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Telling Stories

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Being snatched into the Tiding Pool - a whimsical nexus that steals away fragments of worlds like a child plucking icing from a cake - was the best thing that happened to Desmond, a curious young man with a secret love for science. There was no life for him back home, no future. Here in the Pool he can learn and explore, meet creatures from realms he had only ever imagined, and tinker with their amazing gadgets. It's a dream come true.

Except that none of it is real.

It is a piecemeal work of fiction, woven from the discarded concepts of worlds that were never penned into stories of their own. Desmond knows he is nothing more than a character, mere ink on a page. So is his ill-tempered brother, recently trapped in the Pool as well. As is the dictatorial ruler of the Tiding Pool, the New World Order, and its spell-firing enforcers.

But then there are the Augurs, smug prophets of the Order who refuse to be content with simply reading the future of this story being told. They conspire to write it as well. Should they discover a way to wrest control of the Tiding Pool from its mysterious Author, their first step towards transforming it into their own private paradise will be to erase everyone who opposes them from the plot.

How do you thwart an enemy who might one day scratch you from existence? All Desmond has on his side is a knapsack full of broken electronics, an irascible smuggler, some space monks... and the Author, a devious entity who helps and hinders him as the story demands.All Rights Reserved

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The Black Coast by Writingflake

Its been two thousand years since humanity lost their home planet and a thousand since they first made landfall on the world they now call home. The trip was long and fraught with danger but they managed to survive in no small part to the new gods they found along the way. The Celestial Court granted life to various forms of variant human species, sculpted to perfection as the next evolution for mankind. After a thousand years however humanity finds itself on the edge of collapse, as technology from the old world breaks down more and more the people of the new world are regressing into a more feudal state of living. As technology declines and degrades, magic and the supernatural has become the norm. Conflicts are on the rise between the different factions of the Celestial Empire all while the gods themselves watch from above silently. In one small corner of the Empire rests the Black Coast, home to the mysterious and ostracized race known as the Twins. It is in this quiet place that a set of triplets will determine the fate of not just the Empire, but the world as a whole for decades to come. --- This is a book I've been working on for a few years when I have the time. Due to my dyslexia there are grammar/editing errors from time to time. I am hard at work trying to polish the book as I do my big round of editing prior to publishing online. My experience in posting online is not great, so please be mindful that there may be tweaks to format and the like. WARNING, this story contains gore, violence, body horror, suicidal thoughts, swearing, and various other sensitive subjects.

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Stepping Wild (Dungeon Runner, Book 4) by SyStPierre

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