Four normal teens are conned into scholarships to a charter school for vampires. Can they escape before being bled and dead? Or sucked into the school's chapter of the Satanic Legion? Sixteen year-old Kathy is on the kill list of a Shoshone vampire who teaches Ethics for Bloodsuckers. Her pal Lionel is terrorized by his music teacher, an 18th century violinist who worked as a Mafia hit man so he could play at his victims' funerals. When Kathy's boyfriend has his heart broken by a sharpened pool cue, she and Lionel are put on trial for murder, in a vampire court, with a kidnapped gymnastics team as the jury. All the kids face the same three choices: escape, die trying, or join the undead. Blue Ink Review called this novel "a wild ride, and the plot twists alternate with big laughs." Kirkus Review said it was "beautifully refined, intelligent and profound." Thank you for sampling and/reading. This is a completed novel presented in 57 chapters, with one chapter posted every Saturday. The novel is available for purchase on Amazon, Kindle, B&N, and via Merrimack Media.com. All of the text and the photo are copyrighted and cannot be reproduced in any format without the author's written permission. The sole exception is for brief excerpts in written reviews. Requests, questions or comments can be submitted to lorenschechter@ gmail.com or on my website: lorenschechterbooks.com.

In an effort to live a bolder and braver life, Everly Rowan begins following the "10 Easy Steps of the Morris Method of Creative Risk-taking". Over the next few weeks she visits a karaoke bar, a punk hairstylist, a bible-thumping church, and a skydiving drop zone. She breaks off her engagement to her fiance, clobbers a policeman with her shoe, and stands up to her sister in a showdown over fried squid. Just as she is beginning to question the wisdom of her actions, the author of the self-help book, Dr. Lana Morris, comes to town for a 'Dare to be Great' weekend retreat. The events that unfold there give Everly a new understanding of the nature of courage... and love.

Vanessa Laine is a college student and aspiring musician. She's got the look and she's got the voice. The only thing that's stopping her is her stage fright...and an opportunity. But opportunity knocks when pop-punk band, The Velocity, holds auditions for a new lead singer at the restaurant that Vanessa works at. Getting in was the easy part. Surviving as the only girl in the band is the hard part. Can she do it?

If you don't learn how to control your thoughts, you will never learn how to control your behavior. @psychologyK3U

First Installment of Steps Series Si Rhea Louisse Marval ay isang babaeng hindi marunong magpakababae. Boyish, siga, sadista at mala-amasona. Nangarap na maging lalaki ngunit dahil napapaligiran siya ng mga taong sumasalungat sa pananaw niya ay hindi niya mabago ang sarili bilang tomboy. Hanggang sa umeksena ang taong tinuturing niyang mortal na kaaway - si Lawren Harris Delgado. Ang lalaking kakumpetensya niya sa lahat ng bagay. Ang taong kahit kailan ay hindi pa niya natalo. Ang taong naging dahilan ng kanyang pagbabago. At dahil sa pambablackmail nito sa kanya ay napilitan siyang sundin ang naisip nitong kalokohan. Kung ang Diyos ay may sampung utos, si Ren na feeling diyos ay may sampung paraan para mag-transform siya bilang babae na kung mapapagtagumpayan niyang gawin ay titigil na ito sa pamemeste sa buhay niya. Magiging babae ba siya o paninindigan ang kagustuhang niyang maging lalaki? -KHIRA1112

CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REWRITTEN!