Five: Out of the Dark (43 page)

Scrapbook of My Revolution, by Amy Lynn Spitzley
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http://curiosityquills.com/scrapbook/
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I may as well say it up front. I’m Malian. Yeah, one of the freaks. I’ve got gold skin and the ability to read emotions. It’s great fun, too, believe me. Right… Anger. Frustration. Desire. Try reading those all day!

But I’m not the only one who’s frustrated. We’re all mixed-up and sick of the bad press and attacks from Regulars. Things are changing, though. I’m getting other Malians at school together. We might be able to show people that we’re just as human as they are…

…unless one of my best supporters is really public enemy number one.

The Gathering Darkness, by Lisa Collicutt
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http://curiosityquills.com/the-gathering-darkness/
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They say “third time’s the charm”, and for sixteen-year-old Brooke Day, they had better be right.

She doesn’t know it yet but she’s been here before—twice in fact. Though, she’s never lived past the age of sixteen.

Now in her third lifetime, Brooke must stay alive until the equinox, when she will be gifted with a limited-time use of ancient power. Only then will she be able to defeat the evil that has plagued her for centuries.

Legasea, by Krystalyn Drown
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http://curiosityquills.com/legasea/
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When sixteen-year-old Aileen Shay sees a dead girl floating in the bay during a midnight yacht party, she never imagines Jamie Flannigan, her new boyfriend, may be involved. When another girl is attacked, Aileen learns that Jamie’s family belongs more to myths and legends than they do in the real world—they are selkies.

But they aren’t the only ones in her small fishing town who can keep a secret. As Aileen uncovers the truth, she learns why her own soul is bonded to the sea–and faces a painful and dangerous choice.

Sweet Dreams are Made of Teeth, by Richard Roberts
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http://curiosityquills.com/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-teeth/
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Have you ever had the nightmare of being chased by a beast? Then you’ve met Fang. He’ll be the first to admit that he’s a very simple nightmare. All he knows is hunting your dreams and dragging them into the Dark.

He’s not ready for his life to get complicated. He’s not ready to be dragged into his best friend’s schemes to make dreams so terrifying they break people. He’s not ready to love, or to be loved, or to meet someone who makes him happy.

He’s not ready to grow up. When he does, one thing will stay the same: he’ll stay an artist, and he’ll paint your dreams with fear until they’re beautiful.

Buried, by Gerilyn Marin
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http://curiosityquills.com/buried/
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Fane’s Cove isn’t the average coastal town- not with wandering apparitions, disembodied voices and poltergeist activity occurring on a regular basis- but the residents are used to it. As far as they know, it’s simply always been that way.

Somehow, Cadence McKenna can’t shake the feeling that the seemingly-normal new resident, Gray Addison, is hiding something stranger than all of the town’s odd happenings combined and she’s determined to find out what that is – by any means necessary.