The cochineal are Ketsuri’s people and as their god, their blood is her right

Oh, to be unreachable...... more>>

After a decade of reconstruction Flammin had gone through to become as powerful as those who destroyed her home, the Relic Queen Nike takes the former living paintbrush to complete the final stages of her training: flying. For a small moment, Flammin had an epiphany of Nike, the divine living trident and mentor who bonded with her throughout the rigors of her transformation into what she is now.

This short story is part of my worldbuilding xenofiction project, World of Relics. This project encompasses a world of living objects and relics that came to rise shortly after the Inversion Event, an event that killed both mortals and their gods, stole their souls, and remade them into living objects. You can see more about this project here: worldofrelics.carrd.co

Since this is the first story I published online, critique is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Altostratus will be also uploaded to Tumblr, Writersky, RoyalRoad, ScribbleHub, Deviantart, and World of Relics' WorldAnvil. Look for my name: Penwrythe! <<less

A story unfolds for a young girl named Sherry Aweber, a secondary school student who lives a normal life in a world full of heroes, vigilantes, and villains! On one faithful day she was miraculously saved by the hero named Josephnite Flyer, from an oncoming truck that was going to kill her. To this very day, Sherry Aweber secretly hopes to get, even one more chance to thank Josephnite Flyer for saving her that day!... more>>

Sherry Aweber is late in buying new supplies for school including her new school uniform, so what does she do? Sherry sprints out the front door of her house to go on a day-long search for everything that she will need for the new upcoming school year!

This series is in it's final stages of being updated before I no longer need to continue to update it! Please check out @SherryAsStory on Twitter/X or @SherryAwebersStory on YouTube for more information! <<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 time has come. The story begins again... more>>

Five thousand years ago, Amneris Topanga sealed Enliatu in the Void, the place between places where no one can return from. Though she didn't know it at the time, ten items had the magic of the spell imprinted on their forms. Once found by Amneris, they were hidden across Creation in the hope they would never be found again, they would never be used.

A new threat has risen to the Dark Throne of Terpola, causing the hunt for the ten items to begin. The stakes: Enliatu's freedom and the destruction of Creation as he brings in the Age of Darkness - the mission he failed to complete five thousand years ago.

Amneris her her Court must retrieve the items before the Terpolites can free their old Ruler, only things are never that easy when it comes to keeping the Balance. And the items aren't the only thing the Terpolites are after this time.

Will our heroes put a stop to the new threat?

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

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

ZM-11833 was confused, normally they stood in the display window dressed in the latest fashion for the masses to admire but lately there hadn’t been any cuties arriving at their store. Only these strange new customers with their sickly wet skin and bulging eyes turning up. ... more>>

They really should go to a dermatologist-bot instead. 

Maybe the perfectly made and fantastically fetching fashion-bot would have to go out for the first time and start to look for some of their adorable prior customers to dress-up in the latest cyber-dress. And if these strange new invaders got in their way they might have to politely break some elongated skulls, after all they weren’t even paying customers. 

Standard store policy.

Upon finding their perfectly 100% willing companion, (don’t believe a word they say otherwise), they realize the parent corporation of their arcology isn’t going to just let an invasion stand, and the pair must make it to the top. 

After all, what's a little Nuclear fire between friends anyway?
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Warning may contain cyberpunk robot humor, romance and copious amounts of futuristic clothing.
Chapter length 1500 - 2000 words. 
Also posted on RoyalRoad. <<less

Welcome back to the Yuri Garden's annual competition~!... more>>

All entries were hosted here and kept anonymous until the end of voting.

Entries were posted together on Saturdays (BST).

1st Place Winner: "Fate, Fox, and Love" by Malonymous
2nd Place Winner: "Too Late?" by Yati
3rd Place Winner: "Speak Now or Forever…" by YuriDoggo <<less

A mix of urban fantasy aimed at the young adult (YA) audience and a dark psychological tale of the paranormal. ... more>>

What would you do if you woke up one day, human in appearance but different genetically? Would you fight it? Or would you accept the change?

Seventeen-year-old Lea is rebuilding her life after a treacherous childhood. Blossoming from a sickly child to a beloved athlete, she still struggles with her mental health. With weekly group therapy and friends' support, she begins to heal healthily. This all comes to a halt when she finds a mysterious card in her bedroom. Unknowingly this card makes the beginning of the end of her life as a human – and her rebirth as something much more dangerous.

Can be read on Royal Road and Ao3 for free. Separated into volumes by story arch following multiple protagonists and points of view.

Contains gore, blood, abuse, and murder. Specifically, V1 contains mild mentions of past genocide and abuse, while V2 details the effects of kidnapping and sexual assault. <<less

Vildra is a simple dragon. All she wants to do is to dig out a nice little den where she can sleep through the winters. A home fit for someone like herself!
So what if the mountain she chose just so happens to hold riches unseen before. She'll ignore it as she always does, like with that city next door, or those "suitors" who graciously feed her, or that voice that whispers to her in her sleep.
The only things she won't ignore are those centipedes that always seem to find a way in. If only they weren't so cute!... more>>

Read the rest on Royal Road under the same name. <<less

I-... I'm sorry...
All I can say is that I was dared to do this...... more>>

Prompt: Write something thirsty about a hermit crab (it) and a jar (*it*) in a university lecture room.

BTW, I considered picking Horror and Psychological in genres, because this was horrifying to write and it has caused me psychological damage... do with that information what you will. I also marked this for sexual content, but I defy you to point out one overtly sexual thing about this story!

Disclaimer: No jar was harmed in the writing of this story... the crab is also fictional, in case you're wondering...

P.S. The one who prompted this, and is questioning their friendship with me as we speak, would like to mention that Purple Pincher hermit crabs are also known as PPs... so... Ya... <<less

This is just my try to make a prompt of Overlord, if anyone wants to use my character to make their own Overlord story, I have no problem.... more>>

Story:

After years of failure, one of the hackers succeeded in creating an Artificial Intelligence (AI for short) for the sole goal of ruining the YGGDRASIL game just for fun and testing himself.

The AI, made from years of research and trial and errors, and the hacker finding a way to allow it to absorb data in a way that the size of data contained into the AI will not cause problems, is now loose in the game world.

The AI will wreck havoc in the system of YGGDRASIL until the end, just as it's creator programmed it to be, but the end of YGGDRASIL did not kill the AI, but instead it transported it to the New World.

Now, an entity that desires nothing but to turn everything into data to be absorbed is unleashed on the new world, with an unsatiable hunger for consuming everything in it's path.

Earth, oceans, and the skies.

It desired to consume everything.

Until it consumed and became everything. <<less

A burning planet behind her, a lonely ship travels across an ocean of stars in the vain and desperate hope of building a better world.

The beast Bai Ze, Xu Lin, once again awoke after centuries of sleep. Being last awake at the tail end of the Ming dynasty, the modern day was a-- shock. Many things have changed: the scenery, the people, the technology, the values.... more>>

Of course, one thing manages to unfailingly remain the same: that damn Taotie is still around to piss him off.

But Xu Lin has his duties to humanity, and do it he must. And if the remnants of the old Exorcism Department requires him to work with that Taotie Zhang Shenyuan for their vision of the future... Well, nobody could tell him to play nice.
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Short story, 2 chapters, chapter 2 is for smut (you're welcome).
Persistent but not romantic Taotie gong x Cold and sharp-tongued, yearning for someone else Bai Ze shou
Strong overtones of unrequited love! Please read content warnings at the top of the chapters. <<less

Mikael is your average mid-twenties half-demon, and he's not having a good winter. It started out simply: the water in his house won't heat up,... more>> he's close to losing his job, and ghosts are threatening him. Normal stuff. But now, demons from his father's realm are trying to kill him, and he doesn't know why. He has tried to stay away from things that go bump in the night, but after a few encounters with these beings, it's time to bump back. Investigating who's after him drags him back into the world of the supernatural, pitting him against powerful foes, cunning siblings, and the wizard's guild. The stakes get higher as more beings join in on a game he doesn't understand. He has to figure out the rules, and quick--before things get much worse. <<less

Remember taking all those trips with your parents and every time you got going, someone inevitably asks the question "are we there yet"? Yeah, this is nothing like that. This short story has everything that nobody wants!... more>>

Gods? Greek, Norse, Eldritch, you bet!
Mythology? In moderate amounts.
Jokes? So many you'll start to wonder where the actual story is!
Things so obscure to the average person that you might need to grab an encyclopedia? What kind of story would this be without those!
Romance? No, we've got everything else though, including the kitchen sink.
Poop throwing? You bet we do!
A protagonist that uses their mind? Absolutely not! I mean, they aren't even a living being, technically, and they certainly aren't biological in origin.

While this story is tagged as a gender bender, the protagonist is non-binary/gender fluid. What this means is that the pronoun usage is irrelevant in terms of telling the actual story. The pronoun choices made are simply a reflection of the isolated main character's perception of self based on its own understanding of the world, just as the individual inside Plato's cave, would have no understanding of being male or female.
This short story was also inspired by the Chinese novel "Journey to the West" (also known by the titles "Monkey" and "The Monkey King") credited as being written by Wu Cheng'en. <<less

Viisvang is a baby god, hiding beneath the fishmother and eating everything that falls within reach

In a world where language has the power to create and destroy, Dam Son is an entity brought to life by a powerful sacrifice. As he embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the truth behind his existence, he must face daunting challenges and navigate a strange, scripted world. With a unique blend of LitRPG and fantasy, ‘Battle of Grammar’ will take readers on an epic adventure filled with magic, danger, and the power of words.... more>>

Join Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/AuthorsDread <<less

Orikka craves meaning, but the meaning they create is a complicated one

Everybody knows that orcs and adventurers don't mix. Adventurers kill orcs, in fact, in endless hordes as part of their quests, in exchange for bounties posted by the Empire. Dzošajan knows this. But she also knows that she has one goal in life: to become the greatest alchemist in the world, and she'll do anything to accomplish that. That alchemy is her best shot at changing her body to something she's happy with is just a fortunate coincidence. So when a caravan of alchemists arrives at her tiny orc village, Dzošajan jumps at the opportunity, and ends up becoming apprenticed to one of them. It's only later that she learns that this particular alchemist doesn't... more>> live in some ancient tower or dungeon; he owns a potion shop in town, and his primary clientele are, of course, adventurers. This could get complicated.

Cover created using Heroforge, edited with the gracious assistance of blake1 and KatietheAngelWitch, both on scribblehub. <<less

Some day she’ll be free from her

An inquisitive mimic gains self awareness and sets off to find excitement.
This is a complete short story (Only ~8000 words).
Setting is not a... more>> D&D universe, but is heavily inspired by such. Also NOT a LitRPG, I.E. does not include mention of any stats or abilities nor is there any sort of 'System'. <<less

Five moons rise over Evanir, each in her own cycle, and each moon is also a god, one of five sisters.... more>>

Many gods create spirit attendants and companions, brought forth fully-formed. Long ago, the moons worked together to create a lineage that are, instead, humans transformed by the mingling of blood.

They intended them to be long-lived and to draw their strength directly from the light of the moon who chose each individual. The five sisters had different goals in mind – one wanted it to be a blessing for scholars and artists, to give them more time and fewer physical distractions; another wanted them to have an animal form, different for each, to keep them more in tune with nature so they could serve as guardians of the wilderness.

There are drawbacks to their children having human lives and personalities before being chosen: not all share the goals of their divine mothers, and some choose to put their gifts to darker uses.

A few carry the blood of one woman who fled the corruption in search of a quiet life. Some joined the family by choice, some by accident; they come from highly varied backgrounds, and have diverse skills. Looking out for each other, unable to settle anywhere for long, they try to help humans when they can. Ultimately, there is no greater threat for them to tackle than the other children of the moons.

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Moonblood isn't so much a novel as a series of adventures of varying length. They involve a core group of people, which does grow over time. They take place in a low-magic world, but despite that, our core cast are directly connected to the moons and have various abilities, including limited shapeshifting to a single individual animal form.

As with all my work, unless gender, orientation, or other aspects of sexuality are explicitly stated, I suggest not making assumptions. Probably most significant, I think, is a major trans character who appears about 80K words in - no spoilers, just a note for those who care about that one way or the other. <<less

Despite her desire to be close to others, a young wolf struggles to understand the intricacies of interpersonal connections, feeling isolated from friends and family... more>> alike. In a moment of revelation, she feels she recognizes the same sense of loneliness in the moon itself. She vows to dedicate her life to finding a way to reach the moon, in the hopes that then she'll understand how to reach everyone else--but as she comes to realize that the others around her don't relate to her goals, she begins to wonder if she's only alienating herself even further. <<less

A lazy dukes recollection of his liquor loving friend.