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ERADICATE

When an illness is discovered to be rapidly infecting the population, the world is deemed beyond repair. In an attempt to stop the spread, major cities go into quarantine. Nobody comes in or out. When the people living in a homeless shelter inside one of the quarantine zones realizes that they’ll die if they stay, they escape. Little did they know, the world was much more cruel and devastating outside the walls. The survivors are forced to stick together and attempt to build a life worth living with each other. Together, they look for the simplest thing a person could ask for; a home.

Themes: found family, learning to love, loss, friendship, healing from trauma, finding peace, mental health, choosing one’s destiny, kindness, lgbt

THE WILTED FLOWER

Dinora lives in a perfect town with her perfect family, her perfect best friend, and her perfect boyfriend. But of course, she wants something deeper than perfection. One day the perfection cracks. Dinora wakes up to find the normally bustling town silent, and her father missing. Upon further investigation, she finds everyone else, including her boyfriend has frozen in a catatonic state. She’s alone, until her best friend Fae finds her. Dinora can tell that Fae knows something she doesn’t: Dinora is an android.

Themes: identity crisis, betrayal, lgbt, friends to lovers, autonomy, find an escape, memory loss, friendship, trust, what it means to love

BEFORE THE BLOOD MOON

In a vampire-driven world, one breed of vampires is discriminated against and mass-sacrificed during the Blood Moon festivals. In an attempt to escape his fate, one of these vampires flees and is caught by a group of friends who decide to help him find safety.

Cowriting with @isaacatwriting

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In a time of war, many people don’t get to meet their soulmates. On a person’s 18th birthday, a birthmark is revealed somewhere on their body and on their soulmate’s 18th birthday, the same exact mark will show up. When two women meet, they feel drawn to each other. They feel the same feelings they’ve always heard of when told stories of two soulmates meeting. When they can’t hide their attraction for one another, they begin a relationship in secret, though they fear it will end sadly as same-sex soulmates are said to be impossible. Despite this, they continue the relationship, counting the days until the younger girl’s 18th birthday. But before they can find the truth about their love, the younger girl is swept away with her family when her brother is drafted for the war. The only thing left to the older girl is a letter from her lover. She decides to push past her doubts and find her love, whether or not they’re soulmates, and sets on a journey to find her.

MARNIE AND THE CHOSEN ONES

When Marnie agrees to help her friend start a Gender-Sexuality Alliance at school, she didn’t expect to be nominated for club president. Between being in the closet at home and trying to keep up with the pressures of high school, it seemed like an idiotic idea. Despite all rationality, she agrees to take on the responsibility. This story follows the lives of the students in the GSA as they navigate identity, high school, discrimination, and the newfound freedom they’re granted and fighting for.

THE OUTSKIRST OF LIFE

Past the outskirts, the lost and lonely can feel free. It can feel addictive, and you may never want to come back in. But the longer you stay there, the darker and deadlier it will become. When a girl, numb from the cruelty and mediocrity of Life, is brought back from the outskirts, she must learn to heal past needing the them.

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Ana Kumari tried to be optimistic about life, but everything she does seems slightly out of place. She has a new apartment that looks nice but has an odd smell she cant get rid of, a partner who is nice but generally uninterested, and a job that pays well but doesn’t bring her any joy. One day, she decides to get out of the apartment. On her walk, a device falls out of someone's coat and Ana attempts to return it to it’s owner. In the blink of an eye, it’s as if she’s in a whole other world, trapped underground. Strange occurrences threaten her around every corner. Along her journey to find her way back home, she meets others also trapped. They also have the devices and reveal that they lead the wearer to their deepest desire. Not until each of them realizes their desires will they be set free.