Spectacular Fantasy/ Dark Fantasy
6 stories
The Dark Dark Woods by LadyInTower
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A pair of siblings on a dangerous journey. A vicious spirit quickly drawing near. A bedtime story filled with peril and magic, loss and self discovery, set within a dark, fantastical forest. Growing up with frightening tales of the woods around them, Credence and her younger brother Josiah never imagined they would venture far from home. After a sudden tragedy reveals a dark family secret, the children are forced into the strange and deadly forest alone, with nothing but a map and a book of spells to guide them. While seeking the purple house of their aunt, who will either protect or curse them depending on her mood, the siblings must contend with a host of wild and wicked creatures, from bog women to ghostly jesters, cannibal twins and rude pumpkins. Credence and Josiah must keep their hearts strong and their wits quick, lest they fall to any one of a thousand dangers lurking within the trees, or worst of all, into the clutches of the Collector, a malevolent spirit with a connection to their parents, feared above all in the woods-who's developed an obsession with finding them. 📚 Book One of the "Bedtime Story" Series 📚 ✨WATTYS 2021 FANTASY WINNER✨ Content Warning: This story contains violence and mild language.
Trials of a Teenage Hedge-Witch by curiousgeo
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Maya is caught between a rock and a hard place. Her family of witches are loud, eccentric and downright embarrassing and her classmates in her small village school all view her as a freak. With so much external pressure, how is a girl supposed to figure out who she really is and whether she can handle a future as a village hedge-witch. Sex Education meets Practical Magic meets Detectorists with a cottagecore vibe and an IndieFolk soundtrack.
Witch, Wolf, Woods by KatieKeridan
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READ BEFORE "Affinity Witch" * GOLDEN BOOK AWARD WINNER The Seasonal Contests Summer 2021 * * FIRST PLACE WINNER ACTION/ADVENTURE GENRE The Seasonal Contests Summer 2021 * Katja Verrun is a witch, but she's never felt like a real member of her Hexen coven. Between being an orphan and having unexplainable scars from childhood, she's ostracized and alone, with only her metalworking affinity to keep her company...until she discovers a necklace that introduces her to a shapeshifting wolf. As she learns difficult truths about her new friend, as well as her own past, Katja is forced to make life-changing decisions that ultimately lead her to the one place she's forbidden form entering - the Schwarzwald, a magical, yet deadly, forest. WITCH, WOLF, WOODS is a refashioned fairy tale of courage, learning to love yourself, and creating the family of your choosing. - COVER ART by Jeanne Ee Wei Yen -
The Folveshch by FinnyH
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[Formerly Featured/Award-Winning Novella/#2 in Horror] There is something eerie about this village -- this hole of silent, maddened people. In 1922 my Papa told me of a faceless entity that lurks amongst us in our isolated slice of Russia. The locals have kept this horror alive for a century, though the only ones who claim to have seen the Folveshch have succumbed to a life of sightless silence. My name is Stefan Alyovich and the people around me are changing. They slip into worsening madness every winter, and I ask myself: how much longer before I'm the only sane one left? ... The only one left alone with the Folveshch. ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟- ↟ • 21,000 word novella • Rank #2 in Horror • Rank #4 in Mystery • Horror winner of Greatbelt U.F Award 2015 • CBY October Book of the Month 2014 • The Cryptic Awards Best Horror Winner 2017 • Wattpad HQ Winter Escapes Reading List • Wattpad HQ Stranger Things Reading List • Fright Top Horror/Featured Horror/Stranger Things Reading Lists • Mystery Paranormal Mystery Reading List • ThePurgeMovie Urban Legends Reading List • TheGallowsMovie Best of Thrillers Reading List • Blairwitchmovie Top Horror/Thriller Reading List • OuijaMovie Top Horror Reading List • IncarnateMovie Top Horror ↟- ↟ - ↟ - ↟- ↟- ↟ - ↟ - ↟ - ↟- ↟ - ↟ - ↟ - ↟ - ↟-
The Last Hope by Nina_R_Watts
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Mercy Reid is not a perfect person. She's reckless, bratty and a self-proclaimed party animal. Trouble and mayhem have always followed her wherever she goes, and Mercy has always welcomed them. But when her friend is killed by monsters she's been dreaming about, Mercy begins to realise everything in her life is not as it seems. And danger lurks around every corner. ------------------------------ Content warning for strong language, violence and mild sexual references Copyright © Nina R Watts, 2021 All rights reserved Want to get a feel for the characters? Check out The Last Hope Pinterest board! https://pin.it/3oE2u77 Started: 27/01/2021 Finished: 02/07/2021 Word Count: 185,000+
Monster Mortuary by prose-punk
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Don't let the every day ghoul stiff you out of a proper afterlife. Where do monsters go when they die? Monster Mortuary is a fully illustrated look into the final goodbye of all the creepy-crawly nightmares we're afraid to let out of our closets. From murders to accidents to gooey disease, breakout your best black for thirty-one unconventional funerals to be announced this Halloween Season. Creepy Contents: 01. Marley, Moe 02. Crumb, Fanny 03. Mummford, Odette 04. Lombard, Pasquale 05. Doe, John 06. Vile, D.E. 07. Mist, The 08. Spine, Gertrude 09. Tiny, Molly Anne 10. Dibbley, Desiree 11. Shalott, Eloise 12. Herman, Sherman P. 13. Addams, Wednesday F. 14. March, Enoch 15. NOTICE 16. Dibbley, Desmond 17. Stein, Monty 18. Muranu, F.W. 19. Haynie, Maxey Mable ------- Credits: Written by Robyn Marie (@prose-punk) Illustrations by Kacey Lynn (@untroubledheart)