Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink beneath the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa. Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But stranger still is Lost Carcosa. Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa. Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa. Cassilda's Song in "The King in Yellow," Act I, Scene 2.

"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy" (1842), is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball within seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose "costume" proves to contain nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn. Cover by the lovely @CaffeinatedKiwi

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.

*STOP! This is the 2nd book in the series! If you have not read Spears of U'u'kata, you might want to do so or some details of this book may not make sense.* Willow Mayfield believed she'd lost everything after her husband and unborn child were killed in an accident. That is until aliens abducted her nephew and she stowed away on their ship to get him back. She is unwittingly thrown into a galactic cold war where she ends up adventuring on board an alien ship called the Farahtuu with a crew of aliens who are hunting those who took her nephew. To save her family, Willow will have to find herself again, rebuild herself, and rediscover the inner strength she thought she'd lost. Along the way, she might even heal enough to find love again in the sexy Captain of the Farahtuu.

This story starts with an anonymous letter: "Rookwood is back." Sunan Saelee is not like other sixth-years at Hogwarts. He's a late-bloomer and only started at Hogwarts a year ago, but he has already earned a reputation by defeating the notorious second-in-command of Victor Rookwood's criminal enterprise. But little else is known about Sunan - his family, his life before Hogwarts, and how he came to wield an ancient and powerful form of magic that the Wizarding World has considered lost for centuries. With Victor Rookwood's mysterious disappearance, Sunan expects his second year at Hogwarts to be a quiet one - that is, until he finds out that Rookwood is back and coming for him, and the Ministry of Magic intends to dig deep into his past. As Sunan struggles with Rookwood's ruffians and the Ministry's corrupt hands, he finds resources in his friends to navigate his unique power, come to terms with his past, and forge his own purpose. MaleMC x SS, OG x PS, NO x GW This is a Hogwarts Legacy Fanfic.

Seraphina Bloggs (nickname Phina) grew up in an orphanage before in 1890, at the age of 15, a professor named Eleazar Fig took her with him and she started school as the "new fifth-year" in Hogwarts. Her special ability to see traces of ancient magic and even partially use that magic proved to be both a blessing and a curse over time. Now, in her sixth year, together with her best friends and Slytherin classmates Sebastian and Ominis, she is still processing the events of the battle for the last repository. But she already has to face the next threats that await her and her friends both within and outside school. And if that weren't enough, Phina's heart is also playing up repeatedly. Notes: The story takes place after the events of Hogwarts Legacy in the sixth and seventh school year (1891/92 and 1892/93). Please consider that English is not my first language. I use translating apps and services and try to proofread everything. Please feel free to tell me if you still find mistakes!

The story about the mysterious twin brother to Ominis Gaunt and why you've never heard of him. Insidious was stricken from the family tree not long after receiving his magical abilities, due to tragic events. Born just minutes before Ominis, this is the story of Insidious Gaunt. Every story has a beginning after all, and this begins just before he and Ominis get their magic.

Charlotte is a mech pilot fighting a seemingly endless war against the Uu'k'asht over planetary dominance throughout the galaxy. She's always been sure of her abilities and her unit, until the day the enemy takes her mech down. Now, a prisoner of the Uu'k'asht, her future is unknown and she doesn't know what the next day will bring. She thought they would kill her, publicly execute her, torture her. But the Uu'k'asht seem to have other plans. Ahnekk is just as surprised as anyone when one of the huge metal mech's his battalion is fighting spits out a diminutive, slime-covered creature, that then proceeds to continue killing on the battlefield despite being seemingly helpless. No one has ever actually seen a human before. Only their killing machines. But he does know one thing: This prisoner will turn the tides of war. What he doesn't know is how much she will change his life. Top Story Rankings: Read in 60 countries #1 in Battle Aug 2023 Top 10 in Aliens Jul & Nov 2023 Top 50 in Science Fiction Dec 2023 Top 30 in Battle Jan 2024 #1 in Spaceships Jan 2023 #1 in Spaceships Feb 2023 Top 30 in Science Fiction Feb 2023

Revin Henrir is a telepathic beastspeaker who dreams of leaving his monastic island home to tame the world's fiercest beasts. When he saves the life of an adventuring monk, he discovers Narazoth, an exiled monk who plans to conquer the world with an army of sorcery-fueled machines. Revin joins forces with Omrai, the military leader of the Ateyan Empire, to stop Narazoth's reign of terror. But even as Revin faces the brutal realities of war, he must learn to sympathize not only with the beasts he controls, but the humans he doesn't understand. NOTE: The current draft of this book is finished! I'll be posting a few chapters every week after the initial burst. So, read with the knowledge that this book will finish! I will publish chapters Monday, Wednesday, and Friday after the first week. I want to give you plenty to chew on!