The Reso star system haunts Captain Aliyn Flynn's dreams. Sent on a high-risk mission to uncover its secrets, she and the enigmatic Tyr Logan must find the truth before it's too late for the galaxy. *** Across the Milky Way, the Reso system is feared. Its gas giant, Plenare, destroys any ship that ventures too close. After a narrow escape from Reso, Aliyn Flynn and her crew draw the attention of Earth's government---and are thrust into a mission to uncover what lies within it. Complicating everything is Tyr Logan, her newly assigned executive officer-brilliant, guarded, and impossible to ignore. To uncover the truth, they must decipher a secret buried deep in the past---one that could reshape everything they know--and determine the fate of everything they hold dear. [[Word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Content warning: Violence Watty Winner 2017

In which Luisa discovers that she does not need to find her other half because she is not half, but instead is rather unparalleled. [ cover by @EmSlough ]

There in those city lights, there was no her and there was no him. There was just everything and nothing and the spaces in between, like flickering lights against a never-ending, black sky. There in those city lights, there was no love and there was no hate. There was just listening and talking and understanding every single thing, like the 'ready, stop, go' of car-chasers and dream-makers. There in those city lights, there was no sadness and there was no happiness. There was just candid smiles and wasted tears and bottom lips chewed off, like the overflowing boulevard of things unseen. There in those city lights, there was no lady and there was no man. There was just a boy and a girl, who promised to fall in love, not with each other, but in those city lights. [a blind collaboration by @hepburnettes & @cityscape]

Seventeen-year-old Ebony has never been associated with the right kind of people. Yet, when she meets a handsome stranger who has a strange way of getting her to do things, her life is turned upside down.

Brooklyn Li can't see why he should complain when he's one of the youngest bioengineers in the field with his friend Quinn by his side and a well-paying job: producing a new breed of cattle that's enhanced with genes from all sorts of animals, though it's not as easy as it looks. When he finally does perfect the species, he realizes what exactly his boss want from him and his work - and it's not for the food industry like he originally thought. Never had he imagined that his life would be in danger over his research, but he's perfectly willing to do what it takes to make it out alive and fulfill his Legacy Theory, a hypothesis about what makes an imprint on the world. There's just one problem: Brooklyn has to escape, something that's nearly impossible to do when he's trapped in a fortress of a workplace. Driven by his will to stay alive, he is forced to play all the wrong cards that will leave him with a haunting memory for the rest of his life - if he ends up living. [ A twist on the myth of the Minotaur / Daedalus for the #OnceUponNow contest. ] © Kris Luu 2016

here is maë. girl. mortal. philosopher. harbinger of death. here is armie. boy. god. lover. armageddon. and here is the end of the world.

An anthology of sixteen pieces of brilliant writings, all for the celebration of 2017.

"beautifully dark, thought provoking, and heartfelt. moonlight is one of those rare eye-opening short stories that display just how cruel the reality really is." -archertypes ( aka officialfuryevans), author of #1 short stories cinderelliot, hate line, and miss delivery girl. he was just a boy who knew too much, who saw too much, who hurt too much. WINNER OF THE 2017 FICTION AWARDS ||cover made by @archertypes|| {highest rank: #34 s.s.}

[sequel/spinoff to Diner Boy] In which the girl behind the counter at the comic book store tries to ignore the boy who purposely comes daily--the question is if he does it to annoy her, befriend her or maybe, love her? --- Can't be read as a stand alone, due to the fact that there are references to first book and also scenes from first book with different perspectives. highest ranking: #6 in SHORT STORY [fantastic cover thanks to @deliberates]