MarytheGorgon

A gothic fantasy set in a magical version of Eurasia. If you like portal fantasy (isekai), twisted protagonists, magic, and strategy over brute force this novel is for you! 

Updates every Wednesday and Thursday unless I have health issues affecting me. Chapters are typically 1k to 1.8k long in the word count.

Content Warning: Incest, Torture, Beheading, Misogyny, and Abusive Relationships.

Read ahead by five chapters on scribblehub and web novel!

General Summary

Eighteen-year-old Leila was reading a web novel when her world turned upside down. Taken from her reality and thrust into the world of the book she was reading, the teenager enters a battle of life or death. To the outside world, she is an assassin who is the former fiancee of the crown prince, Cleo. Before being beheaded the woman was cast aside by him so he could marry a commoner woman. With her last breath, she begged for vengeance against everyone who betrayed her. Hearing her cries the teenager takes control of her body and life. With the plot of the novel aiding her, the teenager must master Cleo's hidden magic, take over the girl's corrupt noble family and rebuild her reputation before facing the prince. 

An overworked mother. Greedy, spoiled little siblings. This is the life of high school student Elaine King, a girl who dreams of living an ordinary life. Elaine only wants to get into a top college and live in the shadows as she has for the past 16 years. Exams, working part-time, and taking care of the family debt are all she cares for. 

This all changes when she wakes up one morning after an exam and finds she isn't in her bedroom or in her house, but in the arms of a strange woman with hauntingly beautiful eyes. Is her smile loving or obsessive? A girl dreaming of an ordinary life is plunged headfirst into the life of a protagonist in a fairytale. She has been snatched from the modern world to live as Rebecca, the mad sorceress's beloved daughter. 

[This novel will have daily updates for all parts of chapter one and bi-weekly updates starting in chapter two! The story is heavily influenced by Korean Otome Isekai and Japanese Josei Isekai so some of those topes might appear heavily. ]

[Can be read on Scribblehub and Royal Road] 

Born to two changelings in rural America, Aiden has had a whirlwind of a life. Through it all, he's surprisingly been able to maintain a loving relationship with his high school sweetheart, Cassandra. She accepted his human and mythical quirks. This all changes when she goes missing after an argument that nearly led to a breakup as she prepared to head off to college. With the rural community turning their attention to his involvement, the young fey feels lost.

Desperately, he wonders if the love of his life has been taken to the fey realm. Before he can verify his theory, things turn even worse when not only does Cassandra disappear but his parents. With his sisters by his side and their combined fey and human gifts, he plunges into the fey realm. Selkies, Sirens, Guilds, Magical Academies and more await them. Looking for Cassandra may take an eternity along with finding the culprit behind his parents' demise, but he's willing to wait. 

Chasing Circe is a fantasy novel geared towards an audience in the age range of 13 to 18. Being a modern YA novel with inspiration from the 2000s to 2010s fairy novels in the same range, dive headfirst into a world of wonder and betrayal. Due to major rewrites, lots of tags have been changed!

Note: Is both Low and High Fantasy due to taking place back and forth between the fey realm and rural America. 

[participant in the 2021 Royal Road Writathon challenge]

Some of us can see things others can't. Others can smell the stench of something familiar but foreign. The rest can feel the tendrils break through the sky and fall onto the earth below. 

In a world where the unknown clashes with the well known, some of us find ourselves torn. A war wages between dimensions the naked eye cannot even comprehend.

Kymori "Kyomi" Eagerson can see the demons that hide beneath their previous meal's fleshy body. With a unofficial league others with this knowledge, she spends her nights fighting for her life against these nightmares.

Wanting a break and a normal life once again, Kyomi accepts a invite to something stereotypical – a pool party. Things become strange when a cheerleader catches her eye for all the reasons. 

Willow Mae, daughter of a schoolboard leader and residential HOA snitch mother, and retired sheriff father is into her. And if things weren't even stranger not only is she interested in her, she's definelty not human. 

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A part of the Serpent Chronicles though you do not need to read any previous volumes to understand this. Is pretty PG 13 and targeted towards YA audiences. Takes inspiration from certain TV shows and mythology (medusa). 

A mix of urban fantasy aimed at the young adult (YA) audience and a dark psychological tale of the paranormal. 

What would you do if you woke up one day, human in appearance but different genetically? Would you fight it? Or would you accept the change?

Seventeen-year-old Lea is rebuilding her life after a treacherous childhood. Blossoming from a sickly child to a beloved athlete, she still struggles with her mental health. With weekly group therapy and friends' support, she begins to heal healthily. This all comes to a halt when she finds a mysterious card in her bedroom. Unknowingly this card makes the beginning of the end of her life as a human – and her rebirth as something much more dangerous.

Can be read on Royal Road and Ao3 for free. Separated into volumes by story arch following multiple protagonists and points of view.

Contains gore, blood, abuse, and murder. Specifically, V1 contains mild mentions of past genocide and abuse, while V2 details the effects of kidnapping and sexual assault. 

In the city of Sector Seventeen magic and science work hand and hand to change it from the ground up. Creatures thought to be made up from nightmares and fairy tales are all real as any human. Living. Breathing. Dying.

Born a human but now confined in a body made from the newest tech and ancient incantations Suki can't help but see the irony in the world's advancements. Discrimination against the inhuman kind is at large and no one seems to care. As a student of a prestigious military she's forced to look the other way when these things happen.

However when met face to face with these attacks will Suki and her two companions a semi psychotic shifter cousin and a witch with tricks up her sleeve be able to stand tall and fight for what's right?

(Updates Every two weeks)

(the author would like to note that she is renaming all chapters currently to fit the new arc names and is rewriting first three chapters.)

EDIT: Indefinite Hiatus

Note: Includes LGBT+ themes and Mental Health Issues. I do not own the cover image.

Series Summary: A group of mutant children have their powers burst to the surface after the disappearance of troubled teen and the sudden growth in size of a local church. Meanwhile a pair of detectives strive to find and protect them before they are assassinated by a strange cult.

VS Summary: Eighteen Year Old Altair is determined to make sure his family gets through tough times with his father on the road and his mother in a deep depression. This all seems impossible until he happens to come across a boy with similar interests and interesting background by the name of Blake who can help make all his problems go away. All he has to do is trust him and let his true powers reign free from his body.