The Harlock family has been around for hundreds of years. They've survived the witch hunts, persecution, and the ever-changing world around them. For decades they've thrived in Britain as valued citizens, loved and welcomed in their small corner of Birmingham. The townspeople around them are blissfully unaware of the family's secret, and they plan to keep it that way. That is, until people begin disappearing. With no one to blame, suspicions begin to rise until all evidence, or lack thereof, begins to point to the family's youngest son Vien. The only issue with this? He's as harmless as can be. Unfortunately, the rest of Birmingham doesn't seem to believe that.

They met a little over a year ago. They started dating almost the next day. It's been nearly a year and a half, and Vaughn's birthday has finally rolled around. So what will Kaz do to celebrate? A little domestic fluff to kick off pride month before I totally forget to do something to celebrate. I only own Kaz, Vaughn is @OrphicHunter's character. Enjoy some gay, my dudes.

The future isn't friendly. People in Meta are dying from a mysterious disease and Sean wants to know why. But in the Core, asking the wrong question can be dangerous. Pursuing the answers, Sean and his friends embark on a perilous journey that will put them on a collision course with the malevolent Niles Galvin, the most powerful and treacherous oligarch on the planet. Could Susan's Plague be something more sinister than they thought? Will they discover a much darker side to the oppressive oligarchy that rules them? Sean finds himself caught up in the complex machinations of an evil man bent on seizing and controlling the power of the past for his use to rule the present. With their lives hanging in the balance, Sean struggles to save himself and his friends when he realizes the truth has dire consequences. By Rick Chisholm Copyright © 2014 Rick Chisholm All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or in any means – by electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without prior written permission.

"You have been sentenced to life in prison. Your ship will leave tomorrow for the island. Gather your things." When you've been decided a criminal, you're a criminal. There are no ifs, ands, or buts; whether you did the crime or not. Courts and juries are no longer used. If the authorities think you've done it, there's nothing anyone can do about your impending sentence. Being sent to the island is devastating, no matter how long you have to be there. No contact with the outside world, no way to reach your loved ones. It might be set up to appear more humane, more free than prisons of the past, but looks can be deceiving. On the way to the island, the huge prison ship begins to sink. There's no reason for it. Not from a storm, not from an iceberg. The ship just goes down. It's up to the remaining eleven survivors to discover why, and make sure they stay alive while doing so. * * * * * * * * * * Accomplishments: Featured! #37 in Sci-fi #1 in #BreakStereotypes * * * * * * * * * * * The gorgeous (and royalty free!) cover for this book was made by @CosmicGraphics Book started during #NaNoWriMo2016 and will be finished in 2017 Note: This book is published on WATTPAD ONLY! If you're reading this from another site, please go to Wattpad.com to continue reading and scan your device for any viruses you may have attained while on one of these so called 'mirror sites.'

ORIGINAL DRAFT. SEE UPDATED NOVEL FOR REWRITE VERSION RELEASED 9/2025. Wattpad Featured Author | 800K+ Reads | AMC TWD Partnered Story | Ranking #1 in Adventure | Wattpad Beta book for text-to-speech accessibility A Dystopian Society 4522. Both a name and a number that had labeled many. Within a society of the alive, yet not living, 4522 struggles to conform. She finds herself lost while surrounded by strict rules of direction. Deep inside, she knows there is another way to exist than following orders in a herd of humans who do not think for themselves. 4522 believes there is more to life than numbers and laws; she just has to find it. When her hall Officer is replaced, and she forms an unlikely friendship with the boy next to her, the opportunity for change arises. When the mysterious Officer selects her and her friend, 4313, for testing she knows something is wrong; 4522 can only think she was picked because they know about her secrets that she had been keeping. They know she is different and different only meant one thing. Death. Pronounced: Four-Five-Two-Two

"If...If you could go back. If you could change it all. Would you?" "Yeah. Yeah, I would change a lot of it." Kaz Weathers. A monster, a runaway. An engineer, a soldier. He started life happily, cozy in a large house in Germany with his mother. But when he had a nightmare at age nine and knocked half the town's power out, he began to realize something. He was different. He was dangerous. But he didn't want to be. He didn't have a mean bone in his body, and he would swear on it. But the little voice in the back of his head? It begged to differ.