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Trapped in the woodlands, Ivy's only hope of going home is to escape the faerie who enchants her into loving him, blinding her to what he is--monstrous. *** A dark fortress of trees twisted and crippled by time, the Clearwater, Connecticut, woods is no place for two teenage girls. The legends claim it's haunted. Fed up with being kept inside after dark, fearing the monster will take them, sixteen-year-old Ivy Farewell and her best friend Margaret set out to prove everyone wrong--that the ghost of Clearwater isn't a ghost. And the voice that has been calling to Ivy after dark is simply a trick of the wind. But the woods are deeper than Ivy imagined, each turn bringing them farther from home. When they end up lost their only hope is in each other. All seems undone when Ivy falls ill with a fever, until a stranger persuades them back to his cabin. Under his spell, Ivy falls into a deep and complicated love, a love so treacherous it blinds her to what he truly is--a monster. Copyright © 2023 T.A. Joseph All rights reserved cover by @xenomorphius

[WATTYS 2018 LONGLIST | WATTPAD FEATURED STORY] Sam Sterling is the lone commander of a risky space mission. Her task: to take six prisoners to a remote asteroid, Externo, for a life sentence. But Sam's careful plan is disrupted when a meteoroid storm cripples her ship, and requires more than one person to repair. To survive, Sam must free Dave--prisoner number six--to help repair the damage before it's too late. With time running out and Externo looming, Sam must decide whether she can trust Dave's tale of innocence, or if her entire mission is a lie... HIGHEST RANKING: #13 in Science Fiction. AUTHOR'S NOTE: This story remains unpublished, and I am currently looking to bring it to a wider audience. I hope you enjoy my space madness! Please leave a comment, vote, or introduce yourself. I'm new to the site and would love to hear from you! Copyright © 2017

When Addison's father gets a promotion she can't help but be proud of him but when she finds out they're moving she is absolutely livid. Shadow wood is a small town in the middle of nowhere but there's Something's wrong with her new town. She just can't put her finger on it. She dismisses the feeling deciding she's just being paranoid and tries to look at the bright side of things until the night she has an accident and almost dies. She knows what she saw and the boy who came from the shadows and saved her, knows too. Now she can't help but feel like all she ever knew was wrong and to top it off. Something is different about her. Something within her has awakened, something dark and powerful. She's afraid. Now, him and his family need her. A war is raging and she may be the key they've been waiting for to tip the scales. Can she find a way to control the darkness growing inside her or will it completely destroy her? "Ex tenebris aligera spes" from darkness comes hope with wings.

Swallow is now published as a Wattpad Book! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Original Edition and Books Edition upon purchase. When Mildred wished for death on her bullies, she never expected a demon would possess her and make all her dreams come true...but is it worth her soul? ***** After years of torment, Mildred, a meek high school student, is determined to seek revenge against her bullying classmates. She intends to curse them with dark magic, punishing them for their cruelty - but in the process Mildred accidentally opens herself up to a terrifying demonic possession. The demon inside her is only too happy to fulfill Mildred's vengeful desires. Bodies start turning up with parts missing, eaten as though mauled by a wild animal...or perhaps something darker. Powerless, Mildred realizes that the murders are changing her in more ways than one... Content and trigger warning: This story contains scenes of violence, psychological abuse, and gore. [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]] Cover designed by Jay Flores-Holz

"Humanity's pride and greed will be the death of us" In 2025 B.E.F that saying couldn't have been more than true. After a devastating nuclear explosion had scorched one side of the world, people were forced to leave their home planet to Mars. A few millenniums after the global crisis, an ambitious girl, Nila, aspires to go to Earth like the rest of her colleagues. Though, when she arrives, it's not what she had expected and suspects something much sinister is going on. |HIGHEST RANK: #5 in Science Fiction| ~~~~'This magnificent cover is by @winterinheaven! Go check out her cover shop~~~~

"I have sinned greatly against your Majesty" "This child is not your flesh and blood" she informed kneeling in court in the presence of all the officials. "I will accept any punishment, please don't forgive me" she adds a tear escaping her eye as she lifted him up in the air. 'My lady is only concerned about how she can't live without them, not knowing it is the same way i can't go on without her too' 'And now she asks of me the hardest of requests, to let her go forever' I thought my heart shattering into a thousand pieces. ~~~~~~~~~ Upon the emperor's Death, crown prince baek ah had to become king at a young age. He marries the daughter of his father's friend who has no interest in the power struggle going on in the palace because she has a handful of adventures planned ahead, with her nature does she become his greatest supporter?or even fight wars side by side? This tells a story of Yoo hwa who at first wanted to support her king as a body guard later as a soldier then as a wife, and finally as the second Queen all behind the scenes. ~~~~~ This book is base on acient Asian royal family history.

©DanielHorcic All right reserved A story about a girl who is adopted by a veteran soldier. She didn't know who her real parents are and she wishes to find out. At the age of 16 she is a witness to an arrest and then the execution of her adoptive father. That makes her hate the government and the regime she lives under much harder for her and she feels trapped. She swears avenge her adoptive father and prepares to stop an imperial regime which threatens her planet. She will stop at nothing to ensure her people's freedom so they can have normal lives again. On her way to the revenge and the truth, she finds friends and love. But as she dives deeper and deeper into the her goal, she finds out a terrible truth about her real father and about what he had done.

Book 1:- Fatherland The Before was a time of disarray. Now is a time of order. Now is a time of peace. It was hundreds of years ago when The War ravaged the Earth, when our leaders decided that the countries were too violent to coexist. They cut off all contact, waiting for generations, hoping that a time would come when unity could be restored. They set a date. November 2500, long after all who saw The War have died, the issue would be reevaluated. It is up to the young, emerging leaders of each country to decide how the world should progress- should we make another attempt at unity, or continue on in the ignorant bliss of isolation? Warning: This book will contain themes such as racism, sexism, homophobia, heavy politics, rape, religion/anti-religion, and other occurrences of today. This book is not meant to gloss over the ugly, skirting around it. It's meant to hold up a mirror to what the world is and what it could become if left unchecked. Thank you so much to @Niranju98 for the wonderful cover. *First place in the Blossoming Story Awards* *First place in the Blossom Awards* *Second place in the Winter Holidays Awards* *Second place in the Insidious Awards* *Third Place in the Creativity Awards* *Emerald Winner in the Open Earth Awards*

Three children realize they're trapped in the basement of a crazy woman who claims to be their mother, and forces them to call her "Mommy". __________________ created February 4th, 2017 IMPORTANT NOTICE - if you're reading this story on a site that is not www.wattpad.com then you could be at risk of a malware attack. Furthermore, please go to this link: www.wattpad.com/user/z0mbies, and report to me where you are reading this story. Thank you. WARNING: This story contains distressing material. Reader discretion advised. The characters in this book are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.