Friendships take a lifetime to make and a second to break. They can be pieced back together, but they'll never be the same.

Secrets... lies... murder. How far would you go for answers? Owen may be about to find out the answer to that question. At the tender age of five, his family and friends were torn from his life, murdered because they were thought to be part of a growing rebellion. Alec, one of the men ordered to kill them, instead chose to save him, and raised him as his own. Now, twelve years later, much has changed. Owen has chosen to lead the life of a thief, quietly opposing the leaders of the city. When a new thief enters the game, however, his life takes a sudden turn, and old questions unanswered arise. Who exactly had ordered his family, and others, killed? And why?

"Anorexia. When you hear it, when you say that word, you think of a girl, right?" Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the skinniest of them all? Jack Thorne has lost everything. Still struggling with guilt and grief from his fathers death, old emotions and demons from the past resurface when his best friend suddenly dies. He had nothing - until he met her. Emily Gray, a mysterious yet inviting girl that, unbeknownst to Jack, is connected to him forever. Just Jack chronicles the life of a teenage boy, on the brink of becoming a man, who develops anorexia after the sudden death of his best friend. Join him on his journey to recovery and on the rocky roller coaster of a new found love.

Rose thought she was an un-awkward, high school teenager. Keyword: Thought. She had her own personal problems: homework, hormones, family complications, the brat—the list goes on. But her life takes a complete one-eighty when she participates in a round of truth or dare with her close, differentiating friends. Being dared to sneak into the chemistry lab and taking a photo as proof couldn't possibly change a person's life completely, right? Well, when she wakes up the next morning and atypical incidents start occurring such as objects floating, bursting, crashing, having visions of crimes and she seems to not have the ability to hurt herself, something's up. Rose soon discovers she has superhuman abilities and has to learn about her strengths, weaknesses, talents, and of course, how to keep it a secret. She redefines herself by creating a new identity she soon calls, Thalia. But remember: Every superhero has an arch enemy. . . or ten. Cover by me.

And so I made the decision that would change my life forever– the decision that would nearly get me killed, find out that maybe my dad's car accident wasn't so accidental, and that maybe everyone isn't who he seems. Of course I didn't know any of this when I replied, "I'm gonna answer him." <><><> From as long as she can remember, Elysabeth Jamison has had a tradition of sending messages-in-a-bottle. At 16 years old, all of her letters have gone unanswered. Until this one.

(Trailer available in the external link.) A twisted fairytale: How far would you go to get your perfect fairytale ending? The prince had managed to find the strange, ethereally beautiful girl who'd fled from that fateful Coronation Ball, with only a single glass slipper left behind as a clue. But what did Cinderella do after she got her Happily Ever-After? She did get it, didn't she? Rae Wyman dreams of a girl, every night. She haunts him with her mellifluous voice, her mesmerizing eyes and her small, arcane smiles, making him yearn for her even though he's never seen her before in his life. Yet there's a strange feeling blossoming inside him every day, a feeling which he can't describe, growing so wild and restless that he doesn't know where his sanity went. Why does it feel like... ...she'd known his weakest point? And had used it to destroy him to a million little pieces? "If I try to touch her, And I bleed, I bleed, And I breathe, I breathe no more." (Evanescence, Breathe No More.) Note: This story is NOT horror and certainly NOT Gothic...well, maybe a little Gothic. :) [ His Evil Cinderella Copyright © Saleha Kamran Afzal 2015] ........................................................................................................................... <Please don't be a silent reader. Every critique, comment, vote and read will be highly appreciated! So, what are you waiting for? CLICK that big orange button below! :D

When death means life and life means death how do you keep the line from blurring? Man has long since been destroyed, nature has reclaimed the earth and all that remains are the Hylen – a race of alien-human hybrids indoctrinated since birth to believe one thing: they are the tainted souls of the humans that once took advantage of the earth, doomed to relive life in a never ending cycle. The only way to break free? Die the most painful death you can. When and how is left up to you – but dare live past twenty and you are doomed. Xeraelyn Reif is one of Seven Sacreds, the only ‘pure’ beings on the earth, believed to have returned voluntarily after breaking free from the cycle to help save those still stuck. She is the Priestess – the one that will guide her people into their next lives and has been raised since birth for this role. Able to recite the Book of Truth and apply it to any situation Xeraelyn is fully aware of what is expected of her. She steps into her role as Priestess gracefully and is the embodiment of what her people strive to be – until rogue forces from Beyond kidnap her and she is forced to realise that the one thing she believed was a part of her is a lie.

Copyright © 2013 Neha Andrew 'Drew' Cooper is the resident bad boy of the school. He's arrogant, dirty minded and very sexy. All the girls want him, but his heart is reserved for only one girl. Maddison 'Maddi' Davis is just your average high school Cali girl. Any free time she gets you'll either see her chasing the waves, or hanging out at the beach with her friends. It's no secret that Maddi and Drew hate each other's guts but when senior year rolls around things are going to be very different. When Maddi's former best friend, Daniel, comes to spend senior year in California things between Maddi and Drew are going to get hell of a lot more complicated especially since they all have dangerous secrets that could derail a blossoming romance.

Lukas is a werewolf without a pack and quite happy with that fact. However, when his family's former pack asks him to return home, he agrees to visit them, planning on hearing them out and leaving once again. What he didn't plan on was finding the person he was meant to spend the rest of his life with - someone with absolutely no interest in him.