MarsInRetrograde
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I heard the chimes of her anklets—a haunting whisper, an echo of something too painful. I desired her. A desire so vengeful that it consumed my very being. But make no mistake. It wasn’t a desire born of admiration, or even love, that men such as myself professed to proper ladies. It was one of hunger, born of years of loneliness and isolation, of an aching need for flesh.
Damian Redfern, a solitary young officer of the Imperial Forest Service endures the brooding silence of the Nilgiri hills, India, in 1892, cut off from home and kindred, until he falls into intense lust for Valli, a quiet veiled maid, modest yet haunting.
(Based on true historical accounts)
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28 Jun 2026
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You are out of place and out of your element. You are sent to tend to your grandmother until the changing of the guards—just until your parents arrive. Until then, you endure the ancient cold, the dead air, the suffocating stillness of Germany. There's no Wi-Fi, no television and you hardly speak the language.
But the forest whispers. The floorboards creak. And it's so dark and cold. And you are so, so, so tired. And you don't know why. You're so tired you can't explain why things go missing. Why the window opens itself at night. Why you keep seeing a towering shadow through a sleep-filled haze at night. Why you sometimes feel the mattress shift beneath your body, but you can't find enough strength to wake.
And when Kortac Forces flood the town, Oma stops letting you out. She nails your window shut and writes to your parents immediately to come. Her voice trembles when they come to the door, and she tells you not to make a sound. To hide. To be still.
But it's too late.
Because he is already watching you.
And hunting you.
And you are running out of places to hide.
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04 May 2026
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You stumble across a mysterious creature at your family's beach vacation spot who seems just as curious about you as you are about him.
Reader-insert (female) x Yandere Merman (OC)
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04 May 2026
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yours truly by herze
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV)
04 Mar 2026
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“To the Giant of Flea Bottom,
Do not think this is over. I have paid three men in the Reach to follow you. If you sleep, they will be watching. If you eat, they will be counting the bites. If you find yourself some common omega wench that you’ve fallen in love with, I want their fingers brought to me in a box of salt. You are a stain on the laws of gods and men, and I will watch you rot from across the world.
— A.T.”
Dunk is only trying to be of honorable service, but his travels are constantly interrupted by “hate” letters from a certain exiled prince across the Narrow Sea.
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18 Feb 2026
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It's hard to say how long they've been driving. It's even harder to say where they're headed. Stuck with a homicidal maniac dead set on having a good time, Randy does what he can to keep Benson from hurting anyone else.
The cops will catch up to them eventually. They always do, don’t they?
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12 Feb 2026