That statement got Anna’s attention. Whatever she proposed, had to involve a different mode of transportation. However, if it were not over land or water, what options were there? Anna could not imagine how traveling underwater would be faster.
Anna was handed what remained of the lock’s body and saw the individual finger imprints that deformed the brass. She tried to do the same, to dig in, but despite the existing damage nothing changed. “How?” Anna asked. “Girl power,” Evelyn said with a giggle.#AmEditingpic.twitter.com/UF4pcefVra
…this led her to wonder if she was eating some sort of extinct animal. “So, what are these?” Anna asked. “Rations,” Evelyn said. “Prepared long ago and stored for situations like these.” “How lo—” Anna asked. “You don’t want to know, ma chère,” Evelyn replied.#AmEditingpic.twitter.com/4qZGiRF7IN
“Why… dark…” Those words left Anna drained, and the reality of which surprised her. Then again, after that level of exertion, followed by a nasty fall, one had to expect a price to be paid. — So why am I so numb? “It’s night. It comes early this time of year.”#AmEditingpic.twitter.com/IXPkzZZa8b
This scene reminded Anna of being submerged in deep water, where phosphorescent light did not reach. Before excitement took root, she realised that her lungs were still taking in air, which precluded any chance of being underwater.
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She had fond memories of her leaping between rocks to get on the island, while wearing a cute dress, and a pair of rubber boots. This was her kingdom, a refuge from reality that it was time to grow up. It was sobering that she could cross the pond in one step now.
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.
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REBIRTH by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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? by 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 by Ryen Lesli Bitter Regret creates beautiful betrayal in Havenless.
SULFUR NIGHT by 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 by 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 by 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?