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The Root of Magic

The Root of Magic

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In a world where people with magic live hidden away in a forest, 15-year-old Destan must save his tribe from a war with the non-magical people, after accidentally having started it himself in the first place. ---The world has split in two; magicals living in packs, or tribes, doing what they can to survive. Non-magicals, or Inops, in complete ignorance of their powerful counterparts.Destan doesn't fit in with either society. Though his younger sister Julia lives with the Inops and does not have any powers, Destan can bend the atoms of any object to his will. His tribe, however, has made him an outcast for a horrible mistake he made when he was just a little boy. Lonely and desperate, Destan makes another mistake a decade later. By showing himself to Julia and her adoptive family of Inops, he makes himself a target - and by doing so, he makes his tribe a target. The costs pile up higher and higher as the quarrel between the two sides turns into a full-blown war. Can Destan make up for what he's done, before both factions turn on him? Book #1 in the Atrament series.Cover made by the amazing @infinitecovers.…

Tartarus Thief | ONC 2021 [ROUND 2 WINNER]

Tartarus Thief | ONC 2021 [ROUND 2 WINNER]

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Vita hates being a demigoddess. Especially now that Barnabas, the love of her life, is locked up in the Underworld, while she is stuck in an endless cycle of resurrections and new lives. Worst of all, with every resurrection Vita loses a piece of her past, as her memories slowly fade. To break this never-ending cycle, she decides to steal her own records from the Underworld. After all, without records they won't know to send her back to Earth, so she can stay and search for Barnabas. But to get those records, Vita will have to get past Hades, his three-headed watchdog Cerberus and all the guards of Tartarus.Credits to @roguehopes for the amazing cover!!…

The Memory Thief | ONC2020 [AMBASSADOR PICK]

The Memory Thief | ONC2020 [AMBASSADOR PICK]

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While the city is tormented by the Memory Thief, Liliya is struggling to keep her job when the government issues yet another law further restricting the use of magic. Desperate, she finds herself looking for new ways to support her ailing mother and pay the growing pile of hospital bills. One day, during a not-entirely-legal endeavor, something goes awfully wrong, but she's saved by charming barkeeper Nyron. As her world collapses around her and pushes her under, Nyron is there to keep her from drowning. When Liliya learns the identity of the nefarious Memory Thief, she finds herself entangled in a web even Nyron can't get her out of. Especially since he's just as tied up as she is.ONC2020 entry!Thank you SO MUCH @SophieHellberg for this amazing cover! :)…

Het Zielenlied || NL

Het Zielenlied || NL

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Nog steeds geteisterd door een trauma van vroeger staat Mara doodsangsten uit wanneer iemand in haar appartement inbreekt. Erger nog: de inbreker is Mara's zielenlied aan het fluiten; het lied dat zij al sinds haar geboorte in haar hoofd heeft en die niemand anders kent behalve haar zielsverwant. Gelukkig gaat de inbreker weer weg zonder haar iets aan te doen. En, ogenschijnlijk, zonder iets te hebben meegenomen. Alles is oké. Raar, maar oké. Tot ze gebeld wordt door haar baas. Dan blijkt dat de inbreker wel degelijk iets meegenomen heeft; iets dat Mara's carrière als redacteur bij uitgeverij Gabriël volledig verwoest. Samen met een journalist, die achter hetzelfde verhaal aan zit, gaat ze op zoek naar de waarheid. Wie heeft bij haar ingebroken? Wie was haar zielenlied aan het fluiten?…

Smackdown Shorts

Smackdown Shorts

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A short story collection. This story contains my entries for the Gloves Up contest by @LayethTheSmackDown.…

Whispers Beyond the Forest

Whispers Beyond the Forest

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When Emily wakes up in a hospitalbed after a traffic accident, she can't remember anything from her life before that. Her friends and her dad tell her things, but nothing rings a bell. Then they tell her about the Others - a savage race of people living on the other side of the forest. People with strange, magical powers. As Emily discovers more and more about her old life, she also finds out that people close to her have been lying to her. Can she even trust her own past? Why does she have a photo of an Other boy hidden under her bed? She'll need her memory back to know the truth. Prequel to The Atrament series (Can be read separately).Cover by the fabulous @KatySantiago08.…

Of Whispers And Growth

Of Whispers And Growth

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Short story collection…

Robot Now #WriteWithZo

Robot Now #WriteWithZo

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Robot Now is a 500-word short story about a home assistant robot that still experiences some bugs, set in a virtual desert landscape. What happens when Fai, the Family AI, gets turned into a deadly weapon, something that goes against everything she is created for?***This short story is created from a #WriteWithZo prompt, though I quite like how it turned out. Maybe I'll turn it into a full-length story someday. Enjoy!…