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𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅☑𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚&𝒕𝒉𝒆𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 "𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕?" After being trapped in the cursed town of Du...

An expansion/re-imagining of the worlds of the future seen in Animal Planet's 2002 mockumentary "the future is wild"

a love born out of pain. its freedom paid in kind. ©2025 NICHOLAS BROWN

(TOP FIVE WINNER!!) Patrick Morgan didn't usually invite strangers home, but when he saw Harlan camping out in the space terminal, he was prepared to make an exception...

When back-alley mechanic Elijah Garret is approached by the company who destroyed his family, he has to decide whether to repair and upgrade their androids or let the ma...

The world is ruled by a tyrant King. The Old King was killed and with him the magic that coursed through the world was sealed away. Dawn Rentradie, a human girl, is sen...

A cynical Necromancer with a terrible secret. An optimistic Crown Prince crumbling under the pressure. A talented mage living in the shadow of his younger brother. ...

Before the flood, before the fall, there was the Tower-an ancient structure built not of stone, but of vibration. It connected worlds, harmonized realms, and held the me...

In Tokyo, where the System siphons thought, emotions & memories, a literature student meets a strange psychic girl and they embark on an escape from mindless agents, dre...

[A Wattpad Featured Story] Jeisa hasn't used her technopathy for years. If anything, she's basically been forbidden to use it. When she is forced to, though, the buzz sh...

Kai Gilling, a transgender wanderer traversing the American West, has to trek hundreds of miles in his beat up Jeep, in order to reach an urban legend rumored to be the...

[Wattys 2022 Winner - Wildcard Category] Mereneith is a junior crystal keeper at the Temple of Ptah, the greatest of the temples located within the capital of Memphis. B...

Abducted. Modified. Trapped aboard a dying alien ship. And he's the only one who can fly it. Cyrus finally worked up the nerve to leave his apartment... only to wake up...

[BOOK IS COMPLETE/HALTED, WILL GET RE-WRITTEN AND RE-POSTED) "Reinhard Heydrich. One of the best national socialists, one of the best believers in the German Ideolo...

Original draft, check out final published edition here: http://www.amazon.com/author/zenalarsson Makoto had grown up hiding his cat ears and tail. It was easy if he did...

When America discovers a portal to the mysterious Special Region, a land of dragons, magic, and ancient empires, the U.S. military embarks on an unprecedented mission to...

The world is in peril. Mankind stands on the precipice; facing extinction. How did it come to this? What's the next step? Follow humanity's last chance at survival as th...

Observer's Paradox - a situation in which the phenomenon being observed is unwittingly influenced by the presence of the observer. All Quinn wanted was a quiet reset: ne...

17th century. A remote Caribbean coast. A mysterious vessel drifts ashore. Inside: a lifeless couple and a barely breathing child. Turek, leader of a fishing community...

SHORTLISTED. Paul Finn wakes to discover that not only is he feeling horribly sick but, more worryingly, the naked stranger in his bed isn't moving. If only he could re...