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Celestial Farewells: Unsent Letters to the Stars by The404LabTheory
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"What shall it profit a man, if he gains the whole world... and loses his soul?" He didn't mean to break the sky. He was just a boy from a quiet, broken home-one where love flickered, where silence spoke louder than words, where warmth never stayed long enough to feel safe. So when he found a way to the stars... he took one. Just one. But one became many. And slowly, without realizing it, he began carrying pieces of heaven back to earth-lighting homes, healing hearts, becoming something people needed... something they praised. Until the sky went dark. Celestial Farewells is a poetic, emotional journey about longing, love, and the quiet danger of trying to fill what's broken inside of us with things we were never meant to keep. This story isn't just about stars. It's about: the hunger to feel whole, the weight of being needed, the difference between love and possession, and the cost of mistaking light for healing. Told through layered storytelling, letters, and reflections, this book blends spirituality, philosophy, and raw human emotion into a story that lingers long after the last page. Some stories are meant to comfort you. Some are meant to expose you. This one does both. If you've ever chased something that felt like it could save you... If you've ever held onto something you knew wasn't yours to keep... This is your story.
Outer Reaches by lucashotle
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New chapters every Sunday 10:00AM EST! A stowaway. A stolen ship. A galaxy that doesn't believe in hope anymore. Outer Reaches follows Liam, a reckless optimist whose refusal to accept a broken universe slowly turns survival into rebellion. As he crosses Union borders and cartel space, his belief that everyone deserves to smile begins to challenge systems built on fear, control, and exhaustion.
Enter The Dogman: A Hound Of Heaven Story by CharlesGordon
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Sequel to Hound of Heaven. Kim survived the hunt that broke her world. Now the moon is calling something darker; a danger with a mysterious pull she can't escape. A cursed shifter, torn by the beast raging inside him, steps into her path. One look, and everything ignites: fierce, forbidden, lethal. His monster craves dominance, and the bond between them might be the flame that sets it free. Pack bonds strain. Ancient shadows awaken. Instincts scream to fight... or flee. Kim must choose: reject the connection that could save them both... or surrender to a love that risks devouring everything she holds dear. A Dark romance. A Deadly desires. A bond that could destroy them both. If you're enjoying the story and want to help me keep writing these characters I love, you can support me here: PayPal → https://paypal.me/nerdaddiction Thank you for reading. It means a lot.
Willing Prey [18+] by milestaylor
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[COMPLETED] He was a veteran, she was a foreigner. He loved her, she could read his mind. He wore gloves to protect others from his sins. She wore kimonos to reclaim her identity. Willing Prey is a romance fantasy novel about a disillusioned ex-colonel, Gerald Aldrick, finally feeling his dead heart beat again after getting unfairly yelled at by a fearless geisha, Robin Taylor. But instead of anger or annoyance, Gerald feels nothing but admiration for her fervor and personality. Robin isn't as impressed with him, but fully plans to take advantage of his legendary colonel status for her own benefit with the help of her mind-reading ability. The question is, will she find herself feeling more for him than she initially expected? The story deals with heavy themes that are deeply personal for the characters. Gerald and his PTSD from war, dealing with the contradictory politics at home, and Robin with her identity issues as a trans immigrant. It's heavy, psychological, and grounded. The setting is fantastical but contemporary, a made-up world heavily inspired by ours, with a strong emphasis on society and politics. Genre: LGBTQ+ ROMANCE FANTASY Themes: psychology, trauma, identity, politics, sexuality, discrimination, wealthy privilege Tropes: love at first sight, enemies to lovers, millionaire boss, size difference, rivals love triangle Setting: modern urban fantasy, dark academia Rated MATURE for a reason-please, refer to the chapter titled 'disclaimer' for the full warning list.
Hound Of Heaven by CharlesGordon
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In the shadowy woods of summer camp, Kim's world is shattered when her quirky, unpredictable camper, Sarah, attacks her under a full moon. ​Surviving the mauling against all odds was just the beginning. Something has changed deep within Kim. ​Back home in the rugged mountain town of Alden, Colorado, Kim grapples with raging new senses, a fractured family, and a high school full of plastic smiles. But a deeper rot is festering in Alden. Something ancient and evil has arrived, a creature that wears her classmates' faces and feeds on their agony. ​To survive, Kim must unravel the mystery of the monster stalking the hallways while fighting to control the predator growing inside her. With the help of an unlikely group of outsiders, she is racing against a ticking clock to find the beast's heart before the next full moon-and before the monster in her, or the one in her school, consumes everything she loves. ​Will Kim be able to stop the horror without, or will she lose herself to the hunger within? If you're enjoying the story and want to help me keep writing these characters I love, you can support me here: PayPal → https://paypal.me/nerdaddiction Thank you for reading. It means a lot.
Poison the butterflies by mellanie_s_davis
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Ivy used to think butterflies meant healing. Now she knows they can be poison. Fresh out of a toxic breakup, Ivy falls into a "no-strings" situationship in the heart of New York-exactly the kind of distraction she promised herself she wouldn't need. Enter Zayden: intoxicating, reckless, and completely unavailable. The kind of man who turns attention into a game, disappearing just enough to make her want more, even as rumors of his "other girls" start to follow her like smoke. Then there's Caleb. Zayden's best friend. Quiet. Steady. Infuriatingly observant. The man who doesn't chase her-until she becomes impossible to ignore. Across crowded Manhattan bars and late-night conversations she swears mean nothing, Ivy finds herself pulled into something far more dangerous than lust: being understood. One man is the rush she can't resist. The other is the safety she doesn't trust. And in a city that never sleeps, Ivy is about to learn that not every butterfly is love. Some are warnings right before the fall.
Predator's Nature by VeraNeri00
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Elena has a mind at war with itself. Vittorio hides secrets no one should discover. When he chooses her as prey, she decides not to run. Some love stories are born in blood. ​▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ​Her mind is a parliament in permanent revolt: voices fighting for control, personalities seizing the wheel without warning. She has learned to survive by wearing masks, navigating a life that has never felt like her own. ​Vittorio is the highest-paid lawyer in Milan. Impeccable. Controlled. The man the guilty turn to when they want to become innocent. But behind the mask of perfection hides something far darker. ​When one night he chooses her as prey, Elena discovers she doesn't want to run. She discovers that terror tastes the same as excitement. And she discovers that perhaps, for the first time, someone truly sees her. ​This is not a redemption story. This is not a story about victims. This is the story of two predators who recognize each other in the dark. ​⚠️ Explicit content: violence, sex, death. Adults only.
Force Dyad - Kylo Ren Fanfic by PoisonTown
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She begins to hear voices echoing from her destiny. She thought she was going crazy. Little did she know her entire world was about to be flipped upside-down. Kylo Ren found her, her source of power echoing through the galaxy. She would become his apprentice and he wasn't taking no for an answer. Kylo Ren fanfic, Poe Dameron fanfic. A story of love, tragedy, war and sacrifice. Rated X. Please do not read if you are under 18.
HANTU RAYA: THE INHERITANCE by ElmiZulkarnainOsman
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HANTU RAYA: THE INHERITANCE A supernatural horror novella by Elmi Zulkarnain Osman "Some spirits serve. Some spirits obey. But this one remembers... and waits." When Cikgu Sulaiman returns to his ancestral kampung in 1970s Singapore to settle his late grandfather's affairs, he expects a quiet farewell to a forgotten past. Instead, he inherits something far older than the crumbling house - something watching, something bound to the roots of the land. It is called a Hantu Raya. Summoned by blood, kept alive by fear, this dark familiar once served his grandfather. Now, it hungers for a new master. And Sulaiman's refusal has consequences. The mirrors warp. The soil moans. The trees whisper names that should never be spoken. And his daughter begins to speak in tongues only the dead remember. As the line between nightmare and memory collapses, Sulaiman must uncover the terrible bargain that once bound his family to the unseen. He must act before the spirit devours not just his soul, but his legacy, his bloodline, and the last light left in his child's eyes. #HantuRaya #AsianHorror #SingaporeFolklore #SupernaturalThriller #DarkFolklore ________________________________________ 👁🗨 Inspired by true Southeast Asian folklore For readers who crave haunted heirlooms, generational curses, possession, and shadows that linger long after the lights go out. 🔥 Read if you dare. And remember, some spirits don't wait for permission to enter. They find their way in long before you notice.