What’s on the other side of space? No one knows. Not even those living out on Nereid. Everyone here has a screw loose somewhere, but perhaps that’s what it takes the survive the cold clutches of Triton.... more>>

As mundane as he prefers life to be, living out in a space station puts Oliver far from that ideal. Ranging from dealing with everyday disasters to figuring out the secrets of the universe, he lives a pretty interesting life. Now, if only the doctor lady next door would, you know, look at him.

At least bi-weekly updates, and at most weekly updates on Friday. <<less

~Cover art by Joeydrawss~
CONTENT WARNINGS: Gore, Self-harm, Attempted Suicide
Brian Alexson, going by his artist name Hex. He is the lead vocalist and does a lot of the work in his Dark Electro/Industrial band. Hex is an eighteen year old musician. He’s a smoker, a drinker, and a druggie, such a bad lifestyle! Hex is just getting over a bad breakup, when a girl shows up at his doorstep, the manager, and his friend and roommate Owen, are going to get an earful! They don’t know that their lives are going to change forever, and it doesn’t have much to do with Din showing up at Hex’s door. Who would have thought a little... more>> jewelry box with weird markings could cause so much trouble? Who is the mysterious woman knocking on Hex’s door to return something Hex bought at a flea market? That little demon girl, who is she? And why does she seem so smitten with Hex? What is an Angel of Acid, really? Just Hex’s band name, or something more?

This is book 1 of the Zoriyan Legacy series, and is a prequel to The Light Maiden's Mark <<less

A humdrum banker seeks out an unusual detective, known for taking cases too strange for police to solve, to find his vanished niece. The client... more>> soon finds himself in over his head as his eyes are opened to a secret world. One that has been hiding within the shadows of his alt near-future city of London. Magic and technology merge in a feat to rescue the kidnapped girl and bring her safely home to her family. <<less

At the edge of the multiverse, tucked within corners and folds of old dimensions, lays a bed of clouds and memories. Each dimension, older then... more>> time itself, held it aloft and sheltered it from wind and rain. On that bed, there lay a single soul as pure as white. However, dimensions eventually die, leaving gaps for this source of energy to be detected. Each dimension wept as they sent their soul away, hoping to protect it from the evils that lay within the world outside.
In desperate attempt, drew the last of their power to create a single entity as devoted to the being as they were. With their dying will, they created a protector so powerful, that even gods were back away in fear. All this - just for that singular being. <<less

Arman Bruno, recently recruited as a trainee for the Aseatic Defense Division, is one of a handful of survivors from a devastating attack aboard the West Sea Citadel known as the Buhawi. Bleeding in his arms is the Fleet Admiral Amihan, the hero of the West Sea War, who reveals to him that someone inside the government was working against the New Republic. ... more>>

With the help of his fellow recruits Marcus and Dara, along with his training officer Andreus, they go back to the mainland to find the city in chaos; The Crimson Legion was running rampant in the Metro. It is now up to them and their Amanium-powered submersibles to devise a plan to save the city, reveal the traitor, and hopefully make it out alive. <<less

In the future, due to humanity greed for knowledge had led every single part of the world to be constantly covered by extreme weather making... more>> living outside next to suicide. Due to this fact, humanity created mega structure called Sections, 600 floor tall building that is close to the size a normal city and can house over a billions of people. This story focus on the repairmen of Sections called Darer. They are named so due to the fact they put their life on the line to save the Sections from collapse. A sneak peak of sort for the Story-verse I'm creating. <<less

In the year 2019 Earth experienced a world-wide event called "the breach" where endless waves of monsters invaded the planet through portals. Humans fought a war for two straight years without gaining the upper hand against the powerful monster hordes. It wasn't until world leaders came together and founded the Interdimensional Ranger Association (IRA) that things began to change in humanity's favor. The IRA trained people to become rangers capable of taming monsters and using them to fight. With the help of rangers around the globe the monster hoards were pushed back and scientists created the Nexus to prevent more portals from opening up on Earth.... more>>

Ten years later and now monsters are a central aspect of human society. Many children wish to grow up and become rangers in order to train monsters and explore the frontier. Our protagonist, Impiro Fushima, is no different. Now at the age of 18 he's able to become a Ranger once he graduates from high school. However, one thing sticks out about Impiro: after taming his first monster he receives a special status window that allows him to view detailed information about monsters! With this he could become the strongest ranger ever!

Follow along Impiro's journey to explore the infinite frontier and learn everything there is about the monster world!

Inspired by Monster Pet Evolution. <<less

The bond of two: man and girl, attempts to survive in all seven realities which inflicted with danger from invasion of unknown enemies in every world.... more>>

Waltren Eragle was born with untreated-illness. He created World Blueprint, defeated a doctor's future vision that he would die in few years. With the power, he had been living simultaneously in seven realities: Blueprint Reality, Science Reality, ALIEN REALITY, Alchemy Reality, Rune Reality, Steam Reality, MAGIC REALITY. Though, the disease was about to coming back after eight years. Despite hopeless, he lived long enough, accepted his fate soon and prepared to pass this ability to someone else. After third selection who failed, he encountered a girl who seemed to be a unsure yet qualify to grand the right. However, as he was teaching her everything to know about World Blueprint, otherworld invasion occurred one by one in every reality.

Siqura Selvona was grew up with debt left by his father. She and her mother were working day and night, chased the end month to dismiss the flowery-interest rate. As weight gone from her life, she thought everything would be greater when all of sudden his mother disappeared and treated by people as murderer. Have no idea what was going on, stressed from massive rumors, until when they started seeking a revenge. Peaceful was over, she was about to raise weapon with her bare flesh-hand, believed herself as daughter of criminal but a boy who she never met before rescue her. On next day, people somehow forget about her mother and blamed the tragedy to someone else. The boy who saved her acted like close childhood friend even though she had no recollection of relationship. With her mother still missing, she took connection who a completely stranger to her.

(Check Glossary if this not enough.)

Available on sites:
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Royal Road - https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/29384/variety-of-life
Wattpad - https://www.wattpad.com/story/210843130-variety-of-life
Webnovel - https://www.webnovel.com/book/17174007506882105

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"Perfect Blueprint Volume 01 - Soul Hack" - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y8SS7SD <<less

Ever wonder how an immortal would live their life in the modern world? Being wealthy, handsome, perfect, and forever young, Caspar was every woman’s idol.... more>>

Even though countless girls had thrown themselves at him, he had never been in love. That is, until he met a certain girl who couldn't care less about his awesomeness. She was not into love because she only had a mind for MONEY - MONEY AND MONEY.

Growing up as a poor orphan, she had learned that she shouldn’t rely on anyone! The only one she trusted and cared about was her best friend, and that was enough for two lifetimes.

She was stingy, money-hungry, and must be a little crazy. Why won't she just accept his love? He had bought an island for her. He had bought every flower sold in the country until other couples didn't have a single rose to celebrate Valentine’s Day with.

Heck, he had even built her a money pool so she could swim in money like Scrooge McDuck since she loved money so much!

But were those truly enough to win her heart?

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This is a book series with 3 volumes about the Alchemist people who live as immortals in the modern world:

1. The Alchemist
2. Aleksis & Prince Siegfried
3. Proposal 101

Each volume is an independent story that can be read separately. <<less

"I have waited for 20 years and traveled halfway across the universe to find you. I can wait a bit more," said the young king in understanding.... more>>

Emma was touched by his sincere words. "Thank you."

All Emma wanted in life was to meet her family. Who would have thought she had to travel through space and time to find them?

***
Emma Stardust, who was abandoned in front of an orphanage when she was four years old, turns out to be the daughter of a runaway princess and a formidable general from Planet Akkadia. Her parents left her behind to save her from the pursuit of the Akkadian royal family.

Thirteen years later, the secret to her past was uncovered when she suddenly woke up at the top of the Eiffel Tower and realized that she could control fire, wind, and various other elements.

And the Crown Prince of Akkadia wanted Emma to become his wife? What happened to Emma's parents? Can Emma accept the prince's love? Will her powers bring her companies ... or enemies?

Follow Emma's journey as she unravels the mystery surrounding her past and her future, and finds true love in the process.

If you like a strong female lead, space, doting male-leads, astronomy, magic, science, and slice-of-life.. You will be spoiled by this book! <<less

Sky and Winter are both two loners that lead very different lives in very different times. Sky is an orphaned high schooler from the year... more>> 2018 while Winter is a fierce mercenary from the year 3000. Fate seems to draw them together when their phones, despite the time difference, connect through FaceTime. Will it create a friendship that overcomes time and space? <<less

A story about World War 3 that take place in a similar story-verse as "The day I died, the day I live" way back in... more>> the past. This story focus mostly on the horrors of war. (Note: Story is prone to be edited, especially the dates) I added a Glossary to keep up with who what an such. <<less

Ever since he was a child, Marcus Daimon has been cursed with a sense of duty.... more>>

Dragged by its current all his life, only his loving family anchors him.

But a political undertow soon takes him far away from that family.

Called on by The United Federation of Earth and coerced by his powerful father-in-law, Marcus is put into cryostasis and sent on a mission light-years in distance and decades in duration.

Bound by duty and forced to abandon his wife and daughter, Marcus wants nothing more than to finish the mission and go home.

That's the plan anyway.

But when Marcus wakes to find the UFE Arcadia silent and seemingly empty, he learns firsthand that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. <<less

Year 2190 of the Old Calendar System, or Year 120 of the New Calendar, humanity's technology advanced by leaps and bound. While they encountered numerous crises enough to eradicate all of humanity, all beings even, at earth, they managed to pull through.... more>>

Year 0 of the New Calendar, ever since then, nothing is ever the same. The “Great Devastation”, a great earthquake at the world scale, occurred.

It wiped out all civilization and a half of the human population. All that's left is rubbles and the remaining humans, tasked to build their civilization from scratch.

And they succeeded! They're much more prosperous than before. But soon they noticed that the world isn't what it once been.

This time, surely, they will survive? <<less

Yulan a 5,000 year old yulan magnolia tree was suddenly hit by lightning which transformed him into a creature he has never seen before in his entire life. It was not long before he met a massive female bird (who is actually a male dragon) and his life from that moment on became one full of countless new discoveries. ... more>>

Wang Hei a 1,000 year old dragon who recently became an adult was stunned by the sight of an adorable naked young man and then suffered from a huge shock of being called “A Female Bird” from said adorable young man (whom he soon discovered is actually 4,000 years older than him along with the original form being a yulan magnolia tree). <<less

An orphan that had a horrible life after being adopted by a rich man died after killing himself along with the man.... more>>

However, fate seemed to have things planned for him as that orphan was transmigrated in the future far, from 2019 to 5000 years in the future, humanity had explored the space and its dangers, facing near-annihilation times.

They discovered something called 'Siddha', an energy every being had and could cultivate, being transmigrated in such a future in the body of a youngster named 'Vidd Erbe', the orphan was hopeless.

But as all reincarnators/transmigrators, Vidd Erbe had a cheat: a Dimension that had monsters inside it, when he killed them, Siddha Essences ''dropped'' from them, one he could use to get stronger.

Through that Hunting Dimension, his jouney to becoming the Dimensional Ruler had just begun

Want to read up to 20 chapters ahead of the free released? Support me on patreon: www.patreon.com/nyatsui

Join my Discord Server: https://discord.gg/raxESmd <<less

Living in his sister's mansion in the wealthy West District of Olympus-3, a Sky City, Sander wallows away his days in self-pity, disregarding the grim... more>> Earth of 2201 - which has suffered warring mage factions and devastation by monsters from the Chaos Realm.
Five years have passed since his daughter died under mysterious circumstances, something he could neither solve, nor get his mind off to the present day. Everything changes, however, when he meets Scarlett - a Lunar Knight who whisks him away from his gloomy life after he discovers that she is battling the Chaos… <<less

Candidate Jacob Mercury,... more>>

You are deemed qualified to enter the final rounds of the 3020 Eaton invitational. As an applicant, your intellectual ability and the versatility of your Gift stood out to the admission committee. Among the twenty thousand applicants who have participated, you are in the final hundred qualified to take part in the last round.

Wishing you the best in all your future endeavors. We look forward to your performance in the finals.

All hail the Emperor.

All hail Britannia.

Director of Admissions

<Latest chapters @RoyalRoad- https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/29120/jack-mercury-battle-academy> <<less

It all started with the idea of the mesocosm. A concept our creators lifted from ecology. An idea that began to reshape how they thought about virtual spaces. Right around then, our best history tells us, was where the line first began to blur beyond recognition. ... more>>

And now, we are lost. <<less

Stuck in the future, Sir Dante Allegro doesn't just have to reclaim his spear, squire and steed — he also has to stop tourists from colonising Medieval England.... more>>

Updates Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. <<less

〈Hello, Handsome Stranger!〉... more>>

Your voice is 〈A Whisper in the Night〉, your 〈Sweet Fragrance〉 a memory I am unable to forget. You are my good 〈Brother〉, my 〈Study Companion〉, my 〈Safe Haven〉, 〈Heaven‘s Gift〉 to me.

Maybe it was 〈Love at Second Sight〉 that brought us together. 〈The Next Natural Step〉 would be our 〈Two Confessions〉 and to 〈Make It Legal〉 at last. From the 〈First Time〉 we met, to our 〈Anniversary〉 or to our 〈Wedding Night〉, I want to 〈Treasure Every Day〉 with you and tell you 〈Welcome Home〉 when you return in the evening.

〈A Bowl of Rice〉 and 〈Ten Pieces of Gold〉 are the same to me as long as they‘re shared with you. I want to go through the 〈Good Times〉 and the bad times with you. I 〈Dare〉 you to 〈Fight for It〉 if we are ever about to lose hope. It‘s just like an 〈Adventure〉 that the two of us will only be able to pass together.

If you have to 〈Walk Alone〉 for a stretch of this path, then I will be 〈Waiting for You〉 at the finish line whether it‘s for 〈Five Days〉 or 〈Twenty-five Years〉, not caring if we move 〈Into a Palace〉 or live in a 〈Lonely Hut〉. I would only be 〈Brokenhearted〉 if you weren‘t with me at the end.

So please, 〈Promise Yourself to Me〉 because among all the men of this world, I am unable to choose anyone but you.

A Collection of 30 Gay Romance Short Stories <<less

Wanting to leave his former life behind, Aarav was on his way to the United States when his flight crashed. Regaining consciousness, he realized he... more>> was not on Earth but a different planet, a different world where days and nights were much longer, plants and animals were something never seen on Earth and the nights were never dark. They were blue. And it was much more technologically advanced than Earth with space travel was the norm. Not just technology, magic too.
He was a former military officer. Surviving in the harsh territory was not an issue for him. But there were other survivors with him. Other survivors included a hard-working doctor and his family of four, a chatter-box archaeologist and his son, a group of the Korean boy band, a Japanese student, a pilot, few air hostesses, a group of British youngsters and many usual salary workers.
The natives of the planet aided them and suggested them to go to Elysium, a place few billion lightyears away, laced with advanced magic and technology where dreams come true. To reach Elysium, they faced many ups and downs. They get betrayed, scammed, stranded, and even lost their lives. They chose various paths to reach their goal, to get back home. <<less

In the year of 2377 the god of silver screen passes away in his sleep, at only twenty nine. In a world trillions of eons away, Ruha wakes up in a body that is uncannily like his own. In this life of unimaginable wonders, in this world that is more infinite than ever, on the innumerable paths and choices that are unshackled as he had never dared to hope for – Ruha is alive once more, stepping forward to that summit where only legends can stand.... more>>

But within these wonders seems to lark dark tendrils of conspiracies that are tied to Ruha himself, to an identity hidden from his own memories. As the lights brighten over him once more, the shadows stretches out ever longer, and the young god awakens yet again, standing in his true mythos.

And there is that man. The one who is the axis around which Ruha is rotating. The one who speaks to his heart, merges in his soul – in a seamless entirety of chaotic harmony.

[#MilWordY2020-2021
Metus Contest Theme - Life's Art
Cover edited in Canva, based on a free templete] <<less

War exhales its foul inevitable breath upon the Elementi race. King Jrax Ferno has had enough of living under Jhori rule, and makes plans to... more>> join the long banished Elementi of the Farako Quadrant. His son, Dravon, fights to reclaim his title at the Jhori Academy. Meanwhile, his other son, Jraken, has been mysteriously enrolled into the academy two years early. Jessa Hardu seeks to get herself noticed by a Jhori Agency and must find a fourth team member before the mid-term tournament. Overlord Darex Thunderfist of the Farako Quadrant sends his daughter, Marilyn, to inspect the tactically placed planet of Wulfo for the war to come. What she finds on Wulfo is a danger to all Elementi and people of the galaxy. <<less

Jason Flynt, teenage businessman and sole heir to the Flynt fortune, is the richest man in the world. After burying himself in work and brutal training in every profession he could get his manicured hands on, he is taking tremendous steps in fulfilling his late parents' dream. To make humanity great. While that is to be done, naturally. There seems to be something anomalous brewing up in a lab on the North Pole. ... more>>

You can only hope Jason Flynt is ready to handle adding 'Being a Father' to his unending list of responsibilities. <<less