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**WATTPAD HQ EDITOR'S PICK for August 2021***FEATURED IN THE "CHILLS AND THRILLS" READING LIST ON WATTPAD'S "Paranormal" page!***FEATURED ON WATTPAD'S #PrideatWattpad READING LIST**Can we understand what happens after death by summoning ghosts? And are ghosts... real?Twenty-two-year-olds Arielle Daniels and Stella Sullivan go on an east-coast ghost-hunting tour to honor their recently deceased best friend, Jade, whose death remains a mystery. Only her parents know the circumstances, and they refuse to tell anyone. Stella wants to pay her respects by following Jade's bucket-list; but Arielle wants real, palpable answers. What happens after death? Why has she lost so many loved ones? And how exactly did Jade die? In the midst of their journey, Arielle realizes she might have been in love with Jade, but now... she has no way to be sure, and no idea how to reveal this to Stella--or anyone else, for that matter. As they travel, the girls discover more about themselves than they anticipated, both forced to come to terms with their emotions; Arielle to accept her bisexuality, and Stella to acknowledge her heritage as the descendant of a long line of psychic mediums. But the trip takes on an eerie tone when they get more than they bargained for, and swallow up more occult knowledge than either ever expected to find in their lifetimes.•WARNING: this book is rated MATURE for handling triggering, sensitive issues. There will be jumps, screams, and heart-palpitating moments. Proceed with caution.…

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Death. What happens after it? What lies beneath the surface?Poor Arielle Daniels stumbled through dangerous hoops to figure this out. She wakes in a new place--the Void--and discovers that what waits after death are layers, dimensions, and sadly... more questions. Even with her new *friend*--that she nicknames THE GHOST, for lack of any other way to describe her--she feels alone, abandoned, afraid. In the living world, Benjamin "Benny" Brooks, knowledgeable in the occult and familiar with paranormal activity, can't crack the mystery behind her death. Or Stella's. Or even... Jade's. He and his FBI agent friend Kylie are on the scene, scraping for clues... and no matter how prepared they think to be, both will get much more than they bargained for. Will Arielle get her ultimate answers, at last? Will she conclude the business that's holding her in the Void? And will Benny finally show the world ghosts are real?•WARNING: this book mentions AND deals with suicide, but DOES NOT endorse it. PLEASE BEWARE. It is rated MATURE for that, among other triggering, sensitive issues. Proceed with caution.…

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Terror. A dimension mirroring the living one--but morphed to reflect the imagination of its Overseer. And the current Overseer... has refused to relinquish her power for centuries, tormenting her souls--"terrors"--into becoming... zombies.Arielle finds herself in Terror, desperate to find her best friend, Jade, to resolve her business, and to figure out a way to claw back up to the Void and maybe, MAYBE, slither into the Soul Realm, where she belongs. And Benny, poor Benny, he only wants to understand--is he dead? What's the Void? What's Terror? And--oh, come on, why are there zombies here? On their final trek towards the truth, Arielle & friends will jump through fiery hoops--literally--and slip on a few bloody puddles on their way. They'll hide in safe-zones and see the sky burn; but really, the ultimate question remains: will Arielle manage to locate Jade and tell her how she feels?•WARNING: this book is rated MATURE for handling triggering, sensitive issues, and for gore & horror. There will be jumps, screams, and heart-palpitating moments. Proceed with caution.…

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Sneaking into a campus party shouldn't lead to expulsion, should it?***Colleges across the U.S. have been on alert because of rioters who all but rendered the American Ivy League universities extinct, after the end of the COVID pandemic in twenty-twenty-five. After their destruction, smaller subsidiaries of those Ivy Leagues have been thriving, thanks to donations and government grants.In twenty-twenty-nine, Junior student Kera Mitchell learns the hard way that it's actually a minor crime to crash a party on campus--it's an invasion of private property. At her university, Valence, there are still severe punishments in place for disrespect to any structures on site. Kera finds out that though she won't be expelled for her party-crashing, she did break a serious rule, and she'll have to pay for it. Along with the party-throwers, hot golden boy Miles, and drug-dealing douche Vick, she's given a punishment none of them expected: they're sent to an unknown, tropical island to learn how to control their erratic behaviors. Like a brainwashing vacation against violence, sex, drugs, and alcohol. Except Kera shouldn't be there--she's as docile as they come, and has never been rowdy and rebellious in her life. Wrong place, wrong time? The island has many secrets, some of which Kera and Miles will stumble upon inadvertently, and that will change the course of the rest of their lives. Will they leave the island unscathed? Will they leave it... at all?-----------A post-pandemic, post-apocalyptic, paranormal horror novel. Please mind your triggers (gore, language, trauma, violence)Inspired by a dream I had and that I became obsessed with turning into a book.…

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Getting off a remote, untraceable island dominated by twisted "gods" shouldn't be a problem, should it?***Miles & Kera have cut ties--against Kera's wishes--and Miles has returned to the "camp" where he and the others have set up; but there's a lot he's not telling his fellow captives on the island. He has no intention of sitting back and obeying these supposed gods who rule the place, and wants to figure out exactly what they are, where they came from, and why they think they can force half a dozen college students into doing their sick bidding.Along with surprising allies, he'll discover secrets he was never meant to, and have to navigate the treacherous forest separating him from his salvation too many times to count--only to find himself in more danger with every new piece of information he stumbles upon.Will Miles get off this island? *Can* he get off this island? And is there any hope of saving the others--Kera included?-----------A post-pandemic, post-apocalyptic, paranormal horror novel. Please mind your triggers (gore, language, trauma, violence)…

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AMERICAN HORROR STORY meets THE HANDMAID'S TALE with a bit of WESTWORLD weaved inFour women, fresh out of a super secret governmental experiment, are dragged back into the laboratory where they lived--to save the world from the specimens they helped produce.*****It's 2050, and the world--in particular the not-so-United States of America--has undergone a lot of changes. A dictator who refuses to relinquish his presidential power reigns over the country, and humans--especially women--see their rights diminished more and more each day. Some are forced to enter special programs to stay safe from men who seek to harm them, and others accept to be part of freaky experimental trials in back-alley labs for a bit of cash to pay the rent. Four women who participated in one such trial--one *actually* sanctioned by the US government--are coping with their new lives when a member of said lab comes to find them, to let them know that the experiment they participated in has gone awry... and they are the only ones who can help fix it all. *TRIGGER WARNING for gore, violence (especially towards women, but NOT domestic abuse), oppression (to women, mostly), explicit language, possible sexual situations inappropriate for readers under 18. PLEASE DO PROCEED WITH CAUTION.*…

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**OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST SHORTLIST**Even if she is killed, she is never dead.*****She'd spent many, many years in the same body, getting used to her quirks, her mannerisms, learning how to survive through the ages. Yet Josephine wakes up one night and realizes she's been asleep for a century: it's now 2023, and her last memory was being on a boat with friends back in 1923. As an immortal woman--a Reborn--she can never truly die, but if mortally wounded or killed, her body disintegrates, and her essence roams for one hundred years before it creates a new body to inhabit. If she slept for so long, it can only mean one thing: someone murdered her back on that boat, and now she needs to find out who and why.***ONC entry based on prompt #2: "One night you woke from the dead. For you, you were gone mere seconds, for the world you were gone almost a century. How will you navigate this new world?"…

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♥ A Writer's Journal ♥Where readers can get to know me, Stephanie Rose, through my writing processes, my multiple projects, and my passing thoughts. Where I answer questions -- those asked by my readers or myself -- and share behind-the-scenes info on my characters, story ideas, aesthetic choices.Where I share my projects, my woes, my hopes, my dreams.Where I bring you, the reader, into my world -- the world of an author.♥ this is a story with PAID CHAPTERS, except for the first two. Please consider unlocking chapters to read more about me! There will be bonus things that *aren't* included in any of the stories posted on Wattpad! ♥…

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Three friends go on a trip to a Nevada desert hot springs a few hours from home. Coolers packed with booze and snacks, camping gear stuffed in their trunks, they can't wait for a hot night under the stars, away from the horrors of the current worldwide pandemic. Little do they know, there are mysteries surrounding the location that might shift their goals of tranquility--for the rest of their lives.•••!WARNING! This is a paranormal thriller. It will have many mature elements (gore, language, some mild sexual content, drug references) so please, proceed with caution.…

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**FEATURED on the official Wattpad NA page, in Sci-Fi/Fantasy**A far-away place, a peaceful population... and a yearly sacrifice?Cerule--a prosperous planet lodged in the Andromeda galaxy, full of lively, happy humans, luxurious and abundant vegetation, and represented by mysterious cerulean crystals. But it's also home to a terrifying sacrificial ritual that takes one (un)lucky eighteen year old from its family once a year... to eat it. Yes, *eat*. The Eldian Monsters, concealed creators dwelling underground, benevolent overseers of the land, require human sacrifices to keep the world running despite its massive handicap, referred to as the "Rotation Halt." The planet... no longer spins on its own axis. So, to somehow maintain the inhabitants livelihoods, these ever-lasting beings resolve to using a dark ritual that all Ceruleans respect and revere... all but eighteen-year-old Melaynia Roya. She lost her sister twelve years ago to this sinister rite of passage, and unfortunately her life is about to revolve around it once more... as she is now the eligible age of Sacrifice. Can she escape the deadly future ahead of her and uncover the truth behind the ritual before it's too late? Can she save herself... while trying to save her planet?•BOOK ONE of the REVOLUTION series•#324 in "science-fiction#197 in "science" (08/14/18)#243 in "sisters" (08/14/18)#216 in "sacrifice" (08/14/18)#38 in "planet" (05/13/18)#128 in "galaxy" (05/13/18)•…