The Merchant, a tale that few people believe in. But when their world became one, he made this present known. While the world faced crises, he was there. But not to help or destroy.... more>>

He was there to see how much the heroes were willing to sacrifice for the greater good.

He was there to see how far the villains were willing to push to gain an upper hand.

He was there to witness the worst defeat, the greatest triumph.

He is known as 'The Merchant' the peddler of wishes. <<less

Aiden finally gave in to the messages barraging his phone after letting out a grunt of annoyance. With a dazed look, he let his hand fumble around the nightstand, eventually holding his phone after a few tries and opened it to numerous messages on the group from his friends.... more>>

Eyes still half closed, he went through the messages, “Look at the night, the moon looks so red!” “The moon is beautiful today!” “The night sky is breathtaking, look outside your window!” “There’s no way you want to miss the moon today!” Due to his habit of sleeping in complete darkness, with curtains closed, he didn’t, on instinct, immediately turn around to look outside the window near his bed, which caused his gaze to linger around longer to find a letter on the nightstand.

Huh? I don’t remember placing anything else here?

When he held the letter though, a symbol embossed on it immediately caught his attention. It was of a secret society he made along with his friends when they were kids. Friends who had one by one disappeared from his life. He opened it to find only a single piece of paper, and some liquid dripping on his palm.

Quickly transitioning to a sitting posture while he grasped the paper in one hand, he turned on the lamp with the other. His eyes widened, pupils dilating, as he looked at the hand holding the paper, which soon began shaking as dark red liquid kept sliding off the paper to stain his hand.

Is it blood?

Containing his fear, he concentrated his gaze onto the paper which had some messy words written over it with the same liquid.

“Don’t look at the moon!”

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The Great Smog brought countless incomprehensible disasters. Turns out it wasn’t unity that worked, but fragmentation. The government relocated people from cities to towns across the lands, thinning out the population. It worked, the number of disasters witnessed a drastic decline, making it manageable for the government to deal with.

Years after The Great Smog, Aiden Spencer has come across such incomprehensible disasters, one even in his home.

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Conditional Magic - It fascinated me when I read about it, so this is the magic in my novel.

Major themes - Magic and Corruption.
Minor themes - Fate and Free will.

Major tags - Magic, Mystery, Mythical races, Damaged civilization, Portals, Multiple Worlds.

Minor tags - Academy, Horror/Ghosts, Slice of life, Potatoes.

The name of the book is slightly end game so sorry if it doesn’t match in your head while you read the novel. <<less

Soul Stone spin-off focused on the adventures, misadventures, confusions and life of Rose's children in another world

A modern world that has somewhat recovered from a magical apocalypse. Eclair and her two friends will discover their true selves or death that awaits

What separates a man from a monster? ... more>>

Charlotte, the Arachne has asked herself this question all her life. Having been raised in a cage by men afraid of her inhuman form, she longs for nothing more than to be free. But when she offers herself up as a weapon in the Emperor's war machine, she will find that freedom may cost more than she is willing to pay when she encounters the wrong man, Saint David.

Saint David is an honored member of the Silverblood family, one of the ruling militant orders of the Silver Dawn. His people believed Charlotte’s kind to be extinct, but when the monsters of old return in the midst of war, they vow to finish what they started three millennia ago. <<less

Seven hundred years after the battle with the dreaded Nightscale and his Host of Dusk, The Elhyrissian Empire enjoyed centuries of peace and prosperity. Terrianis Julitae Elhyrissiar, the current Emperor of the Elhyrissian Empire, receives the ominous warning of the Almodo, warning him of the Shadow that envelops the world slowly. His task, to find and guide the Chosen of Almodo, to defeat this new evil before it roots itself, and most importantly before it finds the Chosen and alters the Dream of the Almodo.... more>>

Will the Emperor find the Chosen? Will the Empire endure the coming days as a new movement rears its head in the capital? And if so, how will the fate of the Empire and Elhyrissian change? <<less

As early 20th-century immigrants to America, Arish and Nicola settled in different parts of the country. Generations later, their families’ lives collide when a grandson... more>> stumbles onto one man’s dark secret. What begins as research into a family tree project explodes into a mystery with frightening directions. <<less

Introduction 1:
"There are many legends and stories about werewolves and vampires, dragons and elves, spirits and demons, but why he couldn't find any record about a being who lives, yet seems not to exist in this world?
Is this ritual dangerous? Summoning demons? Sacrificing his soul?
Luther closes his eyes tightly. Deep down, he knows what his decision is.
He needs an answer to his fifteen-year-long question."... more>>

Introduction 2:
This is a story about two children.
One was born with everything.
The other lost the only few things he had.
What will happen when the Flow of Destiny intertwines their lives?
This is a story about salvation and being saved, about life and death, about exploration and adventure, about kinship, friendship, and love.

Disclaimer:
- First story ever. Please be gentle. :D
- No sexual content. Mainly about two boys awakening their power, meeting, befriend, and travel/explore the magical worlds together.
- Has cultivation but not gonna be the main focus.
- The story takes mythical references from Greek mythology, the Bible, and Dante's Inferno, but will add, remove, and modify many different details. Please consider this as an alternate universe before reading. <<less

A typical romantic encounter is something that everyone would like to experience that opens their own chapter in life… or at least, that’s what a high-schooler Katsuto expects, but things is not really what it seemed for everyone.... more>>

Meet Ayame Olivia Yatsushiro, a half-Japanese, half-Swiss transfer student from Switzerland due to her father's job reassignment back to his home country and for her to study her Japanese heritage.

Her encounter with Katsuto would change both of their lives for the rest of it — a story of two high-school students who will have the most unique four seasons of their entire lives.

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In the following story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in the production of this (writer’s fantasy) novel may be borderline fictitious and purely fictitious at the same time. Any kind of references from anywhere should be taken with a grain of sarcasm.

Viewer Discretion is Advised. <<less

Dove, a shy, introverted guy who likes cute things, inadvertently forms a group of fellow yuri (girl's love manga) fans on social media. The trouble... more>> is that they've assumed he's a girl! Having accidentally brought up the idea of having an IRL meetup, he's decided that he has no other choice but to crossdress to the meetup to avoid certain social death. Thus ensues a lighthearted story from the heart about self-discovery, relationships, acceptance, and intersecting paths. <<less

Tensions grow in the overcrowded city of Yartha as it enters a blistering summer and a second year of severe drought. As the season reaches its zenith, scholar Byron Levant forgoes a life of privilege to devote himself to a long-forgotten religious sect, and in his mystical pursuits stumbles across a way to bring rain back to the land. ... more>>

Swept up in the whirlwind of his reckless ambition are Syatt and Pox, lowborn thieves and petty criminals from Tabby Square, and Alma Bryde, a former soldier of the Yarthanguard with a mysterious past and a penchant for drink. As a grim shadow of violence looms over the city, citizens both lowborn and highborn whisper of blessings from the gods, the return of magic, and a dark prophecy that threatens them all. <<less

After that event... The world was never the same again. Economies weakened, countries tried to expand and lock themselves in like dying stars; the progress... more>> we were so proud of became only a fleeting remembrance in the memory of some grandparents. Of all the nations that managed to expand and prosper, Taured was always the quintessential hermetic country. In this place, three young friends will have to make a tough decision, after reuniting with a childhood friend who they thought had died. The towering plateau and its gods of yesteryear eagerly watch the times of change. <<less

Chronicles of Arla follows the magical world of Arla where the forests sing, caves speak, and four kingdoms ruled by Ascended Incarnates—beings blessed with the power of the Arlan Gods—dominate and clash for power.... more>>

Set in the aftermath of The Hallow War, the deadliest magical war in Arlan history, the Chronicles of Arla tells the interconnecting stories of magical and non magical Arlans who are still reeling from their losses, and desperately trying to pick up the pieces of a once glorious land from the ashes; the stories of murderous, cunning Ascended Incarnates and the nightmares that seek to destroy them; the story of a forbidden love triangle that finds a cursed prince and a banished king warring for a beloved Queen; the story of a bisexual royal who must choose either the woman she is falling for or the cause she was born in; and the story of how two rebellious political factions rise in power, desperate for revenge, with the help of The Unseen—an immemorial shapeless, faceless being, with its own secrets, agenda, and hidden army. <<less

Nati aims for a simple life.
He behaves strangely around people, struggles to make friends, and thinks of love as a foreign concept until he meets Alexandra. But he falls into the abyss.
In another world, he wakes up as his love interest and attempts to live that simple life as a catgirl.
Power struggles, betrayal, and medieval society make his life difficult, but he retains most of his memories and encounters the magic of this world. He faces all the new challenges head-on, but his adventures escalate into epic battles.
While Nati stands at the center of the story, the friends and enemies he makes along the way also share their point of view.... more>> Orcs and beastmen, humans, and even gods contest the title to rule over the continent. Will they let Nati live the peaceful life he wanted?

I appreciate all the feedback. Let me know what you like or hate about the story to help me improve it. Don’t forget to follow it and leave a review. I might edit my chapters after release, but it never affects the plot or the events, only the quality. <<less

Book Two in the Let Chaos Reign storm series ~
Unruly hair aside, the sneaking out and turbulent ride over here seemed overall smoother than usual. Which, in my experience, usually means there is still something that is inevitable to go wrong. If it hasn't already, then it will. Guaranteed. Every. Damn. Time.... more>>

I start to pace, my mind going back through tonight's events, wondering if I might have missed something. Maybe he forgot… I don't know why I think that every time.

This cave is one of the very scarce constants in this landscape of dancing destruction. The Scar is always persistently changing, yet not, the tornados wreaking havoc in their predictably twisting and reckless ways.

The Scar remains a weird kind of maze of canyons and ravines that have been continuously carved by endless parades of swirling pillars of dust, dirt, debris, and anything else that gets caught up in it. Tornadoes dictate the landscape for miles on all sides, some taking the same paths over and over, enough so that mapping them has been a tedious, yet not impossible, task for nearly a full decade now. For the research cartographers and various elders of specific areas of expertise... Not me, specifically.

I'm just a TumbleTech.

The Tumbler is a magnificent little creation that essentially acts as storm debris at the very least, personalized rocket at most, depending on the size of the fuel tank and the kick behind the thrusters on a 360° rotation. Also, it can tow a two-ton wreckage comb like it’s nothing–those handy debris-collecting honey-comb-looking cages the Rovers use to scavenge for treasures of an ancient world. <<less

The history is about a person being related to an eternal and unique force that would decide the destiny of everything that exists; the relationships... more>> that he forges in his adventures and lives would decide how he is going to end using this vital power for all. <<less

Ripped from his world and transported to a different realm, James Holter finds himself sharing his body with a mysterious foreign spirit. Armed with only his wits and the help of new friends, he must survive the dangers of Valenfrost.... more>>

Amidst marauders and grotesque abominations lurking at every turn, the man from Earth will go through tribulations, endure suffering, and face the daunting shadow of war.

Can James defy the odds and emerge triumphant in the icy grip of Valenfrost, or will he become just another frozen casualty, a mere echo of countless others who came before him?

If you feel like conversing or asking me questions, join the discord! You can also self-promote your own work there as well, bonus points if it's in the same genre as mine. Don't be afraid to tag me and ask stuff. You can even complain about certain book stuff if you want.

Anyway, here is the link: https://discord.gg/Vz5xVaJTAs <<less

What does it mean to be a hero? Daniel Evans seeks to find the answer to that question as he navigates a world that is... more>> both familiar and completely unknown, with enemies emerging from all directions and tentative allies He will have to be Defiant. SI-OC, MC-hero, MC-viltrumite, MCU-AU, DC Comics AU. Marvel AU. <<less

This is a collection of short stories, of those who live in a modern fantasy world laced with magic, hidden from those unable to perceive it.
Each retells their view of their world and its interactions within and without. Of a world where the supernatural and mundane blend and the residents deal with the challenges presented.... more>>

The numbers on the Chapter denote chronically what order it occurs for that character in the title.
Each poem and fragment of a story is told from the view of its POV character.
(There will be something of a plot, though there is room for interpretation.)

I will be releasing a chapter every few days until this Novel is complete. <<less

Soune Argent wants a quiet life.... more>>

However, such a privilege is rare on Durendel.

Pockets of civilisation are kept in check by growth-hungry corporations and a stern-handed government. Any and all actions are watched by an orbital ring ready to stifle conflicts before they can start, scouring outcasts and undesirables from the face of the scarred planet. All for the sake of maintaining peace.

Soune Argent is a victim of this peace. Narrowly saved from the destruction of her home as a child, she was raised in and taught to survive the chaotic lands that litter the world. Now alone once more, she seeks to claim a spot for herself within an Oasis' and finally live a life free from struggle. The path to peace is hardly a straight one, fraught with conflicts and conspiracy. Along the way, Soune discovers she isn't quite as alone as she thought, or that the history of the world is as straightforward as it seems.

To survive on Durendel is a struggle, to thrive even moreso. To be happy is a fight against the system, a fight worth picking.

Inspired by a myriad of settings and stories spanning from the peaks of high fantasy and sci-fi to low, grounded character driven dramas; Stray Stars blends dark fantasy elements into a conflict-fueled future, focusing on the people who struggle against that world and the connections that are forged from it. <<less

Zaina Quin is an ordinary young woman working her father's farm when her life is turned upside down by the impending end of her world.

The Dollchip was created in military labs, as a means to quickly create usable soldiers. The entertainment industry put a... creative spin on its use. Most gangs in Night City also dabble in said industry, while also servicing the more dubious wants of clients, leading to many a tragic fate that make Scavs look appealing. Caught in one such fate, what does one do? With new knowledge and chrome, return the implant to what it was originally intended to be. So pick up the pieces and reassemble into something new.
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So here goes, first ever story I'm deciding to flesh out and post. This is basically my first time writing anything longer than... more>> an essay, do please leave feedback. The idea for this story came from datashards in cp77 (See: Cyberpsycho Sightings: Smoke on the Water) and while I was at it I added a missfired isekai in there. I'm trying to find a way to have MC become OP without any system or magic bs, let me know how well you think I managed. When/if I eventually get there. I think I struggle with balancing environment descriptions and moment to moment acts with moving along the story in a timely fashion. Again, please do leave feedback.
Quick disclaimer: I'm not going to write smut in this. Writing gore I'm fine with, but actually writing any details about said tragic fate that I am teasing will not happen. Besides the unknown horror having more impact, some things are just better left unsaid. Also, I hope I ticked all the right boxes for Content Guidelines and stuff. Tag suggestions are welcome, alot of them are technically applicable, but maybe not accurate (yet, hopefully). I do not own Cyberpunk 2077 or any related copyrights.

*Cover AI generated with WOMBO Dream. Will probably change when I learn to better wrangle prompts. <<less

Below the Heavens (series)... more>>

"Fantasy Napoleon needs help to fight kill Darth Vader." 
Tongue-in-cheek tagline aside, this is a traditional high fantasy story!
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Book 1 - JiangXi (complete)

Molam longs to return home after successfully stealing from the Empire. But the enigmatic Oracle dangles it just out of reach, assigning him another task: to steal wood from the sacred World Tree from the Empire.

The task sends Molam to an Empire city on the brink of collapse, its inhabitants desperate to survive the impending Winter's Sorrow. United with a group of allies handpicked by the Oracle, Molam realizes he is the Oracle's last piece in a decades-long plan to thwart the Empire's relentless ambition to reach Heaven.

Entering the fray comes with lurking enemies, mistrust among allies, and lethal scrutiny from all sides. Continually at risk of having his lack of aura exposed, Molam relies on his wits to navigate powerful individuals with misdirection and a facade of powers. To obtain the group's help and trust, he must balance his new responsibilities against his deeper, more personal goals.

There is no synopsis for Book 2 going forward to avoid spoilers.

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Expectations:
- MC has no powers. Wits and strategy only.
- Meaty chapters averaging 3500 words.
- Expansive secondary world.
- Updates once a week! (With breaks after each interlude)

Community: https://discord.gg/2pUZR4yfTT

Come chat on Discord — I'm happy to engage with readers or other writers on writing and storytelling.

Cover art by the wonderful Kiguri: https://twitter.com/nomaismar <<less

My first anthology of short stories, covering Man’s emergence, colonization, and the rise of his industries. Cover art by Vlad Momot (paid by Schizoid Nightmares). Released under CC BY 4.0.... more>>

Each chapter is a scene in a short story (e.g. Story, Scene #: Scene Title). <<less

What happens when a man is allowed to ask for anything he wants and all he replies is -... more>>

"Nothing!"

How would he survive in the Marvel universe without any cheats, without any system, without any... help?

While others clamor for cheats, powers, systems, etc.

Valexis Haller embraces the chaos with only his peak human intelligence to guide him.

Follow along on his story of determination and the will to succeed against all odds.

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Check out my Patreon if you want to read ahead.

patreon.com/aidenusmani

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Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership over any of the Marvel characters appearing in this novel, which has been created solely as a work of fan fiction.

I must clarify that the cover art featured in this publication is the property of its original creators and all associated rights remain with them. <<less