The Altering Machine Thrillers

Beauty isn’t everything. But Dana Carter doesn’t believe it.

After a weekend retreat with her college honors club—including her crush, Ethan—Dana is convinced nothing is worse than living without a skinny body and flawless features. In fact, she might as well never show her face in society again for being overweight, along with the many other imperfections she bears.

But when Dana plummets into a ravine on the drive home, she awakens in a strange basement, uninjured and—to her great pleasure—perfectly beautiful. The mysterious young man who saved her is attentive and glad to make her wish come true, but Dana soon learns she must also fulfill his.

As the days pass and reality quickly shifts to a nightmare, Dana begins to see through her exceptional beauty, and must find a way to escape her captor's grip before it is too late.

This short story is a clean psychological thriller.