❝ beware of those who enter the forest. ❞ They are creatures that born from the sublime and haunt those who wrongs them. It was the written rule the Nascherein was built upon, but to Leon Kiesinger, it was much greater than the imperial soldiers could hold. Sheltered away from the war and its decaying matter, he finds himself unable to avoid death, his haunting dreams told him to follow it, to see where it would lead him to. But it comes with a price, something that calls for a ghost among trees. © arden reni 2017 ― Featured as 'Hot Off the Press' | 04.18.18 ― Wattys Longlist | 08.31.18

BORN A HERO, DIE A HERO © 2017 mars

TIME DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU © 2018 mars

❝ THE LAW AIN'T NEVER BEEN A FRIEND OF MINE. ❞ in the year 1864, twenty-four-year-old american outlaw jesse jordan gets caught and hanged, but his story doesn't end there. he ends up in hell, but he manages to slip through the devil's fingers. he snags a completely new body along with one of hell's treasures - an intricately carved, delicate golden ring that stops any supernatural creature from locating him with ease. but hell doesn't let its sinners go so easily. a demon is sent to get him, to catch him and return him to hell where he will face eternal torment. to make it as hard for them as possible, jordan hides himself away in the smallest, most out of the way town in america he could possibly find - graymore, california. There, he meets his ex-boyfriend casey hawkes and lives in graymore for a while in relative peace - until things begin to happen. animals are found dead, drained of their blood and organs. houses are found burned down in the mornings, but no one remembers smelling any smoke. a little girl disappears. jordan must find out the reason graymore has gone from a charming, sleepy village to a place that positively reeks of terror, the damned, and something much, much worse. he may be the only one that can save the inhabitants of this little town, quite possibly at the cost of his own soul, but damn him - jesse jordan has never been a good man.

when what seems to be a regular funeral goes a bit...awry.

i. a girl ascends and refuses to become what's expected of her. what's the point of another chance, if you repeat your own history? ii. a boy comes back at the request of the only person he's ever loved. something uneasy is about to break free, and he'll be damned before he let's it happen for a second time. iii. what's the point of a second life if not to forget your first? it's a fresh start, darling. it's a fresh start except for when it isn't. how much is too much to let go of? how much is too terrible to forgive? can you hold someone accountable for such a complicated thing, enough to call for their death?

[i'm never going to be anything! i'm never going to go anywhere! i'm the wasp inside your honey jar and i'm never going to make it out] - a collection of poems

The Truth? An unnamed prisoner. A woman preparing to die. The agent who needs to know what happened, and the reason behind why it happened the most. None of these things should have anything in common with each other. But ambition is its own folly, and the truth detangles itself from the coils of the cassette tape it's been bound to. The Lie? An innocent accomplice. A cold-blooded murderer. A man who can't let go of a vendetta. All of these things have tto much in common with each other. Ambition is it's own reward, but lies are slippery things, and sooner or later will fall out of your hands.

It's the end of what should be the worst first date of Michelle's night. They're standing next to the burning husk of what was meant to be an award-winning restaurant and Louisa, charming and funny Louisa, is tearing into the manager for constructional neglect. Michelle wants to cry. But the night doesn't have to end here. "She wants to dance around the room Kiss you until your lips turn blue" - Absolutely Smitten (dodie)