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The Grim Taintings {indefinite hiatus}

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Reads 163
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Parts 3
Time 30m

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faery folklore forest goblins greed irishmythology magic mythology retelling

- A retelling of Goblin Market with elements from Vasilisa -
There is no cure once you have tasted the flesh of a Goblin's fruit.
Ellery Brennan is the sole sane person in his village who hasn't tried fey fruit. Lured by wishes and fortune, Ellery has watched everyone he has known descend towards an incurable bestial greed for the fruit.
When it becomes too dangerous to stay in the dysfunctional community, he is rescued by Lizzie, a girl claiming to know how to reverse the fruit's effects. But trust is hard to place on a person you have only met, especially when they appear to know more than let out to be.

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The Woods

Fida Clark knows that the world is cruel; the world is unfair. Every five years, to pay for a crime her village's ancestors committed, a maiden is chosen as a sacrifice. Being the baker's daughter, she has lived a simple life and expects nothing more of it. But when she is chosen as the village's sacrifice and declared a mistake, her world turns upside down. After walking into the Woods and surviving her death sentence, she is thrown into a world of two-faced nobles and back-stabbing Fae. She does not belong, and yet her life now revolves around learning about the Fae and trying to find out why the Woods has not claimed her life. But what happens when a mortal begins to find a home in the land of immortal beings? Getting too comfortable can be a dangerous game, and when she least expects it, her world crumbles yet again. Her life is twisted with truth and lies, and only the race that she fears is able to help her find the truth. Will she inherit the destiny that was hidden from her for so long, or do the stars have other plans that will bring her and her loved ones to ruin?