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[ONC 2023 and Wattys 2024 winner!]Drug dealer Nathan just can't be bothered to care about some of the stranger things in his life. Like the spellbook he found, complete with working magic and all. Okay, fine, maybe he tried one spell, and maybe that ended with his curtains on fire. Lesson learned: leave forces you don't understand alone. Powerful magic or not - for Nathan, this is just another Wednesday.Not everyone shares his opinion. When YouTube sensation Jamie insists on making a video about his discovery and said video goes viral, Nathan finds himself in a spotlight he completely failed to foresee. While he struggles to adjust to his newfound fame, Jamie and her oddly charming eccentricities drag him into a wacky investigation of his magical tome's origins and true nature. Finding answers shouldn't be that hard.But Nathan's criminal associates want his spellbook for themselves. And they'll stop at nothing to get it.…

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After a wild adventure involving a powerful magic book, former drug dealer Nathan has turned his life around: having abandoned his criminal ways, he now works a minimum wage job and is learning video editing on the side. But even though everything seems to be going smoothly, it's hard to truly leave the past behind, and his feelings for a certain YouTube star may have become more than strictly platonic. Not to mention that magic doesn't seem to be done with him yet...Meanwhile, disgraced Internet celebrity Jamie is working her hardest to salvage her reputation and restore her YouTube channel Witchcraft Wednesday to its former glory. When a golden opportunity in the form of one of the world's most haunted islands crosses her path, the only thing she can do is take it with both hands. But it comes at a price: enduring her family on a two-week trip to Europe. Even with Nathan by her side, that may prove one of her toughest challenges to date.And the haunted island might just house plenty of mysteries and dangers as well.~Sequel to #WitchcraftWednesday~…

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that all those who travel to Paris must have a good time. But Dominic isn't having a blast. That is, until his annoyingly attractive roommate Luc ropes him into a daring scheme: visit the city's most famous cemetery at midnight.Illegally.Père-Lachaise is a true necropolis: old, huge and filled with mystery. When the boundaries between life and death begin to blur, Dominic and Luc find themselves in a necropolis unlike the one they expected see. A Paris of the Other Side, a real City of the Dead simply begging to be explored. A city that isn't without its own dangers.This is a ghost tour to never forget.~ONC Round One Winner~~ONC shortlister~~Featured on Freethelgbt~~Featured on Humor~…

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Surviving in juvenile prison? Tough. Surviving in juvenile prison with the added bonus of seeing ghosts? Tougher.Bailey has a sixth sense, a criminal record and no appetite for trouble; serving a year-long prison sentence already sucks enough in and of itself. If only the spirits would leave her in peace. A strange warning, an inexplicable injury, a disturbing message written on her cell's wall in blood: Bailey has no choice but to conclude a ghost is out to get her.To save her life, she must find out why. But in a place where restriction is everything and escape impossible, that may be harder than it seems.~ONC 2020 shortlister and honourable mention~~Featured on 'Die Young, Stay Pretty' reading list on @Horror~-Featured on 'Horror/Paranormal' reading list on @CommunityTeam~~Featured on 'Life after death' reading list on @Paranormal~~Featured on 'Wicked little creatures' reading list on @TeenFiction~~Featured on 'I see dead people' on @fright~~Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered, may 2022~~Featured on 'The Rebels' reading list on @Badassreads~~Amby Awards 2023 Top Pick~Written for ONC 2020. Cover by @agraveyardhag…

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When your boss shows up angry at your door, you know your day is going to suck. When said boss happens to be the local crime lord, it's going to suck even more. And when an omen of death comes to pay you a visit as well, your morning is officially the suckiest.Jack isn't having a very good day.At least the problem with the angry boss can be fixed: to prove his worth and pay back debts, Jack agrees to help her find a valuable treasure in a cursed swamp infested with danger. Death, however, looms over him. Can he find a way to cheat his way out of losing his life?~~~ONC honorable mention~~ONC round 1 ambassador pick~~Featured on StoriesUndiscovered~~Featured on WattpadDarkFantasy~~Featured on BadassReads~~Featured on 'the best action and adventure' reading list by the Ambassadors profile~~Featured on 'Magical realism' reading list on @Fantasy~~Featured on 'A magical journey' reading list on @Magic~Written for ONC IV.…

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For two months, the Avondorian Mountains have been a safe haven. Now, that's about to change. When a scout returns to Anahill with a disturbing message, Audren, the freshly-inaugurated Lord of the Mountains, finds himself faced with a challenge: The Cursed will reach the city within days.Undead, highly dangerous and hungry for human flesh, the Cursed are creatures not to be messed with. Audren refuses to let them slaughter his people and turn them into monsters. He sees only one way to save his home: Breaking the curse that started this terror. Teaming up with a grumpy student mage, Audren ventures into hostile territory. But can this curse even be broken?…

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~Winner of the Watt-a-decade writing contest~~Genre runner-up (horror) Ambys 2021~As a gifted student, Oliver is delighted when he receives a chance to attend WU, one of the most prestigious universities in the country. But he soon learns that his new life in the town of Woolford isn't all that fantastic: why do people talk about him behind his back? Why do they look at him like they've seen a ghost?Could something be wrong with his university?…