Dreams.
I never thought much about them.
Mostly for the point that I could never remember any of mine.
And the bits and pieces that remain would never make sense.
This is what dreams are like after all.
Just some random mix, thrown together by an unstable mind to get over the stuff which bothered one during the day.
At least that's what I thought.
Until they turned against me.
Twisted everything I knew and turned my whole existence into a nightmare.
But the thing is...... more>>

It's mine. <<less

[Volume 1] Rosalie Edgeworth: the queen bee of Lassen Academy and Janet Fleming’s two-faced nemesis. Why does the school seem to revolve around Rosalie? How can Prince Blaise not see her for the bitch she really is? And why won’t the Prince even listen to Janet’s side of it? In the aftermath of Rosalie’s latest schemes, Janet finds the answer in unexpected allies: ghost-clones of herself, a weird little-sister shop owner, a bespectacled folklore otaku, a sluggard knight, three ghost-obsessed girls, and two former saintess candidates, among others. Meeting these people leads Janet to the truth about Rosalie’s identity and a dangerous conspiracy surrounding her.... more>>

[Volume 2] Lady Lilian Dorian has been impersonating Rosalie Edgeworth to keep control of the Prince and Classroom 1-3C with rumors, sex, and spells. After uncovering the truth, Janet and her school mates find themselves outnumbered and in need of allies. So they keep a low profile amidst a school investigation as they train their powers with more allies: three talking statuettes, the talking bust of a former knight-at-arms, a talking suit of armor, a duke with a cousin complex, and an overprotective marquess father. Despite the hellish training, Janet plays Lady Dorian’s two-faced game a little too well for Lady Dorian to take things lying down. <<less

For as long as anyone can remember, humans have been preyed upon by Harbingers, living nightmares which devour dreams and passions and souls, and defended by Keepers. These children alone hold the gift of magic, the wild and wondrous ability to impose emotions over reality and empower their frail bodies with the splendor of their souls. Under their protection, humanity was able to survive and thrive.... more>>

While modern Keepers have come to enjoy a social position somewhere between celebrities and religious idols, very few accept the mantle simply to be a hero. The Messengers of the Goddess Claiasya, spirits charged with awakening the magic in suitable souls, promise that Keepers who consume and purify enough Harbingers will obtain the power to change themselves or the world in nearly any way they wish.

It’s for this purpose that Liadain Shiel, a young girl born terminally ill, throws herself into life as a Keeper when her opportunity comes, hoping against hope to rewrite her fate and save her life while she still can.

But magic wants its wielders to grow and change, not simply continue living, and the secrets swimming beneath the sea and behind the sky have lives and designs of their own.

Nowhere Stars is an ongoing fantasy-horror web novel about traumacore magical girls, nightmares clothed in ribbons and lace, alienation from reality, and broken children twisting the world into whatever shape they must to make their dreams come true.

This is a mirror of Nowhere Stars' home site, located here: https://nowherestars.net/
Updates will be posted at the same time, currently every other Wednesday.

Please be aware that my writing trends quite dark and disturbing. If you're looking for more detailed content warnings, there's a list that should be considered to apply to the story as a whole here: https://nowherestars.net/content-warnings/

Discord: https://discord.gg/UPYYpcvfqX
Topwebfiction: https://topwebfiction.com/listings/nowhere-stars/ <<less

Sixteen-year-old Thenio Iterune has a simple plan for his life: Work hard. Do well in school. Become a qualified wizard. Earn a good living. And maybe even make his parents proud of him someday.... more>>

Unfortunately, the plan isn't going too well....

Thenio's magic power is becoming increasingly difficult to control, which leads to a series of accidents that are about to cost him his hard-earned spot at the Kafron Royal Academy of Magic. And things don't get any better when he finally discovers the source of his problems: He has an extremely rare and unstable magic affinity. And it's going to do more than just get him expelled. It's probably going to get him killed.

Before he knows it, Thenio has gone from diligent student to disabled dropout. And forget about career plans...he'll be lucky if he even lives long enough to need a job in the first place.

Enter Iggy, a tiny black dragon who loves chasing birds and has a remarkable nose for magic. He takes an immediate liking to the scent of Thenio's unique magic and convinces his wizard partner, Ariom, to help find a way to stabilize it.

Are a genius enchanter and his slightly crazy dragon familiar enough to keep a chronically explosive boy alive? Maybe. But that's before demons get added into the mix....

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Updates are irregular at the moment, but I'll get back to a weekly schedule as soon as I can.

Also on Royal Road. <<less

Meet Ichiro Yamashita, a 23-year-old ordinary dude who's recently landed a promotion in the Special Inventory Delivery Department of International World Transportation. But little does he know, his life is about to take a bizarre turn after a showdown with a nightmarish shadow creature that's been haunting his dreams.... more>>

Unbeknownst to Ichiro, this encounter awakens unimaginable powers within him, powers that are anything but ordinary. As he goes about his truck-driving routine, oblivious to his newfound abilities in his world, chaos and hilarity ensue.

A light-hearted, slice-of-life action-adventure about a young man who gets caught up in a strange series of events after defeating a shadow being, only to wake up more powerful than ever before...and not knowing it.

Read this story if you want to see:
- A truck driver with the power of a god and he doesn't know it!
- The effects of his actions in his dreams and nightmares on reality!
- The world at large reacting differently to him because they think he's crazy or dangerous!
- Blending of genres into something fresh!
- And other fun shenanigans!

The cover was created using the WaifuLabs, then run through the NovelAI img2img. <<less

For time immemorial, the Empire has waged war. ... more>>

They turned their fangs on all who wouldn’t stand with them, striking down both friend and foe alike— forging a legacy of cloaked daggers and bloody struggles in the dark. Theirs is a throne built on the backs of countless tragedies and a million atrocities.

Nevertheless, time passes, and with it, so did memory of their bloodstained deeds.

Now, on an isolated island where a nation grows unchecked, where a new generation grows up without the glory of war, where age-old miracles are spun into new stories, and new inventions serve older purposes— The Empire lives in a time of mundane wonder and tenuous peace.

That isn’t to say that the old horrors have been idle, despite being forgotten.

Where war no longer decimates the street, insidious growths flourish in the shadows of the city's golden lights; modern nightmares veiled in theological lace and rotting silks prowl the dark, all the while less monstrous monsters grow fat on the ruins of war-torn nations.

In another world, heroes wielding virtuous ideals and divine decrees would’ve taken a stand, but the era of stark villainy and righteous heroics are long dead, mercilessly ground to dust and buried beneath the ashes of their world.

Yet despite this, nestled within the capital proper, lives a girl who wants nothing more than to live a steady life. The issues within her society couldn’t mean less to her. After all, she has bigger things to worry about, like deciding what to wear, unearthing the secrets of long-lost art, and fulfilling those promises she made all those years ago.

But as the novelty of peace grows old, and as old plans come to fruition and older enemies crawl into the light, her plans to secure a quiet life grow more distant than ever.

Starry Eyed is a high fantasy web novel about troubled individuals trying to make their way in an uncaring world, where larger-than-life problems often seem more insignificant than personal ones, where old virtues are perverted and new evils are caught in a bittersweet light. The story is set in a world where modern-day fantasy magic meets Victorian and steampunk revolution, in a time similar to our own second industrial revolution, with hints of enlightenment and renaissance era ideals, mixed with contemporary themes.

This story is updated every other week, on Sundays. <<less

Synopsis: Floating in the air just in the middle of Times Square in new york was a strange crack in the air that emitted a strange golden light, set as a perimeter around said crack, were countless US Soldiers, Tanks, Attack Helicopters, and jets flying overhead.... more>>

Suddenly the crack let out a deeper glow for a second as a figure materialized just next to the crack.

It was a man, or what appeared to be a man.

Pale white skin, glowing blue flames where the eyes should be, a strange crowned helmet, long snow white hair, strange armor with a skull molded onto the belt, and knee guards. In the man's hands was a glowing blue long sword with a skull just between the blade and guard.

Suddenly, dozens more figures started appearing around the crack too. Men and women wearing strange armor with decayed skin and missing flesh. They were undead. And each of them had the same blue flame inside their eyes and mouths...

The Lich King and his army have arrived in a new world. <<less

Witching Souls - Part 2 of 3
As more memories from their previous lifetimes surface, Lexi and Leo must confront the haunting echoes of their history. Together, they delve into the mysteries of their shared past, seeking to unravel the reasons for the cycle of death they are trapped in. With each revelation, the threads of fate become entwined, leaving them to wonder if this lifetime will differ from the ones before. Stress and frustration mount.... more>>

Will their love conquer the trials of reincarnation, or will they be forever trapped in a cycle of destiny?

Join them on a thrilling adventure where magic, romance, and the heart's resilience collide as they endeavour to rewrite their love story. Will history repeat itself? <<less

Two is company, three is a crowd. Nine is a cult.... more>>

Having to fight a duel to the death at the start of my first day on the job was a new one for me.

Waking up with no memory was also odd. I think. But neither of those came close to the absurdity of having beautiful and deadly women ready and eager to kill for me.

What I need from them now, though, is nothing special. I just need them to teach me how to lead a cult of assassins. No big deal.

Extra chapters: https://www.patreon.com/MrBlissNine <<less

The System Apocolypse strikes the world with startling suddenness, portalling in foreign races and collapsing the human world into chaos. In the world now changed, Jessica Ruda, a twisted, megalomaniacal young woman with delusions of grandeur and more kinks than an accordion, can finally unleash her (barely) suppressed urges, as the System helps her to develop cheaty life/death/sex powers, and her desire for conquest swells.... more>>

Come and witness another tropey system story, filled with barely edited drivel about poorly described sex, war and politics. Experience vicariously through the characters of Jessica's universe; horrifying creatures born of science and sorcery, broken worlds, people and places, cheaty skills, mind-breaking magic, and countless cringey tropes you never asked for. <<less

Hot-tempered psychic Minami Tachibana eventually joins a psychic facility that 'provides services for problems large and small'. Performing good deeds and services with her psychic power, the girl must learn to control her powers as she gets involved in a case with a powerful psychic who wants to brainwash everyone and retcon their history of crimes. Many strange incidents and natural disasters need reformation in this paranormal world, and Minami and her friends from PsiCo try to transform the world and ease the hearts and minds of people who need their help, one client at a time. No one knows the darkness of one's heart more than Minami Tachibana, who has a secret that she... more>> doesn't want to tell anyone else--that she knows the coming of World War III and must prevent it from happening. But how can she do this and save her friends in the temporal timelines? She wants to create a Singularity where everyone is safe and happy, though there is a villain lurking in the shadows who is retconning the past and distorting memories around her.

Book Cover Art Illustration by hazelnutbrew
Character is Minami Tachibana the Protagonist <<less

Myths have existed for as long as humanity has, to describe that which we could not understand, but almost all of these are told from the human (or some other outsider's) point of view. What if we looked at what the gods were doing, and only caught glimpses of what was happening below, in the world?... more>>

Here we have the tale of the gods, not of Earth, but of a new world, and how they find their own purpose, in the Game of the World.

This story is rather lighthearted, mostly me figuring out how to write characters, so there will be little worldbuilding, because, well... The gods will be doing that. ~æ

<The story is NOT on hiatus, i'm just incredibly slow. Sorry> <<less

“Beyond the armor and the scars, a hero has a heart ablaze with a passion to protect. A hero throws himself into danger for the sake of others.”... more>>

Khiron had lived his entire life dreaming of being the hero of his kingdom. To be the knight given the honor of rescuing all of Celestia from the horrific threat of the monstrous Eclipse. Having trained tirelessly with his great friend and fellow knight and confidant, Juna, the day of realizing his dreams has arrived. As victor of the Celestia Hero's Tournament, he is dubbed the chosen knight. His new life as the hero has dawned at long last.

Yet there's a secret task given to the hero which is kept heavily under wraps.

Khiron arrives at his initiation only to be shocked with the revelation that the chosen knight must gain his powers by kissing 7 maidens of the heavens. To make the situation even more unbelievable, Juna is in that number!

How will our chivalrous knight fare as the kingdom’s hope?

Now featuring artwork by @AnankeKeirin within! <<less

Thanks to her mother marrying a prominent politician, Kaera's life goes from rags to riches. She wants to move on from her past, but society believes she should remain there instead. To make matters worse, her desire for romance guides her towards forbidden territory. Will society's pressure, her desires, and other forces destroy her life or forge longlasting bonds and a new life?... more>>

Welcome everyone to my next story series, Forging Bonds. It takes place in the same world as the Age of Cataclysm series, but several years prior. In case you follow the Age of Cataclysm series but haven't heard the news, I'm taking a break from it to avoid a burnout, and I have this new series in my head for awhile. I'll do my best to keep the two series indepedent from each other so you don't have to read this to understand the Age of Cataclysm and vice versa, but there maybe references from the other story. Forging Bonds is more of a slice of life story, so there's less fireballs flying around and sword fights (I've been wanting to expand my writing into different areas). This story will contain numerous instances of adult characters engaging in sex of an incestuous nature or not and may contain kinks such as rough sex, domination, bdsm, etc. If it doesn't appeal to you, I suggest reading another story. This story will be first-person from a single character except for the prologue, and it will be a slow build towards certain milestones.

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[Volume 1] To the Muse Bureau, Judy Windermere is not a person: she's the entrance exam that prospective muses must pass to attend its academy.... more>> And to working muse officers, she's not just a glorified dreamer: she's a natural disaster disguised as a sleeping girl. For when she sleeps, she's full of dreams and nightmares, unrequited feelings and envious thoughts, which spill into the waking world. But when she goes missing and reappears hours later during a week of exams, three dysfunctional muse officers must find out where she goes. And where Judy goes, like a natural disaster, havoc follows. <<less

Many gates are littered over the planet Gaia, These gates are connected to other worlds where long lost civilizations once flourished.... more>>

The Individuals of the many races that exist on Gaia enter these gates with the hopes of acquiring power, fame and riches. These people are called explorers.

Our main character Embarks on a journey to become on of those esteemed explorers, But in the process would discover the true nature and origins of what lay behind these gates.

I do not own this cover, all rights reserved to the respective artist. If the owner request removal please dm me or email me at [email protected] <<less

A 15-year-old boy was running for his life.... more>>

He found a cave and entered, trying to hide from his pursuer.

However, there was an old man inside it and he was put to sleep by the old man for 1000 years. 

Inside his dream, the old man gave him an inheritance.

Inside his dream, he became the supreme being, lived for billions of years and created several powerful techniques that surpass what the old man gave to him. And more importantly, inside his dream, he created his harem!

One day he opened his eyes and woke up from his dream. <<less

People are disappearing from the town of Haguko, which lies at the foot of a giant mountain range. A group of teenagers stuck in their... more>> hometown during their summer vacation, decide to track down and confront the evil that is responsible for this phenomenon. <<less

It’s homecoming week at Deer Valley High and Tristan Collins is in despair. Despite being in his final year, he still hasn’t made any progress on talking to the girl of his dreams, the illustrious Zoey Brahm. To make matters worse, just as he musters up the courage to finally ask her out, he quickly discovers that she’s already started seeing someone else.... more>>

Though initially overcome with regret, the situation strangely reminds him of a dream he had the night before. What is the true meaning of their relationship? As he begins his investigation, he gradually comes face to face with uncomfortable truths—not just about Zoey, but about himself as well.

Follow Tristan as he comes to terms with his possession of a supernatural ability, and the shocking reality that follows.

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Volume 2 chapters Tuesday and Friday at 6PM EST. Join the discord! https://discord.gg/xcGZnzhgzb <<less

When an unknown series of airships begins to threaten the skyspace, a continent made up of grand airships housing ancient weapons with unknown power, three... more>> young adults must go on a journey of self-discovery while trying to prevent the weapons falling into the wrong hands. <<less

In Atelier City, an artistic haven filled with technological marvels, lies a netherworld where monsters dwell. These monsters embody the dreams of humanity, their greatest hopes and worst fears. Allen Lee, an ordinary young artist, stumbles into this realm by accident. He soon encounters an odd woman said to be a potential inheritor of the title, "Grim Reaper".... more>>

Discovering that a group of chosen heroes of the netherworld have sided with the threat they were meant to defeat, Allen and the Grim Reaper’s inheritor decide to confront them as a team of part-time supernatural investigators hunting down mythic entities and prophetic art pieces that may be the key to solving their problems. However, can an unchosen one and one chosen for darkness go against heroes guided by fate itself? <<less

(AN) I moved all of this over from Webnovel because I learned that there's plenty of plagiarism happening over there. So I'm moving it all over here. I will only post three chapters online for everyone to read until it's fully done. But if I get a good enough reception then I will post more chapters. If you guys don't like descriptions. Imagine an Isekai that's the gay love baby of Tolkien and Lovecraft. So there are elements of horror.... more>>

Like many adventures in the books Puella used to read, it all started with a dream when she was very young, and when her family seemed much happier.

Now she's 18.

She struggles with her small town's ideals, and how she has to keep the fact she loves girls a secret.

But one night after she met a new girl that came to her small town. She keeps having these oddly realistic dreams about this place called The World of Sleep.

And in the waking world, strange people and creatures keep appearing to her. And that girl she met that day, reveals something to her that will change her life until the end of time. <<less

After getting caught up in a Mafia war, Phoenix's best friend, Lilianna, ended up in a coma.
For five agonizing years, Phoenix bore the weight of guilt, convinced she had destroyed such a precious soul.... more>>

One night, after a terrible accident, Phoenix found herself in an unfamiliar realm where she met a woman named Lily Bianca-- who claimed to be her best friend stuck in another world.

Together, they embark on a journey to uncover the secrets of this mysterious world, hoping to find a way to bring Lilianna back and uncover buried feelings heightened by time.

Updates every Sunday (PST)!

[The art used in this story is generated by AI] <<less

An archive of the events surrounding the before, during, and after of the Thread Tree incident of 1547.... more>>

You are part of the Detective department. You are looking into the Thread Tree incident of 1547. You can send memos to the archive department, the exorcist department, the monastic department, and to the research department. To send a memo, type a comment starting Memo to ? Department:, followed by your request. However keep in mind your superior vets your memos before passing them forward, so do not be surprised if the memo never arrives at its intended direction. <<less

Kagura Rika was an average 25-year-old until her mother passed being the only daughter life was rough even more so until her mother's parting gift... more>> appeared in this woman's life. What will this new gift bring to Rika's life can she figure out her purpose or will she be lost in all the commotion? <<less