A fake kiss with his best friend James was meant to be a harmless stunt to fend off a psychotic ex. But for Chris, it unlocks a door he was never meant to open - feelings he can't explain and questions he's afraid to ask. Determined to protect their friendship, Chris tries to bury his growing attraction. Yet James is hiding secrets far darker than unspoken love - secrets that bind them to a past neither can outrun. As Chris edges closer to the truth, he's forced to confront the horrifying reality: some kisses don't end with love - they end with betrayal, obsession, and blood. As their lighthearted bromance begins to blur into something more, everything spirals into psychological warfare with the arrival of a third presence - one far more dangerous than they ever imagined. With trust fracturing and mind games escalating, it's no longer just about attraction... but survival. Content Warning: -Coarse language -Mature themes, including sexual content and nudity -References to emotional manipulation and trauma -Depictions of death A/N: This is a manxman story. If this bothers you, please refrain from reading. Copyright © 2025. All rights reserved. No written part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author.

At the twilight of the Dvāpara Age, the unified alliance of Earthlings- the Elves, the Vardra, the Nythari, and Men stood against the White Dragons in the last great war. As the sky blazed with the Dragons' fury, the Earth split, and the alliance disintegrated. The eternal Elves returned to their sky-bound cities suspended on floating islands, Vardra disappeared to their caverns under the deserts, and Nythari retreated into the deep forests, where the boundaries between the waking world and the dream realm are thin. In the waning hours of the great battle, the humans turned to Vÿrathäen, an Elyndari-a mix-blood born of mortals and Elves. No one knows what befell on the Earth that the third age came to a sudden end. Now at the twilight of fourth age, Vÿrathäen is rising again and ashfall and haze now covers the earth. Kael Ravensong, a lowborn adopted into royalty, finds herself weilding Dragonsteel, a sword forged in the fire of the last dragon. With her king and kingdom burnt to ashes, she must set out on a quest to reclaim a mythical stone that could have ended the third age and is now within reach of Vÿrathäen. Can she save the fourth age from coming to an end? Let's find out.

THIS STORY IS NOW FREE! When a newlywed princess discovers her Prince Charming is married to six other royals, she brings the outraged spouses together to plot revenge. But will their story have a fairy tale ending? ***** Marrying Prince Charming was supposed to be the key to Princess Ashley's happily ever after. Instead, the princess finds herself abandoned for months at a time while Charming slays dragons and fights ogres in distant lands. Frustrated and lonely, she invites six neighboring royals -- five princesses and one prince -- to her kingdom for a week-long gala, hoping to ask for marriage advice. But after a few glasses of chardonnay, the truth comes out: there's only one Prince Charming, and they're all married to him. Obviously, Prince Charming must die. But as the royals set out on a dangerous quest for revenge, they must face foul-smelling armies, dark magic, evil stepsisters, and a troubling shortage of face cream. Soon they uncover an even more dastardly plot, and to save the Seven Kingdoms, the royals must risk everything to rewrite their Happily Ever After.

The legend of the Orang Minyak was no mere folktale. It was a chilling narrative that had ominously drifted south from Malaya, whispered in fearful tones across the region. This tale recounted the dark journey of a man who, desperate for power, had struck a diabolical pact with unseen dark forces. In exchange for supernatural abilities such as enhanced strength, the agility to evade capture, the power to become nearly invisible by blending into the shadows, and the eerie ability to transform his appearance into that of a handsome and charming figure, he was bound to commit heinous acts. Cloaked in black oil, he became a slippery spectre, eluding the grasp of anyone who dared try to stop him. His vile mission: to violate virgins, leaving communities in a state of perpetual fear and vulnerability. In the pivotal year of 1957, this grotesque myth seeped into the stark reality of Singaporean life, transforming the night into a time of unspeakable dread. As Singapore strived towards a new dawn of political awakening and cultural renaissance, the Orang Minyak haunted the night, becoming a nightmarish paradox that juxtaposed the nation's bright future with the darkest sides of superstition and fear. The stark contrast between day and night in the life of the city-state mirrored its struggle between progress and tradition, science and superstition, casting a long shadow over the community's hopes and dreams.

No sound from humans, no sounds from technology, no sound from nature. The whole world is silent... Why? ◆ ◆ ◆ Imagine you wake one morning and find that everyone in your house is still asleep, and won't wake up. Only it's not just your house; it's the whole world. You then decided to hop online and see if anyone else is awake. You send out a post, titled "Anyone Else Awake?" Within five minutes it has three comments. Well, this is reality for Haileè Aitken. RECOMMENDED TO AGES FOURTEEN AND ABOVE || SLIGHT COARSE LANGUAGE The image for the cover was found on Pinterest // Graphics by me DISCLAIMER: all pictures found on Pinterest RANKINGS: #48 in Adventure - 28/01/2018 #860 in Adventure - 13/02/2021 #12 in Illusions - 13/02/2021 #107 in opennovellacontest - 13/02/2021 Long listed in the 2018 Open Novella Contest. © elmaloney 2018 | all rights reserved by elmaloney

OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST - LONG LISTED Safety was never an option. She has nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. Nowhere safe to reside. No matter how far she runs or how quiet she hides, they always find her. She will never be free of her hunters. Theresa knows this, yet she still tries. Theresa has a curse, one that makes her deadly to everyone and everything. She destroys anything she touches, and there is no way to stop it from consuming her surroundings. Not only is she wanted dead for her dark magic, but because she is one of them. A Naturian; and those aren't allowed to exist, not in this new age. But Theresa has always been running since her limbs let her, and she doesn't even know what she is. It's only when he comes, that she finally understands who she is, and that she isn't alone. But she doesn't find safety. Safety was never there. ➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶➴➵➶ WARNING - this is a very violent and graphic book. It is not recommended for anyone under the age of sixteen. Cover made with an image from Pinterest // graphics by me Chapter covers made with an image from Pinterest // graphics by me RANKINGS: #04 in onc2022 - 16/02/2022 #05 in Hunting - 28/02/2022 #17 in Saviour - 16/02/2022 #39 in High Fantasy - 24/02/2022 #70 in Dark Fantasy - 16/02/2022 © elmaloney 2022 | all rights reserved

[Book Cover by me] Johan Liebert meets Y/n - a famous painter in the local bar after he became Schuwald's secretary. [COMPLETED 09.06.2022]

A story about relationships and the search for meaning.

"You're telling me that I'm a superhuman?" "Or in other words, a preternatural shadow." Chloe Rose Winters hates to stand out more than anything else in the world, but with her fiery ginger hair and vivid blue green eyes, she was absolutely alluring in the crowds. Everything was perfectly normal for her, until one day, she discovered her strange ability and unleashed a power, which she hadn't realized she had it in her. Sensing every ripple, bump and vibration, seeing with perfect clarity in a different spectrum of light, detecting specific smells, she knew her life is just about to be a dozen times more complicated.

Azima Rousseau, a demon hunter destined to save her world from the denizens of the Underworld, has to venture through the Seven Levels of Hell in order to face its Prince and close the rift between their worlds once and for all. ***** Ever since her eighteenth birthday, Azima Rousseau knew she would die battling the forces of Hell just as her mother had, and every other Rousseau before her. So when her destiny delivers her to Death's door, it is not the Devil who answers, but the Demon Prince Malecoda. Instead of ending her fated existence as his sworn enemy, he decides to bind her into a pact that challenges not only the intensity of her will to survive but also the integrity of her soul to persevere. Together they soon discover who the monsters truly are- Azima's own people. [[ 2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST ]] ---------- Cover designed by Stefanie Saw