It killed her.
It tortured me until I died.
It took away my loved ones.
It was a sickness, a disease that couldn't go away.
It was the black death.
*****
When Emilie's best and only friend Lilly is killed by a mysterious illness, how much worse can it get for Emilie?
Turns out, it can get much worse.
Emilie catches the sickness too, and has a week left, until her heart stops. When the illness is classified as the Black Death, Emilie realizes she will die, because there is no cure. Emilie tries to make a cure to save herself and all those infected. With only a week to live, and increasing amounts of blood loss and pain, can Emilie push through the disease, save her town, and maybe even save the entire world? Or will the black death consume her, and leave the world knowing that it will all end soon?
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
*****
Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]