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Briar Thorn (Sleeping Beauty Retold)
KaraCarreira
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KaraCarreira
Complete, First published Sep 08, 2022
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Legend speaks of the tragedy that befell the Vitale Manor, of a girl with hair like gold and eyes like midnight, cursed into an enchanted sleep by a scorned fairy until her true love bestows their kiss upon her. 

Years pass, then decades. A century later, Narciso, a young nobleman, hunts down the myth in the hope of proving himself Lady Rosella's true love. 

But legends can lie. Even the most beautiful roses have thorns, and by the time Narciso realises that, it may be too late for him.

Written for Rewind The Classics 2022

Cover by @-DeeIsDead-

Featured on @retold "Fractured Fairytales"
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The Sleeping Beauty's Prince

30 parts Complete

Princess Claire lived with the curse hanging over her head for all her seventeen years, but she never told him. Prince Owen, her best friend and the love of her life, once had no idea that she was destined to prick her finger on a spindle and sleep for a hundred years, leaving him behind to die long before she woke up. Now the curse is unleashed. Unwilling to give up his love, Prince Owen seeks out the fairy who had created the sleeping curse. The magic could never be undone, but there was a possibility. He could travel through time, journey through Etherea, the abstract realm of reflections and dreams, to be at Claire's side when a hundred years had passed. But Etherea is dangerous. It will take more than courage for them to be united once more. ------------------------------------------------------------- *Cover art hand-drawn by me. Some illustrations are done by yours truly, others I found. The general rule is that if it looks hand-drawn and a little sketchy, I did it. * Winner of Best Storyline in the Writers' Awards 2017

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