| 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 | The Dark is dangerous. The Dark is deception. And the Dark is the only thing she wants. What would you do if the only beautiful thing in the world was the one thing you couldn't touch? --- A collection of stories to entice your mind, enthrall your senses, and ensnare your memory. Dare to dive in. ~*AWARDS*~ 1st in Science Fiction - The Sunflower Awards 2.0 1st in Short Story/One Shot - The Life Elements Awards 1st in Drama - Rising Gem Award 2nd in One-Shot - The Next Gen Awards 2nd in Miscellaneous - Everything's Canceled Awards 1st in The Monthly Gemstones Awards for: 'A Way to the Stars' 'More of Salt' 'The Base Naught File' 'Android' 2nd in The Monthly Gemstones Awards for: 'This Mockery of Light' 'Immortalized' 3rd in The Monthly Gemstone Awards for 'The Thirteenth Month'

Hard work doesn't always dictate success. What decisions are right when your reality is blurred? What would you do if you had to make a difficult decision? Which side of the coin is actually right? ****** Domenic finds himself in a hellish frenzy each night as he is sucked into a world of monsters and demons ready to destroy him. If only he had not taken that pill from the stranger whom he had met at the bar when he was trying to drown his sorrows at the loss of his mother. Is this the beginning of a new struggle for Domenic or an end to everything he knows? Only time will tell as his world slowly falls apart.

*Editing* #1 mystery in the Rising Gem Awards #2 mystery in the Hidden Gem Awards #3 mystery in the Rising Author Awards The unbelievably narcissistic FBI Agent Quinn Jones is a veteran investigator when it comes to the strange and occult, but he prefers his assignments to be out of the ordinary. Several deaths on a quiet beach and one grisly murder out at sea don't seem related, but when they start to hit too close to home he will have to rely on the brains of Doctor Robyn Bourke, a sassy marine biologist, to make heads or tails of the fishy situation. Their strong personalities collide as the mystery deepens, and it becomes apparent that there are forces beyond their wildest imagination at work. Can they stand each other long enough to solve the case, or will Mother Nature get the best of them?

[WATTYS SHORTLIST - 2021] Penny Lane, a young florist with a dislike of weddings and a dream of opening her own flower shop, has to overcome her insecurities to find love with Haze Delacroix, the charismatic owner of Underworld Delicacies, who charms his way into her heart by means of culinary delights, namely delicious pomegranates. ---------- Contemporary Romance inspired by the myth of Hades & Persephone. ******** THIS IS ONLY A SAMPLE - READ THE FULL STORY ON GALATEA