The Earth is dying, yet humanity survives. Pollution and radiation run rampant on the surface. The government rations food and clean air for everyone. The glass domes provide some sense of security, but they are only for the rich who can afford the astronomical price of providing precious clean air to a whole city. Nym and her family live outside the dome when the disease breaks out. Spreading through the Minor City Shelter and then to Shelter's around other cities, nothing seems capable of stopping it. People are going mad and dying off like flies. There's no cure they can find. They only know one thing. Their last precious resource is going to be the death of them. [ Open Novella Contest Shortlist | ONC Ambassador's Pick ] #TheCosmicAwards2019

What happens when you experience something that brings into question all you know about the world in which you live? Something that eats away at the already-frayed notions many of us have about what is true and what is not true? About what is possible and what is impossible? For Alice Caitlyn (Kate Johnson what was), the past year already had delivered a healthy dose of body blows. One would have thought a chance encounter with a handsome schoolmate from years gone by would have augured well for things to come. But when was Fate ever so easy or so generous? This is a story about the world in which we live and how we come to know it and to understand it. It's a story about chance and circumstance, one that might even be a little funny. (But let's not get too carried away on that note.) Most important, it's a story about friendship and love, those two states the absence of which make life and its vagaries scarce worth pondering.

British urban fantasy with a twist - Everybody knows about the existence of the supernatural. That doesn't mean coexistence is easy however. Bradford, West Yorkshire in the decaying post-industrial heartlands of Northern England. Nathan Hale works as a junior investigator at a firm of psychics, which he is the first to admit is nowhere near as exciting as it sounds. Most of the time at least. Needing to pay for urgent repairs to his car, Nathan is working late when he meets James Sinclair. Working as an unofficial liaison between the werewolf community and various legal bodies, James needs help to find a young werewolf, student at Bradford University, who has disappeared. After agreeing to take the case, Nathan soon realises that there is something far more serious going on that a simple teenage runaway. With the official authorities disinterested and the number of those who've disappeared increasing, Nathan, James and Razia Khan, an outreach worker for a local charity, find they are on a race against time to stop a tragedy from occurring. One that could have far reaching consequences for the supernatural community as a whole. Urban fantasy. Very slow burn romance subplot. Present day UK setting with the twist people know about psychics and werewolves. Best rating * #89 in Urban Fantasy*

Priya, that's my name, and I'm an inmate at this wretched place. An oasis of fun your people call it. A prison of cages it's known to mine. I'm not sure what else one would call a human zoo run by humans, though, inhumane is a good place to start. But I guess that's why you came into my world, Jax, to tell us what qualifies as a human to the real world, your world. The one outside of these walls caging us in. Well, we welcome you to our home, son of zoo tycoon owner. Please don't forget though as animals we do bite. ----------------------------- If you want, take a listen to the playlist I listen to while I write! The link is below: https://open.spotify.com/user/1253577533/playlist/75wRpDy0DQY9LD45vz4Gjs CAGED - THE HUMAN ZOO by K.J. ROCAZELLA Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved.

SOON TO BE PUBLISHED BY W BY WATTPAD BOOKS! Grace wants to prove herself by making the men's hockey team at her new school. Will a rivalry with the captain - or an attraction between them - get in the way? ***** When Grace Gillman moves to California, she's determined to play hockey -- even if that means making a place for herself on her new school's only team. But Sebastian Evans doesn't want a girl on the men's team, even if she's a great player. He's convinced she'll distract the other boys and cost them their shot at the championship - and with it, his only chance at a scholarship to his dream college. But despite his icy attitude towards her, he can't help but feel a connection building between them - which quickly gets complicated when he learns she has eyes for someone else. Will they remain rivals on the rink, or will things heat up between them? [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

|| WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST || Some people just want to be left alone. Even the best plans have blow-back, consequences no one ever saw coming. A year after the events of 'Murray Hill' finds Sam Babington, Tommy Haas, and Camille Thomas struggling to manage the unexpected consequences of taking a stand against the government. Resistance never is easy.

|| Sometimes in Space Things Disappear || Nadja Bikram traveled to the distant and alien world of Skiathos to work one problem, a puzzle that had vexed her for seven years. But on reaching the savage desert world, she found the planetary survey team she was to join in disarray and its leader missing. It was up to her to take command and to sort things out, but she swiftly discovered the harsh and brutal planet held a hidden danger, one so lethal and dreadful that it threatened them all. Nadja would need to use her every wit and to risk her life and the lives of those around her to find out what it was. But would she find the answer before it was too late? 2018 Wattys Shortlist || Magic Awards 1st Place in Science Fiction

* 2017 WATTY WINNER!* Blurb: Humans are at the top of the food chain and always have been. But what if they weren't? What if another took our place and decided to raise and exploit us as we have every other animal on earth? Welcome to a world after humanity... No one is exactly certain where the sibla came from. Some say they evolved from humans long ago, slowly taking power as their numbers increased. Taller, stronger, and longer-lived, than homo sapiens it isn't too hard to imagine. Now humans must face a reality in which they are no more than animals, domesticated beasts bred for their master's various needs and hungers. Rachel Turner is only eight years old. Born in Demin, one of the last remaining free human settlements on earth, she has never been forced to face the reality of life under a sibla Master, living a carefree existence in her hidden village. Magnus Kendrick is a sibla farmer with a sizable estate on which he raises all manner of livestock, from chickens, to sheep, to...humans. He is also the man destined to purchase Rachel's life. *Warning: This book contains a certain degree of gore and disturbing themes Beautiful cover by @my_fairytale 2016 Fright Fest Gold Winner Cryptic's Choice 2017 WATTY Winner ( Story Smiths category) *All Rights Reserved

Spencer King vows his life to Chicago's Southside gang with hopes of escaping a shattered life, but when he meets Adrienne Jackson, a girl new to the city and the niece of the police chief, she threatens everything he's worked hard for- his rank in the gang, his relationship with his brothers, and control over his morality. ***** When Spencer King vows his life to Chicago's Southside gang, he doesn't know-or-care that the new leader has a secret vendetta. Southside is Spencer's family. His only hope to escape a shattered life. What does a little crime matter if it keeps his new family together? Then, he meets Adrienne Jackson, a girl new to the city and the niece of the police chief, and she is about to threaten everything he's worked hard for-his rank in the gang, his relationship with his Southside brothers, and his control over his emotions. Adrienne has her own dark secrets that she is hiding from the world so when she is pulled into Spencer's dangerous life, she isn't afraid- she's seen evil before. After some time, Adrienne realizes Spencer is losing himself to the gang, and suddenly their love could be his only saving grace. Unfortunately, it may be too late. Warning: The following content contains violence, the making and selling of illicit drugs, and criminal activity. There are also scenes with sexual tones. If you are sensitive to any of these, I would proceed with caution. Cover by The Lovely @LazyBrew Copyright © 2017 Taylor Hallon

❈ Watty's 2019 Fantasy Winner ❈ 'I'll take pride over power and guts over greed'. The five nations of Schamaria have been in conflict for many years now. With a war breaking out and the continent being divided into two sides, irreversible damage and stigmas on the earth and the people are inevitable. But when a royal heirloom -- which happens to contain the secret to gaining magical and elemental abilities -- is stolen from the Seyali Palace, the raging flame of the battle is only fueled. A gang leader, a thief, a magic manipulator, a spy, a traitor to the crown; they know nothing about each other, yet they must come together to find the Kingfisher before everyone else. When dark secrets and unseen connections are revealed, when greed lays its golden claws on the adventurers' hearts, and when it all becomes a game of power and deception, will they be able to reach their goal? Five strangers. Five motives. One target. ⸻ Long chapters ahead! Word count ⇢ 117,363