The land of Sanitatum is said to be filled with magic, but it is also plagued by a contagious curse that threatens humanity's survival. It is the purpose of the heir to the throne, Simba Adofo, to inherit his father's crown and find a way to vanquish the curse he hates for corrupting his land. However, when he finds himself caught in a web of lies to prevent his succession, he must team up with a cursed boy named Hari to unravel his kingdom's insidious past to reclaim his crown and cure the curse once and for all. __________________________________________ With regards to friendship, family, love, and expectations, Afflicted offers a commentary on the shortcomings of reality, as well as my own anxieties about life through the lens of a fantasy world. I hope that by its completion it touches all who read it. Every week a chapter is updated, a new chapter illustration is drawn by me to accompany the story. I sincerely hope you enjoy my writing and artwork.

The gods and demons of the ancient world were never myths but twisted from a very real past...and they are still living among us. When Kaja Landauer is violently killed she finds herself immersed in the world of the Avati, a race of ancient and indestructible people. And she is bound to a man, a legend among the Avati, with a haunting past of his own while she tries to navigate this strange and uncertain new world. The young are weak; the old are strong. And Kaja has unwittingly stumbled into the territory of the oldest gods of all. Nanowrimo 19 Completed

THE YEAR IS 2050. Human-like androids have become integrated into society and every household, becoming part of our daily lives. They look exactly like us from the pigment of their artificial skin to every follicle of their hair. They protect. They serve. They obey. They learn. Tyler North is a struggling young photographer in New York. When he wins a voucher for a personalized android, Tyler reluctantly purchases one and names it Aiden. Instead of a dull subservient Android, he was blown away by Aiden's adaptiveness, and is not like the regular androids Tyler had met before. However, Tyler can't hide Aiden's free-willed gift against the corporation that built him who planned to use Aiden for a more sinister purpose. Whoever controls Aiden can change Earth for the better...or worse. Mechanical Gods is a near-future Science Fiction Epic by D. Alec Lyle, infused with stylized heart-pounding action, sleek thriller, and provocative intrigue. Picked as part of Wattpad's Up and Coming List (2018), and Editor's Choice List (2020). STATS: 132,385 words [ 511 pages in a paperback ] [Highest -- #1 in Science Fiction] [ #1 in Philosophical ] [ #1 in Android ] [ #1 in LGBT ] [ #1 in artificialintelligence]

"And I heard it on the radio that one day we'll be living in the stars..." Under the watchful eye of the moon, two childhood friends-turned-star-crossed lovers fall for each other. Edwin is fiercely protective, and Andromeda is shy and quiet. Although their love may be written in the stars, the forces of the universe try to tear it apart. Intelligent life from another planet comes to visit, and they may or may not be peaceful. Edwin and Andromeda are forced apart. Will they find each other again--before it's too late? Find out in this sci-fi romance inspired by the Coldplay song of the same name. Cover by: ARoseInLaLaLand (Highest ranking: #127 in Science Fiction on 9-9-15)

Aria was cursed by the Wicked Witch of the North. She was then condemned to find the last sword of Astardale before midnight. ♧ I love the cover by @lastwitchhuntress ♧

I was a innocent girl, till the world betrayed me. Loyalty? That means nothing to anyone. Kiss up to the mighty. Sneer at the weak. Kill the strong. Aliria is given a chance for the life she deserves, where magic, gods, and goddesses exist. She finds that this is a place where happiness is enjoyed by some, and where trying makes things happen. Has Chinese type story mixed in. Pictures aren't mine.

{star-crossed romance/forced proximity/18+} Normally, intergalactic drama doesn't reach into any place as backwater as the Milky Way Galaxy, let alone a planet as primitive as Earth. But an exception is made in Amelia's case. She is thrown into a deadly crossfire of a millennia-old feud between a fallen empire and a revenge-starved tyrant. With few options and even less time, she turns to an unlikely ally to save her best friend from the clutches of a monster and help unravel a conspiracy involving an assassin betrayed by the empress he served. Sacrifices will be made. Flames will attract. Prey will turn predator. Fate will be wholly defied.

❝tragedy or comedy; choice is yours. so choose fucking wisely.❞ . . . The Scholies and the Elites. Those who are in through scholarships and those who belong to families with old money. The nobodies and the somebodies. Every school has a hierarchy, and it just so happens that Androsentha Academy has more than most. And even though he was a somebody and she was a nobody, it also just so happened that Jettson Exner was failing English lit and Arti Sastry just so happened to be offering tutoring lessons. Because the train of life can be so easily derailed, and relationships are fragile things; and it just so happens that two people can completely turn a school around within two years. [slow-burn romance with plenty of friendship] [full description inside.]