ྀིྀི Sometimes the Cure costs more than the Disease. ྀིྀི ⋆༺𓆩⚔𓆪༻⋆ The Embassy failed Hokora the eve four Emissaries came home in coffins instead of carriages. Now, The Land Without Time is on the brink of collapse--Akasha is just the only one willing to admit it. When standing vigil leads to a letter from the Ambassador, the headstrong Shapeshifter finds herself playing a strange game of Roulette for the chance to avenge her former mentor, meanwhile searching for the final, missing Emissary. Her only goal? Climb the ranks of the Embassy to discover the truth behind her family's long-cold disappearance--or become human in the process. Luckily, infiltrating the human state of Kutcani will require just that; humanity. Unlucky for her, however, is the odd team of outcasts she's forced to partner with for the investigation. Particularly a certain lying Siren who seems to see through her every breath, right down to the core. But as tensions in Kutcani escalate and the uprising leads down a much darker, violent path, choices will be made and spirits will be broken. Discovering her truth, unravelling several strange disappearances, and the motives lurking underneath is only the beginning of a much more twisted crime. || Book One : Ongoing : Est. WC 80,000 - 110,000 || || Cover Created by Raizelrose3 ||

There are strange creatures in the water - and TEMPEST RAERIR is tasked with keeping them there. The gods have long since abandoned the Queendom of Khaedel, letting monsters of the deep plague the land with sickness and death. She defends the shores and kills anything that dares to step onto the sand. When one of the queens of Khaedel - Tempest's mentor - falls ill, her duty switches to saving who she cares about most. And she just might be the key to saving everyone. The deeper you go into the Arnstar Ocean, the more powerful the creatures become, and THE WARDEN'S duty is to keep them all in line. For centuries, the magic keeping the most depraved monsters at bay has been waning. Now that cracks have cut through the surface, the Warden faces no choice but to obtain the help of the beings that despise them the most. Tempest and the Warden must band together and venture as far down into the Arnstar Ocean as they can to seal the fissures. Only, getting there might not be as easy as they thought. Can they survive the battles with the leviathans that lurk in the darkness? Or will they prove the gods right that the land is hopeless? ONGOING 2026 © -DeeIsDead-

Immortality was once a gift. For four hundred years, Alex lived freely, watching the world change around him. Then forty one years ago, a curse changed everything. Now anyone who touches him dies. Animals collapse. Travelers fall. Accidents follow wherever he goes. So Alex isolates himself in a forgotten village, waiting for the day he can finally escape the life he never asked for. But fate has other plans. When the death of a stray dog draws the attention of Death himself, something unexpected happens. Death becomes... interested. What begins as curiosity soon turns into something far more dangerous. Because when Alex tries once again to end his endless life, Death refuses to let him go. Alex wants peace. Death wants Alex . And love might be the most dangerous force of all.

When you think of vampires, you probably think of Dracula or--shudder--Edward Cullens. You know what I mean: the romanticized, sexy version of a vampire. The one with sparkly skin and a charismatic compulsion. Hot. Sexy. Let's be real here, Gary Oldman really set the bar, right? But what fiction doesn't tell you is that being a vampire is messy and, quite frankly, HARD. It's ugly and lonely, and don't even get me started about tracking down blood. I'm wanted in every province (ever hear of the Bloody Killer? Yeah, that's me. Totally lame serial killer moniker, by the way, RCMP). I didn't have the choice to turn into a vampire, but, boy, did my creator pick the wrong person. Out of control, clumsy, drunk, messy, blah, blah, blah. You get the idea. I know, I should probably see a therapist, huh? Well, my trail of bloodless bodies soon catches up to me when a chance encounter with a hottie in a cafe leaves me with his phone by mistake, and I realize just how f***ed I am. And as I do my best to keep him away (while trying to survive as a vampire), I can't help but fall for the cafe hottie, putting a stake on my life. *** ONC '26 prompts: #56 and #81

As ritual killings tear through the city, Blythe becomes the center of a dangerous obsession. Two men want her for very different reasons, and both are hiding exactly how far they'll go to keep her. *** Blythe thought college would be about classes, parties, and finally feeling normal. Instead, ritualistic killings begin tearing through the city, and every step she takes seems to pull her closer to the danger. Her childhood best friend starts acting secretive and overprotective, like he is hiding something big. Then a new man appears. Dark. Magnetic. And maybe exactly what she should be running from. As fear spreads and strange things begin happening around her, Blythe starts to wonder if the danger is following her for a reason. Someone is watching her. Someone is hunting. And the truth about who she can trust, and who she might be, could change everything. *** Open Novella Contest 2026 Prompts: 82, 99, 104, 105