Teenage Vampyrs, Enchanteds, and Shapeshifters join the Otherworlder Academy to train to fight off a demon horde and save the Otherworlder realm. Welcome to the rewrite of The Otherworlders! (This is v2 version, which explains the odd read to vote ratio, btw) :-) Anyway! If you're new, just a little info: ★ MY READERS LOVE ★ - Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Miraculous Ladybug, KOTLC, Teen Wolf, and Warrior Cats. If you love those stories, you'll love "The Otherworlders" too! ****** THE STORY: Forced to call a truce to the Shadow Wars and set their prejudice aside, Vampyrs, Enchanteds, and Shapeshifters create the Otherworlder Integrated Academy. Nine students are chosen, three from each race, to train under Headmaster Pierce and his staff. But this is no ordinary school. No. These students are training to fight an encroaching demon horde while hunting down a magical tablet that could save the Otherworlder realm from destruction. "The Otherworlders" is filled with supernatural threats, magical powers, complex and layered storylines, and adorable yet complicated characters readers absolutely love! ****** [[Wattys Winner]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Air Force veteran Abby Sparks returns to her humble home of Doe Hollow, Kentucky after a decade of military service. As Abby tries to navigate her return to civilian life and struggles to control the debilitating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, the support of her family and her budding romance with a charming British photographer help her realize that letting her guard down with those who care about her is the first step toward healing.

It is the year 2099, and the world's fastest, most efficient form of transportation, The Silver Falcon, races through the countryside of India. It is a train that has united the world, but one man on board worries it may not be fast enough. This man carries only a tattered suitcase, but it holds years of secrets. He is not who he says he is. Told in a series of flashbacks to his youth, and set on a futuristic, high-tech train, we slowly uncover the truth of the past, the pain buried with it, and his final chance at redemption. A story about forgetting and remembering, follow one man's journey through the past and to the end of the line. The only question is: will he make it in time?

A young astronaut is tormented by memories of the life and love he left behind during a one way trip to colonize Mars. Martin rockets from Earth to establish the first human colony on the Red Planet. He and fellow volunteer astronaut Jomo make the dangerous seven-month slingshot across space knowing they will never return. Traveling to Mars was once thought impossible because there was no way back. But that was before anyone planned to make the journey a one way trip. Personal tragedy has honed Martin and Jomo into ideal candidates, with a unique ability to endure and a resolve to abandon humanity for their isolated outpost. But as they struggle to adapt to the barren planet, they can still feel the pull of the blue dot in the sky. For Martin, it's the memory of his childhood love, Gwen. On Earth, fate conspired to keep them apart. But with no chance to turn back, the love of Martin's life gives him new regret for abandoning Earth. Now, despite an abyss spanning millions of miles and no way to cross it, Martin wants to go home. One Way Trip follows Martin's extraordinary life journey from Earth to Mars, as he confronts his past with Gwen, in a quest for an impossible future together.

The mayor of Toronto collapses and dies while making a speech. The newspaper receives an email -- a fake obituary that claims credit for his murder. The note is signed by a secret society at a prestigious downtown university. Clare Vengel is given her first undercover assignment: to pose as a student, penetrate the secret society, and find out who killed the mayor.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Seven letters, seven confessions, seven clues. Elliot Parker has what he needs to find out who killed his best friend... But is he hunting down the killer? Or is the killer hunting him? ***** When Colton Crest returns, unharmed, to his small town after mysteriously disappearing for two months, his best friend Elliot Parker breathes a sigh of relief. But days later, on the night before graduation, Elliot finds Colton in the lake. Dead. And on the day of his funeral, Elliot finds a letter in his jacket pocket with four words that send him spiralling: I killed Colton Crest. There are six more letters to find, six more confessions about Colton, six more clues to uncover why he was murdered. Elliot has no choice but to play this sick scavenger hunt, and with each new revelation, he begins to question whether he really knew Colton - or anyone else in that little town of dark secrets. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Inspired from the rapidly growing empire of bakeries, delicatessens, and snack stops, a 25-year old Katy Paula Rosenkrantz falls short of those expectations set for bake shop handlers. Her reliable best friend has worked alongside with her in the food career for over three years, but after just one "unsatisfied" customer leaving their store, their business reputation has plummeted, heading for the worst. Will these two pals figure out a way to luster back to the public or fail by simply trying? CRITIC REVIEW: ★★★★ "This internet novel based on close reality is on top... it features a delicious layer of business management... glazes of modern pop culture references... and a cherry topping for the brilliant, feisty main character of 'WACCOT'," (Molly DiLevio, Malta's mother).