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Watty's Shortlist: Wild Card!All Forty knows is blood. It's what she drinks, what's spilled from her. The life of a Chupa, a person infected with the Chupacabra virus, is not easy, especially for a damaged one like Forty. Unlike her brethren, Forty has a low drive for blood and relatively undeveloped predatory features.Thirty-Seven is everything Forty isn't. He's loud, angry, and a top specimen. When the two clash, a series of unfortunate events lead to a strained partnership and many questions. How far will humans go to save themselves? What will you do for the one you love? How can you grow in a world that so badly wants to hold you back?It will be bloody, but Forty will answer for herself. *not Beta read* *currently under heavy editing*…

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An aspiring singer-songwriter picks up an old hitchhiker on her way home from college during the Spring of 1988. The story he has for her is a testament to all different types of love, and together the two traverse different planes of existence set against the backdrop of vintage Texas.…

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Dr. Zapata spends his days in a high security government prison as punishment for his help in Forty's escape. When he witnesses his fellow inmates fall to Dr. Taft's biological weapon, the Melt, he realizes that he must correct his past wrongs with the help of an unlikely ally. Meanwhile, Forty is finally happy. After escaping from the compound, she finally has everything she's ever wanted: a family. Now cohabitating with Cade's group and other Chupas, Forty finally feels like there are people who love her unconditionally. However, as Forty has learned, happiness only lasts for so long. Winter brings not only seasonal hazards, but the reminder that the biological weapon Dr. Taft has released is wreaking havoc across the North American continent. As the disease forces Chupas and humans into competition with one another, the arrival of a mysterious stranger puts not only Forty's family in peril, but also brings with her a whole new outlook on the Chupacabra virus.…