Theotherworldly Stories

It starts with a crack. Or maybe it starts with a question. Or maybe, just maybe, it starts earlier than that, when a particular bubble of a universe arose from the heaving sea of the multiverse and began to grow. Eventually, stars formed, then exploded, giving birth to more stars. Planets grew alongside their stars, and a few special ones happened to contain the right conditions for life to form. Maybe that's too far back, though. Maybe, you argue, the crack and the question are really what's important. So let's get back to the question... "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" Winner of the Otherworldly category of @BreakTheCliches revolutionary contest

Turning into a bear had never been on Marcus Bay's bucket list. And when a series of (rather unusual) events leave him trapped in the body of a teddy bear, he has no option but to give his everything in order to turn back human. Add a little pinch of family drama, a dollop of humor and we have the perfect recipe for disaster. One thing is for certain, it is going to be one hairy adventure. ---

A student with curiosity and a senseless mind like Cleo knows nothing's ever changed for her town, Asphrone. She never felt right living with the odd sense of poor humanity and the brutal technology that's taken over. As she is given a dangerous task to survive her school's test, she must seek the secrets that can be found behind every person, bots, and buildings around her. She journeys to the infinite will of dangerous tasks and truths, luring her with pain and memories she discovers, the only key is to find the answers inside, but also learn the secret among them. And even the right choices can lead to worse tragedies. *ON MAJOR EDIT