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The Sleek Skin of the Leviathan by Di_Rossi
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Holland, 1730. A young boy haunted by nightmares is captivated by the drawing of a Leviathan on his uncle's sea chest. But when the Leviathan begins to invade the boy's dreams, is he seeing reality, or only his own imagination? A verse novella (a short story in poem form) 🔔 1st place in Poetry in the BookAwards 2018
Under the Mascot by anya_riva
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"Every song has its own tempo, and some just don't sync, no matter how hard you try. That's not an indictment on either song, though - they're just different. No one expects a beautiful remix to come out of The Beatles and Eminem. Well if I'm The Beatles, then Jonah Whitney is Eminem." Renee and Jonah are next-door neighbors who never seem to get along. But secretly, she dons the suit of Ursa, their high school's lovable mascot, to cheer Jonah on at his basketball games. The two begin to bond, and she realizes that there may be more to him than she previously thought. But he doesn't know Ursa's true identity - no one does. When Renee takes off the mascot suit, she must pretend that nothing has changed between them. Will she be able to keep the secret? And what will happen if she can't? 1st place in the Book Awards Cover done by the amazingly talented @TahliePurvis Send her some love!
Things Not Subject To Gravity by MichaelShivaSurya
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Set Voland--a homeless young man who attacked a child in the midst of hallucinations--has been caught by the police and sent to a psychiatric hospital. There, he's stricken by a meeting with a Shining White Being who will completely overturn his life. David Green--supposedly an editor in chief for the Evening Times in Glasgow--has been sent to New York by a secret organization. He's given the task of finding Sybil Vain, an enigmatic fortune-teller known as The Oracle. Sybil Vain has been looking for someone as well--𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑠, or more precisely, the recurrent premonition of his own death. When their paths intertwine the wheels of destiny begin to go astray and the door to the esoteric realms slams open. Is it possible to beguile death by knowing the future or is everything already decided? And what if someone could attain Solomon's power? ⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱ "Even Newton when he discovered gravity believed in what he saw, yet there is an infinite number of invisible entities and, among those, countless are the things not subject to gravity." -Sybil Vain ⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱⋰⋱ DISCLAIMERS: Part of the content is mature. Readers discretion is thereby advised. *** Cover credits @J26Design
The Elementals : The Dawn of Darkness by Theelementalarchive
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Okay, so here's how it all began. Basically, teenagers have been vanishing across the country and no one has the foggiest idea what's going on (myself included). But at the end of the day I've got bigger things to worry about, such as the eternal hell that is the last day of high school and my psychopathic chemistry teacher. I've got enough going on in my life to be worrying about something I can't do anything about. Famous last words Nick. Suddenly I find myself being dragged into a world I apparently belong to and there's a war going on. The light and the dark are scrabbling for control and everything is hanging by a thread. And I'm stuck in the middle of it. So with the help of a few new friends, some new enemies, beasts, monsters and superpowered teenagers, I'm somehow going to navigate this mad new world and hopefully get out on the other side with all my limbs still intact. As I always say, it all goes downhill from chemistry. •1st place Fruit Awards Adventure Category. •1st place Sunshine Awards Fantasy Category. •1st place Book Awards Action •Best Plot Book Awards •Best Main Character Book Awards Incredible cover done by the amazing @bibliophile_cap on Fiverr! *Please be aware that this story does require editing*