Erin Elise

Hello everyone! I’ve released the first part of a free interactive YA fantasy novel! It’s called THE SOLSTICE HUNTERS, and it’s a retelling of Grimm’s “The Seven Ravens”, which follows the only daughter after seven sons as she embarks on a dangerous quest to save her brothers. In a spin on the original story, TSH takes place in a Kingdom walled by an unbreakable Curse, where each year on the winter solstice, 2 children are chosen for a ritual hunt to kill the Curse’s wicked guardian. Having lost all her brothers to the Hunt, when it’s her turn to be chosen, protagonist Willa must turn a suicide mission into salvation—and discover the truth of what happened to her brothers. TSH is like Narnia meets Cursed with a sliver of The Hunger Games, and I really hope you’ll play it (and let me know if you find any bugs, though I think I got most of them?) https://erinelise.itch.io/the-solstice-hunters

cover art by amorizel (@amorizel on twitter)

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Erin Elise3 years ago

Hi Nessa,

I've had this bookmarked on twitter for a bit, waiting for a moment of free time when I could sit down with a cup of coffee and really enjoy this. And I did! Very much! What a clever way to think about the link structure in twine. Kind of felt like tuning into wheel of fortune, watching the letters fill in and all. I clicked them out of order a few times, just for fun, to see if I could figure it out the message before it was fully revealed.

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I went with the ending about moving on, and it was very cathartic for me! Very well done. I can't wait to check out more of your work!