Christine doesn't like people. She lives alone, has a pet cockroach to defend herself with, and has her route home timed specifically so she doesn't have to talk to people. All this changes however when she is stolen from her dorm room and forced to play host to a vampire named Damien. Christine has never met anyone crueler in her life, and worse, he wants to drink her blood. Can Christine escape before its too late? Or will she be forced to live as a vampire slave forever? Find out in Diary of a Non-Conformist Vampire Victim!

Kayla Ryans tries to maintain control in all aspects of her life and avoids relationships at all costs. When she signs up for a Co-ed Summer Beach Volleyball League the last thing she expects is to befriend Jake Mitchells. On the surface they seem to be complete opposites. The whole town thinks they know Jake, but maybe he has more secrets than anyone. Can a girl with trust issues team up with a guy like that to win the prize money they both so desperately need? What is Jake hiding? Why does Kayla have trust issues? Why do they need this prize money so badly? Can the past ever truly stay in the past? You think they'll fall in love and everything will be just easy and wonderful right? Hah as if it is ever that easy. It's an unlikely duo so who knows what could happen.

Book One in the MAFIA Series Charlotte meets Luca when everything in her life is starting to come together. She is a confident young artist who just opened an art studio in the center of New York City. When he saves her from an attack one night, everything that she thought she knew quickly changes. She knows he's dangerous, but can't seem to stay away from the dark and mysterious man. He's intriguing and handsome, and may hold the key to a past Charlotte never even knew she had. Luca was looking for a cover business to run his weapons through when he stumbled into Charlotte's gallery one night. He never intended to fall for the dark haired beauty, but he soon finds himself powerless against her. He always believed woman were liabilities in the lives of Mafia Dons but her dark eyes and fiery personality may change his feelings forever. Can they weather the storm or will Charlotte end up being another causality in Luca's mafia world? Book contains strong language and mature themes. This series is posted as a draft and is unedited/revised. Cover designed by Ashley Bandy

Rhea Myerson has been in love with her childhood friend since she was in grade school. It should be easy to track him down and confess but a small obstacle stands in her way. He's an international pop-star, adored by millions. Tegan Collins has never had much luck with love but things change when a tv cameraman captures her attention. As her heart grows fond of him, a mischievous stranger pulls its strings in the other direction. a.m.morning ****This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of my imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living, dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.**** ~Please do not copy or plagiarize~ ENJOY!

You can't just change the past! Can you? Quinn just suffered yet another breakup with yet another stupid and selfish guy. So once someone at school creates a dating app for people like her, she jumps at the opportunity to sign up and start looking for her soulmate. But what happens when she gets matched with the person she least expected? And what about when her old friendship with him is rekindled? Prompt 66 for the Open Novella Contest

"The Raven" tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". Cover by @Lujayna

There's nothing you're forced to trust more than your own mind. You're dependent on it, it stores the memories that make up your world. But what if it could be stolen from you? Aspen's world is growing, from the boundaries of her country farm to the edges of the city. Her first year of university. It's supposed to be full of independence and new beginnings, and Aspen's is filled with new friends and the prospect of romance. Until she finds out her best friends are killing people. A YA thriller swimming with mystery, romance, and a seething danger that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Highest rank: #10 in Mystery/Thriller Cover by @supernovass © 2016 AUTHERAS, All rights reserved

Imagine if your life turned into a game! You could see the power levels of people and your life became a series of quests. That is what happens to Ravi Sharma. His Superpower is called "The Gamer". Ravi is a King but he doesn't know it. There are 9 other people just like him that have their own superpowers. All of them fighting for a 'gift' sent from the heavens. Ravi has to level up and fast, if he has any hopes of staying alive in the battle that is about to take place; 'The Battle Of The Ten Kings'. He has to remember that every great gamer was once a 'N00b'... *Warning - This story is not based on the webtoon/manhwa 'The Gamer'. It is an original story. The characters are different, the plot is different. Not a fan fiction.

Imagine the second you're born, a consultant removes you from your mother's grasp and runs a battery of genetic and physiological tests on you. Thirty minutes later they give you a score out of one hundred which denotes your level of perfection. If your score is above eighty and you work hard to maintain that score you will have a charmed life; well fed, well-rewarded, spoiled. But fall below eighty and you're labelled Flawed, and life will not be so kind. Hannah is adopted by a Flawed family when her birth parents choose their social standing over their daughter and endures a life of struggle, hunger and service. One day Hannah is escorted to the regional government office and told that the Consultant who delivered her, who labelled her Flawed got it wrong! Now, she is being relocated back to her birth parents, to live as one of the Ninety-Five- all medically and legally judged as perfect. Entering this new life Hannah has an impossible decision to make which puts not only hers, but the lives of everyone she cares about at great risk. "The Numbered- where no one wants to be number one". Authors notes: -This is a first draft of my story and will be edited soon. -2013 Began writing Flawed -2015 Watty Winner/ Named changed to The Numbered -2016 Completed The Numbered -2019 Optioned by eOne for development into a TV show.

Ain't we drowning but still floating in our complexities of love and hatred, happiness and sorrow & life and the journey. Short stories and poetry about true living i.e living through an ache and coming out of it. Want to meet my words in versatile meanings, Come on in! #5 Rank 17th & 25th Aug 2015- Best Coexistence of Pain,love and life in words and verses!! The subtle aches of living, We walk over and again through time. The assuring ache of happiness, Cornering in one's eyes. The callous ache of betrayal, Scratching through layers of insecurity. The grim hurt and hatred, With the chaos of love's insanity. The sorrow of being a strange soul With tears of loneliness. 9# rank 5th August 2015 8# rank 7th & 13th August 2015 6# 19th and 20th Aug BEST- #5 RANK 17th & 25th AUGUST 2015