Hannah Vang never expected to end up as a suspect in the disappearance of several Hmong community members in her hometown of Fresno. Her new hot neighbor, Detective Jay Lee, has his sights pinned on her. He's certain she has something to do with the missing persons cases he's been investigating for months. As Hannah tries to unravel the thread that binds her to the people who've gone missing, she realizes she isn't as ordinary as she believes. Somehow a character in a Hmong folklore has come to life and she'll need the help of her childhood crush, Tyler Lo, to understand what is happening. A series of events lead Hannah, Jay, and Tyler to come together to fight an ancient evil that threatens the mortal and spiritual realms. Their fates become more intertwined with every encounter. Love should be the last thing on their minds when their world is hanging by a thread, but each learns that feelings can get complicated.

Maggie Hunt is a superhero. Well, technically she's a costumed vigilante, both for legal reasons and because she has no superpowers to speak of. As the self-declared defender of Fenley Island in Marbrose City (aka The Fen), she faces mafiosi, corrupt politicians, obligatory counseling sessions, and her own bad decisions. Rated Mature for violence and some dark subject matter (no smut). Cover art by Joy Lee.

nebbia: (italian) a state or cause of eternal confusion and perplexity. A spiritual/spy fiction with two point of views. Arkell Vaughn is a spy who works at the National Intelligence Agency and often finds himself caught in difficult situations. A dark past haunts him, and even though he tries to be a better man, his actions are there to remind him that all he deserves is hell. Will he be able to fight back his inner demons while kicking criminals on a day to day basis? Saffron Walker is on her last year of college when she decides to run away. She isn't the kind of girl who has everything planned out. She likes to be spontaneous instead, and take every minute of her life like it is the last one. Maybe because this is what it is. In a world full of open books, she is an unfolded story. Will she be able to accept her faith and let go, for once, of her ever growing Peter Pan syndrome? "Saffron Walker was touble. I knew that the minute I laid my eyes on her. There was a magnet bringing me close to her everytime I needed to be far away. She was the kind of girl who would get stuck in your head for days, making you lose sleep and preventing you from doing anything else. And - I knew - behind those hypnotic eyes there was more: a secret she kept away from the rest of the world. She carried fire wherever she went, crashing the road she crossed and breaking every heart she drew. A girl with a hurt bigger than herself. A burden too heavy for her to keep in her shoulder. Too proud to give in yet too little to scream." - Arkell Vaughn

Li Xiang is the Priestess of the Moon, she can see read the stars and fortune as well as misfortune to her people. However, the life of a Priestess consists of nothing but loneliness: she can neither leave the palace nor meet with anyone but the Emperor and his advisors. One day a mysterious servant boy named Rui sneaks into her room, daring her to go outside if he wins against her in a game. Upon meeting him, she also befriends a female warrior and a scholar, and realizes life is much more than the palace. When the day comes she can either choose to go down the road her heart truly desires but bring ruin to the kingdom, or ignore the one chance she will ever have to leave this life? *** "My fate has been decided for me." "There's no such thing as that," he said. "We all make our own fate." "But the stars tell me--" I stopped talking when he holds my face in his hands, warm hands cupping my cheeks, brown eyes looking into my eyes. "Then stop looking at the stars. Look at me." A love story about fate, finding one's identity, stepping out of your comfort zone, and, most of all, choosing between your happiness or the happiness of others... [[Word Count: 80,000-90,000]] Wattys Fantasy Winner 2021