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Hello everyone!

Because you can never have enough projects at once (*weeps quietly*), here's another post about ONC 2024. I'm also writing this story together with my wonderful co-author, Ignessus .

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Vaesen - the Ruins of the World is the first volume and the lead-in to the novel that follows the ONC. While writing, we quickly realized that the characters and the setting were too much for a novella ;)

In VAESEN, you can expect a romantic, dark story in an urban fantasy setting. Let yourself be whisked away into a world as familiar to you as strange, in which wondrous beings are up to mischief alongside sinister creatures.

The genre here is a somewhat crude mixture and also new to us :) So bear with us, haha: D Actually, this idea came to us quite spontaneously, and we found it interesting enough. You can see it as a mash-up of dark fantasy, post-war/film noir, alternate history, romance and mystery :,D Yes, a weird mix. But we thought: let's do this!

It will be an experiment for us, too. We still hope you'll like it ;)

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Nice to know:
What does VAESEN mean?
Vaesen is Swedish, Danish Väsen/Vaesen means something like essence, spirit, being (like the German related word 'das Wesen'), so to put it simply, it refers to all fable, fairy tale and mythical figures. 

Prompts

This story is our translation for our German entry for the Open Novella Contest 2024. In English, the story corresponds to the primary prompt:

🗸#52. "And that is how that world was lost, and a new one, our world, was born."
(Chapter 1🗸)

The following prompts are also included (nice to have):

🗸#3:" Your greatest fear is monsters in the dark. The last thing you expect is to become the Monster in the dark." (Chapter 19🗸)

🗸#17: "Your curse is to love so much and crave love more than life, but never be loved. Those who dare to love you will be subjected to the worst of fates." (Chapter 26🗸)

24#: "A desperate wish, made from the heart, is always answered. Sooner or later."

🗸27#: "Sometimes love is what drives you to take your next breath. Other times, it's revenge." (Chapter 2🗸)

🗸#29: "An eye for an eye, a kiss for a kiss." (Chapter 17)🗸

🗸#33: "A broken heart beats with all its pieces. And it still wants the same person." (Chapter19🗸)

🗸#36: "Fairytales are real, and there couldn't be anything worse." (Chapter 8🗸)

🗸#42. "He was sunshine, I was midnight rain." (Chapter 2🗸)

🗸#44: "You're like snow. Beautiful but cold." (Chapter 1🗸)

🗸#56: "In a world where humans and magical creatures coexist, a detective must solve a murder case that threatens to plunge the two communities into war." (Complete Story 🗸)

🗸#58: "In a world where family business means being a bounty hunter, you're not really keen to be part of it." (Chapter 7🗸)

🗸#80: "Meet me next Life" (Chapter 8🗸)

#82: "You wake up on a seemingly ordinary day to discover that your thoughts are not private. There is someone else in your head with you."

95#: "I will become as monstrous as I must."

If the prompts appear verbatim, we have highlighted them in bold in the chapters.
The milestones (2,000 words, 8,000 words, and 20,000 words) are also highlighted in bold.

However, as we are not officially submitting the English version, we will not show the word count individually under the chapters.

Trigger warning

Some chapters contain descriptions or mentions of blood, death, physical and mental violence, brutality, sexual content, harsh language, use of drugs/intoxicants (smoking, alcohol), or similar.
Anyone who does not enjoy reading this content or cannot tolerate it should, therefore, not read this story. There is no shame in knowing your limits.

General information

All characters in this story are fictional; any resemblance to living persons is purely coincidental.

The story takes place in a fantasy setting. All opinions expressed are fictitious and are not intended to offend anyone or anything. They are solely those of the characters and do not reflect those of the authors.

Vampires, werewolves, fairies, and the like are not interested in gender. This story may, therefore, contain hints/mentions of LGBTQ+ oa.

Hate comments are neither welcome nor desired and will be deleted and reported without comment or discussion.

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Artwork & portraits or images are exclusive to this story created with the AI Midjourney. The cover was designed by Kopflastig and the separation-banners of BellOfSilence. Stealing is, therefore, strictly prohibited.