High school friends Mark and Joel have their lives uprooted when Joel discovers that his late mother was a princess who fled from another world. With the King old and infirm, Joel is asked to return to that world and take his place as the rightful heir. ... more>>

Before that, he must graduate high school. How will Joel be able to live in a new world and claim his throne?

Mark, a nerdy and isolated young man, follows his one close friend to a new high school in a new world. It can’t be worse than NYC in the early 1990s, can it...?

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Notes:
* The story is cross-posted on Royal Road under the same username
* We're finally getting into some of the harem/romantic subplot. More romcom, fewer mysteries, for the next several chapters.
* Character portraits for some of the main characters are linked in the glossary

Any/all feedback appreciated, including negative/critical feedback. :)

Any questions about the world or things I can add to the glossary is also appreciated. <<less

Holmer Aldnoa is a hardworking special agent living in Freedom City. The place is one of the most corrupted environment where the high-ranking criminals are living comfortably and lurking in the shadows freely. ... more>>

Technically, he is a regular man who wanted to retire from his tough job, but for many reason, the world won't let him escape.

Watch our protagonist as he struggles to survive in this hellish place and becomes the famous, influential and universally feared hunter of the entire world.

Glossary:

Arc 1: Volume 1 - "Chapter 1. My Prologue: Holmer Aldnoa’s Soliloquy I" to "Chapter 48. Side Story: Helena Is Not Obsessed!"
Arc 2: Volume 2 - "Chapter 1. My Prologue: Holmer Aldnoa’s Soliloquy II" to present. <<less

For as long as anyone can remember, humans have been preyed upon by Harbingers, living nightmares which devour dreams and passions and souls, and defended by Keepers. These children alone hold the gift of magic, the wild and wondrous ability to impose emotions over reality and empower their frail bodies with the splendor of their souls. Under their protection, humanity was able to survive and thrive.... more>>

While modern Keepers have come to enjoy a social position somewhere between celebrities and religious idols, very few accept the mantle simply to be a hero. The Messengers of the Goddess Claiasya, spirits charged with awakening the magic in suitable souls, promise that Keepers who consume and purify enough Harbingers will obtain the power to change themselves or the world in nearly any way they wish.

It’s for this purpose that Liadain Shiel, a young girl born terminally ill, throws herself into life as a Keeper when her opportunity comes, hoping against hope to rewrite her fate and save her life while she still can.

But magic wants its wielders to grow and change, not simply continue living, and the secrets swimming beneath the sea and behind the sky have lives and designs of their own.

Nowhere Stars is an ongoing fantasy-horror web novel about traumacore magical girls, nightmares clothed in ribbons and lace, alienation from reality, and broken children twisting the world into whatever shape they must to make their dreams come true.

This is a mirror of Nowhere Stars' home site, located here: https://nowherestars.net/
Updates will be posted at the same time, currently every other Wednesday.

Please be aware that my writing trends quite dark and disturbing. If you're looking for more detailed content warnings, there's a list that should be considered to apply to the story as a whole here: https://nowherestars.net/content-warnings/

Discord: https://discord.gg/UPYYpcvfqX
Topwebfiction: https://topwebfiction.com/listings/nowhere-stars/ <<less

Four Monster Girls living in Saitama, struggling as they must hide their true selves from Human society. Meet Mochizuki Haru, a Red Oni living with... more>> a Catgirl, a Harpy & a 1000 year old cosmic entity with the destructive capacity of a small star. While going about their lives a number of sinister forces lurking in the shadows pop out to cause strife, making them question their position amongst Humans <<less

Fukaze Honzo is a 16-year-old student that frequently struggles with... well existing. Set in the rather 'boring' suburbs of Takabata, in Nagoya, Honzo has a hard time trying to come to terms with himself, despite his clear privileged status in society and a friendship group. He suffers from episodes of depersonalization, with him feeling like an outsider within his own body. As he starts the second year, he finally recognizes that this gloomy and negative personality might need to change, or at least improve his outlook. Just as fortune may have it, there's an idealist, maybe even naive, senpai who invites him, and his friends to a brand new school club. ... more>>

It's called the Culture & Travel Club. A club all about making the community a better place and learning all about the world. And that all starts here, in Nagoya. Despite this, Honzo still needs to navigate the absurdities of living. One day, he might start appreciating himself. Perhaps, even someone else, too.

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Warning: There are some topics that might be a bit upsetting. The characters talk about murder/manslaughter and crime as well as a vehicular accident.

There is no pattern to dropping anymore but I try on Tuesdays. This is also the first web-novel I've written, so I really have no idea if it's even adequate. I literally only started writing for fun and a month later, I have now written enough for at least someone else to read. I'm really just talking about genuine social issues that apply to both my home nation and, not trying to be patronizing, Japan too within the confines of a romcom that's wholesome enough for someone to probably ignore the issues raised.

Thanks, if you're reading this and I hope you at least had a modicum of enjoyment, if you do read the story.

Also, I know Fukaze Honzo's name makes literally no sense <<less

Unfortunately for Ben, his wish for an uneventful seventeenth birthday goes unanswered. As expected, the bullies who tormented him through most of high school couldn't leave well alone. However, this year, Ben received a 'gift' (if one could even call it that) that he neither expected nor wanted, and unintentionally transforms one of the bullies into a girl. ... more>>

His already dismal life spirals downwards even further, his family falls apart, and it's all because of this unnatural ability that he didn't ask for.

And through all that, despite knowing that it's wrong, he can't help but feel envious of those he transformed. <<less

This story follows the two titular characters as they develop as individuals together.... more>>

When they first meet right before an exam to graduate into high school, Violet doesn't quite know what to think of Abby, but once they are reunited at the same class, Abby dives right in and offers to be her friend. With that, Violet, who's introverted, worrywart and the target of Abby's teasing, now has to learn how to be a friend, while Abby, who's extroverted, seemingly with no filter, has to deal with her own hidden issues.

Their story is one of opposites attracting, learning about oneself, to let others in, and of letting go.

Link for my Amazon page:
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Vol.1 Universal Link for Apple, Kobo, Everand, Thalia, Smashwords, Angus and Robertson, Vivlio, Palace Marketplace:
https://books2read.com/u/bW6XvG

Universal Link for the same list of Online Stores, but for Vol. 2:
https://books2read.com/u/mZqzx2 <<less

This is a slightly changed version of the Sunbird story, which will stil focus on the adventures of Reimei Scarlettail and Earthling Class No. 1... more>> from the day she enrolls at Sunbird High School to the beginning of the war with the undead. (Scarlet) Sunbird will be the first half of the story, both halves being split up into acts and each act having a different number of chapters. So get ready for lots of fun, fighting, mystery, plotting and all-out destruction as you follow Deckstoru's biggest troublemakers in this epic! <<less

Kris Alex de Nayale, a germaphobic, stoic, and loner straight girl, is just a normal girl with a normal college life.... more>>

... Or that should have been the case ...

"Kris, let's go out?"

"Alex! I found a c*ck-shaped rock!"

"F*ck you. You're coming with me."

"Miss De Nayale, come to the office with me now."

However, these girls who suddenly entered her dull life ruined her thoughts of a peaceful campus life ...

"Really, I just want to graduate in peace!"

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Author: Hi! New author here! Hope you will like this story and please bear with me. Any constructive feedback is welcome!

Edit: Decided to changed the synopsis to make it less misleading. <<less

Do Jangmi (18) had a foot inside the entertainment world, but she didn't know it. After getting viciously bullied by her jealous classmates, she becomes a shut-in. Her only friend, Neon, sends his internet manhwa, 'The Trials Of An Acting Junkie', and Jangmi is unimpressed. How is she supposed to react when she wakes up as a seventh-grader in Neon's Manhwa? Inside this strange place, Jangmi decides to ignore the protagonist's troublesome life...but it seems that here, acting opportunities come left and right?... more>>

Jangmi: "What's this? I just want to be left alone!"

But the time for the nerdling to stand tall has come! <<less

The shadows of Gotham City always are long. Always stick with any resident no matter what. For Grayson Wayne that's one thing that's for certain.... more>> After a thesis assignment for his college is passed down and increasing pressures mount to drag him kicking and screaming back to the embrace of his home city, will this Prodigal Son survive? <<less

Joining the Polish CCG division, the young man who's tribulations we are following, does so only because of the money he's supposed to get. Nothing grand, like protecting humanity, or revenge against the violent ghouls, just purely materialistic desire. Though, he will have to fight, even if he doesn't want to.... more>>

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This is a fanfiction based in the world of Tokyo Ghoul, in the year of 2024, so around the time that the last episode of Tokyo Ghoul, the one that shows Ken's and Touka's child, happens.

In this work, there will be some references to actual events within Tokyo Ghoul, although no meeting with canon characters from the original creation, nor from the works of other authors.

I will be adding tags as I go, because although I have a vague idea of the plot, nothing is yet truly set in stone, other than the main character.

Also, to those who have already read my stories, which honestly wasn't a lot of people, I apologise for not continued those stories. I had a huge loss of motivation, and I couldn't write them anymore. <<less

Ky kazumaki is a young shut in that's never made a single friend in his life. With trauma stemming back from the very first day of school, Ky finds it impossible to find companionship anywhere, so he begins playing the popular online game Heros Of Adell where he meets his "Friends", a large group of unknown players that bring him a feeling of friendship he had always longed for. Ky develops an unhealthy relationship with A.I and lives an unbalanced lifestyle between losing sleep and working at a dead-end job where his strong work ethic and people pleasing nature goes unnoticed and unappreciated. Now in his early twenties Ky still struggles with social anxiety and... more>> reclusive tendencies. That is until a certain pretty girl steps into his life and tries to show him everything he's never been able to experience before. Now as doubt starts set in, he begins to question certain aspects of his own life and is suddenly faced with some tough choices he'll have to make. Ky Kazumaki is about to learn what it really means to have true friends he can lean on. But only if he can overcome some challenges that still stand in his way. Can he take control of his own life? Can he alter his unhealthy ways? And can he delete all those things that continue to keep him down?

This story is dedicated to anyone who's ever been pushed away, bullied, left out, or felt unwanted or forgotten. You're not alone. <<less

Have you ever thought about the pure existential dread of being a YouTuber?
We're always asked what we like, who we date, where we live, what's our names, 'can you do a face reveal?' and I think would like to be left absolutely alone if that's alright, I have a video to edit for Sunday, and I'm running out of time.... more>>

And no, for the hundredth time, I really don't think I'm gay, try as I might. <<less

In a normal society, routine is essential. Not everyone is a competent surgeon that faces terrific, yet exciting cases every day. If you look around, there are only so many people that are detectives, solving murder mysteries and such. The exciting jobs, the joy of life, is reserved for others, not for me.... more>>

Those are some of the things that a young businessman called Christian is thinking of everyday after work.

As he steps into the world of the adults, he has to face with the hardships of what it means to become self reliant. Grueling, long hours of work, unsteady schedule and an annoying boss, make it rough for Christian to have any control or excitement in his life.

As he couldn't start any hobbies, due to his work, and couldn't even get a girlfriend to spend time with, he had to rely on the most basic sanity check a human can have: routine. His routine is as simple and basic as he is. Everyday, instead of taking the shorter road to work, he takes a road which leads to a busy crosswalk in the middle of the city.

But, things start to change in his daily routine. News of murders happening on crosswalks appear all over. People become scared of traversing them at night. Christian's routine is thus disrupted. Until one fateful night, as his crosswalk is marked off as a crime scene. He crosses it. He wanted to feel it once more. His sense of control, his beloved crosswalk. As he does...another figure appears on the other end. <<less

From the darkest place in the world, where no one should travel alone, Tracy finds herself emerging into a world of magic. In a... more>> world where magic is everything, the means to protect what you love, what you stand for, what you're made of. Tracy seeks to learn everything she can about it, to master the art of adaptive spell-casting, and to ensure that no one shares her fate. Even if that means making enemies of all who stand in her path. <<less

On the last day of the year, a lonely young man walks into the forest and emerges... changed. Knowing that these changes are only going... more>> to last until the new year's first sunrise, the now-girl sets out on a journey toward truth and identity. Watch as she makes friends, finds joy and love, and faces herself and her future - all within the space of a single night - the night of a lifetime. <<less

Aerwyna is a girl who mostly lives in the shadow of others. When young she lived in the shadow of her brothers who achieved everything she could not and when older she lived in the shadow of an unrequited love... more>>

After her rebirth, She is mysterious, cold, and just like the ocean unpredictable, and this time she is indifferent and decides to live a completely new life journey, have fun and most of all find love, She no longer runs after the guy she liked <<less

Thousands of violent criminals and monsters in a prison, but only one shard to make them invincible.... more>>

Roid is a limp gladiator who fought life and death battles in the pits for freedom. But when he at last pulled off a hundred-battle winning streak, instead of being freed like promised, he was thrown into Raventor.

Raventor was once a grand prison that chained and caged godly beings. But after the battle of the mighty beings for a shard, it became a ruin that bigwigs of Moors used to throw in the people they never wanted to see again.

Roid would do anything for freedom. Raventor, being a prison, would never let anybody escape.

There are monsters and mythical creatures here in the prison along with violent criminals with means far outstripped Roid. There are also legacies of the fallen gods here. Most of all, the shard is still here, waiting for the taking.

Join Roid in his swashbuckling adventure as he fights against all the odds for freedom. <<less

Seiko Kisaragi was just an ordinary schoolgirl, besides the fact she was the younger sister of one of the city's best heroines. However, when her sister is put in a coma trying to save her from aliens known as the Chimera, Seiko ends up infested by the very same creatures that attacked her and converted into a Chimera spy. ... more>>

Now an alien infiltrator, her new role is to sabotage Earth's defences for the Chimera and their allies. However, even with an alien parasite latched onto her brain, her heart may not be entirely with the invaders ... <<less

Aster died in one her of attempts to cut the ties between her family and the ones she deemed as trouble and found herself bound... more>> to a system that offered her a chance of resurrection. However, Aster had lost her will to live. Will she let her soul be obliterated or will she rethink and relearn whatever she thought of herself and encounter love? <<less

What if Cinderella was Frankenstein's monster?... more>>

Ella wasn't born. She was created in a laboratory, assembled from parts stolen from gravesites. An incident forces her and her creator to flee to his family's home and a family she never knew existed.

When her creator falls victim to an unfortunate accident, she finds herself at the mercy of a stepmother and stepsisters who see her as a monster.

** Content warning: this story does feature an accidental dismemberment in one of the later chapters ** <<less

A Game. An obsession. A desire to protect.
But is that it?
Due to a meteor crash and a couple of wars, Earth ruptured. New continents were created, new countries formed. But, the problem of unemployment doesn't really go away if half the world is restructured does it? So what does the world do? Create a plan that allows people to earn money by playing games. Yeah, no way that exists. Right?... more>>

Vernon Elroy is a genetical theorist, a job that involves upgrading human genes. He's been living a nice life, though due to some troublesome problems, he is forced to take a month long leave. But, when an old acquaintance appears inside the most anticipated game of the century, he can't stop himself from pursuing her.

Integration is hot new game on the market, featuring thousands of different concepts, with a state of the level AI and graphics that look similar if not better to real life. The NPC's behave more like humans than they themselves and the enemies include everything imaginable. But is it really so perfect? How so?

Join Vernon on his quest through 'Integration' to get some personal answers, even if it means doing things he never thought he would do, like braving the winds and smashing a building. Along the way though, he starts to wonder if the game is truly a game and not something much more...

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My First Fic. Will keep an average length around 2000-3500 words per chapter.

Updates sporadically. Hosted only on Royalroad and Scribblehub. <<less

Noah is a 19-year-old guy who lives alone with his younger sister after their parents passed away. On his way back home, his bus is surrounded by a strange mist that takes both him and the passengers to an unknown place. Discovering he has powers like in a game, he'll do whatever it takes to make it back home alive.... more>>

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Ko was everything to his parents, a miracle child born when they were at the end of their ropes. A child with a disability, but one he powered through. But when they find out he could Firebend as well as Waterbend, they realized just what he is.... more>>

The Avatar, one of a cycle of legendary figures who bring balance to the world. Instead of letting him go be that they hid him for ten years straight. When tensions run high Ko ends up taking fate into his own hands.

Little does he know that'll change his entire life. Thrust into a world he barely understands, will Ko figure out a way to survive? <<less