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Ashley Everson had cheated death, but not on his own. After a miraculous recovery, he discovers he's not alone in his body anymore. Something lurks, whispering in his ear a language he can't understand, inviting a chasm of reality he didn't even know existed, inverting his life as he knows it. Is it responsible for his survival? Or is it just using him to hide from something much worse? What does the entity even want? What does it mean to his own mortality? Where did the entity even come from? Ash decides to find out before something much worse hunts down whatever is hiding inside of him. **Awarded 1st place in the Paranormal category for the Cleaved Awards 2019.** **Highest Ranked. Number 3 in Mystery. Number 2 in Thriller.** #bookiestars #EliteAwards2019 #diademawards #tea2020

While investigating the chilling deaths of three teenage girls in the remote town of Briarwood, Detective Evan O'Riley is drawn into the unsolved mysteries of a notorious 1960s serial killer. Three sixteen-year-old girls have plunged from the roof of their school. The question lingers: did they jump, or were they pushed? Tasked with uncovering the truth, Evan O'Riley---seasoned by years of crime-solving in Riverton---arrives in Briarwood, determined to discover whether he's facing triple homicide or a heartbreaking suicide. As he delves into the case, Evan uncovers unsettling whispers about the town's infamous SAD Killer, whose string of brutal murders left Briarwood haunted---and whose identity was never discovered. Fifty years later, the ghosts of the past resurface as Evan combs through long-buried evidence, tracks down survivors, and seeks out old investigators tied to the original crimes. Driven to find answers for both the present and the past, Evan is relentless in his pursuit of justice. But as old secrets come to light and the investigation intensifies, Evan realizes the SAD Killer's legacy isn't as distant as he believed---the danger may be closer than anyone imagines.

Alianna Winter thought her detecting days were over when she solved the case of the Merryweather Jewel Thefts. But never had she ever been so wrong. An innocent visit to the country village of Lesser Farthing twists into one of the most dangerous investigations Allie has faces so far. Two apparent suicides-but neither ringing entirely true. And the murderer will do anything to cover his tracks... -The third book in the Alianna Winter series. Her earlier cases: 1.Death At Scarlet Leaf 2. The Merryweather Jewel Thefts Her later cases: 4.Murder Is At Hand 5. The Incident Concerning The Alsatian Dog 6. At The Plaza Majestic 7.Madame Juror 8.A Murder Shall Commence 9.The Impossible Poisoning 10.The Final Endgame The Toby Smart Spin-offs: What Makes A Detective What Breaks A Detective

Secrets, Scandal...and Murder. //// Ahmed Heavenstate just wanted to fit in. A recently adopted high school freshman in a brand new town, he'd barely gotten his foot in the door before being targeted by the headmaster's entitled son Steven. But when a cruel prank brings both boys face to face with a brutalized corpse in the school's main building, these warring adolescents are swept into a terrifying world bloodied with the long-buried secrets of their tight-lipped community. As the passions and prejudices of old money and new acquaintances whirl relentlessly through their town of sheltered closets and the skeletons inside them, Steven and Ahmed will discover a truth more terrifying than anything their paragon of sacred laws and tradition would dare allow them to believe.

Fashionista Cheline Morgan's life is turned upside down following the discovery of a corpse outside the building where her best friend lives. After coming to terms with the death, Cheline attempts to solve the mysterious circumstances surrounding it, while her best friend appears more guilty by the minute. Will she find the murderer before her BFF ends up in jail or worse...dead? Cover by the incredibly talented @x_Luminous_x.

***This story is told completely through Toby's POV*** My life has stopped... I was supposed to keep training. I was supposed to keep developing the skills that it took to be the slenderman's proxy. I was supposed to be there for Sally when she couldn't sleep. I was supposed to be between Jeff and Ben while they tried to show me a movie I could never sit still long enough for. I was supposed to be standing in front of Masky while he yelled at me about my carelessness. I was supposed to be there to receive Hoodie's reassuring smile. I was supposed to be with them... but I'm not. Something horrible happened to me...

Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is. ***** A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche? *2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller* [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque

All is well in Patty's life until her best friend goes missing. No note. No texts, just got up and was gone the next day. People say she ran off with some guy, or was hiding because she was pregnant with notorious bad boy, that Patty never seemed to like, Jasper Mckinley's child. Some say, she's dead. Patty denies all of it. She knew Jasmine like the back of her hand and she was convinced she did not run away or fell in a ditch somewhere. A year has passed. But she never stopped believing her best friend was still alive. So what happens when a stranger suddenly sends her flowers with notes about things only Jasmine and her would know? And she finds herself asking for help from the very guy she suspects? Everything starts to become a game. For every flower delivered to her doorstep, the chances of finding her best friend alive, decreases.

Fay Cunningham, publisher of a small-town Pennsylvania newspaper, is having a well deserved midlife crisis. Both nicotine-and calorie-deprived, she stays busy delivering the paper she publishes in order to get closer to her customer base, craving inspiration, a smoke, and a cheeseburger. But she discovers something odd going on behind the closed doors of her trusted friend Joe Wise. Like, where is he and who is the mysterious blonde rudely blocking Fay's entry to his house? Adding to the puzzle, Fay learns that Joe's brother and biggest rival, Thomas, has just died under strange circumstances. Joe was Fay's professional benefactor and her journalistic instincts kick into overdrive. But first, she has to get past Angel, Joe's hostile and secretive new companion. And when Fay's questions get too personal, a killer makes lethal plans to send Fay into permanent retirement....

"Oh, look, we're back home! You'll be a lamb for me now, right? Unless you'd like a bullet in that pretty little head of yours, I'd suggest you do as I say." "Starving. I've been starving for so long that I don't even care how I get it. I just want it, I need to know someone needs me." // Young Acacia finds herself kidnapped by the murderous son of a famous sociopath. How will she manage to survive the violent outbursts and mental torture?

"Soothe the devils in my head, love me to my death." In which a psychiatrist gets kidnapped by a serial killer, only to lose her mind.

The dead do not need a body to return. They only need a door. Keyur thought he was just painting a portrait to comfort a grieving widow. He didn't know the ashes he used belonged to a man seeking a vessel. He didn't know the widow had been dead for six months. And he didn't know that once you paint the eyes, the abyss begins looking back.

Philip Obiora Hale arrived in America carrying two things - a dream that wasn't entirely his, and a secret that could destroy everything he built. When his hidden research catches the attention of the wrong people, Philip must choose between the recognition he sacrificed everything for and the truth about who he really is."

A search for missing sister who no one is sure is alive or dead, a turbulent family riddled with deadly secrets that threaten to ruin them all, and a serial killer charging through the countryside all culminate in this tale of forgiveness, sorrow, and retribution. Set in the 1950's. Updated on Sundays and Wednesdays ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Things happen and people change. But can we all forgive and forget? Melinda Newton lived a pretty good life. She was exceptionally good at school, had a great heart, and best of all met her one true love early on. However, her true love might not as true as she thought when she finds out she's pregnant. What happens when a secret that Melinda hid so well finally comes out? She quickly realizes how hard it is to share your love with the rest of the world, especially when he's Michael Jackson. What happens when Melinda finally realizes how opaque his world really is? Can all the mistakes made be reversed?

Despite their combined strength, the target on Serena's back has only grown larger. Her massive surges of silver energy are no longer just a weapon; they are a prize. From the boardroom to the battlefield, corporate giants are tightening the noose, desperate to harvest her power for their own dominance. "Serena, you're scaring Lindsay," Arthur said, his voice uncharacteristically soft. He pointed to where Lindsay sat shivering, her eyes still clouded with the Maestro's amber residue.​"Lindsay is a receiver," Serena said. She stalked toward the girl, leaning over her with a predatory glare that made the air freeze. "She's hearing the truth for the first time. The Vanes didn't make me this. I made myself this. I burned my village because I loved a man more than I loved mercy."​She straightened up, her gaze sweeping over the Mechanic, Alaric, and Elias, who stood frozen, wide-eyed in the face of her transformation. "Why should I pretend to be 'kind' now?"​With a flick of her wrist, the Discordant Key-the machine Julian had sacrificed months to build-was crushed into a ball of scrap metal by an invisible force.​"Hey! That was custom-built!" Julian yelled, though he wisely stayed anchored behind a lead-lined pillar.​Serena didn't answer. She simply vanished.

Add this to your reading list to get a private message as soon as a new chapter is uploaded!! Scarlett Mcbride was a famous model and country singer from Tennessee. Following her death, her step-sister Averia Raynor, sets about finding out who's responsible for it. Somewhere along the way, innocent people end up mysteriously dead. No one can think of any suspects and there are not many witnesses... And Averia can't shake the feeling that all the deaths are connected in some way. Even connected to Scarlett's. Scarlett McBride's murderer may never be caught, unless Averia stays alive long enough to catch them. That's IF the murderer doesn't catch, and kill, Averia first... ************************************** Ginni XxThexFallenxAngelxX

|VAST. DARK. The Subconscious Consumes| Jasper has spent his life surviving by weaponizing his own numbness. Known on the streets as Jay and in the system as Zurich, he learned early that connection is weakness, rage is armor, and violence is the only way to stay alive. But when his release lands him face-to-face with Aurea-the girl he loved and lost in the fourth grade-the impenetrable wall he built begins to crack. Then the world cracks with it. While the rest of the world walks blind, Jasper and Aurea are forced to see the impossible: a consuming black ooze, human eyes hollowed into swirling voids, and malevolent entities operating just beneath the surface of everyday life. These forces haven't just been watching. They have been waiting. Waiting for the Beacons to reveal themselves. Waiting to sever humanity's evolution before it can even begin. Forced to confront the horrors of their past, Jasper and Aurea discover their trauma was never random, their reunion was never accidental, and the world they thought they knew is only one layer of a much larger, shifting prison. Now, hunted by a hidden power that has manipulated generations, they must survive a harrowing spiritual evolution to unlock their true abilities before humanity is trapped forever beneath the darkness controlling it.

|| ONC 2019 OVERALL THIRD PLACE WINNER || Every card has a meaning, but not all are pleasant. Siobhan Brady is a Tarot reader, a profession that called to her ever since she was young. So when the same card begins to repeatedly present itself during her daily personal readings, her intuition tells her there's something greater at play than just a random draw. But when the mysterious MacKenzie Stewart crosses her path, Siobhan realizes the cards weren't lying, and soon finds herself in the middle of a deadly spread where not even Fate can determine the outcome. ---------- Entered into the Open Novella Contest 2019 Suspense Fiction Prompt #6 - Tarot ONC Round One Qualifier - 02.12.19 ONC Round Two Qualifier - 03.13.19 ONC Round Three Qualifier (Long List) - 04.18.19 ONC Short List - 04.28.19 ONC Overall Third Place Winner - 07.03.19 Cover by Lucy Rhodes ©2019 M.Dalto Published to Wattpad 01.01.19 Completed 04.02.19

The Golden Queen, Book 1 When GallenO'Day is hired as a bodyguard to escort a young woman through the woods to the forbidden ruins at Geata Na Chruinn, it seems like an ordinary job-but all too soon, he finds himself fleeing for his life from creatures that seem like escapees from a nightmare-the alien dronon, led by their golden queen. With his best friend, a genetically engineered talking bear named Orick, and his girlfriend Maggie, Gallen soon finds himself tangled in an interstellar war that he never knew existed, racing across a host of worlds, confronted by a future unlike any that he had ever imagined.