A hot subverted Faustian take on the One that Got Away.

While Sean and his wolves encounter major growing pains in their relationship, Sean is plagued by visions he can't quite control. What's worse? He still hasn't helped Trevor. Could a member of their own coven have the answers Sean and Trevor need? Or are his intentions far more sinister? ***** A talking cat for a bestie and two werewolf boyfriends sounds like the makings of a fairy tale. But for Sean Brooks, the last four months have been far from a dream. Sean's fast-approaching birthday is only compounding his concerns over what the future holds for Trevor, while Nate and Kaiden grapple with pack politics and the mounting tension between the two of them. To make matters worse, the wealthiest member of Sean's coven, Tobias Beaumont, seems to be fostering an unhealthy interest in both him and the Gibson pack. If Sean can't figure out who he can really trust, and reign in his own magic, the tangled threads of his 'happily ever after' could be torn apart completely. (Book Two in the Wolf & Witch Series) **Series also available on YONDER!** Content warning: This story contains mature sexual content, light alcohol/drug use, and violence. Cover designed by Stefanie Saw

Not everyone has a mate, and this is the reality of Alek Kuznetsov. On his eighteenth birthday instead of feeling the pull and yearning for a mate, Alek's spirit felt dead. Confusion and depression drove him out of his Siberian wolf clan to seek something to fill the void. Now thirty-five and a seasoned traveler, Alek finds himself stranded when the lowlands of Alberta are being cleared for the building of industrial warehouses. He decides to seek help in the nearest pack settlement in Peace River. As he pleads for help Alek locks eyes with the most beautiful man he has ever seen. Ahote is someone else's mate. Ahote was just twenty-four, and Ahote had a son and a place in his clan. There was no way Alek could get him to love a foreign rogue like himself, but would it hurt to try?

Naylan, an Alpha by birth, has always dreamed of running a pack of his own. Born into the busy city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where city wolves run in small groups, and disregard communal living, Naylan had to pursue his dreams elsewhere - Toronto, a busier city, but with large enough outskirts to set up camp. Hacking away at his ambition hadn't given Naylan enough time to think about other things like his potential mate, until Mavis, a half-bred coyote wolf living off the grid with his grandfather stumbled into his life.

Olivia and her mom left California over two years ago. Olivia was, and still kind of is, a mess. She took off without a word to her four best friends and has ignored them ever since. She couldn't speak to them and not tell them the truth. The truth about why she left and the truth about how she feels about them. She spiraled after they left. When they reach the breaking point, and Olivia is kicked out of school, her mom has decided that a job opportunity is just the right excuse to take Olivia back to the city they left behind and hopefully surround her with her old friends. Her mom wants that, but Olivia just wants to stay away from her old life. She left without a word for a reason and she is determined to keep those secrets hidden from her old friends, no matter how much they want to help her, and even if it means hurting them more in the process.

Barring global societal collapse, an anthology of competition entries for 2019's Smackdown should be growing here. Each story is based on a set of prompts by @LayethTheSmackDown Tuck in for a serving of space, tragedy, and possibly robots.