Current Status: Campione! ... more>>

Occult, "the knowledge of the hidden", something that falls outside the scope of common thinking, something incomprehensible and indecipherable to the common masses.

Encompassing mysticism, spirituality, and magic.

And the beings who embrace these are known as—Occultist.

This, is the story of the one such occultist, same, but so much different from the rest.

This is the chronicle of the son of 'The Most Evil Man in the World'. He who is 'The Beast Of Perfection', 'The Travler Of Mysterious', 'The Face Of Countless'.

The–

The 'Godslayer' of the 'Campione!'

The 'Pope of Original Sin' of the 'Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World.'

The 'BEAST' of the 'Nasuverse.'

The 'God of Magic' of the 'A Certain Magical Index.'

The 'Last Embryo' of the 'Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?'

Tag along Roy 'Mrkl' Crowley, the 'embodiment' of the St. Michael the Archangel as he grasps the miracles of Occultism, blossoming the multiuniverse with the myths and legends of his own.

For he is the—

"『BEAST777』, the one who shall cross the evils of mankind! "

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Tag: Worldhopping, Occultism, Multiverse, Lore.

Note: Since, the first few chapters have some Occult references please do not read them like super duper fast (which we usually do) otherwise don't complain if you don't understand a thing. You had been warned!

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Greed is one of the original seven Deadly Sins. However, it is also a motivation force.

So, support at Patreon with advance chapters~
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Don't worry if you haven't seen the original anime because everything will be explained in detail. By everything, I mean everything.

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The blight has overcome her woods for the first time in thousands of years. The Dryad, Laurel, has asked for the help of one of her only friends, the Great Animal Spirit, to find the cause of the blight. However, now that her friend has gone missing, Laurel is given no choice but to set out from her sacred garden for the first time in centuries to find her friend and save her home.... more>>

Note: once I finish updating this to what is on the other site the release rate will be 1 to 2 chapters a week. <<less

It has been an age of peace between the Holy Paladin Order and the Mage Alliance, nearly five hundred years since the last major war on Contenmere, smallest continent on the world of Reath. But the peace remains an uneasy one even now.... more>>

When the Lord Protector Lutan pursues an old grudge and an entire village winds up dead as a consequence, it looks like a return to open warfare is inevitable unless he can stop the necromancer he’s hunting from reaching the safety of his own people, however, this is not his story.

. . . Alec had lived a very quiet life in the village of Respite, seeing little in his future other than collecting the valuable deadwood of the ancient, magical and above all, deadly Forest Von Mori.

But, now as the sole survivor of his village, and captive of that same necromancer, things are not only different but, more disconcerting than the glaringly obvious, something doesn’t seem right; why is the necromancer so determined to protect him? And just what principles is Alec prepared to forsake to survive . . .

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The finished version of Oathbound can be found on Amazon for anyone who wants to get ahead of my posting schedule or fancies a hard copy:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oathbound-Suffering-Others-Immortals-creatures/dp/1739121546?asin=1739121546&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1

The sequel (Oathkeeper) is currently in the final stages of being written and although it will be uploaded here you can currently read 20 whole chapters ahead of Scribblehub (& 8 chapters ahead of RoyalRoad) on my Patreon:

patreon.com/user?u=11447080

I am currently outputting two chapters a week but will upload faster than that here until it is caught up with RoyalRoad. <<less

Through a twist of fate, author Paul Holmes has inherited an abandoned Shinto Temple on a mountain in rural japan. Seeking peace and quiet in which to work, he decides to travel there and check it out.... more>>

Unknownest to him the temple isn't all that abandoned. Creatures and Spirits out of Japanese mythology call it home and want to be left alone to live in peace.

But the temple and it's mountain are under threat. Both from the slow fading of magic and developers who want to strip-mine the mountain.

Now Paul must use all his wits and guile to save it and it's wondrous inhabitants from the real monsters ... the humans. Because in this unlikeliest of places Paul has found the one thing he didn't know he was looking for. A place to call Home. <<less

Welcome to Club Sanctuary, a club that's different from other clubs. There are gods and immortals, creatures from myths and legends. You won't be able to find this club on the map but when you do manage to step in, it's a world of magic...... more>>

George, an immortal who works in Club Sanctuary wants to make amends to Ciel for badly hurting him by accident. But Ciel is too afraid of the intimidating man and generally avoids him. As circumstance and the people around them start pushing these two together, George slowly breaks the walls around Ciel. George may have started out with wanting Ciel's forgiveness... but now he's tempted to beg for his love.

Ciel never thought that the dangerous and blood-thirsty man he encountered fifty years ago would be the one to show him the world outside Club Sanctuary again and remind him of passion. He remembers the scorching look George once gave him and wonders if that's the reason he's afraid and avoiding that man... <<less

When war abruptly breaks out between gods, the world started its countdown to the end. She, a normal high school students, does as everyone else: try her best to survive.... more>>

But then, one of the warring gods offers her a contract–become his bride, and she'll have the power to protect her loved ones– she desperately take that offered hand without thinking twice.

Though maybe she should have. With their hands now joined, she finds that this war– and this partnership– none are truly presented as what they seems.

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Currently in : Season 1

Update every 2 days! <<less

After witnessing the death of his best friend and his sudden betrayal to orthrodox cultivation, Fan Yuelong realizes the hypocritical connection between the so called righteous sects and the tension between the sect leaders. Forced with an arranged marriage, he struggles to find his own path in life. Whether to follow his heart, or to listen to his father’s orders and become the next Qianyang Sect leader.
Abandoning his home, he comes across events that hint at the possible survival of the supposed dead demon lord--Chixi Mojun, who was his best friend. Unlocking the chain to a series of incidents of spirit possession, demons and cultivation, the world was put at risk under the danger... more>> of the demon sect.
Will he put his heart first and put the world in danger? Or will he bear the pain in his heart and do what’s right?

Kofi supporters will be able to read 2 chapters ahead!
https://ko-fi.com/tythecanasian

Editor for Chap 1-20: LatentMusings

My first time writing a web novel! Two chapters per week. They might or might not have grammatical errors T_T
Happy reading! <<less

While hiking during an extended weekend from grad school, the slightly airheaded Rose Snyder slips through a gap between worlds and encounters a witch.. With no way to return, she must adapt to the strange world of magic and danger, and find her place in a land where those who lose their grasp on reality fall. ... more>>

Short Hiatus while I figure out the next volume.

I will also be posting this story on Royalroad.com <<less

Death isn’t always the end, and sometimes we mistake it for a short nap at the end of a very long, and very stressful day.... more>>

A frontier village was unnecessarily put to the sword. A father stoked the fires of war to punish an errant daughter, and perhaps set her straight, but as often happens when fire is applied in a measure too much: it can get rather out of hand.

Nobody was supposed to die that day… but the village burned all the same, and the woman she loved was among the dead! Enraged, and seized with inspiration, she became something new, something stronger, and she will have her revenge! <<less

In the parallel world, civilization is still in its cradle. Time is not yet running fast for local folks here. While we run in a race for well-being, they roam plains and forests, hunting game and gathering fruits. While we are conquering space, they have barely learned to conquer rivers. While we read fantasy sagas and know they are not true, they tell each other legends and take them seriously. We have smartphones, AI, and atomic bombs; they will get it all too, but a little later. We are already past certain points, and that makes us feel disinterested in ourselves. They, on the other hand, have plenty of time before their first holocaust, and... more>> that’s what makes them interesting—how will they use it? What will they build? How will they grow? Maybe, they will manage to do better than us? Maybe, there will be something for us to learn from them?

First issue in my “Letters from Another Worldˮ project.
In this series, we follow Dyovi*—a local tribesman from the valley of the River Ma, at the eastern end of the Great Plains. One day he is approached by a strange man who asks him to help gather stories from around the Plains. With little doubt, Dyovi agrees and sets out on a journey across this massive region. He visits lots of places, inhabited by a multitude of people who may seem primitive in their lifestyle at first glance, but whose worldviews are intricate and complex. Each chapter is a new experience, a new knowledge to obtain, often a new challenge to overcome, and always – a new story from locals to enjoy.
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On hiatus until further notice. <<less

Tannel died young, yet his legacy as a mage remains unparalleled. A prodigy in the magic of machinery, his techniques have not been fully replicated three hundred years after his passing, and the creation of an artificial life has never been successfully attempted again. But the greatest of his deeds was one that cost him his life, a sacrifice that he made willingly to halt a catastrophe, though then he did not yet understand the true extent of the threat to the entire world.... more>>

Never did he expect that he would yet live again. Nor would he have wished for it, for the terrible price for his second chance was paid by his own family, who had taken on his mantle of sacrifice in his absence. Centuries have passed and the world is no longer as he once knew it. The body he now inhabits was someone else's, and even the nature of his own existence eludes his understanding. But what has not changed is the weight of his responsibilities.

But it is also his chance to tackle the threats that remain, that had forced him to make the ultimate sacrifice, to solve the mysteries that he never had the time to unveil, but which nonetheless would not let him rest at peace. With ancient things on the move and numerous magics at work that evade his comprehension, these are challenges to his pride that can't be left unanswered.

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I'm releasing three chapters per week, trying to stick to a Tuesday - Thursday - Sunday schedule, but not really worrying about the exact time of the releases. <<less

This story is focused on 4 main characters with supernatural powers:
1.Leo-The youngest out of them all, before gaining his powers was a troubled child... more>> suffering from a hellish life and multiple forms of abuse from his parents.He became a bully because of that and he had a miserable relathionship with everyone aside from his best friend Lucas who managed to change him.As he gains his supernatural powers he started to change as he meet Hanako.
2.Natasha-the second youngest, she is a top grade student at a prestigious polish school,but her life was changed once she took a trip to the river and saw a man drowning a woman, a ghostly woman was dragging him down, Natasha to save before the man was dragged she bashed the man's head with a rock, she was dragged down with the man.There in the dimesion of ghostly woman revealed to be Ruzalkas she discovers someone and a burning curiosity to uncover her dad's secrets.
3.Aideen-A demon that has been on earth for a short amount of time as he tries to regain his memories of his past life, the more memories he gains the more power he has.
4.Aireen-A older woman(50) she is a worker at an american journalism company.Her life was average, she had 2 children and no husband.Aireen life started going downhill when her husband left her pregnant with twins, a boy and a gitrl, as her life start to recover another disaster hits her. <<less

Short description:
A Special Ops soldier is sent to Hell by mistake... while still alive. He must team up with a hyper-sexual Succubus to survive and start a rebellion to overthrow Satan.... more>>

Long description:
Behind every strong man there is a strong… demon?

As a half-blood Apache by birth and a professional soldier by choice, Logan Proud Bear thought he had been through hell in his life. Until he actually ended up there. Stripped of his memory but still very much alive, he must survive the world of demons and the damned long enough to achieve the impossible: To escape from Hell itself.

His only hope of success is an alliance with a beautiful and unpredictable Succubus. Only she can help him stay alive- if her fierce, sexual hunger doesn’t kill him first.

Together, they must challenge an ancient injustice as they gather some of history’s strongest women into a force that will reshape Hell itself.

Welcome to a realm of dark desires. An underworld where myth is reality and sex is both sin and salvation. The battle for the afterlife begins now.

"To Hell and Back, Book One: Survival" is officially available on Amazon Kindle. Book Two: Rebellion is in development and can be read and followed on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/michaelgagefiction. <<less

When a strange woman shows up to Lucas' apartment and gives him a book with pages made of liquid metal. Lucas discovers his latent storm magic and is thrust in the middle of a political disaster between supernatural nations. His involvement leads him to a group of outcasts where he must make hard decisions about who he is and who he wants to be.... more>>

A trans coming of age story set in an urban fantasy setting. Deals with international politics within the supernatural world. The sidhe, mages, Heaven, and Hell are a major parts of the story.

It is told from a leftist, primarily anarcho-communist perspective. Think Dresden Files with a dash of Fullmetal Alchemist, but it's queer. This story has plenty of feel-good moments, but this is not a fluffy story. Those familiar with the previously mentioned series can expect a similar tone to those.

RECURRING CONTENT WARNING: Abuse, anxiety, body horror, internalized transphobia/homophobia, dysphoria, violence, gore, death, duress, strong language (no slurs), non-explicit sexual content, torture mention, poor self-esteem, and bigotry. Each chapter has specific CW for that chapter, not all of which are on this list

Spoiler: The main character is not exclusively into women. I'm NOT going to remove the Girl's Love tag so don't ask me to.

Written by BrieIsCheese (she/him) https://twitter.com/Tribar42
Edited by Alyssa Katze (they/them) https://twitter.com/AlleeCatBlues
Cover Art by Kas (she/they/it's) https://twitter.com/Holokazami_ <<less

Releases twice a month. Until Book 2 Ends.... more>>

Wracked with misfortune, a nameless village along the edge of the Gray Spine rejoiced at the arrival of a paladin. Those celebrations, though, turned to wary tension as the paladin brought an unknown into their midst - his wife Nayinis, who wears the markings of a necromancer. Who is this woman? Why has she come to their village? Nayinis divulges her shadowed past, for she needs the village's trust to defeat the powerful foe that she has been summoned by the divine to face. <<less

What if on everyone’s birthday, they got a skill card encapsulating their past year? And what if it's [Resist Hunger] seven years in a row?... more>>

Renalia had dreamt of gaining new abilities and lifting her parents out of poverty with her new Deck. But none of her skill cards help the family peat harvesting business.

Her Deck interests others though, as the Baron recruits her into his entourage. In a bigger town, she finds ways to make money, aided by her Deck’s hidden ability to loot skill cards from monsters.

The money helps but she has to learn that it does not wipe away all debts nor buy the happiness that she wants. And it certainly does not deal with the increasing appearance of monsters.

 - Slow-burn coming-of-age story with decks of skill cards.
 - Very light game mechanics with skill cards. No stat boxes, experience points, health, stamina, etc.
 - Young and weak protagonist, but proactive and not whiny. Eventually strong.
 - Please note that this story is more focused on characterization, rather than the deckbuilding and LitRPG elements. The latter is so light that I'm not even tagging it as a 'LitRPG'.
- Contains tragic events. Not meant for kids even though the MC is a child.

Cover by Wong40k on Royal Road. <<less

Jules hadn’t expected the haunted house to be truly haunted. He also hadn’t expected the demon to take an interest in him, refusing to leave him be.
“…Wasn’t I only supposed to babysit my sister and her friends? How the hell did things go so wrong…?!”... more>>

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Demon: “Are you even a real priest to begin with?”
Jules: “What do you think?”
Demon: “Hm, definitely not.”
Jules: “Oh?”
Demon: “I’ve never seen a priest as attractive as you before.”
“…” Jules pulled a ‘I’m so done with this shit’ kind of face.

Jaded hunter x happy-go-lucky demon, reversible couple, HE.
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Monsters are Real!... more>>

Janus is part of a powerful and notorious family that all monsters fear; The Helsing Family. The Helsings are monster hunters that hunt and kill various mythical creatures from vampires to werewolves to ghouls. However, Janus has bigger issues than monsters, and that's his reputation with the Helsing Family. Not just because he's very different from the rest of his family with a supernatural ability he has, but he's not even related to them by blood! Follow Janus Van Helsing through London as he fights against the creatures of Darkness and the long-term trauma he has endured with the Helsing family that took him in. <<less

There was music, the raising of high towers, the scheming of lovers and thieves, and the birth of light.

It is often unclear when a thing comes to an end, the world itself no exception. In the event of the world ending, it was both abrupt and unnoticed, something down right confusing to most involved.... more>>

Due to this confusion, we will quickly cover the short window of events that led to the destruction of the generally known universe, following the primary instigators to hopefully give the whole thing a little much needed context.
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I have posted this fiction on Royal Road as well, which is currently farther ahead. However, they should be parallel before long.

Royal Road: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/38761/falling

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Author’s Note: Just to be clear ahead of time, I may go on hiatus between arcs, but it should be clear that an arc has ended.

Regardless, I currently plan to go on hiatus after the third arc, which is intended to be a natural breaking point (and may simply be the conclusion).

This is with the hope of not dropping off in the middle of the narrative, and I am mentioning it now so no one is surprised if there are planned pauses.

Content Warnings: I do not plan to include anything I would see as profanity or gore. However, I do expect my bar for what qualifies is both above some people’s and below others.

Therefore, I am including the Content Warnings so people are not surprised when my view is different.

If you find something you do not like, I wish you luck in moving on without it farther concerning you. If I was not as extreme as you were hoping, I apologize for not meeting expectations.

I am marking sexual content, since what is defined as sexual content is rather unclear and open to interpretation.

I will not be including explicit sex scenes, but sex and sexuality still exists and may come up as both an offscreen event or subject.

Cover Art: The art work is by me, and I will take it down immediately at request from the artist. <<less

Kazuhito is a 20 year old who leads an average life. But at night he seeks out urban legends to see whether they're real or... more>> not. What happens when he seeks out Hachishakusama, an 8 foot tall vampiric creature? <<less

September 10, 1919, nearly a full year after the armistice, the last military parade New York ever expects to see makes its way down Fifth Avenue. A soldier, a wanderer, and a thief abandon the spectacle to help a lone twin find his missing sister. ... more>>

A trail already three months cold leads them down an alley they swear did not exist before sundown, into a forest with no right to exist at all. A forest with no sun, no moon, not a single star, though the birds will lend their light in exchange for a song.

And as it turns out, finding the missing girl is only the beginning. <<less

Ma Qianle has never spared much thought for the things in his world that nobody has gotten around to proving yet. That is, until the day he nearly drowns and finds himself in hell but still alive. Newly appointed as the link between the mortal realm and the afterlife, he is thrust into a world of ghosts and spirits.... more>>

At first, nothing much changes in his day to day life, but soon strange incidents that even the kings of the underworld can't explain begin happening one after the other. Forced to work with the spirit who nearly killed him, Qianle digs deeper and deeper and finds that he is far more involved than anyone realized. Will he be able to save one person without losing any others? Not even fate knows the answer.

'I have guarded this place for centuries but in my heart you are the one I truly want to protect'

Author's note: Yep, it's BL. Don't like that fact, please kindly take yourself elsewhere. Contains strong language and gore, and /may/ contain R-18 content later on but no guarantees. Reversible couple, HE guaranteed. Updates Monday and Friday US time, plus occasionally additional chapters when I feel like it.

Cover Image is licensed CC-BY-SA, all other content all rights reserved.
spider lily photo by By Kakidai - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43639687
tree and wall Photo by Eric Muhr on Unsplash <<less

An old soul starts yet another journey. This time, however, it seems like it might be a little farther from home than usual...... more>>

He’s been around pretty much since forever. Literally.

He had thought the cycle would last until the end of times.

It didn’t.

Now, he must face a new world he knows nothing of. A world full of wonders and terrifying mysteries, beyond the grasp of mortals. Fortunately, there happens to be some implausible magicks to help him along the way. Unfortunately, it seems like he can't quite get the hang of them... Also, despite being strangely familiar, the System may be a bit of a jerk.

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This is a soft litrpg/Game-lit story!

The main character is no amoral monster, but he definitely leans closer to chaotic-neutral rather than good, i.e. if you're not okay with a selfish MC, the story might not be up to your liking.

While it's certainly not the main focus, there may occasionally be mentions of abuse, torture, rape, gore in general, etc. <<less

The world is not what it seems. The veil of history has been drawn, magic and wonder relegated to folklore, myth, and religion. Science and culture advance, dismissing the very existence of mythic beings as so much hokum. Yet these Creaturae — the remnants of bygone ages — linger, striving to maintain a place in a world that has convinced itself they don't exist.... more>>

Aaron Abrams is frustrated, fed up with his failure to live up to his so-called potential. Assassination attempts and strange new abilities leave him questioning his sanity until he's pulled into the Drakon, an ancient society that loosely unites and governs the descendants of the most legendary beasts — dragons. To survive the threat of his enemies and make the most of his new life, Aaron will need to learn about magic, the power of his heritage, the hidden world of the Creaturae, and figure out just what the hell he's going to do as the long-awaited leader of the Drakon. At least dragons are rich, right?

Here be dragons! Sorta.

What can you expect from The Book of Dragons?
✴ A slow burn
✴ Slice of life and progression elements
✴ Lots of world-building
✴ Touristy escapism
✴ Multiple POVs, each with a narrative voice adapted to the character
✴ A new look at creatures from fantasy, mythology, folklore, and more
✴ Updates on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
✴ Updates of at least 2,000 words (usually 3-4k) <<less