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[Completed] A U.S. expatriate is cast into a rainy, foggy corner of Europe. He went there on the pretense to work on his research, but he actually wanted to put as many miles as possible between himself and his ex. The university he works for has found him an apartment in a house inhabited by a set of strange characters. The mess begins with a broken egg. And it continues with his neighbor being murdered. A story somewhere between general fiction, mystery, gossip, romance, and humor. Book of the Month (June 2017) over at Wattpad's official @AdultFiction profile. First place in Mystery/Thrillers and second overall in the Iron Lace awards over at @ElisabethTepes profile.First place in Mystery/Thrillers in the Blank Sheets Contest over at @Blank_Sheets .First place under Mystery in the New Beginnings Writer Awards 2019 (Tagged as #adultfiction not for mature content--there's no real mature stuff here--but for sporting some characters that are thirty and older)…

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[Featured Wattpad Story]A girl cast into the future, navigating a dystopian wilderness with her friends.Leona and some friends are hiking in the rain, on a school excursion. She would prefer to be elsewhere. Suddenly, nausea takes hold of her. Then everything turns dark, and a clapping noise rips her world apart.They awake in the future. In an abandoned land of deserted, overgrown ruins, they have to fight for their lives. On her way through the wilderness, Leona discovers the bitter taste of pain, loneliness, and defeat. And when she finally finds other survivors, they are not what she expected.Genre: Somewhere between Science-Fiction and Adventure, and somewhere between Robinson Crusoe and The Hunger Games.Winner in the category "Post-Apocalyptic" of the Ooorahs! 2017#1 in Science Fiction in September 2018…

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Tim, a garbage handler in a post-apocalyptic bunker, loses the little he has. But then he finds Amy, the redhead with an attitude. Together, they will try to change the world they live in.--Tim is one of those who shovel the shit and clean away the waste. Life in the dirt of others is all he knows.When his father gets arrested, he flees and ends up in the deepest tunnels of the shelter. There, he finds Amy--a stubborn, smelly, and fierce redhead with a punch, an attitude, and dreams of a better world. She scorns him, and he fears her.But together they climb in a quest to free his father and to find sunshine.--Dystopian, post-apocalyptic SciFi with humor in unexpected places.An abbreviated version of the book was 2nd place winner in the Open Novella Contest 2019! Wattpad Editors' Pick in 2019.Major edits in September 2020 and in May and September 2021.Featured in the reading lists of the @dystopianapocalypse ambassador profile.…

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[Wattpad Editors' Choice] In a dystopian future, Beth is to marry a man she has just met. And Leo seeks revenge for his wife's murder. They start off as enemies.----Decades after humanity's downfall, the last remnants of civilization hide in gated communities. Gangs and fights rule the rest of the desiccated lands.Beth grew up behind the walls' safety and amid books by Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters. Now, it's time for her to marry, and her grandfather has decided on her future husband. The man lives in a community far away from hers. As she travels with him through the wild lands between their villages, their van gets ambushed by Leo's gang.A science fiction novel, somewhere between Mad Max, Pride and Prejudice, and Romeo and Juliet.----Cover art based on a photo by Cata on UnsplashFeatures on the Ambassadors' @BadassReads profile…

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[Complete] After a plane crash, Megan is marooned with a group of survivors on an uninhabited island in the Pacific. They find a dead man's body, and the next day it's gone. And then someone of their group disappears, too.They realize that there's something with them. Something that might be lethal.----Not having much to head home for, Megan doesn't care when her plane takes off with a delay of several hours. She is bored, and the strange, dark man at her side isn't much of a talker--yet their conversation gets interesting once the plane's engines stop working.----#3 "Best Book Overall" in the New Beginnings Writer Awards 2019 A thriller/adventure story, with elements of mystery, and some surprises.----Cover by Narcisse Navarre @inksorcery…

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[Completed]Anne is a shy, sensible accountant and knows that getting involved with her rich and hot billionaire boss Thierry Thorne is playing with fire, but she is irresistibly drawn to him anyway.The powerful, devastatingly handsome playboy can have any woman he wants--and now he wants Anne, much to the disapproval of his society-girl sister Theresa, who treats Anne like she isn't worthy of licking her stiletto heels.But then Anne discovers incriminating evidence that suggests the Thornes' sparkling existence isn't as perfect as it might seem. A Thorne has been killed, another one is responsible, and one is on the run... but who can Anne trust? And who is out to hurt her?Soon, Anne is fighting for her life... and Thierry and Theresa are about to find out just what their ordinary little accountant is capable of.A fast-paced thriller with mystery, action, and romance, featuring a smart, witty protagonist, the billionaire jet set, a couple abused clichés, and some surprising plot-twists.#cliche-alert------Cover composed using photography by sruilk and CURAphotography under license from shutterstock.com…

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The last seal's death will not go unnoticed. My contribution to the #PlanetOrPlastic writing contest.planetorplasticCover and chapter photograph by David Rich at pixbay under CC0 Creative Commons…

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Destiny in a store, Time the Thief, Schroedinger's Cat, and a storm-inducing butterfly-what do they have in common? And why are they called "The Four Metaphors of the Apocalypse"?And what's the color of Universe's loincloth?If these are the questions you want to have answers for, come in and find out.A collection of short stories by @jinnis and @RainerSalt. Tales that wrote themselves, between the lines.…

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Ein paar Freunde auf ihren Weg durch die Ruinen der Zukunft. Leonie stapft auf einem Schulausflug durch den Regen, ohne jegliche Begeisterung. Da wird ihr übel, plötzlich und intensiv. Und dann folgt ein lauter Knall. Sie wird mit ein paar Freunden in die Zukunft verschlagen, in eine scheinbar menschenleere Welt überwucherter Ruinen. Das Leben dort wird zu einem Kampf ums Überleben. Der bittere Geschmack von Schmerz, Einsamkeit und Niederlage begleitet Leonie auf ihrem Weg. Und als sie schliesslich andere Überlebende findet, sind sie nicht das, was sie erwartet hat. Genre: Irgendwo zwischen Science-Fiction und Abenteuer, irgendwo zwischen Robinson Crusoe und Die Tribute Von Panem (Hunger Games) Deutsche Version der "Wattpad featured story" Walking the Ruins Gewinner im --Wettbewerb 2016-- von @Iridescent13 Beste Platzierung: #6 in Science Fiction im Februar 2017 (Note: There's also an English version of this book, it is called --Walking the Ruins--)…

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Elusive, ethereal, fragile and hard to catch: Fleeting Thoughts, the butterflies of the mind. This book is but a bag for thoughts, rants, and shorts, which I write for whatever reason. I know that there's no huge audience for stuff like that, but some things just need writing... Some of these stories are competition entries. Contents: 1. Single Soldier Armor: A SciFi short story. (A finalist in @ScienceFiction's #warriorpunk competition in November 2016.) 2. Bookclubbing: Some totally subjective and personal thoughts on how to get the best out of a book club. 3. Jane and Jerome: That's literally a dark one. It won first place in @mystery 's writing prompt 5, "It's All About Descriptions". 4. Call Center: My submission to the competition "Love Conversation Contest" over at the @Romance profile. It's a love story consisting completely of dialogue. 5. The Unburdening of Le Pont Des Arts: Just something that was begging to be written. 6. Where Wearwolves Walk With Vile Veerwolves: Now, that one is difficult to summarize. But it is basically my shoutout to use the #grownupreads tag 7. Sex on the Beach: My contribution to the #bodyonthebeach (Washed Away) competition 8. Furia & Ferdinand: My contribution to the Forbidden Love prompt. 9. You're the Last One: My submission to the "Kiss Me at the End of the World" contest.…

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Pete is the captain of a generation ship that has traveled the lightyears from ruined earth to its destination system. He enjoys the privileges of his rank, unwilling to risk them by attempting a landing on the planet they have been orbiting for years. Ralph, his younger brother, has spent his life in Pete's shadow, tinkering with the half-forgotten technology of their starship. And he is eying the planet below them with longing. He decides that it is time to start the descent.The starship's name is Last Hope. The final steps of its journey and the first steps on new soil are a deadly dance to the tune of a conflict between the two brothers.--------Cover composed using art by PLRANG ART and Dean Drobot under license from shutterstock.com…

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Nach einem Flug, der Generationen gedauert hat, erreicht das Raumschiff "1001 Nacht" seinen Zielplaneten. Die Passagiere bereiten sich auf die Landung vor.Eine Kurzgeschichte, inspiriert durch das Buch "Free Me" von @jinnis. (Ich kann jedem empfehlen, bei ihr reinzuschauen. Ihre Bücher, in Deutsch und Englisch, sind lesenswert.)There's also an English version of this book, "The Last of the 1000".…

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After generations, the spaceship Night has arrived at its destiny and orbits a planet to be settled. The passengers prepare to disembark.A short tale inspired by @jinnis' story "Free me!". Check out her great writing.(Bemerkung: Das Buch gibt es auch in Deutsch, "Der Letzte der 1000")…