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Afterimage || #ONC2023 ||

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Asa is an unwilling sensitive with a fear of mirrors and anything reflective. Amy is an unwitting empath. Together they are responsible for murder.THE SHIPPY SIBLINGS are rarely alone, despite living as secluded orphans on the remains of their family's generational farm. Tucked between the scrub-spattered brown hills of Salinas Valley, the decayed farmhouse is home to more than just the Shippy's family secrets. Ghosts vie for a foothold in this world, focusing most of their attention on poor Asa, whose lifelong Shadowman attachment has made it impossible for him to live normally. Amy, on the other hand, doesn't seem as heartily affected. Her constant struggle to erase the memory of their abusive, dead mother preoccupies most of her personality. But when a serial killer appears to be targeting them specifically, the siblings are forced to confront a haunting so personal, so vengeful, that it can only be family.Warning: occasional language/thematic elements…

Life on Mars (Take Away the Saints Anthology)

Life on Mars (Take Away the Saints Anthology)

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Based on the song "Life on Mars" by David Bowie...Someone is killing girls in the little town of Nowhere, South Dakota and they all look like Fiona Mars. Fiona has a secret she can't quite remember. A secret her father, the Sheriff, is trying hard to keep. But when a serial killer takes her hostage, Fiona uncovers a truth about herself she can't and won't believe.For anyone still living, this is a memoir.…

Splinter Child: Briar Rose Retold

Splinter Child: Briar Rose Retold

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THE YEAR is 1877.When Talia Rose steps into a fairy ring as a child, her mother, Tate Rose, an outcast witch, signs a deal with a dark fae to delay Talia's inevitable surrender until her eighteenth birthday. A deal that will allow Talia to be taken into a 100-year sleep spell and imprisonment in the fairy realm. But as the eighteenth year draws closer, more and more settlements and wagon trains begin mysteriously disappearing, leaving Tate to wonder if her daughter's impending abduction is only one in dozens that could be linked to the wild Desert Folk. But why?Set against the bloody and brutal background of the American West, this gritty, pulp western retelling of the multi-cultural fairytale best known as "Sleeping Beauty" or "Briar Rose," is as twisted and dark as the origins deserve.…

Monster Mortuary

Monster Mortuary

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Don't let the every day ghoul stiff you out of a proper afterlife. Where do monsters go when they die? Monster Mortuary is a fully illustrated look into the final goodbye of all the creepy-crawly nightmares we're afraid to let out of our closets. From murders to accidents to gooey disease, breakout your best black for thirty-one unconventional funerals to be announced this Halloween Season.Creepy Contents:01. Marley, Moe02. Crumb, Fanny03. Mummford, Odette04. Lombard, Pasquale05. Doe, John06. Vile, D.E.07. Mist, The08. Spine, Gertrude09. Tiny, Molly Anne10. Dibbley, Desiree11. Shalott, Eloise12. Herman, Sherman P.13. Addams, Wednesday F.14. March, Enoch15. NOTICE16. Dibbley, Desmond17. Stein, Monty18. Muranu, F.W.19. Haynie, Maxey Mable-------Credits: Written by Robyn Marie (@prose-punk)Illustrations by Kacey Lynn (@untroubledheart)…

Nomenclature (#TNTHorrorContest)

Nomenclature (#TNTHorrorContest)

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Hello! Thank you to everyone who voted to help Nomenclature have a shot at $20k and a TNT tv deal. We made it into the Top 35!We made it into the Top 10!---A short story from my Public Service Announcement Anthology here on @WattpadWinner of the Glamour of Grotesque contest by @NyhteridesEntry for the #TNTHorrorContest---A drunk, suicidal teenager is lured into a game of life and death by his "previous" self on the eve of his nineteenth birthday.---Word count approx: 6,500…

Truly Elemental: And Other Retro Faerie Tales

Truly Elemental: And Other Retro Faerie Tales

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Now A Wattpad Featured Story...A collection of short stories where faeries good, bad, and just plain scary roam a world of Rock-n-Roll and Marilyn Monroe. ♛ CONTENTS ♛1. Truly Elemental // 19572. Barren // 19413. Red Cap // 19624. Dress Up // 1950s5. Over Your Grave // 19566. The Bleeding Boy and the Bruja // 19467. Changeling // 1940s8. Jack Be Nimble // 1950s9. Drown //195810. The Dryad // Holiday Special…

dear death: and other thoughts

dear death: and other thoughts

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1. dear death,when i sit and think about my mind, i'm scared...I was tagged by the illustrious @krazydiamond to write a letter to Death for the up-and-coming #CollateralBeauty movie, in theaters December 16.---2. s e a s o n sThoughts on spring.---3. (re)pression, (de)pressionThoughts on personal (personified) struggle.---4. the walletThoughts on free will?---5. photo albumThoughts on youth.---6. happy birthday An ode to my husband.…

Rottin: and Other Stories

Rottin: and Other Stories

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Two vampire brothers hunted by a budding witch. A girl captures souls in the shape of butterflies. A drug addiction invites a fairy to a 1920s dinner party. Something in the dark likes Plum Shelley. Welcome to "Rottin," a short story collection hemmed in horror.------1. Ether2. Cross My Heart3. Rottin4. The Girl in the Blue Dress…

Public Service Announcement

Public Service Announcement

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A collection of short stories for devils and darlings in weird towns and odd places. CONTENTS: 1. Bodies, Bones, and Blotched Hearts (Rated: M) A girl contracts the Devil and is sentenced to live in a never-ending, underground rave. 2. County News 3. Would Be King A werewolf Alpha is usurped by his younger sister, and not even death can stop his revenge. 4. Sunsets and Cigarettes An ex-anarchist, a kleptomaniac, and a three-legged dog meet up at the end of the world. 5. Case File: #667366 An FBI file on yours truly. 6. Nomenclature (Rated: M) A drunk, suicidal teenager is lured into a game of life and death by his previous self on the eve of his nineteenth birthday. (Now optioned for TV by @TNT network.) 7. Parasite (#100WordScream) It's alive. 8. When The World Empties A bereft girl street races. 9. #31creepywords A series of horror stories told in no more than thirty-one words.10. The Unmanned MissionA team of astronauts crashland on a red plane, but no one back on Earth knows they're missing.(Featured in Epic Tales from Beautiful Minds Anthology: TeamSFHorror hosted by @Ooorah/@LayethTheSmackDown)11. "You are the White Rabbit, but it's not enough." A poem based off the character created by Lewis Caroll. Entry for #madmarch.12. Launch DayWhere to find my weird and wacky flash fiction on Wattpad's new Tap app. *WINNER OF @Nyhterides THE GLAMOUR OF GROTESQUE CONTEST *Selected by the @BlairWitchMovie---Cover art: Kacey Lynn (Wattpad/Instagram: @untroubledheart)…

Writing Blahz

Writing Blahz

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Four years may not sound long, but it's dog-years when you're not writing. If you've ever taken a break, backed off, or doubted yourself long enough on a project that you've forgotten all your aspirations, don't throw yourself in a trashcan. Come rant with me. And maybe, together, we'll work out how to evolve and INVOLVE writing with LIFE.0. INTRODUCTION 1. 5 Steps of Sobriety2. Stark Raving Dramatic…

Bonedead

Bonedead

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A Watty Award Winner, Trailblazer Category 2016In 1896, dinosaurs started the infection that ended the world.Carmen has lived her entire life in New York City, a city of opium and invention, of rotting tenements and marble mansions; a divided metropolis built on the backs of the dinosaurs that never died out, kept safe by the rivers surrounding it. When a mysterious illness spreads from the deinos to the humans, Carmen must start surviving, trapped on an island that's no longer home, where the dead won't stay buried, and the people are more dangerous than the dinosaurs themselves.Where were you when it all began?+++Selected by the creators of The Walking Dead, courtesy of The Walking Dead: Road to Survival game.Selected by the creators of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, courtesy of @PPZmovie"Community Recommendation" pick in @Ooorah Tevun-Krus #34 - Goth Punk: All Hallows Special…

Sprinkles

Sprinkles

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Wattpad Featured Story. For Darcy and Milo the world is always different. Life changes in a blink. Nothing is ever the same. Except for them. They don't know why. They always forget. But now it's time to remember... Again.…

n o v e m b e r  (#2k16LitAuth)

n o v e m b e r (#2k16LitAuth)

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A Writer ChallengeSome useless whatsits about me and my Wattpad corner.Created by @MelodyHall…