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What are wings for if not for flying with dragons in the realm where islands float in the sky? The life of order and monotony is not enough for a winged demon like Ansgarde. When society rules suffocate her, she escapes to fantastic dreams of dragons and epic quests. If only someone qualified took on the challenge to break the Dragon's Curse, her dream would come true - she would share the sky with a dragon. After all, the prophecy says that a demon like her would free the ancient race. But no one takes the legend seriously. No one but her. *** This book has been featured on the following �������� reading lists at one time or another: - Open Novella Contest: 2020 Shortlist, - Fantasy: Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, and Featured Fantasy Stories, - High Fantasy: Wonderland, - YA Fantasy: Magical Creatures, - Watt-Dragons: Legendary Creatures, - Magic: A Magical Journey, - Secret Treasures: Fantastical Realms, - Warrior Goddess: Fantastical Warriors, - Horns and Halos: Underworld - Demon stories. 2nd place winner in The Dream Awards 2021 hosted by @TeamOfDreams. *** No trigger warnings. Just a laid-back high-fantasy adventure. This novella is a standalone prequel to The TriRealm series.

edit 3/9/23 I wrote this when I was 12 so please disregard the age-old "I'm not like other girls" trope and anything else ok thanks 🤓🤓 "They say the Woodland King's voice makes the rivers flow fast, and his claws could shred men into ribbons of flesh and bone." Every one hundred years, the feared Woodland King captures an unfortunate human from the kingdom of Llewellenar to serve him until their death. When twelve-year-old Lilibeth's father suddenly disappears, she must embark on a relentless quest to save him from the clutches of a murderous beast. As she ventures deeper and deeper into the world of the Woodland King, she befriends an unusual ally and uncovers a hidden truth that no human in Llewellenar history has ever done before. Highest: #19 in Fantasy, #1 in Folklore, #1 in Faerie, #1 in Retelling Cover made by @-starless

What if dreams really could come true? What if fairy tales could come true? And you will become their main character? BOOK 1: How a bird learnt to love its golden cage (Completed) BOOK 2: How a bird burnt its golden cage (On hold) BOOK 3: How a bird run away and returned home (Coming one day) Once a girl named Aislinn had a strange dream. She dreamed that at night in the forest she met a fae prince who proposed to her. And she agreed. It was just a dream after all. We do crazy things in our dreams. Except it wasn't a dream at all. However, she found this out only when she woke up in a castle in a foreign land, surrounded by strange beings. And now the game of getting back into your life begins. Trapped in the Realm of the Faes, she tries to escape and the only way to do so is to defeat her fiancé, Prince Nathaniel, in three tasks assigned to them by the regents, who may want to kill them both. And that's not all. Everything is more complicated than it seems at first glance. And she is only about to find out. _________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATED EVERY MONDAY

ONC Shortlister 2023! There are few rules in the Kingdom of Kadotaru, and punishment is not kind, even for the young prince who wishes he was anybody else. Tied to the crown, to his family, to his kingdom, there isn't much he can do. He isn't born to bear the crown, to rule over all the creatures of Kadotaru, but it still haunts him. He never thought to break a rule, there was too much fear deep in his heart. He never thought to break any rules, until she was able to see him. Humans. Humans don't have true sight. They aren't seers, or creatures of Kadotaru. So why can she see him? Why does she reach out to help him? And why did he have to break Kadotaru's most sacred rule? ------------------------------------------------------- This novella will include extreme violence. There will be warnings at the beginning of the chapters that include this show of brutality, but do not reach this novella if you do not wish to read horrific scenes. For the Open Novella Contest 2023 | Cover designed by me | Prompt 62 Word Count - 38,637 RANKINGS: #44 in High Fantasy - 27/04/2023 #90 in Fae - 10/02/2023 #79 in Dark Fantasy - 10/02/2023 #09 in opennovellacontest2023 - 10/02/2023 © elmaloney 2023 | all rights reserved

Character Description and Aesthetic Contest prompts: •Fantasy: In a kingdom of elemental magic, you gain the ability to control all four elements through an ancient artifact. But this newfound power comes with a price. •LowFantasy: Deep within your soul resides an insatiable desire, craving to possess the very essence of a mythical stone revealed in your slumber. Will you dare to seize it and unveil the extraordinary power it holds? •HighFantasy: After tumbling through a portal into an unknown realm, you find a dragon trapped in a strange form, desperate to return home. •MythandLegend: You receive a box from a mysterious stranger who tells you it brings you good luck so long as long as you don't open it. Your curiosity gets the best of you and you open it, revealing something you least expected. •��������Witches: Against the warnings echoed across the sea, you find yourself entangled in an enchanting dance with a captivating witch. Embrace the allure of this forbidden alliance and explore the thrilling saga that unravels amidst sorcery and wickedness. •Magic: Finally, you've managed to gather the courage to get yourself a tattoo. What you didn't expect, however, was that it would grant you the ability to see creatures no one else can see beside you. •��������DarkFantasy: You are invited to join a mysterious group of people who can travel to the Underworld on a whim. •��������HornsandHalos: You find yourself stuck between an angel and a demon who need to put aside their differences and work together to stop a greater evil.

Three childhood best friends, bound by an unbreakable bond yet shackled by a generations-old curse, find themselves racing against time and fate. Their families, once loyal members of an ancient and secretive order known as The Circle, betrayed its sacred oath, and for that treachery, a terrible curse was cast upon their bloodlines. Now, each of them faces a grim destiny-if they fall in love, they will either meet their demise upon reaching the age of twenty-five or suffer the ultimate heartbreak by being betrayed by the person they cherish most. As they step closer to their inevitable fates, the echoes of their ancestors' mistakes loom large, threatening to consume them in a cycle of pain and loss that has repeated for centuries. But unlike those who came before, they are determined to fight back. Refusing to be pawns of an ancient vengeance, they embark on a desperate quest to uncover the truth behind the curse and seek out the elusive secrets that might offer them salvation. However, breaking the curse won't be easy. With shadowy forces working to ensure history repeats itself, they must navigate treacherous betrayals, buried secrets, and their own deepening feelings for those they dare not love. As their twenty-fifth birthdays draw closer, tension rises, and the weight of their choices becomes heavier than ever. Will they defy fate and shatter the curse that has plagued their bloodlines for centuries? Or will they succumb to the same tragic end that befell their ancestors, lost to the darkness of love and betrayal? Only time will tell if they have the strength to rewrite their destinies-or if they are doomed to fall like all those before them.

[3 X FEATURED STORY] A boy born with Serpentblood. An exiled dwarf in pursuit of his destiny. A she-elf guided by a religious prophecy. Together, they must rise to find the coveted Light of the World, a saviour who promises to tip the scale of waging Spiritual War in their favour before the Dragoness and her serpent army condemn their kingdom to eternal damnation. *** After years of enslavement by the Dragoness, a witch set on converting his home to worship her dark lord, sixteen-year-old Heran, a half-dragon, embarks on a quest to find the Light of the World, the answer to a mysterious prophecy that promises the kingdom of Roxundam's freedom. Allied with the unpredictable alchemist Zonis, a young dwarf charting their course across the seas in his boat, The Lillycove, and the alluring Ackie, a she-elf holding the vital location to their destined saviour, Heran traverses the beautiful yet harrowing world of the Southern Isles and beyond. With a political uprising threatening to tear Roxundam apart in his absence and a dragon army hunting him, Heran's journey will invite consequences and sacrifices that will forever change his company and the fabric of their world. To defeat the darkness, he must become the light. *** ✨VOLUME ONE (V1): Available Now ☑️ ✨VOLUME TWO (V2): Coming Soon... (V1) - Participant in the 2024 Open Novella Contest | Round 1 Qualifier | Round 1 Winner | Round 2 Qualifier | Round 2 Winner | Longlister | Shortlister Featured by @Fantasy in their Epic Fantasy Reading List ✨June 2024 ✨ Featured by @ShortStory in their Novelettes Reading List ✨September 2024✨ Featured by @ShortStory in their Short Story Spotlight Reading List ✨March 2025✨ Prompt #21 - A Dragon, an Elf, and a Dwarf embark on a quest to find the lost heir to the kingdom. First Draft - February 2024 - April 2024 Cover - Designed in Canva (�������� Use Only)

In this epic story, you'll meet dangerous dragons, vicious villains, and hellishly helpful heroes. Several of the characters in this story will be both funny and interesting, and depressed and withdrawn. But not all is as it seems with this story. Hayley and Tiber are creations of me and my cousin, and we have made up all these characters. But most of the characters are ones I've made myself. In this story, Hayley is a young girl with chronic pain and she must walk with a cane to help her balance. Her brother is her only light in her life, because her mother helps her bullies taunt and hurt her. But one day, when Hayley is hurt bad by a group of people, she comes into contact with a mysterious entity calling herself Aldrea. And Aldrea is powerful, powerful enough to forever change Hayley's and Tiber's lives. Hayley, Tiber, and their new friends will travel all over their world of Espynn. They will find many allies and many foes, but in the end, it is what they do together that may save - or doom - their world. So, what will happen when demonic begins begin to ascend into Espynn, and Hayley and Tiber must make the hardest choices they've ever made in their lives? Will they be able to save their world? Or will they fail?

Moments; singular, siphoned, like grains of sand which fall restlessly, and build without limits...growing with increasing momentum, each step, beat, a steady staccato , marking down the minutes until the cold inevitability of the ...end ...death. Moments...it's all anyone has. Life is a false illusion. Death is cold reality. I am a Treader. I deal in the currency of death, and I know everything there is to know about it's cold worth. I am useful, never loved. I am used, never thanked. I am need, want, and lust....but never needed or wanted. I am never fulfilled. I am never to know human happiness. I have accepted my designed fate. Why then am I being tested now?? What will happen if I give in to the temptation I know will be my undoing? What will happen if I give in...and love? What will my failure bring...and may those above and below have mercy on all souls, for when the Treader of death falls for life... Worlds End. RH*Mature Content*Advisable only for 18 and over

18+ Loosely based on Romeo and Juliet set in a magical fae world. Two powerful families have ruled over the the dark and light fae for thousands of years. A story passed down from the old gods has them believe that the dark and light fae must remain separated in order to protect their magic. Only during the eclipse one day a year are the fae permitted to cross into each other's realms. During the eclipse Aurora a rebellious high born fae, secretly attends a masked party where she meets a handsome dark stranger called Azra. Will they bring the light and dark fae together to fight a common enemy? Are they fated to destroy the world or to save it?? Includes- an enemies-to-lovers story: a strong female lead, a handsome male counterpart, betrayal, heartbreak, lots of unexpected twists, epic ending, action packed, and plenty of smut. 18+ ONLY Trigger warnings!: adult language, graphic violence, scenes of a sexual nature, abuse. (Started August 2021) All rights reserved.