📖 Title: The Shadow of the past 📜 Short Description: Bound by fate. Chained by shadows. Tempted by forbidden desire. Kim Taehyung is a shadow-weaver assassin, trained to kill without hesitation. But when he is sent to eliminate the last heir of a fallen kingdom, a fatal mistake changes everything-he hesitates. A curse binds their souls together: if the heir dies, so does he. Forced into an uneasy alliance, they must survive the treacherous world of magic, betrayal, and a secret war brewing in the dark. But as their forced partnership turns into something deeper, the tension between them becomes unbearable. Every glance burns. Every accidental touch lingers. And when passion finally ignites, it is raw, desperate, and dangerously addictive. ⚠️ WARNING: This story contains explicit smut, dark romance, and mature themes. Read at your own risk! 🔥 Awards: 3rd Place in khat mini awards category Best character aesthetic

Maddie may be a vampire, but the young bartender hasn't let go of her life or her legal identity. Since she's still alive on paper, she must do what all other citizens must do and serve jury duty. In order to find a way to do her civic duty, Maddie asks the owner of a magickal supply shop for help. Zanna, a sarcastic warlock who is in hiding from her evil family, reluctantly agrees after realizing how naive Maddie is about the supernatural world. The two unlikely allies soon find themselves on an adventure that neither saw coming, and the fate of New York City hangs in the balance. AWARDS: The Triple Moon Awards: First Place (Comedy)

An orphan girl who is pagan,was under the care of a Christian family and she was last seen in public when she was 16 years old (Warning:Mature Content)

Homophobia, something Ethan had always despised, but hated even more after the outing of his best friend. But, strangely that fact may lead to unlikely circumstances that might change both their relationship status... -Fenne

Hazel paints to escape. She never meant to bring a man to life. After a quiet heartbreak, she disappears into her art. It's her safe place, until the impossible begins to seep through the cracks of her canvas. Brushstrokes shift. Canvas breathes. Brushstrokes that once stayed still begin to blur into real life.Then comes Theo... A man who shouldn't exist outside the frame. As Hazel teaches him how to be human, she realizes she might need to relearn it herself. She doesn't believe in fairytales. But some stories don't ask for permission, they just unfold. The closer they grow, the more impossible it feels. Fairytales don't last... and Hazel knows even magic has its limits. Time is running out, and Hazel has to choose, before the man she created slips back into the frame forever. ✨Unframed - A heartwarming, slow-burn romantic comedy with a touch of magical realism. A love that doesn't follow rules, a life that spills beyond the edges, and a man who literally steps out of a painting. It's about breaking boundaries, artistic, emotional, and personal. It is about lives and love that refuse to be contained.

Hetty wants nothing to do with heroes. Three years after her mother mysteriously vanished, she's been stuck with her abusive father, who takes his anger out on her. She despises everything about heroes-their fame, their perfection, the way the world worships them. She's content being the class mean girl, pushing everyone away. But when a new superhero transfers to her school, everything changes. Hetty discovers she has powers of her own-and that her mother wasn't just any hero, but one of the greatest to ever live. Her entire bloodline is legendary. Now, she's invited to join an elite academy for heroes, a place where everyone expects her to follow in her mother's footsteps. But Hetty isn't her mother. As a high-stakes competition looms, she must decide: will she embrace the hero's path others have set for her, or forge her own destiny-even if it means becoming something the world fears? Some heroes are born. Others are made. Hetty? She was never meant to be either. Warning* includes abuse, self harm, suicide attempt, and bad language

After her wife calls for divorce following a fight, Bree runs away and ends up on the doorstep of her best friend. Follow her journey, long and painful, as she, with the help of her friends, tries to heal her broken heart. Along the way she makes new connections, and learns some hard lessons. Meanwhile Gar is desparate to save the only place, aside from their grandmother's house, that ever accepted them with open arms- a battle which Bree finds herself swept up in. Content warning: only mentioned: sexual assault, infertility, cancer, suicide, body image issues and intimate partner abuse; depicted: police brutality/profiling, homo/queerphobia, misgendering and hate crimes. Word count: 96,346

When Tae is instructed to pick a wife, he finds himself unable to. He doesn't know why, until he spots Keys lurking in the crowd. Little by little, he finds his walls crumbling down, and it turns out it might not be as bad as he had been taught. With these new feelings, come new discoveries that will change Tae's vision of Cario forever... TRIGGER WARNINGS This story will not contain smut, maybe some suggestiveness, but no explicit scenes. It will however contain OCD, abusive parents, eating disorders and homophobia. -Fenne, your rose

When I first set foot in the Shivering Woods, I was looking for answers - a scientific explanation for the disappearances, the strange rumors, the unnatural cold that seems to seep from the trees. What I found was something far older and far darker than I ever imagined. The forest doesn't just hide secrets; it feeds on them. Time bends. Memories bleed into the bark and the soil. And something watches from the shadows - faceless, patient, and knowing exactly who you are. As the woods close in, whispering in voices meant only for the lost, I had to face a terrifying truth buried beneath the roots. One wrong step, and you become part of the forest itself, trapped where dead leaves don't fall. This is the story of what I saw - and what I barely survived.

It was supposed to be a week at the beach. A quick vacation in her favorite place, Alma Del Mar. A simple, fun getaway with her boyfriend. But, that all changed when she caught him with another girl. The smoldering captain of the Pincha Culero takes her in until she decides to board a two day cruise to an uninhabited island. When she doesn't reach out to the captain as planned, he sets out to find her against the advice of his friends. They believe he's been ghosted. Being a ladies' man, who's never been stood up in his life, he can't accept that. The spark they shared leads him on a desperate search to find her. A horrible rumor he's heard about the island leaves him no time to waste. He needs to find her before something worse does.