Catching up (some day)
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The Price of Sentience by Buteobelle
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Fear. Hope. Rebellion. Andromeda Victoria is a Listener, someone with the ability to tap into the planet's collective consciousness. Although it's the newest step in human evolution, her people are sequestered to Sector XL-18, a flood-ravaged area that once housed the grandeur of New York City. In a world devastated by war, and plundered by the oppressive government of President Heimdall, Andromeda may be the only hope for her people, and the survival of the planet as a whole.
Haggard by QuinceArchFortes
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Anyanka Morozova was not chosen, yet her fate is sealed when her infirm sister is. Set on a path of certain death, she is surprised to find that the evil witch of the woods is not all that she was taught to fear. Through trials riddled with magic and bonds formed with a cast of unusual characters, there is no stopping the effect the journey has on her. What she expected to be her demise, instead leads to self-discovery and redemption, in this dark fairytale-retelling. Wordcount 20k NanoWatt 2025 - Novella {Winner} ⚔️ Open Novella Contest 2025 {Shortlist}📜 #1 - You stumble upon a mysterious door made entirely of briars and thorns. As you step through, you're granted extraordinary powers. ⚠️CW: Though there is no explicit content, there is mention of blood, mild gore, death, and peril. 🎵 Recommended playlist 🎶 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7nJhpIHnyyDQK52m4V5VSy?si=e7e6c7b50f2e4ae4
Fallen 🪽 by QuinceArchFortes
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After being put in 'time-out,' an angel finds herself thrown into a demon's purgatory. Trapped with each other, whose influence will prove strongest? ******************************************************************** Ash is an angel out of grace. Atticus is a demon with something to prove. After events go wrong in the mortal plane, both are due punishment. What they don't expect is to serve that sentence together. Armed with otherworldly powers, they battle for control in a stagnant prison built just for them. Bonds twist and grow, like a thorny vine, as black and white fade to gray in this paranormal romance full of mystery and legend. FEATURED ON: @Paranormal ~ What in the Wattpad? @Romance ~ Slow Burn // Para-Romantasy @WattpadAfterDark ~ Dark Romance @Ambassadors ~ Para-Romantasy AWARDS: 🥇1st Place ~ Morsus Mortis 2024 {Dark Romance} 🥈2nd Place (Tied) ~ EC Fiction Awards 2024 {Romance} 🥉3rd Place ~ Romance Reads 2024 {AfterDark} Longlist ~ NanoWatt2024 {Paranormal} Wordcount 50k ⚠️ Content warning: depictions of graphic violence and sexual content. 🎵 Recommended playlist 🎶 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Mxy7QZYoJpB5MHAU4GRAk?si=31afeafde6b44258 Cover art background sourced from free-use photographs by @kkalerry via unsplash.com AI assistance was not used in any way, shape, or form to create the story or cover.
The Covenants Of The Night by katrina12234
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When an ambitious, but anxious, fairy receives the invitation to attend Noctis Magna University, UK's most prestigious university for Supernatural, she did not expect to be forced into a dorm with her natural-born enemies - A vampire, who was cold and brooding, and a wolf who was hotheaded and protective. Room 7 had never seen such scandals, nor had it seen such magic. Bound by ancient magic that no one dared to understand, the three of them begin to unravel a shared destiny. As mysterious prophecies surface and forbidden feelings ignite, dark forces conspire from the shadows to tear them apart. The trio must decide whether to trust their bond or their species. The bond between them was not just magical, but it was fate playing its own game. In a world where interspecies love is unheard of, desire could be the very thing that gets them killed. Blood shall spill, trust shall break. The night holds more monsters than you know. _______ Romantic.Suspenseful.Wickedly magical, THE COVENANTS OF THE NIGHT, is a slow-burning paranormal tale of soulmates, secrets, and the fragile power of unity. __________________ BOOK 1 OF THE TRISOUL CHRONICLES.
Ace in the Hole by pinkglitchrabbit
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For as long as I can remember, I-Yvette-have lived under my older sister's shadow. She was the golden girl-bright and brilliant. While I was simply a silver afterthought. It didn't matter what I did, I was almost always compared to her. Either that or forgotten. The only one who saw me for who I was and cared about me was my twin brother, Yvon. The two of us-overlooked and underestimated-had no one but each other. To the world, I am a quiet, unremarkable young woman with a jealous tendency towards my older sister but fading into the background, I listen, I watch, I plan, and I wait. I know what my sister truly is. And I know all too well the horrors she has done. Like a cruel joke, a month after she was wed to the crown prince-I found myself engaged to her former suitor, Lev. That same man who once looked at my older sister with loving eyes now pragmatically explained and convinced me why we would make a good match and that it didn't matter what kind of person I was because he knew what really mattered about me. It wasn't the love story I dreamed of but this arrangement-our relationship-had its own practical charm. Yet as days passed, our practical and logical relationship, turned into something more. The once cold and distant demeanor of Lev was slowly thawing and I was beginning to see the man behind those cold and unreadable eyes. Still, romance was the least of my concerns. Yvon and I had plans, an ambition years in the making. An empire of our own, our safe haven from the monster we were desperately running from. And I won't let anything, not even whatever it is that I have with Lev, stand in our way. And now, the secrets that have been buried are clawing their way to the surface. When the truth comes to light, will Yvon and I accomplish what we set out to do or will we fail to reach our goal? And when it does... Will Lev stand by my side or will he become just another enemy in my path? Started: 02-2025
The Flameweaver by Buteobelle
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Celestial. Chainbreaker. The Eyrie... Words Verona has heard in her nightmares, ever since the death of her family at the hands of the monstrous Cearnian Empire. In between trapping game and fishing for a living, she spends all of her time in The Soggy Crow- a run-down tavern at the edge of her town of Everthorn. When a handsome stranger arrives at the Crow, the nature of her reality is thrown into chaos. Bolero is a firehawk- a red-tailed hawk shapeshifter with an affinity for fire magic. Hailing from The Eyrie, a civilization of avian shapeshifters, he is a masterful hunter, and a furious warrior. But something is missing. Something that tugs at his chest every time he wanders into the Nithra Forest that borders the cliffs of his home. When Bolero has a run-in with the Sidhe - the fae of the Nithra -he realizes that there are some secrets better left unknown. Expect: A slow burn romance An interesting magic system Shapeshifters, specifically birds of prey. Well-developed cultures and politics An intricate ecosystem
The Locust Man by JadeGreen88
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A woman recounts the events of her adolescence during the summer of 2002 that led her to face unimaginable horrors. As she grapples with the loss of her childhood, a new crush, and a looming threat, she begins to discover that everything comes with a price and that some mysteries might be best left unsolved.
Bound by CharlieLFrederique
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"His fate was the nightmare of every boy and man in these lands. The scary story told over tavern tables in hushed tones." Anaïs is the strongest witch her coven has seen in three hundred years. And with all that power, she certainly never expected that a mere man, an esclave at that, would be her undoing. But when a particularly vicious tradition within her coven brings Aiden into her life, everything changes. Amidst threats of a power-hungry human lord, and her scheming aunt Vienne, Anaïs has to prepare herself to take her mother's position as High Maîtresse. But she also has to figure out how she's going to keep Aiden alive in this hostile new environment she's put him in. Especially when everyone wants to use him to get to her. And on top of all that, there is also the mysterious rebel group laying claim from the shadows. And their enigmatic leader Etienne, whose dark secrets could shake the coven's beliefs to their very core. This first installment in the Bound series welcomes you into a world of dark witchcraft and electrifying romance. A perfect read for fans of the romantasy genre! Cover credit: @madebymayvee on Instagram
Scarlet Connection by happyquill
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Welcome to the Veil or rather-my condolences. A slow-burn fantasy with a hint of romance, a pinch of action and mystery and a generous sprinkle of dark humour. Here you'll find mean angels, polite demons and grim reapers escorting souls (saints, sinners and mostly, comely ones) while juggling afterlife paperwork. Meet Clark Parker, ex-saint turned scourge of hell turned reaper, in search of her proverbial 'soulmate' while she fights rogue souls and deals with death and bureaucracy. #enemiestolovers #slow-burn #reincarnation #GoodOmensbutSexy #cleanromance *** Synopsis: For 500 years, she has been condemned to suffer. Clark Parker is reincarnated thirteen times, only to live a cruel life. In her final life, she dies a Saint, and the Veil offers her release: a chance at peace, at bliss-rebirth without sorrow. She refuses. Clark doesn't want to come back. She wants answers. But the truth she seeks lies deep within the Old Archives, a place forbidden to all but reapers. And she isn't one-not yet. To become an envoy of death, she must destroy what remains of her grace and taint her soul. And there is only one place to break a Saint: Hell. There, among the ruined and the wretched, she will rise. Through torment. Through the ranks of demons, and ascend as a reaper. But the closer she comes to the truth, the colder the world becomes. Because some secrets are chained for a reason. And some names should stay in the dark. [updates every weekend]
The Silencer by mmdaesatra
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They call me many names. All of them fit. None of them know me. Somewhere between the taking and the training, I misplaced my soul. Or perhaps they carved it out, one command at a time. Now I am the pause before the scream. The shadow before the end. The silence that follows. But silence remembers. And so do I.