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When a teenager with strange powers escapes the clutches of her scientist captor, she must learn to face the troubles of her past before the scientist returns and the cycle starts over again.***September 2016. The North Sea. A storm rages while Eliza Whittle flees the laboratory that became her prison. Her ride? Her pet dog, implanted with seagull wings by Dr Magnus Reynolds against her will. When the sutures rip free, sending them tumbling into the vicious waters below, it's hardly a surprise. Waking up on a bleak Shetland beach, she meets a shadow from her past, and she has a decision to make. She can take her life back, or she can keep on running into oblivion. Her choice.The question is: will Reynolds ever let her go?***Part of the Nowhere is Final series and sequel to The Ava Experiment. Soon to be available on Inkitt.…

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When two young demonhunters discover a magical map in a secret weapon stash, they decide to follow it into the unknown of Faerieland to find its treasure. ***Frankie and Meg are the best of friends. They also happen to be students at Hetchworth Hall: Demonhunting Academy, a secret school that trains young paranormals for the eternal battle between good and evil. Their summer assignment has them patrolling the Kentish wetlands for anything out of the ordinary. But when they stop off at an abandoned church to renew their stash of holy weapons, they find a strange map amongst the rusting steel. A treasure map that leads to somewhere that shouldn't exist. ***Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered's Tales of Adventure reading list August 2023Featured on @Fantasy's Quick Reads (Nov 23-April 24) and Monthly Picks reading list (Oct-Nov 2023)Featured on @ShortStory's Novelette reading list (May 2024)🏆 Fantasy Short Story Top Pick in The Ambys 2023🥇First place in the Short Story Category of the Rose Gold Awards 2023 (@Rose-Gold_Community)Written for Spring Fiesta 2022. Prompt: Write a story incorporating the following elements: cherry blossoms by the lake, two friends, an antique map, a ring. The story should contain one prominent magical element. Word count: 9600Also available on Inkitt and Royal Road.…

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A young man recovering from a serious accident has to find out what happened to his missing sister to discover why he has developed strange powers. ***Fate has not smiled on Damien Whittle. After waking up in hospital following a car accident, he's found that his beloved sister has gone mysteriously missing, and he can't remember why. He's tried to move on, but just as he's turning over a new leaf, strange things start happening - accompanied by dim memories from his past. Eliza must be the key. But what happened to her?Word count: 20kFeatured in Strugglers on @WattpadShortStoryFeatured in @FBWCBookClub's Fantastical Fantasy reading list (April 2023)🥇First place in the Mystery/Thriller category of The Dream Awards 2022 @TeamOfDreams🥉Third place in the Mystery category of The Hearts Awards 2022 @waterandfire_xoxPart of the Nowhere is Final series, following Pursuit. Also available on Inkitt.…

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When a group of young demonhunters are assigned an investigative case by their school teacher, they must track down a rogue paranormal before the consequences spiral out of control. ***In a world hidden from the human eye, a school teaches the art of demon-hunting. Edgar Kelpheart is a student in his final year at Letchworth Academy of Demon-Hunting, up to his eyebrows in lessons, revision, and fighting demons. He spends any free time patrolling the streets of Portsmouth with his parabatai and his other friends, honing their skills for when they can finally become fully fledged members of the Sunder, the demonhunter's council. When the bodies of fairy children start appearing in Portsmouth's dark alleys, Edgar and his friends are assigned the case -- what they don't know is that this is far more complicated than a simple case of a rogue paranormal... A short piece experimenting with many of Cassandra Clare's concepts (so credit to her, of course) and with characters first imagined by @grinchly (so credit to her, too)!🏆Winner in the Angels, Demons and Nephilim subgenre of The Amby Awards 2022🥉Third place in the Fanfiction category of The Dream Awards 2022 @TeamOfDreamsCurrently featured in YAFantasy's Urban Fantasy reading list (Dec 2022)…

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No matter where she goes, Eliza Whittle just can't shake the stalker scientist on her tail. He wants her special abilities for his own. For her, no destination is final. In The Birmingham Affair, Eliza and her trusty pet Ava are at the beginning of their journey, and are faced with the reality stretching before them. Dr. Magnus Reynolds is one step behind them, trying to box them in - and they have to escape. In Nothing Hurts Like Losing, Dr. Magnus Reynolds flees London following a disastrous attempt to capture Eliza. His return to Inverness results in both another devious plot and a fateful meeting with his old rival, Daphne Bligh. In Crossing the Line, Scarlett Murphy is a scientist in Daphne Bligh's laboratory, and she smells a rat. Suspecting that her boss is up to something nefarious, she decides to dig a little deeper - but can she handle what she finds? This is a short story collection that accompanies the Nowhere is Final series, available in full on Wattpad and in part on Inkitt.…

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A collection of my various contest entries, drabbles, and miscellaneous shorts!…