A fear of flying is one thing. Being seated next to a Tetris-addict who claims to be the Reaper is quite another. "He pulled out a business card. Where his profession should have been stated, the card read 'Destroyer of Worlds'. Nodding slowly, I pocketed the card." [check out the new spin off: http://www.wattpad.com/story/19632442-reaper-man] Copyright S.Ranasinghe 2013 HG Wells Short Story Competition [shortlisted]

In this kingdom, beauty means suffering. Ithena Avonstef is coming of age to eighteen, the bane of all her people's nightmares. Every year, the nobles, aristocrats, and royals - angels - descend upon their vast kingdom of Atellyn to choose the most attractive young men and women to accompany them back to the palace for their own lust and entertainment. Beautiful from birth, Ithena knows that she is bound to be chosen upon the threshold of her eighteenth year, but never had she imagined who would choose her: Crown Prince Stephen Luxev. Now, with a dangerous quest to kill the prince and alter the reality of everything Atellyn has ever known, Ithena must complete her task - before her heart falls to the prince's grasp. NOTE: resuming soon! Rewrite will occur after the first draft is completed

The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.