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Colleen the Wanderer by RaymondStElmo
Colleen the Wanderer
RaymondStElmo
  • Reads 216
  • Votes 34
  • Parts 18
Narrating the astounding adventures of a young woman, formerly an Associate of the Road (St. Bridget's Band), in her journey across Terra Sanctorum in quest of a lost city while sheltering monsters of various kind and description; and what became thereof
Woodpecker by Mandrikai_Yoshi
Woodpecker
Mandrikai_Yoshi
  • Reads 2,304
  • Votes 555
  • Parts 21
Woodpecker says the end of the world is coming, there's a dead body on a bed, an empty field in Somerset is somehow connected to a secret government project, and Samantha Brock is the only one that can discover the truth of what is happening and stop it, but then that isn't really the point. In the days following the death of her mother, Samantha (Sam) Brock goes walking in the woods. She is visited by a woodpecker who, speaking in her mother's voice, prophesises the end of the world. She tells Sam that she must discover the truth behind what is happening and prevent it. The impending "death of everything" acts as a backdrop to the personal grief experienced by the central character, and the three minor characters of the novel. Each is mourning in their own way, and each is unknowingly important to unlocking the secret of what is causing the sky to turn green and snow to fall in June. Ben Erwin is Sam's recently ex-husband and a journalist chasing a story about a mysterious government project, Stuart Levitsky is a prime number obsessed mathematics prodigy, and DCI John Geering is a detective investigating the discovery of a dead body in a forensically clean flat in London. With the help of Woodpecker, who appears several times to deliver important information to Sam, their stories cross and finally collide. As the emerald-coloured apocalypse approaches they are catapulted towards a dramatic ending with equally dramatic conclusions. I hope you like the story and find time to vote and comment - love hearing your thoughts.
ㅤ𝅗𝅥   ──   𝓐niversario ; 𝑡.he snow awards  ❜  [𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗] by -SnowFall_Community-
ㅤ𝅗𝅥 ── 𝓐niversario ; 𝑡.he snow awards ❜ [𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗]
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  • Reads 2,861
  • Votes 235
  • Parts 8
❝ 𝗔 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀! ❞ ✦꒦ ︶ ꒦ 𝑬𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕. ꒦ ︶ ꒦ ✦ / /: : 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 ❃ / / ❝ 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗶𝘁. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲! ❞ ✦ тнαик уσυ fσя вєιиg нєяє gινιиg ιт α ¢нαи¢є. ωє αρσяє¢ιαтє ιт α ℓσт ✦ ⌜Open ❄️ ⌟ ⌜Judging ⌟ ⌜Close ⌟ Banners, dividers, cover by @ii_mermxid
Barnaby the Wanderer by RaymondStElmo
Barnaby the Wanderer
RaymondStElmo
  • Reads 852
  • Votes 101
  • Parts 98
Being the astonishing adventures of a widow's son journeying the Land of Saints, with a magic cat, a dark ghost and the map of a cursed tower; and what became thereof.
The Old Gods by crownanemona
The Old Gods
crownanemona
  • Reads 42,841
  • Votes 3,379
  • Parts 46
Zorya is a wild and a beautiful, pagan princess who loves spending time in the depths of her forest, side by side with her wolf, becoming one with a nature. Darius is a cruel, and dark Christian King, feared by many, with a tragic fate, who comes to claim Zorya's lands. What will happen when the two of them meet on the battlefield? This is the story about love, lust, about religion, forgiveness, story about ancient Slavic myths, and about a brave heart of a warrior. This story contains violence and strong language. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. @CROWN ANEMONA
A Whisper to the North by AbigaelOfAgartha
A Whisper to the North
AbigaelOfAgartha
  • Reads 65,546
  • Votes 3,289
  • Parts 82
Damsels aren't supposed to wield swords, especially ancient swords that will have the blood of thousands spilled across it. ✵✵✵✵✵ Deep in the mountains of Cambria, there lives a legendary queen of unparalleled beauty, benevolence and brutality. She seeks only to avenge her family, but it is easier said than done. She must travel far into the formidable lands of Northumbria to find the king who killed her father. With the help of an assassin turned friend, queen Una sees that nothing can get in her way, except a secret that will shatter her reality forever. ✵✵✵✵✵ EXCERPT ✵✵✵✵✵ "I can understand what it must be like for you, trapped in the walls of the north mountains. While Christian Bryttania grew, your pagan roots began to rot as your people lay waste to the invasions of the Danes and Vikings. A millennia ago, most lived and died within the short distance of which they were born. Their existence was bounded by the wilderness in the unyielding darkness of ancient woods, by the ice shown peaks of impenetrable mountains. This old truth is your reality, is it not?" ✵✵✵✵ WARNING CONTAINS ✵✵✵✵ Disturbing Images Strong Sexual Content Strong Violence Pervasive Language ✵✵✵✵✵✵ Word Count ✵✵✵✵✵✵ Number of words: 191,554 Number of pages in book: 734
End Game by MauriceArh
End Game
MauriceArh
  • Reads 1,111
  • Votes 242
  • Parts 17
Beware -- a reclusive billionaire has a plan to save us all.
sunflower [ poetry/ proses/ quotes] by whispering_euphoria
sunflower [ poetry/ proses/ quotes]
whispering_euphoria
  • Reads 203,263
  • Votes 10,643
  • Parts 61
✿ Like sunflowers I want to grow in the places where there is melliflous poetry, soft anxiety, imbue art, ethereal canvas, wild fleurs, iridescent galaxies and nefarious stars ✿ [Ranked highest #1 in poems] ACHIEVEMENTS ♡ #1 in writings on 16.01.2019 ♡ #2 in thoughts on 17.01.2019 ♡ #1 in poems on 17.01.2019 ♡ #1 in quotes on 18.01.2019 ♡ #1 in poem on 16.01.2019
INCARNATE  |  Book 3 of the Spirits' War Trilogy [excerpt] by kv_wilson
INCARNATE | Book 3 of the Spirits' War Trilogy [excerpt]
kv_wilson
  • Reads 25,461
  • Votes 662
  • Parts 13
BEWARE THE WRATH OF A PATIENT MAN A villain turning soft. An antihero going mad. The knight has sworn to rid the world of evil to protect those he loves. The dragon seeks to destroy the wayward knight for good. As the final battle grows nigh, spirits from around the world must work together to commune with the essence of Earth itself to keep the two from tearing each other-and the planet-apart. Is peace attainable? And at what cost? *** Hello! This is the third and final book in the SPIRITS' WAR TRILOGY. Thank you for reading! I really appreciate it! -K.V. *** © 2018 by K.V. Wilson. All rights reserved. Cover design © 2024 by GetCovers (getcovers.com). This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author.
Vampires Rule by KasiBlake
Vampires Rule
KasiBlake
  • Reads 909
  • Votes 99
  • Parts 24
They don't call him Jackpot for nothing. At seventeen, Jack was attacked by a werewolf, but vampires saved his life. When he grew tired of a life with fangs, a freak event returned his mortality. Now Jack just wants to live a normal life; but what's normal about a werewolf English teacher, a girlfriend who is THE werewolf Hunter, and a brother that can't make up his mind if he wants to welcome Jack home or stake him through the heart to be on the safe side? No matter how hard he tries, Jack can't escape his supernatural past. Silver tells him about his destiny, and the secret journal written by a faerie about a vampire turned mortal. Now he has a decision to make. Does he use a one-time magical element to kill the head werewolf before the maniac builds an army? Or does he use it on the werewolf responsible for killing his family? This book is published and available for free at most online sites. Werewolves Rule, Shifters Rule, and Wizards Rule have also been released with Mortals Rule coming out soon.