Exorcizamus
By @CapzLocke
In 1860s London, the Church of England fights a secret war against monsters the public calls demons. Father Edmund Greaves is a broken exorcist with a revolver named Genesis and a flask he doesn't hide. Caleb Ransome, the orphan verger who serves him, just wants to repay the man who saved his life. Armed with seven sacramental weapons, they hunt werewolves, vampires, and worse through fog-choked streets, carving a blood-red stone from every kill. But the missions begin to lie: targets appear with no report, bodies vanish before burial rites, and Edmund drinks like a man already sentenced. When the Church hands him a task designed for failure, Caleb must choose how far loyalty goes when the true heresy wears a cassock. A Victorian gothic action thriller about alchemy, faith, and the price of asking forbidden questions.
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Cursed Cradle
By @angelo mottola
The whispers of Blackwood Grove speak of the Cradle Witch, a spectral entity said to snatch infants from their cribs, leaving only an eerie lullaby in her wake. For Elara, a midwife whose own child vanished years ago, these are not just legends; they are a chilling echo of her deepest sorrow. Armed with an uncanny intuition for the supernatural and a desperate need for answers, Elara delves into the shadowed woods, where ancient trees conceal more than just folklore. Each missing child reignites her unresolved grief, pushing her further into a macabre game with the Witch. Can Elara confront the malevolent force that preys on the innocent, or will her quest for truth ultimately lead her to join the spectral choir of lost souls?
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Our Wicked Games
By @helen bebezuda †ozier !
In the cold, suffocating halls of the Bly estate in 1994, Lilly exists as a fragile bloom of innocence, holding onto the bittersweet illusion of friendship with the deeply troubled Miles Fairchild. Miles is a storm of dark moods, unpredictable malice, and sudden, fierce intensity. They share a reckless secret: quiet corners, hushed breathing, and stolen, biting kisses that blur the line between affection and cruelty. To Miles, Lilly is a possession to be policed; he sneers at her short shorts, warning her with sharp, humiliating words that she is showing too much, cutting her off before she can defend herself. He pushes and provokes her, driving her to the very edge of tears just to watch her tremble. Yet, Lilly is bound to him, trapped in a toxic dance where his harsh reprimands feel like the only warmth in a haunted mansion. As the ghosts of Bly begin to whisper, their twisted bond becomes a desperate fight for survival.
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Whispers of the Cursed Veil
By @malisa22
Elara has always been an anomaly, born with the harrowing "Sight" - a unique curse that allows her to perceive the world of restless spirits coexisting with the living. But this isn't a gift; it's a terrifying burden, for the spectral veil isn't merely transparent to her, it's porous. Each spirit she sees, each whisper she hears, slowly pulls her deeper into their eternal torment, threatening to unravel her sanity and drag her across the threshold herself. She lives in a desolate, gothic realm where ancient forgotten gods slumber and the living cling precariously to their existence, haunted by echoes of a cataclysmic past. When a malevolent entity, known only as the Veil-Weaver, begins to harvest souls, tethering them to an unholy ritual, Elara realizes her curse might be the only key to understanding - and perhaps severing - its grasp. Her desperate quest for salvation intertwines with a forbidden romance, as a mysterious spectral guardian, himself trapped between worlds, offers guidance and a connection that might be her undoing or her salvation, forcing her to confront the true horror of her unique existence.
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Hunted House
By @James mark Porras
Elara Vance, an urban explorer with an unshakeable need to prove her worth to her estranged, skeptical family, stumbles upon the fabled Blackwood Manor - a place whispered to be a nexus of restless spirits. Armed with an ancient, cursed camera that doesn't just capture images but *traps* spectral entities, she believes she's found her ticket to validation and fame. However, the camera's power comes at a terrifying cost, slowly draining her life force with each spirit captured. As the manor's malevolent presence begins to ripple outwards, threatening the very fabric of her city, Elara must choose: sacrifice herself to imprison the encroaching darkness, or succumb to its whispers and become just another ghostly inhabitant of the Hunted House. The line between hunter and hunted blurs with every click.
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SARK
By @Drew Bonnell
Quiet and reserved Drew Sark arrives at the infamous Nevermore Academy in Jericho, Vermont, hoping to escape his haunted past. But peace is a luxury he cannot afford. A string of brutal, ritualistic murders begins to plague the sleepy gothic town, and Drew is thrust directly into the bloody center of the investigation. Haunted by unsettling raven visions that offer prophetic, agonizing glimpses of impending deaths, he must wield his potent, unstable electrokinesis and sharp intellect to survive. His only anchor in this storm of dark secrets is his vibrant, colorful werewolf roommate, Enid Sinclair. As the bodies pile up and the school's shadows deepen, Drew realizes the killer isn't just hunting outcasts - they are hunting him. To save those he is slowly learning to care for, Drew must unravel a web of ancient conspiracies, even if it means unleashing the destructive, lightning-charged monster dwelling deep within his own fractured soul.
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SARK
By @Drew Bonnell
Quiet and reserved fifteen-year-old Drew Sark arrives at the infamous Nevermore Academy in Jericho, Vermont, desperate for a fresh start. Instead, he is thrust into a living nightmare as a string of brutal, monstrous murders plagues the sleepy town. Haunted by unsettling raven visions that show him prophetic, gruesome glimpses of deaths before they happen, Drew must learn to navigate his volatile, unstable electrokinesis and an intellect sharper than any blade to survive. His only anchor in this gothic hellscape is his vibrant, bubbly werewolf roommate, Enid Sinclair. As the blood toll rises, Drew's visions paint a target on his back. To stop the killer, he must unravel a dark web of ancient school secrets while fighting his own self-destructive obsession with solving the mystery. With every shock of lightning and bloody vision, Drew edges closer to a truth that threatens to consume his sanity and destroy the only home he has ever known.
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Vessel of Lost Vigor
By @john1208
Thane has known death since childhood, growing up amidst the ash-choked alleys of Veridia, a city perpetually scarred by the Blight - a creeping magical plague that claims lives indiscriminately. As a Shroudbearer, his grim duty is to collect and prepare the fallen for their final rites, a role both reviled and necessary. He navigates the warrens of the dead, his hands stained with mortician's balm and the grime of countless tragedies. But Thane carries a secret burden, or perhaps a blessing: with every corpse he attends, he siphons something vital. Not just memories or fleeting echoes, but fragments of their former strength, their fading resilience, their very spark of life. He grows stronger, faster, even extends his own fragile existence, fueled by the borrowed vigor of the deceased. In a city where life is cheap and death is a constant companion, Thane's quiet accumulation of power sets him on a perilous path, transforming a humble undertaker into an unwitting vessel of the departed.
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Moonless
By @Yum Yumi Lucky Lee
Amidst a freezing December night, Ian J. Lucias, a man consumed by a grief so profound it shatters his perception of reality, exhumes his beloved Luna. Her stillness in the wedding dress he gifted her isn't death to him, but a cruel slumber. His denial, a suffocating blanket, convinces him she's merely been abandoned to the biting cold. Gently, he wraps her in his coat, whispering reassurances to her unhearing ears. He carries her through the moonless night, a macabre bridegroom rescuing his unresponsive bride, his heart believing he's bringing her home, away from the encroaching darkness. But the darkness has already taken root within him, and his desperate act has only just begun to unravel the true horrors hidden beneath the guise of love.
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THE FACELESS PONTIFF
By @Cydric Hobayan
In the desolate Sanctum of Hollow Crowns, Empress Seraphim, the Faceless Pontiff, enforces absolute judgment. Cloaked in black, her face obscured by a thorn crown, she wields Divine Scales of Absolute Judgment and a sword, her golden halo commanding unquestioning obeisance. But beneath the veneer of divine authority lies a soul scarred by an unremembered past, her ruthlessness a shield against a profound, hollow emptiness. When whispers of a forgotten heresy resurface, threatening to shatter the divine order she upholds, Seraphim must confront not only the encroaching chaos but also the chilling possibility that her own power, her very existence, is built upon a lie. The fate of her gothic empire, where saints rule as queens and power flows from crowns, hangs precariously as she seeks to reclaim what was lost.
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The Shadow Eater Chronicles
By @влад белоусов
Orphaned and adrift, Elias existed on the fringes, his quiet life shattered by the creeping realization that he could consume shadows. Not just their darkness, but the echoes of fear, despair, and violence they imprinted on the world. This horrifying power, a curse disguised as a gift, drew him into the grim underbelly of a city choked by an encroaching ethereal gloom. He hunts, not for sustenance, but for respite from the whispers of the damned that now echo in his mind, threatening to drown his sanity. The city's elite, seemingly untouched by the encroaching shadows, hide a terrifying secret, their opulence fueled by a macabre ritual. Elias must learn to wield his monstrous appetite against an ancient evil, or become just another shadow consumed by the creeping darkness he battles. The fate of countless souls rests on his shadowed shoulders, and the hunger within him grows with every passing night.
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The Cipher of Grieze Citadel
By @john1208
Vija was once a prodigy of the Spire, the Vesmenian Empire's most ruthless intelligence agency, until a failed mission cost her everything. Now an outcast, she lives only to protect her younger brother, Juris. But when their starving village demands a sacrifice to the monstrous Ravener of the Grieze Citadel, Vija offers herself to spare him. She expects a swift death, but finds a paradox: a terrifying, instinct-driven beast by night, and by day, a tormented man named Stasys who has no memory of his own monstrosity. He is a prisoner in his own home, his curse worsening with each moon. The only cure is the Heart of the Sunkentree, a lost artifact. Bound by a shared cage of shadow and stone, Vija's cold, calculating mind sees a path to freedom. If she can cure him before the winter solstice makes his condition permanent, she can escape. But the Citadel holds secrets darker than its master's curse, and the Heart of the Sunkentree is more than a cure - it's a trigger. Will Vija succeed in saving the man, or will she unleash the far more dangerous monster she was trained to be?
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Cursed Inheritance of the Last Heir
By @Saw San
Elara, the last scion of the disgraced Blackwood lineage, inherits not wealth, but a crumbling ancestral estate shrouded in a sinister, creeping silence. Her only cheat is a morbidly sensitive connection to the spectral echoes of past tragedies, forcing her to relive the gruesome deaths of her ancestors as if they were her own. This cursed gift reveals the estate is a living charnel house, feeding on the despair of its inhabitants, its walls thick with the screams of the dead. As shadows deepen and sanity frays, Elara must decipher the true nature of the Blackwood curse before she becomes the next tormented ghost, or confront the malevolent entity that hungers for her soul, threatening to drag the entire world into its suffocating abyss of perpetual terror. She is humanity's last hope against a growing, encroaching darkness.
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The Cipher of Whispering Bone
By @john1208
I am Dr. Zinaida 'Zina' Markova, a Synaptic Weaver, and my career is in ruins. After a catastrophic failure, my only chance at redemption is a desperate, high-stakes contract: travel to the blighted island of Kir-Morvan and treat its reclusive master, Lord Vano Borjyan. They call him the Bone-Ender, a war-mage whose grief from losing his daughter manifests as 'Resonance' - a psychic plague that twists reality into a nightmare of his memories. My job is to contain it. The rules are simple but strict: never touch him, never speak of his past, and follow the treatment regimen to the letter. Isolated in his desolate manor, with only a gossipy automaton for company, I meticulously follow the protocol. But Lord Borjyan is more than a monster; he's a man drowning in sorrow. As I chip away at his cold exterior with simple kindness, strange things begin to happen. The 'treatment' feels less like healing and more like... preparation. Was I hired to cure him, or am I the final, unwitting component in a ritual to reclaim his lost child from death itself?
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The Marrow-Bound Melody
By @john1208
Stellan Varik is the last of his line, a cheerful but aimless young man who inherits the crumbling Varik estate and its greatest treasure: a clavichord made of bone and weirwood. He soon learns the instrument is haunted by Alisa, the ghost of a musician sacrificed in a dark ritual a century ago. Bound to the clavichord, Alisa's only connection to the living world is through Stellan, who she can possess for fleeting moments. Together, they begin to piece together the truth of her murder, uncovering a conspiracy tied to a parasitic entity that feeds on the souls of the Varik family. Stellan, who has spent his life avoiding responsibility, finds a purpose in freeing the spirited ghost who has become his only companion. But the ritual that killed Alisa wasn't just a murder; it was a lock. What happens when the only way to save the ghost he's falling for is to unlock the cage and release the monster she was meant to contain?
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The Umbralyst's Lament
By @john1208
In the soot-stained city of Grauvol, Inquisitor Hadrien Falk is a weapon honed for a single purpose: to discern truth from falsehood. His rare gift of Maledictum Sight allows him to perceive the echoes of deceit, making him the perfect instrument to pass final judgment on Isolda Vorga, the so-called 'Witch of the Weeping Spire.' Accused of cursing her own father into a mindless state to seize his fortune, Isolda is universally despised, her cold demeanor and calculating cruelty legendary. The entire Empire clamors for her execution. Yet, when Hadrien looks at her, the echoes of lies he expects to see are unsettlingly absent. Instead, he sees a woman guarding a terrible secret, one connected to her younger, afflicted sister and the very man Isolda supposedly destroyed. Forced to investigate deeper, Hadrien is drawn into a web of political intrigue and hidden magic, where Isolda's every cruel act seems to be a desperate, calculated defense. The closer he gets to the truth, the more he realizes that the real monster isn't Isolda, but someone everyone, including him, has always trusted. Can he unravel the conspiracy before he is forced to condemn the only person telling the truth?
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Acolyte of Forgotten Altars
By @john1208
Zenthos, the Celestial Architect, was a grandmaster whose formations could ensnare gods. Now, he's Renzo Valeriani, a penniless man in a strange new world, waking up with amnesia at his own funeral. This Earth has no spiritual energy, but it seethes with something else: belief. Renzo discovers he can draw power from the faith and memory directed at others, turning reverence into fuel for his ancient arts. Taking a job as an undertaker's assistant, he finds himself at the nexus of belief - grief, remembrance, and fear. He begins creating 'altars' at the sites of strange deaths, weaving formations that draw power from local legends and tragedies. But his work attracts unwanted attention. The city's shadowed corners crawl with creatures of myth - vampiric covens and territorial lycans - who are being systematically hunted. As Renzo seeks clues to find other reincarnated cultivators from his lost home, he realizes the monster killings and his search for his people are not separate paths. Why are these ancient beings dying, and how is their demise connected to the disappearance of his own kind?
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The Somberbloom Pact
By @john1208
Dr. Anja Rostova, a brilliant but reserved psychotherapist, lives a quiet life haunted by her own past. Her routine shatters when a cryptic, embossed letter offers her an unprecedented contract: a live-in position at the secluded Voronoi Estate to treat its infamous master, Stellan Voronov. Once a titan of industry, Stellan is now a recluse, disfigured by the fire he survived - a catastrophe of his own making that claimed the lives of his partners. He is a beast of a man, caged by guilt and rage. Confined within the estate's oppressive luxury, Anja's stubborn defiance clashes with Stellan's cold hostility. Yet, her simple acts of kindness begin to penetrate the armor around his heart, forging a fragile, unspoken bond. As Stellan slowly thaws, showing her a vulnerability no one else has ever seen, Anja starts to feel something more than professional duty. But the estate holds secrets, and the wise old woman who hired her watches with knowing eyes. Anja believes she is saving him, but what if healing Stellan's mind is the very act that will seal her own fate?
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The Keeper of the Still-Glass Spire
By @john1208
Lord Valeriusz Kantas has spent a decade imprisoned within the Still-Glass Spire, a chilling monument built over the site of his parents’ brutal murder. He is the last of his line, a man convinced that the same violent madness that claimed his family flows through his veins, a curse he contains with rigid control and absolute solitude. When a political alliance demands he take a wife, he accepts the quiet, observant Eszter Varady, presenting her with a list of unbending rules designed to keep her safe from the beast he believes he is. He watches her through his network of scrying mirrors, calculating her every move, certain that any breach will unleash the darkness within him. But Eszter is not a pawn to be managed. Her quiet resilience begins to chip away at his cold facade, her small acts of defiance revealing cracks not in his sanity, but in the very foundation of his memories. When she finally tries to flee her glass cage, Valeriusz is forced to confront a terrifying truth: the rules were never for her protection. What if the real monster isn't the one he sees in the mirror?
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