Elenor's life has not been easy. Day in and day out she is forced to clean up other people's messes when all she really wants is to escape the abusive relationship she is stuck in and clean up her mess of a life. Could a stranger in the diner be the answer to her prayers? Note: This piece was written when I was 18. It's a creepy little short that I thought would be fun to share. I only wish my younger self had been able to have a place like wattpad to explore Lovely cover by @silver_lining86

The Appalachian Mountains are home to some of Mother Nature's finest work. They are also home to some of Evolution's worst mistakes. This is the true story of a social worker, brought into a misshapen world, governed by its own carnal desires, to help a taboo and forgotten community. These ol' mountains have secrets. These ol' trees have tales. I call this story: The Ditch Witch.

Ellie Matthews thinks she has the best job on the planet. She's a nanny to a very special little boy. His name is Brahms, and doesn't cause her any trouble. In fact, he's probably the easiest child she's ever had to care for. There's only one small thing...Brahms is a doll. A doll with a strange set of rules she's told she has to follow or risk consequences. Things are going well, until she breaks a rule and discovers that all is not as it seems with the doll. Odd things happen and before long, she's trapped in a snowstorm with a diabolical force who's determined to punish her for breaking the rules. Aided by a journal of a past nanny, can she survive until the family returns? Or will she succumb to the Brahms doll?

For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...

They Said It Was An Accident... Sawyer Dodd is a star athlete, a straight-A student, and the envy of every other girl who wants to date Kevin Anderson. When Kevin dies in a tragic car crash, Sawyer is stunned. Then she opens her locker to find a note: You're welcome. Someone saw what he did to her. Someone knows that Sawyer and Kevin weren't the perfect couple they seemed to be. And that someone—a killer—is now shadowing Sawyer's every move... "What a ride! Full of twists and turns—including an ending you won't see coming!"—April Henry, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die I will be posting new chapters of Truly Madly Deadly every WEDNESDAY as a run-up to the release of my brand new thriller See Jane Run (JAN 2014). Enjoy!

When darkness falls, the vampires come out. Sixteen-year-old Kiara Morrow knows that better than anyone. She's been trained her whole life to wipe bloodsuckers off the face of the earth. But then she meets Luke. He's a vampire but he's unlike any vamp Kiara's ever known. ***** Luke may be what Kiara's been looking for her whole life, but as far as her family is concerned, the only good vampire is a dead vampire. The closer she grows to him, the more Kiara is forced to confront the foundation of lies her life has been built on. But Kiara's bloodthirsty family isn't the only problem they have to face. People in town are dying. Something evil is looming on the horizon... [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston