Chapter 1

My second anthology of poems.

"Give me ten days, and I can give you ten reasons not to die." Evan paused. "And if I can't change your mind by then, you can go jump off that cliff."

Calling all authors! Or better yet, those unknown, undiscovered, authors who just need a little help. Writing stories is an incredibly fun thing to do. For me it's so stress relieving to leave my real world full of classes and parental issues and submerge into the world of my characters. But it's not that simple. It's a hard concept, writing. Knowing how or where to start, what to do with your characters and so on. This book will, hopefully, help you get past the initial problems and insecurities that always keep you from getting your ideas down. This is meant as an informative book and all tricks/tips are meant to be used at your own discretion. Learn to relax and let your words flow. Keep calm and write a novel!

When Maverick Hawke is nine years old, he is told that he will die before he reaches the age of twenty five. His life changes forever, finally becoming aware of the disease that he had been sheltered from his whole life. It's incurable, unstoppable, and it effects every single person born after the year 1990. With a 100% mortality rate, the world is in a desolate state. They've created a system, a way of classifying the infected. There's the Positives, the ones who have a higher chance at reaching the age of 25, they experience less symptoms, live fuller lives. Then there's the Negatives, some dying as young as 17, they live with terrible symptoms, wasting away before everyone's eyes. This itself is bad enough, but there's more. Of course there's more. They don't know how it happens, they don't know the mechanics behind it. They just know that it's proven, and it is absolutely and utterly forbidden. A Positive and a Negative must never fall in love because if they do, it will kill them both.

When tragedy strikes, Becca is forced to move across the country to live with her strict, deeply religious uncle, who she's never met before. But just as she is slowly beginning to make a new life for herself, she catches the eye of a vengeful, low-level demon, who senses a great energy within Becca, and plans to use this power to bring down 'The Council of Seven'- the rulers of the underworld. All the demon must do, is break Becca's soul apart, piece by piece. Amid revelations of old family secrets, ancient underworld feuds and a battle between the forces of good and evil, can Becca save her soul before the darkness consumes it entirely? To splinter a soul- from the author of The Numbered.

The following is a story about how I got involved in an alien versus alien war. Everything explained in this book is anything but a science fiction story. Aliens walk among you meaning no one is safe. My name is Maisie Arkley and extraterrestrial life is no scam. **This is a fanfiction of the Lorien Legacies series created by Pittacus Lore. All storylines, characters, and names go to him. As for those I have made, please do not steal or reuse them.**

Is it an invasion if they're already here? Six months have passed and Iris and Jonas have reached a conclusion about their future, one that will leave many unhappy. Left alone in the Society by Jonas, Iris finds herself "blackmailed" by Colton when she stumbles in on him. Dying inside, Colton is fed up with being melodramatic. His cousins have had enough. He's the Beta, and it's kind of difficult to intimidate peasants when he's bemoaning his fate in life. When an accidental photo of Vienna with the Prince and Princess of France appears in a newspaper, Colton is determined to have Vienna back, traitor or not. His family's not in charge of him. The Society isn't either. And if they are, he really doesn't care anymore. When Iris (and Bently) discover Colton's plan, Colton forces them to come with him to France so they don't divulge his future whereabouts before he can depart. Once there, Iris finds Erik in a worse state than when she last saw him, while Colton and Vienna. . . well who knows if they'll ever actually get back together. They've got about as many problems as Iris and Erik. Every moment Iris is in France she grows more anxious that Jonas will find out where she is, but when dead bodies start showing up with Expiration Dates tattooed on them, the monarchy forces the Beta to take action, sweeping Iris into a dangerous invasion for Earth amidst the glittering, bewitching lifestyle of the French court. Highest ranking: #6 in Scifi

TRIGGER WARNING a series of dreadful thoughts that are better off written down than ever spoken out loud; all material written by me. COMPLETED.

Reflection (n.) serious thought or consideration. [lowercase intended] All material written by me.