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    Running in Ruin
    Running in Ruin
    WinterMidnight44
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    • Parts
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    • Time
      Time 2h 12m
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    • Reads
      Reads 327
      327327
    • Votes
      Votes 106
      106106
    • Parts
      Parts 17
      1717
    • Time
      Time 2h 12m
      2 hours, 12 minutes2h 12m
    WinterMidnight44
    Ongoing
    Ongoing, First published Jan 07, 2019
    Displaced Corvus Queen Orinthea has turned to Detective work in order to make ends meet and claw back her throne. 
        
        Between petty cases, an Emissary of the Thorn King arrives requesting Orinthea's help. The Thorn Princess has just been murdered and the Thorn Court is in disarray.   
        
        Orinthea immediately accepts the case, but it isn't long before other Princesses start turning up dead and dark truths point towards a culprit Orinthea doesn't want to contemplate. 
        
        In a world ruled by different courts and powerful Royals ready to go to war, can Orinthea solve the case and prevent chaos or will her most dangerous case be her last? 
        
        Written for the Open Novella Contest 2019 
        Fantastical Fiction Prompt 6: Supernatural Detective
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    • supernatural
    • supernaturaldetective
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    Table of contents
    • Down in Dragon District
      Mon, Jan 7, 2019
    • Derelict Seekers
      Tue, Jan 29, 2019
    • Deliver Me Unto Thorns
      Mon, Feb 18, 2019
    • Death Danced with a Princess
      Sun, Feb 24, 2019
    • Weep Not for Us
      Tue, Feb 26, 2019
    • Poisoned Nights
      Tue, Feb 26, 2019
    • Death Visited the Twelfth
      Tue, Mar 19, 2019
    • Prey to the Eyes
      Mon, Apr 1, 2019
    • Goblin Market
      Mon, Apr 1, 2019
    • T'is a Sin to Stalk
      Mon, Apr 1, 2019
    • No Rest for the Wicked
      Tue, Apr 2, 2019
    • A Funeral for the Lost
      Mon, Jun 3, 2019
    • A Warning in Mourning
      Mon, Jun 10, 2019
    • Fear of the Crow
      Fri, Jul 26, 2019
    • Asylum Towers
      Mon, Sep 30, 2019
    • A Court of Jesters
      Mon, Oct 21, 2019
    • The Revelations of Battle
      Mon, Mar 9, 2020

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    Displaced Corvus Queen Orinthea has turned to Detective work in order to make ends meet and claw back her throne. 
        
        Between petty cases, an Emissary of the Thorn King arrives requesting Orinthea's help. The Thorn Princess has just been murdered and the Thorn Court is in disarray.   
        
        Orinthea immediately accepts the case, but it isn't long before other Princesses start turning up dead and dark truths point towards a culprit Orinthea doesn't want to contemplate. 
        
        In a world ruled by different courts and powerful Royals ready to go to war, can Orinthea solve the case and prevent chaos or will her most dangerous case be her last? 
        
        Written for the Open Novella Contest 2019 
        Fantastical Fiction Prompt 6: Supernatural Detective

    17 parts

    • Asylum Towers
      Mon, Sep 30, 2019
    • A Court of Jesters
      Mon, Oct 21, 2019
    • The Revelations of Battle
      Mon, Mar 9, 2020
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