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If everything fell apart, what would you fight to protect? Seri is diligent, empathetic, and an optimist to a fault. Azariah is bold, resourceful, and full of power he can't contain. Together they are training to join the desert community of the Helis: sacred protectors of the peace on the planet of Solari. With a connection to the crystal Heliocite that gives them telekinetic abilities, they are skilled fighters and often employed by the ruling Chamber of Solari. But there is trouble brewing in the Mining Colonies as civil unrest and greed threaten to bring society to its knees. When their world splits in two, they must join a side or be left in the rubble. Seri will fight tooth and nail for the hope she desperately clings to. But as Azariah struggles with his past and the rigid rules of the Heli Sanctuaries, will he give into corruption or use his considerable power to save their society? {cover by @kikattish} {Second Place in the Hidden Gem Awards} {Second Place Everything's Canceled Awards} {Rated #27 in Sci-fi Romance} {Rated #35 in Work in Progress}

Welcome to Velo City, where the American Dream died. The year is 2065. Corporations rule over a corrupt world government. The 1% live in lavish luxury while the poor rot away in slums. Transportation is regulated by DriveNet, a globalized network of self driving vehicles. Street racers, the remaining few who practice the art of driving, hold illegal races in the dead of night on public roads, piloting the classic sports cars of our time. Michael Cooper is a talented young driver from a poor family. When a financial struggle threatens his way of life, Michael ventures into the world of illegal street racing to pay the bills, only to get dragged down a rabbit hole of organized crime and cyber terrorism. Can Michael save his home by becoming a street racing champion? Or will a shadowy corporate conspiracy and an urban legend change his destiny forever ... **** Featuring real world cars and driving techniques, Asphalt Knight: Ignition tells a gritty and realistic tale of speed, action, social commentary, and a little romance. Asphalt Knight: Ignition pays homage to media such as the Fast & Furious movies, the Initial D manga series, the Need for Speed series of video games, and those insane CGI Hotwheels movies. This story is intended to be the first in a long series with deep lore and an expansive universe.

Meet Emma: a 16-year old girl traveling the world alone in order to flee from a traumatic past that she doesn't dare to face. Then meet Brandon: an 18-year old boy who has never once left his home of the city of Amsterdam. After a horrible incident, he now faces the heavy pressures of society as he walks down the road of atonement. And so when Emma and Brandon's paths cross in the city of Amsterdam, they relish in the benefit of being strangers. As curiosity draws the two together, they both decide to hide their past identities and pretend to be someone they are not, in hopes to convince not only each other but themselves as well. However, as their relationship thickens, Emma soon realizes that Brandon is falling in love with a different version of herself, a version she had lied about. What's worse, is that she is falling in love, too. Now, she must make a decision: should she continue on her journey around the world? Or stay in Amsterdam and finally face her fears? A story of love, loss, and self-discovery, I Amsterdam expresses the importance of accepting your past and embracing your future, and explores the lasting impact of finding another after you have lost yourself. Rankings: 7/18/20 - #2 in Amsterdam 7/21/20 - #4 in Sunrise 7/21/20 - #8 in wilderness Excerpt: "This is it, my brain kept scolding me. You've hit rock bottom and there's no way out. You're lying to your lover. He thinks he knows you, but honestly, he doesn't know the first thing about you. He has no idea where you've been, where you'll go, or who you even are. "

A poor farmer enlists the help of a memory snatcher to discover the truth about his sister's suspicious death. *** Upper-Caldozzans have access to everything: wealth, power, advanced technology, even memories of things their overindulged bodies could never achieve. Lower-Caldozza's creators feed themselves and their families by selling their experiences to the elite through memory snatchers. When a prolific creator, Messita, dies suspiciously, her brother, Runan, a poor farmer with a grudge against the memory selling business, enlists the help of a childhood friend, now memory snatcher, Solara, to discover the truth about Messita's suspicious death. *** Cover image by Rohan Makhecha from Unsplash

In Tokyo, where the System siphons thought, emotions & memories, a literature student meets a strange psychic girl and they embark on an escape from mindless agents, dream worlds and reality itself, in a soul-searching journey for love, for identity and what it means to be human. But all that remains is a peculiar coffee shop order. The novel examines the human condition, perception, socio-political systems, capitalism and consumer culture, incorporating paranoiac conspiracy theories, surreal cosmic visions, circular symbolism and shifting parallel worlds, with profound discussions of coffee, art, literature and music. [Dystopia, Magical Realism, Philosophy, Literary] #1 Sci-Fi, Spiritual; #Wattys2014 Award Winner; Featured on ��������, IndieReader, @DIGonUSA "Struck me to the very core of my being." "Very interesting concept of reality... Thought provoking.." "I have been turned to a whole new way of thinking because of you." "Like a seven course meal full of spice and illumination... One does not listen to a classical piece to get to its ending. No. It is the ride, the moment by moment...a genuine Masamune among stories." "It was both personable and philosophical. A rare breed of good story and thought provoking ideas... A virtual standing ovation would not be enough to encapsulate the absolute awe I have of you." "It's not a regular thing to find a piece of work that oozes sophistication and embodies literature and art." "The world Takatsu has created opens to the deeper awareness of another, the draw of another." - Mary L Tabor, �������� author, essayist, professor "Offers acute, almost painful observations of the minutiae of life, if life took place in a Murakami snow-globe." - IndieReader Insiders "Vapoury style that seems to hover off world at times...haunting and strange (which is good)...You're on to something different, striking." - B.W. Powe, York University English Professor, award-winning author, poet, philosopher http://EspressoLove.tk

When a knight-in-training sets out on a dragonquest to win the hand of a fair princess, he expects to return in time for a pavilion wedding in the fall. But after fifty years of tracking his quarry across godforsaken hinterlands, he is starting to wonder if he has the stamina to finish the job.

Cigarettes, lilac skies and poetry at 3am: sixteen-year-old Pietro ''Pit'' Rossi knows the adrenaline of feeling empty and infinite at the same time. With the reputation of a goofy idiot who doesn't care about anything at all, getting held back at school doesn't seem like a problem. But it is. Because Pit cares about everything, and he always cares too much. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

COMPLETED: 2019 Watty Award Winner in Fantasy Every night she plays...and every night they come... Lira is a violinist by nature and a performer by imprisonment. Stolen as a child by a malevolent wraith and trapped in the Spirit World, Lira now spends her days playing the very music that seduced her in the first place. She sees no escape from her existence under the sorceress Bebinn, until one day her music lures Owen who, at age 16, is supposed to be too old to succumb to its spell. Imprisoned alongside Lira and desperate to find a way back home, Owen vows to find a way to free them both. The only problem: no one has ever escaped Bebinn and the Spirit World alive. 1st Place Winner in Fantasy for the Undiscovered ��������r Awards! 1st Place in Fantasy for the Hidden Author Awards! 1st Place in Fantasy for the Hot Dog Awards! Winner of @EventualElites "Hypnotized and Hooked" Award! 3rd Place in Fantasy for the Book Center's Summer Awards! Cover by: @Baneen121

Solace is a short story series. Each story is a new character with a new dilemma and a different solution. It's a series about sadness, loss, betrayal, pride, death, happiness, injury, faith, humanity and much more. These are stories about real issues.

WINNER - EC AWARDS HISTORICAL FICTION SECOND PLACE - KOHINOOR AWARDS HISTORICAL FICTION For centuries, the Arab tribes occupying the windswept plains of Arabia have known only bickering and conflict; they have clung to their traditions and gods for time immemorial. However, this is all about to change with the advent of one man to the city of Yathrib. The Prophet's camel kicks up clods of sand that will send ripples through time to change the course of history. And at the center of it all is Hanthalah ibn Ka'b - a simple yet mischievous merchant's son from the Jewish Banu Qurayza tribe that finds himself embroiled in the rising political entity of Islam. #grandcafecommunity #thewinnerawards2020 #twilightawards2020