Ah! Aythryn City. Truly a mess of neon and trash all supporting the psychopaths that live here. Desire is the name of the game in such a bright place, as anyone on the streets can verify. Whether it be the gangs roaming the streets, the corpo rats in their tall towers, or the people just trying to get by; everyone wants something. ... more>>

Then enter me: a poor thief turned investigator just to make enough for end’s meet. Or at least, that’s how it was supposed to go down. Now though? Now I’m caught in several shit storms between stealing from one of the Big 7 to a weird interface telling me what to do. I just hope I can survive long enough to get out of this cursed city with enough Rayn to make a better life.
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Outrun will be a long run, heh, with plenty of post-apocalyptic/cyberpunk world building sprinkled in. <<less

“A soul must Re:enter the absolute substance whence it has emerged from. But to accomplish this, it must develop all the perfections, the germs of which it has planted within itself” ... more>>

“If it does not fulfill this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they have acquired the qualities of Absoluteness.”

Set to transmigrate into the world of immortals Meng Lin experiences the wonders and tragedies of a cultivator as she strives to perceive the truths of heaven and earth, and understand reincarnation. <<less

After sleeping longer than usual, Zoe Carter would find herself constantly changing, a transformation that was difficult to explain scientifically. The continuously evolving body, incredible abilities, and secrets... the things she pursued In the past were now just floating clouds. Everything, including money and career, had lost its meaning. Richest person alive? World-renown individual? Becoming the symbol of faith? The existence of myths in fantasy did not seem far away.... more>>

Volume 1: Zoe Carter [Finished] CH1 - CH70
Volume 2:

Expect
1. Revision of chapters, for quality improvements
2. Weekly Updates
3. No NSFW themes and apparent sexism
4. Nuanced characters
5. Grounded on reality; modern day Earth (alternate)
6. Sub: Science, Technology, Military, Governments And Political Machinations

You can join my discord to get timely updates: https://discord.gg/A3gew2gu9C <<less

… But Someone Had Other Plans For Me... more>>

Not originally from this world. Experimented on without consent. Exiled by her own people.

In a world ruled by levels, skills, and well-defined progression, Nivi, a young coeurl beastkin, is falling behind.

At level 8, she still hasn’t received her first skill, and she’s painfully aware of how far behind she lags compared to her friend Lex, a hunter apprentice already showing signs of greatness.

Everyone keeps reassuring her. “Some people don’t awaken a skill until level 10,” they say. “You’ll get there. Just be patient.”

Nivi believed them. She believed the day she earned her first skill would be a day of celebration.

She wasn’t expecting it to be the day her life shattered.

… For the third time.

(This is a story I write for fun when I need a distraction from my other story. It's inspired by a mix of The Wandering Inn and Fate Weaver's Legacy. If you like it and want to see more, just let me know and maybe someday I will give Nivi my full attention!)

10/19/2025: I am now beginning the processs of cross-posting this story on Royal Road <<less

[Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/CEztj6Vurv]... more>>

(In short: The story of a madman going through multiple worlds to reach immortality.)

====== *Full Synopsis* ======
Thomas Blackwood, a brilliant programmer, finds himself at the brink of death, consumed by a debilitating illness. Little does he know that his true journey is about to commence.

The story revolves around a man who merges with his advanced AI companion, only to awaken in a mysterious realm. Here, he faces a series of trials set by a powerful entity, bequeathing upon him a unique inheritance. This gift grants him the ability to traverse diverse worlds, each offering unique experiences and challenges. But as he ventures deeper into this multiverse, he grapples with a haunting question: “Was that gift a blessing or a curse?”

Thomas Blackwood's odyssey propels him through realms of enchanting magic and realms governed by relentless cultivation. He becomes a knight in one world and harnesses the dark arts of curses in another.

"May the dice roll in your favor."

====== **Author's Notes:** ======
- I as the author have employed multiple pen names throughout my journey, including Chaos_Guide, TS Greed, and Slumbering Dragon.

- This is a fantasy tale with a morally complex protagonist who does not shy away from embracing the darker aspects of his character.

- The story commences in a world devoid of fantasy elements, gradually ascending through the ranks of worlds as the expansive universe unravels.

- The narrative truly takes off with the onset of Volume 2, where the first fantasy world unfolds in all its grandeur.

Tags: #Villain, #EvilMC, #MatureMC, #LonerMC, #AIChip, #StatusPanel, #Reincarnation, #NoRomance, #NoLovedOnes, #NoFriends, #Dragons, #WorldHopping, #MagicRealms, #Cultivation, #DarkArts, #EpicJourney <<less

I'm Grace. I work in a funeral home as a mortician and I'm more comfortable with my dead customers than the living. After a System Integration apocalypse I'm set on a path that let's me really embrace that aspect about myself. Hopefully my undead minions will keep the pesky living beings away, but my BFF Mara might have something to say about that. If she gets her way I'll quickly be partied up and saving the world alongside her. Ew. Guess we'll have to wait and see how things go.... more>>

What to expect:
Queer characters, lots of them
Neurospicy characters
Violence
Reluctantly taking up the mantle of hero
People repulsed by myself and my minions
Not caring about people being repulsed by myself and my minions
I'm not sure where this is going, I'm as much along for the ride as you are
Useless lesbians
Slowburn romance
*Tags may change* <<less

In a world overrun by mutated beasts, defiance is a death sentence.... more>>

Skirting the rules entirely, a data broker collects secrets of those who rule over the limited human space. Not driven by noble pursuits – she’s simply ambitious.

Unfortunately, a man set to inherit the hopeless war against the ever-changing nature takes notice, and he intends to cut her insolence out with a blade. Slow and agonisingly. A lesson must be taught. 

Yet, the spy vanishes into the overcrowded streets. 

A man whose ascent to power is stained with the blood of allies and enemies alike has a lot to hide, and she never lets him forget she’s still out there. Watching. Poisoning the well even further.

The manhunt gradually twists into a slow, burning obsession. When enemies close in on all sides, the warlord calls upon his shadow with an alluring promise of truce.

Trust is a knife. 

He hands it to her.

Story ahead:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRSX826G <<less

Two college kids; two assignments; for Caden, it's to bring an 'undesirable' girl to an event for an elite frat he needs to join to... more>> pay off a debt; for Alicia, it's to write an article exposing campus corruption, so she can get a journalism scholarship and cut ties with her terrible family. They're both just using each other. But unfortunately, they also just fell in love at first sight. <<less

From rags to liches. A street-rat will claw her way to the top of the Academy.... more>>

After losing her parents in the war, Lina has survived two years on the streets by her wits and picking pockets. She targets a black-robed wizard and lifts a bone-white rectangle from him—and something ancient and dead feels her do it.

The wizard tracks her down, and drags her north to the Academy. No one has ever connected with the artifact before.

Talent like hers can’t be allowed to go to waste.

Now Lina has to survive snide teachers, entitled students, and one necromancy curriculum she is months behind on. The problem is that the deathless thing she woke up isn’t done with her either. And it has been waiting a very long time.

Too bad.

Get in line, ghost. Lina has study credits to earn.

*WHAT TO EXPECT*
- MC with talent, wit, and pent up anger
- Street-rat to arch-necromancer
- A school run by a floating skull and a repurposed war machine
- Found family with romance sub-plot
- Slow burn progression and romance (but never any filler)

Three chapters a week. 20 advance chapters on : http://.com/velonea

Five books planned. Writing book two at the moment. <<less

Born of blood and yet so disgusted by the sight of it, that was Sephtis, the greatest necromancer the heavens would ever know and also it's greatest nightmare to come.... more>>

Sephtis, a being who was most surely not human but neither was he a demon nor a beast, hating the sight of blood yet there exists no greater master in the art of slaughter than he.

His ever growing army razing down cities, countries, continents, entire worlds and eventually perhaps everything else. He was the definition of a nightmare, his name alone scaring even shadows away and his presence leaving nothing but destruction everywhere it touches.

And to the world's greatest surprise something incredible had happened, the unstoppable force had vanished from the surface of the world one day with no explanation nor answer as to his whereabouts. The world finally knew peace, the gods were praised for an entire month straight for answering their prayers, losing themselves in wine, music, food and carnal desire, this was heaven.

But as always peace is never a long-lived thing, Darkness is never really truly gone, only just temporarily withheld and the greatest nightmare in history would be returning once more, this time so much greater than ever before and making sure that he completes his mission without fail. <<less

Jaded Dark Elf Miz'ri Niranath, who preys on humans to soothe her own deep ache, crosses paths with Talisa Magleby, a devout pilgrim traveling with the walking skeleton of her great-grandfather. Believing she can easily break the pious woman, Miz'ri manipulates Talisa into becoming her 'Ste'kol' (A toy in Teazalnan, Miz'ri's native tongue) for the duration of the pilgrimage, hoping to corrupt the girl to prove her own inner emptiness.... more>>

What begins as a predatory game of control quickly unravels as the two women discover an unexpectedly hopeful connection that challenges their previous notion of duty, desire, and survival.

CONTENT TRIGGER WARNINGS: Graphic violence, gore, and mutilation, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), dissociation, and severe trauma, Religious trauma, zealotry, and religious guilt, Internalized queerphobia, Emotional manipulation and psychological abuse, Sexual coercion, blackmail, and dubious consent (dub-con), Explicit sexual content, forced submission, and BDSM elements, Prostitution/sex work. Substance abuse and alcoholism, Self-harm and self-destructive behaviors, Suicidal ideation and existential dread, Branding/non-consensual body modification,
Corpses, skeletons, and macabre themes, Animal/magical creature cruelty and forced captivity, Arachnophobia (giant spiders). Insect/swarm horror (acid-dripping flying insects), Medical trauma and forced physical incapacitation <<less

Public humiliation was supposed to be the worst day of Evan’s life.
He was wrong.
When the sky fractures and his school vanishes into a... more>> silent, predatory forest, the rules of his world collapse. Classmates scatter. Monsters hunt. Civilization is gone.
In the depths of an abandoned cave, five ancient elemental cores begin to stir.
Not because of destiny.
Not because of bloodline.
But because someone refused to break. <<less

She has outlived kingdoms. She has outlived wars. She has outlived everyone she has ever loved.... more>>

Seren is cursed. Every time she finds peace, the person she loves dies in her arms. Burned, beheaded, drowned. She always comes back. But the ones she loves do not.

From a medieval battlefield to colonial India under British rule, and finally to a future Australia where the Church still hunts her, Seren walks through centuries carrying the same curse. She has stopped hoping for a cure.

But when she meets a young woman who refuses to look away, Seren must decide: keep running, or risk everything one last time.

To Forget and Be Forgotten is a dark yuri fantasy spanning three eras. It does not end with a cure. It ends with a woman who keeps going anyway.

A Note on Content: This dark fantasy story contains graphic violence, gore, torture, offscreen sexual violence, and the death of major characters, including loved ones. It also deals with heavy themes such as suicide, grief, trauma, discrimination based on caste and religion, and the trauma of colonialism. Reader discretion is strongly advised.

New chapters every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

This story is COMPLETE with all 131 chapters written. Posting 3x/week, no hiatus, no waiting months between updates. <<less

His spiritual root was torn from his chest.... more>>

Betrayed by his seniors.
Betrayed by his juniors.
Betrayed by the master he trusted most.

Cast into the endless Abyss alongside the forgotten and the damned.
He was nameless. Broken. Neither genius nor chosen one—merely another insignificant casualty among millions.

And so… his soul died.

But at the very bottom of the Abyss, as the blood pooled on the cold stone... another soul descended.
A soul that didn't care about betrayal, but only about survival.

[Spiritual Root: NONE]
[Heavenly Alignment: NULL]
[Daoless Vessel Confirmed. System Initializing…]

Daily update at 7:00 PM EST. <<less

“Will you finally shut up, for once?” he asked, irritated.... more>>

“No one has said anything in a while, you idiot!”

“Oh, calm down, I’m not talking to you.”

“Come on, guys. Don’t argue. Maybe a little drink to make up?”

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And the time has finally come for Earth to return to the embrace of primal energies. The world is facing events preparing for change, but not everyone has the privilege of participating. A few unfortunates apparently choose to die in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Instead of a nice tutorial, they are forced to wander through lands unknown to mankind. Will anyone escape this supposed afterlife? Will they return the same? If so, what price will they have to pay?

***

I'm initially planning to post two chapters a week, but I'm not sure if I'll always be able to keep it, given my work. English isn't my primary language, so please bear with me for any odd mistakes I make. I'm working on it. 

Although it will ultimately be a LitRPG novel, the first X chapters won’t contain typical elements for that genre. I plan to properly build the main character’s foundation first and tackle the systemic stuff later. We’re in no rush, after all ☻

What to expect:
› Slow-burn story with MC gradually increasing strength (except chapter 0 - It's just a glimpse into the far-distant future)
› Skill inventing and in-depth magic exploring
› Struggle
› MC with unique progression means
› A fantasy world built with an open mind
› Weak to strong
› MC with some mental problems
› Stupid and childish humor from time to time ☻

What not to expect:
‹ Harem
‹ OP MC (at least not until late game)
‹ Explaining things: because magic (Everything should have a reason, unless I made an oversight) <<less

Rule #1 of a Time Loop: Stay inside. (Failed). Rule #2: Go to work and pretend everything is normal. (Terrifying mistake).... more>>

Kaito was the ultimate apathetic college student, perfectly content with blending into the background and doing absolutely nothing. But his flawless routine is violently shattered when a mysterious girl stabs him to death on his way home from work, trapping him in a psychological horror time loop that resets every morning at 6:43 AM.

After trying a different route and dying anyway, then trying to stay locked inside his apartment and still getting caught, Kaito decides to test the rules. He shows up to his convenience store shift early, determined to act like nothing is wrong.

His shift leader, Sarah, acts completely normal. She's efficient, polite, and gently gaslights him into believing his memories of a creepy phone call from the day before are just a symptom of him being "unwell." Kaito almost believes her. He almost convinces himself he's just losing his mind.

Until the morning sunlight cuts across the store floor. Kaito looks down. His own shadow stretches long and thin across the tiles.

But right next to him, standing directly in the bright morning light... Sarah casts no shadow at all.

With a canal that refuses to reflect the sky, a coworker who is literally missing her shadow, and a relentless stalker who knows his location before he even steps outside, Kaito is trapped in a broken simulation. To survive, the world’s most detached student will have to start cataloging every terrifying glitch in his reality, before the girl in the dark deletes him for good.
And she always finds me again.
Something is wrong with the world around me.
People I trust are saying things they shouldn't know.
Someone tried to warn me and paid for it.
And the only thing I have left is a list of questions with no answers.
I used to spin in place and call it a life.
Not anymore.
I'm going to find out why. <<less

"Listering" is a saga that explores a vast universe of magic, power, and history.... more>>

Its prophecies—echoes of a war long past—continue to resonate through the ages and through memories; shaping disputes, decisions, and the destinies of its characters.

[Volume 1, Listering: The Empty Man]

In a world shattered by chaos, countries surrounded by an immense crater survive only because of barriers that protect them—but also trap them. No one can leave.

In Lumen, the Kingdom of Light, a realm divided between life and death, there is no escape. On one side, a dying civilization clings to existence. On the other, in the darkness, survives Empty—a being who does not speak, does not know what it means to be human, and wanders through a post-apocalyptic wasteland, defeating curses and absorbing the memories of who they once were, searching for the meaning of living.

Everything changes when he encounters two humans—a suspicious girl and a fearful boy—wandering through that dark place. He embarks on a mission to protect them, so they can save Lumen from destruction.

What seems like a simple survival story unfolds into the account of a mysterious narrator, a hypocritical kingdom, a web of prophecies, and a world collapsing under a threat that promises to consume everything and everyone. And "Listering"—a mysterious word no one knows the origin of.

In Volume One, follow the journey of Empty, a being who does not understand what it means to live; Luna, the Definitive Light prophesied to save Lumen; Fencer, the bitter scientist who longs to escape the barrier; Flávio, a young man seeking his family's love; the mysterious outside the barriera and "POV ???", the melancholic narrator who tells the story of Listing with the nostalgia of a time already lost. <<less

Shiba Takumi, a 17-year-old outcast in the quiet castle town of Matsumoto, has spent years pouring his pain into underground rap, only to be met with silence, ridicule, and crushing rejection. Labeled a delinquent after violently defending himself from relentless middle-school bullying, he’s been abandoned by a family that views him as a shame and ignored by a society that discards anyone who doesn’t conform.... more>>

When his raw plea for a collaboration is brutally dismissed by popular idol Suzuki Aika, Takumi channels the humiliation into a diss track that unexpectedly goes viral, finally giving him the attention he’s craved — but at the cost of burning bridges he didn’t know he still needed.

Cross posted on WebNovel. <<less

The Lyceum of Numinous Transmogrification is open once again. The once prestigious institution, shut down five years ago, is taking enrollment, a good portion of... more>> the former staff have returned, and they wish to reclaim their premier status. Despite the cards being stacked against them, outside interference from unknown sources with unknown motivations, and something awakening in the bowels of the ancient edifice, can a group of misfits, reprobates and loners succeed?
The first semester at the Lyceum has begun. <<less

"Crow! Stop, please, don't do this!"... more>>

"I can't...

Gods? People? It doesn't matter what or who. Nothing will stop me from reaching what I've set out to accomplish. Not even you...
I will never... stop."

A white flower with glimpses of pink shone in his hand, as a soft voice lulled in his mind.

'A special gift, for a special person.'

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Chapters Added Every Sunday!

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CURRENT ARTWORK COMMISIONED BY [ AoiOgataArtist ] <<less

How does one discover a magic system? Perhaps it's in the air a person breathes, if that person is as curious as a sixteen-year-old boy who explored the world by reading books in his wardrobe.... more>>

For most of his life, Cielo's only view of the world came from the books he read inside his wardrobe. A closeted noble heir dreading his predetermined future, he has long dreamed of seeing what lies beyond the borders of his homeland. When unexplained tremors begin spreading across his ever-so-stable world called The Shell, a journal written by a dead explorer suggests the answers may lie beyond the sea, toward Ruin: a scar in the face of a world that otherwise made perfect sense. Determined to investigate, Cielo escapes home and embarks on a voyage where a handsome yet enigmatic traveler named O.G. unfathomably appears aboard his boat, completely dry, in the middle of open water with no land or vessel in sight. The farther Cielo travels, the more he realizes that the world's greatest mysteries may be tied to secrets hidden within the air itself, and the more he asks himself: who The Shell is O.G.?

Whatever happens, do not miss Chapter 48.

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A Particular Boy Among Air Particles is a fantasy adventure with a heart, a slow-burn mystery for readers who enjoy unraveling discoveries piece by piece while following a young man searching for his place in a wider world. The curious will be rewarded. 

The novel combines the sense of wonder and discovery found in Brandon Sanderson’s Tress of the Emerald Sea with the gradual unveiling of a magic system reminiscent of Mistborn, while carrying some of the understated emotional tension present in T.J. Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea. Readers may also recognize influences from Avatar: The Last Airbender and Xenoblade Chronicles in the worldbuilding.

Story by Irvin Embalsado
Cover Illustration and Interior Design by Ali R.

Learn more at: irvinembalsado.com <<less

Dalgona is a fox girl with a problem: she's convinced herself that nobody likes her sleepy, loner, otaku side and drinks an immense amount of coffee daily to bring out her energetic, party-girl side in an attempt to win people over. Is it working? Well...... more>>

Characters are either based on my own OCs or those of friends, used with permission. <<less

Paragon_47 has the worst luck in the Tournament.... more>>

Every 10 floors, climbers spin a gacha wheel for their next class. Most players get Rare or Epic. Some get Legendary. Paragon? He always get the worst luck.

The community calls him the "Common King"—a walking meme destined to quit before Floor 10.

But Paragon isn't quitting. He's a banned pro player with something to prove: classes don't make the climber—the climber makes the class. Armed with beta-tester knowledge, unshakable determination, and a curse that guarantees terrible RNG, he's turning every trash class into a game-breaking exploit.

With 47 million viewers watching, fleeting allies who come and go with the tower's random matchmaking, and a final boss waiting at Floor 100, Paragon_47 will prove that the Common King can conquer the Tower.

Because in CLASS GACHA HELL, skill beats luck. Every. Single. Time.​ <<less

People forget him.
Not metaphorically. Not gradually. Completely.... more>>

One moment, Kai exists. The next, he’s gone—from memory, from recognition, from the minds of those who once knew him.

Something is eating him.

A timeworm has latched onto his existence, feeding on the threads that bind him to the world. The more it consumes, the less real he becomes.

Everyone forgets.

Everyone—except one.

Felicia still sees him.

But that shouldn’t be possible.

As monks hunt him, as reality begins to fracture, and as something ancient stirs beneath the fabric of time itself, Kai is forced to confront a terrifying truth:

What is a life worth—if no one remembers it?

And worse:

What happens when even you begin to forget yourself?

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This story was originally written in German. Chapters are translated with AI assistance. Paragraph structure has been adjusted for readability. <<less

Sleep was death in disguise. Until it became eternity.
Every time he falls asleep, he enters a different reality.
At first, it felt like an escape.
Now, it feels like a prison.
And the worst part?
Something inside those dreams is watching him… learning him…
waiting for him to never wake up again.... more>>

A normal boy.
A broken reality.
And dreams that refuse to end.
What started as harmless nightmares slowly turns into a twisted world he can’t control.
The deeper he goes, the more he loses himself.

Not just a plain fantasy but conveys something hidden and meaningful.

Just try it... I'm sure you'll love it.

New chapters thrice a week. <<less