Ashley Everson had cheated death, but not on his own. After a miraculous recovery, he discovers he's not alone in his body anymore. Something lurks, whispering in his ear a language he can't understand, inviting a chasm of reality he didn't even know existed, inverting his life as he knows it. Is it responsible for his survival? Or is it just using him to hide from something much worse? What does the entity even want? What does it mean to his own mortality? Where did the entity even come from? Ash decides to find out before something much worse hunts down whatever is hiding inside of him. **Awarded 1st place in the Paranormal category for the Cleaved Awards 2019.** **Highest Ranked. Number 3 in Mystery. Number 2 in Thriller.** #bookiestars #EliteAwards2019 #diademawards #tea2020

Xavier had always been drawn to trouble, he lived it and breathed it from the moment he was born. He always felt like he was fighting to survive, fighting against life itself. As if he it was a mistake he was alive at all. Jason, his best friend, was the complete opposite. Life felt smooth, like coasting down a slow river. For Jason, life was so monotone it seemed like he didn't exist. He'd do anything just to feel like his existence mattered. The two completed each other: Xavier felt at peace with Jason and Jason felt alive with Xavier. But how long could it last when their hostile home, aptly dubbed a concrete jungle, constantly clawed at their existence, trying to swallow them whole? In jungles, there's only one rule: fight violence with violence. But is that the only way to survive?

Helen Newman had beaten hundreds of other candidates, and signed dozens of NDAs for the chance to work here. Now, finally, she takes her first step into the basement of the government building. In her wildest dreams, she never thought she would be assigned to help a merman overcome his fear of deep water. However, she sees a much bigger plot at work enacted by his keepers, one that goes far beyond just the surface.