C41 was taught to fight and never trust anyone but a select few. But in order to leave prison, he might have to work with those who can break him. ***** Inmate C41 is the youngest registered "feral" shapeshifter -- someone unable to control his animal urges and aggressions. When he turns eighteen he is transferred to the Adult Feral Rehabilitation Center in Scotland, where he meets a mysterious American government agent who endlessly probes him with questions. C41 does the only thing he thinks will help him survive - he lies. And that starts a chain of events that will either end in a prison break or a life of torture. Content and/or Trigger Warning: sex and violence. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

and you are so exquisite that you wilt daises with your smile (#832 in poetry 04/24/18)

here's a tender heart (this time it's flayed open) #34 in venting as of 12/22/18

Eliott King's sister is dead, and so are her boyfriend and her best friend, found dead in a river, blood leaking from all over. Then more people start showing up in the river dead, and something is seriously wrong - seriously, seriously wrong. Most of the town turns immediately to blaming a serial killer, pointing fingers at the neighbors they hate and the ones that hate them, or some freak animal, blaming the same neighbors' dogs and saying they have rabies. But Eliott's grandmother doesn't think so, and neither does Ezra Terrell, the unbearably cute kid next door, and neither does Mei Xiao, the recent transplant from China. The four try to find out what is behind these deaths, but in doing so, they stir up old conflicts that run deeply in Troy, Vermont - conflicts that could kill them and everything and everyone they care about and love.