Story of The Detester, an organisation specialised in extracting valuable resources from all over the continent, and how their lives changed after a mission gone wrong.... more>>

The reincarnation part of the story starts in chapter 7.
The world-view of the reincarnated being changes with newfound information.

No Isekai, no OP-ness.

Inspired by the adventum contest’s second theme (reincarnated as X).
Contains minute amounts of the third theme (Combination of magic and technology).

PS: genres and tags are a pain <<less

A short story about a robot rusting in a field after a great war and their slow growth into sentience.

Following the lead of the bloodied corpse bride, those with a defined soul who suffered at the hands of the leading personalities heeded the decree.... more>>

Cover art by: the_nerd.artist <<less

A new dress code at school bring changes, in more way than expected.

Pervading poverty coexists with sparse fragments of wealth in Metro Manila. It's urban foundations are slowly eroded by the invasive presence of a colossal worm... more>> that is ambivalent to the destruction it causes. It wanders senselessly amid a senseless society perpetually on the brink of collapse. (Written 2011) <<less

Odette Ferguson, an eighteen-year-old transfer student arrived at Wolf High with the words, 'slut', 'bitch', 'whore' and more engraved into her skin and it frightened... more>> anyone who looked her way but to their surprise, Odette was as bubbly as a human could be. She wore her heart on her sleeves but it came with the price of having bipolar disorder. <<less

Mages in North America seem to have it all – typically from well-off families, and able to manipulate their environment in ways most of the world would never believe. They don’t even have to bother with the mundane details of life like housework, thanks to their sensitives, who also make a useful source for extra magical energy. After all, sensitives have no use for it themselves, and if mages weren’t meant to make use of it, then the sensitives would obviously have some way to prevent that. That a mage can transform a sensitive physically, with no restrictions beyond overall mass and basic biological viability, whereas magic tends not to work directly on any other... more>> living thing, is only further proof. And look at the way they live on their own, barely a step above animals. It’s better for them to belong to a mage.

Sensitives in North America live on the edge of society and survival – typically so paranoid they avoid hospitals and anything else that could lead to being tracked, many of them with little or no education and no legal identity or existence. Mages exist, and mages want sensitives for some reason, but no one ever comes back to explain what that reason is. Waiting every day for the hunters to notice them doesn’t lead to much motivation or hope for the future. And once they’re captured, they’re the property of someone with a terrifying amount of power over them. Anything is better than capture.

Mages are born to be the masters, and sensitives are born victims. Or are they?

Jax’s life is turned upside-down when he’s caught by the hunters and sold to a mage. Andreas is still mourning for his previous sensitive, though, unconsciously creating a difficult standard for Jax to live up to, all the more so while still struggling to come to terms with this new reality as Andreas’ sensitive.

A runaway sensitive isn’t what Van expects at the mental health centre. Is this a hunter trap, set for him and the rest of the Donovan family by the hunters? The hunters would, after all, love to see them cross the line openly and finally do something they can be charged with. Either way, Miranda’s genuinely in trouble, and he can’t just abandon her to it.

Snatching a sensitive out from under the hunters and hiding her is odd behaviour for a mage – but then, Catherine is an odd mage, living in disgrace in the old servants’ quarters of her grandmother’s house, responsible for cooking and housework. Lila owes Catherine her freedom; is there a way to help Catherine achieve her own, and at what price?

Tension is building between traditionally-minded mages and those advocating change; the Donovans and their allies are increasingly active in trying to improve life for free sensitives and protect tame ones. Then hunters find a copy of Van’s book about mages and sensitives… in the hands of a free sensitive. With charges of sedition and immorality against Van, for writing unbiased observations rather than accepted “truth” and for allowing it to reach free sensitives, the outcome of this hearing is going to have consequences far beyond his own fate.

*** Yin-Yang includes a small amount of profanity and no graphic sex or on-screen violence. However, sex and gender roles and relationships within the mage/sensitive subculture are non-traditional in mainstream North American terms. The key criterion in a primary relationship is not relative sex or gender, but the pairing of mage and sensitive; given the transformation of sensitives by their mages, physical sex is non-absolute for a sensitive, and gender identity can vary as in anyone else. ***

*** The way mages treat sensitives is extremely varied and, in some cases is outright abusive. The struggle against that is pretty much the point of the book. If you will be triggered by this, please, don't read Yin-Yang! *** <<less

The laws have changed in the war-ridden country of Ellysrha, driving the soldier Dova to escape to the stronghold of the rebels in the north.... more>> There, he hopes to be able to start a new life with his lover, Thaim, that that does not need to be hidden. <<less

A young woman is stranded; fortunately she is found, unfortunately it is by an orc.

“They hung him for a traitor, themselves a traitorous crew,
But his soul is marching on.”... more>>

The land of Gemeinplatz is a land filled with fantastical creatures, adventurers looking to slay them, and heroes looking to distinguish themselves from the adventurers. The most common of these heroes are those who come from Earth, who enjoy a most leisurely time with their cheat skills. It’s a perfect world, the utopia of those who wish to become overpowered and get their own power fantasy, where even the most everyman of the everyman can pull themselves by their bootstraps and become a hero.

Yet, underneath this “Gemeinplatzer Dream” is a disgusting truth.

To satisfy the needs of heroes who can’t find function like a normal human being (which most of them can’t), the lucrative Gemeinplatz slave trade crushes the dreams and ruins the lives of hundreds every day. These slaves endlessly labor, in the harems of so-called heroes, at the mansions of the landowning “heroes”, and as rare materials for various magical spells.

In a world that looks down at them as demi-human, where the ruling class has no incentive to end this profitable trade, in which their oppressors are overpowered as all hell, what hope is there for the slaves?

What hope is there, is named John Brown. This time, he’ll finish what he started. <<less

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.

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

“You sure about this?” I looked dubiously up at the towering gate in front of us, surrounded by trees.... more>>

Hector shrugged. “Did you have another destination in mind?”

“Not a city?” I suggested without much hope.

Hector narrowed his eyes at me. “Where else do you suggest we find work? We’re soldiers. Besides, this one has trees. I thought you liked trees.”

I scowled up at the massive redwoods like they had personally offended me. “Cities don’t deserve trees.”

At that moment, I never would have guessed that I would still be there two years later, holding the rank of Captain and investigator, willing to lose everything for the people within its walls, and plunged into a conspiracy that threatened to take all that I loved. <<less

A human office worker meets her dragon CEO. They work together to undo the results of an ancient crime.

What happens when you interact with the right people while leaving the wrong ones? Well, hopefully, it allows you to be vulnerable and invite you... more>> to change in ways you only ever dreamed of. This story is feel good though there's *implied abuse and transphobia* <<less

Step into the shoes of Dr. Adero Orr as she must help adjust victims of war to their new lives of stability and peace. Will... more>> her patients recover, or will her sanity be dragged down with those she's trying to help? <<less

The story of a girl who went to a new land to find herself. ... more>>

A Beauty Nova origin story <<less

Despite her desire to be close to others, a young wolf struggles to understand the intricacies of interpersonal connections, feeling isolated from friends and family... more>> alike. In a moment of revelation, she feels she recognizes the same sense of loneliness in the moon itself. She vows to dedicate her life to finding a way to reach the moon, in the hopes that then she'll understand how to reach everyone else--but as she comes to realize that the others around her don't relate to her goals, she begins to wonder if she's only alienating herself even further. <<less

A chance encounter with a magical being gives a closeted transwoman the wish she always desired - to become a living anime girl! Turns out, her girlfriend at the time, Alex, also wanted to be a magic anime girl! Their wishes granted, they come even closer together and begin living their lives to the fullest... But also draw the attention of dark forces around them.... more>>

Melody and Alex are about to enter a world that few can seldom dream of - while also becoming what they always dreamed of for themselves!

This takes place in my original story world, Behind the Veil! <<less

A trans girl starts high school.

When you were little, did you look forward to tomorrow? If you did, why? Field trips? An outing with friends? Family dinners? Birthdays? Dates? Parties?... more>>

“I didn’t want to wake up. To be honest, I wish I hadn’t. It was my last opportunity to just sleep it off and pretend this entire life had never happened.”

This is just a diary, and how you take this story is completely up to you. It’s full of lies, and it’s full of memories. I can’t tell which is which anymore, but maybe you can.

A/N: It's not a fun read, and it’s probably offensive to some people. I’m writing the entire thing in a single sitting, and I’m not even proofreading. I'm not writing for views or publicity, but because I wanted to write this; as I said, this is a diary. A very twisted diary of someone I keep inside my head.

Oh, and...trigger warning for suicide. <<less

Beneath the azure glow of the setting sun, a human youth flees beyond the safety of the walls into the certain death of the forest.

Welcome to the Garden of Lilies, where, for nine nights only, you can see the rarest of flowers bloom. What does it take to create a True Harem of beautiful women? What happens when professional rivals admit to less-than-hostile feelings for each other? And what does the ocean have to do with compulsory heterosexuality? To find out, you can only venture deeper in…... more>>

This collection is the product of the Yuri Garden’s first collaborative anthology event. Nine “dream scenarios” submitted by members during the 2019 Annual Survey were transformed into the prompts used in this event. Each tale completes its prompt to a T – beyond that depends on the author’s imagination.

The stories were originally released across nine consecutive nights, each at 9pm British Summer Time (GMT +1).

You can now read a description of the stories in the glossary, written up by Moonpearl.

You can see the full list of prompts and learn more about the event here: https://forum.novelupdates.com/blogs/the-yuri-garden-anthology-event.3439/ <<less

After the strange machine appeared on the lawn at the library, Meredith found it was easy to physically transition to the feminine body she wanted so desperately. But socially transitioning, and getting her parents to go along with it, would be a lot harder.... more>>

[Set in dkfenger's Trust Machines universe, but written to be stand-alone for readers unfamiliar with it.] <<less

A spinoff set in PurpleCatGirl's "Witches of Welland" Universe, post-Cindy's spell. ... more>>

Three high school students in the rural midwest of the United States come across a mysterious spell that is rumored to change people's bodies in sometimes unpredictable ways. How will it change the way they live their lives, the way their community sees them, and the broader scope of American society's views on the spell?

TW: Dysphoria, Transphobia, Forced Mental Changes ala WoW storyverse thus far <<less

Brian got out of it. He thought that with the nutjobs left in the past, that they were wrong. That he could finally lower his guard, little by little. He should have listened to his gut. But at least now, he can finally make himself listen. By force, if necessary.... more>>

This Scifi/Urban Fantasy Novella, the sequel to Imposters, will bring you into a world of dread, longing, euphoria, dysphoria, understanding and fear. <<less