When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets. ***** Natalie Driscoll is dead. She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

*Standalone prequel to Swallow* Owen Munson has a sinister hobby. He tends to daydream about cutting up his classmates. Try as he might, he can't lock the urges away. When he seeks help from an unorthodox source, those urges that should have been closed off are actually set free. Now he's killing against his will and he's extremely good at it. He can't tell and he fears he may never be caught. Morgana Feare is obsessive and compulsive. Two very handy traits for a new detective who's eager to show her worth...but also dangerous traits if gone unchecked. After a case leads her to an unlikely place, she starts to do strange things. Her obsessiveness and compulsiveness takes over. She starts taking anything she wants causing dire consequences for the previous owners.

"you know, this actually quite fun. it's like we're on a road trip." "yeah, a road trip with an $8.4m worth guy who i kidnapped and held at gun point, and with whom im currently trying to run away with from the damn police and fbi." he mutters sarcastically, "mhm, exactly my type of fun." ©SHARMILA / nectaerine february 2017 - march 2018