Genre: Epic Dark Fantasy & Epic Action/Adventure As the Damocles Slate War comes to a devastating end, the everliving king of Kovenko along with other participants get caught in a powerful sound wave sending them all to alternate dimensions during battle. Falling from the sky, Kovenko's king, John Dale Toronto, is saved by a blanket of glistening snow. To his surprise he is greeted by a charming young boy named Niccolo. Realizing the boy is in deep danger, John Dale takes the orphaned boy in under his wing discovering an immense power that the boy is in possession of. Little does he know, Niccolo will cause the Empires to take on a much bigger threat than they ever would believe. Superstition arrives around the boy and it becomes clear that Niccolo is not near as innocent as he portrays he is. *Trigger Warning* SEXUAL ABUSE STRONG LANGUAGE SU!C!DE

[Disclaimer: This book is a first draft and is currently on hold as it's in the process of transitioning to a full novel.] How many friends do you have? When a stray thought forces Will Marte to notice the oddities in his everyday life, what follows is a reflection on the friendly relationships he has and had and a contemplation on the question: what is a friend? Having had an unconventional upbringing, he still feels its effects as an adult. Now, everyone around him is aging normally in their conventional life, and he doesn't know how to be rather than to seem. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Published in February 2024 for Open Novella Contest 2024 Copyright © by CrownedMadness (Maddy Alson) 2024