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❝ 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐌𝐄,𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄. ❞Saskia Vrana knows what to do when the Nights of Smoke come: Close the windows and doors. Don't look out into the darkness. Sacrifice and pray. And never dare to leave the convent.These are the sacred rules to follow if you want to survive the creatures lurking outside - and the Order of Wolves, which ensures the village's safety with watchful eyes.So, what to do when you accidentally violate one of them on the very first night and receive a divination you shouldn't outlive?However, it's not Saskia they hold responsible, but her fellow sister Katinka. When coldblooded Prince Silvan von Winterthal and his order take her, Saskia is eager to break all those rules at once and more to get her back. And if she must risk her own life making a deal with a devil while the Wild Hunt ravages the lands, she will.______________ONC 2024 ENTRY: Prompts 25, 28, 95…

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❝ DEATH IS COMING.BUT SHE DOESN'T FEAR HIM. ❞For the people of Khaya's little village living amidst the woods is quiet, and even more, so it became since the creatures lurking in its shadows turned into mere fairytales. Little does Khaya know that the stories she loves to tell are true.But then on a cold winter night, an odd priest and his young soldier appear in Lasow and bring with them the message of death. For Karachun, the God of Death is to revisit them.While they are worshipped like saviors by the villagers Khaya cannot shake the feeling of mistrust in those mysterious strangers.However, if their prophecy turns out correct she might get the chance to meet the one who took her most beloved years ago. And Khaya is not afraid to face him. Yet, she does not know what battling the god of death himself means - nor what secrets can be revealed only in the deepest dark._____Entry for the Open Novella Contest 2023 under prompts 50 & 62…

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❝ IN THE CLUTCHES OF HELL, HER LAST HOPE IS THE DEVIL HIMSELF ❞When separated from their family, Hanna Cohen does everything to protect her little sister. In the concentration camp, the Jewess is just one of many deprived of their identity. Chance alone offers her a fragile hope of survival. But it depends on Amon Schäfer, the camp commandant himself, and comes at a high price.…

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❝ 𝐈 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 ❞An enslaved 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 turned soldier and hero.A disdained 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 turned killer and emperor.Both 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 ready to be loved as 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬. Their fates 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝.In this Slavic folklore and 19th-century inspired fantasy novel "The Witcher" meets "War and Peace" [Translation of "Slaves of War" by @InkofInspiration (me)]…

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❝ LIFE IS BUT A CRUEL GAME ❞Vienna, 1942Gestapo officer Brandur Andersen is a master of interrogation. He collects people's confessions like trophies. The faster he breaks their will, the greater the success. Their fates are no more than files to the Sturmbannführer. She was to become one of them: A resistance fighter hunted down. But what if the tide suddenly turns? Can everything you ever believed in crumble to dust in the blink of an eye?【English translation of »Verhör« by InkofInspiration (me)】…