"Before the time of kings and queens, Before ordinance came to dwell, The gods built a kingdom by the river: Great Enid, standing strong and well." Mina Blackwell is alone, etching out a half-life by performing in the streets and paying dues. Life has spared little kindness, and in the face of greedy collectors and fe...
The line started moving and I could feel myself growing extremely anxious. Everyone was watching, everyone would see. "Name?" The doctor asked me. My heart was racing, "Lia Deliz." "Put your arm in the machine," she instructed and I slowly inserted my right arm. Please don't do this. Please don't work. My worst nightm...
She was born with the power to control the universe at her fingertips. An immortal deity carved from the stars, she spent centuries watching over the werewolf domain and granting their divine prayers. However, she doesn't remember any of her past life. Because her name is Maddy Aster, a full-blooded, painfully average...
"Who was your first kiss?" Ares asked very seriously and my face started reddening. "I. . . haven't been kissed. Yet." I looked away as I didn't have the courage to meet his eyes and admit this. "Why not?" Why was he asking me this? "You obviously know why. I'm average, I'm just a normal girl." I was interrupted by an...
- WATTYS LONGLISTED 2018 - "As a child I was never scared of the dark or of the monsters that lurked under my bed. From a young age I have known exactly what wanders the streets at night; what preys on the ignorant. I know of the evil that plagues this world; wishing to destroy it. But there are also people who fight...
[wattys 2018 shortlisted] Humans see her as a dangerous threat -a witch that must be executed. With the uncontrollable ability to form ice at her fingertips, Ravenna is forced into hiding amongst the humans, stealing to survive. That is, until she hears of an ancient dragon with the ability to breathe ice instead of f...
[Wattys2018 Longlist] 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE meets THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. When a woman washes up on a Pacific island with no memory of who she is, she helps the island's only other inhabitant to defend against a hostile alien, but contradictions in the man's story make her question the reality of her perceptions. TOP...
/ complete / Life hasn't always been kind to East Winters, but for the most part, she's finally made peace with the incident three years ago that tore her family apart. The same can't be said for Edgecliff; half the town still won't look East in the eye, and the latest wave of petty crimes isn't helping. Two fires and...