"There is no beauty without some strangeness." ~Edgar Allen Poe Have you ever wondered why the most beautiful things are the most fragile? Why the leaves turn brilliant shades of red, than tumble to the floor? Why the sunsets fade in seconds, but the dark lasts for hours? Why the moon is only up when you sleep? I've grown up knowing that looking different, being beautiful, is a death sentence. Elena was no stranger to beauty. Growing up in the kingdom of Alyra, she had learned to admire the small colorful treasures found in the leaves of autumn trees, the small weeds that occasionally spring up along the gray concrete walls of her living compound. When everything around her is gray and brown, she saw the beauty in the indistinguishable brown eyes that surrounded her. But she, like all other children, know that beauty is different, and different is dangerous. After all, if your eyes weren't brown, you'd never see light again.

A virtual reality game-called Prescient-is programmed to predict the outcome of the choices one makes in real life, allowing one to live out the possibilities before making a choice in real life. Jonny has discovered this convenient tool and become obsessed, using it for unethical purposes. Jamie, his usually supportive girlfriend, has started to resent the game for depriving him of life's opportunities.

Cait, a small-town girl just trying to make it through yet another year of high-school, encounters a man in a formal black suit during an overnight stay at the hospital. Little did she know that night would change everything about her...and her love life...

A little story based off the folklore of the shadow people- creatures that lurk while causing utter mental chaos. author: afakhouri coauthor: srinivasanraja420

Being adopted is hard, being adopted by a serial killer is even harder. Cover by: Verde56

Amber Garrett, the newest BLINK agent, is forced to prove herself when her first mission involves an alien threat that could destroy all of humanity. ***** Amber Garrett can blink teleporting herself to anywhere she wants to go which means she's a natural recruit for the galaxy-spanning BLINK organisation. Fresh out of training she's sent to a colony on the edge of space where contact has been lost. The colony's silence however isn't due to an equipment malfunction and Amber quickly discovers she's the last hope the BLINK organisation has to stop a threat to the entire galaxy. It may be her first mission but she'll have to use every ounce of her talent not just to stay alive but to prevent the destruction of all of humanity. [NB. THIS IS A WATTPAD ORIGINALS STORY] [[word count: 70 000-80 000 words]]

A day trip out of the city to escape a heatwave becomes a race for survival for two sisters trapped in gridlock. Their world is changed in an instant when the clouds overhead finally unleash the storm. Available in the short story collection DEADLINE on Amazon Kindle https://www.amazon.com/DEADLINE-collection-moments-Foinah-Jameson-ebook/dp/B0080Z7M9Y