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  • Charlotte Wynthorpe and the Case of the Disappearing Diamonds
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    London 1923. Charlotte Wynthorpe's socialite circle is being plagued by a rash of diamond burglaries during their wild, drunken parties. Sensing some terrible fun to be had, Charlotte decides on the spur of the moment to investigate. But what she discovers turns out to be anything other than fun and games. Charlotte W...

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  • Distantly Falling Stars (GRAND WINNER * ONC 2019)
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    Seti, a humble civil servant at the Office of Information, is selected for an important mission to retrieve a cluster of 'fallen stars' with very special, and very secret, properties. But why has he -- ambitionless and without influence as he is -- been chosen? And just who wants these particular stars at all costs...

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  • Aftermath
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    England 1921. For fifty handicapped veterans left without home or job after WW1, the only person standing between them and utter destitution is Olivia Altringham. Lacking sufficient funds and a support network, Olivia has managed to keep her veteran's programme running by sheer determination and force of personality...

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  • Find Gretel: A Steampunk Mystery
    378 115 10

    *Translation of the German ONC GRAND WINNER "Findet Gretel"* Germany, 1881 When Leopold Mernick, imperial spy, arrives in Nuremberg to pay a visit to his sister, he immediately finds himself as a witness in a murder investigation. A well-known gingerbread baker and her apprentice are dead and someone is leaving strang...

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  • The Song of Fafnir -- A Norse Mythology Novella
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    FEATURED on @Retold & @MythsandLegends Murder, betrayal, rivalry and a divine curse. When the King of the Mountain Dwarves breaks an oath he pledged to Odin, the All-Father retaliates with a curse that destroys the royal house and stretches well into the realms of humans. Fafnir, the oldest and strongest of the sons...

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  • Findet Gretel (GEWINNER ONC 2021 Deutsch)
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    Nürnberg, 1881. Als Leopold Mernick, benachteiligter kaiserlicher Spion, seiner Schwester einen Überraschungsbesuch abstattet, findet er sich als Zeuge mitten in einer Mordermittlung wieder. Eine stadtbekannte Lebkuchenbäckerin ist erschlagen worden und jemand hinterlässt geheimnisvolle Hinweise, die auf das Märchen...

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  • The Vyšehrad Drowned
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    What all can happen in just one night... Perun Hammerfist is a flashy gangster with a reputation for elegance -- and brutality - to uphold. While murdering off a debtor, he accidentally drowns in the river that flows through Prague, beginning a nightmarish journey that not only forces him to confront his long repres...

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  • Teacups & Tentacles | ONC 2022
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    Steampunk light/ Comedy. A terrifying new exhibit on at London Zoo is the talk of the town. Amelia Tooting-Spur couldn't care less...until the creature escapes, throwing the Metropolitan Police into a panic. With the help of some of her eccentric friends from the Mastermind Society-- including undervalued mind-reader...

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