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The Corpse Club by anasianamateur
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Light as a feather, quick as a wit, quiet as a corpse. -- Five years have passed since Min Ryoung's brother died. Resorting to grave looting and treasure pawning to make it by with her two fellow robbers, she's been in pursuit to uncover the legend she believes he was searching for ever since. When a looting goes terribly wrong, the three unknowingly tear a hole in their already-collapsing world that threatens to spread deadly consequences in return. In an attempt to mend their mistake, a chase begins to contain the havoc they've released and fast. However, when they're suddenly led to the piece of the puzzle Min's brother had always been missing, the piece that could finally put his endeavor to rest, their efforts to fix what they've broken shifts into a desperate treasure hunt across all five kingdoms to reap what's been buried to its full force-and all the reasons why it should have stayed buried in the first place. True treasure doesn't come around often. You'd be smart to try and take it when you see it, no matter the price it asks for. [ON HOLD] [Book 1 of Elyseun] [#70 in FAE] [#98 in HIGH FANTASY]
June & Joker by anasianamateur
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They were partners in crime, quite literally. Blood is binding like that. ______ Jean K. Joker and Friday June are murderers, and good ones at that. But even murderers have lives, and when two intertwine, perhaps neither are as heartless as they come to seem. In a series of short episodes, we follow the two in their everyday lives of just what happens when evil meets evil, killer meets killer, and the ramifications it ensues not only on their victims, but each other. [COMPLETE] [18,500 WORDS] [#1 in VIGNETTE] [#45 in DARK HUMOR]
The Art of Making Enemies by anasianamateur
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Blood for blood, bite for bite. Who gets to walk away? _____ Harper Moon is a bottom-of-the-barrel vampire and one of the most notorious vandals of the modern west coast. In theory, it could admit him into the most coveted private artistry academy the vampiric species has ever mustered up. But in practice, it could be what serves him on a plate instead. Every other year for their twentieth birthdays, those at the bottom are rounded up and assigned a mentor from the ones at the top, and trained for one year to compete in the largest biennial artistic competition for all vampires to watch. Those that are chosen are debuted as the next generation of artistic machinery for the elite. Those that are not, could be food. In a last-ditch attempt to break out of his lot in life and see himself free, Harper joins the ranks in hopes of working his way out. But talent is not the only thing the games necessitate, and art is not so black and white under a scrutinizing eye. When the competition begins to melt into more than just a game of the talents, but of his very mind, Harper will come to find the world of the arts is a brutal battlefield, that passion harbors a gruesome side, and the intricate politics of what it really means to be free may not be a game he can play alone. It's glamour, greed, gore, and greatness. And nowhere is too far to go just to have a taste. [ONGOING] [#1 in VAMPIREACADEMY] [#2 in ARTBOOK]
Raven and Rue // Lindensea 1 by ella_rowan
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𝗔 𝗯𝗼𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀. 𝗔 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿. 𝗔𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻. 𝗔 𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻. 𝗔 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗲 ... 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝘁? Pip is the happiest boy in the kingdom of Lindensea, until he loses everything and becomes the saddest boy in the world. Falling in love with a dishevelled young nobleman who is leaving the kingdom seems like a piece of foolishness that will only break his heart. It took hard work and determination for Pip to survive. It will take time, luck, and a sprinkle of magic for a chance at true happiness. But are the stars on his side, or working against him? The question remains: 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘙𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘙𝘶𝘦? AWARDS 🏆 Winner in Fantasy - Celestia Cove Awards 2024 🏆Winning Finalist in Fantasy - NanoWatt Awards 2023 🎗️ Semi Finalist - Rose Gold Awards 2023 ✨Shortlisted in Fantasy - Amby Awards 2023 27 Major Prizes FEATURES 📖 Newly Written Books - All the Places We Will Go 28/03/2023 📖 Retold - Fractured Fairytales 11/05/2023 📖Magic - Fantasy and Other Worlds (19/10/2023) 📖 TCR Reads - Secret Identities (02/02/2024) 📖 The Reading Room - Feast on Fiction (02/04/2024) 30x Featured Cover design by @AnnamitaMuscaria
Mismatched by SuperheroesAndSprite
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When Nate agrees to babysit his aunt's esteemed matchmaking business, he doesn't expect a computer error to force him to pose as a fake match to one of her intolerable clients, Riley, creating a messy mismatch that might just turn perfect fit. Standalone in the Mismatched series On June 24, content from chapter 5 onwards will only be available to redeemers. Now's the time to catch up to the story and read it while it's free! Already purchased a chapter? No worries-you won't need to pay for it again. *** A small-town summer spent matchmaking desperate couples is Nate's worst nightmare, but he's desperate for a little cash and a chance to prove to his family that he isn't a complete failure. He assumes he's in for quiet days of cheesy love connections, but his world is flipped upside down when the matchmaking program is unable to find a match for Riley Jenkins. Terrified to tarnish his aunt's perfect matchmaking record, Nate takes matters into his own hands, posing as Riley's match. Riley is everything Nate isn't-creative, put together, into intellectual debate...oh, and completely intolerable. But with Riley holding a business-ruining review over Nate's head, winning him over becomes a nearly impossible challenge Nate can't afford to fail. What Nate doesn't expect is for his dream guy act to lead to cute dates and sparks of real attraction. Faced with the fear of falling for Riley for real, can Nate confront the consequences of his lies for a shot at love? Or will their mismatch be a costly mistake after all?
𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞, 𝕷𝖎𝖆𝖒. by Yaoibecamemylife
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🅣︎🅦︎: 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮, 𝗦𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗦𝗺𝘂𝘁 Ⓜ︎Ⓞ︎Ⓓ︎Ⓔ︎Ⓡ︎Ⓝ︎ Ⓐ︎Ⓤ︎ William James Moriarty, the mastermind behind the infamous 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲. An organisation based on the assassination of corrupted politicians and businessmen and businesswomen. He's just 21. Yet he's more mature than his older peers, he is suicidal yet that's something only 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 knows. What happens when the 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 Sherlock Holmes asks him a man, for his first dance at the royal ball? William Sherlock Scott Holmes who later changed his name to 'Sherlock Holmes' is an 𝗮𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 detective who's praised and fawned over by women and men (secretly) alike, he's despised by the older detectives and investigators. He gets a new exclusive case which will grant him a promotion. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲, an organisation which has been terrorising remarkable and famous people completely. He first suspects no-one but after a fated encounter in an airplane, he makes a new friend.. Soon William James Moriarty is his prime and only suspect. He decides to get 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 to him. By asking his first dance at a royal ball. What happens when his plan for the first time takes a detour and he ends up having feelings he shouldn't have, and tries to coax the Moriarty into living for his own 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀? 𝕵𝖊 𝕮𝖗𝖔𝖎𝖘 𝕰𝖓 𝕸𝖔𝖎 I believe in you.
Planet B by anasianamateur
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There is no Planet B. Actually, there is. -------------------- [2021 WATTYS SCI FI WINNER🎉] [WATT-MULTIVERSE FEATURE] [HIGHEST RANK: #1 in LGBTPRIDE #4 in SCIENCE #12 in PLANET] Briar Black is not a good person, which has never bothered him, or anyone in 2399, at all. Until the government releases something huge: Planet B. A second chance. And all 10 billion people want it, but only 3 billion can go. So, the 2632 Exam: a year long test to see who deserves that second chance, and who does not. Briar thinks his shot is out the window, but when Theodore Maize-AKA a saint, AKA a definite candidate for Planet B-enters, Briar has a plan: Befriend Theo, get his spot, and say goodbye to his life on Earth for good. The plan comes with more than just meeting Theo, but meeting his world, and where it collides with Briar's: the ruthless reality of the rich, the pitying reality of the poor, the state of his dying world, the time ticking on all their fates, the mind of a bad person, the heart of a good person, and the rocky roads everyone takes to get there. One shot, one guy, one year, two planets. How hard could it be? [150-200,000 WORDS] [Content Warning: This story contains drug use, scenes of withdrawal, alcohol use, and violence.]
3 Cruel Masters by HexDragon17
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3 Cruel Masters is a trilogy of poems that I made. I wrote it because I wanted to write about climate change from the point of view of the thing most affected, the environment. I think it really conveys the sadness and torture that the environment feels as we continue to warp and destroy it. So I guess that it's really about what will happen, what we have to lose, and what we have already lost due to our changes. Shout out to all those people who helped this happen, you know who you are. I hope you enjoy Fire, Water, and Earth in 3 Cruel Masters.
Suicide Buddies by anasianamateur
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"My mother once told me there are three, and only three, truly defining moments in your life. One: When you don't know. Two: When you realize you don't know. Three: When you know. This is about the third one." --- Angel Young is going to die. Or at least he thought so. But when he prepares himself for the fall of the 7 stories, he gets a strange call that suddenly stops him. Haruki Nakamura is going to die. Or at least he plans on it. But right when he looks down the face of his open bedroom window, he decides to give life one last shot to keep him around. When a wrong call to the right person turns both of the boys' deteriorating lives towards each other, they make a pact to put off their deaths for one year in a last promise they will give their world one more chance before saying goodbye. And if at the end of it they still can't find reason to go on, they'll both fall together. After all, if they can't save themselves, then they can at least try to save each other. [AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PAPERBACK & KINDLE] [COMPLETED] [≈350,000 WORDS] [FEATURED BY WATTPAD lgbtq] [TEENFIC AMBASSADORS "COMING-OF-AGE" FEATURE] [#2 IN ASIAN] [#9 IN DARK HUMOR] [#13 IN SLOWBURN] [#22 IN GAY]
The Veil of Glass by blacknbee
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Liora Ashford is the girl no one sees-quiet, withdrawn, always in the shadows. But from the corners of every room, her eyes are always on him. Azazel Morvane, the boy who seems untouchable, consumes her every thought. Her fantasies grow darker, her desire more twisted, with every stolen glance. What starts as an innocent fascination spirals into something far more dangerous as she follows him from high school to adulthood, drawn deeper into her obsession. But as Liora gets closer to making her darkest fantasies a reality, she begins to realize she may not be the only one watching. In this world of secrets, obsession, and twisted desire, who can truly stay in control? Or the question could be who is the one actually in control?