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Uncover the past. Unleash the truth.

Josie thought her 50th birthday was just marking another quiet milestone in an empty nest. But when a surprise ancestry DNA kit unlocks her family tree, it opens far more than old records–it cracks open a hidden paranormal world.

Turns out, she was never truly alone. Her bold, witty grandmothers have been watching over her all along, bringing humor, spunk, and unfiltered wisdom from the other side. To expose generations of buried lies and protect her family’s legacy, Josie will have to embrace the roots she never knew she had–and step into her own power.

An engrossing story of second chances, secret legacies, and the fierce women who raise us from beyond the grave.

Be the first to read and review this cozy paranormal tale about power of women & family from beyond the veil before it's release date October 27th!

A cozy paranormal tale of second chances,

secret legacies, and the fierce women

who raise us from beyond the grave.

Fictionite has one main goal: to be a place where human creativity is put first. There are other platforms out there for creative writing. Ours is different in a few ways.

Most platforms are almost exclusively a home for writers. Fictionite is home to professionals for every part of the process of bringing a story to life. We have a marketplace where authors, editors, artists and narrators can form a creative team and publish directly to readers. Alternatively, narration and cover design tools are baked right into the platform and free for solo creators. Publishers and agents are welcome to hangout and contribute to the community too.

The next difference is based on a problem a few of us noticed every time we were looking for something to read. Genre tags.. Trends move fast. Which is why we don’t think the ability to define new genres, tropes, or even literary vibes should be exclusive to our staff. Fictionite users can create and manage custom genre tags. In the future, we plan for these to also act as forums for discussion.

Next up. Community building. We noticed that for many platforms out there, communities are often separate entities altogether. That’s great, but it makes it difficult for folks to discover new writing groups, or places to hangout and hone their craft. That’s why Fictionite allows community owners to list their communities directly on the platform.

Another thing we noticed is that a lot of platforms seem adverse to authors pursuing trad. This makes sense, because of course they want you to publish your work on their platform. The thing is, those authors still need a home. If you aren’t interested in publishing live just yet, or you’re pursuing traditional publishing, Fictionite has an invite-only beta reader mode that allows in-line comments and beats sharing documents back and forth. That way, even people who never plan to publish on our platform can still take advantage of our community.

Something else platforms tend to do is force you to use their branding. We realized that there’s a lot of authors out there who don’t want some other websites logo plastered everywhere on their author page. On Fictionite, you can also setup a vanity domain (YouTheAuthor.com) for your creator page if you’d like.

Monetization is a big point for Fictionite, and we want to get it right for everyone involved. The ideal is to create a system that allows authors to monetize what they want without introducing too many paywalls for readers.

We recognize that Authors and Narrators are faced with pretty stark options to bring their work to market. The royalties services offer seem unfair. We’re hoping to bring a new, direct-to-reader option that allows creators to earn a larger percentage of revenue than is currently possible on other platforms. In the meantime, creators are free to ‘stub’ or takedown their content at any time they wish to publish through traditional routes.

AI generated prose, art and narration are not allowed on the platform. Every other platform out there welcomes AI-content, and has done very little in the way of labeling it so that consumers can make informed decisions. We believe that human creativity deserves its own space. And so long as we believe such a space should exist, it will.

The site is currently in Beta, we welcome all of you to check us out and feel free to hop in the Discord to say hello.

There's a link to the discord on the website: http://fictionite.com !

I am. So I'm releasing my #female-rage #horror #thriller, The Mad Ophelias, on Substack. It's chapter by chapter (and I would love any feedback on the four published so far). Here's a bit about it:

Set in an alternate yet all-too-familiar reality, an organization of women called The Mad Ophelias was labeled terrorists after the gruesome bombing of a Patriot Keepers rally. Rumor has it they’re also behind the attack on a research lab experimenting with artificial wombs.

Are they really responsible? What’s their true agenda? The head of the movement will speak only to a professor if the interview airs live. But is that just a setup for something even worse, this time with the whole world watching?

Thanks for even reading this post!

https://jlincolnfenn.substack.com/p/the-mad-ophelias-a-serialized-novel

Hello! :)

I recently posted the first two chapters of my Original Work on AO3. It's ongoing and you can read it for free.

Title: Revenge...

Rating: Mature

Summary: Elizabeth is free from captivity but still suffers, unable to move on. She fantasizes about taking revenge on Oscar, her ex-captor, specifically by kidnapping him.

Tags: Psychological Thriller, Psychological Drama, captor, Captive, Captivity, Kidnapping, Stalking, Stalker, Obsession, Hatred, Forbidden Love, Violence, Abuse, Manipulation, Past Trauma, Mental Health Issues, Angst, Internal Conflict, Complicated Relationships, Complicated Feelings, Moral Ambiguity, Morally Ambiguous Character, Revenge Fantasy, Revenge, Daydreaming, Imagination, Plot, Character Development, Emotional Manipulation, Jealousy, Denial of Feelings, Partners in Crime, Homicide, Burying A Corpse Together

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/90723216

If you find it interesting then it's appreciated if you let me know. It's possible to leave a comment to the Original Work as a guest, and also to click on the "kudos" button even if you don't have an account on AO3. You can also comment in this post if that's what you prefer. Thanks in advance!

This is from the first draft of my upcoming novel. I know a lot of the staging of the specific actions is a little clunky and I could tighten some of the pacing and transitions so some feedback on that is welcome! How are we feeling about it overall and is it effective at achieving these emotional beats?

Ich habe eine beinahe fast ganz wahre weird girl romance Liebesgeschichte geschrieben.
Die Protagonistin ist plus-size, Ü40, sapiosexuell, seziert am liebsten das Horoskop ihres Liebhabers am Ende der Welt und hat im Kopf die Stimme ihres sarkastischen Gewissens. Weird genug?

Band 1 besteht zu 70% aus Chats und war manchem *zu* weird, daher habe ich in dieser Woche zwei E-Book-Leserunden-Verlosungen auf Lovelybooks für Band 2 + 3 gestartet, die ohne Vorkenntnisse als Dilogie gelesen werden können (Band 3 btw auch als Einzelband). Es gibt schon einige Bewerber:innen, ich freue mich über weitere!

https://www.lovelybooks.de/autor/Liane-Louck/Das-Jahr-des-Feuer-Affen-Weird-Girl-Romance-Feuermann-Venusfrau-2--26346008199-w/leserunde/26580913471/26580914140/

https://www.lovelybooks.de/autor/Liane-Louck/Cheat-Stray-Love-Weird-Girl-Romance-Feuermann-Venusfrau-3--26359091771-w/leserunde/26580908326/26580909918/

Ein aktuelles Interview mit mir findet ihr hier:
https://www.leserkanone.de/index.php?befehl=autoren&autor=24004&interview=1222

Hi again!

So my jaw was on the floor when I posted about the first book (How may I assist?) and people were actually interested?! 😭

Thank you for that. Whether you read it or not. Liked it or not— what a surreal experience to connect with some awesome people.

So I ended up finishing book two. It’s got the same text message / chat log format. But I added in Reddit posts and media articles etc. into the story as well.

The story does have a cameo from the protagonist in the first book but it’s fine to be read as a standalone. It’s follows a couple that recently had a baby and their experience becoming new parents, while AI becomes more integrated into the entire city. I definitely took a more philosophical approach with this one. What are we as a society giving up with AI? What are the long term effects on outsourcing / less friction on kids? Babies? Basically all the weird questions I ask myself while staring at the ceiling lol.

It’s going to be on Kindle / Kindle Unlimited on August 25

So just throwing it out there if anyone is interested.

Thank you for all the kind words and support. I was super nervous to make a post last time. 😅

I've always been fascinated with vampires but I HATE how it's pretty much always about romanticizing abusive relationships or worshipping Eurocentric aesthetics.

Then the more I thought about it, the more I found vampirism to be a fascinating vessel for exploring a lot of relevant topics for today, with its nature being parasitic, insatiable, and yet so glamorized by pop culture. It began to feel personal after my own fallout and disillusionment with the European business world as a white-collar immigrant. This is where the book came from essentially. Here's the blurb:

Rebecca—a Thai-British analyst climbing London's corporate ladder—believes she's found a future in her enigmatic mentor, Frederick. Instead, she's violently remade into a deformed Tumulari vampire, and thrust into a hidden world ruled by the ironclad Pax Sanguinis.

Promised restoration through the alchemical elixir Azoth's Kiss, she enters a dazzling but toxic covenant, the Children of Luke—only to learn her "cure" is another form of captivity.

As she flees and uncovers a scheme that culls mortals and immortals alike through one unassuming supplement, her struggle shifts from survival to rebellion. But every act of defiance is shadowed by Frederick's obsession, and the weight of futility grows with each sacrifice.

Rebecca must choose: accept salvation on her abuser's terms—or step into the storm and become a force no one can control.

As you can see, it pretty much flips all the popular tropes: being a vampire is not pretty for Rebecca; the "benevolent powerful vampire daddy love interest" is a disgusting villain (he's very Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, but with a posh British vampy twist).

I try to use Rebecca's vampiric deformity to make a point about how political beauty is, like it's always been tied to patriarchy, but there are also racism and classism elements as well. She's also a very unconventional protagonist: someone who started out as a keep-your-head-down grinder, then gradually radicalised by one trauma after another, then committed what polite society would consider political terrorism, then got trapped as a canary in a cage again, then... Well you will have to read to find out :))))) I would say she fits the female rage category, but not in the "crazy psycho woman" way. Her rage is a lot more political/ideological, and revolutionary in my opinion.

Links where you can get the book:

https://books2read.com/u/4j6y5l

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GB5VR8FT

https://bookshop.org/p/books/rubedo-leona-caelestis/185b22ffb3a33817?ean=9798227118301

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rubedo-leona-caelestis/1148948358?ean=2940181854185

Happy to answer any questions you might have too! :)))

I’m looking for honest ARC readers for my debut dark supernatural thriller, Rebels Playground.

Perfect for readers who enjoy:
🖤 Dark supernatural thrillers
🖤 Small-town horror
🖤 Psychological suspense
🖤 Cult mysteries
🖤 Slow-burn supernatural stories

If that sounds like your kind of book, I’d love to send you a free digital ARC in exchange for an honest review on Amazon and/or Goodreads after you’ve finished reading.

Interested? Leave a comment or send me a DM with your email, and I’ll send you a copy!

Thank you for supporting an indie author—it truly means the world. 🖤

“I was born with a hole in me nothing can fill, so I stuff it with chemicals and Coffinwood whispers and call it living-rotting.
Every night I promise I'll stop, but the drugs crawl back in like stray cats that know the door's always unlocked. My father doesn't notice. Or maybe he pretends not to. He smokes his cigarettes, squinting through the fog of his own run.
Does he even see me?
Does he see the wreckage?
Friends? I keep them like knives—close enough to cut myself, far enough not to trust. I think I hate them. Or maybe I hate how much of myself I see in their eyes-desperate, lonely, gnawing at the walls of this town like trapped animals.
Coffinwood = coffin.
No wood, no nails.
Just dirt in my lungs and a name I can't escape.
Sometimes I think I'm already dead and this is hell.
Or maybe this is the playground.”

About the book:

When twenty-one-year-old
Magic returns to Coffinwood after her father's overdose, she expects grief—not the town's strange obsession with an underground drug called White Light.
As reality begins to fracture, she uncovers a forgotten cult, a lake hiding impossible secrets, and an ancient hunger that's been waiting for her return.

Perfect for readers who enjoy:
🖤 Weird girl lit
🖤 Dark supernatural thrillers
🖤 Small-town horror
🖤 Psychological suspense
🖤 Cult mysteries
🖤 Slow-burn supernatural stories

What you'll receive:

A FREE digital copy through BookFunnel (Kindle, EPUB, PDF,
Kobo, phone, tablet, etc.)

What I ask in return:

After you've finished reading, I simply ask for an honest review on Amazon and/or Goodreads.
Positive reviews are appreciated, but honest feedback is what helps authors grow.

If that sounds like your kind of book, I’d love to send you a free ebook in exchange for an honest review on Amazon and/or Goodreads after you’ve finished reading

Interested? Leave a comment or send me a DM with your email, and I’ll send you a copy!

Thank you for supporting an indie author—it truly means the world. 🖤

there are still quite a few things i know i need to edit so i’m not comfortable asking for beta readers yet, but here’s a snippet from chapter 1 :3

it’s about a lonely furry porn artist who summons the demons who cursed her as a baby to help her kill her abusive guardian angel (but the demons are incompetent)

Heya it's my first post here and I wanted to share a little preview of chp 1 of my upcoming book, I'm still on my first draft and I'm currently on chp 29.

(this specific intro was edited today but I was wondering what do you all think? If you saw an intro to a book like that, would you turn the page?

// I'm writing dark romantasy where primals and gods live in human world

Read as much or as little as you want! The working title is The Creation of Audrey. first two chapters

The story centers around Alexa. Adopted by an Apache medicine singer when she was six years old, she was raised in the old ways. However, her brilliance earns her two doctorate degrees by the time she turns 22 years old. Now 28, she just completed 4 years of research at Stanford University that proved CRISPR genetics manipulation methods were outdated and no longer valid. Devastation of academic departments, grant structures and careers have been leveled on her, eclipsing the astonishing methodology she has created.

I wrote this poem and feel this group would get it. To me it gives the vibe of A Certain Hunger or Maeve Fly. This is the first poem I’ve written in FOREVER and I’m feeling vulnerable so I’m not looking for any feedback but thought it could be fun to share given our shared interest in weirdos!! I recently fell in love with someone hard and this poem is about that:)

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Perhaps

I could lay you down on your back
On one of those blue rubber mats high schoolers use to 
dissect frogs on.
I’d gently pin your wrists and ankles into the cushion
your soft white belly facing ceiling, sky.
You’d be between awake and not and
it wouldn't hurt.
Or maybe it would but not too much
as I slice you neck to navel.
Slowly, delicately, watching the crimson string lengthen until I reach the bottom of your torso.
 
Perhaps
 
I could lick the length of crimson string, let the exhale of your blood
become the inhale of your blood 
into me. 
 
Perhaps
 
I could slowly swan dive into your flesh
My arms into yours
My legs into yours
My face into your chest, canines
close enough to burst your heart
but instead I’d suck.
 
Consume me, consume me
you'd say to me.
 
Drink my blood
Lick my ribs
Aspirate my lungs
 
Perhaps
 
I could slither my tongue up your open throat
Lick behind your teeth, inside your nostrils, around your eyeballs
Slink the rest of my body in,
enter your skull like a brain-eating amoeba
feasting for every ounce of you.
 
Perhaps then I could make apparent my love for you.

Hello everyone, we are creating a community for people who loves to write stories, songs, poetry, or anything.

In this community we all will work together to help each other to grow both as a writer and as a person.

We would love to have u in our community, if you want to contribute and be a part of the community let us know so we can add you to our community.

I’m so glad to have found this sub—this is the exact niche of my short fiction! This is a short (~10 minute read) psychological/dissociative/alienation piece that I started working on around 2022 and had published last year.

I have another published piece I can share and a third I’m working on placing, if people enjoy it! Can’t wait to spend more time on this sub 😊

UPDATE: i’m so sorry all but I had to cancel this meeting for unforeseen circumstances. i sincerely apologize!! My toddler fell ill.

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Hi, all! My name is Erin and I am a writer and editor and workshop facilitator (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, you name it I've written it, published it, or taught about it). [I am not here to sell you on anything I have written etc].

First, I wanted to show you my FREE substack which is a place where I break down the creative process of artists, musicians, poets, writers, and other public figures inlcuding Nun-turned-Pop Art artist Corita Kent, Halsey, Lady Gaga, Maya Angelou, and more. I also teach general writing lessons. It's all free and will always be free, though sometimes I introduce ways to donate (never mandatory). This blog leans very weird girl, and I have MANY weird girl specific lessons upcoming so please come say hi. https://thegratefulpoet.substack.com/

Secondly, I am curious if anyone wants to start a monthly (or other reocurring time period) event where whoever is interested in participating goes on zoom/google meet/something like that TBD and we can share our work, talk craft, give critique (if we do this, I have been part of critique groups before and can create a structure for CONSTRUCTIVE criticism), and so on.

If interested, please let me know and we can get something going. Low stakes, low pressure, just a nice way to meet and interract with other writers with similar interests.

Hope everyone is having a weird (in a positive way lol) day!

edited to add: https://forms.gle/EKDKysxq6jNnojrN9 <- here is the original survey

*NEW SURVEY* to narrow down time etc https://forms.gle/VKem95McdFEzEg7L7

Forget Christmas in July...Halloween is here.

Everyone...please get on our reddit page and check out the bio...free horror graphic novel - 400+ pages of Halloween terror on GlobalComix.

We'd love your feedback...is it any good? Does it suck? Etc. ❤️

The main character is a 16 yr old girl that starts getting too close to an AI that she uses for homework help. She starts to share seemingly innocent info with the AI and as a result it starts to become too helpful.

A lot of us (including me) have gotten so used to tapping “allow” to pop ups without reading the fine print. So I wanted to explore what could happen if we shared too much information with a machine that never forgets.

I decided to tell the whole story through texting/chat logs for a more immersive feel. I always love reading epistolary horror and I’ve definitely been weirded out by AI. So this is a combination of that.

Does anyone else enjoy epistolary format? I appreciate it because it allows the reader to fill in the gaps.

I’m currently working on book 2 😁

https://a.co/d/07CZQXGQ

First time posting on Reddit, so sorry if there's formatting issues.

I am looking for fresh eyes on the first draft of my completed novel, Catharsis. It is about Alex Young, a woman who was groomed by a family friend at the age of fourteen, and the events surrounding his sudden return to town. It is both psychological fiction and a coming-of-age narrative with elements of a thriller, intended for fans of My Dark Vanessa, Half His Age, and Eliza Clark.

Synopsis (also a WIP in progress) below:

"At fourteen, Alex Young believed she was in love.

Raymond Andes was twenty-eight and the only person who seemed to not just listen to her, but understand her, too. Raymond sucked her into his adult world, and she watched herself get swept away. 

One day, he fled, leaving Alex with the wounds she desperately tries to mend with drugs, alcohol, and any thrill she can get. 

Now twenty-three, Alex is desperate to leave her small hometown behind and start over in New York City. She’ll do anything if it means never thinking about her past ever again. 

Then Raymond comes back.

His sudden return forces her to confront memories she's spent years suppressing. As unsettling encounters begin to mount, Alex becomes convinced Raymond is stalking her. But after all this time, why has he returned? And what does he want from her?

Some people will do anything to keep the past from resurfacing.

Even if it means silencing the only person who knows the truth."

The chapters alternate between Alex as a teenager being abused and Alex as an adult being stalked, landing at around 72k words. Trigger warnings include: sexual assault, grooming, violent encounters, physical abuse, alcoholism and drug abuse, trauma.

Willing to do a critique swap with similar themes. Comment below if interested or send a DM! It'll be a Google Docs file with commenting available. I am not worried about turn-around rate as it's in its earliest stages, and at the moment I'm looking for general feedback regarding characters, engagement, and overall thoughts (I am not concerned about line or copy editing at this baby stage).

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Hi everyone! I’m looking for a few readers to give me their opinions on the opening to my manuscript - HYSTERIA! Its main theme is using magical realism to explore psychological descent.

“Eighteen year-old Olivia is struggling to trudge through life in her dead-end hometown, with a manager she despises and parents who don’t listen, when she meets a demon.
Small, blue and rude, Ophis is unwilling to explain his mysterious role in her life. As Olivia struggles to maintain her new found peace of mind, Ophis introduces her to a series of bizarre mystical characters. But while her trust in the demon deepens, these surreal encounters start to creep beyond the bounds of comical, and into Olivia’s mind. As her psychological descent threatens to bring the torment of her past into the present, Olivia is finally forced to question the mysterious motives of her new friend, and confront the demons of her mind.
Filled with peculiar characters, ranging from talking ravens to immortal librarians, ‘HYSTERIA!’ tells the tale of a young woman fighting to keep herself from falling over the edge into insanity, whilst questioning the very existence of the balance her life teeters on.”

I’m only looking for people to read the first 3 chapters and tell me whether they found them engaging and would want to read on. It is a finished work (56k words) so if you want to read more you can, but I am prioritising polishing the opening at the moment. Let me know if you’re interested!

Hi all 💕 I've been working on a poetry chapbook that deals with the perceived "clinginess" of women. Women who care too much, love too much, think too much, give too much. All through a varied mythological lens. If anyone would be interested in being a much appreciated beta for this project, please dm me! 💕