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A Thrilling 2021
If 2020 was the year of Fabled Ink’s beginning, 2021 was the year of Thrillers. We’ve devoured thrillers like a bowl of popcorn in front of an action movie, and we thought we could share our view of the Good, the Very Good, and the Utterly Bad. Here are the best-selling books in the Thriller…
Keep readingWish to the Universe
Challenge: Write something under the title Wish to the Universe I wish to the universeFor a bright tomorrowFor my sisters and brothersIn this family I’ll grow I with to the universeFor classes to go wellTo learn all the wondersBefore the final school bell I wish to the universeFor him to fall for meMaybe we’ll be…
Keep readingThe Perfect Guy
Challenge: Write an inner monologue from the perspective of a cheating boyfriend. What are you up to? When I see the text on my phone, I feel the aggravation rise inside me. What does she want now?I decide to ignore her for the time being. I have more pressing matters to attend to. Looking at…
Keep readingRevealing City of the Dead, an epic fantasy novel by Valena D’Angelis
A looming threat. A civil war. Heroes scattered in time coming back together. What will it take to save Bravoure? Who deserves redemption? There will be a reckoning. Tempest of Bravoure: City of the Dead, the third and last book of the Tempest of Bravoure series, will be released on September 1. We are thrilled…
Keep readingThe Long Shadow on the Stage
☆☆☆☆ A cleverly crafted story about the secrets we keep, and how they can lead us to kill or be killed.
Keep readingThe Bull Option
☆☆☆ A thoroughly researched financial thriller that takes readers to Wall Street, New York, on the greatest heist of the century, in the world of hedge funds and investors.
Keep readingA Fool’s Game
☆☆☆ Four colleagues just won £20 million and go live the life of their dreams. But dreams are just that, dreams, and these four individuals must learn that lesson the hard way.
Keep readingWinds of Destruction
☆☆☆ The Last Airbender meets Game of Thrones in this gripping adventure where elements clash. Winds of Destruction is an epic fantasy story that follows an unexpectedly powerful young girl who gets sucked into action to fight for freedom.
Keep readingPrompted Stories
☆☆☆ A collection of captivating short stories written by Danielle Buckroyd on the basis of writing prompts.
Keep readingDown by the Bay
☆☆☆☆ An emotional short story about dealing with the loss of a loved one and wrongful blame.
Keep readingDeath Perception
☆☆☆ This book tells the story of a young man named Kennet with supernatural powers that has to find his own way in a world of foul play.
Keep readingPrisoner
I’m still stuck in this place. The room is large. White. The walls are cushions. There is a bed, a desk, and a chair. There’s nothing else. I’m pacing around like a polar bear on melting ice. I bite my nails—no—nevermind. I don’t have any nails to bite anymore. I guess the skin will do. I’m gnawing on…
Keep readingThe Undoubtedly True Narrative of the Yetiman
☆☆☆☆ A novel that follows a quirky comic book store named owner Ross on the quest to discover the truth about the world, starting with finding out if yetis are real.
Keep readingGriffin in the Spring
☆☆☆ A sweet children’s book about a griffin who explores his surroundings and joins other birds in the sky, until the rain leads him back home. It is a simple yet cute story written in rhythmic rhymes that could almost be sung, with cute artwork children will love.
Keep readingTime Burrito
☆☆☆☆ A book that takes you exactly on the fun journey it promises you—back in time to make the perfect burrito. When you first see the cover of Time Burrito, you know you are in for a ride. Then you read the first sentence, and you know it will be a good one.
Keep readingLegacy
Challenge: Write space-themed Sci-Fi without spaceship, star, and galaxy. We landed on the far side of the planet where the sun never shone. Whenever this side faced the sunlight, the planet fell into the shadow of its moon. This is why the natives called this part of the woods the Hidden, in the local language. Michael had learned…
Keep readingExcerpt From Fairytales
A story filled with adventure, challenges, and twists and turns … We are glad to share with you an excerpt from Ella J. Stefani‘s upcoming debut Fairytales, a YA Fantasy novel set in an exquisitely crafted world where everything is possible. With her unique pink hair and jolly attitude, Neyafõrr the fairy princess is believed to…
Keep readingFor Writers and Their Debut
…And we’re live! Our website is complete. Fabled ink is an initiative that started in July 2020, though we had a little setback. But here we are! Stay tuned, because much more is coming, from free short fiction to poetry, to fun stories where our authors don’t really take themselves seriously. At fabled ink, we…
Keep readingI Can’t Be a Mom
Challenge: Write a pregnancy-themed soap using the prompt. I can’t be a mother. I tried. I tried to tell myself I was fit. But I can’t lie to myself. I can’t be a mother. My name is Elise. I’m not your typical girl who dreams of marrying the good boy next door and having a…
Keep readingOctober Rain
Challenge: Write a crime thriller using the prompt. This fucking rain again. New York in October was just downright ugly. The gutters foul stench stung her nose while the water pouring out of the sky smashed against her glasses. She should have stayed inside. But no, she had to decide to go get that Merlot and…
Keep readingFace the Past: Releasing Castaway by Valena D’Angelis
Courage and love. Fear and blame. A journey beyond the edge of the world. Can our heroes find a way home? A gripping adventure where everyone’s heart will be tested. Tempest of Bravoure: Castaway, the second book of the Tempest of Bravoure series, has gone live today. Rejoin Ahna as she sets out on a…
Keep readingThem
Challenge: Write dystopian fiction using the prompt. It was dark. Too dark. I should have been inside by now. But I just had to go talk to Paul. Nothing seemed right anymore, and he was the only one I could trust. At least I thought that until tonight. I could hear nothing around me, a…
Keep readingTokyo Blood
Challenge: Write horror using the prompt. It was a dark alley where nobody walked. Yuki slid into the looming darkness as she held her purse tight, afraid, trembling from the shivers of the night. Her long black hair tied behind her shoulders, she wore her favourite heels and the tight skirt her boss Hime-sama forced…
Keep readingMindSurfer®
Challenge: Write Sci-Fi using the prompt. Journal of Neuroscience and Computing A proof of concept for wireless mind-to-mind data transmission. 14.05.2022 Abstract The socio-economic situation, as well as the worldwide connectivity of every single person, gave rise to a need for faster and better communication. In this paper, state-of-the-art brain imaging and nano-implants are utilized to…
Keep readingAlien Invasion
Challenge: Dream Writeup I always wondered how I would react to a crisis. I wanted to think I would be the one to fight, but that might have only been my ego talking. Nobody wanted to be the one to run after all. They say you did not know until the time came. When the…
Keep readingMeant to Be
Challenge: Write a fictional biography with at least five clichés. I looked at myself in the mirror on this Monday morning—something I thought I, to that day, could not do without shooing my freckles away. Not because they looked particularly ugly, no, they were the constellations that defined me! But just because I wasn’t the…
Keep readingBenchtalk
Challenge: Write a chick flick about men. ELISABETH (31, TALL, BLOND, ALL AMERICAN BEAUTY) AND MARIA (33, SMALL, BROWN DEER EYES) SIT ON A PARK BENCH, HOLDING STARBUCKS CUPS. Maria: So he just left? Elisabeth: He didn’t even have the balls to collect his stuff. Maria: Well, sweety, seeing you mad scares all of us.…
Keep readingLove & Roses
Challenge: Write a romance using the prompt. There was something endearing to the pink hue of the sunset that loomed beneath the mountain. Below the cliff where I stood, I could see the contours of firs that shimmered in the golden light. Most people simply called these trees “Christmas Trees”, even though firs had existed…
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