What happens when the princess finds her champion--but he has better things to do? When Lidah, princess of Napesh, follows the advice of an oracle and seeks a champion to rescue her country, she is acting out of desperation and hope. But Galen, the champion she finds, isn't eager to leave a comfortable life and her hope seems in vain. And indeed, so it might have been had Lidah not been abducted and carried off to the underworld, and had Galen not discovered too late that his heart was not in accord with his head. But seeking a woman who is no longer in this world leads him down strange paths with stranger companions. And Lidah finds it's sometimes up to the princess to be the champion.

C41 was taught to fight and never trust anyone but a select few. But in order to leave prison, he might have to work with those who can break him. ***** Inmate C41 is the youngest registered "feral" shapeshifter -- someone unable to control his animal urges and aggressions. When he turns eighteen he is transferred to the Adult Feral Rehabilitation Center in Scotland, where he meets a mysterious American government agent who endlessly probes him with questions. C41 does the only thing he thinks will help him survive - he lies. And that starts a chain of events that will either end in a prison break or a life of torture. Content and/or Trigger Warning: sex and violence. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

Following a rash of unexplained adolescent deaths, a new pattern emerges. Human consciousness is slowly being weaponized and underneath the skin of pop-culture, a war for control is being fought. This anonymous, terrifying collection of notes covers human evolution, online gaming culture, psychic murder, and the pre-apocalypse. You are being controlled.