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Enchantress in a Gig Economy by JordanTrippeer
Enchantress in a Gig Economy
JordanTrippeer
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  • Votes 10
  • Parts 5
A young enchantress unable to pay for school must make her way in the world the only way she knows how -- by joining the gig economy and taking any magical job she can find.
Flowers in the Snow by keepthywits
Flowers in the Snow
keepthywits
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  • Votes 9
  • Parts 10
A necklace, a pair of shoes, a ribbon and a robot dog. It has been hundreds of years since the Rot was released. Only those that remain on this frigid and poisoned earth are the unlucky ones, and the number of survivors is dwindling. Sania Teik and a handful of the 5th generation live within deep underground settlements in order to hide from the Rot's decaying touch. They are the precious youth, protected and sheltered at all cost. However, the lifelights are extinguishing one by one, and sooner or later it will be their turn. At the edge of the world, their settlement is to be the last to fall. It is a waiting game with no one as the foreseeable winner, that is until an inexplicable hope presents itself in the form of a signal originating from the most uninhabitable part of the earth - the surface. The settlement's lifelight is flickering, and the waiting game is over. Now, it is a game against time, with the future as the prize.
Three Lies, All True || ONC2021 Longlister by -aceospades-
Three Lies, All True || ONC2021 Longlister
-aceospades-
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  • Parts 16
What do you do when you find a dead soldier from the opposing kingdom just when the Declaration of Peace was about to be signed? Hide the dead body, of course. Super soldier twins Petra and Peter made two mistakes: one is burying a dead body instead of telling people that they found the soldier dead, and the other is getting caught while doing it. Now that the peace of Royisa and Nuryyn are on the line, they have to prove that they weren't the ones who killed the soldier. It's not easy, especially since people from their opposing kingdom seem to be doing anything to show that they killed the soldier. But as they investigate, they realize that the soldier may not be exactly who he seems, and that the motives for his death might just be something else other than war. However, one thing was certain. In Royisa, fingers aren't the only thing that people can cross. Cover by @dayisademigod
The Storm We Start || Book One by ShyGuySamurai
The Storm We Start || Book One
ShyGuySamurai
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  • Parts 36
|| Book One of the Dragonkind Duology || 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙛 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙩; 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣. For years, dragonkind and humankind had been at war, alternating between short-lived truces and all out warfare. In this age, however, humankind had subdued the proud dragonkind and turned them into slaves. Brands seared into their arms with the mark of a weeping dragon; the symbol of their defeat. Darin vehemently hated the mistreatment of the dragonkind, and when a branded runaway boy crossed his path, he made him his apprentice to protect him. Something had to be done. But in a strange turn of events, Darin found himself the leader of a peculiar band of travelers: His new apprentice, a brooding warrior, and an elven healer. Although he rarely traveled with others, he began to enjoy it as a long-term arrangement as days turned into weeks. Yet Amaredeia was still healing its war-ravaged wounds, and the cries of rebellion and anguish rose again. Could he really continue denying the calls of his apprentice's people? 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙡. Blurb modified by @aleshawrites_ || Wattys2021 Shortlister and Ambys2022 Winner || || Featured on @Fantasy @highfantasy @WattpadFriendsandFamily @Watt-Dragons|| Written for the Open Novella Contest 2021, but it turned into a novel instead of a novella XD || A round one Ambassador's Pick || Milestones: ✔️2,000 words ✔️8,000 words ✔️20,000 words - Reached on 2/27/21 Total word count: 80,522 Started: Feb. 5, 2021 Completed: Sep. 7, 2021
Cries of a Wounded Soul by wdhenning
Cries of a Wounded Soul
wdhenning
  • Reads 2,381
  • Votes 448
  • Parts 20
**** Top Pick, 2023 Amby Awards **** **** HighFantasy Book of the Month, June 2023 **** To save the world, Mage Aria sacrificed herself, becoming trapped with the personification of Darkness within an impenetrable tomb of rock and magic. But she had not realized how much of a hell that would be. Dreams of deep despair haunted Tomas, a blacksmith with no apparent magic, where a wounded soul cried out from her torment, begging for mercy. Heartbroken for the dreamer, he sets out on an uncertain quest to free her. But there were those in power who did not want the dreamer freed, lest it also released the Darkness. Further, the link between Tomas and the dreamer was a kind of Darkness itself, one that would make him a fugitive in his own land.
Of Spellbooks and Thieves | SAMPLE by TheConfusedTurtle
Of Spellbooks and Thieves | SAMPLE
TheConfusedTurtle
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  • Parts 9
Magic is a powerful yet fleeting thing. Those blessed with its presence are given a choice: to do good for their fellow man or to be corrupted. Tobias has neither magic nor the pressure of its power and has lived a peaceful, secluded life because of this. That is, before he stumbles across the key to power: a spellbook. Desperate to unlock its secrets, he accepts it as the promise of something greater. Until the day a thief snatches the book out from under him. In an effort to get it back, Tobias is thrust out into the dangerous world beyond the comfort of his home. Dragons, secrets, and wild magic lurk around every corner he turns, and he has no hope of catching the thief on his own. In order to reclaim his book and safely return home, Tobias must learn to adapt to the shifting world outside. But as he is joined by others who volunteer to aid him in his search for the thief, he realizes there's more to her than he thinks, and the spellbook is only the beginning. [𝟑𝐱 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝] ~~𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 ~~Cover by @Penneywithaney
The Maker by Ella_michaelson
The Maker
Ella_michaelson
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  • Votes 120
  • Parts 21
A poem of which we become wonderers in our own thoughts😿 Let this poetic weaving create a song💆 Let the song flow in your heart💞 Do not forget to dance to its mysterious tune🎸 Who knows? It might be your last👣
The Keeper of the Undying Forest  by TheStoryScholar
The Keeper of the Undying Forest
TheStoryScholar
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  • Votes 29
  • Parts 4
Pelenduil The Great Destroyer had taken everything from Eira. He razed the land, slaughtered her mother and father, and left her sister, Suvi, hideously disfigured by burns. After four years, Suvi succumbs to her cruel wounds. Tormented by grief, Eira vows revenge. She embarks on a quest to vanquish Pelenduil but in her journey stumbles into a lush forest, untouched by destruction, tended by the very warlock who unleashed Pelenduil upon the land. Curiously, he spares her life while forbidding her from ever leaving the forest. Eira knows he guards the whereabouts of the dragon, and the answer lies somewhere in his domain. In her search, she finds that not only is there more to the warlock than meets expectation, but she is able to wield his magic, and this magic carries with it the ability to heal or destroy. Could it be what she needs to exact vengeance and cure her anguish? Or would it betray her in the end? _______________________________________ A heart-rending tale of grief, forgiveness, and redemption Amazing cover by MuniWilliams!