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Chapter 1: Final Breath
I died on a rainy Tuesday in a Cleveland parking garage—beaten, broken, and forgotten. But death wasn’t the end. When the Angel of Death offered me a second chance in a fantasy world where size equals power, I chose to become what I’d always dreamed: a giantess. Now I’m Valorie Stoneson, eight feet of muscle… Continue reading
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The Art of Smoke and Time
The predawn air hung thick with possibility as Silas Emberhand surveyed his domain—a brick smokehouse tucked into the eastern corner of Lumen Vale’s Artisan Quarter, where the scent of burning hickory and apple wood had woven itself into the neighborhood’s identity over two decades. His hands, stained permanent amber from years of handling seasoned meat Continue reading
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The Weight of Stillness
The morning sun traced golden patterns across Theron Clayhand’s workshop floor, illuminating dust motes that danced in air thick with the ghost-scent of yesterday’s kiln firing. He stood in the doorway, coffee cup cooling in his calloused hands, staring at the pottery wheel that sat like an accusation in the corner—silent, waiting, judging the fact Continue reading
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What the Woods Know
The afternoon sun filtered through the ornate glass windows of his brother’s dining room, casting prismatic patterns across the polished mahogany table that could have seated twelve with room to spare. Garrett Ashwood traced his calloused finger along the table’s edge, feeling the perfect smoothness of wood that had never known actual use, that existed Continue reading
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