Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]

THE STORY IS LEAVING PAID ON JULY 23RD, 2023 The hunter becomes the hunted! Twenty-four-year-old Anna Nightingale has a terrible secret, and it might just kill her. If only her family were in a safe business, like firefighting or skydiving, she might've had a better chance at survival. But no! Anna comes from a long line of vampire hunters, and when a night of clubbing ends up with her being killed and turned into a vampire, she must take off on a road trip across Canada with her sexy sire and his vampire pals before her family ends her life permanently. ----- For generations, the Nightingales have been the biggest threat to vampires, hunting them to near extinction. Anna spent her childhood training to fight bloodsuckers, but as the only Nightingale who wanted a sense of normalcy, Anna decided vampire hunting wasn't her calling. Instead, she enrolled in an MFA program with aspirations of becoming a novelist. One night at a club, Anna and her headstrong friend, Jess, meet four mysterious men. Anna suspects they might be vampires who are planning to kill Jess and tries to fend them off. Despite Anna's fighting prowess, she cannot fight four at once. They kill Jess, and Rhys, the vampire ringleader, ends up turning Anna into a bloodsucker. Now that they've killed a human, the vampires must flee the city to avoid the famed Nightingales. They take off on a road trip across Canada, staying one step ahead of the Nightingales while training Anna to protect herself against them. Anna tries to maintain her secrecy and sanity as they crisscross Canada, crashing with werewolves and witches along the way, while fighting her powerful attraction to Rhys. But Anna's biggest problem might not be her family. If her traveling companions find out she's a Nightingale, Anna's trip will hit a painful dead end. THE LOST BOYS x LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE WATTYS 2022 SHORTLISTED Cover designed by Holly Thurston

Lorelei was getting over a rough breakup when she met Jesse. His profile on a dating app piqued her interest, and Jesse has been teaching Lorelei about BDSM ever since. She has learned a lot, but there is much more to experience. After getting a phone call from his mother, Jesse has to go home back to Vancouver. Lorelei tags along to support Jesse, but he tries to shield her from his family. Lorelei tries to discover more about Jesse and learn why he is the way he is; however, Jesse is desperate to keep his roots hidden. Some deep secrets are not meant to come to the surface. Sequel to "Submission" by Mason Fitzgibbon Thank you to the wonderful @Van_Carley for the covers! UPDATES EVERY WEDNESDAY

In a blink of an eye, the whole world can change. Evey had always lived a normal life. She was an emergency room nurse, had friends, and had a family that she loved. Her mundane world changes when she watches a man attack and feast on the flesh of another man at a gas station. Unfortunately, this was not an isolated attack. Majority of the population has been infected with an unknown airborne virus. Not only does it cause people to foam at the mouth and bleed from the eyes, but it turns them into mindless creatures that are hungry for flesh. Zombies? Not quite. They are infected, not dead. Evey's life is destroyed when her family becomes Infected. Being one of the few Immune, Evey is taken away to a military base with other people who seem to not be infected by the virus. There she meets multiple people including Ford, a stubborn and stern soldier that she is always disagreeing with but finds herself distracted by his eyes. The Immune band together and work for survival. Will they ever be able to find a cure? At what cost would they go to stay safe? Will they kill each other before being eaten alive?

Juliet's parents died when she was young and she never got to experience having a family. She lived a miserable and lonely life. One night at work, she meets a strange man that says he's a reporter and he asks her a few questions. Later that night, the reporter offers to drive her home from work. When Juliet refuses, he kidnaps her and brings her home to be a wife for his oldest son. Juliet slowly loses her sanity as she finally gets a family.

What do you do when a tall, unreasonably attractive alien crash lands in front of you? You shoot him of course. ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── It's been years since a nuclear war decimated the Earth, killing about 90% of the world's population. The ones that survived now live in the ruin of nuclear wastelands with their numbers slowly dwindling due to starvation, radiation, and even murder by a gang called The Deviants. Blake West is one of the survivors - sassy, brave, and brutally sarcastic, she takes crap from no one. With her father's past as a cop, she knows her way around a pistol and has managed to survive by following a few simple rules. Rule One: Trust no one Rule Two: Never go anywhere unarmed Rule Three: ALWAYS shoot first Simple right?

When the tragic death of Inanna's parents leaves her utterly alone, meeting a handsome stranger in a bar awakens her darkest fantasies and changes her life forever. *** No one could have predicted the car accident that took the lives of Inanna's parents. Torn between wallowing in despair and seeking the comfort of others, Inanna flips a coin, sending her to Club Illusion, one of the hottest nightclubs in Seattle. While dazzled by the beautiful people, nothing can prepare her for the dark-eyed stranger whose deep voice and powerful touch melt her frozen body and teach her how to live again. Paz didn't expect to come across a natural submissive so perfect for his needs. Inanna is too innocent for his erotic games, but still, he can't fight his instincts. Nothing stands in his way once his interest is piqued. He's willing to use every weapon in his considerable arsenal to have her. Even if it means destroying her life. GODS AMONG US UNIVERSE: Triquetra Prophecy Trilogy (complete): Book 1: HIDDEN Book 2: TAKEN Book 3: ORIGIN The Valkyries: Book 1: ENSNARED Short Story 1.5: CHAINS THAT BIND (complete in Monstrous Love Anthology) Book 2: ENTANGLED Book 3: ENTICED

Vampiring is HARD. Things Bob has on his checklist when he accidentally becomes a vampire: a) forget everything he knows about vampires b) Google vampire survival tactics c) don't get brutally murdered by vampires. Apparently there are vampire LAWS, and Bob, a young, romantically-challenged black man living in Toronto, never got the guidebook. Even though it's not his fault that he's broken every rule, a secret vampire society is hellbent on giving him a more permanent death. With the help of his best pal, Claude, Bob tries to stay alive and hopefully turn around his screwed-up existence in the process. This is a FREE story with Paid Exclusive Chapters. Wattys 2022 Shortlist Wattpad Stormy Nights - Winner 20 CHAPTERS only on Wattpad [[word count: 50,000-75,000 words]] EXCERPT: ****** "Look: vampires are traditionally afraid of religious symbols. It's a well-known fact. If you're any kind of vampire, you should be outta here by now, not just sitting there drinking your coffee." "I'm not actually drinking it yet. Some idiot keeps interrupting me by shoving religious symbols in my face." Claude held up an ornate brass cross with a macabre Jesus Christ in the throes of death, designed to repel any nearby vampires. "Oh look," I said dryly, "the idiot's back." ****** Edited by Debra Goelz Cover model: Ariel Pacheco Cover Photo by: Theik Smith Cover designed by: Rodney V. Smith Want more? JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/brxdsA9 Jaime's Infinite Playlist (spotify) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7DfPirPYtLKwEeSQ1upKZY?si=NhEhkcsIQOOpb7kKXIXWNw Book Playlist: https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/jaimes-infinite-playlist/pl.u-JPVJCEXxXYv

Koa isn't your garden-variety vampire. They know more about human biology than any other vampire around. Unfortunately, being the only vampire interested in biology has its drawbacks. When a new disease starts working its way through the vampire community, all hands start to point to Koa as the culprit. Using their love for science, they have to find the real culprit or risk being banished from the only home they know. But just when things can't get any worse, Koa catches the disease, starting a race against the clock to find a cure before death becomes more than just a possibility. - update schedule: posting as i go