[2021 WATTYS Winner] Giovanna joins a handsome nobleman to save a friend from an arranged marriage, but they discover a plot that may have victims of Venice's Black Death rising from their graves. * * * As a child, Giovanna Visconti learned the arts of bloodletting and elixir brewing from her father with an intent to simply support his work, not take it over. But when he falls ill from the pestilence that's been ravaging Venice for months, she reluctantly dons the beaked mask of the plague doctor. Vowing to protect her father however she can, Giovanna hides him away and sees her first patient--the handsome, but alarmingly feverish Matteo Barozzi. Although she successfully treats this son of a high-ranking official, in a careless moment Giovanna fails to properly conceal her identity. The only reason she isn't tossed into a dank jail cell is thanks to the young man's honor and feelings of indebtedness. The association between the charming aristocrat and the clever commoner should end there, but when Giovanna's dearest friend goes missing right after her betrothal to the Doge's son and amid strange reports of nighttime attacks, violent commotions, and inexplicable behaviors in the community, the only person Giovanna can turn to for help is Matteo. Together, they must carefully navigate Venice's increasingly deadly canals to uncover a sect peddling false cures and a smuggling plot involving the highest levels of government or risk the entire Republic falling victim to something even worse than the plague: the risen dead. Historical Fiction with Fantasy Elements THE BORGIAS X FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH * * * WATTYS 2021 winner for Historical Fiction and special HQ prize for "Catchiest Hook" AMBYS 2022 winner for Best Zombie story Content Warning for adult situations including assault and death.

When Ethan Johnson wakes up with a dead body next to him and a duffel bag full of money, he has no memory of how he got there. As he tries to uncover the truth about his past, he discovers that he possesses an alien artifact, a key that operates a gate to the various 'memory storehouses' in the galaxy. With the help of his fellow Team Agent, Sharon Michaels, Ethan must follow through with a dangerous mission to save the Earth or all of humanity's memories will be harvested and lost forever.

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Lian snuck out of the imperial palace and exposed the village healer to be a fraud and a devil-worshipper. Cursed by the spurned fire god, Huogwai, and disgraced and cast out by the royal family, Lian set out with her manservant Emiru to the kingdom of fire to rid her of the curse of uncontrollable flames for a chance to regain her claim to the throne. But being a fire disciple meant she was a practitioner of the forbidden arts. For those that hunt her kind, the game had just started.

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In this fractured fairytale, Chloe Lovell finds herself pulled into a Weird West world on the eve of her sixteenth birthday. The only way back is to go forward, but first, she must discover what her connection is to this strange place. This modern fairytale comes complete with lawmen, outlaws, zombies, and evil witches. It is not rated Mature, but it contains adult situations. This is not a fairytale for children. You have been warned. Enjoy the ride!

* Until the Work is Done. Charlotte Janssen is an Air Force C-17 pilot. She was raised in Boise by her grandparents and returns home to care for her ailing grandfather. She takes a job as an airline pilot and begins the task of a full renovation of her 100 year old house and that's when she meets Justin. This novella is written for the Open Novella Contest 2020, prompt #67 "Well, that was a New Year's Eve kiss you won't forget anytime soon." A longer version of this story is being written as a Hallmark Novel and Movie Screenplay.