A melancholic tale about losing one's self on the cusp of a betrayal

*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.

COMPLETED (but editing) Let's talk illegal. When you think of the word illegal, you probably think Theft, Rape, Murder, But have you ever thought of street fighting? CarlyAnne Spears, or Midnight as some know her, is a nerd. She gets bullied but also gets straight A's. Her family is wealthy and Carly happens to be spoiled sick. Not that she wants to be, she hates being rich. That's where street fighting comes in. Zander Barns, or The Bar as some know him, is the bad boy of the school. Every boy wants to be him and every girl wants to date him. He uses girls like tissues, once used, they get thrown away. He owns the don't give a fuck attitude. But there is more to him than people know and to hide that side of him, he street fights. What happens when they meet? How do they meet? What extreme measures will Carly go to hide her secret? And what will Zander do to keep his personal life personal? It all goes down in Nerd By Day, Street Fighter By Night. Caution- I wrote this in 7th grade and am now editing. Read at your own risk.

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Kevin Jones is the person you want to stay away from by all means. He will use you, then throw you out like a dog. He will make you feel, then break you into pieces. He is the perfect example of a monster without feelings. A monster that will never let anyone in. Mariah Evans is not so different. Hunted by her tragic past, she learned to never trust people, not even herself. The only thing that makes her feel is running. The only thing she can't run away from is him. Follow the story of two people who somehow, don't even believe in love. People would call it fate, but these two are forced to live together, under the same roof, with their extreme differences. Will their journey lead to love or destruction? Highest Rankings: {#1 IN ROMANCE} {#1 IN MAFIA} {#1 IN ARRANGEDMARRIAGE} {#1 IN JEALOUSY} {#1 IN SECRETS} {#1 IN RICH} {#1 IN ARROGANT} {#3 in love} {#3 in hate} {#4 in badboy} {#8 in billionaire} *In the process of editing*

SIREN is a novel about six people from around the world selected by the UN to investigate a strange musical transmission emanating from Neptune's orbit. They're given a spaceship with cutting edge technology, placed into an induced coma, and expected to report back in three years time. But when the awakened crew arrives at the origin of the transmission, their electronics malfunction and they're driven through the Kuiper Belt. With their engines ruined, oxygen supplies dwindling and one of the team members suffering from hypoxia, time is of the essence for the troubled squad. Their situation grows ever more tense when Tommy Fletcher discovers three alien ships watching their every move. Tommy Fletcher, the protagonist of SIREN, is the resident linguistics expert who over-thinks, second-guesses and has a habit of biting his nails. He may be in his late twenties, but Tommy's ceaseless trepidation makes the rest of the hardened crew feel like he's fragile and witless. Will the chaotic events happening around Tommy break his brittle will, or can he shed his hesitant demeanour and become a hero?

"What happened to your eye?" He asks, I totally forgot. There's a little bruise next to my eye from when my mom got home last night. "Oh uhh...uhhh I-I fe-fell," I stutter. "You fell? How'd you fall?" He asks. "Well it's none your business," I say, he smirks. "Awww stutter girl can talk," He says, oh my gosh. I did talk without stuttering...that's the first. :://:://:://:://:://:://:://:://:://:://::/:://:://:://:://:://:://:://: Thalia Williams, a ordinary senior. She is abused at home. But too young and scared to leave. At school she's sweet, caring, a nerd, and of course she's bullied. But when Noah Parker, a gang leader, moves in the small town and goes to her school. Everything changes. #3 In Teen Fiction January 5, 2018