Half vampire and half Angel, I am the first of my kind, a new hybrid. Unwanted by both sides. With all the strengths of both and none of their weaknesses, I'm a lethal weapon. But everything is changing, what I was brought up believing is a lie and my whole world is about to change. Among the one's I was born to hate, I have found acceptance and along the way, I have found love. But with new truths it's brings a war, with both sides trying to fight for my help. All our world's are about to be turned upside down ......

The brave warrior Searon is haunted by the deaths of his wife and children at the hands of the savage reptilian draeyks, who are on a bloodthirsty rampage. He walks the land of Calthoria alone and thirsty for vengeance. He hunts the creatures down one by one, showing no mercy. But Searon is a one-man army-and no match for the legions of murderous draeyks. Lucky for him, the powerful wizard Karceoles finds him during his travels and enlists Searon in this coming war. Karceoles believes Searon can unite the races to defeat the draeyks once and for all. Searon discovers he can do more damage with Karceoles and a band of warriors they find along the way. But as the war rages in earnest, Searon must make a choice: Is it more important to destroy the draeyks at all costs, or will his quest for vengeance endanger the lives of his new brothers and sisters at arms?

"And the snow swirls around them, glittering, like constellations lighting their way." A short story about train stations, kisses, and Christmas in New York.

On the Sound side of the Carolina islands lies Bodie Boarding School, where troubled teens are dropped off and abandoned by their families. Lizzie Fischer has been one of their inhabitants for three years now, and has grown accustomed to her new, unusual life. Although she's surrounded by misfits and trouble-makers, these unwanted children give her the unconditional love and support she craves. Dax was a neglected teen who felt like no one understood him. He lives with his best friend and drunk brother, while his rich father disappeared to California in hopes of starting a new life. Dax's family was torn apart. He hid behind a smile, letting his high school peers assume he was still the same rich jock he had always been. Things were getting more and more difficult for him... Until he met Lizzie. The two come together and provide one another with a safe zone. As long as they're with each other, they forget about the abandonment that haunts them. When a tragedy strikes, Lizzie's parents want her to come back home, but is that really her home? Lizzie has to decide whether to leave her friends and Dax, who need her and have always been there for her, or go back to her parents, who left her when she needed them the most. A story of love, neglect and friendship all combine into the perfect summer read.

Lisa was abandoned by her parents when she was a little girl. She never understood why they abandoned her. She made a life on her own but as she grew older, she realized that something about her was changing. She wasn't the weak, defenseless girl that she used to be anymore. Something had changed but she didn't know what, or what had caused the sudden change. She heads out on a journey to find answers but little does she know that on her 16th birthday...EVERYTHING is going to change.

One Word. One Story. One Week. How different could they be? I believe a word is worth a couple thousand words. How does a single word inspire each one of us differently? Contestants can join at any time (including the middle of the week), just find the most recent "chapter" and start writing.