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The Space Between Things

She’s slipping. Losing time, forgetting words, unraveling inside a body that won’t hold her right. The doctors call it stress. The pills do nothing. The house shifts when she isn’t looking. Some da...

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Mansion of Dolls (Completed)

Taryn Lowell has been dealing with one horrible thing after another while still coping with the sudden death of her brother. Yet when an invitation to go to Tokyo Japan is offered to her, by her ex...

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The Fifth Seat at the Ghost Opera

Chinese-American sound archivist Lena Xu returns to her late mother’s forgotten hometown after receiving a mysterious cassette tape labeled: The fifth seat is still empty. The town of Shuili does ...

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WHEN THE LANTERN CALLS YOUR NAME

In a remote mountain village in southern China, there is one rule after dark: if a voice outside calls your name, do not answer. When Chinese-American folklore researcher Mei Lin returns for her g...

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Falling Star

Princess Nicolette is a revolutionary in every sense of the word: She is a genius in both science and arcane arts, a progressive political visionary, and a selfless humanitarian, endlessly battling...

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So You Want To Start A War

They said the earth used to be bright, they said the earth used to be warm. That life was easier, that walking was safe. The planet was stifled by fighting between human and human, the wars that th...

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Wetherwood Hall

Rowan Harper thought she was coming home to settle her eccentric great‑aunt’s affairs—cataloging dusty heirlooms in the crumbling Wetherwood Hall and unearthing the fragments of a family she could ...

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Beneath The Veil

It was supposed to be just another day. Cool weather. Tired bodies. One last graduation practice before freedom. Three girls bound by years of friendship, but divided by beliefs. Claudia doesn'...

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ZX: GROUNDED

ZX: Grounded follows the harrowing experiences of patients trapped in a mysterious mental health facility where reality, memory, and time itself become unreliable. When Matthew Winters finds himsel...

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The Sitting

When Russell returns to his grandmother’s abandoned studio, he hopes to rebuild a life and a career the world has already forgotten. The townsfolk want nothing to do with him, the walls seem heavy ...

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Doll of Sacrifice (Draft)

They hoped that it was over, that after going through what felt like hell and the loss of a friend, that they would be able to pick up what was left of their lives and do the best they could. Taryn...

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The bride of the closed page

Wyncombe House ,remembers. It remembers vows spoken too softly to be undone. It remembers footsteps long after the bodies that made them are gone. And it remembers the women it has shaped into sil...

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