hey, i’m dominik (alt: dominic). over twenty, with pronouns he/him. i write/read dark fantasy, gothic fiction, and classics, but i make exceptions every now and then. i love world-building and mythology. kind of a vampire fan and the aesthetic surrounding it. an all-consuming greed for power is sort of a thing in most (if not all) of my works. i also primarily focus on the villains, anti-heroes and corrupt characters alike. oh, and i make templates for the muse.
[ hunted by ] . [ terror in the mind of a priest ] . [ darling, dearest, dead. ] . [ color of greed ] . [ sick thoughts ]
A E S T H E T I C S
. to descend into chaos is a choice many are deprived of - the pit
. the dominik and katja vampire book club
. love, shaped like two hands wrapped around a throat, like an empty stomach - love as hunger
. love like having your throat cut - violent love
. i don’t want comfort; i want danger, freedom, sin; i want to be hungry - hunger
. beauty is terror, beauty is something inhuman - beauty
. eat what makes us holy; eat the god who didn’t save us - religion
. do you know what it means to be loved by death - vampires, blood
. villain status - taglines
. daily kafka - some kafka
. a place to suffer formally
more project details under cut.
hunted by - (dark) folkloric fantasy, dark romance
Sworn to the Northern Kingdom as their leading huntsman, Kalypso was trained by one principle: thou shalt not trust Versipellis - cursed shapeshifters who turn into macabre versions of themselves at moon’s peak.
His path was never meant to cross with the wicked leader of such, but a web of dark, forbidden romance and vengeance ensnares him in a cunning twist of fate.
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themes . cursed shapeshifters / eternal winter / kingdoms / werebeasts vs. hunters / witchcraft / god is a woman and there are multiple / folkloric creatures / royalty / rivalry and vengeance / becoming god
terror in the mind of a priest - gothic fiction/romance, horror, paranormal and dark fantasy, mystery.
The epistolary story follows an expert doctor who works alongside the police to make autopsy reports for all sorts of complicated deaths. His assistance is asked in a place far from home to investigate an unexplainable chain of murders. These occurrences are unlike any he has seen before, suggesting the existence of unfathomable creatures. Sceptic at first, he is eventually thrusted into the world of otherworldly research, meeting the Father of the Local Church along the way.
But something about the priest isn’t right. And while the priest offers his help, the doctor seizes the opportunity to study his suspect up close.
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themes . demons exist / power and corruption / facing darkness disguised as beauty / dancing with the devil / seduced by the villain / story expressed through protagonist’s pieces of writing / doctor as detective / studying the monster
darling, dearest, dead. - (contemporary) fantasy, new adult, (dark academia)
A leading figure to the university’s secret society , Laurent was always known to be brilliant to the point of cunning. He is arrogant, sharp, unwavering, with poisonous charisma and genius hiding behind madness in pursuit of something others deem impossible: immortality. All he ever lacked was a push — that was, until after he met Will, a biology student with a matching sharpness and undeniable chemistry. In their constant wars of will and philosophical sparring, a desired push comes to an inevitable shove and theory turns into the experimental. But when one accident leads to a chain of murders, ambition becomes obsession, intrigue turns into jealousy, and power results in betrayal. Will and Laurent are left standing on ashes of what used to be friendship, each with a narcissistic desire of their own - now as archnemeses.
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themes . life, death, carpe diem / hedonism / immortality / entertaining the what-ifs / in the name of science, art, and philosophy / the constitution of good versus evil / modern tragedy
color of greed - science fiction, romance/erotica (nano 2021)
(wip shelved.)
In a society where the filthy rich live in the skies and everyone else below, an heiress to one of five noble families is offered a captive as a gift - one with a deadly and, fortunately rare, affinity for mind control. He is one of last and his genetic skill must be kept a secret while the heiress seeks to rob her brothers of their father's throne, all for the hungry desire to rule an inhospitable, divided world.
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themes . power, religion, and politics / inheritance and nepotism / familial competition for the throne / mind control / master and captive dynamic (except the master is an heiress and the captive is deadly) / power play
sick thoughts - new adult, horror fiction, gothic romance, paranormal fantasy
(wip shelved.)
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themes . vampires / not-so-ordinary university life / town full of secrets / bromance despite family-rivalry / new murders / former shy one becomes the new hot / decadent aristocratic family / the grotesque, the dark / power and greed
O T H E R
(send an ask or comment to be +/- to the general taglist.)
🦇 . i’d love to be added to taglists of active wips, so if you have anything that falls under dark fantasy, send an ask and i’ll check it out.
upon receiving wonderful book recommendations (thank you, dear anon), i felt inspired to share my current state of reading.
recently read:
You Are Fatally Invited (Ande Pliego): The writing style is addictive, and the narration, both the narrator's and the author's, is unreliable in the most intriguing way. A locked-room mystery well-executed and a very fun read.
Vengeful (V. E. Schwab): Schwab's prose alone is reason enough for me to pick up anything she writes. Beyond that, the entire Villains series delivers compelling, morally complex antagonists and fascinating dynamics between them. Also, I cannot deny the American Horror Story-style structure dropping the reader at the end before pulling them back to the very beginning.
This Monster Of Mine (Shalini Abeysekara): The opening scene was enough to intrigue me. I loved piecing together the mystery alongside the protagonist, and the romantic tension was a nice touch.
saying "question mark?" and "however comma," out loud are game changers. punctuation on the go. and it's always the funniest thing that anyone around you has ever heard
writers, you can and should be proud of your fic even if you personally are not satisfied with it. because even if you think it's "not good", you can be proud of the fact that you wrote it and it's something you created. you can be proud of the fact it's not ai.
repeat after me, it's something you put your soul and dedication in — and that's something ai could never achieve.
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