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WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION The nightmare continues when Ryan, the gay wizard, comes face to face with the most unexpected nemeses yet. He will have to figure out if love truly is the most powerful magic of all. ***** After the events of I'M A GAY WIZARD, Ryan wakes up to a startling scene--his father is driving him to begin a brand new life in a small, idyllic town called Misthaven. The dream-like memory of being trapped at the Marduk Institute relentlessly haunts Ryan's new life. In the night, Ryan comes face to face with a nightmarish force who warns him that he and his friends are, in fact, trapped in a magical dream prison created by the Institute to quell its most troublesome wizards. Ryan and his friends must immediately escape this prison for a chance at survival. Little do they know that this is only the beginning of a harrowing adventure where the limits of love and friendship will be tested and the age-old question will return--is love truly the greatest magic of all? [This is the sequel to I'm A Gay Wizard, the Wattpad Original edition.] Content and/or Trigger Warning: This book contains scenes depicting self-harm and violence, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION You do magic once, and it sticks to you like glitter glue... When Johnny and his best friend, Alison, pass their summer holidays dabbling in magic, they never expect it to have consequences. Sure, it'd be great if they could banish bullies or change their lives for the better, and what harm could come from lighting a few candles and chanting a few spells? They get their answer in the form of an earthquake unleashed at their behest, which draws the attention of the Marduk Institute, an age-old organization dedicated to fostering the talents of young wizards. Whisked away to the institute and told they can never return to their old lives, Johnny and Alison must quickly adapt to a new world shimmering with monsters, fraternities, and cute boys like Hunter and Blake. But when they're pulled into a dark, supernatural fight that could cost them their lives, they'll have to find strength they never knew they had as they battle for love, acceptance, and their own happy endings -- all with the help of a little bit of magic.

[WILD & WICKED REWRITE]. Lux Meszaros is more than meets the eye. Veiled behind the skin of a teenager is a centuries old vampire with more enemies than she can count. In her, the headmaster of an elite boarding school sees an opportunity - a weapon in the upcoming war against a rising werewolf clan, in exchange for her protection against an ancient vampire coven hellbent on revenge. Lux, alongside her enigmatic ally, must conceal her identity and morph into a new version of herself to fit within the school halls. But life and death for them teeters on a balancing beam of power, as friends and foes conglomerate and an all-consuming war brews.

Evan was twenty-one when he received a most unusual calling: as Guardian to a teenager with a load of emotional baggage and a frightening disposition. However, Taren is not just any typical, troubled teen; he is one of the Kindred, and newly-awakened into his clan's dangerous, powerful legacy. Evan soon realizes that his "babysitting" efforts might just be seriously tested by his charge's uncontrollable tendency to break things, including the very world around them. Can Evan withstand the heavy chains of the Guardian's geas to gain the power that is his birthright, and become the shield that Taren so desperately needs? ✧☽ ✧ ☼ ✧ ☽ ✧ "Geas of the Guardian" is a prequel to "A Memory of Starfires", set three years before the events of the novel, a precarious time when a young Kindred and his Guardian struggle to define their emerging identities amidst the challenges of their intertwined destinies. ✧☽ ✧ ☼ ✧ ☽ ✧ Cover design by Aravis Brightspell

Can British magick be saved? Hell yes. Imagine modern Britain without magick. No fae enclaves. No flying chairs. No magick wands. Giddy gods, no unicorns. Who wants to live in that world? Me neither. But with magick on the decline, that's the world we're ending up with. Meet the Society for Magickal Heritage. Our boss is a disembodied voice. Our headquarters is a sentient house. You could say we've a vested interest in keeping magick alive. Can a ragtag bunch of magicians, necromancers and fae prevail against inevitable ruin and decline? Hell yes. Try and stop us. First mission? Find the source of a magickal disease that's decimating Britain's troll enclaves - and fix it. Simple. Or... maybe not. For the only place that might hold the information we need is the ancient and inconveniently lost enclave of Farringale... This serial has an official home at http://www.modernmagick.net! Check out the site if you'd like to get a bit further ahead with the story.

|Book Two of The Soul-Bound Chronicles| The veil separating the realms has weakened. With the first four seals stolen, the strength of the temples fades, and more outbreaks from the Energy Realm puts a strain on the Paladins. For Josh, it's nothing he can't handle. With his team by his side, sending magical creatures back where they belong is the best sort of training. At least until Cale and Mara leave for a mission of their own meant to build up their strengths and ditch him with a new teammate he barely knows. As the tensions grow high in the Sanctuary, both because of the ongoing war with the Shadow Knights and shady Sage politics, Josh tries to find comfort in his former life and the people he thought he'd left behind. But his peace is not meant to last. Mara and Cale have disappeared, and all clues point to them being in the Energy Realm. Home to monsters and remnants of Phoenix Dragons, the other realm holds many threats, but Josh will do whatever it takes to find his friends. While there, he discovers a way to give the Paladins an edge in the war, but this solution forces him to make a decision he isn't sure he can make. He must put his fate, as well as those he loves, in the hands of a Sage who hates him. -- Cover by eryxnaps

When Agnes O'Donnell emerges from the woods after going missing, she can't remember where she went or what happened to her. All she knows is that she can suddenly see strange creatures lurking in the woods around her house, and that whatever happened to her in the woods is the reason for this new power. But can she find out the truth about what happened to her? Or will what she discovers be more than she bargained for?

|Book Three of The Soul-Bound Chronicles| ✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧ Everything is falling apart around Josh. If the issues of Cale's Soul Sickness and Mara's growing distance weren't bad enough, now rifts are forming too quickly to hide. With the implosion of pocket dimensions, the very veil between realms is at risk. A potential solution arises in the form of the Elementals. They hold not one, but two of the coveted keys, and their experience with the Energy Realm provides their greatest chance of curing Cale. But there are centuries of tension between the Elementals and the Soul-Bound, and if Josh and his friends don't manage to diffuse it, the Paladins may find themselves losing two important keys to the Shadow Knights. The young Paladins will find themselves tested in ways like never before, and unless they can conquer their inner and outer battles, they will find themselves buried beneath the destruction of a growing darkness. ➢ Amazing cover made by dayisdemigod

One of the most *frequently asked questions* I get from readers of my published novels: "Was Dear Martin the first book you ever wrote?" The answer is no. Dear Martin was the third. The second (at long last!) will be published in Spring 2022, but the first will never see the light of day... Or so I used to say. *Used to* because we are currently in the thick of a literal global pandemic. And we're bored. And trying to stay motivated/encouraged/hopeful, etc. etc. So here it is. Nic Stone's first EVER novel that wasn't supposed to see the light of day. Starting today, April 1st, 2020, I'll post a chapter a day for the next 50 days (you read that right; this joint is LONG) and will leave it up indefinitely. You will laugh--AT me, but also occasionally with me. You will roll your eyes. You will have moments when you wonder if *The Nic Stone* actually wrote this long and intensely tropey and cliche book. About a 16-year-old biracial girl who sometimes glows in the dark, and after the death of her mother, discovers not only some latent supernatural abilities, but a prophesied mission she'll need them for. It is not professionally edited and is likely full of typos (though this was like the twelfth draft). It hasn't been beta-read and probably has some problematic rep in it. But my hope is that by posting it as-is, someone out there who doesn't feel *good enough* will see THIS starting point of a #1 New York Times bestseller and will be encouraged to get the story nagging at them down on paper. Even if it's never "published," there's no telling where it could lead. I hope you enjoy (or at least get a good laugh). Thanks for reading! Nic Stone

In which the Romanov(a) family (+ Athena and Sunday) go on a vacation to a beach resort.

When Life and Death come to collect Kenneth Smith's soul, they are met by a man who, even in death, is not ready to part ways with his Mortal Possessions...

Two different shades of detective. Dianthea is a cop who can't hack it, and Malyssa is a detective who couldn't hack it as a cop. Drinking whiskey in her office the day after Halloween, Detective "Fog" Malyssa Alafoggiannis finds the body of a senator on her floor - with the bullet wounds magically repaired. It's a pattern of magic use Detective Fog has seen before - and as she expects, by the time the real police arrive a minute later, the body straight up disappears.

**This shall function as a late Valentine's special bc wynaut? Happy (late) V-DAY my beloved cupcakes!** Their nephew and their surrogate dedushka can be real a-holes, but that doesn't stop Anzhelika Romanova from loving them. An introduction to the second OC for The Romanov(a) Chronicles. Featuring William/Butcher once again. :D

How would a travelling occult merchant and a crotchety Welsh coblyn be handling the coronavirus lockdown? This is a standalone short story featuring the main characters from The Jack Hansard Series. A bit of humour in trying times.

In the glittering backstreets of New York City, old scars and secrets give birth to magical calamities. Beyond the limits of our knowledge, there is a world hidden deep within the roots of modern society. There walks a people older than mankind, unseen but ever present, whose lineage trace back to the creation of the ether - an energy source that grants them the power to do extraordinary things. They are called the venandi. Hazel Labelle is an avid boxer and a pioneer, and she has not lived in one place for more than six months until reaching New York. For four years, she has led relatively normal life with her father, and has finally started calling the city her home. When Hazel is attacked by a mysterious man in a mask during a rebellious one night road trip with her friend, she is unwillingly pulled into the twisted dark world of the venandi. She does not expect however, to discover that her history has long been entwined with the magical folk, and that the peaceful world she had known had been an illusion spun on a past she could not stop running from.

One Mistake could change your life forever. It is your decision to make it for the better or worse. After surviving a crash landing onto Earth, Eros finds himself stranded on this planet that he once thought was just another myth.

Mac and his dog Mikey try to navigate everyday issues on a not so everyday farm.

In memory of B. Story Description #WITWContest In the trembling geography of a Tuesday morning, Liminal Grounds exists between breaths - a coffee shop where emotions precipitate as atmospheric phenomena and ordinary moments fracture into extraordinary recognition. Zara discovers she can serve feelings as beverages, each cup containing the distilled essence of human experience. But when emotions manifest as literal weather systems, reality begins to bend around the simple act of connection. A customer orders something to forget, and memory dissolves like morning mist. Another seeks first love, transforming everyone within three blocks into their teenage emotional selves. Each served feeling creates ripples that reshape the world's atmospheric pressure, until Zara realises she's not just a barista-she's a curator of the liminal spaces where hearts weather their most profound storms. When the boundaries between internal landscape and external reality collapse completely, one final customer arrives seeking the impossible: the feeling of being properly mourned. A story about how love doesn't end - it just changes forms, like water becoming vapour becoming rain. In the quiet cartography between memory and acceptance, entire universes of connection pulse like distant stars. What in the Wattpad Writing Contest Entry. 2,000 words of reality-bending emotional chaos. (Woke up in my own story [or take on this prompt]).

Every day looked the same - until the night I saw something glowing in the air. I thought it was a trick of the light. Then it happened again. And again. Turns out, the universe has a strange sense of humor. Because somehow, I ended up the one collecting them. Stitching them. Following them. They say everyone has a calling. Mine just happens to involve light, patience, and the occasional existential crisis. It's quiet work. It's strange work. It's mine. The Pinion Calling is a story about the small, luminous things that find us when we stop looking - and what happens when we finally say yes.

There was a man who lived life as he willed. There was a man who defied the inevitable. There was a man who looked upon "destiny" and discarded it as nonsense. People hailed him as one who had changed his destiny. Yet, drenched in their praises, he wondered, "What if this was my destiny?"