"As we all carried on, there was the sound of footsteps entering the restaurant. Finally, a customer I thought to myself. It had already been an hour of the day and no one new had come in, and as much as I love the company I had, it was a bit boring. As we all looked up to greet the customer, we realised this person really was new. I had never seen him before, and I knew practically everyone around here, even if I just knew the face. This face though... Was different." ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• When you think you have life figured out prematurely, it's a no brainier that trying to play God ain't gonna work. So when everything comes tumbling down onto you, you have to have a positive outlook - and of course - keeping your humour and curiosity is the key. But what about when someone decides they have everything figured out for you? And this 'someone' isn't one of your sarcasm fuelled friends. Fate vs. Common Sense. The war to end all wars. Being swept away by a Prince Charming has its fair share of advantages, alongside a few cons of course... So what happens when you're swept away by a Charming Ringmaster instead? ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Copyright All Rights Reserved © by Danielle Clarke 2021

For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...

Now a digital pilot for SYFY The Society knows when we're going to die. They imprint it on our arms at birth. I was supposed to die yesterday. I'm the girl who's Expired. Winner of the 2020 Readers Choice Awards Cover by @Forcade

Marsh is a mage detective on the verge of losing his powers. His world is a rough mix of something like the Dresden files with cyberwear, elves, trolls, computers, and artificial intelligence. A beautiful woman visits Marsh with a case, and his assistant forces him to take the case. Problem is, Marsh has alcoholic blackouts. He can't remember the details of the case, or for that matter, the name of the person involved. All he knows is a dragon is attacking him, he's wanted by the police, and ... well, you get the idea. This case will either get him killed or be the turning point in his "career" as a mage detective.

***Wattys 2020 Winner*** Rex Fletcher is caught up in a desperate race to unravel one of the most ancient mysteries of the world. ***** Rex and his motley group of friends travel across Europe trying to stay one step ahead of a megalomaniac that wants nothing more than to reshape history in his image. Can Rex connect the clues, save an old friend's life, and track down a historic relic in time? Or will he be forced to watch as the power of the gods falls into the wrong hands? Author's note: This is a sample. If you are interested in the full novel, you can find it on Amazon in paperback and ebook.

Seti, a humble civil servant at the Office of Information, is selected for an important mission to retrieve a cluster of 'fallen stars' with very special, and very secret, properties. But why has he -- ambitionless and without influence as he is -- been chosen? And just who wants these particular stars at all costs? As Seti becomes more and more involved in the machinations of shadowy figures, he realises he has his own personal mission to fulfil, and it has nothing to do with the one he was selected for. Distantly Falling Stars is punk genre thriller set in ancient Egypt following the 2019 Open Novella II prompt #2. (Wicked Meteors) Cover by FlavoredWolf ⭐️ Placed 2nd in the 2nd round of the ONC. ⭐️ Grand winner of the ONC 2019 ⭐️ 2nd place in The Historical Award 2019 (Historical Fiction profile)

1600 BC: a catastrophic volcanic eruption devastates the Aegean Sea and puts an end to the Minoan civilization... giving rise to the myth of Atlantis. 2022 AD: off the coast of Santorini the US vessel Destiny finds a mysterious metal ring... The symbols on its surface resemble those on the Phaistos Disk. Professor Lionhill and his former archaeology student Lara Mellini find the right sequence of symbols to activate the ring, which turns to be a time portal leading to Ancient Rome. Lara and a US marine, Fernández, are sent through the portal back in time. Their mission doesn't go as planned, but they manage to come back to the year 2022. Unexpected, and unwanted, a Roman legionary follows them through the portal, and is now loose on the streets of Rome... From the shores of Greece to the heart of Rome, a frantic race through space and time to prevent HISTORY from CHANGING forever...

In a dystopian world of religious oppression, a group of renegades face the wrath of the Church as they embark on an epic voyage of discovery.

A star-faring religious cult has created an army of robotic zealots designed to follow holy scripture. As the robotic menace spreads across the galaxy, it takes prisoners to be 'excommunicated': hooked into a neural simulation of eternal torment. Captain Rolland Barron leads the Sol Federation Starship Excalibur on a diplomatic mission. Cassia LaCroix is a wormhole hunter, earning a living scouring the galaxy for valuable tunnels through space-time. Prince Zoojin, a psychic alien from a distant galaxy, must prove himself worthy of the throne of Paxis Prime. The paths of these characters converge as they pursue their own motives, leading them towards the mechanical legion that is sweeping across the galaxy. COVER BY: rentachi AUTHOR'S NOTE: this is an early draft of the novel. I am very grateful for your readership and your feedback, which I have taken into consideration for a major rewrite. The new novel is completely different. If you liked the book, then please look forward to the release of the finished novel.

The largest collection of two and one sentence horror stories on watt pad. Cover by @wordgirlalways