In the kingdom of Highfire, you can pack an entire house into one suitcase, grow a vegetable in a second, and have an intriguing conversation with a tree that is four times your size. If you are Aurelie Dranoir, the chosen heir to the Highfire throne, you might not find all these things as appealing as they sound.

World War II is underway. Germans drop their bombs on the streets of London. Emmeline is charged with being strong for her Daddy and to take care of her Maman and her little sister Madeline, as they make their way to Bannerscombe Manor, an old familial estate that was purchased after a mysterious price drop. The sun shines brighter than London here. And birds chirp louder. And the forest comes alive with colour and sound. And there is so much house to explore, so many nooks and crannies to be delved into. There is so much to see. Like the little skeletons that line the basement beneath the walls. Like the portraits that change when nobody is looking. Like the series of dreams that haunt Emmeline since her first night in Bannerscombe. Like the Great Old Ones, patiently waiting, watching, baiting and yearning for fresh blood. Madeline's blood. +++ Illustrated by @NeverCatchMe Amazing cover by @hxrmonize-

Ooh, where did that thing jump off to this time? Makes me wish I'd never invented them! Aha! Come look! This one stays on the pages long enough for you to catch a glimpse... *Just a little short story I wrote a couple years ago.*

TNT Horror Contest - Top 100 Finalist !!! Hope you enjoy this short story about a young boy who discovers bad things in the night. Here's an excerpt: "I was only nine when Momma let a devil move in. Not the Devil, but a devil... a demon. Not that there's much difference to a nine year old. Now don't get me wrong, she didn't do it a purpose on account she didn't know he was a devil. But then, she was a grown up and everyone knows grown ups can't tell about these here things."

Luna's father once told her that all the living in life was done between breaths. That there was a pause, a moment of choice, a second where you could either hold your breath or take your next. After her dad disappeared, Luna assumed that he'd chosen to hold his breath and never take another. When Luna learns that her dad might still be alive, she sets out on a reckless journey into a world that she never knew existed. A world between breaths. Copyright © 2015 - raindrops_on_roses627. All Rights Reserved. The beautiful cover you see above was made by the fantasic, amazing, and generally totally spectacular @Toobigofadreamer

Florida Forest Service duty officer Ray Lumley is in love with a white fringetree. Not an I-read-Walden-in-high-school love; a sweaty, sappy, I-want-to-rub-against-you-'til-I-get-splinters love. It's awkward. So, he's relieved to learn that he's really hot for Trivia, the dreadlocked, radical environmentalist nymph who lives inside the tree. Better yet, she wants to share an eternity of Arcadian delights with him. But first she has to kill the man she holds responsible for a spate of forest fires--Ray's boss, a mid-level bureaucrat (and soccer dad) who she insists is the King of the Woods. -- King of the Woods, or Trivial Pursuit retells the myth of rex Nemorensis as an urban fantasy. Updates every Tuesday.

Love and revenge don't end with death. Exiled for her mother's sins, Suzume lives in a remote mountain shrine training to become a priestess. She would give anything to return to her old life at the emperor's palace. When she accidently awakens a sleeping dragon posing as the mountain god, she thinks he is the answer to all her problems. But she gets more than she bargained for when she unleashes the Dragon, Kaito. He has been sealed away for five hundred years and now he is hungry for revenge. The woman who trapped him may be dead, but he will settle for her reincarnation and he chooses Suzume to join him on his quest for vengeance. What he doesn't realize is Suzume is that priestess reborn. Now she must find a way to seal the dragon once more before he learns the truth. ***This is a draft version of the now published The Priestess and the Dragon. The published version has added scenes and content. To purchase the revised version please follow the links on my profile.*** ~~~~~~~A DRAFT VERSION OF BOOK 2 IS NOW BEING SERIALIZED ON WATTPAD~~~~~~~~~~

A sudden emergence of individuals with extraordinary abilities provides a convenient focus for the world's negativity. Blame, even if it is undeserved, is continually piled upon those uniquely gifted by nature. Some revere them, celebrate them as the dawning of a new age where the world bends to man's will, yet much of humanity has rejected them as outcasts, freaks. In the midst of this, one man rises to lead his kin. A nation is formed, an effort at creating a utopia for the feared and hated, but their new-found legitimacy and sovereignty is no bulwark against the prejudice that has only heightened. With the power of a nation founded on the basis of its people's exceptional power behind him, this man seeks to make a play for a position of power for his people.