Fear of falling (Fear of failing)
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The Crooked, The Cradle by MarasmiusOreades
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26 Jun 2026
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Ryland Grace isn’t thrilled that, in his semester abroad in Oxford, he has to room with Jonathan “Jon” Sims. When they meet Gerard Keay and Ryland bullies Jon into being friends with him, things get even more complicated.
As his two new friends grow closer and begin to leave him out of things, he finds a mysterious book. This book, belonging to “The Library of Jurgen Leitner”, tells a strange tale of microbes eating the sun and intelligent life on a planet orbiting 40 Eridani A. Once he reads it, he begins sharing dreams with an alien he names Rocky. Along with the dreams, he begins to get seemingly magical powers.
He doesn’t understand why Gerard is less than thrilled about this development.
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After Rocky enters a strange cave, he begins speaking to a leaky, squishy alien while he sleeps. What’s much worse is when he begins turning into a leaky, squishy blob himself- while still on Erid. Just when his home planet threatens to kill his changing body, he finds himself on Earth. Confused and alone.Now him and his Fear-ordained soulmate, Grace, have to figure out how to get him home to his mate while also dealing with Grace’s developing powers and the Vast’s increasing demands.
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- Part 1 of Fear of falling (Fear of failing)