At Willard's department store, none of the night security guards survive for long, and eighteen-year-old Daniel Gale is about to discover why. "At the heart of it, Night Shift is a haunting love story. It is equal parts moving and chilling, which is what makes it so excellent." - Carmen Ho @ HQ ***** Tired of living out of his backpack, Daniel ignores the rumors about the old building being haunted and accepts the latest vacated position of night guard at Willard's department store. As his life becomes more entwined with Willard's, Daniel senses unnatural changes and bizarre coincidences. Soon he begins to suspect Willard's is hiding something more sinister than gossip about ghosts - something that could make him the next casualty of the night shift. Now available as Paperback and Kindle! https://a.co/d/fy7RuHF

He extends his hand and I'd be lying if I said I only hesitated a bit to shake it. When I finally did, my hand was enveloped by his, except it wasn't warm and inviting, instead cold and rough. It sent a shiver down my spine. "Name's Demetri," he smirked, his almost black eyes glistened, "But you can call me Death."

"My name is Adalia Kritant, and I can see, feel and communicate with ghosts." Adalia has lived her life with a curse: the ability to see and hear the dead. It has caused her to miss out on the joys of life. Friendship, happiness and love have eluded her, but she is destined for her own unique journey. It changes the day she meets a ghost like none other. Nolan is almost alive in the way he walks, talks and reacts with the world around him. This mysterious specter shows her the joys of the living and the dead. The bond that results is steadyfast and can span beyond death, but Nolan has another mission. He has come to find closure for himself and his family, by discovering the identity of his murderer. Adalia will be drawn into a web of secrets and betrayal, a puzzle that will include her own broken family. Using her curse, and the knowledge of her guide, Adalia unravels the truth, and discovers a new world linked to her power and her destiny. (Completed)

It’s the Easter holidays and Little Red’s school friends have all gone on holiday to Florida without her. Bored, she decides to go and visit her grandmother – and along the way she meets a sinister stranger. But all is not what it seems in this fantastically dark and witty modern take on the classic fairy tale . . .

"I think something might have happened to me Saturday night. Something bad." Private Investigator Dani Ripper's client list is nuttier than the Looney Tunes conga line, but she diligently solves one crazy case after another, waiting for a game-changer. Enter Riley Freeman, 17-year-old honor student. Saturday afternoon Riley quietly placed a little strawberry sticker on her private area and pretended it was a tattoo. She didn't tell anyone about it. That night she went to a slumber party that featured drinking and boys. Riley fell asleep, woke up the next day with no reason to think anything happened... ...Until Monday, at school, when a classmate called her Strawberry. Coincidence or crime? Dani agrees to investigate. And the roller coaster ride begins.

❝I thought you were a lesbian?❞ ❝I thought so too.❞ ••• in which a girl grew up thinking she was a lesbian until she discovered that instead of falling for a girl she fell for a guy cover girl: lydia graham

[ O N G O I N G ] "They are blondes. They are bound to be bitches. Right? " - Previously known as "Pretty Faces". - Status: Raw Draft

My love for you shall live forever, you, however did not. -Lemony Snicket Love brings pain. missing you series #1 Completed 9/11/15 Short Story #776 8/15/16

excerpts from books i'll never write advice & nonsensical blurbs realizations & regrets heartbreak & pain thoughts & fears hopes & dreams shorts & stories forever ongoing, so long as our minds do not stop imagining and inventing and we do not stop living. #1 Poetry 8/19/16 read my new poetry collection: clouds.

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