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Lonesome Ghosts by EllisVanWyk
Lonesome Ghosts
EllisVanWyk
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Vicar Andrews is avoiding his brother's funeral by hiding upstairs in the family house, rifling through the boxes that will inevitably go to an estate sale, when he discovers a journal far too old to be his brother's. Possessed by curiosity and eagre for the distraction from the guests he's supposed to console, Vicar finds himself lost in the world of the journal's owner, Winn Peterson - a resident at his very house one hundred years ago. As he loses himself in her increasingly disturbing recollection of events within the house, the similarities between their situations grow to an incoincidental degree. The sudden appearance of the doctor in both Winn's life and his late brother's, as well as the rapid decline of their respective states of health, prove a worrying trend in the dark history of the Andrews Estate. Battling the traumatic memories of his own turbulent past, Vicar begins to suspect that the connection between his brother's death and the unfortunate fate of Winn Peterson are tied together by something far more sinister than a suspicious doctor. Completed 25 July 2023 at 100k words Featured 2x on StoriesUndiscovered
How Not To Be A Werewolf (Editing) by TGR20-16
How Not To Be A Werewolf (Editing)
TGR20-16
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Alec Colby wakes covered in blood, only to meet an overly dramatic vampire who tells him he is now a werewolf. Thrown into a world he never believed in, Alec struggles to adjust and soon finds himself accused of murder. He flees from a paranormal hit squad with the help of his vampire Guide and sparks fly. Together, they navigate the hidden world of vampires, witches, zombies, and ghosts that all inhabit the underground paranormal world of Moonstone. Can they prove his innocence before time runs out? - The Moonstone Chronicles Book 1 - 'How Not To Be A Werewolf' is the first book of 'The Moonstone Chronicles', a paranormal series with a large helping of comedy, a dash of horror, plenty of cliffhangers, and timely wimey plot twists. There is also bxb werewolf/vampire romance involved, mature themes, and language throughout. Ideal for fans of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Harry Potter, Supernatural, The Umbrella Academy, The Vampire Diaries, Doctor Who, and Lucifer. *** - First Place The Starlight Awards 2022 - Paranormal Category - First Place The Writer's Appreciation Awards (WAA) 2022 - Paranormal Category - First Place for Best Cliffhanger in the Pawesome Book Awards 2022 - Second Place The Sunset Awards 2022 - Paranormal Catagory - Second Place 2022 Rose Gold Awards - Paranormal Catagory - Honourable Mention The Punk Rock Awards 2022 - Paranormal Category - Honorable Mention The Jam Board Awards 2022 - Paranormal/Supernatural Category
The Great Ellini (Book One of The Powder Trail) by obliviablack
The Great Ellini (Book One of The Powder Trail)
obliviablack
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Eleven years later, in the city of Oxford, he met her again for the first time... In 1870, Jack Cade is admitted to the new-breed stronghold of Pandemonium, a colony of people just like him: descendants of the vanished demon race, all of them extraordinary in little ways, and deranged in much bigger ones. There, he falls in love with Ellini Syal, a shy, insular woman who spends most of her time scampering barefoot over the Edinburgh rooftops. In 1881, he meets her again, but has no idea who she is. All he knows is that there are dark, horribly suggestive gaps in his memory, and that Ellini is running from something she refuses to talk about. Can he work out who she is and what she's done in time to save her from the creatures pursuing her? Can he save himself from the amnesia and the creeping indifference that are eating him up piece by piece? Or is amnesia preferable to the kind of memories he will have to unearth? The Great Ellini is the first book in the epic historical-fantasy-romance The Powder Trail, a series where the past and the present meet, part, and reunite with explosive consequences. AWARDS (for full list see Author Notes): 1st Place - Paranormal (The Misfit Awards 2022) 1st Place - Fantasy (Clouded Ink Awards 2022) 1st Place - Fantasy (The Pink Cloud Awards 2023) FEATURES (for full list see Author Notes): StoriesUndiscovered - Into the Abyss (01/10/2022) StudsandVixens - On-going Beaut (27/09/2022) WattpadDarkFantasy - A Kingdom in Shadows (11/09/2022) Lowfantasy - A History Unlikely (05/12/2022) Rankings: #1 Oxford (23/09/2022) #1 victoriangothic (09/09/2022) #1 darkfantasyromance (09/09/2022) #2 wellwritten (24/10/2022) #9 historicalfantasy (15/09/2022) #14 gothic (31/10/2022) #20 mysteryromance (24/10/2022) Cover and graphics by the amazing @AnnamitaMuscaria
Between Life and Death by ella_rowan
Between Life and Death
ella_rowan
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𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 Ever have a night out go wrong? After a disastrous evening, Julian takes a taxi ride to nowhere, and wakes up in the Afterlife. Now he has to navigate the Afterlife legal system, avoiding the worst punishment that can be meted out - going Back. It would all be a lot easier if he hadn't unexpectedly fallen in love with a boy named Noel, who seems to be headed for the eternal bliss that Julian has been denied. And nothing in this lovely serene Afterlife seems to work correctly for Julian, either. Is the Cosmos mistaken? AWARDS 🏆Winner in Fanfiction - Celestia Cove Awards 2024 💛Judge's Special Choice in Romance - League of Littérateurs 2023 🎗️Semi Finalist - Rose Gold Awards 2023 ✨Shortlisted in Fanfiction - NanoWatt Awards 2023 30 Major Prizes FEATURED 📖 Newly Written Books - Your Greatest Fan: Fanfiction (04/04/2023) 📖 FreeTheLGBT - Other Worlds (02/07/2023) 📖 CupidOnTour - Fanfiction (27/08/2023) 📖 Project_Athena - Fandom Favorites: Fanfiction (06/01/2024) 📖Fanfic - 18 Romance Stories We Are Obsessed With (30/011/2024) 19 x Featured RANKINGS #1 in themightyboosh #1 in noelian #1 in julianbarratt #1 in standupcomedy #1 in legaldrama Cover design by @AnnamitaMuscaria
Heart of Sparrow by addison_sweet
Heart of Sparrow
addison_sweet
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A young girl must rely on her estranged father to help her return an Orisha's heart, but as she taps into its power, she finds herself drawn to its dangerous magic. *** Sparrow Winslow discovers an old picture of her late mother with a crooked businessman. Convinced the man is her biological father, she tracks him down and learns more than she bargains for. Not only is he her father, but a vampire, which means she'll be coming into her fangs any day. But complications arise when he also explains her witchy mother stole the heart of an African goddess, enabling her life. Armed with a reincarnated bestie and a ruggedly strict, but dashing Guardian, Sparrow is forced on the run as every supernatural overlord seeks to take the goddess's heart for themselves. The only way to escape this nightmare is to return what her mother stole...her very heart. But that means Sparrow will have to remain a drab and medicated vampire and relinquish her divinely witch nature to the Orisha. Each time she casts a spell, Sparrow tastes her newfound abilities and it's secretly delicious. It isn't long before she fears becoming just like the monsters who are chasing after her heart. Will she sacrifice her ancient power to restore balance? Or will magic consume her good intentions the same way it did her mother?
Graveyard of Lullabies by jordynsaelor
Graveyard of Lullabies
jordynsaelor
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Flickers of fallen people haunt this death mage--kings, queens, and boys buried in the blue ocean. Years ago, she fled those figures, to a house isolated in the tundra. There, she rebuilds herself from the boy she used to be--between the blood of badly done curses, the Skeleton Cook dancing in the kitchen, and the ice of darkest winters. But in the snows of her garden one day, she finds a magical egg, the size of a skull. Journeying to discover its origins takes her to the royal city, where she must choose to aid the queen in battling for her stolen palace; or take the hatching, violent creature (wanted by enemies in the city) and vanish back into the wilderness. (full version available on Amazon)
Blood Marriage ✅ by CamelliaCarroll
Blood Marriage ✅
CamelliaCarroll
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An arranged marriage, a bargain gone wrong, and Appalachian mountain magic combine to answer one question: Is it so terrible to want to be loved? In 1929 Boone, North Carolina, marriage feels like Alice's only true ticket to a better life, and she is determined to make it happen for herself. When Xavier, a deer shifter and the King of the Shadow Fae, appears with a marriage contract arranged at birth and an apparent ardent infatuation with Alice, she believes her dreams have finally come true. However, the longer she stays in the Shadow Court, the more things seem out of place. No one can remember exactly how or when Xavier became the king, and Alice is the only person who seems to remember the existence of Xavier's mysterious twin brother, Florian. As she searches for answers to the mystery of Florian's disappearance and Xavier's rise to power, Alice must decide for herself what it means to love and be loved, and what it means to love someone enough to fight for them. Follow Alice, Xavier, and Florian in an alternate history where Others-- demons, vampires, angels, shifters, and many more beings-- roam the earth, magic is alive and burning bright, and blood runs deeper than just our ancestry. BLOOD MARRIAGE is Book #2 in the Appalachian Magic book series.
The Five Cursed Witches: Volume 1 - Zoe, the Witch of Innocence by High_Priestess_Elena
The Five Cursed Witches: Volume 1 - Zoe, the Witch of Innocence
High_Priestess_Elena
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Zoe's only wish is to be able to run barefoot through grass, but she knows it'll never happen. Ever since she was born, she's been unable to touch anything living without it instantly dying. It's a curse she would do anything to get rid of, but that her coven considers their best weapon. They have asked her, from time to time, to kill potential threats to the coven, and it has become time for it again. The target this time is a witch hunter that has killed several witches from the coven. It's a task that, albeit dangerous, seems easy enough to Zoe. That is until she looks into the eyes of the witch hunter's son and realises that he is her mate. ------ Mature rating due to: explicit scenes, suicidal thoughts, (magical) torture/violence/abuse, death ------ This series will contain the following volumes: Volume 1 - Zoe, the witch of innocence (completed) Volume 2 - Crimson, the witch of night (completed) Volume 3 - Morana, the witch of life (completed) Volume 4 - Mirai, the witch of sight (completed) Volume 5 - Danae, the witch of light (ongoing) Volume 6 - Rheseis, the faerie of love
ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇꜱꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴄᴋᴇᴛᴇᴇʀ by MarCafeWrites
ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇꜱꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴄᴋᴇᴛᴇᴇʀ
MarCafeWrites
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☆ ᴡᴀᴛᴛʏꜱ 2024 SHORTLISTER!! ☆ A tragic misunderstanding. A murder. A secret. An unlikely partnership. A spirited countess and an enterprising racketeer. ~~~ Manchester, England. May 1925. The Roarin' 20s. An era of glamor, decadent parties, jazz music, flowing booze, and opulent wealth. Possibilities are endless. Anyone can be a success, even families once seen as working class. But beneath the glittering exterior lies a world of corruption, prejudice, and civil unrest. When the disappearance of a Russian refugee brings Countess Rose Sinclair to the doorstep of known racketeer William Mercer, neither party is prepared for the significant changes a single encounter can inspire. Blackmailed by William into employment, Rose receives a swift and unwanted education regarding a side of the class struggle she has never before experienced. As she unwillingly ventures deeper into the precarious world of the Mercer family and their notorious gang the Deansgate Streeters, Rose finds herself torn between her moral compass, her suppressed rebellious youth, her growing love for a motherless toddler, and her mounting attraction for William, a man she has every reason to despise. ⚠️ Read with caution: foul language, violence, trauma, and sexual content (fade to black only) within. This book is intended for readers 21+ ⚠️
Slate Gray by alpaljames
Slate Gray
alpaljames
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For the Slates, demon slaying has always been the family business. And eighteen-year-old Perrin has fully embraced her chosen profession. But when her younger sister, fifteen-year-old Ace, unwittingly picks a doozy of a case as her first outing, they discover their connection to a demonic bet one thousand years in the making. Along with their exasperated father and a cute yet overeager grocery store clerk, Perrin and Ace will need to trust each other and their training in order to avoid setting off a chain of events that some might deem apocalyptic. Will Perrin lose herself trying to keep her family safe? Will Ace make a deal with the devil that ruins both their lives? Only time will tell. Accolades: 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Nova Nexus Awards for BEST WRITING STYLE 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Open Door Awards for BEST DIALOGUE 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Gloria Regali Awards for BEST VILLAIN 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Grand Masquerade of Writing for BEST ANTAGONIST 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Bloomers Awards for BEST BONDING 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Cloud Awards for ACTION/ADVENTURE 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Grand Masquerade of Writing for PARANORMAL/SUPERNATURAL 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Gloria Regali Awards for PARANORMAL 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Fantasy Awards for PARANORMAL 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Ocean Yellow Awards for PARANORMAL/HORROR 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Celestial Nexus Awards for HORROR 🥇1st Place in the 2024 Elpida Awards for HORROR Featured on: @Fantasy @CelestiaCove @CitifiedFantasy @HalosAndHellfires @JustWriteIt @PrideReads @Project_Athena @QuickFantasy @StoriesUndiscovered **Trigger Warnings for Language, Violence and Gore**