So there I was,standing on what seam to be the uglyest thing I had ever seen in my 17 years of life,or as my mother called it "a pretty pink stage!".The only thing keeping me from running off of it is my best friend,Collin James,who littel did I know would help my overcome the scarriest thing in my life...my mother.

"You will never escape, Danielle. Never." The world is tainted. The world is shadowed. The world is cursed. A demon presides over everyone, ruling with power and fear. Every few months, the Games of Hell are held, twenty people culled from the masses to compete. Nineteen will die. The twentieth will want death. Join Danielle in her mission to escape the Games: leading the Competitors to hope. She is tested time and time again, tortured with memories and pain, but still preservers in her desperate attempt to escape. What happens when she finds love and friendship in the darkest of places? Will she find the escape she needs, or is she fated to fail? Under all the pressure, of the terrible things she must do to further her plans, will she break? Read to find out in Toys of a Dangerous Mind: winner of Undiscovered Thriller 2011

Four girls, one locker that would only change everything. Ellie is the beautiful blonde, the angel in the family. Rebbeca is her father's only joy. Sofie is sweet and thoughtful, but sad inside. Katie is your average, modern girl. Together they are The Girls of Locker 113.

A poem about despair.....

"As I sat on the toilet, I realized how badass I was being. First of all, I (kind of) broke into Walmart; Second, I was (kind of) plotting to steal toilet paper; and third, I was doing all this while a hurricane was brewing outside." Ellie wanted a quick trip to Walmart to buy some toilet paper for her mom. A minute in, a minute out. Instead, she got locked in. With her secret love, of course.

Something was keeping her there, something unnatural. Will Nancy find her way out into the light.