STUBBED - THIS STORY IS COMPLETE AND HAS MOVED TO AMAZON!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBRJ2S16
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[I died and was accidentally reborn as an angelic monstrosity, so now I’m building a holy dungeon-tower that is tall enough to reach the gods; so that I can complain about it! But the humans think that I am trying to destroy the world.]
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The senselessness of so much of the world’s death and suffering is made apparent to the dying paladin, Isaiah, in his final moments before he perishes and is, shortly thereafter, reborn into a comparatively quiet and peaceful existence as a simple blackbird.... more>>

However, the powerful magic of the god whom Isaiah himself had served in his prior human life upends this latest existence, as a spell goes awry, turning the entity instead into a strange, angelic monstrosity that is neither man nor animal.

Isaiah, desperate to return to its simple life as a blackbird, sets out to build the tallest tower ever seen by the eyes of the world in order to reach the reclusive gods who reside in the heavens above and make them undo the transformation in a bid to allow itself an escape from the complex suffering of intelligent, self-aware mortality.
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[Dungeon-Core] [litRPG] [Base-building] <<less

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'.

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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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Jason is a normal guy caring for his dying father, when a chance encounter with an alien symbiote changes his life in unexpected ways! ... more>> Set in my "Tales of Empire City" universe. Also published on TGST and Royal Road <<less

Eva Diaz, a marine biology student, has always loved the sea and the orcas that call it home. This makes her summer job a dream... more>> come true for the struggling university student. When an opportunity arises to check out her uncle's current project, a very rare specimen of cetacean, in the top-secret research facility of Ocean Land, she can't resist learning more. Except this specimen is a lot less whale and a lot more creature of myth. Mermaids shouldn't be real yet now it's her job to befriend one. Gripped by uncertainty she must choose whether to be a warden or to heed the call of the orca’s serenade. <<less

Orphaned at the age of eight in a dubious drowning accident, Fernando experiences a stroke of good fortune when he’s adopted by the aristocratic San... more>> Martín family of Bogotá. From a hardscrabble childhood spent on the streets, he enters into a fairytale life of wealth and privilege in which he excels. But the shadow of the past lingers. Now a young gentleman poised to attend university abroad, he learns of the existence of his long-lost maternal grandmother, who lives far away at the wild fringes of the Amazon. Fernando journeys to meet her, embarking on a dark, sensual odyssey that will take him through wildernesses unknown, as he seeks to uncover his mysterious blood-origins and confront the shadowy menace lurking in wait. [Dark fantasy adult novel with eventual smut] <<less

Welcome to the Skazka my dear lady and gentlemen!... more>>

I bring to your attention a collection of stories relating to another world. These are small stories about the fate of people connected by one very important and global event that will happen to them very soon. It so happened that these stories are very similar to the fate of the characters of Russian folk tales. But too many words kill the secret.

Shhh my little guests, close your eyes because you soon will transfer into another world of the Skazka. <<less

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

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

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

Einarr Stigandersen is the dispossessed prince of Raenshold, his father its landless Thane. They sail from port to port, leading a vagabond’s life aboard the longship Vidofnir, until a fateful battle with a demon ship and an unnatural storm send them reeling to Kjell Hall. A princess’ beauty and the Jarl’s wrath soon conspire to send Einarr on a series of impossible quests.... more>>

Will Einarr and the Vidofnings find adventure, glory, and revenge, or will they end as ashes in the frozen seas?

Cross-posted from allenelowrey.com and from Royal Road. Posts on allenelowrey.com are approximately 1 week ahead. <<less

Sirens. Those who sail the seas fear and despise them. They sing beautiful songs to lure men to their deaths, and supposedly their call is inescapable.... more>>

Or do they?

One wrecked sailor is about to find out what it is that sirens really do to the men they lure.

CONTENT WARNING: Language, abuse, death, (semi) cannibalism, mind/body control <<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

Ever since Aster’s mother died, home no longer feels like home. Now, she’s little more than a prisoner behind gilded bars; her father growing more distant by the day, her best friend missing and possibly left for dead.... more>>

So when a letter from the royal family arrives, inviting her to stay in the palace, Aster agrees.

She’s only been to the palace once, a memory she’s replayed countless times in her head, during her first fateful encounter with her fiancé. But when she comes face to face with Florian once more, he’s cold and apathetic; a far cry from the boy she used to dream of.

As Aster struggles to come to terms with Florian’s new demeanour, life in the palace reveals more than it’s rose covered façade. The maze within its gardens hides thorns that cut deep, and the spirits who call it home want nothing more than to see her go.

With all the odds against her, winning over her begrudging fiancé and the rest of the peanut gallery seems next to impossible. But with the help of her unflappable maid Fina, a brutally blunt swindler, and the apprentice of the palace’s magical deviant, maybe Aster might just have a shot at her happily ever after.

Updates every Friday
Cover art credits - @mnt_kaedi on Instagram <<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
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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.
Book Cover by Val! <<less

A complete, short vampire story, set in the Neolithic era (with speculative liberties taken). ... more>>

Happy Spooky Season!

CW: violence, gore, sexual situations (not explicitly detailed). <<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

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

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

The island of Siren's Cove: legend says that if you can pay your dues, you will be granted anything your heart will desire. Twin narratives... more>> from the island; Mortimer, a man who has recently accent to to the top of his family's company, celebrates on the beach while silently longing for something else in life. Five years later, his brother Edgar returns to the island looking for his own salvation. Ask for what you will, but be sure you can pay it; or the island will take what it wants from you... <<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

Home destroyed by an accident of Heaven, Dan and his family have been reborn. Transported into the galaxy of his dreams, Dan, May, and their two pets, navigate family life while they change the script of the world itself.... more>>

How far will they go to protect their new home?

What fate awaits them as the future changes its shape?

Join Dan and May as they adventure through space, build a kingdom and challenge the will of the force.

Please comment with any suggestions, as well as characters you’d like to see and universes you’d eventually like to visit! We do monthly polls for content on my patreon and this novel won! It will get five chapters a week and my highest priority. Join us on patreon if you want to vote in the next poll and make sure I know what the audience is most interested in!

This fanfiction contains elements of D.C. and Marvel comics, as well as the Star Wars canon and legends universes. It will also contain things from multiple other sources, like Warhammer 40k, Invincible, various anime and movies. It can be found on Royal Road, Webnovel and my Patreon for free as well. <<less

In ancient folklore and tales, they said the fae were beings of purist magic and foulest trickery, creatures who would mislead travelers into deadly bogs or steal children in the dead of night from their once safe beds. ... more>>

Autumn was one such child.

When a foolish witch made a poorly worded deal with these tricky creatures, they stole the poor girl whose only desire was to survive her last year in high school. They dragged her from restless slumber and tried to drown her in the deepest black waters of terror and pain.

She barely escaped with her fragile life and must now rely on the witch's advice and her own paralyzing fear to gain the power to return to her world.

Along the way, she’ll find herself lost in a world of magic, intrigue, and perhaps love.

If the fae don’t catch up to her first, for the Wild Hunt never stops until it has its prey.
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Be warned that this story contains elements of horror, gore, fear, and lesbian romance.
Chapter lengths are around 2000 words.
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Witching Souls - Part 1 of 3... more>>

Lexi is feared and misunderstood by those close to her. A coven is meant to be family, so why is the leader scared of her extraordinary abilities rather than celebrating them?

In a modern world twisted with the supernatural, a 17-year-old Lexi has struggled with a secret: her magical abilities are locked away. A heavy burden she has carried alone through her teenage years and one she is determined to correct.

Everything changes when she meets Leo, a mysterious newcomer. Drawn by an undeniable connection, they embark on a romance complicated by past lives. With the help of Leo, can Lexi break free from the barriers of fear and forge a new path? <<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