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Mischief has always found a way to intertwine itself with twenty year old Ruby Dellamond. It's her second season looking for a husband, and much to her mother's dismay, she's dead set on finding a love match. While her twin goes to visit their aunt and uncle over the summer, she's left in the hands of her troublemaking mother and her absentee father. But not everything is as simple as attending balls and dancing with suitors. When a young man is found dead on the estate grounds of the most eligible bachelor in town, it sends the townspeople into a frenzy of indecision and uncertainty. And although Jamison Hartwick is a handsome fellow, the homicide attached to his name would make any rational young woman turn and run. Though Ruby has never been a woman inclined towards the rational side of things.…

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All that once glittered was gold until it turned to bitter ash and ruin.~*~*~*~*~*~*~Life has never been kind to the likes of Juliette Laurant. Tortured by flowers with each failure that arises, and a voice or two spewing poison into her ears, she's more well known for her oddities than she is as an artist, but if she had her way, she would seclude herself to the forest and create paintings till the end of her days.But when an eccentric earl comes calling for a well seasoned artist, it's hard for Juliette not to leap into the unknown without questioning his motives first. With years of trauma and a dash of magic lurking beneath the surface, Juliette has plenty of secrets of her own that she'd rather have stay buried, but will the ever persuasive Cole Roswell convince her to leave the past behind? Or will she bury herself along with the life she thought she'd live? Only Fate will tell.…

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A society to save or a civilization to destroy... Arya Saravel has always been in search of the truth, whether that be for the years of history she works to uncover with a group of avid archaeologists, or for the past that is always slipping so quickly between her fingers. The deserts call to her, promising fame and fortune beyond imagination, but what treasure she finds within the dunes of Heryan reveals a much more sinister plot to their excavations than she had previously thought.With her teams' lives on the line and time running out to save her family's legacy, how far is Arya willing to go to make her mark on history?~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*// Short-Listed in the Open Novella Contest '25 //…

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When a match is struck, its flame is steady. A source of light flickering in a world of darkness. But it doesn't take long for a spark to come along, and send the flames of that lone little match on a mission to scorch every land that it touches. That match's name is Shiri.And her power was born to consume worlds. ~*~*~*~*~*~***Write to Rank 2 - Yellow Belt Winner**…

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"If you are lucky enough to survive the slums of Traol, the streets of Edinu will strip you of your sanity as soon as you take a step onto its corrupted streets... "~*~*~*~*~*~*~In Edinu, the Challengers don't fight for fame or for money. They fight for their lives. Slaves to the elite and traitors to their kind, the only life a Challenger can live is amongst the Challengers. Trained to fight to the death, it is kill or be killed, and Osiris has only ever known the act of sacrificing another's soul to spare his own. But time is running out, and even a being instructed to kill can only murder for so long before Death comes to collect its due.With the aid of another Challenger, and an unsuspecting allie, Osiris will have to discover if a life is worth living if one has never lived it at all. Or if Death was the true companion he had been searching for all along.~*~*~*~*~*~*~**Shortlisted in The Open Novella Contest 2019 **Highest Ranking - #85 in opennovellacontest2019…

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A Factory Full of Fiction! Stories of mine that have been for competition, have been featured in anthologies, and some that are just ideas I've dabbled in for the heck of it. I hope you enjoy them! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~…

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Featured as #2 in the #WattpadWitchingHour Anthology ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Everyone Has Something to Hide. Runa Fairfax was just your average, every day veterinarian whose biggest worry was whether or not she could save the life of an animal in need. Now, her life and that of her friends hangs in the balance against a force none of them were prepared for. Will they be able to escape the unexplainable paranormal? Or will they walk into the beyond, like so many others before them?…

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The tale of Persephone is well known throughout Greek Mythology, however, the real tale hidden beneath the myth of a Goddess stolen away from her mother is that of Alena Cali - the Cursed Siren.Forever cursed to lure sailors to their deaths with their beautiful voices, Alena is banished to live out her days on Cape Pelorum in servitude to the gods for the unpayable debt she earned in losing Demeter's daughter.Now powerless to the curse that causes her to drag innocent men to their watery graves, Alena sees no escape from her doomed existence. However, when the opportunity to save Persephone arises, she only has one option left: gain the help of a lone sailor to right her wrongs, or lose her friend to the clutches of the Underworld once and for all.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**Cover made by @ShadowedRain****Featured by the official Retold Wattpad page, on their "Rethology" reading list" **Winner of the "Ultimate Undiscovered" in the FCRA's 2016 ****Highest Ranking #250 in Fantasy**…

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This story was an entry in Target's OnceUpon Contest, because of this, and a 10,000 word limit all together, it is a lot faster than most stories. If you aren't into a really quick and fast paced story I suggest looking at some of my other stories. Thank you! ~*~*~*~*~*~Untouchable...Unloved...Unwanted...Ugly.By societies standards, Elizabeth Steele is a low life with no worth. She has no home, no money, no life.No value.Moving from alley to alley every night, scavenging through the streets, she keeps her own and stays away from anyone in anyway that she can, using her mask of imperfections to ward off any unwanted attention.Simplicity is her armor and detachment is her sword.But how long can she go on before being an outcast becomes too much and the walls she's devoted her time to building come crashing down? Glass is only so fragile as the one thing it's supporting, and when Elizabeth's heart is so delicate that all that is left to protect it is a clear and thin sheet of glass, there is no telling when or how quickly it will break.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Highest Ranking #6 in Short Story…