Didn't you know? Destructive youths with killer tendencies and magic in their veins are the best kind. book i, first draft © 2019, arkhaic

THOSE WHO ARE MORTAL BURN BRIGHTER © 2017 by lee

Everything remembered must be forgotten. The gods are glorious, and then they are not -- history is an ongoing clock. It trudges on.

Jas gives me a sympathetic look. She sighs heavily, long nails tapping against the wooden table, dodging the 'Missing' posters scattered all over the surface. "Maybe," she finally says, "Just maybe, he doesn't want to be found, Ava." I clench my jaw. "No. I refuse to believe that. He's not like that." "What do you know?" Jas snorts, finally withdrawing her hand from the table and turning back to look at me. "You don't even know him." xx Ford Wilson was in three out of four of Ava Jackson's classes. They had one mutual friend, did a project together once in sophomore year, and had the same lunch. When Ava's car had broke down, she had even ended up parked outside of Ford's house, asking for gas. In Ava's life, he was everywhere. And yet, she didn't notice him until he was nowhere to be found.

impossible heists, lawless youths, and centuries-old paintings that hold immeasurable power. ✧ cover art by Louise Delfin

BORN A HERO, DIE A HERO © 2017 mars

*UNEDITED* highest rank||#75 in Horror It's Halloween and four friends have wandered into the woods to see if the legend of The Carnival is true or not. For years, people have been reporting creepy carnival music coming from the woods and the teens want to see if they can get some answers to what is really happening. They are not expecting anything to happen, but are shocked when they come across a house deep into the woods, and inside are carnival themed rooms. From endless hallways and stairways leading no where, the teens are stuck and cannot get out. Will the teens ever escape, or will they be forced to stay in Carnival House forever? *i don't own image on cover*

"The Murderer's Daughter." That's how Calla Vinson is known around the halls of Jackson High School. Unable to hide from her father's past murder conviction and prison stint, Calla does her best to avoid the relentless bullies and survive the final month of her Junior year. When her classmates start disappearing and their mutilated bodies show up in the woods, the unwanted attention is turned squarely toward Calla and her father. Is Calla's father guilty or is someone far more sinister behind the heinous crimes?

For two years after Cassie had helped solve the case of the mysterious 'Rose Killer,' all was well in her life. She got her friends back, and things went back into place, just as they used to be. She's studying criminology in the University, and she finally feels like nothing can ever go wrong in her life again... Or so she thinks. Another mystery comes knocking at her door, one she hoped would never visit, one she feared for a long time, one that tormented her, but most of all, one she's too weak to resist. She receives an image, one of her and her childhood best friend , Avril, who was mysteriously and brutally murdered when they were kids. She knows there's a reason why someone sent her that image, someone is trying to tell her something, maybe even threaten her. Her obsession returns in full force, and she won't rest until she uncovers the mystery behind Avril's murder.

With a brutal, faceless killer walking freely on the streets of Freetown, everyone's instinct is to run and hide. Seventeen-year-old Cassidy Meyer's instincts however, immediately urge her to run toward the direction of danger in an attempt to unmask the killer's identity, thereby satisfying her life-long obsession for crime-solving. Her obsession with the case starts to create a wedge between her and her loved ones, and it starts to put everyone's life in danger. The only way to salvage her friendship and save everyone's life is to finish what she started; to find the killer before he can claim another life. #8 in Mystery/Thriller. (Highest ranking so far.)