Title: CROW’S REST (WIP) Genre: YA urban fantasy Mom woke me as we hit the outskirts of Crow’s Rest. “Brace yourself, Avery Girl.” It’s what she’d said the first time we’d come to visit Uncle Tam, and every time since, as we got close to Crow’s Rest and the Castle. Anticipation and dread surged through me as I sat up. The June air streamed in through the open window, coating my tongue with heat Read more…
Title: ABEL PIRATES Genre: YA alternate historical Beatrix was used to keeping her head down in Sheepshank. It was when she felt Miss Black tense beside her that she looked up and spotted him. A man on horseback in their path of retreat. He hardly seemed a threat—oily black curls bounced beneath his ridiculously wide-brimmed planter’s hat; an orange feather plume sagged upon his shoulder—but Miss Black considered everyone a threat. Even ruddy-cheeked fops Read more…
Title: BROKEN Genre: YA Dark Contemporary Red and blue lights dance off the roof of my mother’s car. I groan and lean back against the seat. The movement makes my head spin and my stomach rolls. My heart beat pounds inside my skull and it feels like my brain is about to beat right through the bone. Pushing against the steering wheel, I try to shift into a more comfortable position. My hand slips Read more…
Title: FINDING ESTA #1 OF THE SUPES SERIES Genre: Paranormal. Urban Fantasy The weather forecast said clouds with cool winds, with a small chance of sunny spells: a perfect example of British summer time. I busied myself getting ready – stomach in knots – to see my folks. Half way through brushing my teeth, I recalled brushing them earlier. “Crap,” I spat and stared at the white gunged, annoyed at how the dreaded, Read more…
Title:BETTER LIVES Genre:YA Science Fiction When Gil and Lew came to my dorm room with the idea of stealing the physics final, I normally wouldn’t have considered such a dumbass move. Not that I had any moral objections to cheating or stealing. But normally, the potential for a high grade on a single test weighed against getting kicked out of prep school wasn’t worth the risk. Normally. But these were special circumstances. I had Read more…
Title: WHERE THERE IS DARK Genre: YA Fantasy The twenty-four hour incense stick releases a continuous thread of fragrant smoke. Vanilla. Saturdays are always vanilla. The scent mixes with the pungent odor of mushrooms boiling in a pot over the hearth’s open flames. Mushrooms thrive in the dark, so they are the only food that isn’t rationed. And like the incense clock, they remind me of everything the darkness has stolen. Across the kitchen, Read more…
Title: PEREGRINEGenre: YA Science Fiction (Space Opera) They tell me I’m one of a kind. But only by the process of elimination. The elimination of everyone else on my planet. Some call me a miracle. Some, a liability. To most, though, I’m a… “Freak!” I open my eyes to the holo on the gym wall, tuning out the jeers of my potential classmates. Virtual trees whiz past and a dirt road stretches for miles, Read more…
Title: STARRY KNIGHT Genre: YA SF The last time I saw my dad, he whispered eleven words into my ear. Take care of your mom, Sage. She’s not strong like us. The nine-year-old me swelled with the responsibility. The sixteen-year-old me is sagging under the weight. His words haunt me as I stand on the cracked cement of my front porch. Voices buzz through the door, growing like an approaching swarm of angry Read more…
Title: SHADOWS OF DESTINY Genre: YA Contemporary fantasy Taylor took one long, deep breath before opening the door to her own personal hell. Two dozen heads turned to look at her as she walked in, then the whispers began. “Why doesn’t she just stay home?” “I swear, I shiver every time I look into her eyes,” a boy whispered. “Then don’t! I bet she’d curse you,” his friend said next to him. Read more…
Title: WHAT HAPPENS IN WATER Genre: YA Contemporary I have never lost a game of Manhunt. Cassie isn’t patient enough for hide-and-seek in the dark. She loses interest and would rather be found, squealing and laughing. She’s always been the best at pulling people near her, people who want to hear her stories or raise their cups or kiss her, maybe. I’m the best at hiding. Running while it’s still dark enough to Read more…