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[akindofmagictoo]

DRAGONSONG: draft 2 update: 05/09

previous word count: 106,200

current word count: 106,694 (494 added)

notes: this is fine.jpg

snippet:

A wave of exhaustion swept over her, an undertow pulling her down. It wrapped her limbs in lead, holding her to the floor. She tipped her head back against the wall and closed her eyes. The air smelled of dust. Her mind felt just as dusty, clouded and confused. Slowly, the wind began again, a faint breeze whispering over her skin and stirring her hair. It carried a faint sound to her ears, too. She turned her head. Somewhere, far in the distance, someone screamed. Her eyes flew open. She sprang to her feet. Maybe Brendon was right. Maybe she and her friends would ultimately fail. But they had not failed yet. And right now, the friends she had left behind … they needed her.

TAGLIST

@isherwoodj @metanoiamorii @lilmissravingwriter @weekofwednesdays @the-unwrittenwriter

@talesofsorrowandofruin @little-boats-on-a-lake @teriwrites @magicalwriting @magic-is-something-we-create

@writingbyjillian @waysofink @perditism @thehellinsideyourhead @calicowrites

@vellichor-virgo @google-plexed @therecouldbecolorsandlove @the-orangeauthor @ellatholmes

@happyorogeny @ladywithalamp @ashen-crest @authortango @strangerays

@moononherwings @nikkywrites @ambersky0319 @ambsthom @talesfromgringolandia

@wickerring @wizardfromthesea @diphthongsfordays @e-lisard @enchanted-lightning-aes

@emscribblings @teardropsandtherain @lowslore @fablewritten @copper-dragon-in-disguise

@reneesbooks @dirtybarkshark

[stesierra]

Just an update on the ghost story. I'm working on it. Baby slows me down. Here's an excerpt.

The lights turned on and off at the worst possible time, no matter how many times she changed the bulbs. On cold nights, the vents blew ice, but on warm days they spit gusts straight from the pit of hell. Drawers opened and closed even when she kept Damian away from them. The opening tripled after she installed baby locks.

Still, she baby-proofed the house as well as she could. She put a baby gate across the rickety stair down to the unfinished basement. She put padding on the sharp edges of the doorframes and locks on the sullen black stove and plastic knob covers on the antique door knobs. Damian was crawling now, really running on all fours, and soon he'd walk. He was already pulling himself up on everything, standing against every vertical surface he could find.

She wanted this house to be safe. She needed it to be. She was desperate. Maybe that was why, when the drawer holding the knives slammed open one more time, she grabbed it and said, “Please. Please don’t.”

Please don’t what? She didn’t even know. Damian was wailing from his playpen, not hurt at all but bored, and all she said was “Please don’t.”

Slowly, the drawer slid shut.

Tag list for everything

@harleyacoincidence

@anonymousfoz

@moremysteriesthantragedies

@elizababie

@sm-writes-chaos

@bellascarousel

@the-dragon-chronicler

@teacupsandstarlight

@vorskra

@wrenofthewords

@amostdelectablescribbler

@mysticstarlightduck

@phantommill

@gracewritesbooks

@aziz-reads

@owlsandwich

@symbioticsimplicity

@squarebracket-trick

@koala2all

@rmgrey-author

@atomatowriter

@cheerfulmelancholies

@delusionisaplace

@janec23

@writing-is-a-martial-art

@authortango

Just chapters and snippets

@da-na-hae

[winterandwords]

Last line tag

I was tagged by @tabswrites, @rubywrite, @wmlittlemore-is-writing, @indecentpause, @kaiusvnoir, @forthesanityofstorytellers and @sarandipitywrites to share my last line. Thank you!

This is from Project Aria...

So casually and with nothing more than a stretch and a crack of my knuckles, I ask for two sugars in my coffee and resolve to destroy my family.

Tagging @ahordeofwasps, @alinacapellabooks, @ashfordlabs and @authortango if you'd like to share your last line, with an open tag for anyone else who wants to join in 💜

[hotspurpercy]

BETA READERS CALL !

do you like horror, polyamory and the tense of atmosphere of small towns? then i have good news for you: i'm looking for an unlimited number of beta readers for my 98k words novel, a strange kind of hunger.

SYNOPSIS —

1853. sweetwater, massachusetts, swallows people whole. dr. jonathan fallow thought he escaped its grip four years ago, but he finds himself back in its clutches, as winter creeps in.

sweetwater swallows people whole, but it seems to be in the maw of something else. tracks in the forest; mutilated cattle; a howling chorus. the townsfolk are quick to cry devil, encouraged by their firebrand pastor, gabriel goodwin. jonathan is determined to prove that the creatures lurking in the woods are wolves, nothing more — but a night vigil and a glimpse of something horrifying force him to reconsider.

to expose the rotting heart of the village, he’ll have to form an alliance with a faceless traveller, a disgraced former surgeon — and the pastor’s beautiful younger brother.

( trigger/content warnings: gore, body horror, familial abuse (largely off-page), religious abuse/trauma. a more in-depth list of warnings for each chapter will be available on request )

HOW THIS WILL WORK —

if you're interested in beta reading, DM me here (@wifewulf) or on discord (@/hotspurpercy) to let me know.

beta readers will have until the 30th of september to finish ASKOH. unless you're a mutual, please don't sign up unless you know you can finish it by then

beta readers will get access to a private discord server where you can read ASKOH and give feedback, as well as get some bonus short stories and art pieces from me!

there's currently no limit on the number of beta readers i'm looking for. however, if a lot of people sign up, i may prioritise mutuals and readers of colour

( + TAGLIST UNDER THE CUT ! )

@villaneve / @vandorens-archive / @nallthatjazz / @starshots-blog1 / @cannivalisms / @perditism / @spillme / @upoffringar / @thelittlestspider / @wildswrites / @brownpaperhag / @akoumi / @quilloftheclouds / @absolute-nonsense-scribblings / @birdywrote / @tiredlittleoldme / @strangerays / @ninazeniks / @authortango / @aetherwrites / @caravagest / @chazzawrites / @anavkour / @videsnoir / @karamel-pop / @philocalizt / @cryptidsandqueers / @stephwriteswords / @muddshadow

[writingamongther0ses]

Five Lines Tag

How To Play: Find a line in your WIP (can be dialogue or not) that fits the parameters given by the person who tagged you. Then change one of the parameters and tag some people. Lines can be from multiple WIPs.

Thanks for the tag, @shellyscribbles!

A line about a building- Treasure Triplets:

Klein Enterprises was the beating heart of the city. The main office sat in the middle of the city, the building a stately courthouse-looking building with marble and stained glass. It was all very neat and pretty. The actual headquarters sat at the very edge of town. It was a building that actually looked very ramshackle and cobbled together, to the point that newcomers feared that one wrong step would send them crashing through the floor. It was once a one-story building in the 1800s when Connor Klein began his business. However, he refused to tear down the building to make a new one that reflected his success.

A line about the weather- Hell's Studio:

Her legs were ready to give out when she finally reached the town Blur Studios had been in. A fine drizzle had started up, blanketing the world in a fine mist. Suzie panted when she finally stopped by an old, beaten-up mailbox at the bottom of a hill.

A line about a drink- Bad End:

Pamela ignored her, sitting down. A warm mug of what smelled like hot chocolate was handed to her. Riley settled down as Mary Arden took a sip of it. It was hot chocolate, but rather bland. Her family always made it with a mixture of spices. "So, Mary Arden, I bet you have questions." Riley said as she sat down.

A line that is shouted- Hell's Studio:

"STILL YOUR TONGUE!" The echoing male voice came from speakers mounted on the walls. "HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY LORD! You have the gall to insult him?! He, who you abandoned? He who has graciously spared you and welcomed you to his world? I will not allow this stand! I shall prove myself to him! I will have him notice me!" It sounded like the ravings of a madman.

A line that includes a lie- Bride of Loki:

There was a low chuckle before the hallucination cupped Siv’s face and the warmth flooded her. She didn’t bother to struggle. "You're too ugly to be stalked, Mabelle." Another lie. Mabelle was the prettiest girl Siv knew.

I'll tag, with no pressure, @winterandwords, @ladywithalamp, @authortango, @akindofmagictoo, and @hghrules. Your lines will be:

A line about gossip

A line about social media

A line about waiting in line

A line about a chore

A line about repairing something

[talesofsorrowandofruin]

Manuscript Search Tag

Thanks for tagging me, @winterandwords! :D

Words: never, always, again and before. These are from Silver Glass:

Never:

David listens with a sinking heart. He always knew there was never any future for him and Alec. The best they could hope for was if Alec stayed a bachelor and let his "best friend" live with him. But marriage… David can't imagine Alec being happy with a woman. And he has his pride. Some men might be happy with being the secret lovers of married men. But not him. He won't share his lover with anyone.

Always:

He hung up Alec's clothes from this evening and began to brush them. The repetitiveness of the task was relaxing. David had always liked repetitive tasks. He could let his mind wander.

Again:

No one answered. Vi looked at Phil again. Phil held a finger to her lips. She had a feeling that Yo-han wasn't really asking questions at all. Or at least, he wasn't asking the ones he wanted them to think he was asking.

Before:

Things hadn't exactly been perfect before that. A full year earlier, young master Alec had been forced to marry That Woman. Mrs. Skinner refused to think of the current Lady Kilskeery as anything but That Woman. She was an American millionaire's daughter married solely for her money, but that could be forgiven. She knew as much about good manners as the butcher's boy knew about the geography of Peru, but that could be forgiven. She rejoiced in the outlandish name of Gwladys, but that could be forgiven. What could not be forgiven was how she had made young master Alec miserable.

Tagging @deanwax, @authortango, @cosmiccoincidence, and anyone else who wants to do this! :D New words: extraordinary, exaggerate, exact and exist.

[inkovert]

Ten First Last Lines

Tagged by @pertinax--loculos. Tagging: @rainbowwriteratdawn @ashfordlabs @vacantgodling @authortango

I almost chose not to respond to this one because, as you can already tell by the title, I had to break every single rule of this tag for it to work. I believe you're meant to include the first lines of ten of your wips - well your girl only has one so we're going to be giving lines from chapters of MDE. But then I learned that all the first lines of MDE suck (they were all just action sentences like 'I opened the door' so completely uninteresting; didn't realize I had this habit/crutch - will need to fix that in post)

Anyway, all that is to say that I will be sharing with you the ten last lines of chapters from MDE. I will also be cheating even further on some (I've broken every single rule already I might as well keep going right?) and sharing the last two lines because I can.

So in no particular order:

As the door swung shut, I broke, placing a hand over my mouth to smother my sobs. 

If my little brother could muster up that amount of strength and courage — what was my excuse? 

I was going to make them eat their words. 

I stared absently into the dark chasm of the girl’s endless scream. 

I knew firsthand the damage that lies and secrets could inflict, so I’d adamantly sworn I’d always be truthful with him, no matter what.  But this tiny thing felt harmless to keep to myself. 

 I never thought I’d be relieved to hear my mother’s voice. 

I prayed he didn’t catch the disappointment, the confusion fighting to bleed through. The sheen of fresh tears threatening to surface.  

A grin slowly formed on his lips, growing wider and wider. “Do you even have to ask?”

I bit my lower lip to stop it from trembling. I nodded, then reached over to squeeze his hand tight and whispered, “You, too,” 

Be normal. What was the point.

[snooeycatwrites]

Last Line Tag

Thank you @pb-dot for the tag! So this was me prepping an introduction for important an important NPC and a magic potion that he's developed in a D&D module that I've written by brainstorming different things the NPC could say.

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"All of you are okay with the chance you won't be human anymore, aren't you?"

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If you want to share your latest line, then tag, you're it, @ahordeofwasps, @antihell, @authortango, @aziz-reads, @booksandpaperss, @burntoutdaydreamer, @isabellebissonrouthier, @lc-casey, @moondust-bard, @nettleandthorne, @sarandipitywrites, @sleepyowlwrites, @winglesswriter, @writingmoth, @zmwrites, and anyone else who wants to play.

[fellamarsh]

Nine People You Want to Know Better!

Thanks for the tag @serotoninshift :3 And for your patience as I take ages to get to it lol

Last song: Siamese Twins by The Cure. Halloween's a good day for goth music!

Last movie: Redline. The story wasn't revolutionary but the animation was great and I really appreciated the commitment to being goofy and also how it referenced like a million other anime. Including and especially revolutionary girl utena. It was a really fun watch!

Currently watching: Since OFMD is over (I won't talk about how disappointing episode 8 was) the only thing I'm keeping up with right now is Jujutsu Kaisen. The last episode with Choso was fun and they were really trying to do something cool animation wise but I feel like we're getting close to the point in a lot of shonen anime where uh. Things kind of fall apart, storytelling wise. Gojo's never making it out of that KFC... but at least Megumi and Yuuji got to hang out a bit this season!!

Currently reading: Blue Period and Chainsaw Man (both manga) and Harrow the Ninth. Which uh, for those of you watching closely, yes. This is the second time I've read HtN in like three months. I really enjoyed The Locked Tomb series. I need Alecto the Ninth to come out. Now.

Currently craving: Not really actively craving anything rn but some miso soup would be nice.

Last thing you searched for writing purposes: "Optical illusion face paint". Explanation: Linmiru, the MC in Taker of the Third Path (which I'm working on for Nano) is really into trick magic (despite being a guy who can do actual magic) and I've been sort of like. Working backwards to figure out a couple sleights of hand/illusion tricks I want him to do for foreshadowing purposes? And I think I figured them out today! So that was nice. But also I can't believe it's nano already aaaahhh uuggghhhh blurrrggghh it's fine. It'll be fine.

Anyway!!! I pass this note in class very discreetly to @j-hawthorn @authortango @writeblrfantasy @afoolandathief @btranwrites @rowanwriting @stjohnstarling @deciphered-narrator and @b-a-pigeon (who I admittedly know pretty well but we are sitting next to each other in this fake classroom scenario I have conjured so. He gets a tag too)

[akindofmagictoo]

DRAGONSONG: draft 2 update: 19/06

previous word count: 84,597

current word count: 86,982 (2385 added)

notes: Henry has been mentioned for the first time! best boy!

snippet:

“The person who told you about the researchers in the first place—do you know them well? Do you trust them?” Isi said. “I do know him fairly well,” Jasper agreed. The small smile on his face broadened to a full grin, wider than Isi had ever seen. The expression made him look ten years younger all at once. “I have, after all, been married to him for twenty years.” “Ooh, what’s his name?” Sierra swung her legs down to the floor and sat up. “Is he a knight too? How did you meet?” “His name is Henry; he was at one time a castle knight, but is now a resident knight.” Jasper leaned against the doorframe and folded his arms, though the twinkle in his eye remained. Before Sierra could derail them entirely, Isi cut in, “So could he help us?”

TAGLIST

@isherwoodj @metanoiamorii @lilmissravingwriter @weekofwednesdays @the-unwrittenwriter

@talesofsorrowandofruin @little-boats-on-a-lake @teriwrites @magicalwriting @magic-is-something-we-create

@writingbyjillian @waysofink @perditism @thehellinsideyourhead @calicowrites

@vellichor-virgo @google-plexed @therecouldbecolorsandlove @the-orangeauthor @ellatholmes

@happyorogeny @ladywithalamp @ashen-crest @authortango @strangerays

@moononherwings @nikkywrites @ambersky0319 @ambsthom @talesfromgringolandia

@wickerring @wizardfromthesea @diphthongsfordays @e-lisard @enchanted-lightning-aes

@emscribblings @teardropsandtherain @lowslore @fablewritten @copper-dragon-in-disguise

@reneesbooks @dirtybarkshark

[stesierra]

Cast Out: Chapter Nine

Thesil was sitting on her bedroll when I darted into the tent, my heart pounding from more than the run. I could nearly taste the sweetness of the ore still hanging in my mouth. I shuddered and closed my eyes. Taste. All I'd ever done was smell the ore. How much more powerful would the visions be if I tasted it? If I did as Holy Efra had done and let it melt on my tongue into my blood and body. I'd always known people ate it, once the thrill of scent had grown too weak to move them. Not my parents, who could never afford to indulge outside the religious rites every year. But some people. Those rich enough to have it often. I wondered what my life would have been like if I'd been born to such parents. Probably no different. No one would expose children to such a thing.

No. Without my parents, I would have no signs, no culture. No hope. It would have been very different.

I banished my longing – for my family, and the ore – and opened my eyes. From Thesil's annoyed expression, I thought she must have been trying to get my attention for some time. Then I noticed her eyes were swollen and red, like she'd been crying. I moved to her side quickly, sliding down to sit next to her. "What's wrong?" I asked her. "Why are you sad?"

Perhaps that was a stupid question. She'd been exiled from home, like me. Perhaps a better question was why wasn't I sadder?

Read the rest here.

I scheduled this before my life went to hell. Please read and say something so I'm not thinking about how shit my family life is.

Tag list for everything

@harleyacoincidence

@anonymousfoz

@moremysteriesthantragedies

@elizababie

@sm-writes-chaos

@bellascarousel

@the-dragon-chronicler

@teacupsandstarlight

@vorskra

@wrenofthewords

@amostdelectablescribbler

@mysticstarlightduck

@phantommill

@gracewritesbooks

@aziz-reads

@owlsandwich

@symbioticsimplicity

@squarebracket-trick

@koala2all

@rmgrey-author

@atomatowriter

@cheerfulmelancholies

@delusionisaplace

@janec23

@writing-is-a-martial-art

@authortango

Just chapters and snippets

@da-na-hae

[winterandwords]

Last line tag

Thanks to @darkangel319 for the tag!

This is from Project Aria...

And I tell the truth, whatever that says about me. “As fucked up as it can get.” “Right,” he says. “I’m in.”

Tagging @ahordeofwasps, @alinacapellabooks, @ashfordlabs and @authortango if you'd like to do it, with an open tag for anyone else who wants to join in 💜

[hotspurpercy]

A STRANGE KIND OF HUNGER — COMPLETE !

this is an extremely belated post, but i finally finished the third draft of a strange kind of hunger! it's been about a week, and i still don't really know what to do with myself. i started working on it at the start of the year, and it's been my mainstay for eight months — through the end of my first year of university, teaching strikes, the death of my granddad and a 10-day sailing expedition... and it's done. wow! it capped out at 98k (19k extra words), 45 chapters and even more tangled, complicated relationships than the last draft.

what comes next?

i've been having a writing break, not only to replenish my writing juices but also because i gave myself slight carpal tunnel in the mad final two days of drafting. when i'm replenished, i plan on:

writing some short stories to submit to student magazines at cambridge

editing my hotspur poem for a mini zine i'm making with a friend

picking a new long-form project to be my mainstay

and querying askoh!!

where can i read askoh?

as always, the very first draft is still available on wattpad, but i would caution against it. i won't be generally releasing this draft, but i will be looking for beta readers, so if you'd like a copy of the improvised ebook you can dm me on tumblr or discord (@/hotspurpercy)

( + TAGLIST UNDER THE CUT ! )

@villaneve / @vandorens-archive / @nallthatjazz / @starshots-blog1 / @cannivalisms / @perditism / @spillme / @upoffringar / @thelittlestspider / @wildswrites / @brownpaperhag / @akoumi / @quilloftheclouds / @absolute-nonsense-scribblings / @birdywrote / @tiredlittleoldme / @strangerays / @ninazeniks / @authortango / @aetherwrites / @caravagest / @chazzawrites / @anavkour / @videsnoir / @karamel-pop / @philocalizt / @cryptidsandqueers / @kingsinking / @muddshadow / @stephwriteswords

[toribookworm22]

Nine People You Want To Know Better

Thanks to... wow, @raiphend @the-stray-storyteller @kyofsonder @doublegoblin @thedahliafrog @surroundedbypearls (×3) @aestatismors @moremysteriesthantragedies @minutiaewriter @chargeaznable @digital-chance @saltysupercomputer @akiwitch @yamiuncornwrites @hrmkingizzy and @authortango for all of the tags I have pretended didn't exist for up to 8 months ago. My bad 🤦‍♀️

No pressure tagging: @honeysoiair @midnight-clover @bookmarks-reviews @elijahrichardwrites @unstablewifiaccess @galactic-mystics-writes @silvertalonwritblr @callitgoodwriting & my open tag!

Here goes!

Last Song

Last Movie

Catching Fire

Currently Watching

Friends again 🙃

Currently Reading

The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes

A reread before I go see the movie!

Currently Craving

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Last Writing Search

Imposing Male Names for my secondary series: ending up choosing Imre.

Three Ships

Hades and Persephone from Lore of Olympus.

Mmmmm! I haven't even read the whole series, but I could just eat them up!

Achilles and Patroclus from Song of Achilles

😭

Adrian and Nova from Renegades

One of my favorite series and I love love love them. Guess what? They're lovers to enemies AND enemies to lovers!

Latest Ship

Not a new one, but Monica and Chandler from Friends has become my current love.

Last Series

I finished New Girl a few months ago and though it had growing weaknesses, I really liked it overall.

Sweet, Spicy, Savory

Sticking with my sweet tooth

Currently Working On

Editing my third book!!

Current Obsession

I don't really have one at the moment; haven't had a good one in a couple months actually. Honestly, this explains my in and out unmoored feeling from the past few months. I'll pick up one hopefully soon.

[afoolandathief]

Find the word tag

Tagged by @faytelumos to find the words bind/tie, fall, avoid, flicker, and grace.

Tagging, if you'd like, @ceph-the-ghost-writer, @talesfromaurea, @authortango, and @authoralexharvey to find proper, text, sweep and sun.

TWs for language, references to nudity and hypnosis, guns, and severed heads:

Bind (Something Wicked)

Most Fae didn’t go by their true names, at risk of it binding them in a spell. Elves opted for flowers or plants as green and pretty as they were, and dwarves precious metals. But Caesar had aspired to something as big and shiny as the casinos lining the Strip. The little hobgoblin spent most of his days conning tourists out of their own names, and, if that didn’t work, their social security numbers.

Tie (The Friendly Visitors - couldn't help adding this one too)

Benji looked down at the pallid head of Slaughter Olsen. “I guess we’ve handled that, ah, issue,” he said. “I feel like I’m forgetting something, though.” “Could it involve the naked broad tied up in those chains over there?” Leech asked.

Fall (The Friendly Visitors)

Leech wasn’t wrong when he called him a coward. But the man had just threatened Dove, and his pistol was tucked lazily in his waistband. Benji shot forward, the last of his blankets falling off him as he pulled the gun off Leech. “What the -?” Leech started. “Shit.” He had his hands up, his beady eyes suddenly enormous. Benji pointed the gun at him and squeezed the trigger.

Avoid (Something Wicked)

She twisted her fingers through her bag strap and sighed. “What do I have to do to act like a thrall?” “A blank expression is fairly common,” Caz said. “At least when you’re first hypnotized. And I’d just avoid talking altogether, to be safe. And walk a few steps behind me.” Jade rolled her eyes. “God, this is the most sexist -” “Hey,” Caz cut in, snapping his fingers in front of her. “Thralls and vampires can be of any gender. We’re not sexist, just toxic.”

Flicker (Those Horrid, Horrid Things)

“We could work together, you and I,” she said. “We’ve helped one another before.” They crouched down and brought a finger to her cheek, pulling back a thread of gold. A smile flickered on their face, spreading into something white-hot and fierce. “Third, Freyja.” Gold tendrils wove across Freyja. Her eyes widened as Loki worked the spell into her. “You should never, ever threaten my family.”

Grace (Those Horrid, Horrid Things)

“Haljurunna Lokisdottir,” she said. “Do you know who I am?” Hel nodded. It was Frigg, Odin’s wife, the one who knew the fate of all. “You have a very special gift, my dear girl,” she said, and a little smile graced her lined face. Hel had never had a grandmother. She wondered if this was who she would be like.

[writingamongther0ses]

OC Poll Tag!

Rules: Make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite!

@illarian-rambling tagged me to do this and used their OCs as the characters, so I'll follow suit! Unfortunately, I have too many characters to have a favorite, so I'm doing 5 random ones:

I'll tag, with no pressure, @magic-is-something-we-create, @inky-duchess, @idreamonpaper, @touloserlautrec, and @authortango

Descriptions of OCs:

Siv: The main lead of Bride of Loki, Siv was a schoolgirl who ended up striking a pact with the ghost of the god Loki, having been dead for over five centuries, when she suddenly and violently died. She is nervous and anxious, having been tormented by Loki her entire life, and needs to learn her own power.

Riley West: The second lead of Bad End, Riley becomes MA's best friend. He has lived in Sunshine all his life and has grown up learning about the dead children of the town. When MA starts helping out these ghosts, he decides to help her, working on his own fear of death and the grief at his last best friend's loss.

The Flower Queen/Mabel Cox: The dragon that protects the main antagonist, the Flower Queen used to be a girl from Sunshine who died after striking a deal with the Beast to protect her younger stepbrother. Her sanity took a hit after a while and now she stalks the ghosts of Sunshine, luring many of them to her ax and to the flame that keeps both her and the Beast alive.

Charlie Nair: Once having the ability to rewound time to when she was thirteen, Charlie gave up that power in exchange for helping her older sister, Rei, come back from the death. Charlie is recovering from the loss of this power, used to having the ability to get out of messes and life commitments.

Anna Bethel: A girl who ended up slipping from her home in Wales to the mystical Camelot, Anna wants to return to Camelot and her best friend, Princeling Ari. Unfortunately, her experiments leave her stranded in the World Between Worlds, forcing her to help the Universal Guardian fix things between the worlds if she wants to both protect Camelot and return home.