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Still Waters by T. Harrington
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The Covenant of Salt by Miriam Oke
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A House of Winter Rooms
Historical Fiction · 78k words
Vienna, 1918. A physician's widow discovers her late husband kept a ledger of patients he refused to treat.
by Adriana V.2 days ago
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The Salt Year
Literary Fiction · 4.2k words
A marine biologist returns to her hometown after twelve years to find her estranged sister has already sold the house.
by Helen R.3 days ago
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Thornkeep
Historical Fiction · 53k words
1640. An English household servant becomes entangled in a minor noblewoman's gambling debts and forgeries.
by Tomasz W.5 days ago
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Tenderloin
Literary Fiction · 88k words
A San Francisco public defender, sober for eleven years, takes a case requiring her to revisit her father's haunts.
by Devon P.1 week ago
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