* Tale of Tales is a High/Epic Fantasy saga based on the motifs of ancient myths, legends, and forgotten fairytales *... more>>

Senka is no hero, but you never know what is coming for you. And if that burns down your house and family, while you are left blinded by your house’s guardian snake, the outlook becomes grim. So Senka clings to her dog’s back to survive, unaware of the fateful prophecy and the great changes to come. But when a wandering warrior becomes her protector and mysterious strangers join their hounded party through a series of seemingly chance encounters, they all begin to discover that all is not as it seems.

What is pursuing her? And why? Can the strange characters gathering around her on her desperate quest save her from doom? Are they mere puppets of a young, beguiling witch guided by her own hidden motives, or are forgotten shadows rising again from the immeasurable depths of time? A tale of folk fairytales and myths, of swords and sorcery and mythical beings – a unique story of dark times and unsung heroes who may light your way.

Book one, A Strange Bunch, features leading characters of various ages. This is a fantasy with their progression happening slowly throughout the series, with occasional spikes in character power after certain encounters that may or may not be random. Although the book series is written with adult and young adult audiences in mind, it is, in the tradition of such epics as “The Lord of the Rings,” suitable for all ages. Excerpt from the scene depicted on the cover of the first book:

“Above this hellish pack and the rider at the forefront, flurried a ghastly sight – a cloud of dark, endlessly bustling bodies and wings, a swarm of creatures that, through their almost infinite number, produced that great din which had first reached the ears…”

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Isaac was a simple man living a peaceful life. He'd lost his parents when he was young, but the village took care of him and raised him as their own. So he was as content as a human being can be. But a fateful encounter with the White Queen and the Sovereign Empire had changed the course of his life in a more drastic way than he expected. He'd been forcefully appointed as a King Candidate and now his first day on the job, he is now going on a quest that's very much likely to kill him. But hey, at least he gets the chance to ride a giant lizard.... more>>

Mild language. <<less

Follow five mercenaries on their dangerous journey in a Fantasy Bronze Age surrounding as they answer the urgent call for aid from an old friend who finds his city at the mercy of foreign invaders. Dive into the realm of Aermorik, meet heroes and traitors, join great battles and deeds of a valour and accompany our mercenaries on their mission. Will they manage to deliberate the city of Alessina and its inhabitants from the terror of a foreign invader? But where do the invaders come from and do they act on their own? What other adventures and personal stories will our ancient mercenaries have to deal with?... more>>

This story -despite taking place in a pseudo historic fantasy world- is based and inspired by the real world event which is called "the bronze age collapse" where most likely a combination of famine, economical problems and invading tribes which are commonly known as the "sea-people" led to the collapse of most bronze age empires. If you wanna learn more about the historic inspiration of our story we suggest this youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq4G-7v-_xI <<less

The Deep Paths are a cursed place, a special hell meant for those wicked souls whom the gods themselves denied the sweet release of death.... more>>

Ghouls, revenants, and forgotten things haunt this underworld, wielding forbidden powers and often consuming those who lack the strength to join them. At least, that's the story that parents teach their kids up on the surface.

Reshid can't remember what he might have done to deserve such a fate, but he learns quickly that there is a lot more to undeath than the gods and their faithful preach to the living. Revenants have a unique connection to essential magics that allows them to develop their powers in extremely diverse ways. Wherever there is power, though, there are those seeking to wield it, whether they be governments and gods from above, or mythical elder races from below. <<less

Every year on her birthday, Mirus tries to rescue his mother's soul from the underworld. Every year for a decade, he has failed. As the dark magic he practices threatens his position as the king's court mage, the highest honor an elf may obtain in a land of humans, he stands on the cusp of losing everything.... more>>

Once his assistant, Syma, uncovers his dark secret, they work together to pierce the veil that separates their world from the underworld. They encounter mad professors, wicked monsters, and challenges that put their very souls at stake. With his goal in sight, the salvation of his mother's soul, he's forced with a sacrifice that makes him consider the price.

(Cover by Vlad Bagacian and used per the conditions from Pexel.com) <<less

A bittersweet tale about family, loss, coming out, love, and acceptance.

What happens when a certain woman secretly has feelings for Soldier Boy? And what is this secret she holds dear to?... more>>

Note: This story takes place during season 3. <<less

Lester North knows better than to ask questions about the family business. Not that it would do him any good, the criminal world of his... more>> father is off-limits to anyone under thirteen. But when he accidentally witnesses his brother’s haunting initiation ceremony, Lester is plunged into a mystery involving secret societies, supernatural powers, and a war between good and evil, in which his parents are fighting on the wrong side.
With help from his friends Amanda and Mae, Lester must race to uncover the truth about his hometown and a dark history no one taught him in school before he is forced to take his place at his father’s side. If he fails, it won’t just be his parents he has to worry about but also an old enemy from their past who has his own plans for Lester. <<less

Prequel to "Two Beings, or Not Two Beings?".... more>>

Dubliner Erin Wilde is a fairly normal highschooler in almost every regard - aside from that she despises Christmas. But everything changes when she meets Lady Kuro, an interdimensional witch claiming to be the sister of Erin's favorite author!

Having awoken her kinkind with the ability to travel through time, Erin hopes to help Kuro with her goals and to go back to last year's Christmas - the day she lost her mother. <<less

The story of Cinderella as told by Charles Perrault changed a lot of details to make it more palatable to a cishet audience. Cinderella herself is here to set the record straight. Or not, as the case may be. ... more>>

Content warning for dysphoria. Also, this story is gay. <<less

A chronological story about the Shadow Demon's journey and the end of all things!

A Very Short Story:
Two noble ladies' desserts suddenly turned into spirits! One of them issued a challenge and the other agreed. Hence, the battle of two dessert spirits has commenced!... more>>

Action, Rock, Milk, Yellow

Wattpad:
Written: 06/11/23
Published: 06/11/23

Neobook:
Written: 06/11/23
Published: 06/16/23

ScribbleHub:
Written: 06/11/23
Published: 06/16/23

Completed <<less

All Astri knows about her parents is that they left her near a dilapidated building with nothing but a note and a blanket. She has had years of being passed from home to home before being put back into the foster system. On an impulse, she decides she has had enough and runs away right before her eighteenth birthday. She didn't account for the whirlpool.... more>>

When she awakens, it is to find that the world she knew is gone. In what should be an unfamiliar world, she finds the answers to the questions she has asked herself for so long. And soon, what should be unfamiliar starts to seem not so strange. <<less

A "What If" companion story to Wonder Woman: Twisted Dominion. Diana and her mortal lover set their sights on the alluring and spirited Zatanna instead... more>> of the fiery Black Canary. <<less

A young forest spirit manages to stumble upon a human adventurer and is pulled along on a mission to find and kill a dragon striking... more>> fear into the town nearby. Once she meets said dragon... She doesn't want to kill it anymore. <<less

The Justice Fight , The Brave Legend of Modern Heroes.... more>>

Beyond stardusts and galaxies,
Amazing powers soar and radiate throughout the universe,
These powers were separated to two forces,

Strike, the power that comes from all things of nature, and in the light hearts of man.

and Exia, a foreign power from the Mysterious Great Exia Rune of old. Each great Exia Rune shard under a Lord's possession,
And from the Lords comes The Lord Exia.

This, Is the emotional epic,
Of how our hero -- Tenmei Akiro sacrifices himself and fights injustice with powers,
EXIA and Strike,
And confronts the Demon inside him,
To save all, for everlasting greatness. <<less

Jason doesn't like his body. There isn't anything wrong with it really, but it's not as manly as he would like.
Theodor doesn't like his body. It's perfectly functional, but it's really big and his muscles seem to want to be bulky rather than compact.
The two of them meet at the gym, and love begins to bloom.... more>>

My first public work, as well as one of the first times I've created a story with a male lead.

Dedicated to my good friend Zen, a himbo without peer. <<less

Csialeide is the old god of the forest of whispers but even she longs for companionship

An up-and-coming group of sky pirates plan and execute a heist of one of the seven mage towers.

In a world where folklore is real, a young Cunning Woman must track down the source of a supernatural pestilence with the help of a... more>> wet-behind-the-ears Braucher before it destroys their community <<less

An old enemy returns from the enteral darkness. The race is on.... more>>

Amneris Topanga and Colt Kymmer were lost in the Battle on Tylwaerdreath, falling into the Chasm of Nightmares where they have been trapped ever since. Together, they must break from their prisons of nightmares and past terrors to re-join their Lyriumian allies in time to stop the release of Enliatu from the Void.

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Things aren't going well for the Court of Lyriumia. The Terpolites are ahead in the race for the items. Worse still, Tara managed to retrieve the conduit to the Photon Core from Amneris before she fell! Now, not only do they have to get ahead in the race, but they have to find and free both Amneris and Colt. Only no one has ever managed to escape the Chasm of Nightmares before.

Balance is shifting, the rules are breaking, and the threat is worsening.

Will they stop Tara and her followers in time?

[This is my original work and I have made it available on Wattpad, Inkitt, Royal Road, and Scribble Hub] <<less

A powerful warlock, scorned by her home, has returned to claim the throne for herself. But will she find more than she bargained for as... more>> the war wages on? <<less

For generations, Christian’s family have had a natural ability to see beings that are usually invisible to humans and to do magic. They aren’t, however, the only witches in the world or even in the area. When his Scottish-born mother wants to return to her family, and her husband and his widower father decide to go with her, Christian inherits the responsibility for their house and its hidden library.... more>>

Not alone, however. His family leave him with a roommate, Mark, an apparently normal human around his own age. But appearances are especially deceptive in this case.

Christian builds a reputation, first around the New Age bookshop where he works, then beyond that, as someone to turn to when things go bump in the night. Whether it's lingering negative energy, a lost ghost, or a dangerous infestation, he'll solve it. Sometimes, that's with the help of a powerful, sensual, and often bloodthirsty lamia who is still perplexed about how she has come to genuinely care about a human.

Throw in a group of witches called the Fellowship, who are firmly convinced that all witches should come under their authority and above all else stay below the radar; a subgroup within the Fellowship who feel that the ends for the greater good justify any means; a few supernatural threats; a friend from another independent witch family, who has a very close past history with a kitsune who says less than she does; Christian’s Dungeons and Dragons gamer group; a young black cat in dire need of a home; a colony of feral cats inherited from his great-aunt; and a couple of non-witch friends, and life gets complicated in a hurry.

Two characters in this are significantly transgender, in different ways, and orientation is mostly not a consideration. Oh, and it's set in 1998, which was when the very first, very rough draft was written.

** Trigger warnings **
This one does have more explicit sex and violence than my usual, and that's primarily all about the titular lamia herself. It's going to be difficult to be comprehensive without spoilers, but feel free to ask if you have questions, I completely understand. Broad strokes: lamias are a form of energy vampire/succubus (sort of) and actively hunt men to feed, usually without killing but also without consent - if you're okay with the typical vampire/succubus morality this should be okay. (Consent is different with humans she knows!) Lamias tend to have a very direct and physical approach to removing obstacles and annoyances; most of the violence is towards aggressive supernatural creatures (one scene came out particularly gory), but not all of it. One minor character who appears briefly late in the story endured some abuse that ends at that point. There's no harm done to children or animals with the single exception of a cat hunting a mouse. Please be careful with this one if you're prone to triggers!

New chapters Monday through Friday! Complete at 180K words, wrapping up in late September! <<less

So what happens if you feel like you belong nowhere... then find out you do belong somewhere... and that place should be impossible? There’s no such thing as magic or werewolves, especially only a few hundred miles north of Toronto, right? And what could be in Jesse’s missing past that would make him fit in there?... more>>

Jesse’s been having a tough time at home with his adopted parents, and even life on the streets, with the one friend he trusts, has more appeal. During a particularly bad moment, he finds himself some way north of the city he lives in, and things just keep getting stranger from there: Haven, the village he stumbles over, is not only primarily pagan, but a substantial percentage of the population can do insane things. Like manipulating light into doorways linking places, or fixing injuries with a touch, or changing into wolves.

The early part of his life has been a blank to him as long as he can remember, but the more time he spends in Haven, the more hints there are that a place like this is where he belongs. But how did he come to be alone several years before, with no memory? Is there unfinished business lurking in his past that can come back to haunt him in his new life? And how much danger are his Haven friends in because of him?

Very much an Ugly Duckling tale. Only with fewer ducks. ;)

This was my first finished novel. Comfort playing with gender and experimenting with other diversity came later. There *are* intimate poly relationships and a sort of non-exclusive MM friendship-with-benefits. V0.01 of Black Wolf was written during the mid-1990's, while I was in my late teens/early 20s. While it has undergone three or four major overhauls since then, updating it to take place later proved not to be a viable option. I realize some readers may find concepts like the absence of cell phones and Internet rather alien.

** Content warnings: minimal gore/violence (largely wolves fighting bad things), occasional bad language, the only sex is a non-explicit masturbation scene. The MC does start off homeless and there are a couple of mild scenes around this. References to drug/alcohol abuse, childhood abuse, and thoughts of self-harm, but not described in depth and not shown as positive. There are a few things I might do differently these days (Naomi in particular - love her but don't know that she's well-handled) so please be forgiving! ** <<less

One day, the souls of two families suddenly found themselves having switched places. A Human man and his daughter from Earth, a Cat-man and his daughter from a Magical World.
With some memories intact, they are left with no choice but to live their new lives.
Two lives. Two Worlds. Two different stories.
Can they ever find a way back or be trapped in a different World forever? If the chance comes, will they end up staying or returning home?... more>>

*This story is completed here, and sold in Amazon and Smashwords website as an eBook.* <<less