What is grief if not love persisting. When leaves fall is A poetry book exploring the pain of loss, mystery of death and beauty of life.

"Astrology describes the basic, fundamental energetic patterns that inform our approach to life. But astrology says absolutely nothing about our degree of awareness, how conscious we are, or in other words, our level of psycho spiritual development. Astrology tells us what we have packed in our bags for our evolutionary journey, but not how much progress we have made along the way. That's why people born at the same time - like twins - can often be so very different. It also helps to explain why some people seem to be tossed around by fate, while others have a greater degree of control. So the key to living out the best expression of our energies is to bring as much awareness and compassion to them as possible" - Armand M. Diaz Aly Wolfe, a striving Cancer, had everything she could've dreamed of. A job in the ER, an amazing boyfriend, and admittance into a graduate program at U-Penn. However, when "just another case" comes rolling into the ER and it happens to be her murdered boyfriend, things start to turn upside down. Spencer Bloome, a creative Pisces, struggles to find a muse for the final piece of her Master's degree - a novel to kickstart her writing career. Her whole life is thrown for a surprise when she comes across an obituary that sparks her interest in a local murder case. With the help of Aly Wolfe - the victim's former girlfriend - Spencer has no trouble turning pages in a book Aly knows nothing about. However, when the two girls find themselves in over their heads trying to expose the serial killer killing the rest of the zodiac signs, finishing their degrees isn't the only thing they have to worry about when their lives are on the line.

Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]