No one knows Crius' name; he's the Shadow of the Sands, the mercenary-killer and unknowable traveller. No one knows he escaped the capital to flee the pantheon. No one knows he's hjerte, and that he's slowly going insane. And he intends to keep it that way. That's until his life is thrown off-kilter when a demon-girl who swears she's not a demon offers him a job. Until he meets the person he's supposed to capture, the Prince of Romes and half-god heir. That's when his secrets threaten to spill out into the open. +++ Romes is a scary place. The capital is home of the pantheon, a family of ruling gods whose appetite for human hearts can only be sated by the hjerte who live in their temple. The desert is wrought with mercenaries, pirates and a mysterious group of demonic warriors known as the Sister-Saints. Romes is not a safe place to live. But Crius can't leave. He's bound by the all-encompassing need to rescue escaped-hjerte, like himself. But more than that, he's bound by his need for revenge. And the sister-saints seem to be offering. That's until he meets the prince, who isn't anything like his family, and discovers that the voices in his head might not just be voices -- they might belong to a greater being, who'll scream for freedom until his skull snaps in two.

Ben starts to care. About you. About people. About his girlfriend. About feelings and being a person. Growing up. But it's difficult. Seemingly, especially, for him. And he's failing. Miserably. So he's starting to look for answers in the stars. Most of the time rejecting the entirety of his surroundings. Wondering if there are any answers at all. In this wonderful world laid out, bare, in front of him. A novel about breast sizes, bad jokes, break-ups and aspirations for betterment. Boob. Beeb boob.

[ONC 2021, prompt #21] Desperate and lonely, Willy signs up for Harpy Hookups, a fraudulent dating app matching magical beings with vulnerable young men. He is shocked to meet Chlorine, a slimy water nymph residing in his neighbours' pool. Will it be love at first sight?

Michael Sullivan is on the road to self destruction and doesn't care much about anything. Erik Stevenson is the golden boy - or is he? - of the high school's football team. They might have hated each other but during a weird culmination of events they get a bit closer than they ever intended to. This is a classic "dead dove - do not eat". Read the tags.

Sarah Enríquez lives stuffed within a skinny frame, stuffed within soggy puddles, and stuffed within the muddy walls of Lo Vásquez Retiro, an Argentine Catholic youth camp. She grovels before Christ and endures the worst of those around her, escaping into the bushland to pray and sleep. She hurts. Sarah isn't alone. She fears the resident psychopath; little does she know, through passion, psychosis, and this very individual, her fragile life will take a turn for the fantastical. Chapter titles inspired/taken from Mariana Enriquez. Submission of the Open Novella Contest 2020. Cover by @podxnok.

Anwyr collects memories, like how magpies collect colored glass and some people collect old coins. Unlike coin collectors, however, Anwyr doesn't just keep their trinkets for fun- they're one of the last memory mages alive, and they use their gifts to sell their stories to anyone willing to pay. While their collection comes with its fair share of mysteries, Anwyr has never been interested in solving them- but that changes when they wake up from a memory transfer with memories that aren't their own, and a dangerous new magic on their hands. Now, caring or not, Anwyr needs to answer the questions Saba left them with, or else their story may be the last one they tell. --- ❝ wнy woυld ѕoмeone wanт тo ѕтeal a мeмory?❞ ❝ вecaυѕe тo reмeмвer ιѕ тo revιve тнe already dead, and ѕoмe тнιngѕ are вeттer leғт ғorgoттen.❞

The wealthy ne'er-do-well Black Connors has found himself deeply in debt to some dangerous people and cut off from his family's money. But Blake has hatched a scheme to save himself. He plans to take out one last loan and use the money to buy his childhood friend, Kent's way into a high stakes poker tournament. Blake's plan has one snag, he hasn't seen his childhood friend in nearly ten years; not since that drunken night when a boys wrestling match became something so much more adult. Lucky for Blake, Kent's ranch has fallen on hard times and he would do most anything to save his grandfather's land. Can one last desperate loan save Blake from black market debtors and keep Kent's ranch in his family, or will specters of their past indiscretions ruin everything?

Arlo and Myles embark on a mission to teach their town a lesson about hatred. (extended summary inside)

WARNING: MATURE Adult Obsessive Gay Romance/Thriller. This is a story for certain types of reader! This a complicated story involving themes like homosexuality, murder, prostitution, violence and other adult themes, aswell as themes of resilience, loyalty, fate, love and destiny. Apart from the above, there is comedy, irony and laid bare are all of human natures follies. NOTE FOR READER : Nothing is meaningless or insignificant. A keen eye reveals hidden plotlines and secrets. SYNOPSIS: A quiet, and religiously devout, Longhaul Truck Driver called Lennon, flies in from The United States Of America to do some hauls in the United Kingdom. Leaving his personal heartache and issues, he meets a strange and troubled hitchhiker, who is not all he seems. The weird and wild passenger Chéri, is a near fantasy figure to the shy and wholesome American, as he toys with the emotions and inhibitions of the sexually repressed, and closeted Lennon. Lennon falls hopelessly in love with Chéri, and is soon lured out to Spain, where he learns about the strange happenings, in the large compound where Chéri's family live, with different groups of staff, all of different nationalities. The whole compound is an elite Bordello. Lennon's first instinct is to take Chéri and run as he starts to meet the unusual, but large personalities that inhabit this world and operate above the law. He also finds himself at odds with the large security team that protect the family, led by a highly charismatic svengali figure, in the form of a French man named Marcel L'Estrange. Lennon immediately falls foul of an intricate web of drama, lies and agendas as things spiral out of control. Power struggles ensue and loyalties change as more is uncovered about the strange young enigmatic teenager, Chéri.