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Strange Yarns by JoshSaltzman
Strange Yarns
JoshSaltzman
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  • Parts 29
WATTY 2016 WINNER of the HQ Love Award! Strange Yarns is a ball of tangled tales. Twisted, knotted, and intertwined. Like Tales of the Crypt, the Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits. Strange Yarns is not just a collection of ghastly tales, these are yarns, and yarns are sewed together. Follow the yarns and see the grand design... think of this as an evil quilt. Ghost, ghouls, and cannibals being studied for nutrition research, Strange Yarns has got it all. ALL EXCEPT HAPPY ENDINGS!!! (The Author's Lawyer's retain the rights to define happy endings.) I'd love it if you'd vote. And if you really like them please share with a friend. And if you hated them, please share with an enemy. *Josh Saltzman is a Canadian Comedy Award winning writer and director. Recently he was the head writer of season 2 and 3 of Inspector Gadget on Netflix. His other credits include Fangbone! (Disney XD), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Animated Series (Sony/DHX), and in live action Call Me Fitz (HBO Canada). Josh has also made lots of weird videos you can find on youtube.
The Killing of Three Thousand Crows (Love of Thousand Years) by _lc_mv_
The Killing of Three Thousand Crows (Love of Thousand Years)
_lc_mv_
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  • Parts 53
On the mountain balcony, Princess Di Ji stunned the world with the song《Peach Blossoms of the Eastern Wind》. After the stained glass fire, the Great Nation of Yan was no more, the matters of it's past as if a dream. Concealing her identity, Di Ji hides herself at a place where immortality is cultivated, Xiangqu Mountain, and becomes the servant Qin Chuan. But unexpectedly, old acquaintance begin to turn up one after the other. An old lover, Zuo Zichen is now entangled with Xuanzhu after losing his memories, and an elegant and distinguished Fu Jiuyun suddenly appears, purposely teasing her in every way possible. It's hard to separate his truth from lies, and difficult to accept his favour. Taking advantage of the White River Dragon King's arrival in Xiangqu Mountain, Qin Chuan steals the Master's treasures and flees. Knowing that he had been deceived, Fu Jiuyun is extremely angry, and chases after her however far she goes. After knowing her mission, and being unable to stop her, he can only use his own life to help her succeed. But she doesn't know, in order to meet her, he has kept watch for a millennium. She kept strong despite feeling otherwise, vehemently refusing him: You can have me, but never think for once you can have my heart! That man completely didn't care. He faintly smiled: I only want you, who said anything about your heart? * Takasugi Shinsaku penned: "I'd kill all the crows in the world, to sleep with you till morning tolls (1)." The novel is drawn from here. +++++++++++++++ This is not my story, just enjoying the novel and spread it to non-chinese speaker. Credit to the original writer, Shi Si Lang. Love of Thousand Years is c-drama starring Zheng Ye Cheng & Zhao Lusi, adapted from this novel. Someone actually has translated this novel in english but only up to first 3 chapters in 2016. Now I'm trying to re-do the translation. Work still in progress, I'll tiptoed to translate-edit this novel till finished *let'spray*
Indomitable by hashtagdopee
Indomitable
hashtagdopee
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  • Parts 63
In a city overrun by the corrupt and crazy, driven by greed, lust, and desire, Remi Goldridge's sweet nature and strong moral compass are strange and unheard of. Beasts of nightmares roam free here, taking and doing whatever they please. When Remi's father buys her one of the most dangerous creatures in the world as her slave and personal bodyguard, she is terrified, and wants nothing to do with the dangerous beast.
Till The End Of The Moon (On-Going) by namimonde
Till The End Of The Moon (On-Going)
namimonde
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  • Parts 115
This is a story of period when demons are in power. Demons become the masters, and the cultivators and mortals become despicable beings. One day, the elders decided to send someone back to the past to discover the demon lord's origin and prevent him from awakening. That someone happened to be Li Su Su. Li Su Su then goes back to the past, taking a body of a mortal named Ye Xi Wu. Ye Xi Wu was the third daughter of Ye General, married to a hostage prince which is the future demon lord, Tantai Jin. Li Su Su is determined to destroy Tantai Jin who in the future has killed too many; however, being in Tantai Jin's past life, she is now seeing Tantai Jin's different side of story before he rose to be demon lord. Adapted from the web novel "Hei Yue Guang Na Wen BE Ju Ben" (黑月光拿稳BE剧本) by Teng Luo Wei Zhi (藤萝为枝). ATTENTION!! CREDIT TO THE OWNER OF THE STORY!! I DIDN'T OWN THE STORY I JUST WANT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS TILL THE END OF THE MOON A CHINESE NOVEL IN ENGLISH VERSION PS: PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF IT'S OKAY TO PUBLISH THIS STORY BCAUSE IF NOT I WILL DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY.. THANK YOU & I PUBLISH THIS FOR MY SISTER AND FRIENDS...😊😊
The Vampire Always Bites Twice | Wattys 2022 Grand Prize Winner by AHopelessNecromantic
The Vampire Always Bites Twice | Wattys 2022 Grand Prize Winner
AHopelessNecromantic
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  • Votes 20,626
  • Parts 70
Criminal necromancer & vampire private eye team up to solve the case of the missing barista. *** When a client drops dead in her parlor, former necromancer turned fortune teller, Isla, has no choice but to illegally resurrect the poor gal. Better that than go back to jail for keeping a corpse, am I right? The gal's just a Tourist. Isla is certain nobody will notice... At least she was until a handsome vampire strolled in. When vampire private investigator, Gregorio, is hired to find where another vamp misplaced their favorite barista, he never expected the case to lead him into the parlor of a fraudulent psychic with a secret. Or that that psychic would be so distractingly attractive. Neither expected they'd need to team up to find the not-dead girl before both the authorities and a lovesick vampire discover there's a new reanimated corpse in town. Sparks fly and blood splatters as Greg and Isla investigate Philadelphia's underground magical Society, negotiate with the werewolf mafia, dodge arrest by anti-necromantic wizards, and occasionally pop off for late night cheesesteaks. The "Bites Twice" Mysteries 1 - The Vampire Always Bites Twice [150,000-200,000 words // complete]. 1.5 - Doubull Indemnity [20k - 50k words // in progress] 2 - TBD This book contains mature sexual content, paranormal violence, and gore.
Love Better Than Immortality by Ikonic_Fantast
Love Better Than Immortality
Ikonic_Fantast
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  • Parts 41
A woman from the future arrives at a fantasy-like universe to experience love for the first time. She goes by the name Chun Hua and falls into a complicated romance with two young men who are opposites like black and white.
Raven of Water by WhiskeyJaneDoe
Raven of Water
WhiskeyJaneDoe
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  • Parts 34
All Lexi Rivers wants is to teach preschool, marry her jerk of a fiance Jackson, and lead a normal human life, but coming from a family of gifted magic users dedicated to summoning a demon and bringing about the end of the world makes her dreams... unobtainable. When Lexi's group summons Kirroz, a demon whose arrogance is offset by his unnatural charms, Lexi's role is to care for him. The more time Lex spends with the demon, the more she realizes that the man has a well-concealed sweet side that she's already unnaturally and intimately familiar with. Thanks to a series of strange dreams and fuzzy half-memories, Lexi remembers Kirroz from the past, but things take a dramatic turn when Kirroz reveals his genuine reasons for coming to this realm. Lexi will break down the walls between the god-realm and this earth and bring about the end of humanity, and it's Kirroz's job to help her. Will she break and cave to the demon? Or will she resist the Kirroz's demands as she remembers her first love the Raven of Water.
Goodbye to the Knight✔️ by SouthernAlps
Goodbye to the Knight✔️
SouthernAlps
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  • Parts 70
[COMPLETED] "We lock eyes and even at this distance I see the fire burning within, his power radiating outwards sending fear into the hearts of those opposing him. His jaw is taut but his motions are as fluid as a cat playing with its prey. The scarred knight is very much alive." The year is 1350. The Middle Ages. Novella, a young women, flees her castle home to escape an arranged marriage. To keep her freedom, Ell is forced to go undercover as a male and take on the plague infected land. Killian, a knight scarred from battles in France, is returning home at last. He never expected to come across a rather strange pair of stable hands journeying across the countryside, but who would? A chance encounter brings these two together. Will Novella manage to keep her identity hidden, or will Killian discover the truth? Gather your swords and dive into a novel filled with adventure, action, and of course, romance! Highest Rankings: 06/05/21 - #1 in Historical Fiction! 13/10/21 - #2 in Historicalromance
Ichor by Trish_DW
Ichor
Trish_DW
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{SAMPLE: Published on Amazon} Five hundred years ago, humanity's freedom died. When the Greek Gods and Goddesses were usurped from their home on Mt. Olympus, they crashed upon Earth and enslaved the human race. Children spend their existence inside prisons ran by ruthless Immortals, and upon their eighteenth birthday, they are thrown into an arena to be fought after. Once won, they are scarified with their name and short-lived identity in an unforgiving world, where there is an absence of hope for people with mortality coursing through their red veins. Servitude shackled humanity, but then a girl stood in the arena on the first summer solstice since she turned eighteen years old. A nameless girl, trembling behind the safety of her friend, landed in the Gods' worlds without knowing that she was going to be their unraveling. This wide-eyed slave, who bled two colors. One red like humans. One gold like the gods. Five hundred years ago, humanity's freedom died, but she's here to take it back. Final Book Cover commissioned by @Fantastical-Ink
71 by GreenPastels
71
GreenPastels
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  • Parts 116
The world ended a long time ago. Some humans survived. But in order to do so, the original Survivors enhanced themselves with animal DNA, adopting traits that allowed them to live in this mutated wilderness of giant Beasts and vast, unexplored swathes of jungle-AKA, the Wold. But something that unnatural had to come at a cost. Meet Ash-one of the unlucky ones. She's almost human-71%, to be exact. With cat claws, ears, and a lot of anxiety, she's on the run to avoid death or slavery at the hands of human purists in the Capital. And, she just might have accidentally set out to save the rest of her kind along the way. When she encounters Stone on her quest, a brooding wolf-boy who relies on knives and sarcasm to fight his way through the Wold, she may get a lot more than she signed up for, as he decides to accompany her along on her quest. Through endless battles, hidden villages, and touching encounters with the travelers of the Wold, Ash and Stone may just change the world as they know it.