[Complete. Wattys 2023 Winner] The Redding takes you if it knows your name. That's the rule that's kept Meg alive --- or awake, rather --- since the night the world went to hell. Nobody knows where the red stuff came from, but it acts like water, it's in the water, and it falls as rain every night. The people it captures drop like puppets with their strings cut. They're asleep, not dead, and they can be reawoken. But then they just try to kill you. Meg and the other survivors she's befriended think they've found a stable equilibrium, six weeks after the catastrophe began. In an empty town, there's not much to do except innovate new survival methods. Meg's crush is the one to discover that Morse Code, like writing, is a safe means of communication. That's all fine and good until the nightly rain begins. Raindrops, as it turns out, can make dots and dashes, too. The Redding can talk. And it's telling her to run. ❖❖❖ Complete. Wattys 2023 Winner. Featured on: @Wattpad - Embrace the Fear: Horror Stories @WattpadExplorer - Embrace the Fear: Scary Stories @Creators - Scary Stories to Read in the Dark @Wattpad Explorer - From Our Creators @dystopianapocalypse - Featured D&A Stories @Wattpad Explorer - Why Not Buy Some Flowers @Fright - Featured Stories Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)

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Alaska Monroe is lost. Struggling through the raging tides of grief and trauma, she has never felt more alone. A small town on the outskirts of the world is there to catch her, but will the place and it's people be enough to save her? In Alderwood North Carolina all the backroads lead to dead ends. That's how confining town feels to Alaska anyway, but maybe two curious souls can show her that this is only because she needs to follow the road not taken...

Introduction Meet Celène Cielo Edgily, also known as 'CeCi' by her friends. She's a plus-size high school student who is intellectual, sweet, funny, lovable, quiet, and kind. She also has feelings for her male best friend, Levon. They have known each other since they were children. They used to bathe together back in the diaper days. When they were both in sixth grade, she developed a crush on him. CeCi often has dreams of telling Levon how she feels about him, and, to her surprise, in those very same dreams, she finds out that he feels the same way about her. The sad part is when the dream builds up to the point they're about to share a kiss. Her alarm clock sounds off, which successfully wakes her up. It never fails. Ceci's dreams always seem to unfold the same way every time. They never make it any further. One day, she finally finds the courage to tell him how she felt. On the day she tries to confess her feelings to Levon, many unfortunate events disrupt CeCi's life. To find out more about how CeCi's story unfolds, add this story to your reading list, so you'll be notified when there's a new update. Cover made by @LilFilly_Philly_ THIS BOOK IS COPYWRITTEN AND HAS ONLY BEEN WRITTEN ON WATTPAD.COM, WATTPAD BETA, OR WATTPAD APP. IF YOU FIND THIS STORY ON ANY OTHER WEBSITE THAT MEANS IT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM ME J. CALDWELL THE ACTUAL WRITER. IT WAS UPLOADED WITHOUT MY PERMISSION I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR THIS BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED ON ANY SITE OTHER THAN WATTPAD.

Rewrite Note: [At present I am rewriting the book with a planned release of the redone chapters starting in July! Originally thought I'd just clean up the chapters but decided instead to change up the story lines and make things better connect to book 2] So major plot changes will occur to what was read in draft 1 originally posted last year! A new opportunity to live his "best" life. At least, that's how Vincent was sold on the idea. Thing is, the condo's sort of haunted... by the ghost of a brutal killer known as the Hammer Man. For most, this would be a deal breaker. Well, not for Vincent. He's four years into his "career" and lives for hunts like this. It's a simple enough job: Go in, find the ghost, make it pay for the crimes it committed decades ago and deliver damnation in the way he knows best, punishment based around the target's sins. Will this job just be an easy, open, close case or will this hunt start him down the path of unraveling crimes of decades past, all while meddling in the affairs of the creatures around his new home?

Haresa Saenin is no stranger to villain antics. They've been doing hero work since the age of five after all. But when an old nemesis enrolls in their high school with a new identity and a hidden plan, they can't help but be vigilant and watch Sheldon Phan's every move. Sheldon wants Haresa to leave him the hell alone. Sure, when he went by the stage name Shelly, he made a bad impression by terrorizing the city as a kid but all he wants to do is get his degree and spend the rest of his free time with his boyfriend. If he had to steal and cheat people in the process, then it was the world's fault for being so unfair. Lurking in the background of Haresa and Sheldon's bickering and fighting, a greater threat is approaching. Will the two notice in time and set aside their differences or will it be a fight between the two until the end? Featured on: @ambassadorsinternational "Thai 🇹🇭 แบบไทย" @lgbtq "Bisexual/Pansexual" "Diverse Lit" @YA "Mission Impossible | Action/Adventure" @superhero "Heroic Humour" @AmbassadorsTH "The White Elephant | Mystery & Thriller" @WattpadFusion "Book of the Month" "AAPI Heritage Month Celebration | WattpadFusion" "Love, Asia" @YARomance "Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month | YARomance" @WattpadFriendsandFamily "Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month"