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    Seonghwa always knew that his life was going to be hard. It was as plain for him to see as his own hands in front of him, but he wanted to try to live his life looking towards the sun.
    His uncle made that hard. Whenever the stress of life became too much for him, his uncle would berate Seonghwa over it, blaming it on his father for bringing his mother into their lives, on him being too much like his mother. It always came back to his mother.
    Because Seonghwa’s mother was a harpy.
    When he was 12, his uncle had a debt to a pirate captain from a job that went very poorly because of him.
    And Seonghwa was how he settled that debt. Seonghwa, to spare his uncle.
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    Seonghwa is half harpy in a world that sees nonhuman beings as other and unnatural, trapped in a life of piracy and kept against his will on board a scourge crew. But when the crew of the Horizon comes along and gives him a chance at a different life, he must find a way to settle into a life leagues apart from the one he's always known, try to fit himself into the tightly-knit fabric of the crew, while hiding the truth of himself. Can he while still finally allowing himself to be seen?

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    17 Apr 2026

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    In a world of enchanted forests and magic beings, Hongjoong is a sorcerer living in a little cottage within the woods. Over the years, he extended care to various creatures until they became something of a family.

    One day, his fairy friend Yeosang leads him into the forest to find an injured angel lying among the trees. He nurses the beautiful creature back to health, and expects to never see him again.

    Little do they know of the greater forces at work, for the angel returns again and again, and Hongjoong’s heart comes to care for him.

    Or: Seonghwa the angel keeps turning up injured at Hongjoong’s magic cottage, and they fall for each other despite the forbidden nature of their love.

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    14 Apr 2026

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    Pirates spend their lives hunting down treasure, but the most valuable treasure of all isn’t gold or jewels - it’s mermaid scales. After the majority of Captain Kim Hongjoong’s crew is decimated by disease, he has no choice but to turn to the hunting of mermaids to keep himself and his remaining men afloat. When a new pirate joins them, however, he struggles to maintain his control over his crew, his ship, and his emotions.

    It’s only a matter of time until Hongjoong’s notorious reputation falls apart, but little does he know that darker plans are at play beneath the surface.

    Mermaids can walk on land if they choose, but doing so is practically unheard of due to the risks. Seonghwa is the only living mermaid of his kind left, and after a life of hiding from ruthless hunters, he hatches a plan for revenge. He poses as a pirate and steps ashore for the first time in his life, all with the intent to destroy a certain captain, his crew, and his ship from the inside.

    It’s only a matter of time until Seonghwa’s true identity is revealed, but he plans to destroy them all before it comes to that.

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    09 Apr 2026

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    In a world in which humans and vampires live side by side, Seonghwa is a struggling human desperate for a steady income and a roof over his head. He applies to be a personal feeder for a vampire, to serve as a constant supply of blood and nothing more. However, he does not anticipate being assigned to the head of the most powerful coven in the area, Kim Hongjoong.

    Seonghwa has never had a home, but he begins to find one in the least likely of places, discovering that Hongjoong and the vampires within his coven are kinder than most of the humans he’s encountered in his life. But humans look down on feeders, and Seonghwa catches the eye of many vampires as he becomes a permanent fixture at Hongjoong’s side.

    He isn’t safe from anyone, humans or vampires alike, and when disaster strikes he finds himself more entangled with Hongjoong and his coven than he had ever expected.

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    06 Apr 2026

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