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A Study in Ebony
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Theocrat
Ongoing, First published Oct 18, 2021
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Jonathan Wood, a young man in nineteenth-century London, chances upon an arcane incantation that begins to haunt him. It begins to take over his mind, then his soul, and finally his life. Inexplicable changes are born in him and in the midst of confusion Jonathan finds himself hotly pursued by a hostile, phantasmal being.

Inexorably drawn into the study of an ancient and arcane secret, Jonathan finds himself falling through the cracks of this mortal reality into a Deathless Darkness.  Even as he tries to clamber back up from the billowing shadows all around him, he finds himself tempted by the possibility of an insidious ascension to an unspeakable power.
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BLOODY HOSTEL

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A young lad is being tormented by an unknown creature both in his dream and in his real world. He is faced with the fear of being killed, tortured and taken away by the monster which gradually led to him doing that which he wasn't meant to. The unknown creature controlled his life and made his living worth hell. He didn't even bother looking for help as the creature gave him no option for that. He slowly and gradually let the creature take over that he loved even as much as he, his school and Mrs. Lucy tried to stop this creature.

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