In a world where the Cure strips the elite of their humanity, emotions mean weakness. Yet Arella, a commoner full of emotion, is strong. And when her own sister is Cured and her parents murdered, she has nothing left to lose.

An 8-page romance story written for a competition. An extended version is available in the episodic book, "Riven Anderson: Actor for Hired."

For the past seven summers, seventeen year old Jessica has stayed with her best friend Charlotte, but this year things are about to change. Her parents are forcing her to go back to the beach house where she was tormented as a kid by the four brothers who live there. Can she survive this summer or will the past come back with a vengeance?

A small town girl, Jamie, and a heart broken player, Landon, meet and immediatly get off on the wrong foot. Landon always acts like a jerk to her and she eventually gets sick of it. Meanwhile Landon a ctually loves her but is afraid of getting hurt again.

"Mandy and I are NO-Mantics- that means that we get really absolutely no attention from the opposite gender. It's not like we're not interested, it's just never really happened..." When Summer finds herself faced with revenge, she can't help but jump at the opportunity. But when things get tricky, this little no-mantic realizes just how harsh love can be!

Oscar Hwang pretends to be homosexual in order to be with Suri Yang. He is known for his stoic poker face. He's also a stickler for cleanliness and has a talent to stun women with his looks. Suri Yang is very trusting and has a habit of being deceived, but that doesn't stop her from trusting and believing in people. Oscar Hwang trains to become a successful chef at The Culinary Institute of America for four years with non stop competition. In one year he had to cook a dish where spice is the main thing used and the dish has to look appealing and the taste has to be divine. This year was much harder, not only it has to look appealing, but it has to be ambrosial at first sight and the taste brings love from the heart. In order to win, he has to find a very special recipe and it can only be found in Suri's house because Suri Yang's father is one of the top ten chefs in the world. What happens when she finds out her gay roommate isn't really gay and has fallen for her? Will she forgive him? Enter the life of a chef stirred with sweet, sour, spice, and a hint of bitterness.

Marcus Jenson is not what you would call a hero. He's about as far from Indiana Jones and James Bond as you can get. But when Marcus is thrown into the mysterious realm of "the cave," the fate of the universe suddenly rests in his hands.