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The Shadow of Gloom

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*Book One of The Accursed Chronicles*

August was a man from a normal world, living a mundane life until one night everything changed, and he was sent spiraling into a world stuck forever in winter, full of magic, creatures, and a curse that has grip over the land, a curse known as the Vale.

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August has been plunged straight into the claws of a life polar opposite of the one he had been living. After stumbling into the hands of Gloom, a leader of The Remnant, August is bound to Gloom's side and is pulled helplessly into the turmoil of Laelmos. August wishes he could return home, but his purpose in Laelmos is much bigger than he first thought as he discovers he has been lied to his entire life. August is left to wonder whether his life will ever be normal again or if he will have to embrace his new reality that threatens to destroy him and those around him. 

[ content warnings: vulgar language, violence, must be 18+ to read, mentions of death and suicide as well as verbal, mental, and physical abuse ]

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[𝐌𝐌] "I want you to be a king with me, Vale." 𓅂 The rift between the gods and mortals was just a realm away. And though the gods in Asgard created Midgard -the realm for mortals- they tend to neglect it, even in times of great danger. A threat had swarmed Midgard for the past century, one that involved the undead finding their way up from Helheim, the underworld that was ruled by the Goddess of Death; Hel. Draugr was what they called them. They were dangerous, rotting corpses that were capable of spreading a disease to mortals that would turn them into draugr in due time. As a way of helping the humans, the gods began to bestow gifts on humans that they deemed worthy enough of their blessing. In return, all the gods asked for was undying faith from the humans. Vale Ravna was a hunter amongst Blessed Ones. A weather boy was what he was. Though he had no blessing himself, he thought he could find the cure for the draugr infection. With the help of his fellow hunter friends and a flirtatious stranger who claimed to have no blessing, Vale set off on a journey farther than he had ever ventured before. In order to save his kingdom, Vale would have to face the gods. - Strong Language - Violence - Gore - Mature/Sexual Content 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 #𝟐 in dark fantasy. #𝟕 in norsemythology. #𝟏𝟗 in creatures. #𝟐𝟗 in godsandgoddesses.

F***in' Arizona by melanatedmelon

How bad could it be to enlist your female best friend into helping you lie to your Christian family about your new relationship with your male best friend and about your newfound sexuality? Not that bad, right? Right??? --------- Nova Queen and Arizona "Ari" Matthews weren't always close in high school, but after an intense and serious conversation in the library one day, the two become the best of friends until they go their separate ways their freshman year of college. Now in their mid 20s and freshly out of grad school, they are reunited in the park of their hometown where Ari asks a huge favor of Nova that she later wishes she had refused. But in the end, will she really wish she had refused? *FA spans a timeline from 2010-2020 to help the reader see how the relationships were built between characters in a partial series of flashbacks. It also helps the reader to really see into the minds of Arizona and Nova as they age, and the effect different life events have on them. It's a bit of a slower build and the plot is mostly seen a little later in the book, but I promise it's worth it. 🙂 *I do not own any of the rights to the music nor the pictures. *Rated M for language, sexual content, destructive behaviors, suicide, and dialogue that may be triggering for some readers. *These characters may do or say things that you don't agree or may get upset with, please remember YOU ARE NOT THESE PEOPLE, and their lives are a work of fiction and my imagination. Thank you and please enjoy the story if you choose to continue. 1st Place Undiscovered Awards in LGBTQ! ✨ A #AestheteCertified book ✨ A Fairytale Awards best ship name Honorable Mention ✨ A Fairytale Awards Honorable Mention ✨ A Lollipop Awards Honorable Mention in LGBTQ ✨

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In Thy Name by Talvik77

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𝐀 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 [IN NEED OF REVISION] cover

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𝐀 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 [IN NEED OF REVISION]

[𝐌𝐌] "I want you to be a king with me, Vale." 𓅂 The rift between the gods and mortals was just a realm away. And though the gods in Asgard created Midgard -the realm for mortals- they tend to neglect it, even in times of great danger. A threat had swarmed Midgard for the past century, one that involved the undead finding their way up from Helheim, the underworld that was ruled by the Goddess of Death; Hel. Draugr was what they called them. They were dangerous, rotting corpses that were capable of spreading a disease to mortals that would turn them into draugr in due time. As a way of helping the humans, the gods began to bestow gifts on humans that they deemed worthy enough of their blessing. In return, all the gods asked for was undying faith from the humans. Vale Ravna was a hunter amongst Blessed Ones. A weather boy was what he was. Though he had no blessing himself, he thought he could find the cure for the draugr infection. With the help of his fellow hunter friends and a flirtatious stranger who claimed to have no blessing, Vale set off on a journey farther than he had ever ventured before. In order to save his kingdom, Vale would have to face the gods. - Strong Language - Violence - Gore - Mature/Sexual Content 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 #𝟐 in dark fantasy. #𝟕 in norsemythology. #𝟏𝟗 in creatures. #𝟐𝟗 in godsandgoddesses.