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{Completed, second book is on my profile} (The amazing cover was drawn by @Sleppycandy !) In a world ravaged by war, the only hope of humans and elves ever reaching peace is ruined after strange things begin happening in the neutral land between two kingdoms. Eli was born as a dragon rider, one of those destined to p...
Annifer can put it off no longer. The time has come for her to journey north to the snow-covered land of Crosstain and marry the loathsome Larnick. Meanwhile, deep in the heart of the Great Forest, all is not well in the Wise Women's Village. A powerful magical artefact has been stolen and a dangerous prisoner escape...
The deepest darkest prison on the planet is not where anyone would choose to start their day, particularly when they have a job to do. A princess and her personal guards fighting to stop a war, arrested for trespassing; an expert assassin stalking a merciless wizard, arrested for poaching; and a confused boy, utterl...
Chapter One of a story I started. I'm only posting chapter one to get some feedback so I can see what works and what doesn't. It was a normal assignment: "parent" an egg for two weeks to learn about responsibility. For Kyle, however, the end of the assignment brings about a whole new beginning.
[C O M P L E T E D] Finished on 1 Jan 2019 It is now the 22th Century and the year is 2112. Times are extremely different from the 21st Century. Now, the world is divided into only four continents- and Alara Berrera resides in Excidium. In Excidium, children are kidnapped from the low-class families who live in the ru...
Magic caused the war. Magic is forbidden. Magic will save us. The Relic Guild is the award nominated first book in The Relic Guild trilogy. It was said the Labyrinth had once been the great meeting place, a sprawling city at the heart of an endless maze where a million humans hosted the Houses of the Aelfir. But when...
This story covers the tales of the wandering magician Eïril Lockmour. Born as a boy in the solely Westwoods he seemed to have a normal life to live even though everyone in his Village can use magic to some extend. With a struggle whether to leave his hometown Halfar or to stay he let years passing by till he was 18 ye...
| 𝟳𝘅 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 · [Open Novella Contest 2019 Longlist] Una Morales's week is not going so well. To begin with, her twin sister, Paz Morales, has disappeared. To top it all off, Una is bedridden, sick with the flu and oh so dreadfully bored. She is not the only one coughing. Una's faithful young tomcat Duo co...
The first rule of Superhero School: Don't call it Superhero School. Anna Green is not good at Superhero School. In fact, she's the worst student at Paramount Lake Academy for Troubled Youth. She can barely hold her own in hand to hand combat class, she interrupts every teacher's lessons, and she barely has a Gift. Not...
Born with glowing green eyes. Destined for rotten luck. Peasant girl Meya Hild was "given" the opportunity to become a Lady. At swordpoint. By mercenaries. Engaged to a dying nobleman. Poisoned with one month to live. Tasked to loot a castle. In a kingdom running out of resources. Little did Meya know this shenanigan...
After Princess Isabella's wedding gets crashed by an old enemy of her sister, Princess Harper, and her spy squad, she is forced into the world of espionage, secret missions, and magical mansions. There is a whole life outside of the castle, and Harper has lived far more of it than Isabella, becoming a hero behind the...
The kingdom Dulcia has fallen. Dark creatures have invaded the palace, inslaving all those who work there. The royal family--the only ones able to stop the creatures--have vanished into oblivion. No one has seen or heard from them since the fall. There are rumors. Rumors that they escaped the castle, rumors that they...
2018 Wattys winner and Belle Ame Award winner in the Fan Fiction category. Reached #1 in thelittlemermaid, backstory, and Ursula; #3 in headcanons; #7 in Disney. [To be edited.] Prepare to see "The Little Mermaid" in a very different light. If you grew up loving the Disney classic, this is your chance to be part of th...
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Every girl has a secret she hopes the light will never find-but the demons already have. Four girls. Four sets of secrets. Four searching for answers.
River and Alice have been best friends since the fifth grade and they plan on surviving their junior year of high school together. Just before finals week, the girls are involved in a car wreck, or so they think. They awake in a laboratory after being experimented on by a scientist trying to strengthen humanity. What...
All Ash wanted to do was to die - peacefully. When a powerful being interrupts her trip to the afterlife, he offers immense power if she forms a contract. Ash refuses. However, the funny thing about dying is that a person's last thought tend to be; "I want to live". Thus, begins Ash's journey as she unintentionally ma...
Someone is picking off young government agents at Ellison High. Unable to trust their own, they bring in an outsider who evaded their clutches before - Lucas Johnson. While he tries to balance school, assassins, heists, and impeding graduation, this young operative takes a step closer to unraveling his past. However...
Working for E.C.H.O, an organization which does literally anything for high paying clients, Lucas has done more than...well the average teenager his age. From hacking into government databases, infiltrating guerilla groups overseas, and jumping out of planes while being shot at, he would rate his life as somewhat exci...
Before the Falcons came to exist, the two liveliest members went through ups and downs of their own. With the same hair, same eyes, and same face, Arden and Reagan had to learn how to live with each other in times when it felt like the whole world was against them. Before they found their real family, they needed to d...
Before Sahara there's another story to tell. It's the story of a city that was plummeted into chaos. The origin of the crews, of the creed, and most of all, the beginnings of the most powerful crew of all - the Phantoms and their Omega.
As Regona City slowly gets back on its feet, it seems to face peaceful days. For the crews, peace brings boredom, and thus the racing life resumes. Though almost all Omega positions are now more ones of honor rather than power, many still want to climb the ladder. And as the saying goes, the greatest conflict usually...
A lawless city controlled by teenaged hoverboard crews, a bad boy addicted to strawberry milk and a group of misfits who band together to conquer an area formally known as unconquerable. These are just a few of the discombobulating situations Sahara faces when she's accidentally transported to a world not her own. Whi...
The Falcons are ready to go, and they want it all. Sahara finds herself with more than she bargained for when her crew's bluff calls on the unwanted attention of boarders throughout the city - inlcuding the Omegas. As secrets are revealed and new paths are discovered, Sahara can't help but remember Terrell's constant...
Given the chance to return to Regona, Sahara takes it. Times, however, have changed. Lithium City has stumbled across Regona and has taken it upon itself to restore the fallen to its former glory. The crews in Regona aren't quite on board. Mysterious disappearances are followed by a threat of a rebellion from the hove...