While attending the 2038 annual Juneteenth march with her friends, activist and archivist Amina Fernandes witnesses a devastating terrorist attack using a mysterious technology that leaves dozens of police officers dead and injured. As the local Black community suffers under the resulting occupation by a federal taskforce seeking to apprehend the terrorist, Amina stumbles onto evidence that the attack might have been a false flag. ... more>>

Horrified by the implication of this information and wanting to live up to legacy of Black radicals she's idolized all her life, Amina decides to do something about this seeming conspiracy and protect her community. Assembling friends and allies to aid her plan, Amina acts to uncover whatever plot is brewing in her city. What she doesn't know is that her need for answers and justice will spark a series of events that will change everything and test how far she's willing to go to live up to her revolutionary values.
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In the bustling heart of Port Rosa, Joel Prince, the CEO of Prince Industries, is a rising star in the business world. When a botched kidnapping thrusts Joel into a world beyond his wildest dreams, he falls into the clutches of Talia Thorn, the cruel and ethereal leader of the Thorns, a gang-like clan of supernatural creatures known as Nightstalkers. As the horrifying secrets of Prince Industries and the Thorns begin to unravel, Joel learns his company isn't the only bloodsucker in town.... more>>

Trapped between the mundane struggles of the business world and the twisted politics of the Thorns, Joel and Talia's lives become entangled in frustrating ways. Their tepid alliance is fragile, and betrayal surrounds them on all sides. As Joel finds himself questioning both his and Talia's humanity and what he's willing to do to rise to the top of the tech world.

In this gripping tale of betrayal, love, and unexpected allies, Joel and Talia must confront the dirty dealings of Prince Industries and uphold the secret of Talia's species.

Rated Mature (18+) For violence, gore, and sexual content. NOT FOR KIDS! <<less

Wesley Faletau is a freckled, ginger-haired shot putter with sumptuous moobs. When he's not hurtling a 16 lb/ 7.6 kg ball more than 60 ft/... more>> 18 m across a field, Wesley tries to lay low and avoid the constant scrutiny that being a big-boned hafekasi boy attracts. Wesley's low-key high school life is put on a tilt by Kai Allred, the handsome Hawaiian quarterback who can't seem to leave Wesley alone. Is Kai simply another bully, a possible friend, or something else? Regardless, Kai seems insistent on turning Wesley's quiet life completely upside down. <<less

A -sometimes- uplifting sequel about growing up, conquering generational trauma and learning to love yourself, even if you don't know who you are yet. Things... more>> are looking up for Luna- a new girlfriend, a supportive new family and a job she kind-of tolerates. But when a childhood friend's wedding brings Luna back to her home town of Sanford, Luna has to deconstruct her trauma while dodging the advances of her well-meaning but problematic former church friends. <<less

"Gods are playing dice with our lives. Never forget that."... more>>

In a realm where power and politics weave an intricate tapestry, Lord Arlo and Princess Laa, aided by their unwavering companions, Yew and Dan, become embroiled in the enigmatic web of imperial intrigue. As they embark on a perilous journey to the heart of the Empire, they must skillfully navigate the treacherous waters of court politics, manage ever-shifting alliances, and bear the weight of their family's legacy.

With luck on their side, the outcome of the dice game played in the imperial court may not seal their fate with death.

The die is cast. <<less

College graduate meets billionaire devil in this CEO story twist. Adrienne Walker wanted nothing more than to finish college and get a good-paying job to... more>> complete what she thought was the ideal life plan. However, life is never perfect, and Adrienne learns this the hard way when she is thrust into the world of billionaires - specifically, the arms of Lazareth Noir. Their feelings are both played with, especially once it is revealed that Lazareth is not human and Adrienne's anxiety constantly impedes their relationship. However, when an old enemy tries to break them apart, can Adrienne put her perfect checklist and anxiety aside to save the one thing she swore she would never let break - her heart? <<less

"This Book is the Summer Journal of Evan Daniels in the year 1993! If found, please turn in at the front desk of the Squire Apartments located next to Fairhill Square if you're in Philly. If you find it in Muldraugh, then please return this to 222 Hostler Way. This is important, please! It's for my summer assignment! "... more>>

An average, normal looking journal whose cover worn and damaged with wear and stained with what is hopefully more tears and sweat than blood. What was supposed to be an assignment covering what your summer job was like became a tale of a desperate struggle for survival and a meaning for that survival. It is July 1993 in Kentucky, and hell has run out of room and released its prisoners. On the 1st, the local municipal company had to shut off land lines into the region . On the 4th despite difficulties in staff becoming ill the Independence Day celebration went off without a hitch. On the 6th, the Military blockaded the entire region south of Louisville and north of Fort Knox going as far west as the crook in the Ohio River. It was a large enough area that it contained Muldraugh, West Point, Valley Station and other small communities and covered territory of four separate counties: Meade, Hardin, Bullit and Jefferson. This is a region referred to by its inhabitants as 'Knox Country'.

No one outside of the boundary was told of what was going on within, save only that a disease had emerged and was being contained and the individuals afflicted cared for. With the landlines down there was no way to communicate with those within save to pray and hope that God himself delivered the message with one of his angels. Within the boundary... a nightmare was unfolding unlike any other the world had ever seen. People grew sick, then they died... but not all the way.

They returned, ferocious and hungry. Eager for flesh of any sort, but their fellow man's most of all.

Why was this happening? What was the cause of all this? Was this a purposeful attack by another nation, a mutation induced by science in its hubris, or God's Divine Wrath poured down on us all for our hubris and sin? Was there even a purposeful cause at all, or was this just a new twist in nature's evolutionary game?

Perhaps answering questions like those are what motivated this young man to keep writing in his journal in these dark days. Perhaps in these records of his experiences, some measure of the truth can be found. But the record within this tome may not be for the frail of heart, for this is not a triumphant hero's journey, nor a coming of age tale.

This is the story of how we died. <<less

Everyone recognizes that Ganyu desperately needs a break, and if Ganyu isn't going to take one, Beidou is going to be there to make sure... more>> she does, and in the process, help her to appreciate and take care of herself. <<less

Obesity runs in his family. Is there another secret to his blood? After all, hunger manifests itself in more than one form.

Titus wakes up to find himself among a group a adult size pig face humanoid facing him, that soon forces him into a painful experience. Realizing that this was not his mind playing tricks on him, he soon realize that he was also a pigman and began trying out his best to survive in a tribal horde of other pigmen.
Unfortunately Titus was bestowed a body that was smaller and weaker than even the below average pigmen in the tribe, leading the other warrior to consider putting his weak flesh to nourish others more better warriors.
Luckily the Tribe Shaman found that Titus was more in attune to the arcane arts of magic, decides to... more>> take him in as his servant boy.

Follow Titus on his journey to discover his new life as a pigman considered as both monster and primitive race. Titus will have to learn how to fit in his new reality of primitive monsters around him, or become the next meal.
What Titus' actions bring as he is forced into deadly situations, and whether or not he'll come to regret it. <<less

Takeru Watanabe is a mankaka (manga creator) who draws magical girl manga to pay the bills, but his true love is Sumo. He wants nothing more than to graduate from his local amateur sumo organization and become a top pro! Unfortunately, while he's a bit above average in strength, he has trouble packing on the pounds, so he's usually pushed out of the sumo ring pretty quickly if his opponent can get a little inertia going. One day, a "fairy godmother" (the auntie from his favorite chanko place) tells him that she can help, if he swears to help the innocent whenever he sees someone in trouble. She sweetens the deal... more>> a bit by offering a special price on meals, if Takeru comes in to eat immediately after subduing 'wrongdoers.'

For a man who sees his thirties just a little over the horizon, it sounds like a great deal! He just didn't quite catch the part where he has to transform... <<less

Zhou Ruby is smart, talented, and beautiful, but due to the cutthroat culture at her workplace, this made her overeat every day from stress. The result was being shamed as the fattest person at work, in the end she was forced to end her life. ... more>>

The world that she knew moved on, her existence long gone and forgotten. Years later she is reborn in a new body and with a goal in mind to reclaim what is rightfully hers. <<less

Renee and Camilla are transwomen in a long distance relationship, but both want something more. Something they can't physically do...or can they? With the help... more>> of a fairy tale legend trying to rehabilitate his image, maybe they can. <<less

My submissions for the 2020 Yuri Garden writing competitions. Met Her Match was written for the "9 Nights in the Garden of Lilies: A Yuri Garden Anthology" while The Dragon and Snake was written for "The Yuri Garden Writing Competition (2020)". Both protagonists are black women while one protagonist is fat.... more>>

Met Her Match (summary which I copied from the Yuri Garden Glossary)
Joy has it all: she’s beautiful, she’s successful, and she’s one half of the UK showbiz scene’s lesbian power couple. That’s why she’s Adaaku’s rival. At least, that’s what Adaaku tells herself. She swears it has nothing to do with being snubbed on Tinder all those years ago. When targeted bullying leaves Adaaku crying alone in a bathroom, however, it’s Joy who comes to save her.

The Dragon and The Snake
Candace has an agenda for entering the emperor's harem. And it's definitely not because of love. However, Lucy, the empress makes it difficult to focus on her agenda. Maybe her agenda is because of love after all. <<less

Jim Stone , a name my mother gave to me while as she died, her final words were "Grow up rich and happy unlike me." I was a child so I never could hear those words but they stuck with me after I learned them, because of those seven words I grew up with a very simple mindset that could be dumbed down to two words "Get money." This is my story on how I became the greatest merchant in the world and how I caused the greatest war in merchant history with nothing but my greed.... more>>

(updating this like maybe once a week or something so enjoy / I am trying to put this story on Royal Road c: ) <<less

The only thing Kia really knew was that one moment she closed her eyes to take a nap, and the next moment she was in a big room with a complicated circle design on the ground. She finds herself in a world filled with magic and all kinds of races that she didn't know could really exist. Now, she is joined by a random guy who acts like they're best friends as they travel so that she can learn more about this strange new world.... more>>

"What do you mean I'm still considered a child? I'M 28 YEARS OLD!"

"My true form? If that's your way to say that I'm too fat then shove off."

"Stop clinging to me! I'm not a Tempur-pedic Mattress!!!!" <<less

okay that's not the real title
the real title is
I’m a toy collector, I love action figures but I thought I’d give a ‘haunted’ doll a try, and it turns out the doll was a cursed lesbian and I’m supposed to be her true love even though I’m a guy!?... more>>

Cover image is the doll i got that inspired the story (my first doll ever in fact lol ) <<less

After an unfortunate event at school I was reincarnated into my old body in a new world, who knew that I would die after getting a hit to the gut? Well no wonder I died, my body was at wit's end anyways, as a Fat and Unfit guy I have to survive in the new world that I got reincarnated in, no matter what. I have no idea what kind of things will await me.... more>>

(For all the people that may have seen this series before, I've begun rewriting the whole thing from a first-person narration, with better grammar and (hopefully) less overall mistakes. Luckily the series was only 20 chapters long so far.) <<less

An average middle school boy named Battoski Gortosz was being bullied by the girls in his class, until one day he was contacted by a... more>> higher being. Could this be the thing that changed his life? <<less

After I had made up my mind to die, I suddenly was transported to another world during the Holy saint summoning. This is where I... more>> begin my new life. <<less

Rayner is a total loser. Has a dead-end job. He is cucked by his girlfriend, Cindy. And he is a fat good-for-nothing slob. But that... more>> all changed when he met Candice, a succubus who invokes her "talents" that had some unexpected side effects. Neither of them knew what the end result would be but it is easy to say the final product was both explosive and gratifying in more than one way. <<less

Fifty million people vanished overnight. All they had in common was a subscription to the world's largest VRMMO.... more>>

Mike Kang was no one — just an overweight wallflower in college moonlighting as a charismatic guild leader to escape his painful history. But, as the only Crystal Harmony Online player left on Earth who remembers the game's existence; it's up to him to save the guild that has become a family to him.

Will he confront his demons and rise above them to save the lost, or will he crumble in the face of his tormented past?

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My first attempt at a LitRPG. Dedicated to an incredibly inspiring IRL friend.

Inspired by Lookism and Rising of the Shield Hero. <<less

In this urban fantasy novella, you will follow Julius. He sells water filtering systems in Algeria. There is a slight hitch with that, the systems are knockoffs. So, one night, a vampire local comes to him, and attacks him in retribution. That sends Julius on a journey to find aristocratic vampires, who can show him the ropes. How come the vampire who turned him can't do it? ... more>>

A vampire turning another into a vampire is deadly for them. Follow Julius as he travels, and ends up in Hungary, where he meets Ferenc. The very picture of an aristocratic vampire. There is another problem in Julius's life, though. He is fat, and Ferenc is so out of his league, that it is not even funny.

The novella has been written in 1st person, by the perspective of a blogger narrator. It is complete. The updates will be daily.

Disclaimer: This is a comedic piece. Nothing inside of it has been written with the intent to insult someone. Not that I did more than point out some things about my own country, and some commonly known stereotypes. <<less

"My name is Faith Elizabeth Samuels. Well, it used to be, before I left my fundamentalist helicopter parents and started going by Luna... My counselor tells me writing will help me to 'heal'. Somehow, writing my feelings of depression, anxiety, self harm and suicidal thoughts will negate a lifetime of 'bad feelings' about my self image, mental health and general well-being. Sounds legit. So, fair reader, does my little tale of woe intrigue you? If so, come join my merry band of misfits on this roller coaster of life."... more>>

A -sometimes- uplifting story about growing up and overcoming life's challenges. Laugh, cry and smile with our cynical author as she tries to traverse what comes after high school. Battling her inner demons and conquering the ever-terrifying world of adulting. She might even fall in love on the way...

*There are no perfect people in this story; no villains, no perfect protagonists and no fairytale romance. There is, however, realistic examples of neurodivergence, discovering yourself, LGBTQIA characters and nuanced depictions of mental health problems, self harm, religious and generational trauma.*

Rated Mature (17+) For themes of self-harm, depression, anxiety and some sexuality. **NOT EXPLICIT** <<less

Being overweight isn't a crime--it's just something shameful, Andrea's mother is quick to remind her. But that's to be expected in a world where technology and magic makes body goals and perfection attainable. ... more>>

*****

Andrea's mother has high hopes for a male heir to lead their household. Andrea must find a husband--and fast. Without a perfect body, however, there are few prospects. For Andrea, on the verge of being disowned, the inability to control something as simple as her weight further exemplifies her other failings. She heralds from the noble class, lovers of tech who frown upon mingling with the servant magic wielders. But with only one year to secure the title of the estate, Andrea has few options.

Opportunity arrives when a damaged magic wielder named Tanner comes to her estate looking for work. Servants of his creed wouldn't dare associate with nobles usually. Andrea's head tells her to be suspicious, but Tanner, who's easy on the eyes and built like a brick, looks like a great opportunity. He also takes interest in Andrea, something no one else does.

For the first time in Andrea's life, everything seems possible...if only she could quiet that stupid voice in her head warning this is too good to be true.

What price would you pay for perfection? <<less