Redgrave first introduced this document on Reddit and it has since been revised, and finalized. He closely examines the information available to the player in order to build up the hidden story of the game. Both facts and Redgrave's own speculations are provided and a clear distinction is made between the two in order to allow the reader room to disagree with his conclusions and make up their own minds based on the evidence presented.

     Kuroe Makoto, the tomboyish ace of her high school track and field club, never spared a thought for these things before. However, when she falls asleep in her Tokyo home after an exhausting marathon and wakes up in a fantasy world, those concepts become her reality. And unlike in the common light novel setting, she isn't reincarnated as the naturally good-looking and talented human hero who gathers a harem effortlessly. In fact, she isn't reincarnated as a human at all. She is reborn as 'Chaos', child of the demon queen and heir to a kingdom at war with humanity. Demon Princess Magical Chaos puts the Japanese high school girl in a tentacle monster, in this strange tale of a sound human mind possessing a horrifying creature's body. Join Chaos on her oftentimes humorous but also perilous journey through a world of sword and sorcery, as she discovers a newfound appetite for life, terror, and demi-human girls. CONTENT WARNING: Gore, Traumatizing Content, Explicit Sexual Content Volume 2 will be released Fall 2018.

    Meet Wormwood, the English-accented, beer-drinking, sentient corpse possessing a maggot expat from the Hell dimension. Well, one of them. If he's not attempting to save Earth from demonic, parasitic fungal infections or undead strippers, then he's off drinking with his homemade mechanical sidekick, Mr. Pendulum.

    Liar. Thief. Killer.I’ve been called it all and so much worse.And they’re not wrong.I’ve been running my whole life. Hiding from the monsters who haunt my dreams and who will tear me apart again and again if they ever find me. I live off whatever I can steal, trapped inside a fae prison city filled with pollution, sin and poverty. Humans have captured the Fae. We belong to them now.My scars make me a bad omen to my people, who shun and torment me at every turn.Cyrus, the egotistical and frustratingly gorgeous leader of the fae under-city, can’t seem to decide whether he wants to kill me or claim me for his own dark and delicious desires.And Reid, a dangerous and hypnotically beautiful human Authority Agent whose sole purpose should be to keep me in the dirt, has decided to keep me as his own personal Pet instead.But when dark, demonic creatures start attacking, killing humans and Fae alike, alliances must be made, especially when the monsters seem to be determined to find and slaughter me.A dormant war is awakening, and the part I must play in it is only just becoming clear.Do I stand and fight? Or do I strike the match and watch them all burn?Lies of the Fae is book 1 in “The Stolen Fae series”. It’s a dark, urban-fantasy romance full of magic, danger, passion, and pain.Please Note: This is a reverse harem book and contains explicit content and darker elements, including mature language, violence, torture and non-consensual sex. It is not intended for anyone under 18 years of age.

    Now, Dancy and her companions make their way to the heart of the darkness: the wolves' lair, and the terrible choice that waits within.

    A glimpse into Dancy's past, as she follows her two guides—each less trustworthy than the other—deeper into the twisted maze of the town.

    Now, finally, Dancy's enigmatic guide tells her story-and Dancy gets her first real glimpse into the evil infesting the town.

    But buried deep in history lies an answer to his steel grip that nobody wants to unleash…Risen from death, a warrior emerges — The Arbiter, a demonic sorcerer not seen in 500 years. And he’s pissed.For it's not a random king who sits upon the throne and plunges an already struggling kingdom into chaos…the mad king is the Arbiter’s brother, and the man responsible for ending his life in the first place. Sound the drums of war and prepare for battle! Prince Shaw returns as The Arbiter with his brother, the king, in his sights, and anyone who stands in his way will be considered an enemy...

    In search of a way to end the immortal creature’s life, Pride and the dying woman find refuge in the manor of Crow’s End, where the residents harbor deadly, secretive histories, and the walls breathe with the memories of a madman as old as time.As their time draws short, Pride must manage an impossible feat no other Sin has accomplished before, while Sara tries to survive the madness of Crow’s End and come to grips with her own limited mortality.

    Prior..."A beautifully written and engrossing masterwork!" -- Mitchell HoganFantasy Faction semifinalist for the SPFBO 2018A babe is born in the shadows of the ravine city, a child who will end the self-imposed exile of the dwarves and usher in a new age of glory.Years later, Ravine Guard Carnac Thayn discovers a break-in at the Scriptorium. A dwarf has been murdered and a book stolen, but the ruling council do nothing.Then, when Carn is called to investigate thuds and crashes from the mines, old horror rises from the deep, and the city is threatened with slaughter.Rumors begin to circulate about a mythical axe said to be lost below the earth, an axe wielded by the dwarf lords of old that might just be the last hope of a race marked to die.But deception is rife, and unseen forces manipulate all paths to the future.It is a pivotal moment for the dwarves, and Carn must make a choice that will either save or damn his people.Blood will flow in rivers through the ravine.Friends will become foes.A name will be forgotten.And a hero will rise.

    One of Mira's most powerful elementals, Ig works in secret as an enforcer for the corrupt Magnate Sorrelo Adriann, but is cursed with flesh binding magic — magic that will kill him at the first sign of disobedience. His days are spent hunting down anyone who would oppose the magnate, a shell of his old self who clings to old memories and his budding friendships with the magnate's son and daughter.When Sorrelo is overthrown in a coup and the country is thrown into chaos, Ig quickly learns he can do far worse than what Sorrelo has asked from him so far. If he can’t rediscover the person he was and escape the flesh binding in time, he will have to kill countless innocents as Sorrelo and his allies seek to reclaim the throne, or sacrifice himself trying.

    a weird western. Gunslingers, hex witches, dogmen, minotaur, trains that run further than you can imagine ... Mikeos Jones is a gunslinger, faster than thinking, part of the gunlaw, a man who can seldom afford the luxury of looking past the end of any given day.Jenna Crossard is a hex-witch, but her ambitions are larger than spells and charms - the need to understand the world consumes her. They say the gunlaw keeps men safe from the endless horror of the sect, but to Jenna it's a cage and she wants out. If that means breaking open the world and killing a few gods ... so be it.

    Sold into servitude and forged into a living weapon, Jezzet Vel'urn must discover if she is ready to take on her most dangerous challenge yet; a duel to the death against her master.

    Some maps don’t even show it. And only outsiders use the full name. Everyone who lives there calls it The Gulp. The place has a habit of swallowing people.A man enjoying early retirement makes the mistake of visiting The Gulp.A fishing boat crew find themselves somewhere entirely unexpected.A farmer has an argument with his wife that turns violent and then entirely catastrophic.A Venture Scout troop from Enden travel a little too far on their bush excursion.Everything that’s been getting stranger than usual in The Gulp begins to run completely out of control.Five more novellas. Five more descents into darkness.Welcome to The Gulp, where nothing is as it seems.“If you’re a fan of one town horror anthologies with a best of 80s vibe (like anything from Castle Rock or Josh Malerman’s Goblin) then you really should get yourself some ‘Tales from the Gulp‘ by Alan Baxter.” – Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES

    Things go terribly wrong, leaving him mortally wounded. He has two options: He could die… or… He could allow this parasitic evil to come into him. To save him. To control him.

    For years the kingdom of Dasos was ruled by the merciless King Cronus and the bewitching Queen Rhea. Under their rule, the kingdom prospered until the queen discovered she was pregnant with their third child, Zeus. Hated from birth, Zeus must fight to earn his father’s love and his place alongside his brothers: Hades and Poseidon. If Zeus can find the legendary elixir known as Ambrosia, a substance prophesied to make gods of men, not only will he win his father’s approval, he will secure the future of Dasos. Now…Centuries later, Dasos is merely a dilapidated village nestled deep within a brutal forest full of roving bands of the vicious Unhallowed, soulless creatures set to destroy anything in their wake. Lilith, a curious woman with a fiery spirit, stumbles into town with no recollection of where she came from. All Lilith knows is that she’s drawn to Dasos the same way she was drawn to Finian, the town blacksmith. A storyteller and weapon forger, Finian is plagued with nightmares of a dark shadowed man. After Lilith’s arrival, the nightmares intensify and soon Finian questions what is real and what resides only in his mind. When the town is attacked, Lilith and Finian find themselves pawns in a centuries old war between feuding brothers. Destruction, death, and the cursed Unhallowed lurk around every corner. Love and loyalty will be tested. Hearts and bodies will be broken. An unknown enemy will awaken.Welcome to the world of Dasos, where gods and mortals collide.

    But when their crafty leader is captured, the entire attack seems to have been a feint. It's up to General Montague to figure out what the gnolls were truly up to before it's too late.There's more than one way to destroy a kingdom...Maurkim's War originally appeared in the anthology "Beyond the Shadows". It is a grimdark fantasy novelette of roughly 10,000 words, and an audio version can be found on Youtube read by TallTaleTV.Cover image used with permission.

    When her best friend Mona is murdered, Elaine and Mona's ghost set out to find out why: but the killer comes hunting the hunters!

    Triggers include but are not limited to non-con, unrequited family love, family love, dub-con, depression, violence, torture, abuse of power, neglect, monster cannibalism, choking, biting, blood play, themes of war, liquid restraint and physical restraint, themes that may be disturbing to some readers.

    They are half wrong. Men like me are born in the twilight, live in the shadow, and die in darkness. I have no destiny, save for repaying the debt we owe to the Daemons. This is not to say I am cold – only principled... Forced into a bitter dismissal of his debauched Incanta, Reviver Amond grudgingly sets out to find another, but his cynicism cracks as he chances upon an innocent girl with a pure voice. His luck, however, is tinged with misfortune. Reviver Grym, his corrupt, sworn enemy is also hell-bent on winning the girl called Cytriah. Amidst the fierce rivalry that breaks out between them, Amond’s orderly world disintegrates into an appalling revelation: Grym is hardly a threat to Cytriah. The worst could happen if Cytriah ended up in his own hands…

    All of them blond, mirror copies of his ex-wife. One last ritual and his preparation will be complete. But when Luthen sees his true target in the market conspiring with the Mage Hunters, he will stop at nothing to claim what was lost.

    He’s also the man in charge of taking care of insubordinate students.Killing them is his preferred method.When Javen Worth walks into Nero's assessment class he’s given a test that will change his life forever. Nothing is as it appears….Available for free only through the author's exclusive readers club. To join, go here:http://www.subscribepage.com/brandonbarr

    Having lost her supernatural powers, Guardians and Exorcists fight tooth and nail to protect her, but they cannot keep the dark forces that are after her away for long.Aranes’ relationship with Alex also puts him in the crosshairs of Lucifer, who wants the angel for himself and plans to destroy his rival, even if he doesn’t believe that the man is the incarnation of the high-ranking Celestial, Abaddon. Alex must push himself beyond his limits and use all his wits to thwart Lucifer’s plans. He may be just an ordinary man, but he won't give up his partner without a fight. He’s willing to pay any price, any price except for losing her.

    He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as his major prose work Biographia Literaria."

    The Sangrooks ruled half the world before they were defeated, but they were not eradicated. The menace of the Sangrook clan lives on, and the morbid history of this cursed family unfolds across seven doomed lives.

    

    or die trying.The world has fallen apart, the FBI gone, but former Agent Jules Vandevelde won’t stop. She can’t. She’s driven to find the psychopathic serial killer known as the Calligrapher.Her search leads her to the small town of Gideon in Southern Utah. There, amongst the 116 survivors, a serial killer hides in plain sight. There’s only one clue to his identity. Using a scalpel, he inscribes the letters AJ into the abdominal area of his victims--postmortem--in an ancient Chinese text called Tsao, the lettering precise and artistic.Jules knows the key to finding the Calligrapher lies in discovering the identity of AJ. If she can find AJ, she can find the Calligrapher. But the Calligrapher knows who Jules is. Jules must survive the infected and find the Calligrapher before she becomes his latest victim.

    First Edition Private Press Hard Cover Linen Cloth w/o DJ. A small-form hardcover of darkly weird erotica.Given its subject matter and format, Frog Toes and Tentacles is unlikely to be reprinted -- ever.Frog Toes and Tentacles is 118 pages, consisting of eight original vignettes, each with a black-and-white illustration by Vince Locke.

    A monster searching for freedom. A forbidden pact that binds their fates together.Lyss has heard her father’s screams; smelled the iron-tang of his blood. She’s witnessed his execution.And plotted her revenge.Then a violent encounter traps Lyss in a blood-pact with a rarkyn from the otherworld and imbues her with the monster’s forbidden magic. A magic that will erode her sanity. To break the pact, she and the rarkyn must journey to the heart of the Empire. All that stands in their way are the mountains and the Empire’s soldiers—and each other.But horrors await them on the road, horrors even rarkyns fear. The most terrifying monster isn’t the one Lyss travels with...It’s the one that’s awoken inside her.

    

    Whoever succeeds in solving the mystery will win his throne. Fail him, and face execution.Twenty-seven contenders have already met their death, but a wounded soldier takes the risk.Ross Daltry hates the lavish lifestyle of the nobility, not to mention the vanity of the princesses. Determination pushes him to win the crown and end their incompetent rule.He pledges to unearth the princesses' secret, even though the eldest, Octavia, threatens to unravel his heart.However, he soon learns the truth they hide is more chilling than he ever imagined. The princesses are not the spoiled brats he believed, but cunning women who will protect what’s theirs.In a race against time, Ross must navigate intrigue and tricks to save his life. But will it be enough?"The Crown" is a dark and twisted retelling of the "Twelve Dancing Princesses."

    Come and see! A soul flees and a soul arrives, blessed by luck. Will she survive? Will she thrive? Will she become a calamity?After all, luck is such a fickle thing.

    “Words, thoughts and manic rantings under the influence of strong drink and fine smoky treats.”

    At night it rains black stones and a pair of vampires roams the town. With so many perils lurking in the night, everyone in town observes a curfew. But when her older sister disappears, Aja follows a vampire through the fog and into the forest to find her.There, Aja discovers the vampires’ lair in a ruined church, filled with her former classmates, most of them turned into enthralled servants. Now Aja, along with her friend Nico and ex-BFF Mary, must face their own differences and work together to escape. But while Aja tries to find and save her friends, her sister, and herself, she must also come to terms with her own secret truth: she’s fascinated by the very monster who lured her in.

    Pregnant and shunned by her tribe, Ellen’s last shred of tenderness dies with her stillborn baby. After years of isolating herself in grief, she leaves the mountain to carve out a future. Surviving her youth will take all of Ellen’s resolve and develop a life she could not have foreseen.Dead Girl is one of four novellas in the collection Legends of the Exiles, which releases April 15, 2019.