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The Ricewood Murders  by SHHudec
The Ricewood Murders
SHHudec
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  • Parts 10
Life in the small town of Seward, Texas was completely normal for Mira, Isaac, Quinn, and Gracie...until their best friend, Levi, is mysteriously murdered. That's when the weird things start to happen. The police aren't doing anything to solve the murder. The kids' parents start acting secretive. The weather changes. Mira faces a dark figure in the woods. Quinn finds something that changes his view of his late friend. Gracie hears strange noises coming from the family radio. And Isaac realizes that all of this seems to have happened before... Thank you to pierce_this_girl for this lovely description!
In Sickness and in Hell (drafted for rewrite) by Shimaira
In Sickness and in Hell (drafted for rewrite)
Shimaira
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  • Parts 2
Paranormal // Mystery/thriller // Horror // LGBTQ+ // Novel // Completed ~ He haunts them every night, but these two kill men in their sleep. ~ Devon and Tamesis have shared dreams since they met back in highschool. Every fear, hope, and dream they shared as they built their life together. Even after Devon's promising military career was shot down with her, the two have been inseparable lovers. For years they've been on wicked adventures together, but then another person manages to sneak into their shared dream world--and he is not friendly. This strange, shadowy man changes his appearance every time in an attempt to elude them. He tries everything, from torture to seduction, in an attempt to sate his sadistic desires. He wants them for himself, dead or alive. But when you've shared your heart, dreams, and life with someone, it doesn't matter what reality you're in together: you fight for each other. ~*~ Wattpad featured "Tales to Terrify" (Halloween 2019) ~*~ Cover by the talented @SeventhStar Story written by both @Godhand and @Shimaira
The Dark Heir (SHORTLIST - Open Novella Contest 2019) by HM_Braverman
The Dark Heir (SHORTLIST - Open Novella Contest 2019)
HM_Braverman
  • Reads 8,525
  • Votes 1,113
  • Parts 22
**Featured on DARK FANTASY and ADULT FICTION reading lists** WARNING: EATING OR DRINKING WHILE READING THIS STORY IS HIGHLY INADVISABLE. Once Upon A Time, Good Omens, Monty Python, and Arrested Development had a back-alley three-way and birthed a fairytale. Gerald wasn't supposed to be stuck living seven centuries in the future. He definitely wasn't supposed to be "mentoring" The Dark Lord's progeny in the hopes that she would decide to save the world rather than destroy it. In fact, he wasn't even supposed to be named Gerald (the name of every other male in his family for three hundred years), because everyone assumed a weak-chinned, balding, forgettable man, who was just a magician, could never be who Geraldo The Foreshadower prophesied. But that's what assuming gets you, and here he was saddled with a fate he never asked for, in a time he didn't know, surrounded by people he didn't want to like, and he was out of Firewine AGAIN! The Dark Heir is a darkly satirical tale of assumptions, anti-heroes, and apocalypses, where the road to hell is actually a themed water-park slide covered in slightly less urine than a real one. It drops literary and film references faster than an NYC socialite drops names, and promises endless laughs - including, but not limited to, sad chuckles, guffaws, uncontrollable giggles at inappropriate moments, brays, barks, cackles, snorts, cachinnations, and the occasional howl (though that may be the Welsh Werewolves showing up unannounced). Consider yourself warned... Reviews: "Completely and adorably bonkers," says @floranocturna "Hilarious in every way. Even when I cringed, I laughed," says @LadySapphire2018 Winner of The Trident Awards
Expect The Unexpected  by LunaThinks
Expect The Unexpected
LunaThinks
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  • Parts 42
College is coming soon, and Blake Warner is sure that his life is embedded into the dead-end that is Merritt Hills, Georgia. His mother has assured him millions of times, that money has nothing to do with where his future leads. But whenever he lies eyes on Brooks Sutton, he knows that isn't the truth.
Snow ✓ by itskristycase
Snow ✓
itskristycase
  • Reads 31,539
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  • Parts 44
Sixty orbits have passed since the faeries lost the Great War against the mortals and were pushed to the brink of extinction. Those that remain inhabit the Holókaustos, trapped by a curse, rotting away between this world and the next. That is, until a bastard halfling with something to prove concocts an escape plan involving a girl born of mortal blood and magic. ☆☆☆ A girl with a peculiar pedigree is dumped on a stranger's doorstep during the worst snowstorm the hamlet Myst has ever known. Selectively mute, she refuses to tell her hosts from whence she came and her name. For lack of knowing what else to do, the crotchety old woman and her grandson Mat grant her sanctuary and take to calling her Snow. But her very existence disrupts their daily lives. The mystery comes to a head when a dead man is discovered in the front yard after the first serious thaw. Strangers turned ragtag confidants, they dispose of the body. Orbits pass without incident, slackening their resolve to keep the girl their best-kept secret. When Mat introduces her to an old friend with his own dangerous secret, he threatens all they hold dear. The world's suddenly at their door, and it quickly becomes clear that Snow's meant for greater things. A story of loss, friendship and all the grit in between. #15 in fantasy | December 2018 #10 in adventure | December 2018 #4 in world building | December 2018 #1 in speculative fiction | December 2018 #2 in quest | September 2018 #3 in fairies | September 2018 #7 in scifi-fantasy | September 2018 #123 in new adult | August 2018 #183 in fairytale | August 2018 #2 in human experimentation | July 2018 First installment of an intended series. Rated PG-13
Dear Autumn by stringofmoments
Dear Autumn
stringofmoments
  • Reads 234,356
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  • Parts 60
❝My Autumn, I think you should know that you're my first and only love. Don't you ever forget that. Love always, August❞ After a series of unfortunate events, August is admitted into a hospital. Once he realizes his stay will be longer than expected, he begins writing to Autumn, hoping that at least one person in the world will care. [Highest Rank: #35 in Short Story] [Watty Award Winner 2015 for JustWriteIt!]