The stars shall fade away, the sun himself

Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,

But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,

Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,

The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

~ Joseph Addison

Humanity is ephemeral, our entire existence a fleeting note in a voluminous history. Now, however, we have ceased to age and have since exceeded Earth's capacity. Death reigns once more, though this time mortality is self-imposed.

I am one of the few, one of the hunted, and one of the truly immortal...

Everything was going great for Penny Hudson- her junior year of high school was going well, she was going to be on the varsity gymnastics squad, and everybody liked her. Then she got on the wrong bus line, and suddenly gymnastics didn't seem so important.

Threatened, kidnapped, interrogated, abandoned, blackmailed, and nearly killed, Penny is surrounded by complete strangers, various impossibilities, and annoyingly looming responsibilities. If she ever wants life to get back to normal, she will have to personally take down the gangs running rampant through Eldium.

Moral of the story? Always check the bus number before you get on, and when you come across a werewolf on the night of the full moon... don't let it see you.

I built the house to protect myself, never fearing the stones I cast at my own face. I built the house to shield myself from pain, never shrinking from the fate of utter isolation.

This is a true story.

A retelling of the classic fairy tale, East of the Sun, West of the Moon - fans of Beauty and the Beast will enjoy.

Imagine for a moment the feeling of reading the greatest story you've ever seen, hearing the song that fills the soundtrack of your life. Imagine that that feeling is gone forever.

That's what will happen unless dead-end writer Adam Douglass can stop the Muses from cutting off the gift of inspiration. What may even happen at sunrise...