A light obscured often goes dark. Sabrina Verrun is a witch and the most gifted metallurgist her Hexen coven has seen in a century. Unfortunately, she has no interest in being a traditional metal-worker, repairing broken items and making trinkets to sell in the Hexen shop...she wants to create new things, things no one has ever seen before. While she dreams of devoting her life to her metal-working, her mother has other plans...she wants Sabrina to follow in her footsteps and take over as coven leader, putting aside metal in favor of assuming responsibility for the well-being of the other witches. Sabrina has no desire to do such a thing, and as she fights for control of her own life, she's determined to create something that proves her research is worthwhile, earning her the freedom she so desperately craves. But as those she lives with manipulate her, ignore her, and treat her as if she doesn't know her own mind, she eventually turns her attention to the one place she's forbidden from entering-the Schwarzwald, a magical, yet deadly, forest ruled by the elusive and powerful Forest King. Eventually, Sabrina finds herself willing to go to any lengths to control her own destiny, and the choices she makes along the way affect not only herself, but her coven, other magic users, and one important life yet to come. A light obscured often goes dark, and a passion can too easily become an obsession in this cautionary coming-of-age prequel to Witch, Wolf, Woods.

||Wattys 2022 Shortlist|| "You've got several lines of destiny in you...whether you use your power for good or wicked is still blank." After narrowly escaping the Collector, Credence finds herself at the mercy of aunt Lilith, a hateful witch who eagerly waits for the chance to steal her niece's heart. Locked within Lilith's ghastly home is a key to Credence's destiny: The truth of the vow made on her life before she was born. A witch with secrets isn't the worst the woods have to offer, and Credence will be forced to brave peril unlike any she's faced before: The towns, where humans revel in cruel and gruesome sport; The school, where the handsome Headmaster is more than he appears to be; The Collector's world, where dusk is perpetual, and the line between hero and monster becomes blurred. Will Credence survive to become a woman capable of handling the dangers of the world? Or will the wickedness in her bloodline transform her into a creature more terrifying than the Collector itself? 📚 Book Two of the "Bedtime Story" series 📚 ⚠ Content Warnings: Violence including death of children and a scene of self-harm, language, alcohol use, non-explicit mature situations including a scene of attempted assault ⚠

BOOK ONE IN THE WICCAN SERIES Cyrus Laveau's life had never been perfect, but he always worked with what he was dealt. That included witches, pyromaniacs and human sacrifices. ... Returning to high school after being suspended for a week, Cyrus's goal was to stay under the radar. The opposite happens when on his first day back, his friend goes missing and the only one who saw the culprit was him. But how do you tell your friend's brother and the sheriff that the kidnapper was a two faced shadow creature with glowing purple eyes? As expected he immediately tells his best friend, Christian, who is expectantly skeptical until he sees first hand Cyrus's car come to life. Together the two decide to investigate not only what took their friend but a way to get them back. The situation only grows more dire when more bodies begin to pop up around town with the same symbol carved into their foreheads and the creature's attacks becoming more frequent. Admit the hallucinations, midnight skinny- dipping and breaking and entering, Cyrus discovers parts of himself he wished would have stayed buried. That he is connected to the witches that once helped to create their town over a hundred years ago and has magical powers he never knew about. It was hard enough when everyone looked at him expecting a break down or another car accident, now he had to worry about not hexing someone. The last time he checked, being a witch was not on his schedule.

Fyra has always known that her town is cursed. Harvests fail, accidents cause injuries, and magic swirls through the streets, bringing chaos with it. This is all the fault of the Magician. He is one of the Blessed, magic from birth--and his Blessing is the ability to cast curses. Every year, those in the town who are discovered to be Blessed are sent to defeat him. None have yet returned. Fyra is one of the Blessed. She has the power to communicate with deathbirds--scavengers who have the uncanny ability to sense death's approach. Though she tries to hide what she is, the villagers discover her Blessing, and send her off with three other Blessed to defeat the Magician. But the journey ahead of her and her companions is difficult. Will they choose to turn aside? Will they succeed in their quest? Or will they be killed by the Magician, like so many others before them? Cover by @xxsoteria. Updates on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

There's an unspoken rule on the island of Norholm, whose shores are haunted by sea nymphs that dwell deep beneath the ocean and only surface twice a year when the moon glows blue. The rule is: don't bother the sea spirits, and they won't bother you. Fionn Miller is not the best at following rules. Especially when there's a mystery to be uncovered. This story is being written for the Open Novella Contest, inspired by prompt #23.

"I am going to haunt you forever." That's the promise that Breanne makes her killer. He cannot dump her body in the river and simply have his crime washed away. The detectives assigned to her case can't seem to pin anything on him, and her parents are beginning to believe the lies he tells. But Breanne is going to make sure he pays.

The love story between Eliot Strange and her prince continues as they fight for survival . The plot thickens and becomes entangled as: Steven finds love, Eliot meets a new British man whose intentions are suspect, Jack and Carli return, the children are in danger, and a secret agent is sent to rescue our prince and take him home. Questions are asked and answered - Who can be trusted? Who is completely evil? Can this new world be made safe for the innocent? Will Eliot and Prince Torin finally be together? And, the last and most important question of all - When evil seems to be winning, who will join the fight to save the prince and save the world?

After a mysterious vehicle runs them off the road, Alex and his bandmates must fight for their lives to escape a vicious pack of wolves who bear unsettling similarities to the other band they are touring with. ***** Alex is the lead singer of the up-and-coming rock band Make Them Scream. Despite the fact that the insomnia he's fought with since he was a teenager has been worsening, the band have found themselves in the express lane to stardom. But, when a mysterious vehicle knocks their tour bus off the road in the middle of upstate Montana, the bandmates are left stranded with no cell service. When poor decisions lead them toward the dark woods, things go from bad to worse. If the elements don't get them first, their own demons might devour them alive. Some monsters only come out in the dark, and some reality is scarier than nightmares. ***** WATTYS 2021 WINNER WEREWOLF ***** Content Warning: This story contains mature language, violence, gore and reference to alcohol and drug use.

Andy thinks he's lost forever when his aunt's chimney transports him and his dog, Chip, into the magical world of Emerraine. To get home, he must save the Hearthstone Village with Elsie, a young witch, and her Familiar against a dark plot that has been brooding for years. How can one summer go wrong when on the first night of his vacation, Andy becomes an instant hero? Through a series of twisting events, angry forest trees, talking flowers, a hungry pack of wolves and a monster octopus, he must save the village from a vengeful evil witch who plans to shower a fiery doom upon them. Cover Design by @Shreya_VA --- Date Started: February 3, 2022 Date Finished: April 17, 2022 --- 🏆 ONC 2022 ROUND 1&2 QUALIFIER Featured in: 🌟 @superhero - No Power, No Problem 🌟 @WattpadFantasyPH - Isekai Fantasy (May '23) 🌟 @lowfantasy - The World Among Us 🌟 @WattpadFairytales - Of Wolves and Witches 🌟 @Fantasy - Middle Grade and Children's Fantasy 🌟 @WattpadWitches - Broad-spectrum Spellcasters 🌟 @WattpadLitFic - Novel 🌟 @WackyWriters - Our Judges' Favorites (May '22) 🌟 @WattpadFriendsandFamily - Adventurous Crews 🌟 @StoriesUndiscovered - Into the Abyss (May '22) 🌟 @childrensfiction - ONC 2022 participants [Word count: 50000 - 55000 words]