After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Chase Archer is the daughter of two of the best Hunters in History, Leila Archer and Mason Archer, except she doesn't know that. In fact she thinks she's a normal girl who's biggest challenge in life would be completing school. Well at least she's half right. On the midnight of her sixteenth birthday she gets whisked away to a weird world of the supernatural. She must attend The Hunter Academy and learn to hunt and kill all supernatural beings without a single shred of remorse. Unfortunately for Chase trouble is brewing. Secrets will be uncovered that will change the lives of Hunters forever as well as The Hunters Academy but will it be for the better or worse? Chase must choose wisely on who to trust as the line between friend and foe begin to blur. She must break through façades. She must tear apart the web of lies in which she's been ensnared and hopefully get out alive.