Indigo, Indi, Beale is an angry, alcoholic, 22 year old girl whose forte is making bad decisions. With a dead dad and a mom in jail, she is raised to be an insecure, self reliant Las Vegas gambler, barely making it by. Her life is turned upside down when one night, she is taken to Purgatory with five other broken souls from around the world to be given a chance to earn her humanity back. Indi is forced to find her way through the four rings of Purgatory, as she battles demons, betrayal, and inner turmoil. With romance, supernatural action, comedy, and mystery, "The Worst Of Us" is a novel to keep you on your toes for the future to come.

Just some poems I wrote about self harm, suicide and eating disorders. Please don't read if there going to trigger you x

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This is my attempt to re-draft the story "Teeth", if you want to read the original version, it's still available and I'd appreciate the input of anyone patient enough to read both versions and tell me what they think. --- Joseph "Joe" Kent doesn't believe in the supernatural, never has. As far as he's concerned, blaming evil in the world on anything other than the people in it is at best delusional, at worst, the excuse of evil people trying to point the finger elsewhere. 'Devil made me do it' and all that, and the fact that his estranged mother fervently believes that blood sucking undead are behind much of the problems in the world, and he's even more prepared to dig in his heels. Especially when after managing to cut off contact for years, he wakes up with her, and a fellow believer, in his apartment, claiming that his One-Too-Many-Weekend with friends may have been something considerably more... dangerous. He figures at first his worst problem is trying to find a new apartment he can afford to ditch his unwanted relatives again, but slowly is forced to realize that something has definitely changed, and that he's been drawn into a world with a lot more teeth than he's used to, and must find out how to navigate before something takes a permanent bite out of him.

As the first Lady Knight of Monrique, Juliette Van Helsing regularly deals with criminals who threaten the peace and security of her country. When a string of brutal murders among the nobility take place in quick succession, leaving behind one puzzle after another, she begins a race against time to find the murderer. Along the way, webs of lies, betrayals and greed are unravelled, and at each turn, she finds herself questioning her beliefs and assumptions. In the midst of all of this chaos, will she be able to fulfil her duty, and mayhap, find love?

Be warned some scenes aren't for the faint-hearted. There is murder, kidnapping, rape and much more. "Don't miss this action-packed thriller. It set my heart pounding 'till the very end." (H. Howe - reviewer) Amanda Blake, tracks down her birth mother, a rich Californian widow. They meet in strained circumstances. Hours later, her mother is dead. Amanda is determined to find her mother's killer. Someone has sent a mysterious email to her mother. Convinced this man knows the killer, she visits him. A hail of bullets has them running for their lives. Someone, will stop at nothing until she is dead. If she thought things were bad enough, they are about to get much worse... The end is just beginning. Book 2 will be out in a few months. To support this story, please add it to your public reading list. Thanks.

When seventeen year-old Runner was sentenced to death for stealing a loaf of bread in MegaCity One, his dreams were literally at an end. But then he opts to sign up for the Remnants of Men, a government sanctioned search for a rumoured fresh water lake beyond a radiated wasteland. At first, it seemed like a second chance to a new life, the transformation from zero to hero. But after an encounter with a rabid gang of men suffering an acute insanity, he soon comes to understand that he is one of many discarded into the wasteland to study the cannibalistic effects of a new drug called the Sixth Sense. Olivia Patterson has had one too many doses of the Sixth Sense and owes a massive debt to a shadowy rebel and loan shark called Death-Throe. Being the daughter of the City's dictator, she knows too well that the gallows awaits any who associates with the rebel. In an attempt to free herself, she acquires an asset in the form of Runner and finds herself always at the edge, for if he survives it means freedom for both, but if he dies...

Aspiring writer Norah Jacobs needs an escape. In the span of two weeks, her corrupt brother has been jailed for murder and his partner has been hovering on her doorstep, threatening to ruin what little peace she has left. Packing her car, Norah flees the city and goes off the grid, finding refuge in the small coastal town of Bellvale. However, Norah's newfound refuge lands her right in the middle of a power struggle between creatures she thought only existed in fairy tales, and she begins to see that no matter how hard you try to run from your troubles, they seem to have a way of catching up with you... Watty 2014 Winner Haven Copyright © Melissa Lucas 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this literary work may be reproduced or used without written consent from the author.

Sylvie, 16, sees colours, where other people only hear words or feel emotions. She knows she has to keep this a secret - as people disappear to institutions if they get sick in the mind. *** Sylvie likes to dress in Lolita outfits and dreams of becoming an architect. She doesn't understand why she has to get married. It's a government efficiency - have children younger, work harder, longer. She wants to find love on her own terms. Her parents force her into an arranged marriage with Alistair - he's a town planner, an obsessive gamer and has weird tendencies. On her honeymoon, she meets the love of her life, Jarvis ... Now she has to find a way to be with him ... *Originally published on Wattpad in 2014. A major rewrite in 2020-21.