Dr. Shayna Wells is a tenured professor of anthropology, specializing in American lore and legend, who regularly consults with FBI Agent Sean Bryce on the odd case-load he handles. A current case involves a serial killer profiled as a "beast", one who inflicts grisly trauma on their victims; teeth marks, flesh and limbs torn apart, and worst of all, cannibalism. This brings her back around to a formative life-altering traumatic event. She believes the same killer who murdered her boyfriend, when she was a teen is currently on a killing spree, in and around her hometown. Can she navigate the memories she left behind in her old hometown? ...A town full of magical secrets, agendas, desires, and complications? Can she and Special Agent Bryce solve this case before this monster finishes what they started?

Being a single mother is one thing, but being a single mother in the dating pool is another. Victoria has blocked herself off from any form of a relationship for the past six years when her heart was ripped out her chest. Now she finds herself trying to get back on track after spending Friday nights having a date with Ben&Jerry. The only few problems are tying to find a man who doesn't mind a seven year old running around, who also qualify as marriage material, along with managing in putting up with her weird and quirky ways.

Miguel and his friends are just weeks away from graduating high school. Everyone is looking forward to graduation parties, summer break, and the start of college; but not Miguel. Miguel is undocumented and the President has just initiated the largest immigration crackdown in US history. Now he must navigate a world in which his very existence is treated with hostility by the country that he calls home.

The world has been overrun by monsters. Governments have toppled, nations have fallen. Desperation has ushered in a new world order. Welcome to The Bright Waste where violence is cheap and salvation is in short supply. Where survivors are brutal and compassion is a rare commodity. Akiva is a scavenger for The Mothers. Her job is to scour the bones of the old world for any vestige of value, and to stay alive. That's the hardest part when the monsters have other plans. Her only hope is to stay in the light, glorious and burning bright. Editor's Pick List: June 2020

Lafayette "Fate" Robinson is a rejected guide just trying to live out her exile in quiet solitude. She's got everything she could ever want: a house, a dog, and miles of land all to herself. All she has to do is wait until she's out of her prime, and then she'll never have to worry about rogue sentinels again. Her carefully laid plans come tumbling down when she wakes up one chilly morning in a bond to one of the world's most powerful alpha sentinels, Jack Hammond . With the eyes of the world upon them, they agree to a one-year commitment. Can he convince her that life is better with a sentinel by her side? Or will Fate follow a different path? A Sentinel and Guide story

The Inmates Mate Ebony Lowery is a newly graduate nurse whose first job is at Michigan Reformatory Prison Facility. She works at the prison's trauma center. Where she is consistently around dangerous criminals who are stabbed or have mental episodes all day. Raul is an inmate in the same prison, overwhelmingly frustrated since he was inside of the four walls and not out in the real world looking for his mate. Until he suddenly realizes she works at the prison. Ebony has no idea as to why a certain inmate is suddenly obsessed with her and calls her his mate. She is scared of him either way and wants little to no interactions with him. Raul just can't accept that, not when Ebony is exactly what he has ever wanted and dreamed of for a mate.

"Call me an assh*le all you want. It won't stop me from making you the best doctor you can be." . . . . . Naomi Reece's life was complicated long before starting her residency. As a woman of color at the beginning of her medical career, she has enough to overcome without people discovering her invisible illnesses. When her path crosses that of a pretentious and self-proclaimed "damaged" attending, Milo Corbin, complicated takes on a whole new meaning. While caring for a young patient named Grace, Naomi and Milo find out they have more in common than previously thought. As they attempt to save Grace's life, they start to realize it is Grace who may save them both. . . . . . Trigger warnings: The story revolves around serious illnesses and contains mature content including language, sexual situations, and other difficult themes. Intended for mature audiences only. ©2020 E.M. Wilson, All Rights Reserved

THIS STORY IS CURRENTLY BEING EDITED. . . MIND YOURSELF. Nathanial King moved to Savoie, Louisiana to deal with his broken heart. He needed closure. With all the resources at his feet, he knew that building the pol-dunk town into something respectable would be easier than breathing. In and out no big deal...than he saw her across the way and decided right than and there that he would lay roots and build something with her. Convinced that he dreamed her up, the CEO of King Industries set out to claim what is right fully his. {interracial romance with black woman, white man} This story will be told through Nathanial King's point of view. WARNING THIS STORY INVOLVES ADULT SITUATIONS. [Savoie, Louisiana is a fictional town in Northern Louisiana.]

When Tania Roberts' father passes, she is left with the responsibility of renting out the land that's been in their family for the past 76 years. On her trip from Texas to Arkansas, her car breaks down in one of the worst places- Boone County. Known as the center for white supremacist activity, it's imperative that she make it out of the county before dark. ... Flint Littlefield has lived in Boone county for his entire life. Raised by racists parents, he soon became tired of their ways and ran away at 16. Landing a job as a farmhand on the Driscoll property allowed him to survive on his own. At 29, he now owns the 56 acre property after promising the dying couple he'd take care of the land. ... Will Flint be able to help Tania? What happens when the town finds out about the newcomer? -SHORT STORY-