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Evelyn:The Eighth Star

Evelyn never thought it was possible. She was just a girl with a dream — the kind of dream you have late at night, lying in bed, imagining the impossible. What if I could be part of SOLIX? What if I were the only girl in their group, the eighth star, treated like royalty by the boys and adored by millions of fans? Every night, she would wish, just once, to live that dream — even if it was only for a day. One fleeting moment where she could feel what it was like to belong. She never imagined it could become anything more than that. But one night, after an unexpected shooting star, everything changes. Evelyn wakes up to find herself not living the dream for just one day, but part of SOLIX, the first female idol to join an all-male K-pop group. She’s surrounded by seven boys who treat her like family, who see her as an equal. But this isn’t just a momentary wish come true. As days, then weeks, pass, Evelyn starts feeling like she’s been with them for much longer than she should have. The memories flood her — the rehearsals, the performances, the heartbreaks, the laughters,the unity,the joy— all of it feels like it’s been part of her life for years. These aren’t just flashes of the future; they’re the deep pains and dark secrets she’s somehow living through. The exhaustion, the emotional scars of fame, and the weight of their struggles all come crashing in. She thought she was just dreaming, wishing for one moment, but this life wasn’t just about fame. It was about belonging—and the truth about the price of that belonging. There’s no easy way to learn the boys' secrets, their betrayals, and the depths of their sacrifices. The dream of a day turns into something much bigger and much darker than she ever imagined. In the end, Evelyn must learn what it truly means to live the dream — and whether it’s worth the cost of her own identity and the truth she was never prepared to face. The Eight Star is a story of passion, rivalry, and the hidden cost of fame — where one girl’s fantasy of just a day turns into a reality that changes everything.
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The Nightmare Weaver

​“What if every nightmare you've ever had was a manufactured product?” Zev McTerror has always been the quiet type—small, awkwardly polite, and terrible at saying no. It was only natural that someone like him would go on to join the Happydream Faction. So when his influential mother decides his future for him, he finds himself shoved into Fearcraft Academy: Dreamsdale’s most celebrated nightmare-crafting program. He just wanted to make happy dreams. Simple, happy dreams. With puppies, unicorns, and a few rainbows. Instead, he’s studying how to twist human memories, amplify dread, and hide escape routes in nightmares, so unhinged strangers across the dream-realm can scream for entertainment. Surrounded by prodigies, terrifying talents, and classmates willing to tear each other apart for rankings, Zev quickly learns he’s dangerously out of his depth. But something monumental lurks behind his docile nature: an Imprint waiting to wake. As secrets surface, friendships form, and the dream-realm bleeds into waking life, Zev must decide who he is: the legacy everyone expects… or someone capable of rewriting the nightmare entirely. Escaping isn’t simple when the world itself becomes the trap. – – – [★] Additional tags: #Bloodlines #Boarding school #Comedic undertone #Coming of age #Complex family relationships #Emotionally weak protagonist #Fantasy creatures #Folklore #Genderbender #Nightmares #Satire #Secret identity #Special abilities
goldenphonix · 5.9k Views

On The Edge of The Abyss

Prologue, 1944: Captain Wolfgang von Witzland watches his men execute an SS officer. Three years ago, he believed in honor and justice. Now he only wonders if there's a difference between the two. ARC I: The Middle Kingdom The neutral Hanseatic Empire sends two young officers to China on a technical military mission. It fails spectacularly. But for Captain Kylian von Reichsgraf, the mission yields something more dangerous than diplomatic embarrassment: Princess Changning of the crumbling Jin Dynasty. Their attraction violates every protocol. When Japan invades and Changning flees to Hansa as part of a court in exile, the forbidden becomes impossible—a Chinese princess in a Hanseatic empire, a military officer who cannot protect her, and a love that makes them both vulnerable. ARC II: The Empire of Hansa War transforms ideals into weapons. Kylian becomes an interrogator for Imperial Intelligence, trading his conscience for operational necessity. Each confession extracted corrodes another piece of who he was. Wolfgang, stationed on the Western Front against Germany, falls for a French resistance fighter. When she's murdered by on the order of an SS officer, he allows his men to commit an atrocity in revenge—learning that righteous rage and monstrous action wear the same face. Changning builds a new life in Hansa, but her relationship with Kylian brands her a traitor. Chinese nationalist assassins hunt her while Hanseatic society treats her as a curiosity at best, a threat at worst. When Wolfgang's unsanctioned revenge sabotages Kylian's crucial intelligence operation, the two collide in a reckoning that forces them to confront the people they've become and the prices they've paid. ARC III: Aftermath As the war ends,they stand not as the people they were, but as the architects of what comes next. Kylian, leaving behind his career, is free to build a life with Changning on his own terms, no longer bound by blind duty. Wolfgang returns home, his idealism tempered into the shrewd, resilient leadership his Duchy will need in a fractured world. And Changning, though exiled, has forged a new identity and a powerful voice, ready to help shape the future from the ashes of the old. Schedule: 2 Chapters/week.
Soul_is_sundered · 7.5k Views