|| ✨ 2022 WATTYS WINNER ✨ || || x8 FEATURED || Kill the monsters. Claim the bounty. Escape to Alaska. ------------ Ten years ago, an event known as The Turning upset the balance of Earth's ecosystems. Demons emerged from the depths of Hell, dragging along with them obscure creatures from old myths and legends. In the midst of all this chaos, eighteen-year-old Raine Barlow makes a living by hunting monsters. No price is too high, no monster is too deadly. Her goal is simple: to make enough money to escape to Alaska -- where her parents are rumored to be held. And Raine just might be able to do it: the mayor of Eureka has agreed to pay her $10,000 to escort his young daughter to the City of Dust -- a former metropolis surrounded by walls and secrets. Armed with poison-tipped crossbow bolts, her own brand of small magic, and an aging battle-elk named Winston, Raine and her charge must trek across the dust-covered and desolate stretches of a California highway, all the while trying to avoid the monsters and demons who are trying to take over the world. Cover created by @Shreya_VA

This story revolves around a boy named Link. Xadia is the land this story is set in. The land is split mostly between the Knights of the Castles and the Archers of the Forests. The rest of the land belongs to bandits, rogues and other strange people. He is an archer and has been living with his Father for a part of his childhood. His father trained him every hour of every day. Taught him everything about combat and archery. He turned Link into a fighting veteran at a very young age. His father taught him all he knows about being an archer, but certain events occurred which caused him to leave his father as a child and end up in the company of the Knights under the rule of King Arthur. The majority of his life has been in the home of the Knights. Link is now 17 years old and living comfortably in the castle of King Arthur along with his best friend Alaan. He starts having strange dreams about a certain type of stone or rock and it would not leave him alone. He would always wake up every night with the same dream and he could not take it anymore. He sets out to find this stone he has been dreaming about and from there, the story starts... Feel free to read the book if your interested... It is quite interesting and full of twists and shocks. Contains violence (strong at times)! Please read this story, I'm begging you!

Luna, a 16 year old girl lives a lonely life spent on the internet and texting friends. Some friends are from reality but others are from the internet. Luna believes the internet is completely safe considering her online friends are close to her and as it's a easier way to get in contact with her real life friends and talk to then anytime. She believes technology is safe and cozy but when an unknown number text her, she figures out the internet may not be as safe as it seems and maybe texting strangers wasn't as safe as she always thought.