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Fairytale retellings & Myths Reimagined
An anthology with retellings of classic stories and myths from all over the world. Don't expect your usual retellings!Stories featured:The eleven swansThrushbeardSandmanNightingale (Runner-up on REUTS Publications contest!)link: http://blog.reuts.com/prw-runner-tour-nightingale-alexandra-perchanidou/ Retold Myths all featured on the site of REUTS Publications http://blog.reuts.com/ :Nut (Egyptian myth)Khnum (Egyptian myth)Kitsune (Japanese fox sipits)The FireBird (Russian myth)The FaeMore will come later. Enjoy!
Romantic Retellings
3 stories, 9 flashfic styles, 3 types of loveWe'll come across star-crossed lovers, struggling lovers and lovers who were meant to be. Every myth or fairytale is told through 3 flashfic styles each, ever so slightly changing the perspective on the situation, yet staying true to its origins.Let's dive in the stories of old about Psyche & Eros, Hans & his Princess and Orpheus & Eurydice
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πͺππππππππ βπ©πππππ&ππππ©ππππ"π―ππ πππ π πππ ππ πππππ ππππ π πππππ?"After being trapped in the cursed town of Du Ciel for seven years, Isabelle's life was only going to get worse. Because she is turning eighteen, which puts her in danger of being sent in the next Offering to the Beast, her father pushes her to marry without love to save herself. However, since Isabelle is poor, and the other four girls that are of age happen to be from very prestigious families, she believes she will be sent by default. This leaves her with one of two choices: give up her freedom and marry without love to save herself, or risk being sent into the depths of the Castle where a monstrous Beast lurks and an unknown fate awaits her.But, what if the Beast was the least of her problems?A part of Wattpad's Creators program! *Warning: There are a few parts that include abuse and violence.* Chapters with abuse: 2, 24, 27Chapters with violence: 20, 25, 26, 29Word count: 120,000Last edited: 5/19/22Highest rankings:#1 in Romance π#1 in Magic π«#1 in Darkfantasy β#1 in Baroque β#1 in Speculativeβ#1 in Twistedfairytale#1 in BeautyandtheBeastπ₯top 50 in Featured πMysterious πFairytaleretelling πMagical-Realism π§βοΈtop 100 in Fantasy π§βοΈFiction π
Of Beast and Beauty (Complete)
Alina is sold by her destitute father to a man he calls a monster. Unbelieving, she follows his directions to an enchanted castle where she soon finds out that there is more beast than man behind the beautiful, nameless face of her captor.When she realizes that the entire castle is under a wicked curse that causes them to shift into beasts every night of the full moon, Alina becomes determined to break the spell cast upon the occupants.Highest Rankings:#1 in "Beauty and the Beast" in March/May 20, 2019#4 in "Retelling"#8 in "Fairytales"#17 in "Werewolf"
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Crazy Super-Gay Peter Parker One-shots
This is a book of insane One-shots centring around everyones favourite friendly neighbourhood spider! Warning β οΈ !!! Will include: - a LOT of swearing - this book is verrrrryyyyy gay. Like 99.999% of my ships are gay.- possibly, most likely, definitely angst -Irondad and Spiderson -de-aged Wade for Spideypool! Yay! -Stucky, Stony, Ironstrange, Science Bros and many more gay ships.-Shuri and MJ being queens -Loki also being a queen - and much much more...I will have a warning at the beginning of each chapter so please make sure you read the warnings so that no one gets triggered. Please Note that I am no longer taking requests!
Fairytale Retellings
This is a collection of fairytale retellings. They are all very strange and there's quite a lot of death in them. Don't expect anything good, because these are very childish and not mature at all. Don't judge me okay? Enjoy! (Even though you probably won't read this at all!)
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Writing tips for writing in English, writing retellings, and writing on Wattpad.
The Retellings
Series of mythological figures and short stories or retellings about their myths.
Queer Retellings: Beauty and The Beast
Once upon a time in a far off land, there lived a young god. He was the god of fortune, blessed with skin as golden as the throne he sat on and eyes as blue as the seas his father ruled over. Throughout the lands they spoke and praised the god who could bring luck to anyone he so wished. They gave offerings and held festivals for him, singing of his looks and his kindness to try and win his favor.....Story one of the Queer retellings
The Shapeshifters - Winner at #RetellingsUnite
[Short Story/Winning Creation Myth]A #RetellingsUnite creation story contest winner!Ah, creation stories. We all know a few.But what of the tales of how we came to be that lie in the murk between religion and science? What do they reveal of our nature? Might it be true we are inherently jealous, scheming, vain and possessive creatures, or were we once......Perfect?
The Lost Princess (Fairytale Retellings Book 1)
In this retelling of the Princess and the Pea, we follow a young woman who is on a quest to discover who she is and what importance she plays in the protection of the kingdom she resides in. Waking up in the middle of a forest with no memory of how she got there or who she was, a young woman travels through the forest until one dark and stormy night she came across a castle. Being taken in by the castle's occupants, she is named, Lyra, and goes onto be a servant and lady's maid at the castle for the Princess. However, nightmares and faint memories plague her. As she seeks answers, enemies will arise, who all seemingly know who she is. With enemies both outside and inside of the castle threatening the royal family, Lyra will have to figure out who she is and where she came from in order to protect those she has grown to care about. Or lose everything and everyone.
The Hedge Witch & the Devil's Snare (#RetellingsUnite)
Have you ever wondered why the Datura stramonium - otherwise known as Jimson Weed or the Devil's Snare to name a few common names - is a strong hallucinogen and fatally toxic if not taken in the right doze? And why does it only blooms at night? Read on to find the answers, if you dare... α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦--α¦ This is my entry for the #RetellingsUnite Creation short story contest, hosted by @RetellingsUnite. Happy Reading α¦ Word Count: 905 ©Missy De Graff 2016 | Wattpad
Chasing Ladybug πΈ (A Miraculous Ladybug Fanfic)
Copycat is back-and this time no one will get in his way again. Theo Barbot, a sculptor infatuated with Paris' famous superhero-Ladybug-will stop at nothing to get his love reciprocated. For months he follows Paris' other beloved superhero-Cat Noir-and learns three things about the cat: 1-Cat Noir is Adrien Agreste, son of famous fashion designer Gabriel Agreste. 2-Ladybug and Cat Noir are not a couple, despite what the cat claimed. 3-Cat Noir visits a certain baker's daughter every night, whom he suspects knows Ladybug's secret identity. During an akuma attack, Theo follows and spies on them, witnessing as Cat Noir gives Ladybug a rose-another pathetic attempt at romance-and is surprised when she accepts it. Theo is once again akumatized into Copycat, with even stronger powers than before, and he kidnaps Marinette and refuses to let her go until she gives up Ladybug's secret identity. [Story is told in 'Then & Now' and switches back and forth between past and present time] - - - βΌοΈThese characters are not mine. I don't claim rights. All rights reserved to original creatorsβΌοΈ Setting: Season 4-ish (plus 2 years) β οΈWarning: story contains dark themes such as stalking, kidnapping, and mild violenceβ οΈ
And the Meek Shall Walk
Princess Aren is determined to make the human who killed her mother and exiled her people to the bottom of the ocean pay. To do so, she must go to extremes of pain and heartache in her search for justice. Aren, however, is no sweet, happy mermaid. To kill is to ignite a fire of passion in her heart which only the savage letting of blood can satiate. She will go to any lengths to find the man responsible, including cutting off her own tail and sewing, in its place, a pair of human legs - legs she tore from one of the many humans she had murdered. With the unwilling help of the sea witch, Princess Aren must go ashore and hunt for her mother's killer. But, in doing so, the worlds above and below the ocean will clash in ways neither thought possible! And the Meek Shall Walk - a 'beautiful' and 'savage' retelling of a classic story!
Night Witch
The day Vasilisa Hedge was murdered for witchcraft, she left behind three things: a bloodthirsty village, a magickal daughter, and a soul-stealing doll. Now Karina, Vasilisa's daughter, is grown up and accused of witchcraft herself. Banished from her village to the Forest of the Dead along with Hans Pinkerton, the imperious son of a warlock, they embark on an epic Hansel and Gretel story to their freedom. Along their way they discover the past and the fear it creates inside their hearts, the dangerous Fountains of Youth and Animalia, and Baba Yaga, a yaga with more secrets up her sleeve than magick, and the Dark and Light that threaten to destroy their very souls. A fairytale retelling of Vasilisa the Beautiful, Hansel and Gretel, Baba Yaga, and Brother and Sister. Amazing cover made by @seventhstar.
Parable Retellings
Retellings of the parables in the Bible. I'd like to say updated every week, but I've only got three of these so far. Taking requests (though I may not post if I don't like what I write).The cover is a free design from Canva.
Upon A Time
A blacksmith's apprentice who would be a knight. The heir to the throne, at death's door. One woman who would save them both, if she could...Charlotte was number sixty-four in the second group of young, hopeful maidens intended to meet the Prince at a grand ball in his honor.That introduction was not to be.She returned home to her tiny village- and her visions of a future limited by it- without any warning of the drastic turn her life was about to take. Soon she would be fighting against the odds to help keep a gravely wounded stranger alive; and waging war with her own heart, as he stirred feelings in her she'd never known.When the stranger's royal identity is revealed, Charlotte is faced with an entirely different battle: one to keep her family, village, and the injured Prince in her care all safe from a madman set on taking the throne by any means necessary.
Snippet Fairy Tale Retellings
Stories that came alive with the reading of a queen who spun tales to see another day, and a legend who ended one of it.
SO THIS IS EVER AFTER
I KEPT A VISION IN MY HEAD about what would happen when I separated the Vile One's head from his shoulders in the final climactic battle. The cut would be clean. Everyone would cheer, and T'd finally be the hero I was prophesied to become.Unfortunately, as things seem to have gone since the start of this whole journey, that did not happen. Not even a little bit.
Beauty and the Hulk: A Marvel Retelling of the Classic Fairytale
(Book 1 in the MARVELous Fairytales series) Everyone who knows her - in fact, everyone who sees her - thinks Bonita Lopez is the most beautiful girl in all of Miami, Florida. One night, her belovedly scatterbrained father gets lost in a storm, and when she goes to search for him, she runs into a great green monster....The Incredible Hulk. But he's just the other guy.... Comics fans, whether DC or Marvel, hopeless romantics, and fans of the original tale can enjoy this version of Beauty and The Beast with a fresh, superhero-packed twist.
Broken: The Second Book of the A Tale of Two Sisters Series
The curse has finally broken, and while that means that everything should return to normal, there is more trouble on the way.After Emma Swan broke the curse, everyone is thrilled to be reunited and to get back on track with their stories, but when The Dark One summons a wraith to kill Regina, everything starts to go downhill again. With Emma gone, Reagan Mills is trying to keep Storybrooke safe whilst trying to juggle what the curse being broken means for her. Serenity Mills is trying to redeem herself, but it is hard when the people still only see you as The Evil Princess. The word "broken" means great things for the people of Storybrooke, but for Reagan and Serenity . . . It only means how broken their lives are.(SEASON TWO OF OUAT) I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REAGAN AND SERENITY MILLS, THIS VERSION OF ELPHABA THROPP, AND ANY NEW STORY ADDITIONS. ALL RIGHTS GO TO ABC, EDDIE KITSIS, ADAM HOROWITZ, GREGORY MAGUIRE, DISNEY, WICKED, ETC.
PeteWay - KentaKim: Restart (PitBabe)
Three months after Tony's scandal, Pete couldn't forget the image of Way covered in blood in front of him. What made he feel even worse though, was that instead of feeling pure sorrow for his loss, he dared to feel regret for never telling Way his feelings, how could he be so selfish to think about that? Right after Tony's downfall, Kenta tried to contact Kim. He didn't really want him to love him back, but he just wished he could at least tell him that. Maybe he was simply asking for too much.
The Subtle Beauty - A Celtic Beauty & the Beast retelling
A cursed prince. A vain beauty. Glory is the seventh daughter of Balthazar, High King of the Twelve Kingdoms. Glory hopes that - of all her sisters - she can escape the fate of a loveless marriage. But on the night she plans to elope with the royal falconer, her world comes crashing down: Her father announces Glory's betrothal to Eoghan of the Blood Realm - a prince no one has ever seen. The prince is said to be a recluse, cursed and deformed by the gods for the sins of his power-hungry father. Yet when Glory is trapped in Blackthorn Keep she discovers that not everything is what she expected. An insulting gryphon, a persistent ghost, and a secret plan to usurp the prince keep Glory reeling. Can she overcome her vanity to learn that what you want isn't necessarily what you need-and save the cursed prince?
Queen Under The Mountain
After many retellings of Bilbo's tale, many details were forgotten, one of them being a friend, family member and loved one. Her story shall be told once more.