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Open [👑] Judging [ ] Closed [ ] Kleos (Greek: κλέος) is the ancient Greek concept of glory, fame, and honor earned through heroic deeds and lasting achievements. The Kleos Awards summon the bravest of writers to stand before the wise Council of the Gods, where the finest stories will be honored with eternal renown. If your words carry the weight of true achievement, if your tales stir the soul and challenge the heart, then the time has come for you to claim your rightful place in the halls of literary glory. Submit your work to the Kleos Awards and face the Trials of Glory. Whether your story echoes through mythical realms or explores the depths of human experience, the Council will seek those who embody the essence of kleos-immortal fame earned through excellence in storytelling. The stage is set. The challenge is yours. Will your name be sung by the bards? Enter the Kleos Awards and prove you are worthy of everlasting honor.

After nineteen-year-old Jilly Peterson meets dashing Italian, Jack Firenze, life throws everything it's got her way. She swaps Manchester for beautiful Bergamo Alta in Italy. However, her new situation may not be as 'idyllic' as the setting. A family drama running from 2004 to 2020. Trigger/content warning: This story contains scenes of alcoholism, juvenile psychological disturbance and mild sex scenes. Featured by @newlywrittenbooks Oct 2023 @WackyWriters 'Our Judge's Favourite' reading list July 2024

Beneath the brooding walls of Phillips Exeter Academy, a man draped in sinister intent dons the guise of a librarian. His true motives lurk unseen behind a facade of mystery. Driven by a twisted vendetta, he dabbles in forbidden rituals, plotting to unleash an apocalyptic force upon the unsuspecting city of Exeter. His twisted plan? Sacrifice 17 innocent souls to a demonic entity, plunging the city into a chilling tableau of terror. With each life stolen, an echo of fear reverberates through the cobbled streets, leaving citizens paralysed with dread. Lieutenant John Lane, alongside Officer Rochelle Rae and Detective Ben Harrison, are the city's last hope of defence against the encroaching darkness. Amidst the loss and dread, John and his team must unravel the mystery behind the eerie deaths and understand the malevolent motives of the killer. Can they thwart the impending chaos, preventing the librarian from sacrificing 17 souls and stopping Exeter's irreversible descent into darkness? The battle for salvation unfolds in the chilling letters of death, each a key to unlocking the gateway to an inescapable and malevolent fate.

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In this collection of evocative verses, the timeless beauty of wabi-sabi comes to life. Through the delicate interplay of words, the poems explore the profound wisdom found in imperfection, the fleeting nature of existence, and the elegance of simplicity. Each poem invites you to embrace the imperfect, to find solace in transience, and to discover the extraordinary within the ordinary. "Wabi-Sabi" is a journey through the art of mindfulness, where each page reveals the exquisite beauty hidden within life's most unassuming moments.

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The Queen of Hearts meets the gilded world of Marie Antoinette. A princess with a holy Gift. A kingdom hiding a dangerous secret. And a marriage meant to bring peace to a land with a violent history of war. Eighteen-year-old Ophelia Rosiers is a princess of Rosailles, and also the heir to a holy Gift that determined the fate of her queendom centuries ago. But now with her Gift locked away, she can only hear the whispers of the Angels her people revere. As a result, her sister has been named next in line, and she is being sent to their enemy nation, Garnette, in order to marry their Crown Prince and hopefully lead their countries into an era of much needed peace. Only when she arrives, she quickly starts to suspect her betrothed is not who she dreamed him to be. Stuck in a palace surrounded by gossiping courtiers and enemies at every turn, Ophelia's friends are few. Especially when one of her handmaidens turns out to have secrets of her own, turning what Ophelia has always believed about her destiny upside down. Desperate for a distraction, she finds company with Prince Pierre-her betrothed's younger brother-who has motives of his own. When betrayal lands Ophelia as Garnette's prisoner, she realizes her whole life she has been dictated by other people's lies. With peace shattered for good and Ophelia's fate left in her own hands, she does the one thing she has left-she takes back control, even if it means turning into the very monster her enemies make her out to be. Bisexual MC. Book 1 in The Blood of the Angels series

*Please note: this is the explicit version of Thistle and Smoke, which is the edited/reworked/expanded version of this original concept.* After Rae Campbell is murdered by her abductor, she wakes in a world that exists parallel to ours- one which diverged in 1761, when a band of Scottish Highlanders joined with the Skin-Walking Kituwah tribe to oust the British from Appalachia. Rae becomes a Spirit-Walker; she walks in the skin of the leader's mate, Ceallach, who like Rae, suffered a wrongful death. The leader and Rae make a pact- she will help him discover his mate's murderer, and he will grant her safety and shelter while teaching her the ways of this new world. When Ceallach's wolf-skin begins to awaken within Rae's body, however, everything changes. The mate bond becomes impossible to ignore, and it consumes her, body and soul. Unable to shift, however, the unsettled bond throws her new world into turmoil. Will she walk in her wolf skin in time and bear the mark of her new mate? Or will she fail and cost the man she is learning to love everything he holds dear? Mature Content: mentions of a previous abduction (and related events), references to non-consensual sexual situations, depictions of sex