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Before the villain known as Mockingbird terrorized the modern world, Tomas Althaus lived in constant fear of having to talk with strangers.During the late 1980s, Tomas is just like any other college student albeit his introverted self tends to skip out on parties most of the time.Regardless, his life takes a drastic turn when a girl from Scotland and a man from Germany both arrive unannounced into his life-each wanting something different from him all the while hiding their true natures.While letting himself be caught up in a romance with the Scottish lady, Tomas is inadvertently introduced to a world of intrigue and lies when he begins to work under the man who now calls himself 'Uncle'; a place where even his younger brother, Alexander, can't be trusted to dabble in.Every criminal mastermind starts out somewhere, alas for Tomas, his turn to the dark side wasn't really his fault.At least not completely.Mockingbird's Origin Story from World Gone Mad!Prequel to World Gone Mad and set in the GEAR Universe.…

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Living your life like it's a k-drama is not ideal.Wang Ming Yue should know. After all, having overslept one morning after spending all-night watching a kdrama, (which meant she showed up late to her production assistant job), exhaustion ends up not being the only thing on her mind when odd things start happening to her. Eventually leading her to believe that her life has turned into a tropey k-drama.Life gets even more messy when a massive cold war between wealthy chaebol Chinese and Korean martial arts-practicing families turns hot over rumors of The Pearl, an ancient treasure, being hidden in her family's possession. Now trying to make it as a singer, (as she's now living a literal drama life), seems like it should be the least of her worries.Watch her survive tedious tropes while having to handle magic, family feuds, gang crime and romantic drama all while trying to keep her head on straight!Welcome to The Pearl, a satire on present-day k-dramas and c-dramas!Warning: It gets dark...real quick. #sorrynotsorryCover accredited to @Analiek.…

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Every 100 years, a new royal family is chosen to lead over the remnants of Earth's surviving humans.After the weather ruined the lands around them and destroyed Earth's former ecosystem, humans began to receive gifts corresponding to different elements. Their mutation allowed them to thrive in this environment and set them up on a path to a greater civilization.Lilia and August are members of different Houses who are to compete for the chance to rule for a century. However, once they reach the Capitol, their lives and potential romance are put at stake as a rebellion led by the quadrants shatters all they hold dear. Learning that their utopian form of government is all a lie, they will have to decide which side of the war they will side on.Will they attempt to go back to ignorance and fight for what they know is wrong or will they decide to fight for what is right and protest the lies they have been told all their life?…

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Macho Man has a cousin...whose a villain.Being the inventive enterprising sidekick to a major supervillain has perks, even when no one knows you exist.However, when a buddy of his, an investigative journalist, finds out through his undercover work that government City Heroes are involved in some nefarious shady dealings, as well as that villains Macho Man might have admired are helping organize an event that would lead to a disaster on epic proportions; finally the phrase-villains are just rebels-becomes even more poignant.Caught up in the turmoil, the line between villain and hero becomes even more blurred.Just what makes a villain?And how is this teenager going to go up against trained adults?Explore a world of mostly non-Mystics where super-heroics are as watchable as gaming competitions, bet on like sport matches and villains are worshiped.At least until you get hurt.…

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Not such a long time ago in a far away kingdom, a princess was cursed.Not much a surprise, but her curse is that no one can see her. Like at all.Finally, she has the chance to escape from being cooped up and she meets him...A boy who does not know she's cursed and a potential love interestHere's the catch.He's blind. The antidote to the curse is that someone would see her as she really is and end the curse so that she could be seen by the outside world.And another thing. She has until her 21st birthday for her to solve this mess.So yippy?? Its going to be a bumpy ride.*Sleeping Beauty retold!*UNDER REVISION…

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"It was all a dream come true...before it turned into a nightmare."In the near future, Quibilah is part of a group of students tasked with the mission to save the world,one school day at a time.The only difference between her and other students is the fact that her school, Apostron, is located in SPACE. (slight echo)Having dreamed of being in space since she was a tiny tot, when the chance of a lifetime to become part of the first year of cadets at the exclusive United States Space Force Academy, she is elated to be accepted into their ranks. And all seems well at the service academy until she spots a mysterious man escape into the ever-night and nearly dies as a result.Three revelations are unearthed following the disastrous incident.Aliens exist.Earth's in danger.Beware the Void.Fans of Arrival, Independence Day, Ender's Game, Origin, Pandorum, Gattaca, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Fifth Element, Men in Black, Battlestar Galattica, Starship Troopers, Star Trek, John Carter of Mars, Oblivion, E.T., Space Cowboys, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Babylon 5, Deep Impact, 2012, Edge of Tomorrow, Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet, Star Wars, Battleship, Pacific Rim, Tron Legacy, Cowboys and Aliens, Avatar, Armageddon, The Martian, Ad Astra, Interstellar, The Expanse... Welcome to the universe of the weird and fabulous-Aphelion.Cover accredited to @avadel.…

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When reality meets fiction, someone's left screaming...In this case, it's Thea's turn.After a slight clothing mishap on the first day of theater major at college, she is definitely not delighted to know the accidental perpetrator is a fellow classmate among the hundreds of students crowded in the auditorium. Even more so, when the eccentric professor mixes the cast list and pairs them up as the secondary couple in a fantasy play, not something she signed up for at all, despite their initial protests.However, when chance encounters lead to the discovery that there is more to the eye to both of them than they expected, they are now thrust into the tense geopolitical conflict of the two magical nations of Oceana and Dorakono, mermaid clans and dragon tribes respectively, whom each claim the Pearl's Daughter and several island chains as their own property. Consequently, when some of the lines they rehearse end up being said in real life, Thea is scared that perhaps...the events in the "Frozen Dreams" play are being realized.And that's bad because in the play, the two are tragic love interests, the Fire Prince and the Water Princess respectively. Meanwhile in real life, these two are royals, dragon prince and a mermaid princess, whose rival nations argue over who owns the most coveted treasure of the sea, the Pearl's Daughter, constantly...Fate better be changed, or else these two are in for a tragic end.…

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Sequel to Master's Apprentice.It's all fun and games when you're a superhuman, technically.However, for Maria, it's been nothing short of tragedy.Which gets worse when she's kidnapped from her school and ends up in an asylum.Then she meets him, a strange boy with answers to some of her questions and powered as well.That's when the real fun begins and the chase is on to avert a super assassin from her tail.For James, life's been a piece of cake, literally.Unfortunately, he doesn't want it to be that way.At a very haunted warehouse, he encounters this girl who can do extraordinary things.He follows her back to her family and even befriends her.The fun doesn't last as his life is thrown back in his face and he ends up running for his life.Did he really think he could escape destiny?Only time will tell...In GEAR: Book 1-World Gone Mad.Member of #ProjectSuper project.Member of #ProjectHero.…

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"How does it feel not taking in new memories?""Like every day's a new chance at living."How do you fall in love with someone who keeps forgetting you?Dan Geum, a young Korean doctoral student, has to ponder this very question everyday as he tries to woo Olivia, a classically-trained pianist with anterograde amnesia. Due to her TBI, he's stuck befriending her day-in-day-out, wondering if she'll ever see how much she means to him.All the while, Jon, Dan's roommate and a fellow doctoral student, wishes he could forget his memories, especially those concerning his cheating ex, Maxine. He's vowed off love, and not even Olivia's long-lost friend, Kasey, who's fallen head-over-heels in love with the historian, can change his mind.Consequently, when Olivia and Dan start interacting more often, Steven, her cousin and caretaker, becomes even more paranoid that the secret he's been hiding about her firefighter brother will be revealed by this know-it-all math geek. Inadvertently, Dan leads all these people's fates to intertwine as he decides to pursue Olivia to her chagrin...every time they meet.Neon Lights: A love story about falling in love with people who are broken, and how we're all really broken inside.…

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Poems and other tidbits of thought. Enough said.Cover accredited to Oceane_Breeze!…

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The rest of the world blurred as I ran.My heart thudded as my legs strained to keep running. Why was I running in the first place?, I wondered to myself as I just kept on accelerating. I spotted a shadow behind me and this motivated me to not give up.How long had I been running? Trying to evade the mad man at my back? It seemed like ages ago I had sported a fine bed.Through dark alleyways and endless turns, I realized I had moved a great distance, but my displacement was nil.I was back to where I started.Then and there, I finally just plopped on the ground from exhaustion and let defeat swim over me.The Shadow finally spoke after the long silence, "You can't keep hiding from me forever. _______________________________________________________________Marcus wakes up like Jason Bourne, no memory of how he got there and chased by men on his heels.Why are people after him? And how come he can't remember anything?It seems that the more he runs from his pursuers, the more the answers get dicier. At the end of the day, does he even wanna know what he was before the TBI...or what he could become?Book 2 in GEAR Universe: Imposter.*Imposter is in the same universe as the other GEAR stories. Follow up sequel to World Gone Mad.*NaNoWriMo 2018 story.…

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The General is devastated when his country is invaded and forced to surrender to enemy forces. Even more so, when he is threatened to work under the Conqueror lest he send his people to perish.Only for the Conqueror to be baffled to find out that having witnessed his mute brother die in his arms due to a mutiny caused by an unruly eunuch beforehand, the General has undertaken a vow of silence.Under the condition that he only take a wife should she prove she can fight and stand besides him, he promises to fight endless battles for this almighty dictator. The Conqueror laughs at this request, however needing capable generals, he proceeds to let the deaf general (his ear damaged during a blast) take command.Everything changes when a neighboring tribe allies with the Conqueror, and the chieftain's daughter is introduced in all her war-torn glory.Instantly, the Conqueror's brother, the Sixteenth prince is smitten, and the General's eyes reveal nothing. She comes to admire the war-weary General's now mature-attitude towards war while the Conqueror proposes the Sixteenth have a marriage with a Japanese shogun's daughter, a recent widow whose husband was killed by pirates.However, the Shogun's Daughter is ambushed by pirates, and as she fights her way out, she catches the Sixteenth Prince's attention. The reluctant pair are caught in a misunderstanding when she judges the Sixteenth to be sent as a bodyguard to escort her. Meanwhile, the General allows the Chieftain's daughter to be in his presence. Onlookers observe that maybe...his cold presence is starting to warm up.Unfortunately, matters at the court, Japanese Pirates, and other Oriental kingdoms threaten the safety of the burgeoning kingdom.It is said Quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta. (Who takes in/embraces a lot/much, few/little is squeezed.) What can a deaf General and his constituents do in the face of these insurmountable odds?Historical fiction drama set in Ancient China.…

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Long ago in a faraway land, the Conqueror's sister is married off to a nefarious ruler called the Oriental Masked King.Despite ruling his land with an iron fist, rumors still spread that all of his former concubines were led to a grisly fate. Determined nevertheless to honor her country and make this alliance work, the young Princess Consort soon finds herself struggling to adjust to a new foreign court where the Empress Dowager, and the Fourth Prince's concubine, the Royal Concubine, conspire to make her life more miserable than it already is.One upside to this situation seems to be that the Fourth Prince's caring demeanor along with companionship from the Kooky Princess, the Fourth Prince's sister, make her stay in the oriental palace tolerable at least.That is...until she catches the eye of a certain Masked King. Spinoff to General's Cause, takes place during/after it. Standalone work.Covers what happens between the Conqueror's sister and the Oriental Masked King mentioned in the other story.Bluebeard/Beauty and the Beast retelling in Ancient China.…

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Commander Johnson has a close encounter of the third kind.Written for Wattpad @ScienceFiction August 2021 Flash Fiction Prompt Contest.…

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Robbers don't get to pick and choose their life, but it does have its perks.Meet the Criminal.Alone. By herself.In an airport, waiting for the TSA to clear her.The DEA is on her trail.Will they catch her or not?If you like Dark Knight Rises, Ocean's Eight, The Tourist and the Terminal. This story is for you.This is a one-shot. The second part is the story in Spanish. Coming AFTER you is the sequel to this short story.Cover credited to @avadel.…

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Grabbing a cup at Starbucks is not the end of the world.Unfortunately, it almost is for Adriana when she finds herself in the middle of a blood battle between brain-eating zombies and desperate humans. How is she supposed to survive this apocalypse if she has not even had her first cup of coffee yet?Welcome to the world of Coffee Lovers-turned-Zombies and the rest of the population hanging on by a thread. Move over Walking Dead, Zombiefied is a comedy hell-bent on having fun with the popular apocalyptic science-fiction culture of zombies that has invaded this nation. Nights of the Living Dead are just a distant memory for the remaining non-coffee drinkers who cling on to humanity and fight for survival in a landscape taken over by people who crave both coffee and brains.Let the battle for brains begin...Cover @avadeldesigns…

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"I'm in love with a fairytaleEven though it hurts'Cause I don't care if I lose my mindI'm already cursed"Fairytale song lyricsStars and Short Stories Monthly Competition-Prompt 3…

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He died with the taste of her on his lips.If others would be content with this lot, they'd be fools.Jacques of House Frost is no fool.September Stars and Stories Contest @avadel…

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Gerda never expected to be dumped in a Wonderland of Snow after her boyfriend disappeared.Far from it.Now stuck in 19th century Sweden, she must resort to asking for help in retrieving her frozen boyfriend, now bound to the Winter Sorceress, from the infamous Ice Queen, a cold young lady accompanied by Alf, a loyal Elven servant with a penchant for being dramatic. She soon finds out that there is more to this pair than meets the eye, and soon the trio are joined by a cursed prince-turned-White Bear, and a robber girl; two more that have a reason to hate the Winter Sorceress, the cause of all their plights.Meanwhile, deep in the middle of winter, the Winter Sorceress beguiles men, and raises an army to raid a nearby kingdom.It is up to these four to stop her before the cold seeps into their bones.Rumors say that the Winter Sorceress takes no prisoners.Certainly, not if the Ice Queen has anything to say about it.An Ice Queen fantasy/East of the Sun & West of the Moon reimagining set in the same universe as Shadows.Written originally for Cover Writing Prompt Competition #2, now to be a novel after contest.Cover accredited to @avadel.…

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A Jinni Princess answers to no one, does what she likes.A Peasant boy obeys his family, does what he's told.When a Jinni Princess is stranded in the middle of nowhere, forced to grant a commoner's wishes, she is more than appalled at the prospect.Trouble is...he has no desires, or so he says.With trouble brewing on the horizon, this unlikely duo must face danger, overcome magic and deal with the inconveniences of the Ancient World.Too bad they can't get along even if their lives depend on it...1001 Arabian Nights Inspired Story-set primarily in Medieval Turkey, Bahrain, and Kuwait.…