After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

When the world crumbles around you, how do you keep hope alive? Mallory, escaping a damaging relationship, struggles to navigate a chaotic world...where a viral outbreak turns helpless victims into ruthless zombies. Ty, who's only recently gotten his driver's permit, is abruptly thrust into adulthood as he desperately seeks to save his young sister. He makes a fast friend in a German shepherd yearning for companionship and love in this new, dangerous world. Charlie, restlessly searching for meaning in his life, learns meaning is elusive during an apocalypse. Tremendous obstacles provide him with new self-discoveries. If they can escape the constant peril and find refuge, can they forge a new life from the ruins of the old one? "Race to Refuge" rivets readers with mild thrills in a novel that's not about the zombies...but about the people striving for elusive shelter and a future of hope.

Follow Jay and his friends in their adventure with their Pokémon in the Johto region! And who knows maybe in another one too... Team rocket is back for more! Who knows what are they plotting this time... Pokemon does not belong to me. All rights goes to the Pokemon Company.

15 year old Alice Foster is on the run from team Rocket. Her parents joined the evil organization when she was 10 years old, they forced her to join as well, but she refused and ran away with her beloved Charizard. Alice has a special power, she can control fire. She can change the shape of it, move it, put it out and basically control it. But why? How? Are there more people out there like her, or is she the only one? Alice goes on an adventure with two friends. Along the way she meets many people. Old friends, as well as people that will end up betraying her. Will she be able to find answers to the questions that she's had for all these years? Follow Alice and her friends on their adventure through Unova, and read to find out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I DON'T OWN POKEMON IN ANY KIND OF WAY! I do own the plot and my own OC's. Copyright RainyFantasy© The cover was hand drawn by me and edited by me.

2nd Place Winner in Short Story 2015 Pokemon Watty Awards You know what's difficult? Being Childhood friends. First, you are fused at the hip. Never apart for a second. But as the years pass by, you find the both of you are growing apart. Each year, more things come up to drive the rift. And then the fear sets in, that one day you two will merely be... Strangers passing by. This is the slowly falling childhood of Mei Rosa and Hyuu Hugh torn by time.

Most people in the pokemon world love pokemon... but what about those that don't? Meet Elron, an 18 year old who has been avoiding his journey for eight years. When all of sudden he is forced out of his isolation into the world with his childhood crush, Flora, how does he hold up? And most importantly, will he ever find out what's so great about being a trainer?! {Cover by Risa-White}

1st place winner of the Romance 2015 Pokemon Watty Awards --- "Falling in love only can bring pain. Love can only be stolen from you right as you realize it. Or maybe right before." She was fifteen and a kid-genius. She was fifteen and living a life no child should, but so many do. She was fifteen when the accident happened. Her life would never be the same. Leaf Verde was a fifteen year old girl when she hacked her Pokémon Red game and fell across a failsafe. One that took her into the game. Once inside the virtual world, Leaf Verde is ordered to clean up the mess she made. All of the imported hacks. She will embark on a journey that she never could've imagined back when she sliced through codes in her room all alone. It wasn't too long until she found herself falling for the fictional world of numbers. But as destruction encroaches and the truth is revealed, nothing will ever be the same. The feelings the girl held for the world, Can and will be used against her. "And I was too late to save him, too late to realize."