Meet Rok Jekai, a 24-year-old combat engineer serving in the Australian Defence Force. Stationed at combat outpost Romeo in Korengal Valley of Afghanistan, disaster strikes when a massive Taliban force swiftly overruns the base, leaving destruction in its wake. Amidst the chaos, Rok's closest friend, Leon Zidarich is taken captive, and hope for his rescue diminishes as the US Army refuses to intervene. ... more>>

With this, Rok is given a difficult choice. Should he remain loyal to his country, or go out on a mind of his own and rescue his best friend?

On a perilous quest, Rok finds an illegal mercenary group, their name: the Lead Leopards. This mercenary band is intent on taking the war's efforts into their hands. He also gets mixed up in an ordeal with the Russians, leading to more trouble.

Prepare for an action-packed, andrenaline-fuelled ride as you follow Rok on his quest to reveal a global conspiracy. A thrilling tale, where the line between loyalty and justice are blurred. <<less

The adventures of traveler Bai ji and his motorcycle Luciele

School Almanac is the story of 9th graders who have aqcuired special abilities. Follow Steven Scriptum as he goes through the life of an abnormal... more>> High Schooler. The path to greatness is riddled with the ill-intentioned and self-seeking. He and his friends will try, but will they succeed?
The action of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Hunter X Hunter, and One Piece wrapped up in a single school named Magula High. Grab a bag of popcorn for this one, things are getting real dangerous. <<less

the world has been sucked dry. the soil, once fertile and thriving, is now dry and dead. the rich and powerful have long abandoned us... more>> to die on a planet that they have ruined. they took everything when they left, but they forgot something. an organization that refused to leave the earth until their work was done is now taking to the stars after them. will they survive the threat of the mutated freaks that now run the new British Museum and their many zealous soldiers ready to die for the artifacts of the newly established civilization, or will they be absorbed into the zombie-like throng of diligent curators scanning the stars for signs of life and things to lay claim to? <<less

Yoshinobu, who was sent to another world by some mistake... Yoshinobu,
who wanted to gain the power of self-defense, gained the power of the Self-Defense... more>> Forces. Live
freely using modern weapons, drugs, and other equipment possessed by the Self Defense Forces . A story about traveling around the world with the girl you helped. <<less

Alexandre was an artist in his previous life who made his money by selling his art. He lived a pretty sad life because of his... more>> own routines, but he got through it. One day, he's killed after an encounter with his ex. Thinking that would be it, Alexandre is instead brought to another world along with some other people who died at the same time. Now in this world, Alexandre decides the live the adventurous life he always wanted!
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Note: I am a new author and I'm just trying something new here. If you could give me some criticism, that would be nice. <<less

Half-orc Hack doesn’t know where he fits in the world but desperately wants to prove himself tough enough to join the fully blooded orcs of... more>> the Greenskins MC. But when a delivery to a rival motorcycle club led by a hulking kamapua’a known as ‘The Pig’ goes disastrously wrong, the young half-orc might wind up fully dead. <<less

Henry had a job, a place to live, and friends to hang out with. Yet he found grown-up life exceedingly boring. He yearned for the kind of adventure that books and video games portray.... more>>

He gets more than he wished when a mysterious message popped up in his vision about an incoming alien invasion. Henry doesn’t know how to fight monsters, but he knows this is the moment he’s been waiting for.

With only video game experience, he optimizes his way through a merit-based system apocalypse. He is eventually joined by Carol, a college athlete writing her honor’s thesis, and Buck, an army reservist answering the call. But will their team make enough of a difference against the Horde?

What to expect:
 - Character-focused story interspaced by some small-scaled fights against monsters.
 - Adult characters dealing with past and current issues.
 - Realistic dark and traumatic moments but not a grimdark tone or setting.
 - Progression in terms of better gear/augmentation of the soft sci-fi nature.
 - No levels, experience points, or OP MC.

Cover by https://pixabay.com/users/tommyvideo-3092371/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=7734496. <<less

An action short story of a SWAT drug bust. Experiment in fast-paced descriptive writing.

The first entry in the ADEPTAVERSE series.... more>>

The Supreme War rages on, magik and steel being used in a fierce conflict fuelled by a revenge driven Dogmarian Empire seeking to avenge their murdered emperor. A group of four elite imperial soldiers known as Krusader Squad are tasked to destroy key locations in the empire's push towards their enemy's capital city. However, not everything will go to plan in this deadly mission.

ADEPTAVERSE has been in the works for around three years, with formal publishing beginning in late 2021. <<less

*Work In Progress*
In the future, there is a major war ravaging between two great nations. In a dropship that got shot down, an injured android crawls out of the ashes to find himself surrounded by the wreckage and remains of his fallen comrades and squadmates. His underlying will to survive is challenged by his injuries and his logical understanding of his purpose, as he faces the choice between letting himself die or finding the will to live. (That's what I have so far)
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Author's note (and kind of a disclaimer):
So this is my first time making a "short" story of some sort and I finally found the courage to go ahead and... more>> post it online. This story was based on my extreme love for anything sci-fi-related. If this gets even a tiny amount of interest, then I'll consider taking the general synopsis and turning it into an actual book. I would appreciate getting any type of feedback, whether good or bad -- and if there are any grammar mistakes, please feel free to point them out.

Update #1 (6/30/21) - I put quotations around "short-story", as it is a little long. It's probably going to separate into 3 parts (or chapters), and for now, I'm going to put in the first part and see what kind of feedback I get. Hope you guys like it. Also, the title is a working title, as I'm not too sure about it either.

(I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com - https://www.royalroad.com/profile/232860/fictions)

**THIS IS A WORK-IN-PROGRESS = Meaning there are elements within this writing piece that may be subject to change. <<less <<less

What if the great war never ended? For 70 years, the major powers have fought across the Earth. The United Allies, The Kingdom Alliance, The Central Empire, the big three nations. They destroyed our homeworld with their bombs, their gas, their nuclear fire. Now we've pushed out into the stars, beyond our planet and then our solar system. The year is 1991, and the Great War rages ever more fiercely in the asteroid belts, on the moons, deep in the labyrinthine halls of industrial orbitals, and in the strange mud of distant planets. For every colony and station destroyed in the war, two more take their place, full of desperate people trying to survive. That's... more>> life for many an unfortunate, slaving away in mines, factories, Agri-stations, or onboard merchant ships desperately trying to stave off starvation for one more day in some far flung system.

There are others too. Outlaws, exiles, secessionists and rebels. They live in the fringes, on the edge of the jump gate system. They're either hidden from the major powers, or ignored for lack of strategic value. Space stations that were forgotten long ago, failed colonies, asteroid mines that ran dry. This is the type of place where Marauders are born. Pirates, terrorists, free men and women, what they are is up for debate, but it can be said with certainty that their numbers are growing. This is the story of one of those Marauders, his first foray into the wide world of stealing from and shooting it out with the major powers. Hero? Villain? It doesn't mean much at the edge of nowhere, Guppy just wants an apartment and a cheese burger. <<less

The story of a boy surviving in a harsh world with the help of the Voices in his head.... more>>

Disclaimer:
* This is the first time I ever done something like this.
* English isn't my first language, if there is any error somewhere please help.
* The update schedule isn't regular because of school and stuff but I'll try at least deliver 1 chapter per week.
*More tags and genre will be added overtime since the story isn't fully fleshed out yet. <<less

A young man suddenly awakens in a room of pure white light to a mysterious voice whispering into his ear, with a offer he cannot refuse "Is this world not terrible to live in? I shall give you a chance~ I shall send you into the world of that book in your hands. In exchange you must entertain us! No cheating now~ it would not be fun if you already knew how everything will play out! Thus your memories of the story shall be taken too. worry not we shall let you choose some to keep. you will need the head start ahahahah!"... more>>

Orphaned at a young age he had nothing to loose and everything to gain so the young man accepted the deal. Thrust into the novel "Elysium Gate" full of monsters and gates to other realms he must unravel the mystery of the mysterious offer, conquer the labyrinths and thrive in his new life all the while navigating around the plot of the original book and its true protagonist with whatever memory he has of it left. But the world did not account for the actions of a being that should not exist... <<less

One year after the zombie apocalypse, Carter faces the possibility of spending Christmas all alone… except for the company of a horde of half-frozen, decaying,... more>> flesh-eating ghouls. <<less

Join me as we follow the footsteps of the greatest fleet commander, the imperial navy has ever produced.
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Author Disclaimer : It might be... more>> a very long walk... <<less

[This is also being released on Royalroad]... more>>

uVR Earth, an advanced piece of tech that fused man and machine. It granted humanity the power of a supercomputer in the skull space of their brains, the dawn of a new age in humanity. But the technology leaped before social laws could catch up.

With machines integrated into your brains, your thoughts became data that could be stolen. You might have just thought of eating an ice cream. A second later, your Augmented Reality interface would advertise the closest ice cream shop.

Privacy? Is that edible? Can I eat it? uVR Earths took data from your brain. Meaning, your eyes became the camera. Anything you see today might be found on the internet later the same day.

People already have an addiction to smartphones. But now, all the features of a smartphone are integrated into their brains. What is the outcome of that you ask? You know it already.

Such a revolutionary tech; does it make sense to use it for a VRMMORPG? A mere VR game, seriously? Why do that when corporates can make you work through Virtual Reality? The moment your boss calls, you’ll log in to Virtual Reality and appear before the office space constructed in the VR world. You’ll happily slave away, freely!

You can work more and fatten the corporates further. Very fun, right? Exactly! It’s a futuristic world that you, me, and everyone will die to experience at least once. Sadly, our MC thinks it’s a dystopia and resists the corporate whales with his shrimp-like power. Unfortunately, this is his story.

What to expect:

A scientific take on corporate abuse when VR tech is made a reality. A decent slow burn with an OP MC that tries to educate society on problems with the VR tech, often failing. A unique power system that realistically makes sense when you think about it. It’s all set in the real world.

Ps: This may or may not be our future. If it becomes a reality, don’t sue me. I’m not giving them ideas. <<less

A short story that might lead into a novel. In a world ruled by a Lord of Ice, one man and his Faer stand against the onslaught. The Forsaken Flame, the last agent of Sha, the Lord of Flame, tries to drive back the Everlasting Winter and the Eternal Night.... more>>

Also available on Royal Road <<less

There was a kingdom. ... more>>

It is called Trinitia, and ruled by a king. It has duchies governed by dukes. And criminals hunted down by hitmen.

Hitmen are legal dwellers in this country. I mean, why wouldn't they be when their king is a psychopath too? He loves blood, of course he'll love those with the same feathers.

Damian Stein was a hitman.

The psycho hitman extraordinaire who mastered using all kinds of pistols and rifles. He's a top butcher too. I mean a top assassin who could use knives of various sizes too. But his life took an unexpected curve when Death saved him from the verge of end, sparing him at the altar of judgement at Purgatory.

But Death wants the favor to be returned.

It was then that Death decided to have Damian Stein as his executioner of evil. In exchange of Damian's services, Death promised to unveil his true destiny, and as he sieve through his path, his hidden past is sewn piece by piece. Is he really just a hitman? Or there's something more from his existence? Is that the reason why Death made him his trump card?

This story is about blood, guns, and everything spice. It's all about jab, kill, survive or die. Be the villain or kill the villain. Find the villain or die. Will Damian survive or die? <<less

In a nearby solar system, on a planet called Zeta 04 orbiting a brown dwarf star, a war is presently being fought between two megacorporations over a rare resource named "Thykion" (tie-key-awn) that can be used as a valuable energy source. These corps are inner-sphere powerhouses, The Farren-Sieg Conglomerate, and Sigma Energy Dynamics.... more>>

This story follows the tale of an experimental mechanized unit, the Verdict Battle Group, that belong to a mercenary outfit, Metal Shell. <<less

~~At the moment, this is just a preview of something I've been working on. If you could, please provide some feedback.~~... more>>

Many centuries into the future, humanity has left Earth, only to find themselves on a harsh world. Splintering into two primary factions, the Republic and the Federation, and as always seems to happen, the two are embroiled in a bitter war. Outside this war sits a young fifteen year old girl named Rikku, and this is her story. <<less

Reka and his friends reached the City of Vale and met 2 new people, hoping to evacuate soon, but it seems that more things are going on within the City as new mysteries uncover about the things they never meant to know.... more>>

Reka and his comrades have other choice but to fight and protect themselves from Grimm while dealing with people with different ideologies and exploring the strengths and weaknesses within themselves.

This story takes place during the entirety of Vol. 4 of RWBY, but information wise it's best to have seen up to Vol.6 as some things will be used from there.

RWBY is created by Monty Oum and owned by Rooster Teeth.

Make sure to have read vol.1 before starting with this one. <<less

True desk-thumping tales of fully loaded sleuthing from the mean streets of the meanest cities to the cosy drawing rooms of the English Jazz Age.... more>>

Ewan Yasaman can solve any crime that HASN'T been committed. That might not sound very useful, but it closes an awful lot of cases. <<less

Lovino had never expected to fall in love with Felicia. She was the daughter of his enemy—the rival boss who had sworn to destroy him and his family. ... more>>

He had kidnapped her as a bargaining chip—a way to force her father to back off, but her beauty and courage had captivated him somewhere along the way.

He knew he should let her go and end this madness, but he couldn’t. He wanted to make her his, to claim her as his own.

But how could he do that? How could he have a future with her when their families were at war?

He didn’t know the answers to these questions. He only knew that he had to try.

Also known as: The 500 words modern romance story self-recs Sailus asked for. <<less

From the author of Heir de Winter: ... more>>

In a world where superheroes exist, there isn't a better place to witness all of them come together than Delta City. After both his parents and grandparents passed away, an eighteen-year-old is left with a massive debt left in his name. Barely being able to make ends meet from his part-time job to pay off the debt, he grows desperate and somehow ends up joining the infamous Villain Organization, Cyphius, as a low-level grunt. Follow our young lad as he attempts to survive this messed-up world as a villain.

*No Harems, No Sex Scenes, No Pseudo-Harems, No Overpowered Protagonist, and No Power of Friendship!
**Sporadic updates. Be warned!
***I do not own the image.
****Unstable Author. (No, I don't drink or do drugs. I'm just high every time a chapter is being written.)

Bear with me here as I’m not a master of English.

*Follow me on Twitter for the Latest News: https://mobile.twitter.com/StudiosDdt <<less