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

Every fifty years, the competition of a lifetime takes place. The Choosing, granting its winners superhuman abilities, gives an experience like no other. But something is off, throwing the balance of the competition up in the air, along with it's competitors. Aria Parker, age sixteen, has been waiting for this her whole life. Being born in just the right time frame, she is able to put her name in. When she becomes one of the 400 Chosen, she quickly realises that there is a dire need to find some answers about what this competition really is. Can she stop things from getting way, way out of hand? Edited, rewritten version of "Infinite" Cover art by @SugarCrystals // Thank you @KarateChop for helping with the blurb! Highest rank for rewritten version: #34 in Science Fiction. || Highest rank for original version: #1 in Science Fiction. Winner of the Good As Gold Awards! Two time @Scikick contest winner! The Fiction Awards 2016 Finalist! The Crystal Awards 2017 Finalist! Note: This book is published on WATTPAD ONLY! If you're reading this from another site, please go to Wattpad.com to continue reading and scan your device for any viruses you may have attained while on one of these so called 'mirror sites.'

Misunderstood and overmedicated, twelve-year-old Lilith Bloom finds the prospect of a grand family reunion decidedly dull... That is, until she discovers that the rose garden surrounding her grandfather's Berlin mansion is, well, completely and utterly carnivorous. Armed with Panther, her talking pet whippet, and the help of the mute boy next door, Lilith must unravel the secrets behind the mysterious estate, all while her family remains gloriously unaware that they are about to be devoured.

"You never expected this, did you?" ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ When two friends have been separated at their childhood and meet again after years in a really unexpected position..

and our bloodstreams were poisoned by this toxic love. [[lowercase intended.]]

A collection of original poems revolving around what it's like to have depression. ©BrokenLead 2014

Poems by yours truly

lower case intended

Poems I wrote and thought I would share them... they are kind of dark and personal so...

quiet isn't always violent. #1 in poetry 11/2