about to celebrate her 99th birthday. But rather than the wrinkled nanna she should rightfully be, Evi appears to be only 30 years old. She has a medical condition, which means she does not age. Her hidden condition is rare, feared and misunderstood by most of the world, and Evi is used to living on the fringes of life, never able to make truly deep connections. When she meets Matt, a sexy and enigmatic city mayor, her heart begins to dream of the life they might share together in the new millennium. But will Matt discover her secret? And can love can survive when it can never age evenly?

The tables are turned: having magically stopped aging in the 19th century, Lilly Linton is no longer the secretary slaving for cold, stone-faced business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose. Now, in the 21st century, the roles are reversed. In their fierce struggle for control, who will emerge on top? In this short story, everything about your favourite characters from Robert Thier’s story ‘Storm and Silence’ is turned on its head. A hilarious little trip into the madness of alternative realities.

After an apparent fatal drowning, Lincoln Parker wakes up alive, fully intact and drenched in the seawater of San Diego Beach. Confused, disorientated and alone, he staggers into the nearest bar only to discover ten years has passed since his disappearance in 1935. Yet, as he stumbles towards a mirror, he learns that his body has not aged one day since his ‘drowning’. Shocked, appalled and with no money or contacts, he is left lingering in the shadows performing odd jobs here and there in order to gather some stability; one of which being a seat filler.

It’s the year 3027; humans are not what they use to be. Life is now constant. Death is non-existent. They did it. They cured humanity's biggest downfall - death. Now instead of dying something, very different happens. This is what happens when two lovers fight even through 'death' to be together.

Seventeen-year-old Gavin Hillstone is resigned to being miserable for the rest of his life. Left alone in the world after his parents died in a fire when he was four, he was placed in foster care, which for him meant ending up in an abusive home with an alcoholic adoptive father. Gavin’s only escape is in taking and creating images. His camera is his refuge from the unending torture and isolation of daily life in his “family.” Until he learns by accident that he isn’t alone in the world after all. His father’s parents are still alive and living in Washington DC. When he takes the plunge and travels 3,000 miles to find his grandparents, he learns that they—and he—are part of something much bigger, and more dangerous, than he could ever have imagined. Something that has always put his family at risk and that will now threaten his own life, while forever changing it. He learns that he is one of the last descendants of a small group of Photo Travelers—people who can travel through time and space through images. But his initial excitement turns to fear, when he soon discovers that he and his grandparents are being pursued by the fierce remnants of a radical European Photo Traveler cult, the Peace Hunters. What Gavin has, they want! His adventure will take him to past eras, like The Great Depression and the Salem Witch Trials. Gavin will have to discover who he really is and must make choices that spell the difference between life and death for himself, for the relatives he now knows and loves, and for the girl he will come to love. For Gavin, life will never be the same.

just a poem. {horror #57, poetry #78 - 9/12/13}

#4 in General Fiction- Alex has not had the easiest life. After losing the love of his life he was forced to cope with not only her death, but his newborn son that came form that tragic, yet beautiful day. Being a single father is never easy, especially when you have an energetic 2 year old son and working as a marketing director for one of the largest companies in the world. Alex's job is gruelling and high demanding that takes up most of his time. Between juggling work and his son Aiden, Alex's life is constantly busy, as he tries to keep everything together and provide for his son. With a family pushing for him to settle down, and a boss demanding more from him each day, Alex finds love at the most unlikely times. So follow Alex and his son Aiden in their day to day struggles of their perfectly flawed life.

su·i·cide; ˈso͞oiˌsīd/ [noun] 1. the action of killing oneself intentionally. 2. intentionally kill oneself. a story of a senior high school student faking her own death to reach out to other students. © 2014 by pariahs. All Rights Reserved cover by: -polaroids- Other # 23 / Teen Fiction # 107