"Am I going to break you, Case? Or are you bamboo?" The days are dry and hot, school is out, and all 17-year-old Case wants to do is party hard with his friends over the Fourth of July weekend. But when a drug deal goes wrong, his plans for an epic summer vacation are cut short. Case is taken captive, driven halfway across the country, and locked in a basement he can't escape. No one knows he is missing. No one knows where he is. No one is coming to save him. With his life on the line, Case is forced into an abusive relationship with his captor. But when his own thoughts begin to betray him, twisting hope with despair, and fear with love, can Case truly survive long enough to escape? Or will he eventually break? ---- DISCLAIMER ---- Please read content warning inside. Ideal for fans of the Korean web-comic "Killing Stalking" or Kate Elizabeth Russell's "My Dark Vanessa." ---- AWARDS ---- 🥇 Horror/Thriller in Coffee After Dark - 31 July 2020 🥇 Mystery/Thriller in Upcoming Writer's Awards - 18 Aug 2020 🥇 Mystery/Thriller in The Lazy Awards - 1 Sep 2020 🥇 Mystery/Thriller in Eonia Awards - 9 Sep 2020 🥇 Mystery/Thriller in Blue Lotus Awards - 14 Sep 2020 🥇 Mystery/Thriller in The Creators Choice Awards - 9 Oct 2020 🥇 Mystery/Thriller in the Kings & Queens Awards - 13 Oct 2020 🥇 in Mystery/Thriller in The Wings of Ingis Awards - 13 Oct 2020 🥇 in The Floret Halloween Awards - 21 Oct 2020 🥇 in Mystery/Thriller in Yellow Brick Road Awards - 1 Nov 2020 🥇 in Teen Fiction in Soul Writers Awards - 1 Nov 2020 🥇 in Thriller in the Passion Awards - 24 Nov 2020 🥇 in Mystery/Thriller in the Fall Stellar Awards - 6 Dec 2020 🥈 Mystery/Thriller in Floret Awards - 17 Aug 2020 🥈 Thriller in Lunar Awards - 5 Sep 2020 🥈 Horror/Paranormal/Supernatural/Mystery/Thriller in the Lustrous Gem Award - 9 Sep 2020 🥉 Mystery/Thriller in The Prestigious Awards - 1 Sep 2020 Cover by @-starkat-

A fierce warrior seduces a mysterious rebel to protect the king. --- Epsa proudly defends the nation as a member of King Makapu's Royal Guard. When a resistance movement threatens the kingdom from within, Makapu calls on Epsa for a task requiring more than just combat skills. Epsa must seduce Izra, a mysterious and magnetic rebel leader, and extract information to help the Royal Guard smother the rebellion. As she works to gain Izra's trust, Epsa finds herself developing unsettling feelings and reassessing everything she has ever known. Embroiled in a dangerous game of politics, Epsa must decide who to trust. Who to protect. And who must die. Prequel to "The Claimed: A Clash of Copper and Gold" (also works as a stand-alone novel) |2022 Wattys Shortlist| Trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of abuse and references to sexual assault

"Jezebel looked down at the ground that wasn't really the ground, and bent in her inhuman movements, bowing. 'Long live the Queen,' she peered up at me, a wide smile on her blood red lips." *** Holly was sort of a jerk - she was bossy, cocky, and refused to take orders from anyone else. But, that doesn't mean you could write her off as just another brat with too high of an ego; this girl is the Queen of Hell, and getting on her bad side was not a good idea. Especially since her idea of success is destroying the world. Demons, angels, and prophets, 'Man of Sin' encapsulates you in a paranormal world filled with death, betrayal, and sin. ****** Note: this story heavily focuses on religion, the end of times, the destruction of good, fight against god, etc. Gore and sexual scenes are depicted in this story. I don't want to offend anyone, so if you're opposed to reading that type of thing, this isn't the story for you. :) cover by : @diwatera

Grief is everlasting. Some say it gets easier with time. Some say that the pain lessens. I don't believe them. My grief and pain is still there every day, like a storm cloud following me. It doesn't get better. It doesn't get easier. It's all a lie that they tell you. When Kurtis died, part of me went with him. How do you get over something that was your fault? How do you move past the guilt that's gnawing on you with every move you make and every new person you meet? When my music was first released, I wanted to go on this journey with him and I wanted him to be my rock. My music career took off, and so did he. Just not in the way that I ever imagined. So, how do I continue to go on with continued popularity without him? But, another musician has entered my life: Harry Styles. He's happy and playful. He's excited about life and his passion for music inspires me. Can this person help to dig me out of this rut that I'm in? Can he help me find the light that has gone out? Awards: Third Place - The Constellation Awards 2020 Cover made by: @anticlimactic

The unnatural urge to run brings Talilah to the edge of a cliff, both literally and metaphorically. Taking the plunge, she's reunited with the past she had thought she'd escaped from. [For the Last Writer Standing competition, Round 3 (Figment). Highest scoring entry.]

After a traumatising breakup, a young city woman takes the spur of the moment decision to accept a job as a private teacher to the daughter of a rich aristocrat in the small town of Grenlae. She doesn't care that the townsfolk is superstitious, or that she is not allowed in the left wing of Bryn Du, the Lord's mansion. However, the more she experiences, the more she comes to believe that something wicked the roaming the halls, and that the townspeople might not be as easily fooled as she believed at first.