High school is never easy--especially when you're a fifteen year old werewolf.
River was once the strong, alpha female of a wolf pack. Then she was bitten, changed into human, and thrust into a strange new world where she doesn't belong. Despite being separated from her mate and her pack for three years, River retains her defiant nature, though her strange ideas of socially acceptable behavior lead others to question her sanity.
She is haunted by the knowledge that somewhere in the world is the human that bit her. Why did he change her? How can she go back? Though she doubts her questions will ever be answered, all that will change one day in gym class
A newborn child. A prophecy of danger and magic. A mother forced to make an unbearable choice.
This is a story excerpt from Skyla Dawn Cameron's unpublished fantasy novel The Fallen Goddess, and first appeared in the limited edition anthology, "Signatures: An Anthology" released by the Writers' Circle of Durham Region. The excerpt is currently available to read for free right HERE
After three hundred years of unlife, sexy vampire Zara Lain has seemingly done it all, and she's now making a living as a successful thief-turned-assassin. Her newest assignment seems simple enough—kill the aging leader of the O'Connor Coven and his only heir, and she'll have another ten million in the bank.
But in the dangerous world of the supernatural, few things are ever "simple."
When a massive assault decimates the continent's population of powerful witches and warlocks, and its orchestrator has vampires being hunted down and captured, Zara realizes the tables have turned and now she'll be playing the hero. Forced to join with a smart-mouthed fellow vampire, a demonologist who's also a fan of hers, a recently widowed—and frequently brooding—warlock, and her best friend's mom, Zara's grudgingly willing to do what she can to save the day.
If only people would stop ruining all her outfits...
BAD-ASS FAERIES 2: JUST PLAIN BAD:
Do you like to Dance with Danger? Well now's your chance!
Don't worry about things that go bump in the night; count yourself lucky if these fae give you that much warning. In the finest tradition of the original Bad-Ass Faeries, the twenty tales in this collection delve into the darkest corners, exploring every tough and terrifying aspect the legends of faeries ever claimed...and then some.
Lose yourself in twisted tales of homicidal faerie clowns, one man's gladiatorial stand against Earth's overlords, and a desperate mother's confrontation with the fiercest pirates above the Seven Seas...not to mention dry land.
Read on in fascinated horror as a faerwolf is born, and unwise parties-of-the-second-part come to rue deals made with a different kind of devil. Here is where you discover just how many faerie tales never even get a glimpse of Happily Ever After...
Forget about misunderstood; these faeries are Just Plain Bad!
NOTHING BUT RED Edited by Skyla Dawn Cameron:
In April 2007, a group of men pulled seventeen-year-old Du'a Khalil Aswad into a mob. They proceeded to stone and beat her to death, a supposed "honor" killing for allegedly falling in love with a man of a different faith. Several camera phones recorded the entire incident from the front row and videos later surfaced online.
One month later, popular filmmaker Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) expressed his despair and outrage at the misogyny in all cultures on a fan-run blog. "Because it's no longer enough to be a decent person," he wrote. "It's no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself. I've always had a bent towards apocalyptic fiction, and I'm beginning to see why. I look and I see the earth in flames.
"Her face was nothing but red."
The arts anthology Nothing But Red was conceived as a way to raise both awareness of the issues he spoke of, as well as money for the charity Equality Now. Poetry, prose, and visual art comprise this unique anthology.
