WattyShorts 2020 Entry: A collection of unconventional short stories inspired by prompts, songs, and fragments of real-life events - each from a different point of view. - - - Awards: *2nd Place - Court of Miracles Awards (Short Story)* - - - Contents: 1) If You Must Forget (Originally posted standalone) 2) L'équilibre - Equilibrium (Originally posted within "A Story Like a Song I've Heard Before" collection) 3) The Conference (Originally posted within "The Reedsy Files" collection) 4) Neighborhood Watch (Originally posted within "The Reedsy Files" collection) 5) Darkest Little Paradise (Originally posted within "A Story Like a Song I've Heard Before" collection) 6) Glow Worm (Originally posted within "The Reedsy Files" collection) 7) Waiting to Breathe (Originally posted standalone for "The Calling" Wattpad Ambassador contest) 8) La Vie Antérieure (Originally posted standalone for "The Ghost in the Library" Wattpad Ambassador contest)

When Lara's life in Portland falls apart, she's given a timely opportunity to escape when she inherits her grandmother's cottage in a tiny town on the northern coast of France. Love, mystery, and self-discovery await as she explores a new country, makes new friends, and uncovers a secret about her grandmother's past. Will Lara find her heart's desire, or has it always been there waiting for her? *** 1st Place Winner of the Optimistic Awards 2020 *** 2nd Place Winner of the Borderverse Awards 2021

☆ 2022 ᴡᴀᴛᴛʏꜱ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀ!! ☆ "Hell is empty and all the devils are here." On the cusp of the 20th century, blue blood heiress Lucy Penn has lost everything: her betrothed, her family and home, and even her ability to walk in the sunlight. As she struggles to acclimate to her new nocturnal existence, she makes the acquaintance of Dr. Thomas Reed: an intelligent and tortured immortal, still haunted by the horrors of his past. As the pair grow closer, Lucy becomes privy to a frightening world far below the surface of polite society, in which beings of ancient and unfathomable power live outside the confines of humanity. Carpe Noctem (or "Seize the Night") follows Lucy on her journey through the shrouded streets, eerie hospitals, and aristocratic parlors of nighttime London. As she seeks to exhume the insidious and terrifying purpose behind her transformation, Lucy finds herself drawn deeper into a dark nocturne world of unimaginable folklore and intrigue, begging the question: can love be found after death? HIGHEST RANKINGS ~ #1 Carpe Noctem #1 Period Fiction #1 Nocturnal #1 Gothic Romance #1 Gothic Horror #3 Dracula #3 Shakespeare #8 Vampire #17 Victorian #46 Historical Fiction

WINNER of the #WelcomeToTheBlumhouse contest presented by Wattpad and Amazon Prime Video. _____ After losing both her job and her boyfriend within the same twenty-four hour period, Josephine Thorne no longer wants to be herself. When a finite opportunity to be someone else presents itself, she grabs it, never considering the consequences. HIGHEST RANKINGS #1 Death is My BFF #2 Blumhouse #3 Welcome to the Blumhouse #6 Ambiguity #8 Mistaken Identity