It's when they creep out of the shadows that you should beware. The good ones will hold your hand when you're having a nightmare; the bad ones BECOME your nightmare, seeping into your very soul and burrowing in the darkness until they've completely taken over. Ten authors. Ten stories. Many supernatural beings you've come to know and love. Once you plunge into these pages, you won't want to leave. **** REBIRTH A. Denner Immortality always comes with a sacrifice. But how can Nova finish the deed when her Prey is the only one that can save her? GABBY’S FUTURE Mikki Noble A future-telling tree offers Gabby an unpromising future she must try to change. Will that change make things better or worse? LIFE AND DEATH Nita Pan Brimming with love and betrayal, the courtship between two gods explores what it means to have humanity. Is the divine romance between Life and Death doomed from the very beginning? CHOSEN Jennifer C. Colvin Stolen away to the Philippine Underworld by a mysterious goddess, dutiful and meek Bituin, a young girl from a small hidden mountain town on Cebu Island, discovers the gods have chosen her as a Babaylan (shaman). Newly imbued with powers beyond her wildest imagination, Bituin’s spiritual awakening sends her life into upheaval and rocks the foundation of her quiet town. BROKEN PROMISES Evelyn Chartres A young woman finds herself isolated from all she knows when her home is set ablaze. Despite insurmountable odds, she must risk traversing unfamiliar and hostile territory to find help, or declare her life forfeit. CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? Carmen Adams Palkar Village is a bloodthirsty place for those of the supernatural, and after years of senseless persecution the Sorcerer community sought refuge elsewhere. For decades the Earth Sorceress Alina lived peacefully among her kind in a deep forest until one night of magic changed her world. The Sorcerer community lived in secret tranquility for decades...but would things stay that way? HAVENLESS Ryen Lesli Bitter Regret creates beautiful betrayal in Havenless. SULFUR NIGHT Abby Paul Cursed. Tainted. Marked. The children born on the sulfur night aren’t like the rest of us. They can serve only one purpose. Perhaps the new gods are as blood thirsty as the old. THE LOCKSMITH Ari Meghlen For Cara, a non-magical human, in a world of magic, picking locks is how she makes a living. Her quiet life is threatened when a mysterious traveler brings her a complex lock that makes her the target of a powerful enemy. ORDINARY FAE Melony Paradise The only way to hide from a Fae king is to live among humans – as a human. Can Izbella Rane have the normal life she wants, or will she be forced into a world her family fled from?
Authors
Mikki, the eccentric Canadian, has been writing in some form or another for nearly a quarter of a century; since writing her very first poem at age eleven. She lives in Ontario, Canada, with her cats, guinea pig and rabbit. She found her niche in teen fiction because it’s captivating, open-minded, fast-paced, and every sense is heightened. And that’s also the reason why it’s her favorite genre to pick up at a bookstore. Mikki has a diploma in both, Business Administration and Creative Writing. She loves creating things, animals, books and movies, trying to make people smile, and talking to her social media friends.
Evelyn Chartres is the nom de plume for a self-published Canadian author. The writer of seven Gothic fantasy novels, Evelyn released her debut novel, The Portrait, in 2016, and her latest, Dark Hearts, in 2022. A fan of the phrase “live to eat,” Evelyn shares her recipes on this website. These recipes have a loose focus on French-Canadian cuisine, which feature deep-dish meat pies, seafood, and desserts that are rarely seen outside of La Belle Province. Evelyn is currently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is busy laying the foundations for her next book featuring Clara Grey.
Ari Meghlen is an English lass now living in beautiful Northern Ireland. After creating and running the successful #TheMerryWriter hashtag game on Twitter for a few years, it then morphed into #TheMerryWriterPodcast which she runs with her friend and fellow author, Rachel Poli. When she's not working, Ari can be found in her writing cave working on one of her (many) manuscripts. Her very first story scribbled at the age of 8, was about a monster under the bed and she hasn't stopped writing since. She shares writing updates in her newsletter, writing advice on her blog and random photos and memes on her Instagram. She does occasionally find time to leave her writing cave and indulge in other hobbies such as gardening, blogging, making things, drawing, shooting arrows, watching movies, losing at cards and spending time with her partner and their cats.
