[ Fᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴏɴ @WᴀᴛᴛᴘᴀᴅAsɪᴀɴFᴀɴᴛᴀsʏ, @Fᴀɴᴛᴀsʏ, @Aᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ @ᴍʏᴛʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅ ] Wᴀᴛᴛᴘᴀᴅ Iɴᴅɪᴀ Aᴡᴀʀᴅs 2021 Wɪɴɴᴇʀ (Tʜᴀᴛ Sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ Qᴜᴇsᴛ) ONC 2021 Lᴏɴɢʟɪsᴛᴇʀ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬・✿・▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ As mysterious flash-floods rising from a dam reservoir begin drowning the town of Ketakey, it is up to the mages of the Kingdom of Kedhara to keep its citizens safe. Daminey Roukha, a mage apprentice of the Jackal lineage tasked with rescuing civilians finds herself plunging headfirst into her nightmares as she navigates the town. With inexplicable and terrifying phenomena thwarting her attempts at saving the locals from the deluge, time is a stream of sand slipping through her fingers. The dark secrets surrounding the quiet riverside town unfold in the peculiar rains, and soon Daminey stumbles upon a being whose existence would undermine hers in the eyes of the citizens of Kedhara. When you die in the darkness of the Ketakey Reservoir, you come back. But you never come back the same, there's always a price to pay for resurrection. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬・✿・▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ONC 2021 Pʀᴏᴍᴘᴛs #5 ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀ ᴛᴇʀʀɪʙʟᴇ ᴅʀᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ʀᴀᴠᴀɢɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀɴᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀs ʀᴇᴄᴇᴅᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴄᴀʟ ʟᴀᴋᴇ/ʀᴇsᴇʀᴠᴏɪʀ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ғɪɴᴅ. #66 ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅɪᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ. ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ᴀ ᴘʀɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴀʏ ғᴏʀ ʀᴇsᴜʀʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.

BOOKS NEVER DISAPPOINT. That's why Ava has preferred losing herself in a delightful story to the company of real people for most of her life. Despite feeling lonely ever since her childhood, she seems unable to form real connections. Apparently, there is something odd about her that drives people away. And so it's just her and the stories she likes to read. Until one day a whole new destiny steps into the bookshop she works in. ********************************** Weariness and pain are the only feelings Trygve has known for several centuries now. He has long given up hope that any of his missions will lead to freedom. Yet, he is bound to complete each one, even though failure is imminent, much to the enjoyment of his cruel master. But just as he wonders, if it will ever end, one way or the other, something extraordinary tickles his nose. ********************************** Raban shouldn't even exist any longer. Neither he nor the rest of the world is aware that he is still there, locked away and long forgotten. However, when the seal that keeps his existence a secret is broken he is in for some mind-altering surprises.

Essa Yi paints cards that kill. Known to the public as Card Painter, she is a wish maker, someone with the ability to turn wishes into reality. But she is not just any wish maker - she is a death writer, a wish maker who can only grant wishes through death. In a quiet shop at the heart of San Francisco, she sells her cards to those who want someone dead. She has a simple life, an easy life. She watches the mad rush of city life from her store, but she never takes part in it. It all comes to an end when a boy named Jin enters her shop and claims she sold him a card that does not work, the very same card that's haunted her thoughts for the last three years. It's strange that he seems to know more about her than he wants to admit, stranger still that she does not recognize him - and she never forgets the face of someone she sold a card to. She would rather do anything except help him, but the card that haunts her nightmares ties her to him. He is angry. He is frightened. And above all, he is desperate. He is desperate to save the life of a girl who is not dying, and he claims Essa's cards are the key. Her cards can only take life. But for the first time ever, she may need to save one. ~~ Originally written for ONC 2019. 27/01/2019 - 04/09/2019. First round first place winner and shortlister. ~~ Content Warning: Depression, discussion of suicide, invalidation of mental illness*, graphic violence, death. *Please see the Author's Note in the first chapter for more details. ~~ All rights reserved. Please do not use or translate my work without my permission. If you would like to use something, please ask me. ~~

The Wildlands is a dangerous and ruthless place. It lies right next to the Empire, which surrounds itself with high walls to protect their people from the wildfolk and the monsters that roam the lands. What happens when a bounty hunter, a wealthy chieftain, a protector of the common folk and an imperial meet and have to travel and work together? https://wildlands-tale.tumblr.com/

[Wattys2018 Shortlist] [Bootcamp Mentorship Mentee 2020] [Insidious Awards - 1st place/Action/Adventure] "Squinty, I... Help me! Please! You have to help me!" Squinty huffed at him as the horse might snort at an annoying fly it couldn't get rid of. "A...a... an apple," he stammered. "I just... stole an apple!" ---- When water is controlled by those in power, even a mere apple can be a catalyst. For Squinty, it was the start of everything. Finding Grizzly. Losing Roko. Becoming a Vigil. Discovering she had the power to become invisible. For Nalina, the threat of a new Water War was even closer to home; her beloved brother was the one initiating it. To Drian, water formed the core of his belief system, defined who was - and was not - worthy, and justified the treatment of the underground-dwelling Wellers. An orphan girl, determined to do what was right. A princess, petitioning for peace. An abbot, torn between his religion, and his experience. Each with an Etching, a unique power that surely makes them special; a tie to something more, something extra, something beyond the Squareworld. Credits for the cover go to an absolutely amazing cover artist and fellow writer Narcisse Navarre @InkSorcery. The Prophecy of Water is ONLY available on Wattpad. If you are reading this anywhere else, it is a plagiarized version that may contain malware. ⭐⭐⭐ 📘 Shortlisted in Watty2018 awards (October 5th, 2018) 📘 Featured on "WONDERLAND | Wondrous Worlds" reading list on @HighFantasy (April 8th, 2019) 📘 Bootcamp Mentorship Mentee 2020 🥇 Action/Adventure - Insidious Awards 2020

The Noire family curse is out for blood. Zenetra Noire must remain vigilant, especially after joining the Constabulary Force as a cadet-in-training. A distress call radioed in by celebrated explorer Scarlett Burn changes everything. The search and rescue operation over the Ghost Sea puts the team in peril and though led by a powerful alchemic inspector, someone on the airship harbors ulterior motives. To survive, Zenetra relies on haunting childhood stories from her missing sister, but there's no guarantee that her alchemic education is going to solve the secrets of a lost city and the strange, magical phenomenon that encircles it. *SLOWBURN* - *DEEP WORLDBUILDING*

They say the world used to turn. They say that night would follow day in an endless dance. They say that dawn rose, dusk fell, and we worshiped both sun and stars. That was a long time ago. The dance has died. The world has fallen still. We float through the heavens, one half always in light, one half always in shadow. Like the moth of our forests, one wing white and the other black, we are torn. My people are the fortunate. We live in daylight, blessed in the warmth of the sun. Yet across the line, the others lurk in eternal night, afraid... and alone in the dark. I was born in the light. I was sent into darkness. This is my story.

'Firefly meets Battlestar Galactica'. A merchant's daughter is captured and sold into slavery. A genetically modified survivor of an alien attack scours the galaxy for her taken brother before he is 'disassembled'. An alien scientist uncovers a secret that will shake the foundation of her world...and their human allies. The stars are endless, but their stories are intertwined, connected to each other and to the fate of the human race. 'A Featured Sci-Fi Hidden Gem' "The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth." ― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Cover by @CaroDelMonte

Welcome to the Nest! Thank you for considering The VC Sanatorium as an option to treat your Vanishing Complex. You never have to feel sadness or pain ever again, we'll make it all go away. We're here to receive you with open arms and when you're ready, we'll nudge you out of The Nest back into the world. So what are you waiting for? Welcome home! Welcome to The Nest! Welcome to The Nest! Welcome to The Nest! Welcome to The Nest! Posting Schedule: Saturdays Published June 22nd, 2019

Lacey Waits has gotten too comfortable appealing to the good natures of the spirits she can communicate with. See, these spirits, they breathe salt on the little sills and doorways to keep the evil out. But when she moves back to Iowa for the spring and a little Jane Doe asks for her help in bringing justice to her gruesome murder - and when Lacey subsequently denies her request - the restless spirits see no reason to stick around, allowing demons and ghouls with lesser-than-holy intentions to wreak havoc. Caught in constant danger, it's up to Lacey to get on the case of Jane Doe's death, rescue a childhood friend from a string of missing persons cases, and regain the good graces of the dead before she joins them at the hand of evil entities and water that just keeps on rising. *Previously featured on the @mystery profile* *Featured on @Paranormal's "Life After Death" reading list* *Featured on @Ghost's "Bustling Ghosts" reading list* *Featured on @crime's "Policing the Paranormal" reading list* *cover by cosettetapes*