||EDITING|| This compelling, yet meaningful coming-of-age story is brought to life by an eighteen-year-old college student, Hazel Anne (with an 'e') Summers, the girl orphan who's lost everything entirely-including her will to live. Hazel could not remember the last time she had a decent sleep. Her childhood was far more abnormal than most, and her dreams always remind her of that. They haunt her past, present, and her hopes of a future. Hazel loses touch with reality, and certain circumstances change her life for the better. Until it all comes crashing down revealing an invisible void from her past that she can no longer escape from, alone. Hazel is on a recovery journey to unearth her inner beauty and self-worth. Hazel is discovering new beginnings and a side to herself that she did not realize was still there. But Hazel eventually has to realize that; In reality, pain takes time to heal and grow... ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~ Authors Note ~ {{Trigger Warnings}} {{Child Abuse}} {{Neglect}} {{Mental Illness}} {{Mild Mature Language}} ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ #Completed Book Cover edited and designed by yours truly.

Since the age of 11, Devin was forced to be the protector of his family. With no parents or real home, Darius, his younger brother and Dahlia, his older sister, survived day to day on the street. In a city like Berlington, shoplifting was a must and survival was a daily struggle. Devin and Darius, are left seemingly hopeless when their sister is taken by an unknown adversary. They have to fight, steal and possibly kill just to find her. Devin, being the protector of his siblings, will need to do whatever it takes to keep the only family he has left safe.

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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.