He's a fucking bastard. She's a mindless whore. He's a fucking coward. They're damned to hell. He's a cheating asshole. She's a lying bitch. They each have separate lives, and none of them wish to even glance in the others' direction. They each struggle with different, fucked up messes within their own homes, but none of them realize the suffering behind the eyes of the people they see everyday. People can put on a mask and act like everything's fine, but sometimes... "No! Everything isn't fine!" ...that mask breaks. All they want is a safe place to get away... A place where they can express themselves without being judged. Just one place they can call... Safe Haven.

Brody, Kyle, Harper, and Skye are just about ready to go into 9th grade at Riverdale Junior High School...but when Kyle wants to do something fun a few weeks before school starts, how do his friends react...and will they ever escape what they call "The Ghost of the South Gym?" Find out in this amazing short story written by me and KittyRushichan!

"I know about things I shouldn't... and all because this world is a dark place. This is the dark world. You might wanna get used to it." After World War IV, monsters appeared. No one knew what they were, or where they came from. Fight or flight kicked in. Humans chose to fight. In response, the monsters did the same. In the year 2466, Maximus Shackles, an Ervine in high school near Zimbabwe, Africa, is forced to go to the United States, where there are no fences or laws to keep him from being killed by humans. As he and his best friend, Rohn Ashford, explore the region they are forced to live in, they stumble across two unlikely allies: Lionblaze Blayze and Sawyer Brock. As these four embark on a journey to survive, they find something much bigger than their own lives: A family. While this family grows and the world starts to come back to order, new enemies and trials threaten to tear them apart. After all: nothing can ever stay the same for long. || TRIGGER WARNINGS || This book includes: Self-Harm, Suicide, Attempted Suicide, Adult Language, Sexual Innuendos, Mature Scenes, Disorders (Dyslexia, PTSD, ADHD, etc.), Child Abuse, Child Abandonment, Bullying, Homophobic/LGBTQ+ Characters, Murder, Kidnapping, Torture (Lab Testing, Pain Tolerance, etc.), Alcohol, Alcoholics, Teen Pregnancy, Miscarriages, Child Death, Illegal Drug Use, Rape, Divorce, Christian Beliefs (God, angels, Lucifer, demons, Heaven, Hell, etc.), War, Fighting for Equal Rights, Gore, Alzheimer's Disease, and Character Deaths (Major and Minor through different way such as: Child Birth, Sickness (e.g. Cancer), Wounded, Grief, etc.). || OTHER NOTES || I've put in images of different scenes throughout the book, some of which are fanart. If you would like to draw fanart to be put in the book, send me a PM of which scene and I'll be happy to put it in once you get finished with the image, crediting you. Do not steal the art posted in this book. This isn't the actual book, just the first draft.

"We all make mistakes, but what counts is how you fix them." World War IV has done a number on countries around the world, but none as disastrous as the United States. So, when eighteen year old Max Shackles and his friend, Rohn Ashford, are forced to leave their hometown and into the worst part of the world, they struggle to make it by as memories of their pasts and who they once were haunt them throughout their journey. As Max and Rohn face trials of keeping their secrets hidden, they find out the world is much more dangerous as mercenaries and kingdoms throughout the country hunt them and their new friends for something they can't control. As their family grows, a bigger threat arises as secrets begin leaking out. "We all have rough pasts, but it doesn't matter. There's something much bigger than any one of us can handle, and it has to be stopped if we wanna survive." || TRIGGER WARNINGS || This series includes: Self-Harm, Suicide, Attempted Suicide, Adult Language, Sexual Innuendos, Mature Scenes, Disorders (Dyslexia, PTSD, ADHD, etc.), Child Abuse, Child Abandonment, Bullying, Homophobic/LGBTQ+ Characters, Murder, Kidnapping, Torture (Lab Testing, Pain Tolerance, etc.), Alcohol, Alcoholics, Teen Pregnancy, Miscarriages, Child Death, Illegal Drug Use, Rape, Divorce, Christian Beliefs (God, angels, Lucifer, demons, Heaven, Hell, etc.), War, Fighting for Equal Rights, Gore, Alzheimer's Disease, Deaf and Blind Characters, Colorblind Characters, Characters with Vitiligo, and Character Deaths (Major and Minor through different way such as: Child Birth, Sickness (e.g. Cancer), Wounded, Grief, etc.). || OTHER NOTES || I've put in images of different scenes throughout the book, some of which are fanart. If you would like to draw fanart to be put in the book, send me a PM of which scene and I'll be happy to put it in once you get finished with the image, crediting you. Do not steal the art posted in this book.