Ryan Hoyt

The Aepistelle Chronicles

0.5 - The Witch of Ferathan (Oct-2021)
1 - Gemma Calvertson and the Forest of Despair (Nov-2021)
2 - The Isle of Abandonment (Jul-2023)

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  Freddy Goodman (Ain't No Good Man)
  

  • Sep-2021
  • / General Fiction
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  A short story of contemporary fiction.His coming-of-age story was so twenty years ago.Freddy Goodman is everything everyone always said he'd be at thirty-five years old.A bum. A lowlife. Scum. Just like his father. Just like his father's father.On th...

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  The Witch of Ferathan
  

  • Oct-2021
  • / Fantasy
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  The Aepistelle Chronicles - 0.5
  

  An alluring stranger. A trail of destruction. Will Ferathan survive her charm?When a stranger arrives in the secluded town of Ferathan, the townspeople are enamored by her mystique and beauty. Lonely farmer Gaethen Devorac is the particular target of...

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  Gemma Calvertson and the Forest of Despair
  

  • Nov-2021
  • / Fantasy
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  The Aepistelle Chronicles - 1
  

  A heroine's first adventure. A kingdom's last hope.Gemma spends her days studying a war her father fought in before her birth, but she realizes that not everything is what it seems. When she sets off to interview an aging hero, she learns about an em...

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  Insurrection Day; or, Bobby Lathrop Goes to Washington
  

  • Jan-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  January 6, 2021 was a day of infamy for most. An assault on democracy. A national crisis.  For Bobby Lathrop, it was just a Wednesday. Insurrection Day is a satirical short story about a well-intentioned computer repairman who sneaks o...

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  Raventree Hollow
  

  • Jul-2022
  • / Horror
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  The rumors are deadly. The truth is deadlier.In the small town of Raventree Hollow, rumors fly fast on the residents' whisper networks. When word spreads that the town's wealthy young bachelor is in a mysterious new relationship, factions form and de...

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  The Isle of Abandonment
  

  • Jul-2023
  • / Fantasy
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  The Aepistelle Chronicles - 2
  

  She once saved a kingdom with her friends. Now she must do it alone.The nefarious King Davin has escaped captivity, bent on covering up his atrocious misdeeds by declaring Gemma Calvertson and her friends enemies of the state.Gemma is unable to publi...

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  We Are Not Alone in the Dark
  

  • Jun-2024
  • / Horror
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  Light pierces through darkness.Fear freezes him in place.The night visitors have arrived.At fifteen, Bryan's list of worries includes school, bullies, girls, and drama with his friends. That's not where it ends. An abusive felon father, a mother who ...

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  The Realm Beyond
  

  • Nov-2024
  • / Fantasy
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  Her last chance to save her kingdom will bring her to the brink of death. Three years after accepting King Davin's offer to join him, Gemma Calvertson has a successful career with the Royal Mystic Committee, a clandestine regime she once fought to de...

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