THE AMBY AWARDS 2022 WINNER (Best Series) Book One (Book Three of the trilogy is on the WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST) Wattpad featured story. The Adept Pen 21 finalist. Samara, a young woman from London, visits Bran Castle in Romania during a Halloween night. Somehow, she's always felt drawn to the story of Vlad the Impaler, the historical character who allegedly inspired the writer, Bram Stoker, to write his Count Dracula. Annoyed by her noisy friends, she strolls behind her group when they enter the castle and thus gets approached by their tall dark and handsome guide. Samara can't fight the attraction she feels for him, even after he claims to be Vlad Dracul himself, obviously making fun of her...or? At the end of the tour, unable to resist her curiosity, she follows the guide through a dark corridor and time travels to another time, a late medieval world populated by very unusual vampires, where she had once belonged. The mysterious guide turns out to be her husband, none less than Vlad III, the Prince of Wallachia, the Impaler... Dracula. Samara's memories start to trickle back slowly, both good and bad. The man she loves so much that she feels overcome by her feelings for him is not exactly as he was when she left him before, when she... died. A lot of things have changed in her absence, in six hundred years. But she is changed too, having grown up in the 21st century this time around, she is not quite the same girl as when she lived in Vlad's castle, in the late medievals. Will the great love they feel for each other despite their long separation be strong enough to overcome all their differences? Will Samara and Vlad accept each other as they are now and fight for their love? Will they defend it in the dangerous world they live in, full of people, or better vampires, who would rather see them apart? In this place where nothing and no one is what they really seem to be at first sight? Cover: @WakeWriteWrath

WRITTEN BY SOFIA VITORATOS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TITLE: MARY TRIGAS COVER CHOICE: MARY TRIGAS [PUBLISHING] 🛑 #Featured in Wattpad Stories Undiscovered List - @StoriesUndiscovered 🏆 #3rd Place in Short Story The Coffee & Cake Awards 2019 (Halloween Edition) 🏆 #Winner in (Judger's Choice) in General Fiction in Acheron Awards 🏆 #3rd Place in Winners Undiscovered Gems in Autumn Awards 🏆 #2nd Place in General Fiction in The Eclipse Awards 2020 🏆 #2nd Place in General Fiction in The Ocean Pearl Awards 🏆 #3rd Place in General Fiction in The Hera Awards Contest A talented musician, Vince Cooper, started his career relying on fame and money, hoping that these are real happiness. A blind girl, Lavinia, will prove to him with her life and her choices that he's wrong. As a social worker, she will become his spiritual light, while he will be her carnal light. "If you cannot be a pencil that will write a man's happiness, then be the eraser that will put out his misery." "Judge the work of the artist, but do not judge him through his work." "Wickedness, which when it finds you unsuspecting, you are amazed." "If you don't know who you are, you don't know where you're going. Life is a can, bro. You eat the content, you throw away the package." ***ΝΟΝΕ OF THE PICTURES (ACTORS, VIEWS ETC) IN THE STORY BELONG TO ME*** All rights reserved. Any form of piracy towards the novel is illegal. No part of this book can be reproduced or modified in any form, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system.

Darkness is creeping in from the edges of the empire. A threat that has been all but lost to history is rising again. Cassia Auralius is the first female Heir of the Empire of Metus to not abdicate her right to the throne. Behind her is a line of warrior-kings and sacred laws. Before her is an uncertain future painted in blood. Opposed by her father and challenged by her brothers, Cassia must first prove herself worthy of the throne gifted by the gods. Ancient trials--trials she must not fail--will test her strength, both of her mind and her heart. The first trial--three long travel years cut off from her family and her own nobility--will soon begin. If Cassia can survive, she will be one step closer to her throne. A throne that will soon be under a threat she could never have imagined. Cassia will need allies, both common and strange to defeat this threat. If she fails in this, she will lose not only her throne, but her empire. Amazing cover by @StormRidden Copyright © 2019

Like all living things, this book is a WIP. As of today though, it's only the developing genesis of the initial onset of the very beginning of the start of a WIP. I'm working on a much more beguiling, intriguing, and utterly irresistible blurb that will completely convince you how much you want to read these stories, hint deliciously at what they are ultimately about (when I understand that more myself), and clearly explicate the title (when I figure out how to cover that topic briefly). For now, you get a purple intro to match the purple cover. If you happen to be here reading anyway - even without the fantastically succinct and enticing blurb - thank you. I know your time is valuable. I strive to be worth your while. This book is my very first publication on Wattpad (or anywhere else for that matter), so... Yay me? Don't let that deter you - Criticism is my favorite breakfast cereal and Feedback my go-to energy snack. Though inspired by countless events, conversations, readings and meetings, the ideas, words and graphics herein (unless otherwise noted) fell out of my head, through my fingers and into the ethersphere. They belong to me - as much as such things can belong to anyone. Please do not steal them (though I'd confess to being immensely flattered if I thought you wanted to). Most importantly, if you didn't catch it on the cover, the stories here are FLASH FICTION - which you know means SHORT. REALLY SHORT. SHORTER THAN SHORT. You can read one in 5 minutes or less. But a lot can happen in five minutes.

Soap is supposed to be harmless, but when a pet ferret dies after eating some, a group of friends has doubts. When the ferret suddenly comes back from the dead and attacks them, they have an entirely new set of problems on their hands. *** People always figured the apocalypse would come someday, but no one imagined it'd begin with a tainted batch of soap and a ferret. Not only do Jayson and Taylor have to fight off the suddenly-rabid animal, but things go from bad to worse when two of their friends find themselves trapped at work, staring down a gauntlet of ravenous "Soapies" looking for their next living meal. Staying in the city isn't an option, and they know they have to regroup in order to escape to safety. The trip seems impossible with thousands of mindless Soapies in the way, so they have to find allies and outrun enemies while looking out for each other in this apocalyptic tale of friendship and survival. Book One in the Zombie Soap Series 🌟WATTYS 2020 WINNER🌟 "Polished, intriguing, this captivating zombie story really lets you connect with the characters, and the storytelling is quite engaging - we enjoyed this a lot!" -The Wattys- -Cover by Azanthiel- ©2019 **NOT recommended for readers under 17** Content warning: This story contains mature sexual content and violence, including themes of racism and past sexual assault.

Many runners might tell this tale: after the outnumbered Greeks beat the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, Pheidippides sped from the battlefield to Athens with news of the victory. He died from exhaustion after running over 40 km just to shout "Nike! Nike! Nenikikamen!" That's modern mythology for you, a parcel of truth wound in slim threads of fact -- but it validates commemorating this event with long-distance races and pricey shoes. A few ancient historians might share a different story: some other guy *maybe* did the Marathon run. In the days before the battle's conclusion, when Greek defeat seemed certain, Pheidippides actually ran almost 12 times that distance in only 4 days. He ran 245 km from Athens to Sparta in under 2 days (think 3 modern marathons a day); asked the Spartans for help in the battle; and took a nap. After 150 more miles, a chat with Pan, and a couple more days he arrived back in Athens with news that the Spartans would regrettably be delayed (per their laws) until the full moon. That information guided the Greek strategy and enabled the victory - which some argue steered the course of human events ever after.... Remarkably, he did not die from the effort. I don't know why that seems important to me now, but it does. And I don't know what exactly it has to do with this project except this: the writer/editor Jon Winokur tweeted recently, "You can't control your legacy; it is determined by who survives. All you can control is the work. Make the best thing you know how. The world will do with it what it will." Make the best thing you know how. And in the end we'll say along with some anonymous, long-dead and long-forgotten Greek messenger, "Victory! Victory! Rejoice, we conquer!" The following are my entries for the Short Story Contests @WattpadShortStory for Sep -Dec 2019, aka The Reading List Marathon. They likely have nothing to do with Greek mythology, but you never know. cover art: Panathenaic amphora, 480-460 BCE

Series of articles and observations on pop-culture and society told from an unusual perspective. I lived the celebrity lifestyle myself (as an MTV VJ), but threw in the towel in 2001 and buggered off to the jungles of Belize, where I still live with my lovely husband and our two (homeschooled) kids.

It took barely over a month for the epidemic to spread across the globe. Contrary to belief, the world didn't end with a bang and neither did it go quietly. No. It ended one scream at a time. A little more than a year has passed since the outbreak swept over the planet and annihilated a good portion of the living. Perri was one of the lucky ones who managed to evacuate with the military escorted buses in those early days of the spread. But, that luck didn't last. After one too many tragedies, she had decided to finally leave the, so called, "safe zone". With her main objective being the search for her best friend, she finds more than she bargained for. Her blood is death. Her blood is virulent. Her blood is life. Salvation is hers to give.

Kay lands a job at Fantasy Land INC, where she's looking after mythical creatures. The most magical of all? Serena, a Princess Kay accidentally falls in love with. ***** Kay Oritz has lost her job, her boyfriend and her apartment. Looking for work, and moving in with her best friend, Kay has to take the first job she can find: working for Fantasy Land INC. The company is pretty secretive, and Kay finds out why on her first day. She's caring for magical animals kept in the basement of the building! Forced to dodge dragons, malicious pixies, and other supernatural beings, Kay struggles with the day-to-day challenges until she encounters a maximum security prisoner. Serena, a Princess, listens to Kay and the two begin to form a bond. But Serena wants to escape, and Kay is the only one who can set her free. Can Kay trust her feelings, release the Princess and find an epic partner in life? Or is the Princess just manipulating her so she can get her revenge?

[Completed] A U.S. expatriate is cast into a rainy, foggy corner of Europe. He went there on the pretense to work on his research, but he actually wanted to put as many miles as possible between himself and his ex. The university he works for has found an apartment for him. It's in a house inhabited by a set of strange characters. The mess begins with a broken egg. And it continues with his neighbor being murdered. A story somewhere between general fiction, mystery, gossip, romance, and humor. Book of the Month (June 2017) over at Wattpad's official @AdultFiction profile. First place in Mystery/Thrillers and second overall in the Iron Lace awards over at @ElisabethTepes profile. First place in Mystery/Thrillers in the Blank Sheets Contest over at @Blank_Sheets . First place under Mystery in the New Beginnings Writer Awards 2019 (Tagged as #adultfiction not for mature content--there's no real mature stuff here--but for sporting some characters that are thirty and older)