Death and Taxes. ... more>>

The two insurpassable laws of the universe.

So long as humans exist in this world, these things will remain.

However, there is a 3rd law which has always, and will always implement itself on people.

Suffering.

Reincarnated in a new world, five people are forced to learn this the hard way.

Placed on 'Nightmare mode' and being reincarnated as monsters, they are forced to survive under incomprehensible conditions.

However it is only through suffering, that we grow as people.

And it is only through suffering, that we truly become monsters.

"Nightmare mode.... eh? Tell me, what exactly was this mode supposed to mean again? Were our lives supposed to become nightmares?"

Without suffering, there is no change in anything.

"Or were we supposed to become the nightmares?"

This is the story of the antiheroes. <<less

WARNING: The Final Draft is up on SH of UE. It is on my profile works, so I suggest going to it.... more>>

Elinor is just a sixteen-year-old goth going through some abnormal teenage drama; her parents are involved in giving some 'unwanted' humanitarian aid to Venezuela, and they're dragging their daughter along to expand her world view ... much to her displeasure.

The jungle sucks and the bus has no air conditioning, and great, she's kidnapped ... The Oscillation happens, monsters attack ... she's a monster. Now, she's in a foreign world, fighting to survive. <<less

Eons ago a devastating and apocalyptic battle took place that rocked every dark and loathsome corner of the multiverse. In the aftermath of the battle, deities, demon-lords, old ones, arch-devils, angel kings and archon queens, not to mention other cosmically powerful entities were totally obliterated. Despite this history-changing occurrence, life found a way and life went on in a godless multiverse for an unimaginable length of time. And in time, even the mightiest and most popular gods were nearly forgotten.... more>>

But one day, in a universe unlike our own, an altogether fantastic and magical universe, a deity is born. A new deity. A deity of a nebulous morality. Join the aforementioned morally unbound deity as he embarks on a quest to gain power, worshippers, and glory.

This story features a deity as its protagonist, but it's a deity who starts off alone in a dark and harsh multiverse. He needs worshippers to grow in power and has to earn his victories intelligently. He seeks to gain worshippers, discover the truth behind his genesis, and become the deity he is meant to be. He is a protagonist who will hurt others, and he's unafraid to kill and destroy what he can't control. This is his story.

This story does feature sex, gore, and other mature & adult things. It can also be read on Royal Road & Web-Novel. The author of the story here is also the story's original author.

If lore intrigues you, consider dropping by the World Anvil! It is chock full of juicy lore, and history, and it is slowly expanding as I add new articles to it. It is a place for me to write out the major details and introduce readers to the grander complexities that the story doesn't always let me write out in detail. If that is neat to you, here's a link: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/the-multiverse-lucianowrites

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Don't Feed The Dark Has Officially Ended... more>>

Something malevolent has awoken in Northeast Ohio. Former acquaintances, neighbors, loved ones—all at random—transform into flesh-craving monsters hell bent on devouring the living. Corpses are rising from their places of unrest. Nocturnal animal-man hybrids hunt in packs. The dead are awakening from within the living…

By morning, the sun weeps over streets splattered blood-red as an unsettling silence soon follows, lulling the broken remains of society into believing the blood bath is over.

As a second wave approaches, a handful of survivors from all walks of life must put aside their differences and band together to escape the pending slaughter while storm clouds begin to gather from within their fragile community. Some who were once respectable in the eyes of society will devolve into madness while the despicable rise to the occasion in a world no longer respecting of persons.

It is their world now. The dead are hungry and do not discriminate.

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New episodes posted Monday through Friday. <<less

The Umbrae Lunae existed before man, beautiful abominations birthed in the nightmares of mad gods. They wait for humanity to misstep, for the angels to look away. For the moment when they can cloak the world in moon shadows once again.... more>>

But even horrors have children. Even nightmares must feed. One child, unlike the others, finds his way to a school for young abominations. Will he be a sheep cast before the wolves, or a terror that wears the skin of wool to entice the wolf close?

The flesh of his body was his only coin, strips cut to pay debts that never ended. Everyone has scars, stories in a life led, lessons learned, and licks taken. Luminous bodies touched by darkness. There are a cursed few that are the opposite, black shadows consumed by scars, twisted minds devoured by diseased hungers, bodies tortured misshapen works of gouged flesh, silver lines of blade thin cuts, ragged tears of teeth and glass. For them, the scars are marks of homecoming, the mangled wasteland the only place they feel at peace.

Hell is a place. It's made of concrete, steel and glass. It's the sounds of starving kids crying themselves to sleep, huddling into small balls as creepers come and take their due of innocence and tender meat. It's eating rotten food and carrying ticks in your hair. It’s having no one and nothing while surrounded by everything. It's the life of a street kid. What abomination was birthed in the corrupt womb of man’s cast-off shit?

Pretty people don't know the power of ugly. They can't see the strength in a broken soul or the power in a calloused heart. Those secrets are for the discarded alone. Only the broken understand the grace of darkness. The blessed folds that hide scars and tears, the protection of its concealing umbra. <<less

Arnold was a strange child. Not the normal strange, he was too odd even for that. There was something wrong with him. No one could... more>> really tell until it was too late. He had become Morbid.
Please Note: I publish daily. <<less

Monster power fantasy. ... more>>

Rain is a survivor who got the short end of the stick in life. Reborn as a terrifying and dangerous monster everything changes and he has the chance to truly grow.

An entertaining popcorn monster fantasy intended to be incredibly visceral and raw. It is set in a litrpg world with a slow burn on the litrpg elements. <<less

Volume 1: (Easy Mode)... more>>

Humanity unwittingly crossed a threshold.

Once crossed, their free will and way of life was cast aside in an instant by an uncaring system.

Follow the story of some of humanities freshest and fiercest warriors as they struggle, falter and fight in resistance to the callous new world they have just been cast.

Volume 2: (Hard Mode)

What if the potential savior of humanity was a monster?

What if they had been slowly driven insane since birth?

Worse still, what if they were Australian?

Follow the becoming of the one to be known as Abomination by his foes and Benjamin by his…acquaintances…

Volume 3: (Nightmare Mode)

Alliances are broken and others made anew as Benjamin searches for answers that might come from kinder, less human lips. Yet little comfort is found by him or earths remaining survivors as they continue to struggle in pursuit of their own noble ideals, all while facing down the vast forces arrayed against them within the Elevation System's Second Phase.

Volume 4: (God Mode)

[Redacted]

What this story Will contain:

Blue boxes.

A Beginning/Middle/End

Action and consequences with more steaks than a Friday night bar and grill.

LOUD NOISES!

Different perspectives (actually different, not just the same character cut and pasted).

Progression (No stalling of character progression to stay in the shallow end of the power progression pool).

Realistic dialogue (This includes swearing).

Realistic characters (They will each have their strength and flaws)

Unconventional themes.

Further Pertinent Information:

Those looking for feelings of comfort or a quick and easy resolution to their stories are probably better served reading something else.

The warning tags are there for a reason. I will not warn you every chapter that contains potentially triggering content and I cannot in good conscience advise that anyone under the age of 18 read it.

Moving the story to scribble hub from RR because the the content i have yet to write is not welcome there.

Updates roughly once a week when i feel like it. <<less

This is a story about the villain's rise from street rat to tyrant, and his ill-fated romance with the golden-eyed hero.... more>>

Rin the Rat is destined to be the villain, the black-hearted monster who the righteous hero must conquer. He's got a nasty bite, a filthy mouth, and a beautiful façade that hides a lethal madness. 

Fifth Lord Hwan Jun is destined to be the People's Lion, the righteous hero who must war with his heart to save the world. His healing hand and gentle temperament is the only power in the world that can tame his beloved monster.

When fate draws hero and villain together, there's an unlikely and undeniable connection. They are destined to be devoted lovers. And destined to be mortal enemies. 

This is their story. From their first meeting in the Imperial city of Hanjuyang to their final confrontation on the bloody battleground. Spanning across four nations, the realms of the living and the dead, and over twelve beautiful and painful years.

AN: I am currently doing a rewrite and update of earlier arcs.

For the most up to date version of the novel, please check it out at:
https://chrysanthemumgarden.com/novel-tl/rin/

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Book I: The Rat & The Little Lord (Current)
Book II: The Rebel & The Knight
Book III: The Tyrant & The Hero

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CW: All characters are 18 and older in this story! Please be aware that this story contains difficult themes that may be triggering to some readers. I will always post a content warning at the start of every chapter when relevant. Themes include: graphic violence, gore, physical/sexual/emotional abuse, graphic sex scenes, trauma and mental illness, personality disorders, substance abuse, drug use, self-harm & s*icide, r*pe & sexual assault, gaslighting/manipulation, domestic violence, and MANY other difficult adult themes.

Cultural Representation: This is set in a fantastical amalgamation of East Asian countries (namely Korea, Japan & China) with heavy Western/European influences. There will be names that are real and fake as well as references to various Asian cultures. I will generally only stick to East Asian cultures and references as this is my own cultural heritage. Any other culture I reference will only be done after extensive research. If you find I am stepping out of my lane in any way, please let me know.

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Cover Art: woodjabean
Check them out @ https://ko-fi.com/woodjabean

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© 2023 Iseul Hwangbo, All Rights Reserved <<less

A magical school. A talented boy. Things should've gone perfectly, a talented magus should've been created within the walls of this school. Yet it is now, now that he is here that all these horribly dangerous events transpire.... more>>

Traitors of the continent are hidden within the school. Mage supremacists are making their move. Schools will fall and cities collapse when the events begin unfolding.

So what will become of this boy, wanted by both groups? Will he perish under their manipulative hands or will he rise and bring magic society to a new high? <<less

After witnessing his parent’s death at a young age, getting treated like trash like his relatives, then getting summoned into another world as the weakest... more>> hero, Kyoushiro Kagami now became the only hero bearing a curse….. <<less

When he was obsessed with the world of fantasy, Roger accidentally traveled to a plausible world. Here, the legendary monsters actually exist. They disguise themselves among the crowd and become a part of this world. Starting from a deserted island, Roger learns how to face this weird and dangerous world, with his little cheat like powers which gives him an advantage over others, but God's tricks are unpredictable. Hence, the thing which really received God's blessings wasn't himself but his house.
So let's see how Roger deals with every kind of monster, ghost, and demon while finding different types of houses all over the world...... more>>

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There are more than 30+ Advanced Chapters there.
Update 2 Chapter/Day. <<less

Two decades ago, the world as we knew it changed forever.... more>>

Aberrations — Horrific monsters borne from shadows poured through a rift in reality over major cities, bringing death and destruction in their wake. Soon, these events began to proliferate worldwide, throwing civilization into chaos.

As the days dragged on, the Earth was pushed to the precipice. Armies were massacred, and cities were razed to the ground. Relics of antiquity were burned to ash. Just when all hope seemed lost, salvation came in the most unexpected way.

Thousands of heroes emerged from beyond the rift to Earth's rescue. Magical girls who embodied human dreams and imagination poured forth and stood firm against the darkness.

When the dust settled after an arduous war, those that remained standing discovered shocking, almost uncanny similarities between the two worlds of Earth and Terra. With Earth and Terra razed and depopulated respectively, the two sides of the rift joined together in harmony to rebuild, and stave off the continued Aberration threat.

As a First Year drifter at the prestigious St. Antonia's Academy on Terra, Ikki never cared much for the battles fought by these magical warriors. His main worry was that he was on scholarship as a Drifter - an immigrant from the decimated Earth. To add to his woes, he'd managed to piss off the children of one of the most powerful men in Terra within his first month.

To him, Aberrations and Chaos Events were merely natural disasters like earthquakes that couldn't be avoided or worth stressing about. He'd experienced them. He'd known the horrors in his childhood, but that was a distant nightmare for him. Magical Girls and their followers were like celebrities and the military - good to know about appreciate, but not something to really pay attention to.

That was, until he found himself in the middle of an Aberration attack fighting for his life. <<less

Name: Katie Lockwood.
Gender: Female.
Profession: Badass.
Hobby: Stick my pen into my palm and twist it three turns.
Follow the masochist Katie as she... more>> slashes and dashes across the Supernatural world and discover her true identity. <<less

Note: This horny monsters spinoff takes place during Radley's Wardrobe.... more>>

A zombie, a mimic, and a succubus walk into a bar...

When Dana was killed and resurrected by a necromancer, she didn't know what to expect.
She didn't expect to be handed a list of magical items that might cure her if she can find them.
She definitely didn't expect the house succubus to come along to service her dangerous needs.
And she definitely didn't expect to go head to head with an international organization dedicated to keeping magic out of human hands.

One's dead, the other's horny. Expect the Unexpected.

Book1: Chapters 1 - 12 (This book takes place during Book 3 of Home for Horny Monsters)
Book 2: Chapter 13 - (This book takes place between parts 5 and 6 of Home for Horny Monsters)

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sexyannabelle
My Website: www.annabellehawthorne.com
My Discord: https://discord.gg/gWjTY8D <<less

Harry Potter was seven years old when it happened. He had been on the run from his cousin Dudley and his gang during recess and he had been cornered in a little used area that was a dead end near the school's kitchens. The only thing Harry could reasonably get to and hide behind were the tall garbage dumpsters. His bullies were right behind him, too.... more>>

Just when Harry had almost resigned himself to another severe beating, he gathered his courage. He poured on the speed and ran as fast as his little underdeveloped legs could carry him and leapt towards the dumpsters as he closed his eyes and made his fondest wish once more.

'I need to go where I'm safe!' Harry thought with all his might.
There was a loud crack of thunder and Harry Potter disappeared.

This is a series of oneshots of the possible places that Harry could have ended up.

All properties mentioned or implied are copyrighted by their respective owners. <<less

*Please note that I am currently rewriting this story, so if you want to see updates on the chapter check for the latest upload*... more>>

A world of savage barbarians, cannibalistic tribes, demi-humans, corrupt lords and monstrous creatures plague the Sothern Realm. This is now the world for a merchant. After being attacked by monsters and saved by the mysterious but terrifying queen of one of the tribes, Charlie is thrust into a world he was not expecting. Can he help the realm, prove himself to his family, and above all, survive the horrid horrors and brutal barbarians of the desert?

Also Uploaded on Royal Road. Uploaded it to WebNovel but then decided to try and take it down, found out I can't and just deleted the chapter over there. <<less

Cyrus was ready to party, only to be suddenly killed in a flash of light. Next thing he knows, he's being offered a deal by a suspicious god. ... more>>

With a new body and some magic skills, he is to be reborn in a new world. The land is filled with dangerous monsters, mysterious rifts, and flashy magic. Given vague directions on where to go, he can only hope he survives long enough to figure out what to do.

And maybe, just maybe, achieve immortality in the process.
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Will be posting one a day (minimum) till I catch up to RR posts.

* This is a slow-to-start story. What that means is the MC will take a while to get his full powerset.

* The MC is mainly a summoner/spellblade(spellspear). A lot of interactions with his summons are involved and will usually be shown by italicized text.

* This story contains some swearing, not overly so but is liberal in its use.

* Most of the story is your typical adventure litrpg. There are moments where grimdark/gore/darker-themed scenes will be involved. Nothing that should require a warning label, but if needed, there will be one before the chapter starts.

* MC is bisexual. This does not mean there are a lot of sex scenes or romantic relations in the story. Simply put, the character has an attraction to men and women. If this turns you off, then perhaps the story isn't for you. (This is an Isekai fantasy, not a harem nor a romance slice-of-life. There will be no descriptive chapters solely for the purpose of sex. At most, you will get a brief fade to black if a scene ever comes along.) <<less

A modern take on Romeo and Juliet. Jenna Carano is a badass demon hunter, hot headed and passionate, while Professor Robert Montgomery is the exact... more>> opposite: always calm and disciplined.
They were raised to hate each other but when someone much worse than they are gets loose on the streets of London, they must join forces to protect the city and the people they love. <<less

A young man full of ambition finds himself in the possession of a dark artifact that can allow him to travel through different realities:... more>>

A post-apocalyptic futuristic world filled with genetically enhanced beautiful humans and man-eating monsters.
A Steampunk world filled with strange artifacts and wonders.
A world full of knights, wizards, and gods!
Perhaps even a world with a game-like system?

Watch as our protagonist embarks on a unique path, one that uses the advantage granted by the ability to smuggle things from world to world, granting him strength, power, wealth, and women ;)

Witness the rise of...
The Reality Smuggler!!!

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Before you ask, this novel is purely a hobby, and I take no money from it. Sometimes, I might release several chaps a week, and other times, I might go missing for a month or two, so there is no set frequency for chaps.

Also, due to the recent piracy wave, I am now adding something to make future amazon readers know they were HAD. And hopefully, the chatgpt shit they use to edit won't find it. (Good god, those guys are sad)

On that note, I post a chapter as soon as it is ready, so there you have it.

Cheers. <<less

“Perhaps we are indeed the main characters of the story, but who is to say we are not the Galactic Republic in the prequel --- No matter how many victories we seize or how many foes we slay, our fate has been sealed from the very beginning.” --- KR043.... more>>

When a portal to another world was created in the deserts of Nevada, the United States, humanity was faced with a choice. Neglect it, and pray nothing happens. Or confront it, and in doing so, pay a dear cost.

Earth chose the latter, and thus, came the heroic tales of the Phasewalker Corps.

And thus, came the numberless skirmishes, battles, and wars that would ravage across Humanity's enemies.

And thus, came the warcry that would soon echo through countless worlds.

"For Earth! For Humanity! For...Victory!"

This is the story of the generation that burns. <<less

Renee 'Nay' Favreau wanted to be a respected chef with a renowned Taco Truck. Maybe even two or three trucks if she became successful, so she could truly cover Los Angeles. ... more>>

But after a deadly encounter with an interdimensional spider, she finds herself in a dangerous new world full of magic and mayhem.

Discovering she has the power to become a coveted Epicurist for the cultivators known as Marrow Eaters, one of the special chefs with the ability to prepare the magical meals that give the Eaters their powers, she must navigate a world full of gods and monsters if she wants to survive the heat.

Monster Menu hits that sweet spot between cozy slice of life fantasy and action-packed progression fantasy.

Release schedule is M, W, F.

There's also a Discord: https://discord.gg/JdGNGb3AET

This is a work in progress. Major editing will be performed as the volumes come together. There will be typos and parts that might make no sense. Please feel free to point any of these parts out! Chapters will be edited.

This is a mash-up of cozy slice of life fantasy and weak to strong progression fantasy. I'm aiming to hit the sweet spot between the two. Expect tempo switches between cozy cooking fun and action-adventure sequences depending on the arcs. Even better is when I get to combine the two. The tone is light with heavy dashes of grim sprinkled here and there.

This web novel is also available at royalroad.com <<less

Vol. 1
Noel Miller is a fourteen-year-old girl from small-town America. After the sudden death of her parents, she and her young brother are forced to move across the world to live with their aunt in Tokyo, Japan. Having to learn to live in a foreign land is hard enough, but her life gets more complicated than ever when she is accidentally given magical powers by Azrath; a strange creature who has come to Earth to battle with a vicious race of immortals using the broken pieces of his god's sword said to contain the last of his power.... more>>

Unfortunately, that power has bonded to Noel. And now, she is the only one who can use it! No stranger to the supernatural due to a familial curse, Noel takes her newfound power in stride. But just how long will that confidence last? Especially with the immortal Ahngreel leader's impending arrival on Earth. Just what does fate have in store for Noel?
Vol. 2
With supernatural abilities and a silly new name, Noel has become a magical girl! Not that she knows what that is or what she can do. But with the arrival of Darris the Indomitable, leader of the Ahngreel, she'll have to find out sooner than later as she and Azrath journey to rescue a piece of the sword that has fallen into his clutches.

It's a race across Tokyo as they hope against hope that the piece will not gift him with even more power. But unbeknownst to them, Darris is ready and waiting for their arrival with an insatiable hunger for battle.
Vol. 3
After suffering a terrible loss, Noel is in the clutches of despair. But fate will not let her go that easily. Nor will Darris. For whatever reason, he has become fascinated with her. Now she is subject to his whims, a prisoner of his agenda, which is to push Noel to her absolute limits. But how he plans to do that, Noel has no idea.

So, she faces a daunting challenge: get out of there alive. The odds seem against her, but with Urzuran's power, nothing is impossible. She must use her wits to figure out a way to make it home safe.
Vol. 4
As Noel prepares for the dark road ahead, Darris is gathering the Ahngreel. Rumors abound as to why. And those curious, like the Ahngeel Kaas, are determined to find the truth. For the past several millennia, he has been gathering forces of his own to oppose the human who has usurped the Hidaar throne. It's going to take guts, determination, and the help of his loyal soldiers to depose Darris.

Will he succeed? Or are there other, larger threats out there with agendas of their own?
vol. 5
Training is not going as well as Noel hoped. The memories of her battles on that night still linger in her mind. Nothing makes sense to her anymore. As a result, she finds herself torn between the ideologies of Darris and Azrath. She can only take solace in the idea that she can get stronger. But what does that exactly mean? She doesn't have long to think about it as Darris and Kaas are on the move to enact their own agendas. <<less

Jon Snow awakens on a highway outside Atlanta, Georgia with only faint fleeting memories of his last day on the wall. Our totally alien world shocks him to his core but he's given a beacon of guidance through it when he spots a man on a horse approaching him. Together Rick Grimes and Jon Snow will set out, looking for Rick's lost family and Jon's lost land. After all, The Wall needs its Lord Commander.... more>>

Updates Daily

Excerpt:

"Jon, out of instinct, lowered his hand to rest upon Ghost’s head. When his hand passed through the empty air his stomach churned with yearning. He would return home, Jon promised. To Ghost, to his men and to The Wall." <<less

Remnya is a girl with horns and a destructive power sleeping within her. Growing up in an orphanage, she has learned to survive and protect the few friends who don't see her as a monster. However, when a mysterious lady adopts her, Remnya discovers how valuable her kind truly is.... more>>

Harried and surrounded by enemies, she must learn to survive in a dark new world, putting her childhood lessons to the test. A war is brewing on the horizon, threatening the lives of those she holds dear. The fate of many rests on the shoulders of a girl that just wanted to be normal.

But Remnya won't surrender. She will protect them at all costs, even if that means abandoning her innocence and awakening the crimson monster living inside her.

She is the girl with the crimson eyes.

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WARNING: This book contains scenes of psychological and physical violence and triggering topics.

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