Tag: dark fantasy
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the dusk guard
The duskhaze. That was what they called it. The fog that rolled in from the hills some nights and sent everyone to sleep. When the sun rose, so too did the citizens of Glothe. Under the shroud of retreating mists, they picked themselves up off the street or wherever they landed and carried on with…
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the collector’s lost things: chapter one
– 1 – ‘There was another one last night.’ Rei-Hai Shaw stirred extra honey into his lumpy porridge as Lylen and Elles leant in to hear the morning’s gossip. Norvar set down his breakfast tray and slipped into a chair before continuing his story. ‘Thirty-seventh floor,’ the dark Qhoraakese man continued, cracking open his bread…
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what you need to know about gardens of war & wasteland: the ruptured sky
So I’ve finished my novel. Now what? While I sit and wait for feedback from my beta readers, I’ve put together a comprehensive guide to the world of Whyt’hallen and everything you need to know about the upcoming Gardens of War & Wasteland Book I: The Ruptured Sky.
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the darkest part of the forest
Holly Black takes something so ordinary, so relatable to the modern adolescent, and juxtaposes it against the profoundly extraordinary. After a dismal run of DNF and one-star reads, Holly Black‘s The Darkest Part of the Forest was a pure delight. I have to confess, ten years ago, I never would have picked up this book:…
Jessica A. McMinn 