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A rose by any other name is just as deadly... When young women in the mortal world start vanishing, no one suspects that the culprit lies in another dimension; one filled with magic, lies, and betrayal. In Faeriedon, three women become entangled in a deadly game of vengeance and escape. Jeanne, the bitter Beauty, seeks to exact revenge upon the father who sold her to the Beast. Caileigh, tormented by Beauty and hunted by the Beast, desperately yearns for a way home. Andrae, haunted by dreams and whispers, is determined to rescue Caileigh despite the cost. The touch of a rose brings forth every secret, every desire, and no hand is left unstained by blood. Fay- ri- don. Faerie - fairyland, the world of faerie. Variant of fairy. *A Fairy-tale Re-telling* Amazing cover by the even more amazing @seventhstar

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Harriet has always been the type of girl who would rather ride horses than stitch embroidery, practice her sword-fighting than practice her curtsies, and she'd rather dream about being the first female knight in all of history instead of a docile wife on some nobleman's arm. When a war between the allies of Ecrivenia and the kingdom of Carigan starts to brew, Harriet begins to wonder if it might just be her chance to become the knight she's always wished to be. Taking a chance, Harriet enlists in the King's Army, disguising herself as the red-headed, slight-figured, and quick-witted boy, Harry. However, when she is put under the charge of the handsome and strict King of Marenta, Leopold, she realizes her troubles are just beginning. Not only will she have to keep the other men from noticing she is a woman, but she will also have to put up with the scrutiny of King Leopold, the best friend of her brother-in-law. Throw in grueling training sessions, whispers of treason, and the enemy's secret weapon, Harriet suddenly finds herself thrust into the reality of being a knight in a war that might not be able to be won. ------ This is a sister novel to the first draft of Glass Slippers. The gorgeous cover is made by the amazing @solidarity_! Make sure to check her work out if you get the chance!

***FREE STORY***This multimedia retelling of 'The Ugly Duckling' has bonus material; an English translation of the original fairy tale published by Hans Christian Andersen on November, 11, 1843 to critical acclaim (chapters ten to thirteen) and a short autobiography of Andersen (chapter fourteen). Although Andersen wrote three autobiographies in his lifetime, when the critic Georg Brandes questioned him about the authoritative one, the poet claimed he had already written it, 'The Ugly Duckling' -'Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Work 1805 - 1875'. Appearance sets 'The Ugly Duckling' apart from his peers. No longer able to take the ostracism and rejection, he sets on a journey to adulthood in this timeless tale of transformation. CONTENT WARNING: POSSIBLE TRIGGERS| DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE| HUNTING| BULLYING| GENDER & IDENTITY AMBIGUITY| MAY OFFEND SOME READERS| YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED|

FREE STORY***WINNER of the #BigChange #FanficFriday Contest*** American spies in Islamabad are systematically being delivered into the hands of the Taliban. Carrie Mathison, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Counter Terrorism Chief has a theory, the ISI are complicit in the retaliatory street violence and abductions... Enigmatic Aasar Khan, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Counter Terrorism Chief, knows Carrie's history of operating as a loose cannon in the Middle East. If she does not operate within the letter of the law, he has made it his mission to have her expelled from Pakistan. Aasar Khan and Carrie Mathison operate in a powder keg of distrust when their personal lives unexpectedly collide... Other contest winners of the #FanficFriday #BigChange competition https://www.wattpad.com/list/314661022-big-change-contest-winners

Everyone knows of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter--the four seasons. Who they don't know of is their sister, Equinox, or how the four seasons came to be. Equinox is the daughter and Day and Night. People always considered her to be the oddball, the weirdo, the ugliest, the runt. She didn't care. When a trip to the villiage makes her feel the need to help someone, she sneaks out at night, hoping to not be noticed. She soon becomes friends with the hunter of the villiage, Orion. When she is given an exciting choice on what type of "power" to have, she soon realizes that it comes with a price. Will she be willing to pay the price? ***WINNER of RetellingsUnite Creation Story contest*** Word count: 9,490 Awesome cover by @cleverwren Highestrank: #150 in Fantasy

***FREE STORY*** Madison Hemings (1805-1877) was born to teenage slave Sally and her master at the Monticello plantation. He gave an account of his life to S.F. Wetmore first published in Ohio's Pike County Republican on March,13, 1873. CONTENT WARNING: SLAVE THEMES| ABUSE THEMES |POSSIBLE TRIGGERS

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From the day Braxton Marlow realized his parents would never tell him what his christening curse was, he has plotted to seek out the faery who cursed him, Faery Splendor, and discover for himself what dreadful fate awaits him. However, just as Braxton is about to complete the final leg of the faery's quest, his father calls for him and his two brothers to take on a different journey. The goal is merely to catch a golden bird; it ought to be simple. But after a series of blunders, which really could have been avoided if Braxton's brothers had only listened to the fox accompanying them, the hunt turns into a chase across the lands of five different nobles. Worse still, the children of the Grant family have been kidnapped, and their fates seem somehow intertwined with the Marlows' quest.

"The thing about evil is it has no rights," she spoke with a grin so devious it made Paris's blood run cold. Deep in a secret island lies the golden glow, a light that is made up of all the world's evil and negativity. It's shape is trapped within the island and has been for thousands of years. When Paris washes up on the island, the golden glow intrigues her, makes curiosity rush in her veins. Something is off about it, looks can always be quite deceiving. ______________________ Cover/Copyright to @_MariaWrites_ (Maria S) Highest Rankings #113 in Short Story #3 in Pandora's Box #151 in Visualstory

"She cast one more lingering, half-fainting glance at him, and then threw herself into the water, and thought her body was dissolving into foam." ~~~~~ When people hear the name "Arielle Blue," they automatically think: the Swimmer. Arielle is easily the best swimmer in her school, and everyone knows it. Everyone thinks she wants to follow her family's footsteps and train to become a national swimmer, but she has more joy in singing and dancing. Although she plans to keep this a secret until the end, this changes after the new kid finds out and somehow convinces her to audition for the school musical. Cover by: @-midnightmagic- Update: either on Saturday or Sunday

Tricked into a loveless relationship, and with no family or friends to turn to, Jacqueline Devoreaux is left a broken young woman, suffering alone. But a fateful meeting in a graveyard has Jacqueline doing something she never dreamt - joining the cast of the renowned Opéra Populaire. In doing so, she escapes from her horrible life only to find herself immersed in the opera house's own dangerous intrigue. Then she discovers the Phantom who dwells beneath... and when her past and present collide she must make a decision of what is right and what is wrong, in a world where right and wrong sometimes seem to be the same thing. *Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Phantom of the Opera. Which is really too bad. Highest Ranking: #1 in phantasma #1 in phantomoftheopera #1 in operaghost #15 in retellingsunite

Kelsea Glass doesn't believe in mermaids - or rather, she didn't until she finds out first-hand not only that merfolk are real, but that the bite of a merman can turn a human into a mermaid. Now she is stuck with some guy who bit her, trying to figure out what he wants and how to get back home. --- "Fine," she said, upset. "You are a beast, a monster." The merman brushed off the insult. "Be careful who you call a beast. You are about to turn into one yourself." --- Beauty and the Beast with some fishy twists. --- ON HIATUS - will be back soon! Thanks for your patience. Update April 14, 2020: HI FRIENDS! I AM NOT DEAD NOR HAVE I ABANDONED TMD. I'm about to graduate from grad school, so give me just one more month or so before I start posting updates. Sorry for the delay. You all are amazing and I love getting comment notifications.

The kingdom Dulcia has fallen. Dark creatures have invaded the palace, inslaving all those who work there. The royal family--the only ones able to stop the creatures--have vanished into oblivion. No one has seen or heard from them since the fall. There are rumors. Rumors that they escaped the castle, rumors that they are assembling an army to fight the creatures known as Muraes. Only one thing is for certain. No one knows where they went, nor do they know if they will come back. ________________________________________ Every year, Clair's family goes to the king of Arium's palace for of the most lavish Christmas party imaginable. They meet family, old friends, new acquaininces--anyone they possibly can. Clair never enjoys the huge parties. She prefers to be by herself, drawing or dancing. Until, one year, everything changes. Presented with the most beautiful gift she could possibly imagine, Clair is filled with joy. She clings to her wooden doll with her life, never letting go. When she wakes up one night and it is gone, she panics, searching for it. Only to find a hideous creature. When she is rescued by the same doll she loved, Clair is suddenly swept up into a world of magic, lost kingdoms, and lost royalty. But she is also in the world ruled by darkness. ________________________________________ "When snow falls, the kingdom dies. Light will leave, Dark will rise. It can only be stopped by treasure as pure as gold, as light as air, but strong and bold. Only then will the leader rise, out from ashes and hidden from prying eyes." ***** 2018 Wattys Shortlist 2018 Wattys Longlist Featured story Awesome cover by @elphadora ***** Loosely based on The Nutcracker (both book and ballet)

- Loose Swan Lake retelling with a twist - Fifteen year--old Jessa is a Tartarean-mortals with special powers--accompanied with impressive ice abilities. Grief-stricken and overwhelmed with secrets after the horrific events of her past, she ventures for the North Continents where she plans to begin a new life. But she's caught making a terrible mistake and is sentenced to prison. Just when Jessa thinks she's about to stay there until the end of her life, Crown Prince Casrian of Andalia confronts her and offers her a bargain she can't possibly pass up: Work for him in his Tartarean's Keep for a year in exchange for her freedom. There, she's tutored by an unpleasant fire wielder and meets the Princess with secrets of her own; along with the handsome Young Prince Ryland who seems to draw her in, despite the law preventing humans from having affairs with her kind. She's torn between forbidden love and freedom, and when a martyred Faerie appears in her dreams, she finds out her destiny is much more complicated than she ever thought possible. Sometimes, not everything turns out the way it's supposed to be . . . - Book One of The Lady of Lake and Arrow Series - *Chapters are unedited except the first two chapters, which were lightly edited in turn. "Part 1" probably has most cringiest writing in this story, so please take this into consideration while reading.* © Copyrights Reserved

***FREE STORY***Antoine, his daughters Marthe, Marie and Beauty must leave fashionable Paris for rural Avon, in the shadow of enchanted forêt de Fontainebleau. News from Paris offers the family a glimmer of hope, until Antoine comes face to face with a ferocious Beast... Wattpad Reader Reviews: @nycgal38 I love the beginning! I'm thinking at this point it would make a wonderful bedtime story. It's so beautifully described! @thebeast86 This is so well written. I LOVE your writing style ❤❤❤ @AmandaUrie23 I love how in your version of beauty and the beast, you've given the beauty's sisters more character and made them more realistic as opposed to most accounts where the sisters are just bland and mean. I also like how you've given Belle a backstory. The best part in all of this is the historical accuracy, and the proper use of royal titles. It's my first time reading this and I'm so excited for what's to come! @MellifluousSkies This feels like a brand new story, as I am reading it, even though it is "a tale as old as time". Great story telling...I love the filling out you have done with such a classic tale, adding more background and feelings to really give the story a large presence. Brava! @random__thoughts I'm so glad that I found this! It's amazing and deserves way more attention! @mirabellaspencer I love love love ur book beauty and the beast. The way that u changed the story but yet kept it the same was amazing. @juliadarcy87 Omg Disney skipped the plan to eat her haha. @eldorado16 Love the first line! And impressed by how Beauty seems to bring out the best in everyone - except her sisters. @AmericanBeauty_y I effing love this story! I don't understand why it isn't more popular

For years, Calissa has dreamed of her curse breaking. But when it finally does, she was in no where prepared for what happened next. >< Years have passed since she has escaped the tower and all the weakness she had formed are now stuffed inside a locked cage inside her heart. Her mission now is to stand up against the strong evil and go against the tyrant king that has imprisoned them all in a lowly society. As a member of the Masked Bandits, she will do everything in her power to stop the tyrant king from finding the Eternal Dark-- the crystal that grants all evil to the master. With the mind and spirit of an animal, her talents shine above all others. So much, that she has been chosen by the masked man to act upon her desire of protection. By the masked man's unfailing trust around her neck and her instincts of honour and loyalty bound around her soul, she is determined to put an end to the kingdom's darkness. However, along the way, her courage will be tested. Along with her heart. The weaknesses that she caged in so long ago, will threaten to spill out. Including a dangerous, unbreakable bondage between her and another that even she cannot deny. ~~~~~ A Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, and Mulan retelling. With a hint of Rapunzel. Winner of the FairytaleCommunity Mix-up Contest Cover by me Cover picture by Laura Caseley (https://goo.gl/izkOCG)