Academia
And Let Time Stand, Still – The Elemental Pentology: Five
Ariadne Pautina
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Trigger Warnings
Alcohol use; blood and gore; epidemics; explicit content; family conflict; infidelity; manipulation; mass deaths / murder; physical abuse / assault; pregnancy / birth; sex; torture; violence; war
Zoya Iskralin is testing the boundaries of discovery. Testing how humans investigate cruelty and if her reckless games would be exposed. With increasing threats, Zoya is called home; her skills needed to assist her sisters, to protect the Compound, and to save the world. Katya’s endgame jeopardised by devastating loss. Will Katya’s sisters forgive her, once the truth is revealed?
Sempiternal – The Elemental Pentology: Four
Ariadne Pautina
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Trigger Warnings
Alcohol use; blood and gore; drowning; epidemics; explicit content; infidelity; manipulation; mass deaths / murder; physical abuse / assault; pregnancy / birth; sex; torture; violence
Calina Iskralin is searching for evidence of the past. Searching for means to repair a broken world. With the release of a deadly virus, Calina must make a world-changing decision. A horrific sacrifice which will fuel the division between the two factions. Both sides harbouring lies and manipulating perception to gain advantage. The alliance devastated by loss, with war’s arrival bringing potential annihilation.
Torrefy – The Elemental Pentology: Three
Ariadne Pautina
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Trigger Warnings
Abuse / abusive relationship; alcohol use; blood and gore; explicit content; fire; infidelity; manipulation; mass deaths / murder; physical abuse / assault; sex; suicide; torture; violence; witchcraft
Levka Iskralin is seeking the source of a disturbance. To discover who is trying to bring forward the Goddess Katalecazo. To eradicate the potential for the truth of the Goddess being revealed, Levka must dismantle a coven, while also protecting her own identity. All while continuing to understand what impact the erasure of Katalecazo’s influence has had on the world. A world moving even closer to war.
The Menagerie
Ariadne Pautina
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Trigger Warnings
Abortion; abuse / abusive relationship; bestiality; dubious consent; drug use; incest; infidelity; manipulation; murder; nightmares; physical abuse / assault; rape; sex / sexual abuse / sexual assault; spiders / suicidal ideation; torture; violence
From the opening short story to the final poem, The Menagerie combines varied themes and genres which explore darker experiences with an empowering message of hope. This anthology is a cohesive combination of 55 tales delivering strength.
No matter how hollow you may feel inside. This is a series of creative interpretations of how survival can be brutal, can be beautiful, and can lead you to the brink of destruction before escape is found.
The Path of an Heir
Coby Thinks
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Trigger Warnings
violence, paranoia and anxiety, misogyny and transphobia/misgendering
The only heir to Cidon’s throne sits trapped between who the world sees her as and who Nadia knows herself to be, so she turns to the only person she can trust. Jasper. He believes there is a way for Nadia to have both her kingdom and her identity.
If only she was willing to delve into a forbidden search for magic.
When a traitorous plot threatens to end Nadia’s life, she has no choice but to flee into that darkness to avoid her future ending before she can become anything at all; King or Queen.
