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Anorakii. They are not just a tribe; they are the only life Giiunayi has ever known. As the winter solstice approaches, he anticipates the sacred rite of passage that will mark himself into the heart of the Anorakii, bringing a close to his restless belonging. But as the ancient rituals unfold, they awaken a wrathful force, unearthing dark secrets long buried beneath their warrior ethos.In Knowing, There Is A Sun is a novella of a blessing and a curse, of the struggle against unleashed fury as the shadows of the past close upon not only the fate of the Anorakii but also upon the essence of who Guiinayi is. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Published in February 2025 for Open Novella Contest 2025Book Cover (Design & Illustration) © by Maddy Alson 2025Copyright © by CrownedMadness (Maddy Alson) 2025…

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[Disclaimer: This book is a first draft and is currently on hold as it's in the process of transitioning to a full novel.]How many friends do you have? When a stray thought forces Will Marte to notice the oddities in his everyday life, what follows is a reflection on the friendly relationships he has and had and a contemplation on the question: what is a friend? Having had an unconventional upbringing, he still feels its effects as an adult. Now, everyone around him is aging normally in their conventional life, and he doesn't know how to be rather than to seem. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Published in February 2024 for Open Novella Contest 2024Copyright © by CrownedMadness (Maddy Alson) 2024…

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Originally written for @esthetiquecommunity Monthly Writing Contest (January 2025)A middle-aged art forger is confronted by an enigmatic presence in the afterlife and employed to spread a conspiracy. Dead but still working -- just his luck! But as he sinks into this afterlife of workaholism, the boundaries between life, death, and legacy blur with the surreal. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Published in February 2025Book Cover (Design & Illustration i.e. Painting Depicted) © by Maddy Alson 2025Copyright © by CrownedMadness (Maddy Alson) 2025…

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[ ONC 2019 | Ambassador's Pick | Judge's Honorable Mention ] [ Formerly Featured on Wattpad's Official @mystery account's Elementary, My Dear reading list ] The New Year kicked off to a bloody start for the private detective duos - Jamie Loxley and Blaine Ebony, as they strode into a murder scene. Two heads are better than one when it comes to disentangling a case. But, when a simple interrogation turns into a convoluted string of head game, figuring out the puzzle pieces won't be plain sailing. And, it doesn't help that the subjects are an immigrant who has trouble speaking English, an alcoholic suffering memory issues and a pathological liar. The grand form of deception will always be camouflaged in front of our very eyes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━This is my entry for Open Novella Contest 2k19 | Thrilling Fiction prompt #6 Three Suspects Copyright © CrownedMadness | Maddy Alson 2019…

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Where do a song go once it's over? The songs that touched you deep within, do they fade away from the lack of sound?Well, I believe, if you listen with your heart than your ears, then you can hear the story in the melody echoing inside you.I believe songs are about the relationship between words and music. To me songs tell a story through the lyrics. Sometimes happy. Sometimes sorrow. This is a compilation of short stories inspired by songs.Copyright © CrownedMadness | Maddy Alson 2014…

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[ Honorably Recognized by @WattpadDisney for Disney100 (July & August) ]A collection of Disney-inspired short stories celebrating the 100 years of wonder. 1. An Awfully Big Adventure: Theodora, now 81 years old, unexpectedly wakes up on that familiar magical island from her childhood. Old friends, same stakes, but this time around, she is given a choice. [A short sequel to Words and Music 'Lost Boy']2. #GirlPower: All around the world, personal symbols of princesses are lost. A curious letter leads Elsa and Anna on a quest to retrieve them and uncover the truth.Copyright © CrownedMadness | Maddy Alson 2023…

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[ Now Featured on Wattpad's Official Children's Fiction Account ] This is the tale of Princess Astrid, a brave Viking princess who isn't afraid of anything. Well... except, one thing.Copyright © CrownedMadness|Maddy Alson 2018…

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[ON HOLD]Helena Nowak and Anita Singh aren't an ordinary detective duo--they solve cases with the help of the dead. After the continuous success of closing cases, a new challenge emerges--reexamine a 1980s unsolved case of a couple's death who went missing for two months from an accident scene. Armed with confidence, an old walkie-talkie, and a secret gift of talking to the dead, the duo has this sorted, right?After all, the dead know secrets unknown to the living. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━This is a co-written novella (with @Iveyn-Adler) for Open Novella Contest 2023 | Prompt #10Copyright © CrownedMadness | Maddy Alson & Iveyn-Adler 2023…