(This is the old version of the story. The new one can be found here under "Rekindle (Rework)" or on Royal Road as just "Rekindle") ... more>>

“For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity”.

What does it mean to be a “Hero”?
Long, long years of bloodshed and violence while serving in the US Army has quenched the flames of passion and desire to help others in Mark Floyd’s heart, leaving him as an empty shell of the man he used to be; mind haunted by nightmares, body broken by alcohol (and more).
But as long as even one ember remains in a person’s heart, there is still a chance for the passion they held to be rekindled. Mark is about to get that chance, and the choice that he makes may lead him to a new hope, or destruction.

:Note: On Temporary hiatus till life settles down, sorry for the trouble. <<less

If someone told Alex that they were abducted by aliens Alex would have laughed. Now all he would do is close his eyes and give his condolences before bonding over the pain that being abducted brings. Only Alex's abduction was a bit more unique than others.... more>>

Alex was forced to leave his family and loved ones behind when he was accidentally picked up by an alien probe.

Being taken by intellectual scientists, one would think that Alex's path was one of diplomacy. Not the mad experimentation and torture that it actually was. <<less

Selenia is the Priestess of the Holy Song, the last survivor of the destroyed Order of the Starsilver. During the final battle against the forces... more>> of Halleb, the Caretaker of the Dead, she was suddenly sent back in time seven years in the past, during the time when peace was cheap and lives were flourishing. Yet for Selenia, there is no peace or happiness, for she knows what will happen seven years later and she pledges to prevent that at all cost. <<less

God is a pervert.... more>>

I decided that after I died and found myself in heaven.

Although I’m happy that God offered to grant my lifelong wish (to become a girl), the only potential bodies that he offered as options were beautiful bishojos with DDD-size boobs, jade-like skin, and porn-star like curves. He tried to convince me to take the one with the biggest ass and thus become the holy sex princess of some freakish isekai magic kingdom, but I immediately flushed a bright tomato color and punched God right in the face without thinking.

Ah yeah, whoops.

Anyways, I think I made God really angry at me, so now I’m reincarnated in this horrible traumatizing medieval setting as a genuinely unattractive and flat-as-a-washboard girl with some kind of weird autoimmune skin condition.

Every day is a struggle, and it’s taking everything I have to merely survive.

Is there a hope for a better life at all? Even amidst this jungle of darkness, can I find my way out of poverty, meet new people to love, and aspire to make my mark towards a better world?

Welcome to the story of my genderbent life!

Note: This story is *not* ecchi! Make sure you read the tags! The story starts out quite dark! <<less

A Shadow Spirit, the soul of a dead demon banished from Hell, merges herself with the soul of a dying human girl and saves her... more>> life. Her demon lover follows her to earth and possesses the body of a human girl who is also her rival in love. Then follows a curious love triangle.
This is a tale of passionate love and revenge, told from the point of view of a dark and vengeful protagonist from the Twilight zone of human existence,,, <<less

A sorcerer and his daughter are stranded on a deserted island, and then a second shipwreck brings a surprise visitor.
Author’s Note:
This story is... more>> written for the SSSC II story competition. The description given above is the prompt given for the competition. <<less

[Prompt]
A sorcerer and his daughter are stranded on a deserted island, and then a second shipwreck brings a surprise visitor.... more>>

Note:
This is a short story is written for SSSC II story competition in the forum.
https://forum.scribblehub.com/threads/sssc-ii.270/ <<less

Darrah, your typical unwanted daughter from the main wife of an aristocrat, got adopted by another aristocrat and got herself stuck in between the tale of two immortal lovers. Will she play along the path they created or swept the whole story clean in the process?... more>>

” I really wish I were just a passerby. “ <<less

Ethan is an absconding rebel who falls to death while trying to save a child. He is transmigrated into a world where the Seraphs had created a new human race by driving out the Demons. But the humans here are not perfect and in order to satisfy their greed, they have broken too many rules and destroyed the balance. Can Ethan, a person with true Demon Blood in him, save this world?... more>>

Author’s Note: I’ll be posting this story on Royal road, too. <<less

The world is a chaotic and vicious place to live. Hero's and Grimms, kings and beggars, gods and shadows, live, fight and die.
Among the... more>> chaos forgotten beings awaken.
The line between death and life blurs.
And a asrata will comeback to find the balance.
What's the price of your desire?
Your soul? Everyone's soul?
The dice was cast and the fate of the world is on the hands of the losers. <<less

2119... more>>

In a high-tech world that has left humankind running after its own progress, one man takes a moment to figure out what it means to be human.

What happens when you switch a man off? What if that man was you, but something boots you up again?

Detective Johannes is a murder investigator and future death is not what it seems. <<less

please for the love of god do not read this. permanent. forever. hiatus.... more>>

https://www.scribblehub.com/series/24720/the-violet-curse/

"I don't deserve any of this... I've done nothing wrong."

Ever since she was a child, Avice Alera has gone day by day constantly bullied by everyone around her. She didn't even know why. To her, it felt like the world created her just to fuck with her.

But she had a glimmer of hope. Once she was eighteen, she believed she'd finally break free and get out of her town. To get away from everything. She could go to college, find someone who cared for her, and maybe, maybe for once just live out her life.

Until she finds herself in the middle of a forest...

Stuck in a new world, Avice Alera must fight through countless of foes and enemies who desire her secret, find her way home, and make the biggest decisions in her life. <<less

This is the story of a teenage girl, Cassie Smith, who, after her death, was recruited into Universal Mercenary Company. Something akin to a ‘Rent A Hero Service’, this mercenary company is one which offers its services to deities, devils, and essentially anyone who can afford their service fee.... more>>

To put it simply, they commit the acts which the gods or devils can’t do themselves. Stopping apocalypses, getting rid of universal troublemakers, killing extremely overpowered, non-affiliated of course, demi-gods, etc. Sometimes, they are even tasked with ensuring that a planet doesn't fall apart; naturally, to them though, it is just another job. If the paycheck is big enough, anything is possible.

This story is about how Cassie goes about coming to terms with her new job, serving as a supernatural mercenary for the first time to be exact. With only a few select objectives assigned to her, she was launched into this fantasy like world with 10 years of training, an assistant A.I., a high potential in Shadow Magic, and an itchy trigger finger.

This is the story of this mercenary’s first time in another world. <<less

This is the older version of Crimson Gloom. I have since rewritten the start of the story. The new verson is here https://www.scribblehub.com/series/33108/crimson-gloom/
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A youth afflicted with an undying curse seeks salvation from the endless cycle of death and revival. During his journey, he was ambushed and imprisoned. To escape, he borrowed powers from a spirit, but that ended up in an accident. His memories were sealed instead. Yue must now learn to live again and rediscover his purpose. Together with his newfound companions, they journey across fallen Kingdoms and Empires in the continent plagued by corrupted humans, monsters, and otherworldly demons. Will this twist of fate lead him towards his salvation?
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Cover Image:
Cover designed on canva.com. The knight image does not belong to me. Only the moon image belongs to me. <<less

What would you do if in this world there was a Magic Spell able to make the one you love love you in return? And... more>> what would you do if, suddenly, what began as a joke, a mere expression of a hidden desire, awoke a dangerous and cruel creature determined to make you bend to his will?
Mariane is a simple and introverted Human girl.
Gabriel is a powerful Deiwos used to always get what he wants.
And how can these two different existences, originated from such different worlds, ever hope to learn to live together, communicate and, who knows, even understand each other ...?
* Know more about the books and read earlier releases on the official site: http://carpersanti.net/gaea/ * <<less

me : where should I start ?
- A normal person who lived his life as a good man ,
Helping others ;hmm that’s what I thought I was doing .
Then there it was , the day when I realised the truth - I was used by everyone like an idiot .... more>>

Author: I hope you guys like this , follow me to a world of fantasy , there won’t be any righteous bullshit , or evil mc who acts like a dog, wagging his tail , following behind women .
everything’s unpredictable and whimsical on a path of selfishness. #True to his nature .

*I did not own the cover picture. Credits to the owner of the pic* <<less

(One-Shot)
Two men talk to each other in a heart to heart talk in the middle of a warzone. Defeat imminent and knowing there was nothing left to do but die, they just sat down and talk.... more>>

It was all they did as they wait for the end.

PS: Nice Cover I know. <<less

With mystery up ahead, a boy is dragged into a dark and dangerous world by none other than death itself. And this "death" is not... more>> your average death. while trying to figure out who he is, the boy happens to be in a dilemma that will change life's and death's destiny...
A sad, chilling and mysterious tale of a boy who could never fall asleep again, and it's not a normal insomnia... <<less

The end times are coming, and something has to be done about it. The King has decided to go mad, The Lord Balthazar, and his... more>> envoys have taken it upon themselves to slaughter and slave the dwarves of the Iron foothills, and the dwarven painter Binorthl, the man who ended the war single-handedly has decided to never pick up the brush again. As his son runs away, and as the demon hordes move again, a sinister plan begins to brew, one that threatens to upset all of Volmund.
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Also on webnovel and Royal Road. <<less

I’ve been a street rat, a bruiser, a bouncer, a fixer, a nanny, and a cleaner. You do what you can to get by in Dockside. It ain’t always pretty, but if you keep your chin tucked down and your fists raised, more often than not you make it out the other side okay. You fight for what you want and to keep what little you got. Thats been my life for the past twenty-four years and I’m used to it.... more>>

One problem.

I aint in Dockside no more. The mad scientist, same one that gave me my near indestructible body, shoved me through a portal to another world. I’m meant to right a wrong his father may have set in motion. I owe the guy my life so I won't complain. But the planet is alive and trying to ‘assimulate’ me into its system and wants my help. Something dark is festering just beneath its surface and corrupting anything it touches...including the locals and when the locals range from elves to spider people to freaking dragon woman that aren’t too happy with the human population, the last thing they need is a corrupting touch.

Well, you can take the boy out of Dockside but you can’t take the Dockside out of the boy. It’s time to tuck that chin and raise those hands. A fights brewing, and It’s been a while since I had a good one.

Release: Every three days at 8:00pm GMT-4

Author does not believe in fade to black situations or censorship. Read at your own risk (Author has always wanted to say that!) <<less

Home alone with her daughters and a scary movie, Donna is ready for a nice, quiet night, but when things start to go bump in the night, she is left to question if it really is movie jitters, of if she's actually not alone in the house...... more>>

I have this labeled as a one-shot, because that's what it was originally intended to be, but it has continued to grow, and if chapter 2 fleshes out like I hope it will, this will have a continuation. Please rate and review! <<less

Crimson Gloom. ... more>>

The time when the moon turns crimson, illuminating the landscape with its crimson glow.

The time when the ‘doors’ to the Crimson Abyss open.

One shall gaze into the abyss and gain its secrets and powers. Concurrently, the abyss also gazes into oneself, gaining one’s sanity and humanity.
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Dimensional rifts appeared spontaneously on Earth, bringing otherworldly demons along with the <<less

A doll shaped like human.... more>>

Not even a slight change of her expression, even when sorrow, pain or anger. Her expression doesn't change.

In her eyes that looks a void. Darkness and sorrow were reflected to her pupils. One can be scared, terrified, or even faint.

From her mysterious aura that emits a gloomy feeling and a dried sensation.

As a Duke, No. As a Father. I will not make her life even more miserable. Yet, I don't want to ruin my reputation. I'm sorry my daughter, for you to suffer... <<less

Death is a fickle thing.... more>>

For most, it's a force of nature, but Agil Novan sees the reaper in a different light. As the greatest swordsman of all time, he cherishes life more than most, and he's lived one full of both struggle and success. After all of his accomplishments, he too must face the reaper and its scythe.

When challenged, however, the swordsman is not one to go without a fight. After parrying it once and then impressing the reaper with a show of the blade, he is offered something more. A second chance at life—one that he's all but forced to accept.

Now, stranded in an unfamiliar land with an unfamiliar body and far too many questions, Agil has his life threatened at every turn. Still, he is determined to survive. He knows what the reaper did to him.

And he has never been one to let vengeance go unfulfilled. <<less

Captain Jora Icaan and his crew wanted to explore the galaxy, but instead they were sent to their doom.... more>>

The great void in the universe that is the Raonteid Rift has long defied any attempt at explanation. Countless dangers lie within, and the Rift extracts a heavy toll for unlocking its secrets. A price Jora finds to be too steep.

When the inconsistencies about their mission start to pile up, Jora quickly suspects that there may be a greater threat to his crew than the perils of the Rift.

Alone and cut off from the galaxy, they must fight to discover the true purpose of their mission before their fate catches up to them. Jora finds himself trapped with a web of conspiracy, where his true adversary may end up being time itself.

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This story is part of the Aoshtai Wiki, a collaborative science fiction universe. <<less