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username: aphrodite_nova
story: Institute Of Salvation
genre: fantasy, lgbtq
chapters: 17 (ongoing)
description: After 15 long years of war going on between the Divine and Humans, peace was finally Agreed-upon. As a result, a school was made just for selected Human and Divine to test drive the idea of a Co-Ed school. That's where The Institute Of Salvation comes in, The first school ever to be Divine and Human Co-Ed, crazy right? Two different species of people who have been at each other throats for years jammed into small compact spaces going to school together and living on the same grounds.
What could go possibly go wrong?
warnings: mature- language and violence, slight gore nothin extremely detailed, lgbtq
feedback: worldbuilding, character development, dialogue, the pasting. I'm working with an editor to fix my grammatical errors and misspelled words due to my dyslexia.
chapter length: 1500-3000
reading preference: anything but poetry and non-fiction
will I read mature: yes
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Username: Ashlurstine
Title: Carmine
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Chapters: 70
Description: The King of Ascus is dead. The other nations and powerful nobles move, their goal is simple. To subvert the country. That means they will destroy any person or thing that stands in their way. Even a young woman, she must survive witches, assassins, evil nobles and dangerous monsters. If they kill her, Ascus will likely be taken over by the powerful families aligned to Tiam. But if they fail, they will forever remember her name.
Warning: Gross Graphic Violence, mental health, psychological horror, drug abuse
Feedback: plot, characters
Average length: 2000 words
Reading preference: anything
Will read mature content: yes
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Username: bigfivedonaldduckfan
Story: Infamous Last Words
Genre: (contemporary/dark) fantasy
Chapters: 13 (completed)
Description: When your boss shows up angry at your door, you know your day is going to suck. When said boss happens to be the local crime lord, it's going to suck even more. And when an omen of death comes to pay you a visit as well, your morning is officially the suckiest.
Jack isn't having a very good day.
At least the problem with the angry boss can be fixed: to prove his worth and pay back debts, Jack agrees to help her find a valuable treasure in a cursed swamp infested with danger. Death, however, looms over him. Can he find a way to cheat his way out of losing his life?
Warnings: Rated mature for strong language, violence, dark themes such as death, among other things.
Feedback preference: Anything goes.
Average chapter length: 2000-2500 words
Reading preferences: I'll read anything except fanfiction for fandoms I'm not familiar with
Will read mature content: Sure
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Username: BlueJay325
Story: Fake Me To Church
Genre: Mystery/Thriller, Teen Fiction
Chapters: 32 (Completed)
Description: After the new kid at a Christian school butts heads with the pastor's entitled son, these two at-odds high schoolers are swept up in the police investigation of a brutal murder with links to the disappearance of a young girl over a decade prior.
Warnings: While not mature, this novel does contain themes of abuse, bloody violence, and family trauma. Sexual actions are implied but never graphically described.
Feedback preference: The level of intrigue of the story, the effectiveness of character interaction in enriching the plot
Average chapter length: Between 2k and 5k words
Reading preferences: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Adventure, Fantasy, Most Horror (I do not want stories heavy on occult and/or satanist themes).
Will read mature content: I am fine with reading stories that contain a heightened level of violence (extended fight scenes, bloody aftermath, gory descriptions, etc.). I do not accept stories with prolonged, frequent, graphic sexual scenes; I am fine with scenes that imply sex or describe it in minor detail, but I do not welcome scenes that gratuitously describe sexual acts (especially if such scenes are a regular occurrence throughout the book). I also ask that cursing/swearing be kept to a minimum; I do not welcome novels with extreme amounts of vulgar language (e.g., 10+ uses of the f-word per chapter, excessive mention of reproductive parts in a crass or derogatory way, and/or the use of the Name of Jesus in vain or as a curse word).
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Username: bigfivedonaldduckfan
Story: Castle of the damned
Genre: Horror/mystery
Chapters: twelve (ongoing)
Description: There's something wrong with the castle.
Perhaps the problem is the young owner, whose odd behaviour arouses suspicion in those around him. Perhaps it's the girl with the secrets and the voice in her head, haunted by the past, the future and something evil in the dark. Could it be the boy who never wanted all the complications he's faced with, holding on to crumbling friendships he's too afraid to let go of? Or is it the mysterious stalker in the night, trying to get to the bottom of an ancient mystery?
In the end, it doesn't matter. They're all damned just the same.
There's something wrong with the castle, and nobody knows why.
Warnings: Strong language, violence, death. Essentially, what you'd expect from a horror story.
Feedback preference: None. I'll take anything.
Average chapter length: 2K-2,5K words
Reading preferences: I'm open to reading anything.
Will read mature content: Yes.
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Username: Voyageavecmoi
Book: Watched
Genre: Horror and Psychological Thriller
Chapters: 12 (complete)
Description: Fitness-trainer, Winston, settled in Corbeau Woods for a quiet life with his husband, free of the superstition and madness of his childhood. When a mysterious statue of an eye circulates around town and people go missing, everyone but he is convinced supernatural elements are responsible. After it lands on his doorstep, Winston must wrestle with his denial of the paranormal to avoid losing his husband and his life.
Warnings: A bit of swearing, some description of murder victims with a bit of gore though more than I'd write in an adventure story.
Feedback: Constructive feedback is welcome especially big picture notes on character development, structure, pacing. Notes to improve the flow and descriptions are appreciated as well.
Average chapter length: 1.5k
Reading preferences: Happy to read anything
Will read mature: yes
Username: MochaVonBee
Story: Kit & Tully
Genre: Young Adult / Teen Fiction
Chapters: 20 (Completed)
Description: Love or Music... Which should they choose and what price do they have to pay? Love will give Kit and Tully a future together, but music can make Tully's dream come true. Sixteen-year-old Kit has zero interest in new guy, Tully, a nobody who's always there for her. Neither of them believe a half-forgotten legend is true, but once a sleeping Celtic god awakes, it's too late to turn back, too late to refuse his offer... Set in a small Irish town in the 90s, Kit & Tully is a story of first love, coming of age and complicated friendships.
Warnings: Strong language
Feedback preference: Anything goes.
Average chapter length: 1200-1500 words
Reading preferences: Open with a preference for YA / Teen Fic and Mystery/Thriller
Will read mature content: Sure
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Username: myst3ry007
Story: Always the Bad Girl
Genre: Teen Fiction / Action
Chapters: 16 - includes prologue
Description: Leah Mercer is know as the Bad Girl of West Mount. Known for her sailors mouth, getting into fights and drinking escapades - her reputation recedes her. So when West Mount's Golden Boy finds out her biggest and darkest secret, Leah will go to any lengths to keep hik from uncovering her story.
Warnings: Ambiguous ending to Prologue - might trigger people. 16+ in language and violence.
Feedback: Honest feedback on everything - characters, grammar and punctuation, flow and pacing, plot and more.
Average Chapter Length: 3000 - 4000
Reading Preferences: likes - Werewolf / Vampire, Romance, Chicklit, Teen Fiction, Mystery / Thriller, Fantasy, Action. Dislike: Historical Fiction, Fanfiction, Horror.
Mature content - open to all mature content - but there needs to be a storyline and not just mature content all round.
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Username: Voyageavecmoi
Book: More to You
Genre: Romance
Chapters: 5 (weekly updates)
Description: As Maria accepts her life as a newly single teacher in Thailand, she can't get the passionate kiss she shared with her hot neighbour, Mitch, out of her mind. Mitch, who would sooner move back to his boring small-town than commit to a relationship, finds himself drawn to his friendship with Maria and needing her more than he realizes. Tom shares her dream of finding love and raising a family, but can he stir up the feelings in her that Mitch has? When faced with passion and potential heartbreak or safety and shared values, Maria will have to choose which risk is most worth taking.
Warnings: For now, just drug and alcohol references.
Feedback: Technically this is a part of a series, but I'm testing to see how well it stands up as its own book so any feedback from new readers about points that are confusing or underdeveloped are especially appreciated. Also if you find it hooking or interesting. Any other construtive feedback is always welcome too.
Average chapter length: 1.5k-2.5k
Reading preferences: Happy to read anything
Will read mature: yes
Username: MarCafeWrites
Story: Carpe Noctem
Genre: Historical fiction/paranormal/mystery
Chapters: 20 (plus Author's Note)
Description: Lucy Penn, an aristocrat and fledgling vampire, has to thwart the insidious ambitions of an ancient evil being in order to save 1890s London from eternal darkness.
Warnings: mentions of blood, gore, vampire violence
Feedback Preference: I'm mostly interested in how convincing this is as a historical piece. Could you imagine this piece of literature existing in the 1890s? Does the overall tone and themes have a classic gothic Victorian style? I'm autistic, so the way in which I perceive/process social interactions is very odd - so I'd appreciate the reader's perspective on whether or not the characters' dialogue/conversations are smooth and realistic.
Average chapter length: 1200 - 3000 words
Reading Preferences: I like character based stories, as all plots are copies of each other. I prefer nothing about teenagers, "alphas," or the mafia.
Will read Mature Content: Detailed sex scenes make me very uncomfortable. Everything else is fine.
Username: Ashlurstine
Story: Jamdown
Genre: drama, adult fiction
Chapters: 69
Description: One young Jamaican man has been running from his problems all his life now he is asked to run for an American Football Team competing in Jamaica.
Will he touch down or fall flat on the ground...
Warning: explicit language, bigotry (racial, gender), strong sexual references
Feedback preference: character development, plot
Average chapter length: 1200
Reading preference: anything
Will read mature content: Yes
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Username: JH_Foliage
Story: Keychains
Genre: General Fiction
Chapters: 15 complete (excluding preface)
Description: It's been ten years since Nora Whelan ran away, taking with her the painful secrets that shattered her family. Her ability to peer into other people's lives had saved her own. Now as the marketing manager of a technological enterprise, Nora is determined to succeed and leave her past failures behind. But when Nora discovers she's to inherit her family's old house, she must confront her past, as well as the truth behind her visions. As Nora dives deeper into the fractured past of her family, she is faced with a difficult question: What is worth fixing, and what is better left behind?
Warnings: Scenes and mentions of emotional abuse.
Feedback preference: Please let me know how well I've portrayed character, and the overall plot (since I'm not used to writing long stories). Also, I want to know if there's a strong sense of setting. Finally, let me know how you find the dialogue scenes, and where things get confusing or vague or contrived. I would greatly appreciate it if an autistic reader provided their opinion on how I represented a character in my novel. Thank you
Average chapter length: 2k to 3k.
Reading preferences: I like Teen Fic (unless the main plot is going to a new school, I won't read that), Fantasy, Dystopian, General Fiction, slice of life, Historical Fiction, Horror and Mystery/Thriller. I dislike Romance, Paranormal, and Werewolf/Supernatural.
Will read mature content: I CANNOT read anything that has too much swearing. I also can't read sex stuff. Gore and emotional abuse I can handle.
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Username: Izra_Dragon
Story: Fairies and Arrows
Genre: Adventure
Chapters: 4 (ongoing)
Description: Arrow has lived in Neverland all of his life with his fellow lost boys. He has always followed the same three rules all the other boys follow. Rule #1- Always be loyal to Peter Pan Rule #2- Don't look into the Founding Rule #3- Under no circumstances, leave Neverland and grow up. But when Arrow sees something he shouldn't have seen, he'll have to choose between loyalty to his fellow lost boys or to discover himself and his past.
Warnings: Depictions of death, PTSD, and sexual harrasment/assault
Feedback preferences: I'm open to all constructive criticism, but specifically development(plot or character), and general understanding(was a choice confusing or a part hard to imagine).
Average chapter length: 900 words
Reading preferences: Fantasy, romance, and adventure, but I'm open to all types. I do not like Nonfiction.
Mature content: I'm okay with everything except for descriptive sex scenes.
Read and completed the quiz: yes
Username: Kadra_writes
Story: Loud Minds
Genre: Science fiction
Chapters: 19 Ongoing
Description: "I guess they made you a part of the madhouse." Ashton was struggling through her awkward junior year with her quirky best friend when her world was turned upside down. After a fatal car crash, Ashton was pulled into a secret society, GENE, that creates mutant humans. She woke up with strange powers that she didn't ask for and responsibilities that are over her head. GENE saved her life, but would she be better off dead? This book is a blend of science fiction, romance, and action.
Warning: Some brief language and violence.
Feedback: I would love constructive criticism about character development, setting, plot, grammar, etc.
Average length: 2,000 words per chapter.
Reading preferences: Science fiction fantasy, and teen romance.
Mature content: No. I do not read mature stories or those with erotica content.
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Username: KingEmpo
Story: What Comes After
Genre: Science Fiction (technically fan-fiction but all characters, settings, and conflicts are original)
Chapters: 20
Description: When an asteroid hits the moon and pushes it closer, little did Neal know that his life would change forever as tidal waves ravage his town's coastline and volcanic eruptions cloud the entire sky with darkness.
Warnings: Nothing much. Just some political content and some disturbing imagery.
Feedback preference:- Characters / Character development, - Believability (i.e. Are character reactions realistic? Are any plot points too outlandish?), - Dialogue, - Pacing (Book is mean to be slow, but is it too slow/fast?), - Plot inconsistencies and repetition
Average chapter length: 5k words (3-4k for earlier chapters, 6-7k for later ones)
Reading preferences: Anything but fantasy
Mature content: Will read anything