Good morning, I'm Kalliope Aoidós (yes, spelled like this: Καλλιόπη Ἀοιδός... pretty impressive, right?), Technical Account Manager at a company in... well, I'm sure you don't really need my CV for this. Let's try again. Hey, I'm Kalliope Aoidós, and I've got a little problem. Okay, more like an incurable, family-heritage problem. Technically, it's genetic-something my family has been conveniently passing down for centuries. One of my great-great-great-great-grandparents thought it was totally appropriate to insult his muse, calling her a "good-for-nothing" and a "sellout." How charming, right? Too bad that muse was THE Muse after whom I'm named. Apparently, she's not exactly the warm and fuzzy type. So why on earth do I have the honor of carrying the name of the one who cursed my entire family tree? Oh, that was my grandmother's brilliant idea. In a way, they "sacrificed" me to her by giving me her name, hoping it would change her mind about the curse. Spoiler alert: It didn't. So here I am, just like hundreds of my ancestors, stuck in the same lovely swamp. I'm a Book Jumper or, as my grandmother (who has a flair for dramatic epithets) likes to call me, a βιβλιοποδητής, which basically means "walker of books." And these are my stories. Or, more accurately, my delightful misadventures. Copyright 2025 AnemoneMarino. All Rights Reserved. Note: All the pictures I've used in this story are not mine; they belong to their respective owners. The cover and banners are made by me.

Jessica Jennings is a paranormal writer with a strange specialty: she's an interviewer for the dead. But a typical assignment at an old mansion on Halloween turns out to be more than she can handle. Claude Elburke, a renowned pianist, is not just any other interviewee. The catch? Claude has been dead for more than a hundred years, tormented by the house's sinister spirits, and an ancient, malevolent evil. #1 in haunting 2024/3/28 Cover by Aravis Brightspell

𝑨 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆...𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒚? 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥: 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬. Following in his stepfather's footsteps was never a question - just destiny. He buries the past like sunken treasure and never looks back... until it rises again, sharp and unforgiving, like a boomerang ready to break fingers that can't catch it. As his determination is slowly chipped away, something darker, slippery and dangerous is arising in his soul. 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚: 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥. A captain with fire in her veins and chains still clinging to her heels. The ocean is her escape, but her mother's shadow and legacy reaches even here. She's fighting to stay free, but how long until she becomes the very monster she fled from? When these two captains collide, the sea won't be the only thing raging. Their battles are as thrilling as they are destructive, driven by pride, scars, and something dangerously close to desire. Will they break the cycle - or each other? ⚠️TW : gore, cannibalism, questionable behaviours, harm, mental issues

When heaven and hell collide, one woman holds the key to salvation-or destruction. Ava never asked for a destiny beyond her ordinary life, but when Lucifer himself appears, everything changes. Lilith-the most powerful and dangerous celestial- is on the verge of breaking free, and only Ava can stop her. Forced into an uneasy alliance with the devil himself, Ava is drawn into a war that could consume all of creation. But as their connection deepens, the line between enemy and lover blurs, igniting a passion as dangerous as the battle ahead. With angels and demons preparing for war, Ava must make an impossible choice: trust Lucifer or risk unleashing hell on Earth. Will love be her salvation or her undoing?

MC: Here's a How Not to Survive a Hostage Situation: Don't be me. Rule#1 Don't meet a guy fighting against cutlery. Rule#2 Don't get mistaken for someone with talent when you've absolutely none. Rule#3 Don't let a war, a high-stakes revenge plot, and one human weapon disguised as a person wreck your already failing life. (Oh, and don't expect me to tell you my name. You'll have to earn that.) But if you do? Congrats. You're now in my position-trapped, bleeding, and somehow still expected to be the sane one. Trowa: You're not the sane one. MC: Okay, first of all-rude. Second of all, enter Trowa. Trowa: Don't enter me into this. MC: Sigh. He's a questionable ally who moves people like chess pieces. Trowa: Incorrect. I don't play chess with lives. I just... redecorate the board when necessary. MC: Yeah. That's so much better. He plans. I panic. Together, we're one bad decision away from death. Trowa: Two. I have contingencies. MC: Oh, great. So we die second. Fantastic. And if we survive this, I'm going to need therapy. Trowa: You need therapy even if we don't. ################################## She was supposed to be a bystander. Now, she's bleeding in the middle of a war she doesn't understand. A single step-wrong place, wrong time-and now she's entangled in a brutal game of shifting alliances, weaponized secrets, and people who treat lives like collateral. She wanted quiet. Instead, she's dodging kidnappers, advanced tech, and a human weapon in the shape of a too-strategic ally. The worst part? She is not important-just unlucky. And in this kind of game, even those important don't survive long. ################################## For fans of sarcastic narrators, bad decisions, and humor that's basically Percy Jackson... if he grew up, got more cynical, bled more, and forgot how to run away. ##################################