The Beasts of Us [A Hunger Games Fanfic]
[Due credits go to Suzanne Collins and Philip Pullman]…
[Due credits go to Suzanne Collins and Philip Pullman]…
A collection of short stories and scraps. Includes: sci-fi, speculative fiction, fan-fic, romance, post-apocalyptic/dystopian, vampire/werewolf, competition entries...Requests taken, depending on boredom levels.…
'She has dropped a stone in the sea; it is too late to wonder what damage the waves will cause.'Aged eight, Branwen Harwood was the only daughter of a minor family. Now she lives at the High Palace, among the queen's ladies. She is the sister of First Commander Dewi Harwood. She is married to Lord Ranulph Clare, one of the kingdom's most powerful men. And she is Queen Cerys' closest friend.But a rise like this does not come without making enemies, those who question her hold on the queen and kingdom. And when war comes to the kingdom, Branwen makes a crucial mistake; she pleads for mercy for a childhood friend - who is not only not her husband, but who is lowborn. Starved of scandal and desperate for any distraction from the battles in the north, the women of the court seize the story. Branwen finds herself the object of attention in a way she never has been before. She expects it to pass.She's wrong. Her enemies are massing, emerging from the High Palace's tapestries and gardens, and among them are people who would stop at nothing to see her pulled back down to where she began, if not lower...…
After a rocky start, Beck has started to settle into life on apparently-peaceable Enning. She's got a group of friends, a party-animal reputation, and a beachside house far away from the Village. Okay, so it's not perfect. Queen Bee Cassie seems to have a grudge against her, her friends Brooke and Luke just won't face up to their feelings, and the fate of the gorgeous Ross' relationship seems to rest squarely in her hands. But that's enough for one person to be dealing with, right?But when a new arrival starts ruffling feathers, she finds herself wanting to ask a few more questions of her own. Questions like: who exactly attacked her? Why? And what on earth is going on behind the happy, chilled-out lifestyle facade?Soon, Beck starts to discover that there's more to Enning's darker side than the occasional missing islander. And she's at risk of putting not just herself in danger, but everybody she's come to care about too...…
It's the experience of a lifetime. The opportunity to live on a small island community, with minimal communication with the rest of the world, and to enjoy a calm, relaxed lifestyle where nothing ever happens. That's what it said on the brochure.The only problem is, life on Enning doesn't seem as perfect as real-life-escapee Beck has been led to believe. Her new neighbours won't leave her alone, nobody seems to be interested in taking the resident princess wannabe down a peg or two, and there isn't a decent cup of coffee to be had. And as for nothing ever happening: Beck has barely had time to unpack her bags before she's heading off to find a mysteriously missing islander. It isn't long before she's getting her suspicions that, even on an island where everybody knows everybody else's business, it's still possible to have difficult, and maybe even dangerous, secrets...[Originally written as part of a be-less-bored-in-lockdown novella challenge. Mature rating for occasional foul language. And yes, I do play Animal Crossing]…
[Description and title to come when this April challenge thing is over and I can concentrate on this one]…
Roshlin is nobody. Living in the shadow of the crumbling Blackcrown keep on the Sunset Shore, she expects nothing from her life but to inherit her parents' cottage and orchards, seeing the same people and the same places, watching the highborn trainers pass through on their way to Highgarden and wishing she were one of them.Until, that is, a chance visit to Oldtown puts her and her two best friends in the path of the eccentric Archmaester Alder. And he's got a new goal for them: fight the kingdom's eight gyms and become the Champion of Westeros. But it's easier said than done. Lowborn and inexperienced, Rosh, her friends and their Pokemon have to battle not only the toughest trainers in the land, but also prejudice, snobbery and hate on their path to the Red Keep and the Champion, King Aeron III Targaryen. And he's not the only one keeping an eye on them. The Red Priests are back on Westerosi shores, bringing with them whispers of controversy and conspiracy. Thin webs of plotting stretch from Highgarden to Sunspear to Pyke and beyond, and it isn't long before Rosh, Lil and Cee are ensnared...…
The Capitol's debt must be repaid...…
It's the one hundredth year of the Hunger Games. Twice during this tenure the districts have rebelled. Twice they have been beaten down. The Capitol have chosen the perfect time and the perfect punishment; the twenty six tributes are no longer fighting only for their own lives.Fifty will die. Two can win.Let the Fourth Quarter Quell begin.[This is NOT a sequel to After The Storm]…
Another year, another Hunger Games. And a mother and father with a story to tell...[contains no characters from the actual books]…
[NOTE. In places where the book and the film contradict each other, I've used the book version]…
[Old and unedited] Twelve districts. Twenty four children. Two weeks. Twenty three murders. One winner. Welcome to Panem, home of the Hunger Games.…
Panem is coming apart at the seams. Thanks to years of brutal work, supplies are starting to dwindle, but Capitol demand just won't stop growing. Tensions in the districts are getting to boiling point and the Capitol are clamping down hard. Something has got to give, and soon. But for Faraday Wilson of District Five and twenty three other teenagers, the main concern is staying alive...…