What would you risk for freedom? Mercy Baudelaire has been locked up in a cell since her eleventh birthday when the government came to take her away from her family. The reason? To save their lives. Her childhood was spent on the run, escaping the hands reaching out to pull her into a world of deadly conspiracies and experiments. Her parents kept her hidden, constantly escaping watchful eyes. After years of running, time has caught up with Mercy leaving her trapped like a caged animal. For years she was tortured at the hands of a government too corrupt to care. Because of her gifts she fought so hard to conceal, freedom was nonexistent. Mercy lost all hope the day she had been taken. As Mercy finds herself on the run once again, she encounters misfits with powers of their own; allies in a game of life she was sure to lose. Now, placing faith in freedom didn't sound too impossible to the hopeless young girl. But where faith exists, darkness often lies in wait. Mercy's enemies refuse to go down easily and not even time can save her now. What happens when conspiracies are proven and super-humans fight to take back what is rightfully theirs? In AS THE WORLD TURNS COLD, Mercy Baudelaire sets out on an adventure to prove to herself that in a broken world where the line between human and monster wears thin, a little faith and help from unexpected allies goes a long way.

Rowan Irelynn has little power in a kingdom said to be hers. She must hold her tongue, biting back her longing for reason and a desire for the magic she believes lives on a kingdom that has tried to forget. When a prince-turned-thief reaches her gilded kingdom and seeks to collect on a favor no one saw coming, Rowan must choose between the country she is destined to rule and the world outside; a world boasting of magic and dragons and secrets she'd love to get her hands on. Can Rowan leave her life in the hands of fate or will she feed the desire for more, the craving for magic beyond her control? Will the future queen rule her kingdom or will the crown fall at the feet of something cloaked in darkness?

Lacie Woods was an orphaned girl, adopted by a pack of werewolves, who hide their very essence of the phase from her. As far as she's concerned werewolves don't exist, but when a rival pack comes into school, her brother has no choice but to tell her. Mix that in with the fact that she's crushing on the Alpha of the other pack and you just get trouble. What's a girl to do?

*To clarify things, this story is a different perspective on Medusa. It is to show the possibility of her being a victim not a villain. My personal take on the story of Medusa* The world of Greek Mythology makes Medusa a monster but if you were saved by a curse then would you really be a monster? Reality differs when you're on the other side of the story.

Alice Knightly is a girl of many things. Whimsies, adventures, and curiosity fill her mind, but will they be enough? When Alice's world is turned upside down and her family is caught in an impossible scandal, she looks to her dreams for escape. A room full of mirrors and a forgotten queen pull her into a whimsical land. Come along through the looking glass, Wonderland's calling.

To someone like Asher Wentz, singing in a band and playing his trusty Fender is the greatest kind of therapy. Music takes the edge off. It enables Asher to escape from the crowding thoughts rampaging through his mind. The chaos is taking control. The troubles of his past are catching up with him and he's afraid that someday soon he won't be able to continue the fight. Battling with inner demons and sanity isn't an easy task. Words and ideas get lost along the way and there are days when the darkness creeps in, breaking down the walls that he's spent too long trying to build. Writing lyrics just might be the only thing that can save his life.

Bucky Barnes has escaped. Until a cure for Hydra's control over his mind could be found, the Winter Soldier was to be locked inside a cryo chamber where no one but Steve could find him. Or so they thought. Bucky finds himself baring the marks of Hydra once again as he roams the streets of New York City, torn between hiding from the person that unleashed him from the chamber and searching for the answers he desperately needs. Once a winter soldier, always a winter soldier. As he finds himself caught in a war with Shield and Hydra, will Bucky be freed from his curse or will the phrase of his enemies haunt his mind forever? Only one way to find out. The Winter Soldier has returned.

A collection of random poetry.