Showing results for "Clay" in Literature & Fiction

Growing up in the small town of Winston, Pennsylvania feels like drowning. Leah goes to church every Sunday, works when she isn't at school, and takes care of her baby brother, Owen. Like every girl in Winston, Leah tries to be right and good and holy. If she isn't, the Lord of the Wood will take her, and she'll disappear like so many other girls before her.

If only Mark Davis hadn’t put on a dress for the talent show. It was a joke—other guys did it too—but when his boyfriend saw Mark in that dress, everything changed. And now, fresh on the heels of high school heartbreak, Mark has given up on love. Maybe some people are just too much for this world—too weird, too wild, too feminine, too everything. Thankfully, his older brother Eric always knows what to say to keep Mark from spinning into self-loathing. "Be yourself! Your full sequin-y self.”

When the land remembers evil, no one is safe. When 15-year-old Tatiana Barrie and her family move to a small town in New York, the locals say their new home, known as Clay House, is haunted. The Barries should have believed them. Soon Tatiana's little brother starts acting strange. He sees imaginary friends; he knows things he shouldn't. Tatiana's stepfather becomes abusive and erratic. Between possessed dolls and an unknown evil taking over her family, Tatiana is terrified more every day.

There are anxious words to describe being in unfathomable trouble. A feeling of pressure, an emotion of being in over-your-head, and a sense of being smothered. Legion Centurion Alerio Sisera was drowning in the sea and experiencing all of them. From black, to gray, to green water overhead, Alerio transitioned through the ocean layers as he swam upward. Lungs screaming for air, and his chest heaving, his body threatened to take in a breath. It became a competition between the urges of his lungs

Clay Summers has a reputation for being a jerk. He was one of the youngest teenagers to be signed to Team Loco, a professional motocross racing team, and he knows it’s because of his dedication to the sport. Clay doesn’t have time for friends, family, or girlfriends. Autographs and publicity stunts annoy him to no end. All he wants to do is ride his dirt bike. Avery Dunn just graduated high school and she has no idea what to do next. Tired of living in her small town, she dreams of traveling the world and getting paid to do it.

Sinna witnesses her best friend taken by force in the night, and knows Jacob is destined for a fate worse than death. She’s heard the rumors, the whispers of what happens in Rehabilitation. She’s seen the dead looks in the eyes of those who return. If they return. But she can’t ignore what she’s seen, no matter the danger. How can she abandon Jacob to such a fate? She must try to save him, no matter the cost.

This plan—this crazy, stupid, impossible plan—could work. At the very least, it will serve to get the boys back into the folds of the Elite, so they don’t come to any harm for helping me. And it’ll get me back inside so I can try to save my father—but then what? How will I get him out? We have no guarantees this will even work…

What happens when your eyes are opened to truth? I dream that night of walking through the ruins. Strangely, I'm barefoot. Yet the snow beneath my feet doesn't feel cold, I don't even feel cold. Somehow though, I'm going the right way, I know I am. I'm not sure how I know...it's just a knowing I feel deep down in my bones. Sinna has stumbled into a world unlike any she's ever known. Her eyes have been opened and there's no going back.