WATTYS 2021 WINNER - PARANORMAL Olivia Porter is well acquainted with death- or so she thought. With the passing of her only friend, she's given more than she bargained for when the estranged and mysterious Lee Noble enters her life. Lee brings with him more than his bad attitude and mysterious past. He's Olivia's gateway to a dark and terrifying underworld she never knew existed. The Edifice; a dimension parallel to their own, separated for a very good reason. It's a world of magic, where warlocks, fiends and monsters walk the streets in strained coexistence. Stranded in a foreign land at the mercy of its citizens, Olivia has no choice but to accept the help of Otis- a deity masquerading as a fickle young man. With seven days to escape the consequences of the deity's contract, Olivia's humanity is on a perilous countdown. Otis promises her the world if she can hold out- while Lee will sacrifice anything to see her gone. Because Otis's gift to her is worth dying for... and all of the Edifice knows it. - cover by @newsies- ~90,000 Words Mature and Horror Themes CONTENT WARNINGS for death, family trauma, adult language, kidnap, coercion, drug and alcohol abuse, suicidal ideation, mental illness, graphic violence and references to racism and homophobia..

In a chaotic world, where extremists persecute based on race, greed, and anyone seen as different, being a bi-racial teen who can predict a person's death by a simple touch can only lead to disaster. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Cover art made by Paintfairy * Warning, this story contains: mild cursing, and ample amounts of violence. *All photos used are not mine and were found through google. *The words used within my story, however, are mine via copyright, so use your own imagination to create your story.

Twisted secrets, rising tensions, and a constant sense of danger are just a few of Fate's closest companions. What can you expect when you're living in a world controlled by a ruthless dictator that single-handedly took over the entire population? Most of the people were either killed by a war that the Old World provoked or were slaughtered by Director Wargrave in his coup against the Council, leaving just a few hundred survivors. Those lucky enough to escape death and avoid being converted into the Director's Helpers--his mindless servants--live on the run much like Fate and her friends, Reaper and Mackenzie. Or, as she likes to call them, the god of death and the annoying brat. Book 1 of Overworld

In 1952, New Orleans, an entire 5th grade class vanished from a school bus while en route to a field trip. Although no one was found, the school bus was discovered the next day, buried six feet under the ground. How it got there is unknown. There was only one student found, a boy, near the burial site, who fell silent and never talked again. 68 years later, the boy, now elderly, spoke for the first time, finally ready to tell a young worker named Jenny, at his nursing home, what happened that mysterious day.