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A gritty, contemporary YA novel from the heart of Russia. Dima's world is held together by two things: his beaten-up fake sneakers and his best friend, Vanya. They're just trying to survive their crumbling neighborhood-scraping for cash, avoiding trouble, and dreaming of something more. Then two shocks hit at once: Vanya's mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The treatment costs half a million rubles-an impossible sum. And Dima, who's been secretly in love with his rich classmate Yulia since second grade, gets a text from her: "Maybe we could hang out?" Now Dima is torn between two impossible tasks: finding a small fortune to save a woman he loves like a mother, and stepping into a world of money and privilege for a girl he thought was out of his league. In a race against time, where every honest road leads to a dead end, how far will he go to keep his balance? For fans of THE HATE U GIVE and gritty, realistic coming-of-age stories. This novel is translated from the original Russian. Updates weekly.

| 8𝘅 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 · A YA Beauty and the Beast gender-swapped retelling. Bit of a Stranger Things vibe going on, too! Life was going mega well for Beatrice-Bea Laurent, a soon-to-be 18-year-old certified Insta star slash posh gal. She was spending every waking breath throwing parties, and dodging responsibilities. Until one fateful day when an Instagram scandal has her parents banish her from New York to New Town. Next thing she knows, she is cursed by a creepy old lady and is... changed. She starts growing fur, claws AND fangs! *** Beatrice Laurent is your average posh teen girl, who goes to classes when she feels like it. Which is basically... never. She spends her days lounging on her couch, staring at her phone screen, sharing fab life insta stories with her "friends," and sliding into their dms. Dodging real life responsibilities left and right, she does nothing, yet has everything. And, she has no problem with that. In fact, she enjoys it. Chartering planes-check. Private yachts-check. Designer duds-check. No expectations, no responsibilities, no worries. But that all ends when Beatrice gets grounded and banished from New York to New Town. Cherry on top: she is cursed by a creepy old lady at a party she threw! Suddenly she is friggin' growing fur, claws and other feline attributes, and having the incredible urge to roar and pursue tiny rodents. What's a girl to supposed to do when she involuntarily transforms into a beast and can't attend classes no more? Can Bea count on Ross Thorne, a bookish classmate who is struggling to stop living in his older brother Gus' shadow... To keep her secret? And perhaps aid her in the un-cursing when their budding affection becomes more than apparent? © 2022 EvelynHail Exclusively on Wattpad

Ema Muratovic is 17 years old and the ambitious daughter of Bosnian immigrant parents. She has two goals during her senior year; get a chance to win states for indoor track and break the barrier between her nearly all-white high school, Westbrook High, and the neighboring town's Timothy High School. These goals are not easy to achieve. Along the way, she realizes the immense sacrifices that she has to make for the betterment of herself and other people.

Reclusive, emo poet, Erioluwa Jesukite has demons that possess full control of his mind-thus reducing him to a vessel laden with anxiety-ridden thoughts and dark compulsions. He has gotten quite acclimatized to this tortuous hell, but his ploy of survival gets compromised, when college rears its head with a plethora of new challenges and daunting intricacies. Alienated and estranged, Eri's new life is a maze of change that threatens to be the bane of his existence. At the verge of his limits however, fate entangles him in the schemes of one beautiful Elienai Anisiji, who with her liberal persona and charming mien-becomes a much needed breath of fresh air. Thrust into the manic campus lifestyle of sinful pleasures and exhilarating experiences, Eri's delicate world is bound to collapse. And as vicious predators lurk in the shadows, ready to relish his pain, he'd realize the only way out of hell-is through it.

***A sequel to Fright Fest 2016 Gold Winner RED RAIN*** "Surprise! This is a different kind of superhero story!" -Deadpool Red Rain was just the beginning. Blue Monday made everything worse. Luca Scagliotti used to be on the sidelines as far as the increasingly weird - and lethal - goings-on in the life of his best friend were concerned. Alex Snow no longer wanted to be involved, especially after losing the two people he loved the most in the space of only a few months. Destiny had other plans. The war against Preston Holly and his armies of light scrivs will be fought on two fronts - one for each of the two universes, Prime and Second. As they get dragged into this fight to save the mortal souls of both 'verses, Luca and Alex will reunite with loved ones, race to prevent acts of terror, and confront the mysteries of life, death, and the afterlife which have spent so long boggling their minds. (Third in the Red Rain series. Cover designed by @Whisperingwater.) Reader Reviews: "I think my mind may have just been blown." @WhenWeBleed

The #iwriteincolor campaign allows you to push yourself to write diversely. This means main characters who are of color. This could be BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic), this could be biracial or some combination. It can mean Native and/or First Nations. The point is to create a story from the perspective of characters of color so they can be the star and not the side-kick. This DOES NOT mean that the story has to center around race. In fact, the judges (myself and my writer's club) would prefer that the story focuses on the character's and the amazing situations they encounter. You'll need to use an approved #iwriteincolor prompt. You can choose one from below OR you can sign up for my newsletter and get the full 30 days of prompts and choose from those. They run from Horror to Romance and more. Prompts: Priya gazed up at the sky and saw it fall, like the night had lost an earring. After the third she knew the sky is falling. Chiwetel watched as the last slavers' throat was cut. All eyes were on him and he realized too late he had no idea how to steer a ship. The old auntie handed the girl a reeking pouch of herbs and the girl handed over every cent she had to her name. It was worth it. "But Josefina, isn't garlic supposed to repel vampires?" The altar boys at Our Lady of Mercy were known for their voices but when they sprouted wings things got interesting. You can get more by signing up for the newsletter here: www.eepurl.com/cdHHhH Rules: 1. 500 words or less. 2. Must be original work. 3. Must use one of the prompts provided and include the wording of the prompt somewhere in the text. Prize: Winner will receive an 8GB Kindle Fire HD ready to load with all your favorite titles. I'll ship to Canada and the US only. Deadline: November 2, 2016

Grace wanted to be the world's smallest magician - but the ring leader had other plans. An #ownvoices flash fiction historical fantasy piece inspired by The Greatest Showman. Originally published on my blog: emilyhornburg.com

COVER NOT MADE BY ME* "Only women are born ymbrynes." Something about that phrase had always seemed wrong. This was odd for a number of reasons. The first of which being, that in her long years of life, Miss Bleeding-Heart had never heard of it being false. The second reason and the reason Miss Bleeding-Heart was having the most difficult time understanding was that it made her deeply uncomfortable for no reason she could formulate and had for as long as she had been an ymbryne. | Part one of A Peculiar Family | *The awesome cover was made by @TheNoctisLich at Melancholy Memories Graphics Shop! I'd definitely recommend them for any of your graphics needs!

Chapter 1 You pay the Pied Piper. Or, he comes to collect. ‬ So says the fairy tale.‬ ‪When Detective Lauren Medina sees his calling card - graffiti of the Pied Piper's name at a murder scene in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood she knows he's returned. After two teenagers brutally murder another at the lagoon where her sister's body was found floating years before, she knows that the Pied Piper hasn't only returned, he's seeking payment, and payment is made in blood. Lauren's torn between protecting the city she was sworn to keep safe, and keeping a secret she made long ago with her sister's murderer. Now Lauren has to stop the Pied Piper before he collects her life and keep her sister's murderer hidden, before they're brought to the surface and she loses all that she has left.

Magic was never part of her plan. But you know what they say about plans... Juliette Mariana Fontaine has a secret, and it's not about spoilers on the telenovela in which she stars. There's magic in the air around her, and she can't decide if it excites her or frightens her - or both. All she knows is that she can't tell anyone, not her ailing auntie, or even her best friend. Victor Hernandez, Juliette's best friend, also has a secret or two. Not only is he a witch, but he's been tasked with protecting her and keeping her in the dark as much as possible. With Juliette's aunt's health declining rapidly, and Victor leaving for college soon, the time for honesty is running out. To make matters worse, magic has awakened in their little swamp town, bringing with it an ancient evil lurking in the shadows, seeking a human soul. Unfortunately, it has settled on Juliette as the perfect match. Struggling to balance her magic, Juliette must face difficult truths about herself, her feelings for Victor, and the price she'll pay if she claims her power. Can Juliette come to terms with who she is in time to save herself and everyone she loves? Full book available on Amazon and Kobo!

ACTS 1 & 2 Fully released! Total: 88,000 words The draugh invaded Earth sixteen years ago, destroying hundreds of cities and decimating the population in a single swift attack they celebrate as the Arrival. Now mankind is under the aliens' brutal control. Most of the living population remains herded in cities, mere cattle for the draugh to feed on. They are kept under control by a network of sophisticated drones and mechs. But outside the city, the rumors whisper, there is a resistance. People actually fight. Ronan Hampton has never wanted to fight, but when a devastating secret endangers his half sister Shiloh, Ronan is going to have to do just that if he wants to protect the last family he has left. Now on the run from the aliens and the humans collaborate with them, Ronan and Shiloh must put their faith in Ethan Choi, a resistance fighter, if they hope to make it out of the walled city of Memphis alive.

Prithika Singh would have told you that her love life was going great. After all, who could argue that the pretty cheerleader and the handsome quarterback with their sweet year-long relationship were anything less than a dream couple? But Prithika is startled awake when she sees her boyfriend, Carter Hale, kissing Julia Hart, one of the supposedly average girls, in the middle of the hallway on the first day of school. Suddenly, her vision for her junior year is totally derailed, and she's left feeling uncertain about her sense of trust and relationships. And then along comes Jackson Rains, Julia's ex-boyfriend, notorious at Poppy Hills High for his (crappy) motorcycle, tousled dark hair, black leather boots, and two very public fistfights. In an attempt to save their past relationships, Jackson and Prithika hatch a probably terrible plan: make everyone think they're dating. Prithika will try to show Carter she can be a more low-maintenance girlfriend, Jackson will try to show Julia that he can be a more attentive boyfriend, and then Carter and Julia will get jealous and return to the partners they were supposed to be with in the first place, and it'll all go back to normal. But it seems the more Prithika tries to make things fit the picture-perfect path her life was on, the more things fly off the rails: she's trapped in trying to be someone she's not, she's lying to her best friends Laila and Aurora, she can tell Aurora's keeping secrets, she realizes how little she actually knows Carter, and she's getting more invested in Jackson's personal life than expected. Can she get her life back under control? Or will trying to fix things make a bigger mess?

Suddenly home when coronavirus hits during her sophomore year of college, asexual Hannah finds herself wondering if a lockdown might just be the perfect time to try to find love. She won't have to worry about the physical side of a relationship!

Patrick Lee didn't want to become a super-villain. As far he's concerned, he's actually a pretty cool guy. A thrill-seeker and a dork, he spends most of his time fooling around with friends and working in a church nursery. That is, until a botched murder attempt from his handsome soon-to-be nemesis thrusts him into a world of magic and not-so-heroic superheroes. Vowing to use his powers only for good, Patrick finds himself on the wrong side of both the law and powerful superheroes. But the magician who tried to murder Pat is still hunting him down, and while other parts of his identity threaten to leave him jobless and broke, Patrick can't help but get himself wound up in cults, revolutions, and sinister plots that shake his views on good and evil. Patrick didn't want to become a supervillain, but sometimes, to do the right thing, you have to play with a little dark magic. *** COMPLETE Beautiful cover by @foxinscreamingcolor!

Tyler is about to go on his first date since transitioning. He's finally feeling confident and ready to move forward in life. He's met a girl on Tinder as you do these days, what could go wrong? Only problem is he hasn't told her he's a trans guy. He wants to be normal for once. Will it work out? Will he fall in love? At what point will Tyler have to tell his date his secret? Written by an own voice author, lets explore this topic together.

A boy whose home was taken from him seeks freedom. A mindrenderer with dangerous hands hopes to undergo his own redemption arc. When Cole was younger, his mother told him about the men who played at being gods. Self-righteous, arrogant fools who stole his people and used their wicked mindrenderers to take away their free will. And as he got older, they nearly took away his mind, too. Alistair didn't like his job. If it were up to him, he would've discarded the part of him that made him a mindrenderer years ago. Perhaps then he wouldn't have hurt so many people. When the pair are forced together after a failed assassination attempt, they discover they might have to put aside what they know about each other in order to survive. Or kill each other in the process. (WARNING: THIS IS A ROUGH DRAFT!! i'm so very sorry)

Sands of Destiny transports readers to the ancient world of Egypt, where magic and mystery reign supreme. In the bustling city of Thebes, a young girl named Amunet discovers she is the descendant of powerful Egyptian gods and holds the key to protecting Egypt from the forces of Chaos. With the guidance of her mentor, the wise Thoth, and the support of her allies, Amunet embarks on a perilous journey across the sands of Egypt to unlock the secrets of her heritage and fulfill her destiny as a guardian of the Nile, Filled with ancient prophecies, mythical creatures, and epic battles, "Sands of Destiny" is the beginning of an unforgettable adventure that will captivate readers of all ages.

Sage, who has been raised as a boy despite his female form, decides to confront the gods and force them to transform his body ------------------------------ When Telethusa was pregnant, the goddess Aurelia visited her in the night and delivered a prophecy that she would have a son. So, when she gave birth to a baby girl, she raised the child as a boy, heeding the goddesses words. Eighteen years have passed since that night, and Sage has grown to be a strong and determined young man who is betrothed to marry a neighbor girl named Violet. He is becoming increasingly agitated that the gods have still not fixed their mistake and completed his form. When an injury threatens to reveal his "incomplete" body to Violet, he decides that he has had enough, and he sets off on a quest to confront the gods.

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