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The Necromancer by ReniAbsolute
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The Necromancer is a dark fantasy tale of death, power, and consequence-where a man who commands the dead must decide whether he's defying fate... or becoming its instrument.
The Breath of Aethriel: The Ashfield Storm by MBarker
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*In Progress, published parts may change* Promised to a prince. Bound to a god. Princess Serétha was never meant to choose her fate. Until she runs. Now hunted by the world she left behind, the girl who was born to kneel must face a destiny carved in ancient ruin and forbidden devotion. A power sleeps beneath her skin - one the gods swore would never rise again. Freedom will cost more than she ever imagined. But some storms are worth unleashing.
The Missing O'Malleys by SophieRS
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Kidnapped at two and raised in the foster system, triplets Cian, Nessa, and Eamon grew up surviving alongside their found-siblings Maeve and Declan. At seventeen, they're dragged back into the world they were stolen from-an Irish mafia family that never stopped searching for them. Now the five teens must face a new life filled with secrets, danger, and forbidden tension.
Below the Signal by schma10
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Set against the gritty pulse of late-90s counterculture in Baton Rouge, Below the Signal follows four misfits employed by a company known as Harper-Kline Investigations. Founded in 1948, Harper-Kline officially hunts, archives, and eliminates supernatural dangers that poses a threat to humanity. Unofficially, however, the company recruits rejects, former criminals, and psychopathic misfits as a way to rehabilitate troubled minds. Take these losers, for example: ​Tessa Beauvais: A debt-ridden hoodoo practitioner more concerned with finances than the supernatural. ​Elias Nilssen: A desk-napping third-generation monster hunter who couldn't care less about the family business. ​Rafe: A contract-bound rogue whose unpredictability makes him dangerous to allies and enemies alike. ​Shailene Inoue: A bored oracle whose hunger for adrenaline led her to escape a conversion camp. Fortunately, under the eye of their supervisor, Dr. Lucien Briar, the quartet is assigned with appears to be a routine child-abduction investigation after it dominates national headlines. The strange detail: a missing mother of two was last seen obsessed with Mirthwood Hollow, a forgotten 1980s children's TV program filled with life lessons, quaint folklore, and unsettling symbolism. As the team investigates, the case grows stranger by the hour. Footage of Mirthwood Hollow is unstable as parents who watch it decades ago recall episodes no one else does. Symbols embedded in the show's set design match occult signatures Harper-Kline has long classified as extinct. Witness timelines warp, interviews contradict themselves, and the investigation begins to behave like a trap set decades earlier. With the Baton Rouge Police Department refusing to interfere further, the quartet must figure out who - or what - created Mirthwood Hollow, why the missing parents were targeted, and how a seemingly innocent TV show became a conduit for something that has finally resurfaced.
Cross Over by ReniAbsolute
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The universe tried to protect us. Its final safeguard? It became a prison for humanity. Jason's morning should've been ordinary. But his coworkers are disappearing. And something behind the glass is whispering his name. Only Jason remembers the screams. Only he remembers the bodies. Only he sees the cracks spreading through reality. Each loop grows louder. Time is breaking. Judgment is coming for all. *This is my original work, and the full story is available on Kindle!* *Want to join a community to chat about the story? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4XT5WRY https://discord.gg/jB7sSEHS
From France to America: a Journey of Strength by Mlissa534070
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Hi, my name is Melissa. I've never considered myself a strong person, but I didn't realize that at the time. I always struggled to keep a job, never really understanding why happiness seemed so elusive. I thought I was content, unaware that I was, in fact, struggling. I know what you might be thinking, but please, keep reading. Something happened to me during my first year of working at 16 that changed my life forever. It hurt me in ways I couldn't fully comprehend, and while that pain has lessened over time, it shaped the person I've become-someone stronger than I ever imagined I could be. What I thought would destroy me instead pushed me to move to another country, a place where I barely knew the language. At just 24 years old, despite my parents' concerns and their insistence that I shouldn't go alone, I embarked on this journey by myself. Up until then, I had often hidden behind my parents, relying on them to face the world for me. But the events of my past forced me to confront life head-on. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was hiding from the world, keeping my head down, and avoiding the challenges that came my way. But now, I'm ready to share my story, lift my head, and face the world with courage. It's been a journey full of unexpected twists, and I promise you-it's going to get interesting.
The Veiled Blades by JMCalderas
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When the fire took everything from Zac Virell, it left only ash, guilt, and a city collapsing under its own corruption. Sanctum's Reach is rotting from the inside-its guilds, courts, and guards bought and broken. But when a shadowed figure known only as The Elder offers Zac a place in the Veiled Blades, a secret order sworn to cut out the rot, he's given something he never expected: A second chance. A purpose. A war worth fighting. As Zac descends into the city's underworld, he uncovers betrayals, buried truths, and a darkness inside himself far more dangerous than any criminal. If he can't control it... ...it will consume everything he has left. In the neon-lit ruins of Ravencross, Zac must choose: Become the city's last hope- or its next ghost.