This is the previously published version of Book I of my current work-in-progress, the Lost Gods series rewrite. I was originally not going to share it online again after unpublishing, but I thought that it might be fun for anyone interested in paying a little bit more for an exclusive look at it.
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Cut off from the world by a flesh-eating fog, Malory Whitcliff has a habit of falling for the monsters that hunt the humans in her rural Midwestern town. After being unwillingly sent off to a school for monster hunters, Mal is everything her priest adoptive father hates... and is proud of it.
At the beginning of her school years, she longs to escape Saint Michael’s School for Holy Daywalkers and reunite with her secret monster best friend. But the memory of her childhood friend fades as she develops a crush on both her out-of-bounds combat instructor and her uninterested roommate, and she's not so sure she wants to leave anymore. After all, how great can life outside be if families are more than willing to let their children be taken by strangers?
But when students on her campus start dying in gruesome ways, Mal suspects that there's more to her teacher—and herself—than she first thought... and the outside world will no longer be held back.
For fans of the paranormal dark academia setting of the Vampire Academy series and the vibes of Bad Omen’s Death of a Peace of Mind album and the angst of Tokyo Ghoul, Awakened Darkness is an Adult dark fantasy that is at its core a story about finding comfort in places you really, really shouldn’t and the monsters we make ourselves into.
Cover designed and illustrated by Andie Lugtu.
Previously appearing in The Uncanny and the Dead: a Spooky by Association anthology, "The Field Devours" is a short supernatural horror story in the vein of The Magnus Archives about a sentient corn field with a hunger for warm flesh. If you're interested in getting a physical copy of the anthology, follow this link.
Poetry about grief, rage, and mental health issues while in recovery from trauma. This omnibus includes the author's previous collection, Selfish Creatures Desire Vengeance, among other previously self-published and new poetry which the author retains the rights to.
A human stolen by angels during the Rapture is gifted to The Lord Almighty as a plaything. Only this human fights back as God the Father toys with them. Will they escape and make their own destiny or will they break down and worship at His feet?
Cover art and design by Elka Marsden, and interior formatting by 3Crows Author Services.
"Bitingly sexy, queer, dark, and blasphemous, Ezra Arndt’s God & the Conquered is a delicious forbidden fruit." --- Morgan Dante, author of A Flame in the Night
"Equal parts evocative and horrifying, God & The Conquered is a bite sized exploration about what happens to individuals after the Rapture, after the Earth has been decimated and abandoned to the frocks of death and decay, and we see a new interpretation of God and His angels like never before." --- DC Guevara, author of A Vermilion Curse
"This is a story that speaks directly to all the kids who wish they could tell God to go f*ck Himself for the things done in His name. Angry, sexy, and feral in the way the best queer art is." --- Ladz, author of Ice Upon a Pier
"Dripping with raw eroticism and evocative language. God & the Conquered is a visceral scream against a God that demands too much and gives too little." --- Luna Fiore, author of Where Willows Weep
If you'd prefer a to read a physical version, it is available in paperback on Amazon. To read more of the reviews, check out the story's page on Goodreads.
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