"My beautiful Puppet Boy and my beautiful Puppet Girl." A teenage boy and girl find themselves trapped in the lair of a crazy man obsessed with human puppetry. __________________ #1 in horror - 12/6/15 [featured - 12/30/15] IMPORTANT NOTICE - if you're reading this story on a site that is not www.wattpad.com then you could be at risk of a malware attack. Furthermore, please go to this link: www.wattpad.com/user/z0mbies, and report to me where you are reading this story. Thank you. WARNING: This story contains distressing material. Reader discretion advised. The characters in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.

"Are you going to go or stay?" he asked, looking at me with intensity. It made me want to stay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Marley Carlisle, literary agent, quits her job in Manhattan for a new one in her home state of Louisiana, she never expects that she wouldn't get the job. Now, she's stuck in her hometown of Sunset, with no job and nowhere to go from here. From still having feelings for best friend to arguing with the cop that gave her a speeding ticket, Marley's in for the ride of her life. But it's up to Marley to make a decision whether or not to stay when she has the opportunity to go back to New York City.

"No escaping this place, " Falentine whispered in her ear. "You belong to us now" Adelina and Tessa, her twin sister, live in the small town of Illysia with her boyfriend Daniel. She was safe and cared for by her overprotective parents. The world beyond the woods of Illysia is perilous, and Adelina doesn't know much about how the world came to an end and how supernatural beings with power, unlike anything she could ever imagine now rule it. Things change when Adelina meets the rulers of this world, and she begins to question everything. Who is she, Why is she here, What do they want with her, and why have they been searching for her? As Adelina comes face to face with her new chaotic world, she soon discovers that there is one question more important than any other. Can she protect herself as well as the ones she loves?

Kayden Lee is a girl from New Jersey with newly divorced parents and an annoyingly perfect cousin staying with her for an entire summer. Blaze Merg is a wizard... but not a particularly good one. He's still surprised that he managed to graduate, and finding a job has proved to be a lot more difficult than expected. Their lives become intertwined just as the magical world erupts into chaos. Spells begin failing, people start dying, and the two are magically bound together against their will. As the magical community struggles to survive without magic, Blaze and Kayden try to find a way to break the spell that has physically bound them together. But as they navigate through magical politics, they must also control their growing attraction to one another, which may just be another unfortunate side effect of their spell gone wrong. * * * Awards and Featuring: Ranked #13 in Fantasy (Dec 2016) Wattpad Featured (Dec 2016) Editor's Choice (May 2020) Featured on @ContemporaryLit (Jan 2020) Featured on @Fantasy (Feb 2021) Featured on @WattpadUrbanFantasy (May 2021) Cover image by @TheRainbowPig

ONLY THE FIRST 9 CHAPTERS ARE AVAILABLE. ***** An enslaved champion in the bloodsport of battleboxing, Imalroc has fought for years to try and regain his freedom. But when his fighting contract passes into the hands of Rerdas Toriem, a disgraced noble guarding a dangerous secret, Imalroc finds himself grappling with feelings that both bewilder and upset him. The two men couldn't be more different, but to avoid a political noose, an enemy empire, and a mysterious disease that threatens to upturn everything they know, they must find a way to overcome their conflicting alliances in the hope of securing freedom, safety, and a chance at something more than friendship. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]