A billion-dollar clone, bought and raised as an extremely dangerous weapon, strikes out against those who manufacture and harvest clones for spare parts. ***** Duplicates are used for one thing: spare parts. Kept in Emulation Facilities, brain-dead and hooked to machines, duplicates never open their eyes. As a transplant nurse, Evette Ashford knows this better than anyone -- until a living, breathing duplicate shatters her life. Merely knowing he exists drags Evette into a deep, dark world of manipulation, danger, and control. Evette knows he just wants to find himself, but the corporation that created him are furious he's broken their control. So Evette must decide who to trust: the monster who forced her into this chaos or the monster who created him. [[IC Universe People's Choice]] [[1st Place, Writers' Olympics Dystopian Award]] [[1st Place, Oscar Sci-fi Award]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story is rated PG-13 for violence, language, and sexual content. This story will become free on January 31st!

🏆Wattys 2019 Winner for Mystery & Thriller🏆 Sister Mary has lost her way, or so people think. Kicked out of her convent and sent away to be reformed, this jolly nun discovers her gift of glee is perfect for solving murders and the occasional naughty peek. ________________________________________ Merry Sister Mary is the world's most happy-go-lucky nun, and where the nuns are concerned, possibly the worst. She has none of the qualities reserved for a traditional lady of the cloth: a fear of water, an odd relationship with an umbrella, and no talent in teaching or nursing, yet Sister Mary believes she has a special God given power, laughter. Such a belief has led her to be kicked out of her convent in Chicago for accidentally flashing a group of churchgoers and deemed in desperate need of reform. She is sent on a bus to a stricter convent in New Orleans, Louisiana, but in a drama fueled twist, God has different plans for the joyous nun. She is to solve a murder. After missing the bus Sister Mary is forced to seek refuge with a Catholic family in the small town of St. Francisville. A horrific murder occurs sending the town into a frenzy of bittersweet joy. The person killed has long been despised and so named the Stanton Witch for the mystery surrounding her husband's death and the decades of misfortune since her arrival. In an effort to expose the truth, Sister Mary finds herself in the middle of one family's terrible and insidious secret. As the bodies pile up she uses her gift of glee to uncover the clues missed by the police and hopefully stop the killer from claiming another innocent victim. Her goal-- prove to the world once and for all that one does not need to be traditional to make a difference. Comedy ■ Mystery ■ Thriller [COMPLETED] Copyright © Jules Haigler No parts of this book may be distributed, copied, or sold on any media without permission of the author. All names, places, and themes are a work of fiction.

When Adrienne's app TMI is a resounding success, she can't wait to reveal the dirty secrets of the glamorous "it" crowd of her prestigious school, but soon, lines begin to blur and she might find herself being the one who falls. *** Adrienne's plans have come to fruition. Her app, TMI, has taken Petraka Academy by storm, with its promise to reveal and confirm the juiciest gossip. It is also endorsed by the shiny "it" crowd who can't wait to ridicule the fallen. But they have no clue that Adrienne is coming for them, ready to push them off their pedestals one by one. Because she knows something no one else would believe. She knows that top-of-the-food chain Rosie Geld killed Audrey Hart. And once the truth hits TMI, everyone will know, and the guilty will finally pay. [[Watty Award winner in Mystery/Thriller]] Content warning: This story contains themes of bullying, sexual assault, eating disorders, drug use, abuse, violence and suicide. *** Cover designed by Holly Thurston

(Written for the Wattzombie's Zombie 101 Masterclass) Penny hates babysitting. She also hates flesh eating zombies. Somehow, she gets stuck trying to manage both. She doesn't know how to raise a baby or take care of an eleven year-old, but she's got to make due in the harsh land of the living dead. She and her group of survivors have lasted rather well for six months...until one of their own unexpectedly changes sides. With his living memories still floating around in his dead brain, and his keen fresh zombie senses, the group is in double trouble. Gore, terror, and suspension! Don't pass up this zombie horror/thriller.

As zombies rise, an abused woman is forced to make a change in her life. Norma Deckard is a good wife. She does what she's told. She tries her best to never step out of line with her overbearing husband, Baron. He sets the rules and she follows them. That's how it's been for years. But then dead people begin to wake up. Norma's small little world is changing and suddenly she's never felt more trapped. She will have to face many fears and Baron Deckard is just one of them.

A Time To Pray: A collection of short stories created to terrify and make you think. "Nothing is more scary then reality without hope." Excerpts: "She's too far gone now. Just a ghost repeating the same movements over and over again. Just one more step she says to herself. Out loud or in her head. She doesn't know. Just one more step she says as the snow whips itself against her unprotected body. Just one more step she says as she fades away." --Just One More "I think I'm the last one. The last human. The last one that remembers. Remembers before they came. Before the swarm. "--The Swarm "I stare after her. A ghost of her fills my vision. I see her. Every day I see her. But she never sees me." --Waiting "If only I could move! If only I could move then I could run. Run far away. "-- Run

A homewrecker. A succubus. Those are some of the things they call Hayden before she dies. They are jealous of her beauty. They are envious of her luxurious life. They hate her for stealing their boyfriends. It all leads to her death. A situation turns deadly between Hayden and her former best friend. Other students watch everything unfold on a live feed and nobody does anything to stop it. Whether out of fear or enjoyment, they chose not to lift a finger to dial for help. When Hayden goes to sleep forever, something else awakens. Something corrupted. It's out for blood, and it won't stop until they pay.

A teenage girl, Janis, and her older brother, Salem, must do whatever it takes to protect their sick parents during the rising zombie apocalypse. However, keeping their condition a secret and maintaining their appetite just might be too much for Jan to handle...