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What is Raythe Reign?
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Raythe Reign is a site for vivid, dark, erotic serial stories and graphic novel featuring gay (m/m, yaoi) and straight (m/f, het) pairings. Take great action, mystery/thrillers, fantasy, and science fiction stories and combine them with a ton of heat and you have Raythe Reign.
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Like your favorite television series, the stories are updated with new chapters several times a month on a set schedule. Approximately 50,000 words are added a month.
The graphic novels are each updated once a week. The end result of all this is that there’s something new posted EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
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Pick a story or graphic novel and start reading the chapters! The first FIVE chapters of the first book in a series are open to the public. The manga is for Members only and you must sign in to see it. We recommend you sign in right away, because that is the only way you can comment!
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What are Serial Stories?
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Serial stories are stories that are not yet completed. New chapters are added every couple of weeks to them. They evolve and grow before your eyes. It's like a television series where you have to wait until next week to find out what happens. That means a serial story will take you on a roller coaster ride every chapter to keep you on the edge of your seat.
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How often are the stories and graphic novels updated?
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Each story is updated twice a month with new chapters on a set SCHEDULE. Approximately 50,000 words are added a month.
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Currently, The Dark Earth and The Hunt are the two running manga. The Deep Within and The Artifact are on hiatus while the artwork is redone. See the SCHEDULE for this month's offerings. New stories are added often.
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How does a Membership at Raythe Reign work?
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You pay a flat monthly recurring fee (the highest you would ever pay is $9.95 a month, but if you buy multiple packs of months like a 3-month, 6-month or a 12-month, you'll pay progressively less) and get access to EVERYTHING on the site.
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There are literally thousands of pages to read already and approximately 50,000 words a month are added to the stories. The two manga are updated with new pages every week as well. See the SCHEDULE for this month's offerings!
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What does "recurring" mean?
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It means that the site will bill you every month, every three months, every six months, etc. unless you cancel your Membership. Don't worry if you cancel before the last day. You have access to the site until the time period you signed up for expires.
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How do I cancel my Membership?
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If you are a Member, you can discontinue your Membership at any time.
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<p> <strong>VIA CREDIT CARD SIGNUP</strong>
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If you paid via Eprocessing, do the following:
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1. Log in.
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2. Click on the Profile button on the top right hand corner underneath your name.
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3. Click the link labeled "cancel" by your current membership.
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<p> <strong>VIA PAYPAL SIGNUP</strong>
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<p>If you have paid via PayPal, do the following:</p>
<p>1. Log in to your PayPal account.</p>
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2. Go to My Preapproved Payments and click on it (you can often find this if you click on your last payment to Raythe Reign and there will be a link.
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3. Click on Raythe Reign. 4. Click Cancel. 5. Click Cancel Profile. 6. Click Cancel Subscription.
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What these two processes do is stop the recurring charges every month (or every 3 months, or a year). You will still have normal access to the site until the date when the Membership would have renewed then your access will cease.
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<p> <i>IMPORTANT: Please do not ask us to cancel your subscription for you. We cannot assist you in this (See PayPal payments, for example, you have to login to your PayPal account to cancel, which we CANNOT do).</i>
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What is the Refund Policy?
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Generally, there are no refunds for Memberships, which we're sure makes sense to all of you since someone could have the Membership for a day, download everything then ask for their money back. The only time that refunds may be given is at Raythe's discretion. Email [email protected] if you wish a refund and we'll work with you.
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<p> <u><b>There is one caveat, failure to cancel your Membership before it recurs will NOT result in a refund.</u> </b>
So make sure you cancel your Membership before the next billing period and understand the recurring charges before subscribing. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected].
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Can I pay for my Membership with a check?
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Yes, you can, but there are a few rules you have to follow. First, you need to email us at [email protected]. We'll give you all the information as to where to send the check at that time. Second, you must become a Member for and pay for a minimum of three months. Once the check clears, we will send you a user name and password to your email address.
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What does "recurring" mean?
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It means that the site will bill you every month, every three months, every six months, etc. unless you cancel your Membership. Don't worry if you cancel before the last day. You have access to the site until the time period you signed up for expires.
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Can I pay for my Membership with a check?
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Yes, you can, but there are a few rules you have to follow. First, you need to email us at [email protected]. We'll give you all the information as to where to send the check at that time. Second, you must become a Member for and pay for a minimum of three months. Once the check clears, we will send you a user name and password to your email address.
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Can I pay for my Membership with PayPal?
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Yes, you can! There's now a direct link on the payment page to pay through PayPal! Though if you pay with an e-check there is a delay of 3 to 5 business days until it will clear and you will have access to the site.
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Some Paypal accounts will not allow the user to send an e-check and require a credit card, but not everyone has a credit card or wishes to get one; however, we can accommodate you by creating a manual account. This is how:
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(1) Email [email protected] specifying your preferred username and password.
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(2) Use Paypal to pay [email protected] for your Membership choice: 1 month ($9.95 USD), 3 months ($28.00 USD), 6 months ($55.00 USD) or 1 year ($100 USD).
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(3) A confirmation setup will be sent to you within 24 hours.
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<p> <i>IMPORTANT: For the recurring charge, if the charge does not go through the first time, depending on how you have set up your PayPal account, PayPal will attempt to charge you again every five days for up to 15 days or longer EVEN IF YOU ATTEMPT TO CANCEL AFTER THE FIRST CHARGE. Why is that? PayPal believes that you owe the money and Raythe Reign cannot stop this charge. So please be aware of your PayPal settings and when your account recurs.</i>
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I do not live in the United States of American, can I still become a Member?
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Absolutely! We accept non-United States of America-based credit cards and there is also a PayPal option.
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What if I want to change my Membership from say a 1-Month Recurring Membership to a 3-Month Recurring Membership?
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<p>Here’s how you do it:</p>
<p>(1) Login.</p>
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(2) Click on the Your Account link in the upper right corner.
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<p>(3) Cancel your current Membership.</p>
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(4) If you are at the renew date of your current Membership then select the Membership you would like from the drop-down box.
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(5) If you are not at the end of the current Membership, wait for it to expire and sign up for the Membership you want.
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Memberships do not always stack and when PayPal is used, PayPal uses the date that you signed up on to determine when you should be billed again for the recurring charge.
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What if am a former Member and I want to sign-up again using my old information?
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<p>Email [email protected].</p>
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How do I update my credit card?
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This is for E-Processing people only. You can login to the site and update your credit card information.
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Are the stories edited?
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The stories on the site are NOT edited (the final books are edited by professional editors), because the pace and amount the author writes simply do not allow even for the use of a beta to keep on schedule.
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More stories with more typos won out over less stories with less grammatical errors. You receive the rawest version of the stories, which you get to influence through your comments.
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Is there anything free to read?
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Yes! There are literally hundreds of pages to read and see. The first several chapters of the first book of the stories are available for you to read for no charge.
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Is there an age-restriction to the site?
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Yes. We're sorry. We know its a bummer, but you have to be at least 18 years-old to subscribe or purchase anything from Raythe Reign. This is an ADULT site. It's not a porn site, but clearly this is not a site for children. So wait until you're 18 before even trying to subscribe or buy e-material from us!
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Can I print out/download the stories and graphic novels?
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Yes! A lot of places don’t allow you to do this, but here at Raythe Reign, we want you to be able to enjoy your purchase in whatever format is easiest for you. So you can print out or download the materials for your own personal use.
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This probably goes without saying, but just so it’s clear: these copies are for YOUR personal use. That means no selling them or distributing them to others even for free. The money for the site comes from the sale of these items. If you want more great fiction and graphic novels , you can help by not committing or aiding copyright theft.
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Am I allowed to email the stories and graphic novels to a friend? What about sharing a login with someone else?
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No, sorry about that. The access to the site and the e-material are licensed to you and you alone. You can download the material to multiple devices, but you cannot send a copy to another person. Nor can you share a login. The subscriber login is for one person alone.
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Besides being illegal, you are depriving the site and the artists of their fair royalties when you do either of these acts, which makes it harder for Raythe Reign to pay its bills and provide more content in the future. Even though sending on a file or sharing a login doesn’t “feel” like stealing, it is.
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If we catch a violator, not only will your subscription to Raythe Reign be canceled, but we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law, which can include heavy fines and even imprisonment. So please do not do this! We love our readers and charge reasonable prices for the site. Do your part to stop copyright theft and support the site and the artists.
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Do the stories ever end?
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Yes! In fact, the following novels are already completed: The Dark Earth: Dark Champion Book 1, The Deep Within, Price for Passage, Birth Rite The Hunt Novella, The Artifact, The Erl-King, The Abyss: Blood Kin, Drakon, The Pact Book 1 and many others will soon join that group making room for new stories to begin.
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Will the stories ever be published individually? And, if so, will they still be on the site?
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Yes, click
<a href="http://shop.raythereign.com">HERE</a>
to go to our store to see what individual works are available now! These books are professionally edited and they are <u><b>DIFFERENT</b></u>
than the stories on the site.
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The first drafts of the stories are on the site and remain there even after the individual books are created. Members' comments help shape the final work. Imagine being able to tell an author what you loved, hated and wanted changed in a story. Then imagine the author actually doing what you've asked and rewriting the story! That's how Raythe Reign works.
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Current Members receive free e-copies of the edited stories for a set time when they are initially offered. You’ll see announcements about this!
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<b>This does NOT apply to the manga.</b>
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See Why are there manga for individual sale that aren’t yet on the site?
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Why are there manga for individual sale that aren't yet on the site?
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The site posts approximately one page of each manga a week. The cost to produce the manga is prohibitive to merely post it all on the site at a faster pace.
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Also, we share royalties with our artists on individual sales. So if you don't wish to wait to see what happens in the manga, you can buy the individual books and satisfy your curiosity and support the artists further.
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Click
<a href="http://shop.raythereign.com">HERE</a>
to go to our store to see what's available for individual sale.
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<span>Q.</span>
I want to discuss some marketing opportunities with you.
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<p>Please contact [email protected].</p>

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I am an author and would like to submit my book to Raythe Reign.
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Thank you for your interest, but we are not accepting submissions.
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I am an artist and would like to work for Raythe Reign.
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<p>Please email [email protected].</p>

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What if I don't see my question answered here?
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Please feel free to drop us an email at [email protected]. Questions are normally answered within 24 hours.
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