Two dueling tornado chasers compete to impress a famous self-taught scientist and storm-chaser, follow in his footsteps, and become his renowned protege. *** Twenty year old Halle Brennan's obsession with mega storms was born out of intense grief and feelings of powerlessness after her mother, Magenta, died in a sudden tornado. Dissimilarly, her nemesis, James Winter only embraced his famous father's storm chasing legacy out of duty. Despite a shoestring budget and and her youth, Halle exhibits an uncanny ability to track down deadly twisters. With her scientific mind and uncanny intuition, she intimidates James and his wealthy cohorts who rely on technical equipment and an expensive armor-plated all terrain vehicle instead of sheer guts and expertise. As a deadly storm descends on the Oklahoma plains, Halle, James and her best friends Amy and Naseem, are thrown into a monster, rain wrapped tornado that wants to kill everyone in its path. ONC Prompt No. 85 "If you do that again, I'll throw you out the freakin window. "What are you doing?" "Checking how high the drop is to see if it's worth it." *Cover models are from the movie "Divergent".

Recovering from a concussion, New York PI, Miles Goodspeed is investigating a suspicious death on a famous director Harry Cullin's Vermont film set aided by his disgruntled sidekick, Jackie Woo. Woo, a high stakes card dealer, has ulterior motives and wants to break into the film industry. Once they arrive in the scenic Green Mountain state-Goodspeed and Woo find their work cut out for them-dealing with evasive locals and a churlish movie mogul who must be cleared of murder. *** Famous for its idyllic beauty and delicious soft serve maple creemees, scenic Mapleton, Vermont is the perfect remote location for infamous director, Cullin's, new horror film, 'The Darkness'. The second week of production, an accidental death occurs onset prompting Goodspeed's ex-wife, Matilda, a local podcaster, to call in his investigative skills. Powerful politicians would like to brush the suspicious death under the rug and keep production money flowing into Mapleton, but Matilda smells a story brewing that might catapult her to vlogging fame. Out of his element in the pastoral crime scene, Goodspeed only agrees to take the case due to a financial slump caused by his injury. Housed in a rural cabin near the production set with sporadic Wi-fi and erratic cell service, he soon learns the quirky locals have more up their plaid sleeves than tourist traps, fiery town halls, and cornering the maple cremee market. One of them is a murderer.

The year is 2099 and elite Lightworker, Zoe Harper of Gateway Guild, protects New York city's innocent from the growing numbers of undead zombies accidentally created by the Sylex Corporation- until the tables are turned and she's the one being hunted. *** Shield-less and rogue, I'm on the run from a Dark Entity that wants to possess me and feed off my powerful Light energy. I need to find my partner, Evander, who I 'retired' (killed) after he was kidnapped and turned by an insane Nexus-9 Android inhabited by a powerful dark force. I'm running out of time to save him and get off-world before Earth is destroyed by Sylex. That's the Mega Corp's solution to contain the genetically mutated undead they created with their flawed Med Bed technology. The only chance of survival is to find the outcast forbidden mages. The Ancient Ones. They have the long-lost knowledge to save the planet from the undead and overthrow Sylex. My beautiful new cover was made by @waylaidbaby111

The sapphire blue gemstone had been missing for years, and no one knew where it was. The little item was the only procurable pinch-hitting resolution that could put a steep stop to the radical killing of mortals by the demon clan. And ever since it had been stolen from its resting place by uncos, all the clues that could lead them back to it had been lost. Before the unruly demon queen, Aloysius Lilith, ascended the chamber throne to take over as the new leader appointed by the necromancer, bloody Mary, her interest in finding the gem had risen drastically. If she had the gem, no scrape of contrition could halt her ever-growing desire to kill humans and pile up their skulls. But neither the demons nor humans had the idea of where the magnificent piece laid. However, Aloysius would never be unwary, as she had other plans to achieve her one and only detrimental covet. If she couldn't get the gem directly, why not send someone after the orphanage girl whose ancestors once had the stone? **** Samantha adams, a reserved, young mortal who lived at the orphanage without the knowledge of who her parents were navigated through all odds of pain and suffering to find out about the truth that was hidden from her long ago by the people she trusted most. While on this endless journey, she got entangled in an unexpected whirlwind romance with an enchanting member of the demon clan, who unknowingly to her had only a goal to achieve _ to find the truth about the gem and then kill her, to avenge his sister's death who allegedly was murdered by her late mother. Despite learning the harsh truth about him and why he wanted her dead, Samantha fought hard to escape the undeserved torture and helped her lover lose free from the lies of the manipulative clan. And then he realized something had been amiss the whole time. Trigger warning: This story contains the description of sexual and violent scenes, use of curse words and sporadic gore some readers may find disturbing.

Criminal necromancer & vampire private eye team up to solve the case of the missing barista. *** When a client drops dead in her fortune telling parlor, 'reformed' necromancer Isla has no choice but to illegally resurrect the poor gal. Your girl's got priors, alright? Hiding a corpse will send Isla back to the slammer. The client's just a Tourist, so Isla is certain nobody will notice. But you know what they say: The only things certain in life are death, taxes, and a handsome vampire poking his fangs where they don't belong. Gregor, a vampire private detective, has been hired to find another vamp's misplaced favorite bloodbag-- I mean, barista. Greg knows the fraudulent and distractingly attractive psychic, Isla, is the key to the barista's whereabouts, but he just can't put his fangs on what it is she's hiding from him. If her little whoopsie is discovered, Isla fears both the otherworldly authorities and an ancient vampire will have her throat. So she does what any girl would do in her situation. She hires Greg to find the risen barista for her first so that she can undo the resurrection. Sparks fly and blood splatters as Greg and Isla investigate Philadelphia's secret paranormal society, throw literal bones at the werewolf mafia, commune with the spirits of dead vampire-brides, dodge arrest by the magic fuzz, and occasionally pop off for late night cheesesteaks. The Vampire Always Bites Twice is the Wattys 2022 Grand Prize Winner! The "Bites Twice" Mysteries 1 - The Vampire Always Bites Twice 1.5 - Doubull Indemnity [revised version coming soon) 2 - Shadow of a Curse (Coming Fall 2025) This book contains explicit sexual content, paranormal violence, animal harm, and gore.

In rural Vermont, a gravitational anomaly appears near a remote and deadly gorge mutating five teens into super empaths. *** Internet chatter about the geometric phenomenon attracts five adolescents --Creed, Mallory, Jaxxon, Gemma and Peter-lifelong friends who have been shunned as social outcasts at their high school. Instead of going on a class field trip, they decide to investigate the bizarre physics of the mysterious zone. As they explore the anomaly, the five unskilled empaths are exposed to an unknown force hidden in the ground. They discover alien energy has amplified their crippling empathic traits into genetic superpowers. They form a league and decide to create a community Utopia with their stunning new powers-swearing an oath to do no harm and help others-until one of them goes dark. out·cast /ˈoutˌkast/ noun a person who has been rejected by society or a social group. This story is inspired by July's #Justwriteit 10 Chapter Challenge.

When the rogue arm of the CIA tries to kill billionaire RAYMOND SINCLAIR after he double crosses the shadowy organization, he discovers the beautiful and spirited intern he fired, EVELYN SIMMONS, holds the key to saving his life and his Silicon Valley Empire. **** Twenty-four-year-old Evelyn is keeping secrets. She's developed a marketing plan, involving seniors, that will earn financially troubled CENTIEN corporation millions of dollars. Her biggest secret? She has feelings for her handsome boss, the cold-as-ice CEO who just fired her. Thirty-two-year-old Raymond Sinclair has his own troublesome secrets. He's going bankrupt after an elite hacker, SATOSHI NAKAMOTO, betrayed him with the sinister military industrial complex. When the clandestine organization infiltrates his corporation and kidnaps him, the billionaire is forced to accept help from the most unlikely source. The feisty intern he was attracted to but cruelly discarded and her ex-military cohorts who work at a homeless shelter. As the heat turns up, Raymond's frozen heart begins to melt with fiery passion for Evelyn. #intelligent-romcom-action #action-offbeat romance *****Author's note. Story contains Mature Language and Sexual Scenes & References***** My beautiful cover was made by @myie_laura in her Love Graphics Shop.

The mission - colonize the slopes of Olympus Mons on Mars before the Pacific Alliance lands. The challenge - something isn't quite right with the site foreseen for the colony. Explorations reveal a cave where the support struts for the home dome are supposed to go. It gets worse - not only does the cave move, but it contains the impossible: a human skeleton. And there's a writing on the wall. What starts off odd, soon descends into total madness. But the next shuttle back to Earth doesn't launch until next year. ONC Prompt 59. The year is 2042. The first astronauts landed on mars. They find a cave with a single human skeleton and four words written on the wall.

A cunning Pirate's long-lost treasure. A three hundred-year-old curse. A wicked taste of rum. ------ When dangerous paranormal activity threatens her life, teen psychic, Lizzy Summers, decides to quit her job with Boston's Chills N' Thrills Ghost Tour franchise. She starts a new life in the Bay Area with her boyfriend, Dylan Grant, working for an eccentric bar owner. After moving into her dream apartment in Boston's eclectic Fort Point neighborhood, Lizzie soon discovers a young man who lived in the waterfront premises has been murdered. The renovated loft is not only haunted; it holds a deadly secret. Not everything's as it seems as the mayor starts buying up surrounding real estate and bodies begin piling up. Lizzie and her friends must solve the murder and the mystery of Blackbeard's treasure, using an antique bell from her grandmother's attic, before they become the next victims. --- ONC2023 Prompt 30: You purchase a new home and during renovations discover a human skeleton buried within your walls. Prompt 75: You have a family heirloom, it's been passed way long before anyone can remember. You inherited this object and discover its secret. This secret will twist your life and change it forever. [Rated PG13 for language, intimacy.]

𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗬𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 · 23x FEATURED · A gothic fairytale based on the Black Prince from Sri Lankan folklore | SAMPLE CHAPTERS ONLY ATM. BECAUSE QUERYING. A teen ghosthunter must defeat the alluring demon Black Prince in order to save her haunted city. *** The Great Haunting was just a historical plague. The alluring demon Black Prince wasn't real. It was the disease that drove the unfortunate maidens to insanity--a tragedy compounded by natural disasters that claimed many lives. Cityfolk with sense know that. Binara knows better. For those acquainted with her, Binara is just a teen spending school break in her ancestral estate with a strict governess, a workaholic mother and an ailing great uncle. Only her missing sister knew of her ability to detect ghost essence and the mysterious dark matter the city is using as a power source. Armed with science, Binara is confident that she's a better ghosthunter than the city's shadowy ghostbusting agency. When history repeats itself with increasing incidents of missing girls and hauntings, Binara blames the demon prince for the disappearance of her sister. It's time to fight back before darkness takes over her home. What better way than to set a trap for none other than the Black Prince? © 2022 Su Vida | Exclusively on Wattpad *** FEATURED @Fantasy @Mystery + 23 more BOOK 1 of the Black Avatare series Genres: Dark Sci-Fi Fantasy (Gothpunk) x Paranormal Romance x Supernatural Horror x Mystery This is a ghost story set in a tropical gothpunk city. Strap in for an anime-esque adventure full of spooks, mystery and slowburn romance. The world is based on Sri Lankan ghost lore, mythology and the Kandyan Kingdom. Might bring to mind: Mediator, Tim Burton, Alice Madness Returns, Supernatural, Bleach & Stranger Things.