Genre: Young Adult Urban Sci-Fi/Superheroes.Word Count: 77310 When Douglas bursts into the bookstore, Gina is meant to be on the beach enjoying the end of the school holidays before she starts her final year of high school, not working an extra shift. Along with two teenage boys, she's kidnapped by a crazy gunman talking about human experimentation and a highly contagious virus that was meant to create a super army. Instead it brings death. If the...

Genre: Urban Fantasy Short Story.Word Count: 2877Tony is always late and his family have all kinds of tricks to keep him on time. But there are some things that just have to be done, no matter how late they make you or how dangerous they are.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.

Genre: Young Adult ContemporaryWord Count: 65654Maddy hates living with her overbearing father and is determined to live with her mum. She's sick of not being able to be herself. But no one is listening to her wishes and when she learns why, she begins to fear that not only will she be stuck living with him until she finishes school, but her family has other secrets they're keeping from her.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian...

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary/Paranormal.Word Count: 71935Seventeen-year-old Kayla finds life a breeze. She has plans for her future and friends to hang out with. Life is exactly the way she wants it to be. Until she realises that not every person she can see is actually alive. Or friendly. Her world is crumbling, her twin brother is suicidal, a ghost moves in and her own death seems a distinct possibility.This story was written by an Australian...

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy LitRPGWord Count: 69810There are so many things Mallory wants to do. Places she wants to explore and quests she'd love to complete. Yet there never seems to be enough time to get everything done. Will she need to set some things aside or can she figure out how to do all she wants as well as continue to level up and keep her and her party from losing their limited amount of revives.This story was written by Australian authors...

Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 75810When Quinn's sister disappears she follows her, ending up in the realms of the Fae. Stuck in a strange world and constantly surrounded by danger, she has to figure out how to rescue her sister and return home, while trying not to catch the attention of a vindictive Fae. Somehow she needs to do all of that as well as avoid the Wild Hunt, a pack of Fae and Demi Fae and their overly large wolves, which...

Genre: Fairytales Retold Short Story.Word Count: 10730Snow-White and Rose-Red live with their widowed mother in a cottage in the middle of a forest. One winter's night a bear knocks on their door wanting to come in and warm himself at their fire.This short story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.

Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror (with elements of romance).Word Count: 55570Scarlett knows the things that go bump in the night are real. Her family has hunted demons for generations. She has grown up learning how to banish them, seeing things most people couldn't imagine, even in their worst nightmares. In fact, hunting demons is just like many other jobs. The hours are long, the pay is nearly non-existent and the clients are determined to...

Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror (with elements of romance).Word Count: 50529Cassidy is sick of her father looking for a miracle cure. He should accept there is none, instead of believing the lies told by those who prey on the desperate. But he doesn't and Cassidy finds herself in an abandoned industrial building staring into the flame streaked eyes of a demon. Only a thin line of salt keeping her alive.This story was written by an Australian...

Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror.Word Count: 57359Esther is determined to change her life around. To stop mourning, stop being angry and most of all to stop getting into fights. She decides it's going to take a new attitude, a new city and a new job. As always, things don't go according to plan and she's left wondering who will mourn her if the worst happens?This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.