Anne's Books

THE LINE

Upper YA/New Adult Speculative Fiction
2ND PLACE WINNER OF SCBWI WRITERS DAY, APRIL 2011

- On Submission

The Line is a government institution where unwanted girls are sold into slavery. When Naya is retired off The Line, she is given a choice.  Find someone to replace her, or they will take her unborn babies.  Not much of a choice for a former sex slave.  Hundreds of years in the future, the world does not offer many opportunities for a seventeen year old with no skills, no friends, and no memory of her birth family.  Naya finds a girl willing to take her place on The Line, but realizes she isn’t willing to turn her over.  Plan B.  Only after meeting a young man, Ric Bennett, and his team of resistance fighters, does Naya understand what she needs to do.  Now, Naya will risk everything to break The Line.

SCREAMS FROM THE VOID

Upper YA/NA Sci-Fi Horror

-Awaiting Submission

After a two year mission to collect plant life from other inhabitable planets, the crew of the Demeter head home.  None of them wish to get there faster than Mechanics Junior Officer Raina Teague. These past two years have been torture. Her boss is a bully, her ex-boyfriend is a jerk, and both of them remind Raina of her insignificance every day. With only two weeks left to the mission, Raina can't wait. But then, terror strikes - an alien spore, previously believed to be a plant seed pod, splits open and unleashes a deadly creature.  The foreign biological lays waste to almost all the senior officers, and now it's up to the junior ensigns to save the ship,  and what's left of the crew.  They must contain the lethal creature before it kills them all, or they kill each other in the process.

THE OCCUPANT

YA Supernatural Mystery

- Awaiting Submission

Olivia is a story addict.  She seeks them out and hoards them like an old lady does cats.  She writes for her High School newspaper, and the city newspaper as well.  She's on her way.  So when an old woman named Exie writes that she wants to "share her story of failure" with Olivia, she cannot resist.

That is her first mistake.

Now, Exie weaves a tale about her days as a cocktail waitress in her drunken father's bar during The Great Depression, in a building with a dark secret all it's own, with a dream of escape and a love never realized. Exie warns Olivia that if she hears her story of defeat, she might become trapped by it herself, but Olivia doesn't believe her. 

That is her second mistake.

When strange things happen to Olivia that she cannot explain, Olivia's life spirals out of control.  Supernatural dangers threaten Olivia's life and attempt to dissuade her from continuing her investigation into Exie's story - but she doesn't stop.  She cannot, she must finish the story, whatever the cost.

That is her last mistake.

BALCONY'S EDGE

YA Contemporary Horror

-Work-in-Progress-

Amber’s best friend is dead.  And that’s horrible.

But the worst part is that Amber is suspected of pushing Carlie off that balcony at the party, instead of trying to save her – and now, suddenly, eerily, Amber’s the most popular murderess at school.

Amber tries to set the record straight, and she’s backed up by a group of A-crowders who witnessed Carlie’s tragic accident, but somehow the press has gotten a hold of the story, and now she and the witnesses are on the news, and no one will believe her when she says she’s innocent.

The police all but swear a vow to convict her.

Then, when another girl crosses Amber, and suddenly ends up dead, Amber’s horror reaches new heights.

Someone is killing teenage girls.  Someone is trying to frame Amber for murder. 

And if Amber doesn’t figure it out quickly, she could spend the rest of her life in prison, or worse yet, be the next victim.

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SHUT UP
 YA Contemporary Novella

Mary's older sister, Gwen, has royally screwed up her life.  Not only is Gwen pregnant at seventeen, but she's also decided to marry The Creep who knocked her up.
Now Mary is powerless to stop her family from imploding.  Her parents are freaking out, and to top it off The Creep has a gross fascination with Mary while Gwen enjoys teasing her to tears for sport.
Despite her brother's advice to shut up, Mary can't keep her trap closed and manages to piss off Mom so much it comes to blows.
Mary doesn't know what to do, and all her attempts to get help are rejected.  When she finally plans her escape, she fails to consider how it could destroy them all.

AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM in PAPERBACK, AND ON ALL E-READER DEVICES

VIA PREMIER DIGITAL PUBLISHING

THE BEAST CALL
 YA High Fantasy Novella

Seventeen year old Dray is no ordinary human.  But possessing a magical capability to talk to animals in a land where magic is feared is dangerous.  When Dray's adventure-hungry brother leaves the family farm to join a rebel militia, Dray follows him, but as Dray discovers her natural warrior capabilities, and word of her magical talents reaches the rebel General, Dray becomes an intricate part of the revolution, and the evil King Nuro would like nothing more than to see her destroyed.