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We Remember || ONC2022

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Reads 352
Votes 65
Parts 15
Time 3h 8m

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Complete • 40,000 words • lgbtqia+ YA fantasy • A lonely sea witch finds a long-lost boy on the beach, a boy who disappeared and came back changed. A story filled with magick, romance, mysterious dreams, and buried secrets uncovered.


The sleepy fishing village of Saltash is still grieving the disappearance and presumed death of Alder Flint when, exactly one year later, Selwyn Blackthorn finds him swimming at the beach. Alder seems unharmed, but he has no explanation for his long absence and Wyn knows that there's something different about him. And it's not just that Alder's suddenly interested in being Wyn's friend. 

Wyn is one of the last remaining sea witches in Saltash, and the Goddess Below the Waves has been sending him mysterious dreams that he's sure have something to do with Alder. As he grows closer to Alder and finds himself falling in love, Wyn must decide if he really wants to solve the mystery of Alder Flint. Along the way, Wyn also uncovers long-hidden secrets about himself, and he must decide if it's better that some things stay buried beneath the waves.

 

Written for the Open Novella Contest 2022
Prompt 61: A person from your colony runs away one night. A year later, the person returns, all safe and sound, but you find something strange and fishy.

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Azarei's Quest by appropriateopiate

When Azarei lost his mother his entire world stopped. When he meets an enchanting elf in the woods it seems like it starts turning again. Azarei is able to talk the elf into traveling to the mountain with him where he hopes to pray to the Goddesses to bring his mother back to life. However, the elf is hiding their own tragedies and scars, and they've lost their home too. Not to mention the misunderstanding that leads to them keeping a rather large secret from Azarei. But what are you supposed to do when the only home you've ever known turns to ash? Can you go back? Or are you supposed to find something new to call home? This is an LGBT+ story.

Calfuray Academy (ManxMan) ✔️ by geekiechicforall13

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Through The Dark by HarperMacFarlane

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Rising Tides by peachjellly

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Truly Misfortunate BXB by Gifting22

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Azarei's Quest

When Azarei lost his mother his entire world stopped. When he meets an enchanting elf in the woods it seems like it starts turning again. Azarei is able to talk the elf into traveling to the mountain with him where he hopes to pray to the Goddesses to bring his mother back to life. However, the elf is hiding their own tragedies and scars, and they've lost their home too. Not to mention the misunderstanding that leads to them keeping a rather large secret from Azarei. But what are you supposed to do when the only home you've ever known turns to ash? Can you go back? Or are you supposed to find something new to call home? This is an LGBT+ story.