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The roman town named Pompeii has been ravaged with angry earthquakes. One slow day changes it all. The mountain looms over them, and seems to snarl at the fate of a little boy who works as a slave for a bakery. Death howled that day, and restless spirits who never had burials still swirl through the air. That wasn't a mountain. That was a volcano.

"We're just staying after school hours to ghost hunt - what could possibly go wrong?" For the students of St. Paul's Catholic high school, a popular scary story to relay is the brutal murder of a member of the faculty eighteen years previously. As the tale goes, the mentally unstable janitor was the one who committed the grisly crime. In order to defeat -or prove- the still swirling rumors that the school is haunted by the ghost of the murdered woman, a group of film students decide to stay the night in a bid to finally debunk the rumors of a lady haunting the elite schools halls once and for all. But as the night goes on and the students begin to disappear one by one, they begin turning up in the same grisly matter of death as the murdered teacher. It begs the question - who's actually reenacting the murder? Maybe some legends are real... Amazing cover is by @DanceLikeMagicMike

Elenor's life has not been easy. Day in and day out she is forced to clean up other people's messes when all she really wants is to escape the abusive relationship she is stuck in and clean up her mess of a life. Could a stranger in the diner be the answer to her prayers? Note: This piece was written when I was 18. It's a creepy little short that I thought would be fun to share. I only wish my younger self had been able to have a place like wattpad to explore Lovely cover by @silver_lining86

* 2017 WATTY WINNER!* Blurb: Humans are at the top of the food chain and always have been. But what if they weren't? What if another took our place and decided to raise and exploit us as we have every other animal on earth? Welcome to a world after humanity... No one is exactly certain where the sibla came from. Some say they evolved from humans long ago, slowly taking power as their numbers increased. Taller, stronger, and longer-lived, than homo sapiens it isn't too hard to imagine. Now humans must face a reality in which they are no more than animals, domesticated beasts bred for their master's various needs and hungers. Rachel Turner is only eight years old. Born in Demin, one of the last remaining free human settlements on earth, she has never been forced to face the reality of life under a sibla Master, living a carefree existence in her hidden village. Magnus Kendrick is a sibla farmer with a sizable estate on which he raises all manner of livestock, from chickens, to sheep, to...humans. He is also the man destined to purchase Rachel's life. *Warning: This book contains a certain degree of gore and disturbing themes Beautiful cover by @my_fairytale 2016 Fright Fest Gold Winner Cryptic's Choice 2017 WATTY Winner ( Story Smiths category) *All Rights Reserved

They say Stelton Jack was a man cursed by love. Some claim he was bewitched by Seline Moore, the girl accused of witchcraft. Others believe he made a deal with the Devil himself-trading his soul to save her from burning at the stake. In present-day Salem, Sallie Moore wants nothing more than to disappear into the background. After the death of her parents, she returns to her family's dusty old bookstore, trying to outrun the strange legacy tied to her name. The townspeople still whisper about the Moore bloodline. About ghosts. About curses. Sallie never believed in any of it. Until the night she steps into the abandoned pumpkin patch... and wakes something ancient. Now, she's being followed by a ghost who calls himself Jack Holloway. A man with heartbreak in his eyes and magic in his touch. He claims Sallie is the reincarnation of Selene-that they've lived this story before. That every 125 years, she's reborn... and someone hunts her down to steal her life and cheat death. This time, Sallie refuses to die for a love she doesn't remember. But the more time she spends with Jack, the harder it is to separate her memories from Selene's-and the harder it is to tell where her heart ends and history begins. To survive, Sallie must confront the truth buried beneath centuries of folklore and forgotten graves. With Jack at her side, she must unravel who betrayed her all those years ago-and who still wants her dead in this life. Because the story of Stelton Jack didn't end in fire. But this time, it may end in blood.

She had seen many things; she needed help. Her self harm, addiction and fasting was out of control. University dropout, Rebecca wanted to help. Will she stay sane? Or will this push her off the edge too? Maybe the asylum is the right place for her... *TRIGGERS THROUGHOUT*

Powerless in a family of Necromancers, Ezra has struggled to fit in his whole life. Going off to a normal college life seemed like the perfect place to escape the harsh realities of home. But when the girl he's had a crush on since they were eight is forced into an arranged marriage with another, darker, Necromancer family, Ezra returns and does the only thing he can to save her - he volunteers to take the test that will name him a full Necromancer, and her betrothed - if he survives. During the test, Ezra learns he isn't as powerless as he thought. Secrets and hidden truths are revealed that are all connected to the Reinhardt family, all of whom were thought to have been killed by the Necromancer's worse enemy, the Witches. Witches that are hell-bent on ridding the world of the 'black arts'. With the help of an unlikely ally and a raven familiar, Ezra has the power to save the girl he loves and his kind, too, if he can master it in time. ~Highest rank: #7 in Paranormal: 3/22/18, Featured in Paranormal: 12/5/17 ~ Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy ~ Completed

"Society wants to believe it can identify evil people, bad people, or harmful people. But, it's not practical. Sometimes, there are no stereotypes, there's just evil." -Ted Bundy, serial killer of 30+ victims. Sometimes, Wattpad authors are inspired by real-life horror that's going on in their own lives. Special thanks to @Heather_Dianne for the cover!