"What the hell?" I took a step closer to the mirror, staring at my reflection in disbelief. The person looking back was still me, but at the same time it wasn't. I had the same thick, dark, curly hair. The same hazel eyes. The same olive skin with a light dusting of freckles (ugh) scattered across the bridge of my nose. But my curls were now streaked with highlights. And not the subtle, golden-brown ones that sometimes appeared during the summer. No, these were an aggressive, dazzling blond that went from the roots of my hair all the way to the tips. It looked like I had spent a full day getting my hair done in some upscale salon. Never mind that I had never set foot in such a place since the day I was born. My eyes appeared somehow wider and more luminous. The colour brighter, my eyelashes darker up against them. And, when I looked closely, my pupils seemed to be slitted almost like a cat. I looked down at my body. My skinny arms-which had always refused to gain any definition no matter how hard I exercised-were lined with flat, wiry muscles. My bony shoulders were now curved and smooth. My scrawny legs were toned like a dancer. I reached down and lifted my shirt, revealing two subtle lines running vertically down my perfectly flat stomach, hinting at the rock-hard abs underneath. My whole body was rippling with strength. Like liquid steel.

I am a predator. Humans are the prey. I feed off their fear as they drown in my arms. But life didn't used to be this way. I wasn't always half-human and half-fish. I used to be one of them. A human. This is my story.

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A team of astronauts crash land on a primitive alien planet, millions of lightyears from earth. Hunted by savage megafauna and native tribes, they must band together to survive. What they discover there will change everything they know about what it means to be human. This book is being written collaboratively by four authors, Taran Matharu, Jason Kucharik, Stephen Landry and Penegrin Shaw. http://www.wattpad.com/user/TaranMatharu http://www.wattpad.com/user/sxcore http://www.wattpad.com/user/PenegrinShaw http://www.wattpad.com/user/JasonKucharik For more info, character bios and illustrations, please check out www.startwritingabook.com

Everyday, Alyce Knight puts on her clockwork body suit and pretends to be the criminals that lurk London's streets. Why? She is an agent for the Human Re-education Program - A program that take London's most notorious criminals into a re-education plan that teaches them to be better Citizens of England. As a former criminal herself, Alyce excels at her job, and is happy to do good in the world. As Alyce takes on her newest mission, becoming the infamous Emilia Wannerson, her world-and her life- turns upside down, as the lines between good and bad, blur together. Much of Alyce's life has been a lie and as more secrets are discovered, she is left to questions which side she is actually working for. Set in the backdrop of Victorian-Era England, with amazing machines and gadgets being creating everyday, the Industrial Revolution is happening before her eyes; But Alyce soon learns that machines can fail and humans will lie.

Can a natural killer learn to be human again? Regan's unique talent for murder makes her a perfect assassin. After a lethal encounter leaves her broken body washed up on a beach, she finds herself adopted by a group of teenage bodyguards. She doesn't intend to stay for long, but soon Regan finds herself faced with a choice: become a hero or stay a villain? *** The boy played with the flat brim of the cap in his hands and looked around the room. He sat back in his chair, trying to look casual, but the heel of his hi-top sneaker drummed rapidly on the concrete floor. Regan sat opposite him with her legs crossed and her hands folded on her tartan skirt. She watched him without a word and brushed a strand of blue-dyed hair behind her ear. Somehow this seemed to unsettle him more. 'Calm down,' she said. 'It's just murder.' *** Author's Note: Darkness Girl: Trickster God is represented by Louise Fury from The Bent Agency. P.S. The epic cover was made by Paul Kopetko (you can stalk him at paulkopetko.com). Enjoy!

Going through my pictures, I went to the one that I had just taken, and the phone slowly slipped out of my grasp. What had escaped my notice before is that the couch I had taken the picture on was against a window, which showed the backyard of the house. But in this picture, it wasn't an empty backyard. No, behind my smiling face was another one, outside the window. It was his face. Covered with a black ski mask, watching me. *** All 19-year-old Layna wanted to do was forget about the guy that broke her heart, and move on with her new boyfriend Brian. But instead, she unwittingly attracted the attention of a stalker. Someone who had been watching her every move for a month, plotting and planning for the perfect moment when he could take her. What Layna never would have expected was that when he finally kidnaps her, she would have to undergo "The Test". The Test that the girls before her had gone through. The one they failed, and payed heavily for. Will she pass The Test or will she die like the others?

Zoe Somerset. Brave. Intelligent. And not human. She is one of the few who has special powers, called Aberrance. In her world, to possess such powers mean death. Either in one of the so-called training camps or struck down in a bullet. To be shipped off to war means certain death. To attempt to escape from camp is like writing your own death warrant. But Zoe has to trust herself, her limits, her will, her sanity and her allies to escape from her camp, the malicious leader of the country, and the incarnations of evil. She must trust the lesser of the two evils. Except people are not who they seem to be, secrets and lies poison her crumbling trust, and she does not know the depth and the size of what her freedom promises.

Beautiful cover made by the very awesome ssaayyjj "At first glance, I really did wonder why the old lady had seemed so adamantly opposed to this town because it didn't look scary at all. Maybe she was balls-out against capitalism and nice houses-her smell could have foreshadowed it-because the place looked nice. Very nice. The streets were almost uncannily clean, at least compared to the ones I was used to back in Detroit. The Victorian styled houses, more often white than anything, belonged in those decorating magazines, with the lawn perfectly cut and surrounded by white fenced with American flags on them. I could almost imagine the husband laying on the lawn, butt in the air, with scissors and a magnifying glass grooming the grass to make it look this perfect. They undoubtedly used fertilizer and other toxic things to make it so green." When Oksana arrives in Hebron, Connecticut, she is not there for the scenery; she is there on a mission, seeking answers from her biological parents to all the whys that have been pledging her mind for years. The last thing she had expected was to be caught in the middle of a century old curse... and to actually want to stay tuned for more.

Marcel Styles is the biggest nerd in his school and gets bullied. Marcel feels like he is the only gay kid at his school until he meets Leeroy. Who is also gay and his best friend. Marcel doesn't have many friends since everyone found out he is gay, Marcel tries to be invisible at his school. Being invisible is the best way to get through High School until he notices a bad boy in his school. He's never had a crush or a "interest" in anyone until HE came. Louis Tomlinson, well known as The BIGGEST Bad Boy in the entire school. One day, Louis stumbled across a nerd. Louis never noticed him before. Or so he thought. Looking into his eyes for the first time, Louis fell for him. Which shouldn't be possible for him. Who would be attracted to him! NO ONE really. But suddenly they get paired up for a school project and Louis is confused about his feelings because he's been straight his whole life. And wonders why does he feels butterflies in his stomache whenever he looks at Marcel. But what happens when Marcel gets invited to a party and plays Truth or Dare while his crush is there as well?? One kiss from him will change everything....