Story By Thorne Hill
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Thorne Hill

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I have always lived slightly to the side of the obvious world. I notice patterns, pauses, and the quiet places where meaning gathers before it is named. Writing is how I listen. I’m drawn to the spaces between things, between memory and myth, body and consciousness, history and what still lingers beneath it. My stories explore hidden lineages, ancient wisdom carried forward through ordinary lives, and the kind of love that feels less like possession and more like recognition. Names, like worlds, shift and fade. My given name feels largely obsolete, but for the sake of fellow adventurers and explorers wishing to find my work, my pen name is Thorne Hill. I believe worlds overlap more often than we’re taught to see, and that stories are one of the ways they speak to one another. I write to observe, to remember, and to leave the door open for those who sense there is more moving quietly beneath the surface.
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Alpine Embrace
Updated at Feb 14, 2026, 03:03
Graphic novelist Kelsea Burbank has a "Christmas Curse." After losing her job, her apartment, and her boyfriend to her best friend in a single week, she’s done with happy endings. Her plan? Escaping to a remote cabin in the French Alps to sketch, drink wine, and avoid tinsel at all costs.But the Alps have other plans.When a catastrophic blizzard buries her cabin, Kelsea is rescued by Jaxon Hale—her neighbor, a rugged pro hockey player with a heart of ice and a protective streak a mile wide.Stranded in his luxury chalet with no power and no way out, Kelsea is forced to bunk with the brooding defenseman and his adorable six-year-old daughter, Mia. Jaxon is everything Kelsea avoids: a widower who believes in tradition, a devoted father, and a man dangerously easy to fall for.As the fires crackle and the storm rages, the ice between them begins to melt. But Kelsea knows that when the snow clears, reality returns. Can a woman who sketches disasters learn to trust in a happily-ever-after? Or will her cynical heart freeze them both out?
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Sterling’s Fortune
Updated at Feb 15, 2026, 05:05
Elodie Rose is a walking disaster. Alistair Sterling is a man who leaves nothing to chance. When they collide, the sparks, and the chaos, are enough to burn the city down.Elodie has one rule for December: survive. Cursed with terrible holiday luck, she usually hides until January. But this year, a catastrophe at the Sterling Industries Gala leaves her owing millions to Alistair Sterling, the city’s coldest, most ruthless billionaire.His ultimatum? Work off the debt as his personal executive assistant.Elodie thinks it’s a punishment. But after a mysterious encounter with a stranger in a grey suit, she discovers a shocking twist: she has become a living good luck charm. Stocks rise, deals close, and enemies fold... but only when Alistair touches her.To save his company, Alistair needs her close. To save her sanity, Elodie needs to keep her distance. But as the fake dates turn into real heat, a new rule emerges: Make him fall in love by Valentine’s Day, or the luck turns into a curse that will ruin them both.He thinks he owns her debt. She’s about to own his heart.
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The Quiet Magic of Holloway
Updated at Feb 9, 2026, 03:03
The world is getting loud. Only she can make it quiet. Lyra Grayson is a statistical anomaly: a mute wolf shifter with off-the-charts scores in Alchemy and Ancient Runes. She has accepted her fate as a scholar, destined for a quiet life in the archives. But the Archives are exactly where the danger is waiting. When Commander Malakai, an ambitious and scarred Executor of the High Council, arrives at Holloway, he upends Lyra’s life with a single piece of parchment. He drafts her into the Department of Magical Antiquities—a division that doesn't exist on any official map. The mission? To race across the globe and secure ancient, volatile sites before their "Noise" tears the magical fabric of the world apart. Lyra possesses a rare, dangerous gift: the ability to project absolute silence. It makes her the only mage capable of approaching the First Runes without dying. From the luxury cars of the Orient Express to the hidden libraries buried beneath the academy, Lyra and Malakai must solve a puzzle three thousand years in the making. But as they work in the forced proximity of their travels, the telepathic bond between them grows into something neither of them can shield against. In a world screaming for attention, Lyra is about to learn that the most powerful magic is the kind you never speak aloud.
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A Court of Moss and Moonlight
Updated at Feb 8, 2026, 17:17
Two Worlds. One Secret. Seven Minutes to Change Fate.Brynn Wilder is the First Daughter of the North American Pack, but prestige is a cold comfort when you’re standing alone in the freezing Oregon rain. With her father away and her wolf restless, Brynn wanders into the deepest part of the Van Duzer Corridor—and falls right out of her world.She lands in a realm of eternal summer, manicured gardens, and stifling etiquette. But the true shock isn't the magic; it’s the girl sitting in the tree above her.Lady Maeve Donoghue is a witch trapped in a gilded cage, desperate for a taste of freedom before she is married off. When she meets the girl with the "beetle-shell" coat and the strange metal teeth on her clothes, she sees an escape.The two discover an impossible secret: The portal works both ways, and the cost of travel is time. A day in the realm of magic costs only seven minutes in the mortal world.It was supposed to be a harmless exchange. A way for Maeve to see the movies, and for Brynn to feel the sun.But the High King Ciaran Faolán has declared a Solstice Masquerade to find a Queen. He is ancient, dangerous, and rumored to possess a magic that can strip a soul bare. When Brynn attends in disguise, she realizes too late that the King isn't looking for a human noblewoman.He is hunting.And in a court of illusions and lies, Brynn is the only one who smells like a Wolf.
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The Gilded Meridian
Updated at Jan 15, 2026, 16:55
One woman broke the world. Two versions of the same man are fighting for the pieces. Physicist Maya didn’t just fail an experiment; she shattered reality. Now, she is trapped in Midnight City, a neon-drenched dystopia where the sun never rises and time is broken. Ruling over this chaos is Prime Julian, a man who ascended to godhood with one goal: to build a perfect, safe reality for Maya, whether she wants it or not. To stop him, Maya must team up with the only person who knows Julian’s weakness: Johnny Vane. He’s a hard-drinking, trench-coat-wearing private investigator from a failed timeline. He’s also an alternate version of Julian, one who didn't become a god, but a glitch. Together, they must pull off the ultimate heist: break into a floating fortress, steal the Source Code of the universe, and reset the timeline. But the closer they get to the target, the harder the choice becomes. To save reality, Maya must destroy the man who built a heaven just for her... and trust the shadow who is destined to disappear when the lights come back on.
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The Frost Weaver
Updated at Jan 13, 2026, 19:09
She thought the worst thing that could happen on Christmas Eve was being cheated on in public. She was wrong. Elara Vance just wanted to survive the holidays. Instead, she finds herself humiliated and heartbroken in the middle of a crowded European Christmas market. She expects to disappear into the cold night, until the world around her glitches. Shadows move. Statues watch. And a dangerous stranger steps out of the dark to declare her under his protection. With one calm sentence, Adrien invokes an ancient Law that binds her fate to his. He is lethal, controlled, and a high-ranking enforcer in a supernatural court hidden in plain sight. He claims it’s just for her safety. He claims she is a witness to a crime that could shatter reality. But the way he looks at her, like she is the only solid thing in a crumbling world, suggests a hunger far more dangerous than duty. Elara is human, fragile, and unwilling to belong to anyone. But as the "Masquerade" falls and monsters breach the city, she realizes she is the center of a war between those who want to control the world and those who want to delete it. Forced into a terrifying proximity with the Wolf who claimed her, Elara must navigate a slow-burn pull she doesn’t trust and a power rising within her that smells of ink and ozone. As the solstice approaches, one question becomes impossible to ignore: Is she just a character in their game, or is she the one holding the pen?
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