Perfection. That's what we strive for. It's what everybody strives for. We must be perfect. Selection will help us become perfect. In a world where the government selects people to mate based on their genotypes and DNA alleles. Emmary Eaton, birthing number 45729 is ripped from her home and everything she knows to be dropped in a society she is more than unfamiliar with to be with her assigned mate. Soon she discovers that there is more to her new family and Selection than meets the eye. Secrets start to unfold as well as ulterior motives and innocent Emmary Eaton is unwillingly thrust into the middle of it all.

With the 1984 publication of Books of Blood, Clive Barker became an overnight literary sensation. He was hailed by Stephen King as "the future of horror," and won both the British and World Fantasy Awards. Now, with his numerous bestsellers, graphic novels, and hit movies like the Hellraiser films, Clive Barker has become an industry unto himself. But it all started here, with this tour de force collection that rivals the dark masterpieces of Edgar Allan Poe. Read him. And rediscover the true meaning of fear.

Imagine the second you're born, a consultant removes you from your mother's grasp and runs a battery of genetic and physiological tests on you. Thirty minutes later they give you a score out of one hundred which denotes your level of perfection. If your score is above eighty and you work hard to maintain that score you will have a charmed life; well fed, well-rewarded, spoiled. But fall below eighty and you're labelled Flawed, and life will not be so kind. Hannah is adopted by a Flawed family when her birth parents choose their social standing over their daughter and endures a life of struggle, hunger and service. One day Hannah is escorted to the regional government office and told that the Consultant who delivered her, who labelled her Flawed got it wrong! Now, she is being relocated back to her birth parents, to live as one of the Ninety-Five- all medically and legally judged as perfect. Entering this new life Hannah has an impossible decision to make which puts not only hers, but the lives of everyone she cares about at great risk. "The Numbered- where no one wants to be number one". Authors notes: -This is a first draft of my story and will be edited soon. -2013 Began writing Flawed -2015 Watty Winner/ Named changed to The Numbered -2016 Completed The Numbered -2019 Optioned by eOne for development into a TV show.

Jasmine is trapped in her nightmare. Can she make it out alive?

*Cover by the talented @aramey Anna Williams didn't think much of a few weeks away with her family and her best friend. Staying in Blaiswhite Manor in a small village seemed bad enough, but her life is torn to shreds when she finds out the manor is home to a ruthless ghost. Who and what will she and her friend, Lily, encounter on their journey? Step into the minds of different characters and witness the story and traumatising events unfold before your very eyes. Deaths, hauntings, romance and plot twists. Watch as relationships form and break apart inside this action-packed novel that will make your blood curdle. {COMPLETED} *Language is used for emphasis in the story and do not reflect the author's character*

Our story begins with a young lady... A single, loving father... And a decision... A decision that would unknowingly carry with it an inevitable horrific outcome neither Father nor Daughter Could have ever expected.

For a current project Kate's working on, she travels to Shady Homes Asylum. Upon arrival to this institution, she is to question and write down her interactions with a criminally insane patient. As a reporter, it gives her the initiative of being put in awkward situations, but the insanity in this patient in question isn't like the rest. The patient's past is unknown to Kate, she's only there for one reason and one reason only. This one trip to Shady Homes could change her life in unspeakable ways. Things begin to head south around the environment known as Shady Homes Asylum. Someone's life could be on the line. Kate might've taken on more than she could handle with this assignment. Who's life your probably wondering? All of the options are left open. Just like that ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to Psycho Killer. Enjoy the ride, the seatbelt is not included.

My own scary stories inspired by my nightmares and fears. Read and enjoy!

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