For centuries, the Oshan Empire has ruled the New World with terror and blood. The Watchers have been eradicated, and their sorcery is but a whispered myth. But the heart of magic beats on, and as it surges back to life, three young people will determine the fate of the world... Tori Burodai, a strong-willed slave gir...
*** ATTENTION - This is a rewrite so if you read this story before April 2016, then I'm afraid a lot has changed! *** Thomas hasn't had much luck in life, and not much of a choice in it either. But now, when a job of subterfuge and betrayal pushes Thomas out of the city with a band of Travellers, his life is turned u...
There once was a time called The Great Separation, an era where the extremely rich ruled the world from large mechanical floating cities, scattered across the sky and those who were poor lived 'grounded' on earth. The 'grounded' worked and strived for recognition through steam engineering, electrical inventions and th...
Notorious pirate, thief and seductress Varys Shellayne roams the open seas of the Seashade Isles in search of both fame and fortune as any other pirate would. But when her prized maps, The Black Charts, are stolen from her possession, she takes her revenge out on the seaside village of Vinsworth. While in search of th...
A singing automaton performs each night in Atlantic City. Like every work of art, the toy has a fascinating story behind her creation. An old barfly recounts the tale to a young server, teaching him the power of technology in helping man cope with life's trials of love, loss and regret. This is one of my earlier work...
WATTYS 2016 WINNER Untouchable. Stone. Jewel - these are some of the names used for people who are born with a gemstone at the centre of their forehead. This unfortunate phenomenon cannot be detected before birth, it cannot be prevented, if a family has a Jewelled child, there is only one outcome: Before they're sixte...
[ COMPLETED AND ON THE WATTYS 2017 SHORTLIST - Excerpt Only] In an era where the drums of war echo over the Northern plains, when the arrival of the next Copper Moon brings about whispers of a shadowy threat, Nell Yngram is only concerned with struggling to make ends meet. Earning a living as a Lampgirl, and having...
Two dads, five siblings, and goggles! Grim Doyle has always known his life was not exactly "normal", and things get even more curious when he discovers a set of stones that sweep him and his family to the fantasy, steampunk world of Verne - a place they had escaped from years ago. Now that they've returned, Grim and h...
Heroes aren't born, they’re shaped by the events that both create and destroy their lives. Forced into an ancient war between powerful races, David Constantine must come to terms with death and destiny while trying to balance what he was, and what he has become. Personal vengeance ensues on a journey of reclamation, a...
It begins with a plant. It begins with Baz. In the old days of the Empire, only talented Casters could eat the Baz grains and tap the power that lay in the seed. Bazza'Casters were powerful, legendary figures with abilities that were limited only by their talent, skill and imagination. These days, Casting is for every...
The prequel to the wildly popular Ava Lee series. Young Ava Lee is a forensic accounting who has just opened her own private firm. One of her clients, Hedrick Lo, has been swindled of more than a million dollars by a Chinese importer named Johnny Kung. Desperate, Lo persuades Ava to find and retrieve the monies owed...
Voodootown by Bruce Elgin Under your bed, hidden in your walls, they come out when you sleep to defend you. They fight the battles you can't, make friends you thought you'd never have, and make your life better in ways you'll never know. But they aren't safe anymore. And without them, none of us are safe either. ...
A down-on-his-luck Necromancer and his dimwitted skeleton companion find a powerful, ancient artifact. But when it accidentally goes off and kills a powerful Paladin, they're forced to flee town. After meeting up with a young woman and her Ogre companion, the Necromancer finds a new purpose and a new life.
They say that people go there when they're ready to die. They say Death himself is a patron. That's where the tavern gets its name. Azrael's Stop. Watering hole for the Angel of Death. But that's just rumour. Ceph doesn't trade in rumour. He just serves drinks. Except, of course, that every couple of weeks, someone di...
When Tara Blankenship’s writing assignment takes her to an “eco village” on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, she anticipates a quiet couple of weeks in a quaint setting. (She’s far too mature to use the word boring, thank you very much.) What she stumbles into is anything but quiet and quaint. Someone has been slaughte...
All Lon wanted was some food from a noble's party, but now an assassin sent by Death himself is on his tail. The king holds supreme authority in the city of Renacyle, but the Scions rule the night. Men and women who traded a piece of their souls to Death in exchange for incredible power. No man, not even the king is s...
All Princess Margaret d'Anjou ever wanted was to become Queen. When she is betrothed and married to King Henry VI of England, her dream finally becomes reality. Little does she know that she is entering a world of lies, plots, vengeance, secrets, treason and betrayal: all among family. Beloved by few, hated my many an...
MUST BE A FOLLOWER TO READ!!! ONLY THE PROLOGUE AND THE LAST PART ARE PUBLIC, THE REST OF THE BOOK IS PRIVATE AND ONLY AVAILABLE FOR FOLLOWERS! **LIKE THE YORK ROSE? CHECK ITS SEQUEL, "ARTHUR"!** http://www.wattpad.com/story/3962062-arthur-the-tudor-rose {{WATTY AWARDD 2012 FINALIST - HISTORICAL FICTION ON THE RISE}}...
When you’ve been accused of kidnapping an emperor, and every enforcer in the city wants your head, it’s hard to prove yourself an honorable person and even harder to earn an imperial pardon. That doesn’t keep Amaranthe Lokdon and her team of outlaws from trying. When athletes start disappearing from the Imperial Games...
It's the 1800s, and England is riddled with supernatural creatures. Most don't have a clue who's behind the mysterious disappearances, but Deliade Link does. She may only be eighteen, but solving the seemingly impossible is what she does best. With the help of her noble friends, and her trusty otherworldly butler and...
A story is never a single tale. Two and a half centuries have passed since the Orders of knighthood defeated the demonic threat of the Predation. Now, thanks to the wisdom of the Association of Merchants and the intellect of the Guild of Engineers, the land is thriving once again. Its citizens sleep soundly in their b...
On the eve of the 20th century, an American Marine on the run from a crime committed during the Spanish-American War seeks refuge at The Astor House in Shanghai. Alone and weary, he tries to settle into the familiar Western surroundings of his hotel room. But a knock on the door by a British agent will lead to a deadl...
Elizabeth of York married Henry Tudor after the bloody War of the Roses ended. Their first son, Arthur, represented everything England needed: union, peace and prosperity. The Houses of York and Lancaster finally together in one. However, Elizabeth had a horrible feeling as she held him for the first time: that her pr...
In Hajinn, singing isn't just forbidden: it's well known that it drives people mad. When Rajheem, a boy who loves music above all else, is plucked from his lowly existence to become the personal minstrel to Raja Helen, Third Seat of Hajinn, he is overwhelmingly grateful. As a foreigner, she holds none of the Hajinni...
A shantytown sails upon the sea; a lonely boy builds himself a friend; and the night sky in Japan's frozen north is filled with stars. Surely you've heard the Tale of the Five Magicians: Anne-Marie, Paolo, Goodman, Fyodor and Aika? let me tell it to you again, and for the very first time.
After the collapse of civilization from an enormous solar flare, Daniel Kissinger attempts to get by in a city constantly plagued with solar radiation. Under S.T.E.A.M.'s strict regime, families must meet a steam quota each month to ensure the maintenance of a protective cloud layer to block the sun's radiation. But w...
Some lovers take you to the most romantic places in the world. Very few take you to the most romantic times in history. Sophia is living a normal student life - studying, drinking, acting in her spare time - when Alexander appears in her path. At first he simply seems odd, a man out of place in the 2010s. Then she...
It's been three months since former enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon and the notorious assassin Sicarius thwarted kidnappers and saved the emperor's life. The problem? Nobody knows they were responsible for this good deed. Worse, they're being blamed for the entire scheme. With enforcers and bounty hunters stalking them, and...
Eighteen-year-old Kali McAlister enters her steam-powered "dogless sled" in a race, intending to win the thousand-dollar prize and escape remote Moose Hollow forever. The problem? Fortune seekers and airship pirates are after her for the secret to flash gold, her late father's alchemical masterpiece. With her modified...
