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Fish Out of Water
A woman hires a witch to curse her husband's soulmate, hoping he'll stay with her despite her infidelity. The curse turns his soulmate into a mermaid, who must reach the ocean and save him before a storm threatens his yacht.
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I'm Amanda Van Lynn and I write Grimdark/Horror stories, that will make you question what you really know about fantasy and sci-fi.
- ✨ Fantasy + Sci-Fi
- 🖤 Grimdark/Horror
- 🦄 Closed-door/No Spice Romance
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The Lady who Claimed the Lake
A sweet Modern Cottage-core, Closed-door, Christian Romance about a southern woman and a local sheriff.
WIPBooks & Series
Pick your portal: Epic Dark Merlinian, Mermaid and Fairies, a suspenseful space opera, or a Christian Cottage-core.
The Merlinian Legend Series
As the apocalypse dawns and the Antichrist rises, Merlin becomes a bard once more, recounting the astonishing story of his 12,000-year life to the last survivors fleeing the magical world, Fayah, aboard spaceships. Through myth, legend, and biblical history, his tale reveals how he became the great wizard of legend, survived the crystal cave, helped raise Stonehenge, and even lived as one of the Three Wise Men who mentored Jesus Christ. A bold reimagining of the Merlinian legend, told in a striking blend of first-person limited and second-person omniscient.
- ✨ Fantasy, sci-fi, and Grim Dark
- 🜂 Mythic lore + legend
- ❄️ Genocide
- 🔥 Forbidden Knowedge
The Soulmates Trilogy
Three modern day princes experience surpernatural events that change their lives.
Ghost in a Box
A paranormal investigator, upon returning from a research trip to Japan, finds himself pursued by a persistent spirit. As he investigates further, he discovers a complex network of secrets that pose significant risks to both himself and his family.
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Pebble on a Beach
A boy, a dragon, and a fairy set out to keep the dragon hidden from the world. But when the fairy, still learning to control her magic, accidentally turns the boy into a dragon, they must race to reverse the spell before his father finds out.
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Houston... I'm Awake!
Elias Ward was never meant to set foot on Mars. A contest runner-up, he should have been watching humanity’s first commercial voyage from the safety of Earth. But when a crew member collapses before launch, Elias is pulled from obscurity and hurled onto a ship racing toward the red planet. The dream shatters in the dark silence of space. Sabotage rips Elias from cryosleep months too soon, leaving him alone in a failing ship with a sleeping crew and no time to prepare. As systems break down around him, he must become the person this mission needs—or watch everyone aboard die. Then the storm comes. A barrage of meteors tear through the ship, and Elias has only enough time to save three astronauts before plunging to the Martian surface below. Stranded on a world of dust, ruin, and impossible odds, they face a task far greater than survival: building a future for humanity on a planet that was never as dead as it seemed.
The Lady Who Claimed the Lake
When a strong-willed Southern woman inherits a fortune from her grandmother, she seizes the chance to start over on her own terms. She pours her heart into restoring a crumbling national park, transforming it into a breathtaking private wildlife preserve. But just as her dream begins to flourish, angry locals turn against her, determined to reclaim the land they believe is theirs. With tensions mounting and threats closing in, the county sheriff steps in to keep the peace and finds himself falling for the woman at the center of the storm. As sparks fly and loyalties are tested, she must decide how much she is willing to risk for the life she has built...and for the man who may just change everything.
About Amanda
I never thought the I could be so dark and disturbing!
Amanda Van Lynn, also known as Amanda Lynn Partenheimer, has been dedicated to writing since childhood, drawing inspiration from 1980s dark fantasy films and LARP experiences that contributed to the development of her character Ilaina, daughter of Merlin. After experiencing over two decades of creative burnout, Amanda launched "The Wizard’s Bible," a dark fantasy saga, in 2021 at the Nelson County Library in Bardstown, Kentucky. Her work focuses on suspenseful and thrilling narratives within the dark fantasy genre.
“I thought I had an idiol hand. I'm not that cute little girl that used to right fairy-princess type tales.”
Fantasy
Grimdark
Romantasy
Mythic Sci-Fi
Dark and Suspenseful with classic storybook
ornamentation.
Amanda's style: C.S. Lewis meets Stephen King.
Amanda's style: C.S. Lewis meets Stephen King.