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RED | A dark retelling of Red Riding Hood | WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST by JuneValentine
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In a dark and deep land lives young Marjorie, a woman desperate for something more than her conventional life in her tiny village, Core. She aches for something dangerous, something like the dark forest, Mirkwood, which borders her home. Yet, there is a curse which haunts her people: a Wolf. For the last eighteen years, he takes one innocent life. Fate seems to change at the hands of Vivian, a Wardeness who promises Core a safe passage through Mirkwood. For a moment, Marjorie has everything she has ever wanted: An escape from a fate set in stone... until the Wolf set its dark intentions on her. Now, she is forced to decide: Will she defeat the Wolf or will she willingly be devoured? __________________ The stranger turned to face her. This close, it was easy to see his handsome features. From his high cheekbones to his piercing gray eyes, he was unlike any sully-faced villager. Instead, he wore his beauty with a casual grace, as if he were clueless to the plumpness of his lips or the flat, smooth surface of his chest. "Am I a what?" The man cocked a thick, dark brow up. He pushed his right hand into the pocket of his trousers, but not before Marjorie caught a glimpse of the heavy jewels on his fingers. He drowned in an opulence few villagers could afford. "I take that as a no," she said. "What is your name, stranger?" He looked to her, and then his gaze traveled to where men and women continued to fling themselves around the heat of the bonfire. You don't belong here, she thought.
D'Spayr: A Knight in the Withered Land by JosephArmstead
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In a decayed and dying alien world that was once center of a vast planetary empire, an embittered rogue knight, soldier to the fallen empire, traverses a bizarre landscape discovering strange and sinister truths about the nature of the leaders he once served and about the mysterious warlords who have now carved the world into their private kingdoms. ************************************************************************************************ Wonderful cover art by Stefanie Saw: @seventhstar
Ever After (SAMPLE) by BtR_707
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Everyone, except Rush, has returned to the Fairchild house. Leon has lost his mind, most of the changelings are catatonic, Rush is trying to avoid his debt to society, and Maggie just wants to keep everything from falling to pieces. Things have never been bleaker, especially since dark specters seem to have returned from the grave to haunt the farmhouse. Hope will either come from the unlikeliest of places, or Maggie's world will burn.
Ranger Rising by FieryArtemis
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Everyone has their place in the world. Fate is inescapable so it does little good to fight it. Lena Rivers has been told this her entire life. She's a farmer's daughter. One day she will marry, have children, and be a farmer too. That's the way things work. Lena absolutely hated the idea of being a farmer or the wife of one. There had to be more to life than what everyone told her. However, that seemed to be the life she was destined for. Until the traces of a large beast, larger than anyone in her town had ever seen, were discovered on the outskirts of the forest. The mayor of her small town hires Aust, an elfin King's Ranger to root out and destroy the beast. When Lena meets him she finds herself absolutely taken at the sight of his longbow and massive stag and falls in love with the prospect of becoming a ranger. However, if she wants to be of any use to find the monster that's terrorizing her home then she has a lot to learn. Rated PG-13
Descendants by TheClumsyNarwhal
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The year is 3406, New Life Calendar. It's been centuries since The Fae Wars, and the Earth is plunged into another era without electricity. Continents were reshaped, countries fell and Empires rose. Faeries have been enslaved and domesticated, used for their magical abilities and the Elves are in a heated rebellion to free them. She's frail, traumatized and not even a full faerie, but after the discovery of a girl who managed to flee a Ward, two elves take Claire under their wing to see if she's got what it takes to help win against the Rhenas Empire of Men, although easier said than done with corruption, magic, and a darker force at work. [Warning: This book has both beautiful AND mature and dark themes to it! Not quite Game of Thrones level, but you certainly shall have a fair amount of dread and evil strewn throughout all the happiness I'm going to include. Anything that would be "particularly" dark will be fade-to-black, though.] All media (pictures, music) and ideological property in easter eggs, references or otherwise shown that are not specified as mine belong to their rightful owners and creators. _____ #40 out of 28.8k in #dystopian 3/12/19 #20 out of 4k in #fae 3/12/19 © Copyright 2019
Heart's Revenge [On Hold] by Jagermeanshunter
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Twenty years have passed since the Heart Queen's fall and peace has reigned over Wonderland, aided by the fair rule of Killian Spade and Alice, his Queen. Their daughter, Tarian Spade, has known strife only in the stories her godfather Madison Hatter told her as a little girl. But Wonderland is not a place for steady peace. Unable to find the new Red Deck Aces, Killian stopped looking in favor of getting his people back on their feet and raising his young family. Most believe that the Hearts have accepted Killian as the High King of Wonderland, but the Hearts have a secret weapon. An Ace up their sleeve, and they intend to unleash him on the Spades in a bid for supremacy over Wonderland once more. ***This is a sequel to Hatter's Revenge. Once again, this story does contain gun violence, so if you are sensitive to it, avoid this book. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy the continuation of these adventures in Wonderland*** Amazing cover made by the fantastic @CaroDelMonte Copyright © 2018
The Sword's Song by -Nynaeve
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ONC#2019 Long List The legends spoke of it, the myths whispered of it too; tales of a sword, forged in hope and wrought in despair, drawn out in light and quenched in darkness, made by a simple blacksmith, yet a blade so powerful that it could even destroy the Gods. It is believed that the swordsman worthy of lifting this sword was a true warrior, one who would be rendered invincible. And those who survived the battles fought alongside this warrior, swore that they could hear the blade sing. It was during the darkest battles, where the very existence of the world was threatened, that the blade would find its blade master, the warrior who would need it to fight the battle, to hope for a chance at victory. At least that is what was believed, for no battle seemed dire enough to have the blade appear in the last four thousand years. Four thousand, one hundred and sixty five years after the last recorded tale of the battle,where the blade had appeared, sixteen year old Aindri, much to her shock and delight, discovers that the legends are true and the myths are facts. But then what the myths guarded was a fearsome secret; for the sword to be rendered powerful, it needed a sacrifice, a price to be paid, willingly... Completed.
The Heart of Alchemy - A Witcher Eskel FanFiction by LadyStoneheart76
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One last contract before Eskel is planning to leave for Kaer Morhen. The offer coming from Thalia, an alchemist studying at the Oxenfurt university - escorting an expedition to Kaedwen - sounds just about right. But things take a turn for the worse and the witcher has to sort out the feelings he developed for his employer - while she's trying to snatch him from the jaws of death...
Blood Rider [Alonia's Queenslayer #1] by NumberFourTheNumber
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{Completed, second book is on my profile} (The amazing cover was drawn by @Sleppycandy !) In a world ravaged by war, the only hope of humans and elves ever reaching peace is ruined after strange things begin happening in the neutral land between two kingdoms. Eli was born as a dragon rider, one of those destined to protect humanity, counterparts to elven white hunters. She wishes to become the king's right hand and war commander in order to bring upon peace. But she has a problem - she is the only female rider in existence and must keep the fact hidden by posing as a boy. After all, she is the only one who has a chance to unite riders and hunters and take care of the newfound threat before it ravages all of Alonia. ||ranked #9 in adventure||
From Your Valentine ❅Jack Frost❅ by KooriAkuma
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Jack Frost is entrusted with the care of a young looking love sprite, Cupid. She is not a naked, chubby cherub like many believe her to be, but a young looking girl with avian features and always placed in the "borderline naughty" list. Because of his failure at eliminating the Guardians, Pitch has set his eyes on Cupid as his newly found muse for vengeance. Now it is up to Jack to make sure Cupid doesn't fall into the wrong hands while trying to make others believe in her. But, does he really want to share Cupid with the kids around them?