When two rival actors are forced to charade as an "It Couple", will their make-believe romance turn into reality? ***** Co-stars Jada and Tristan's lives collide when Tristan's careless ways with women bring drama to the set of their new film. His scandals blow up the internet and in a desperate attempt to save face with the tabloids and salvage his image, Tristan asks Jada to become his temporary girlfriend. Reluctantly, Jada agrees as Tristan and his manager, Doug, promise they will get her prominent acting roles if she goes along with the façade. What they didn't expect was that their fake romantic roles would begin to feel too real - but the true problem is, neither one of them wants to yell cut. [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]]

Who do you trust more to drive you to a destination? Who do you trust more to defend your civil liberties on the field of combat? Man or machine? That is the question that dominates the current landscape of technological innovation. Tony Stark seeks to empower mankind by developing cutting edge products designed to protect human life through advanced armour systems and non-lethal weaponry, as well as defending its interests as the Invincible Iron Man. However, he promptly finds himself at odds with mechanical engineer Jo Kimble, who is determined to replace people in dangerous situations with next-generation robotic drones, so that human life needn't be put at risk so constantly. With the shadow of something sinister looming over their corporate competition, they'll find out that the worst isn't one or the other, but both.

Look 'bad luck' up in the dictionary. Go on. We'll wait. See there? That picture of an awkward college student tripping over his own feet? That's Peter Parker. He's majoring in chemical engineering, and by some stroke of (you guessed it) bad luck, the only elective available that works with his timetable is literature. Peter HATES literature, but there's a girl in his class that makes it bearable. Not that he'd ever get the courage to talk to her. Especially not with his role as Spider-Man filling up his days, and a new hero (Protonslaught) cutting in on his turf. It seems like nothing can go right for our friendly neighbourhood college student. -------- Amazing cover by EndlessHeights