A psychiatrist once told Stella Montgomery that perception is reality. That same psychiatrist told her many other things, too. Those weren't important. What was important colored her reality: psychosis. One simple word. It colored many years of her life, until she finally got it under control. The shadows, that harbored things best left alone, grew smaller. They stopped moving. Fantastical creatures, found in small sunbeams and hidden pockets withdrew into their world. Her world had a lot less color without them. Yet, despite the years of fractured reality, she survived. Stella achieved her goals and continued to work towards new ones. She was thirty. She was alive. Then one woman walked into her life, dropped life changing news in her lap, and walked away. Once more, Stella has one chance. And the stakes have never been higher. Runner up in the general fiction category in the Earnesty Writing Awards 2019. Cover by w_nnie! And my thanks to them.

"Today, however can change things for better or worse. The outcome depends on you." When a marriage fails, the residue trickles down to everyone in the family. Sixteen-year-old Daya Nicole Johnston must fight to understand what is happening in her life. The revelations about her father surprise her, her brother is becoming distant, her mother is a shell of her former self, and her best friend will not talk to her. To complicate things further, she finds herself caught in a love triangle that pulls at her heart. These events turn her life on its head. How will she cope? And what will she do to combat this? Book 1 in the One Week Older series *Completed October 25, 2019* *Revised July 2024* Cover by comicstvr

Veronica Shayth is the talented yet eccentric CEO of Sydius Entertainment. She is only interested in getting what she wants no matter which route she takes. When her top star gets into a drug scandal, she must do everything to keep her company afloat. Due to her circumstances, Veronica hires a mysterious man, one she deems rude and below her, as her secretary. He turns her world upside down, showing her sides of herself that she never knew existed. What happens when Veronica and her secretary uncover a secret that could threaten their very lives? How will Veronica react when she realizes that the world is not always under her control. And will she be able to focus only on work or will her alluring secretary direct her attention elsewhere? | Featured on StoriesUndiscovered| The cover was created by the talented @UpsideDownAnne

The Institute for Cetacean Advancement quietly controls Earth, harnessing the intelligence of captive whales and dolphins to solve human problems. Dr. James Morris is their leading bioengineer. His best friend is Coda-9994, the genius and potty-mouthed hybrid sperm whale destined to be sent off to the ocean planet Ouroboros. With humans having rendered Earth's ocean uninhabitable, the ICA insists it's the only way to find a new homeworld to serve mankind's needs. But Coda doesn't want to go. He grows angrier at Jim with each passing day for doing nothing. Desperate to redeem himself in Coda's eyes, Jim finds himself tangled in a conspiracy to bring the ICA to its knees. But how willing is he to get his hands dirty? How far will they go to break humanity's cycle of self-destruction? Based on the short story that took first place in National Geographic's "Planet or Plastic" contest. *Contains some foul language.* ______ Dream Awards - 1st place Sci-fi Majestic Awards - 1st place Sci-fi

Dawn Augustin moves back to her hometown of Verina, Oregon after seven years to learn that something dark has unfolded in the once quiet, peaceful town. Just outside its borders, beyond the vast forested surroundings, confined and isolated within, lies a city deserted in ruins. Known as "Death City," the townspeople are said to enter the forest, drawn to it, and are never seen again. As Dawn attempts to live normally as a high school student while navigating this frightening new reality, she meets a mysterious and handsome young man by the name of Rain. She soon begins to fall in love with this charming boy, but is shocked to discover that he lives in Death City. Despite falling deeply in love with Rain, Dawn is determined to uncover the secrets he is keeping from her. In the midst of the ongoing disappearances and her own personal struggles, Dawn joins a school club to free herself from these strange events. Unbeknownst to Dawn, this club is no ordinary one and it just may be directly related to the mystery surrounding Rain and Death City... - - - Cover by annie1loves1you. © 2020 Tokyo_Blood

Gemma Maxey spent the majority of her life as an outcast, trying to keep her powers hidden from the mortal world. But in a violent turn of events that leaves her heartbroken, she has her old life swept away when she is recruited to the Mangiatorvi University for the Gifted in a secret world called Oasi. Under the dual mentorship of the crown prince and a gifted fighter with intimacy issues, she somehow manages to earn their loyalty among their training sessions. But can Gemma trust anyone again when her heart is still in pieces? As tensions rise and the threat of civil war hangs heavily in this new world that Gemma has begun to love, she must decide whose side she is on when she proves to be more powerful than anyone else had first thought. With Gemma struggling to navigate this new world, the chance of normalcy and friendship must be traded for survival as more than just her life is put at stake. Blurb courtesy of @catlegis Cover art @somestarstuff

| HIGHEST - #1 in Cruise | "You could have anyone." I avert my gaze to the floor. His emerald green eyes sparkle as they catch a hint of the flashing casino lights. "Yeah...but I want you." ________________________________________________ Jade's an outcast who doesn't let herself depend on anyone or lets anyone depend on her. Her rough reality is flipped upside down when she loses her dad and her new foster parents bring her on a month-long cruise. Abruptly, she finds herself stuck on a ship where no one understands her - except for the one guy who you wouldn't expect to get her, but does. Noah Grey is known as the popular, star basketball player in his hometown - but he has dark secrets he can't tell anyone. When he runs into the skater girl that has no interest in making friends, what begins as a feud becomes an intense attraction when they come to realize that they're not so different after all... ** - This story is written from both Jade and Noah's perspective. It shifts perspective each chapter. - Don't skip the first two chapters! The first two chapters may seem a bit slow for people who want to get straight to the romance, but it contains important details about who the characters are and also sets up how the two main characters meet. - This is also a coming of age story. It's just as much about pain, self-discovery, and healing as it is about the highs and lows of falling in love. - The characters and their situations are much more complex than just "bad-girl/good-boy" - There is some raunchy and explicit dialogue ;) - I update regularly! - Please feel free to share ideas and tips on where I can improve! **

❈ Watty's 2019 Fantasy Winner ❈ 'I'll take pride over power and guts over greed'. The five nations of Schamaria have been in conflict for many years now. With a war breaking out and the continent being divided into two sides, irreversible damage and stigmas on the earth and the people are inevitable. But when a royal heirloom -- which happens to contain the secret to gaining magical and elemental abilities -- is stolen from the Seyali Palace, the raging flame of the battle is only fueled. A gang leader, a thief, a magic manipulator, a spy, a traitor to the crown; they know nothing about each other, yet they must come together to find the Kingfisher before everyone else. When dark secrets and unseen connections are revealed, when greed lays its golden claws on the adventurers' hearts, and when it all becomes a game of power and deception, will they be able to reach their goal? Five strangers. Five motives. One target. ⸻ Long chapters ahead! Word count ⇢ 117,363

rank : #4 in risk " I want my colours to bloom and only he can help me find my inner butterfly, sorry"..... Amila had a perfect, ordinary life. Her life was everything others dreamed of having, but not Amila. Instead, Amila felt trapped. She was trapped in her seemingly perfect life. She wanted more than plain ordinary cliches. She wanted a place to find her wings and room to let them soar. Despite all this, she was still stuck, until a special someone came by to give her a push. Follow ordinary Amila as she lets her colors shine through and finds her inner butterfly. Will she find someone to help her figure her self out... Will she find her butterfly and let out colour for the first time or stay plain and green like a Caterpillar.... Will it be her sisters ex or some else that will help her ;) Lets see how her life turns upside-down . Find out more about her and see as her colours are finally let out like a butterfly his butterfly....... started on 22 June 2019 incomplete

Magic is real ok? Too bad all the witches, wizards, and magic creatures are in the shadows now after the war. Humanity prevailed, you should be happy. But that's not the case for Colin who is trying to put his life back together while recovering from a rare autoimmune disorder, Guillian-Barre Syndrome. That's about to change though as he is pulled into the wacky world of magic by a young powerful witch who's tired of hiding. The only problem is nobody really likes witches in this day and age, the only ones that are left are hunted down and eliminated by the heroic Spectral Investigators. Clad in armor and heaps of gadgets, these guys are not who you want to pick a fight with. Well, now Colin's in the middle of it all as he tries to grapple with his condition and his new found "friend".