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The Wordsmith's Edge
The Wordsmith's Edge
The First Annual Wordsmith's Edge
BOOK & POETRY​
AWARDS
~ 2025 ~
Meet The 2025 Winner
For millenniums, angels like Captain Jediah had waged war against their former brethren: the demons. As Keeper of the Abyss, it's his duty to ensure Appolyon's army remains imprisoned until the end of the age. Unfortunately, despite all that God had entrusted him with, Jediah is plagued by an unceasing guilt. It drives him to thirst for Christ's redemptive power, but there's one glaring problem. He's not human. God's gift of salvation is meant for mankind alone.
When God appoints him to lead a task force of five wildly different angels to capture two dangerous demons, Jediah ponders if his return to earth might be his only chance to learn what the core of human salvation truly is. However, one of Jediah's angels hides a secret agenda, and Jediah's dark past is hellbent on hunting him down too.
Can Jediah risk everything for the relief he's desperate for? Or should he even bother chasing what he cannot have at all? What does living redeemed mean?
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A born again Christian, Hannah Mae uses her wide variety of interests to show how a saving relationship with Jesus is no limiter to creativity, fun, and wonder. She's a dance studio owner, runs FlyingFaith.org, and is a 1st place recipient of the ACFW "First Impressions" Award. From her love of Marvel movies to studying Scripture, Hannah absolutely cherishes all Jesus gave her and eagerly awaits her eternal life with Him to come.
Meet The 2025 Finalist
Ghosts, elves, a portal to another dimension. Just what every college girl wants!
Maddie Farmer just wants to survive college. Tests, working part time, and her abusive sister make it hard enough, but when her family unexpectedly moves to Cornersville’s infamous haunted house, surviving may not be possible. Strange feelings fill her room, and the sensation of being watched never leaves. But all those ghost stories can’t be true… can they?
Elven prince Aven Torrench has devoted his life to serving Bysra. But the shifters are threatening the kingdom’s very survival. With the beasts wreaking havoc across the land, Bysra’s future hangs in the balance. Aven is desperate to save his kingdom, but hope frays with every attack.
When their worlds collide, Maddie finds the escape she longs for. But the rude elf prince is a price she didn’t bargain for.
With war looming, the last thing Aven needs is an annoying human darkening his home.
As traitors rise and Bysra edges closer to destruction, Maddie and Aven must find a way to survive the shifters. And each other.
Betrayed is the first book in a new adult portal fantasy series. If you enjoy books with Christian themes, no-spice enemies to lovers, and epic adventure, dive into the world of Exterrah today!