Devils on Starfall Isle
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'Death is coming in the Autumn.'
That's what Tira tells Verity. But Verity is stuck in her life, and doesn't understand just what's at stake, until it's much too late...
A novella written for ONC23. Guidance: mild horror, sex references.
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