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Anthology  Purely Lit: Poetry and Prose Celebrating 20 Years of WritingForums.com

Literature penned by both veteran masters and new voices, all. FROM THE LOFTY HEIGHTS of ivory tower arrogance to the grunge-filled gutters of dissent, and all worlds in between, welcome to Purely Lit, a collection of short stories and poetry meant to inspire, entertain, and, yes, enlighten — literature in poetry and prose penned by both veteran masters and new voices, all. This anthology is a celebration of 20 years of WritingForums.com Purely Lit: Poetry and Prose Celebrating 20 Years of...

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Other  Members' Published Books - FAQ - Please read

Today we're introducing a new Forum on WF as a perk to engaged members of our community who have published. We encourage you to browse books in this forum and try out the genres you enjoy. It's a great way for our members and authors alike to support each other and learn more about each other. What are the requirements to post my book on this forum? 1. You must be either a Friend of Writing Forums, a Financial Supporter, or a Financial Patron. 2. You must have been an active member for...

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Magic Realism  Inchoate Yarn

Something pretty foul seems afoot in Five Feathers, Paprika County. People are having weird experiences, seeing strange things. Bodies are turning up and blood is being spilled in the hinterlands, parts that ignore borders. Rancher Stephen of the Roetapp homestead is being singled out as a rebel by agents of the crown. His hands usually respect him, so he is shocked when he discovers one of his favourites has done him the ultimate disgrace. So shocked his response is lethal. And things...

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Fantasy YA  Tiny Magic, Big Heart

Merwen the mouse didn't even know his name was Merwen. He was, after all, a mouse. But when he found himself under the floors of a wizard's tower, he started drinking droplets of water from an enchanted spring used by the wizard's family as a well. Then, after being caught in a wave of magic intended only for the coming of age of the wizard's youngest daughter, Merwen started to discover ... magical abilities. All seemed peaceful until a group of magician thieves invaded the house and...

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Fantasy YA  The Little Lost Witch and her Christmas Miracle

When a young witch named Miranda mysteriously misses All Hallow's Eve by a full twenty-four hours and instead performs the ritual to renew her powers on All Saint's Day, she collapses and awakens to a kind young man offering help. Her powers appear cursed as all her charms and hexes begin to go terribly wrong. Will her mother be able to cure her magic? And who is the strange young man who found her lying unconscious in the fairy circle and keeps turning up? Her trusty familiar, a cat named...

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Adventure SciFi Thriller  Moonscape: A First Contact Science Fiction Odyssey

An uninformed choice… Eli Thompson lived an idyllic life as a park ranger in Yellowstone National Park until an innocent fling with a divorced woman delivered a vengeful husband to his door. Can change… Convicted of manslaughter, Eli is sentenced to a life of hard labor on the Moon. In time, he settles in and meets Anna, and a budding romance begins. Everything… When alien creatures rise from beneath the lunar surface to annihilate a remote mining expedition, an exploratory mission is...

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Historical Speculative  Carthage Atlantica - An Alternate History

It is 200 BC, and the North African civilization of Carthage is recovering from a brutal war against the Roman Republic. Searching for new lands to colonize so they can rebuild their wealth, the Carthaginians send a fleet across the Atlantic Ocean that lands on the shore of North America, which they call “Atlantis”. As they struggle to adapt to this new world, the Carthaginian settlers find themselves drawn into a conflict between Native American nations, a conflict the colonists’ own...

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Poetry  Fear is a Faceless Child

Fear is a Faceless Child In this harrowing tale, based on true events, Darren White reveals a dark world of child abuse, sex trafficking and survival. White's unique style of poetry mixed with prose heightens the text to the richest form of literature. This small book has the power to change forever those who come in contact with it -- a soul-shaking message and a profound omen for our time.

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Anthology Collaboration Flash Horror  Halloween Tales: Short Stories of Supernatural Terror

The night is dark. The spirits are restless. The witching hour draws near. From the collected talent of WritingForums.com comes an assemblage of snack-sized Halloween Tales to feed, fuel, and satisfy your macabre reading desires, the ideal companion for a cool autumn evening while you await the ghouls and goblins. Madness or madcap, mysterious or morbid, this anthology promises something for every shade of monster in your neighborhood. Tricks, treats, horror, and hilarity await as we...

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Dystopian  Love Is Not God

Generation rent is on the march. Millennial netizens are coming of age, even starting to feel responsible for the successors to their digital nomadism. Emile MacAdaim is a crypto savvy would-be journo with a beautiful girlfriend from an interesting family. Jason Thurrock hosts a streaming channel giving advice on health and wellbeing that can border on the eccentric. And then there is Thomas Hathers, a borderline schizoaffective and rough sleeper with a taste for the avant-garde. They are...

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Fantasy Flash Horror Literary  Locked Away

A trio of short and flash fiction stories exploring the idea of things locked away. Locked Away - Sometimes people keep who they really are locked away. No Ruby Slippers - Simply going home doesn't always make everything alright. Rot - Some things are better left not found. Locked Away by Clifford Fryman

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Romance  Dragonfly

Trusting Ben was crazy, but Angie Lazar was out of options. To keep her daughter from the hands of her poisonous family, Angie places their future in the hands of a stranger and starts over where no one from her past can find her. She's in a new town and a new job, where Angie's discovered a passion for brewing beer...and a brewing passion for her supervisor, Jake. He draws the line: no dating employees. But when Jake finds out that Angie is seeing local bad boy, Bodie, lines get blurred...

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Romance  An Artist's Heart

While this is a continuation of my novel, Thanks, Universe, both books can be read as standalone. 23-year-old Jewel Azevedo is a successful mural artist and engaged to Sam, a man even more passionate than she is about protecting the wild horses of Nevada. She should be happy, but there are too many red flags and she's about to call off the engagement when he dies in a car crash. Jewel turns her grief and guilt away from murals to focus on canvas, and ignites a burning ambition to see her...

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Literary Romance  Thanks, Universe

"No one knows me in Porto, I can be anyone I want to be." Unwilling to face life as a teenage mother, eighteen-year-old Pauline Azevedo leaps at a rare opportunity and moves to Portugal. She leaves behind her three-year-old daughter, Jewel, to be raised by the child's aging grandparents. Pauline reinvents herself, trying to keep her past a secret in this new life. Jewel is growing up in California under the loving but not-so-watchful eye of her grandmother, Wilma, who is distracted with...

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Historical Mystery  Hannah Kukla

Isabelle Minkin, a twelve-year-old child of Russian immigrants, arrives in Rogers Park, Chicago, Ill, in the fall of 1944. By Passover of the following spring, she has disappeared and is never found by her family. The apartment she lived in with two other Russian families, is in the same building on Fargo Ave., where Maggie O'Connor lives, nearly eighty years later. Along with her friends, Uncle Mikey and Declan, Maggie tries to discover the secrets of Izzy Minkin. The only clue they have is...

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Magic Realism Mystery Romance Speculative  The Last Ride; A Paranormal Love Story

A tale of a dying man riding a motorcycle across America, hoping to recapture the happiness of his youth. Logan’s life began the day he died. He wakes in the hospital and is told he has a short time to live. Leaving the wreckage of his life behind, he strikes out across the USA on his motorcycle, intent on recapturing a time of happiness from his youth. Along the way, he meets Sarah, a long-lost love that is also on her way home. As their relationship rekindles, disturbing memories of the...

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Fantasy Magic Realism Speculative  Essence of a Dragon

It is quite likely that dragons have never been the mythological, fire-breathing beasts that we might imagine. I mean, have you actually seen one? So, we might assume that they don’t exist. However, maybe they do and they’re invisible! Or possibly they can take on another form. Something unexpected. Miles has conversations with supposedly, a dragon. For while he believes he is going mad and probably just talking to himself, the dragon insists that it is real. Miles is faced with the distinct...

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Historical Magic Realism  Priestess of the Lost Colony

A headstrong Egyptian priestess, her brother, their sacked colony—and a rescue mission. When Itaweret’s beloved Per-Pehu falls to the tyrannical Scylax, she and her brother Bek lead a mission to save her captured people and depose Scylax. Along the way, they run into all kinds of perils, friends, and foes—and beasts sent by an angry goddess. Set in ancient Greece 3,500 years ago, this is a tale blending magical realism with history, high adventure with discovery . . . and Itaweret’s...

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Non-Fiction  The Book of Fighting Climate Change

To be found lurking in the depths of Amazon.co.uk. Why should anyone want to buy my book? Do you enjoy queues for fuel? Or sitting in the cold and dark wondering how to cook dinner? Is energy security for your country a big issue. Are you worried about pollution? Do you think being poisoned is a bad idea? How are your finances? Want to gain some extra income without putting in any extra effort? Concerned about climate change? Want to help save the world but finding it hard when you are so...

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Anthology Flash Horror Poetry  Tales of the What the F***

BUY IT NOW Wild Wolf Publishing, 2019 Billionaire terminal cancer patient John Longmire's going to die today, and he's going out in style in the classiest euthanasia clinic in the world. But the strange nurse with the clipboard and the look of a goddess is spoiling the mood, with all her irksome questions about how he's lived his life. Recent retiree Gerald loves his wife Barbara and he loves his garden, but Barbara hates the garden. Because the garden's taking Gerald over, and Barbara...

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Action Adventure Historical Horror  Adonias Low

Murder. Robbery. Kidnapping. Welcome to Napa Valley, California, 1895. To lawmen and bad men alike, The Low Man is a ghost story. The most feared bounty hunter to ever walk the territories. Whispered to be an Apache shapeshifter, a renegade Pinkerton detective, or the Bible quoting son of a mad preacher. No one really knows for sure. He’s a spectre outlaws scare each other with round campfires. Adonias Lowe lives in the highlands of Napa Valley with his children, scratching a hard living...

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Horror  Cuttin' Heads

Aldo Evans is a desperate man. Fired from his job and deeply in debt, he struggles to balance a broken family life with his passion for music. Luce Figura is a troubled woman. A rhythmic perfectionist, she is haunted by childhood trauma and scorned by her religiously devout mother. Ross McArthur is a wiseass. Orphaned as an infant, his interests include game shows, home-grown weed, occasional violence and the bass guitar. They are Public Alibi. A rock n’ roll band going nowhere fast. But...

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