I reincarnated as a demon lord and now I have to steal all the harem members so that I won't get killed.

What is reality? I was John—now Charlie, a woman with a VR game tester’s cunning and a professional whiskey enthusiast’s attitude. But then AIs have risen, and my job evaporated faster than last night’s drink.... more>>

Just when I hit rock bottom, this punk kid—barely old enough to shave—dropped a bombshell: “Reality’s just a simulation.” Sure, buddy. I laughed it off.

Until I woke up twenty years in the past.

Now, thanks to a hacking mishap, I’m a regular girl in reality—with a debt and an attitude—navigating Rimelion, the VR game I once mastered, as Charlie, an elven priestess with more than a few tricks up her sleeve.

Seriously though, fighting in high heels?

Will I claw my way up the nobility ladder? Dominate the rankings? Outwit the government and their plans to exploit us all? Maybe. But something’s off.

The game feels too real. My memories don’t line up, and everyone has their own version of what’s true. Simulation? Reality? The lines are a blur—and I’m stuck in the middle.

If I want to stop a dystopian future, I’ll need allies, both in-game and out. Oh, and avoid ticking off the AIs hunting me for bending the rules.

Survival’s a long shot—but I was never one to play fair anyway.

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What to expect:
- Light LitRPG story with an emphasis on strategy and world-building
- First-person perspective (and occasional close third POVs)
- A witty protagonist with a conversational sarcastic, humorous and often self-deprecating voice
- A sci-fi world with mysteries sprinkled with fantasy elements
- A rich game world system with kingdoms, rules, exploits, and challenges
- Supporting characters with personal goals

Schedule:
! Temporarily paused chapters during IEM 2025, resuming 11.2 !

* Until the end of [Book 1]: Every weekday (Monday-Friday)
* After [Book 1]: Three times a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) <<less

Yokoda Shuichi was just an ordinary corporate slave until his workplace was hit by terrorism. when he woke up, he was turned into a fluffy tail accompanying a foxgirl!... more>>

Author note:
This series is completed: <<less

Song Sara is currently working at Zhou Group saving her money to open her own bakery cafe one day, happily baking cakes and writing a... more>> popular food blog. She is a girl with a plan until her world is turned upside down when she meets a certain dangerous CEO. Now Sara's new plan also includes trying to avoid Li Tian the powerful CEO of the Li Group
This story is a little spin off from my story The CEO and His Little Bunny I hope you enjoy reading it! <<less

Leonar is a compulsive gambler, now in debt up to his neck. The worst part? Even though his ability reactivated the moment he entered a dungeon, he can't use it in his world’s casinos because they don’t allow Awakened.... more>>

His ability is a special trait in his eyes that lets him see probabilities as green, yellow, or red.

Yet he finds an opportunity to use it... in the most dangerous casino ever known.

But there, he saw a color he’d never seen before on an item among the casino's prizes.

Gold.

Though he never imagined he’d become the hunter destined to protect the world—with several sexy yet insufferable ego-weapons.

"Damn it, can’t you all be quiet for one second? I finally know what to do!"

"But it was Eleonora who started it!"

"No, you did!"

"Ladies… we’re in the middle of a battle… calm down… you’re going to get Leonar killed!" <<less

After his ass of a father pushed his five million dollar debt onto him as an early birthday present, soon-to-be sixteen year old Seraph Thorne is destitute, homeless and pissed. So how the hell does he end up at Vincennes, the prestigious charm school for the richest and smartest girls there are?... more>>

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This is loosely based on (but also not at all based on) the visual novel 'Princess Evangile', so if you've experienced that you should have a rough idea of what you're getting into. <<less

It is the dawn of the 22nd century, The world is fractured by War. Theo is a degenerate Neet, who spends his days indulging in Erotic Vr-worlds. Theo managed to evade mandatory military service for years, by claiming disability. The War has come to his City-state. While attempting to hide from a draft officer, a nuclear bomb plunges his city into atomic fire.... more>>

Once again alive.

He wakes up in a medieval like court filled with fantastical races. The body he inside of is not his own. Sentenced away for various crimes, he did not commit. Robbing the kingdom's treasury, Identity fraud and defiling the youngest of the country's princesses .

He is found guilty and is sentenced to repay 100 000 000 million gold in debt! or face the gallows.

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Updates whenever

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A forbidden relationship with the most popular girl in school is the last thing Chloe Lee expects when she begins bartending. Especially when she doesn't even realize she's gay herself. ... more>>

Desperate for money for her mother's surgery, Singaporean student Chloe Lee illegally serves drinks at a local bar. When equally underage RJ Shin--the richest and most popular girl in school--shows up as a customer, they already have something in common.

Their fateful encounter sends both their lives out of control. Chloe's money-making plan is soon derailed by RJ's insistent involvement, a growing hostility at work, and an unfortunate entanglement with RJ's family's politics. Worst of all, Chloe is slowly discovering her sexuality as she falls for RJ. Hard. Suddenly, sacrificing everything for money is no longer an easy choice to make.

As secrets unveil and feelings surface, Chloe is forced to reevaluate her life goals and decide what she is willing to sacrifice for love--and what she must sacrifice for herself. If she holds on to more than she can take, she might end up losing everything she values.

Life is hard, but love is harder.

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Also published on Wattpad, Tapas, and RoyalRoad
Word Count: ~65,000-70,000
Cover art by @chomk.art on Instagram <<less

Volume One: Colorless... more>>

-Who is Autumn Aubrey?

A Maiden of Zenithcidel that has escaped after being branded a thief by The Circle of the Nine Mothers for stealing The Well, an ethereal construct housing the memories of every sorceress that has ever lived.

-Who does Autumn Aubrey say she is?

Dani Matthews, the girl that just moved in to the third floor room of a old boarding house. She is definitely a mortal and not magic, her face is undoubtedly her face and not an illusion, and her little blue kitten can absolutely not talk. Trust her, she wouldn't lie to you.

Hidden away on the mortal plane after running away from Zenithcidel, Autumn is forced to relive the near infinite memories housed within her mind to try and free herself of her debt. With a impatient landlord, a antagonistic familiar, and a dark entity threatening to reveal her identity and send her back to the restrictive confinement she narrowly escaped, can she withstand a threat to her fragile freedom so unexpected that the collected wisdom of uncountable sorceresses couldn't prepare her for?

Making a friend.

TLDR:

- Updates twice weekly, every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:00 PM EST

- Weak to strong MC

- Focus on MC's mental state and psychology

- Soft magic system that grows harder as MC learns more.

- Long. (Currently have 13 volumes planned if all goes well.)

- Talking kitten. <<less

Kaito Miyahara is almost done with university. Only one final project remains, one that he has been putting off for three years. If he doesn't... more>> start now, he will be stuck in university for one more year, something that will further tarnish his resume. In a future where a simple failure is enough to destroy your career, he can't let that happen, but he can't think of anything.
Miraculously, he runs into Sanae and Risa, two girls whose sole goal is to become idols. For Kaito, the only way of making it work in the current world is to think outside the box. To think big. To think galactically. And so he becomes the manager of the first, galactical idol group: Blostars.
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- Edited by RedPandaChick
- Cover art by @retrosensei on Instagram
- Find more about my works on https://sosin.carrd.co/
- Also posted on Royal Road, Webnovel, Neovel, and Honeyfeed <<less

A silly cultivation novel about an airheaded master putting his foot in his mouth and his poor, clever disciple ducking the fall.... more>>

In the midst of faking his death, Xiao Hui finds himself trucked and summarily reincarnated into a cultivation world. With great hopes for what is to come, he gets himself taken in by a sect and chosen by a powerful master, but his master seems to have a hole in his brain! What's a poor disciple to do?

What Hui does best, of course!

A xianxia comedy in the vein of A Will Eternal and Spirit Blade Mountain! Crossposted from Royal Road.
Royal Road (~100 chapters ahead): https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47340/master-this-poor-disciple-died-again-today
Patreon (~130 chapters ahead): https://www.patreon.com/noctis_

[Volume 1 Complete on Royal Road & Patreon]

-Cultivation/progression fantasy

-Neither grimdark nor fluffy, but interwoven with both silly and intense moments

-Not your typical cultivation protagonist <<less

The Year 4031, the human race has expanded to the furthest reaches of the universe itself but to this date no extra-terrestrial life has been discovered despite the ruins of many ancient civilizations being discovered across countless planets.... more>>

Haley is an undergraduate from the Lunuva Technical College, pressured by overwhelming debt and an arranged marriage and at the end of the rope tying him to the world of the living; a life changing encounter with a sphere of mysterious origins changes his life forever:

[001]

But all is not as it seems, can he truly place his trust in this machine or will it be the device that forces the universe around him to ruin...

- Also posting on Royal Road, Awaiting Confirmation ^. ^

-The Cover is not my own work but someone elses with some editing, please check out the original artist at https://www.artstation.com/artwork/zGxJ2 if you would like me to stop using the image please contact me by leaving a comment on my profile thanks - <<less

I'm a married man in his thirties with two kids and an office job. I lead a boring life with my gorgeous wife, Marcie. She's the most beautiful girl I've ever met and we've been married for the last twelve years. Yet, this seemingly normal family bears a secret.
Marcie is a Whore. And that's a secret we keep very well kept. And in over a decade, nobody has doubted the daily routine of this heartwarming family... Until that fatidic day.... more>>

This novel Is exclusive to ScribbleHub and part of the Second Tempest Contest under [Secret Identities]
This novel is an adult NTR with many flashbacks and smut scenes, please read with discretion. The main characters have been though some serious shit, don't feel offended with some questionable life choices and non conventional sexual experiences. <<less

Ellie would not fail.
Geoff would not try.... more>>

High-achiever Ellie Gardner meets intentional slacker, Geoff Cobalt, throwing their previously steady life trajectories into chaos. Ellie is an adopted daughter of an Illinois crime family in dire straits, sent to Orange County, California not only to get a college degree, but to make connections with another local emerging crime family, the Sinclairs. Geoff is the secret grandson (also adopted) of a legendary supervillain, Ombra, who had been in seclusion for years, even presumed dead in some circles. Despite his position, Geoff prefers to eat junk food, light fires, steal trinkets, and play video games. Therefore, Ellie is recruited to keep his college studies on track. In exchange, she gets an sort of apprenticeship from Ombra. Ellie needs to study, stay out of trouble, and learn to budget both her money and time between her many obligations. She can't do it on her own. But when everyone is putting on a front (including herself), who can she rely on?

And while they don't realize it, there are many hidden eyes on them.

"Ellie was on her own.
Geoff was on his own.
They only had each other."

Cozy crime. Protags with supportive family and friends.

All are original characters. There will be some illustrations/portraits painted by me using traditional mediums :) Sometimes the links get broken, so I really appreciate that if you let me know!

There are 8 arcs planned, this is currently the first arc. Sometimes I'll go through and update with more details/plot points as they shift around, so don't be surprised if some details in old chapters change!

Currently posting a new chapter every Saturday and sometimes Wednesday if I've made extra progress.

Set some decades into the future so I can play around with technology.

General content warnings/disclaimer: There will be some laws broken, violence, verbal threats, involuntary confinement, breaking and entering, arson, body modification, poisoning, occasional death. You might call the genre cozy crime. The tone will generally be kept light and the characters may seem callous at times. This is many of the characters are criminals. They are not meant to be role models. Do not take this story as legal advice, security advice, or as a guide on how to commit crimes. This is fiction and any resemblance to people, places, and things real or imagined are coincidence. <<less

With the arrival of the Mystical Realm, the source of ghosts and spirit creatures, humans also became capable of using abilities.
But in such a world, Raymond, an ordinary man who just wanted to eat well and live comfortably, gradually became the big villain of the story because of a debt.
"No, I didn't stop the world-famous hero from going to the next level."
"Just because the blood crystal is in my bag doesn't mean I stole it."
"Just because the ghosts are listening to my orders, you can't pretend that I'm their boss."... more>>

"You may have seen that I opened the gateway where the monsters came from, but... Hmm... I guess I can't get rid of it this time." <<less

Nyx Shadowbrook was always the underachiever until he stumbled upon a unique ability to create mental and physical clones of himself. Now, armed with his... more>> newfound power and an insatiable thirst for knowledge, Nyx embarks on a journey from a struggling mage to ambitious entrepreneur. Watch as he juggles multiple lives, masters the art of alchemy, and builds a thriving magical business from the ground up. With the fate of his family's honor hanging in the balance, Nyx must push the boundaries of his extraordinary gift to new heights. "The Multitasking Mage" is a tale of magical innovation, personal growth, and the unexpected adventures that arise when one dares to dream big in a world of boundless arcane possibilities. <<less

Mavis is a lonely soul; after coming out, she lost the remnants of what had long been broken. Social anxiety, the fear of being judged and scrutinized, and her self-hatred are paralyzing her more and more every day. ... more>>

Eyes that seem lifeless, a motionless body, an aura wrapped in sorrow and depression; that's how she lies there in bed, the same way she does every night. Only the warm tears—glimmering through the full moon night—running down her face prove that she still has a spark of hope in her soul.

But with every night that she cries herself to sleep, the spark is extinguished further and further. Only the moon knows what happens then.

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We see Mavis at the low of her life. Don't expect fluff and sunshine in the early chapters!

This story is about Character Growth, about a person who will get stronger and stronger. Who will find love and acceptance where she would never have expected it.

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**Content Warning**

This story will be considerably sad in the beginning. Lots of depression and dysphoria, hate, etc.
But of course, there will be nice and fluffy moments as well. The road to get there, though, will not be an easy one.

There will be borderline/outright suicidal moments/thoughts. Especially the beginning will be dark and emotionally heavy.
It also contains lesbian and transgender themes, so if you don't like it, don't read it. Hate comments will be deleted. <<less

Their idyllic youth shattered by the last great battle of the Sengoku Era, Mei had to learn to use the blessing they received from a Kitsune to navigate as both a man and a woman working in the highly gendered and regulated world of Edo’s ‘Pleasure District’, Yoshiwara.
They’d found something of a balance after a few years. Then they met her. A woman they can’t help but love. Yet love can be deadly for an Oiran.... more>>

[Sex Worker protagonist. Warning that not all their clients are ones they want to deal with… wasn’t sure how to tag that, but thought I should warn people.] <<less

Alternative titles: Trucker Academy – Cute girls doing Trucker things. SH anime girls - trucking in space and SH discord Girls trucking adventure!... more>>

Take a bunch of SH Discord members and turn them into anime girls in a space adventure that runs on Truck Simulator logic. The experimental novel is totally not serious. But i as the author will take this novel seriously.

Real Description?

Amy is your run-of-the-mill trucker girl born in a space trucker family and decided to take a chance on the family business when she gets a full scholarship paid by her father's Company lottery to enrol in the prestigious CDL Truckers Academy and meet all kinds of people in her everyday life. The catch?

Amy gets caught up in all sorts of things. Tanuki AI syndicate ruling the underground world while her Creator runs a shelter and soup kitchen? Heir's and Corporate wars? New Space Sector laws? Anti-worker humanism laws? Lolification Bioterorism? Gay anti-marriage sentiment with Japanese Families warring with each other for Energy and Steel?

eh, you get the drill. Amy is doing this space trucking thing wrong.
Oh, but everything is still Wholesome. It's the Open Galaxy! and Stuff ain't gonna haul itself! A mini Logistics company building-sim story with lots of Open road shenanigans.
It's fine. everything is fine.

This is totally a random story from the mind of a boomer/cat person. <<less

A femboy called Norono deserted his post in the Cicadian Navy. Tired of minimal pay and zero recognition, he sells himself to make extra money and food to survive, hoping to one day overthrow his country and restore democracy. Making enough money to start an army is hard, but little does Norono know the difficulties of such an endeavor? Still, the naïve warlord believes he can do it.... more>>

I need some feedback on some of the chapters. This is a one femboy job and I've decided feedback is more important as well as planning. This will ensure I produce something with quality over slop.
V2: Work is ongoing for Kowoon, where I plan to finish up with Anju and then shift the story towards character & world development.
V3: I think I have the Norono pic added to the cover image. @EsseggsAlt from Twitter made this

Under Production: I've still not added corruption, polygamy, and some other tags as of yet. <<less

Maxwell got hit by truck-kun while trying to run to his special person ― but she was never in any actual danger. Instead, he found himself being sent into another world where he's given some abilities, items, and ... nothing. No mission, no major lifetime quests, no nothing to say what he 'had to do' or even 'should do'.... more>>

In a rambling discourse, the lazy god Keigo the God of Responsibility only said what his own problems were ― prayers from those who say one thing and do another, or a slavery magic being too 'OP'. Masters use and abuse their slaves any way they wanted, get them pregnant and abandon them to die ― even order them to their deaths so slaves cannot refuse. Only a deity can overrule or override these acts, so ... this lazy god is getting overworked and desperate for help. He set Maxwell down in a grassland bordering four major kingdoms, gave him a building system, a slave management system, and a 'skill reorganization' system. Then the aloof and passive god left Maxwell more or less to himself. In the end the God of Responsibility is ... _irresponsible_?!?!

Keigo isn't the only deity around ― the other one being Genki the Goddess of Activity ... who is currently frustrated with the lazy god. She too has reason to poke and prod at her husband to 'do something'. Because even if she has her own followers to manage, his passive nature detracts from their mutual godship over all peoples, and thus in recent years their number of 'followers' all over are on the decline.

Set down into a grassland, Max takes stock of all options and what he has. One scout from a kingdom comes to challenge him but is forced off; then a second group comes ― but it's a bandit party being chased by yet another kingdom's soldiers. The bandit queen first asks for safe haven, which Maxwell considers. Well, if he's gonna be here and has a building system ... he needs to gain villagers for his new village, right? RIGHT??? Also that part wolf bandit queen is looking at him like she might want to hold him for a while-

After bartering a ceasefire with the bandits and soldiers, he's left with twenty bandits, three quarters whom are female ― former adventurers or mercenaries. His major obstacle in the beginning is figuring out what to do in this world. The lazy god left a few hints as to slaves being mistreated; so Max wants to provide a haven for all he can find and obtain ― make a kingdom of his own-

- and do all of this ... by obtaining the abandoned or mistreated slaves, and treating them right.

{For the Adventum contest. Kingdom building. Maybe a hint of combo magic/tech, much later.} <<less

To appease the demons that are coming into the world through a newly-opened portal, and get on their good side, the Emperor decides to give them one of his high-ranking slaves as a gift. Now, she must use all of her wits not only to survive among them but also to learn as much about them as possible if her people are to have any chance of survival.... more>>

However, she quickly realizes that these demons are nothing like she expected them to be. <<less

Who cares about synopsis nowadays? I am the hero! Or should I be…
Against all odds, I venture the world to repay a debt of many lives contracted by an accumulation of small mistakes. (To be more specific, the last census brought the total up to 3723)... more>>

In my quest to atone for my sins... and lose my sanity along the way. I bravely fight to regain my honor and prove that it was all a 'coup monté', desperately seeking a good match to marry and slapping some random bandits, fiends, and cultists in the midst of chaos.

I, the hero, swear on my many wives and lovers’ lives! That I w—

"Hey, hey, hubby, you shouldn't swear upon what you don't have. and I don't think, myself included, that your wives would like to die for something as hopeless and impossible as redeeming yourself."

... Hey, don't say that. You will scare away our potential foolish sponsors, I mean readers. What if I can't repay the debt? Will you do it for me instead?... NO, I WILL NOT SELL MYSELF TO MILF IN HEAT IN ANOTHER WORLD AS YOU SUGGESTED!!! That's a definite and absolute NO!

"Do you even have a choice... The counter is ticking. Struggle as you want. I'm coming! <3"

Don't pay attention to her bullshit. I’d better kill myself than do as she wants! ... ... ... Ah, right... I can't die. It would be even worse...

"Isn't It <3? Dogs should wait for their owner patiently, without making noise. Go play as the hero in the meantime if you want, and give up!"

Oh God! Help me, for I have sinned!... so it seems?

Disclaimer: This is an actual fantasy novel. Don't worry. The MC won't end as a male prostitute... For the time being...
Also, this story contains a lot of nonsense that might give you brain rot, as well as a nicely assorted bouquet full of thorny flowers and carnivorous ones. Âmes sensibles s'abstenir! <<less

The inhabitants of a world have been captivated by the reclusive saint moonlighting as a shopkeeper with wares from the heavens. Surely, they can trust a saint behind a counter!... more>>

Meanwhile, the gods have hired a private contractor. Deployed to another world as a substitute for an innocent young woman, she secretly collects evidence in preparation for destroying the offending country. Unauthorized summonings carry a high price. <<less

After one of Lisa's experiments fails, Lincoln goes blind and sent away of the country with his grandfather, and 3 years later returns with a change, instilling a forbidden feeling in his sisters.... more>>

-The loud house fanfiction-

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You can find 2 extra chapters with 40K words on kofi and patreon
You can find my social media links here discord and stuff :
https://linktr.ee/Lincoln.loud <<less