First four chapters of novel posted here for free---... more>>

Louisville community college professor Jared Longley had grown comfortable with his life and was excited to start a new chapter in love. But a regular guy in everyday America getting to keep his seemingly mundane life is dependent upon the odds working as they normally do. Odds are that one won’t become intertwined with dangerous mobsters when performing, routine, everyday tasks. But it does happen. Jared discovers what happens when the odds work against him and dark forces work to rob him of the life he took for granted.
As he hides for his life from these mobsters, Jared must rely upon unlikely sources of assistance to scrap to get his life back. He must grapple with who gets hurt and what gets lost along the way to save one’s self…even if one deserves to be saved. The first volume of the crime novel series The Ville looks at the fight that one man must put up to maintain an average American life and the toll that comes from this fight. <<less

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Story about Major István, the notorious leader of 'Debrecen Families'.
After his prison escape, he sets his goals to a new level, which includes killing, robbing, and more. <<less

After a mafia boss was secretly assassinated, his spirit descends to the gates of the afterlife and was denied access to enter the afterlife; because the worker there did not get a record of how he have died. However, the worker allowed him the chance to go back down to Earth as a spirit to find out who have caused his death, but there is one requirement to this though. He must work together with a man in the past who he have killed his whole entire family in order to investigate his death, since because he's only a spirit now and doesn't have a body. ... more>>

The mafia boss is only a spirit now, so he can easily go anywhere he wants and not get spotted by anyone at all. However, other than the man that he is supposed to work with in order to investigate his death, no one else can hear or see him at all. Therefore, he cannot communicate with anyone else, due to him being a spirit only. He would need the man's help on his investigation about his death, due to the man being able to talk with people and communicate with them in order to obtain information about his death.

The mafia boss and the man would have to work together by using each others' unique abilities; in order to help the mafia figure out how he have died.

However, would the man be willing to help out someone who have killed his whole entire family in the past? <<less

breaking bad romance one-shots
my first time writing :p... more>>

note: these are all satire, ess for shits and giggles <<less

Lisa Robyn is a public figure and an aspiring politician in the city of Ubec as she fights injustice, corruption, and poverty. In honor of... more>> her late father that also did the same thing. But as she goes on threats on her close friends and family has been rampant. While she discovers the truth about the city and her father's true death. She is now hunted by an unknown criminal organization that's been manipulating the city for 30 years. But with the help of a cafe owner's Lilac; Arthur Torgeir will help her along the way. As she will bring an end to a long tyranny of the criminal organization that has been lurking all these years. <<less

Life outside of the blanc quarter in Lusa, Louisiana isn't pretty, but the people are warm. And the city is home to rookie cop Valentin St. Laurent, who is one of the few officers remaining at the old police station in Old Lusa. But the usually quiet station is rocked with the leader of the cartel, Babette, is dragged in, and booked for burning down a sanitarium. But is Babette actually guilty, or is he a victim himself?... more>>

Valentin begrudgingly teams up with Babette, who he considers literal scum, to prove his innocence and figure out who is really behind the arson and the attempt on Babette's life.

Want some good background music? Here's the playlist I listen to while writing this!: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YGdKLxy2lX5eQlzMGZvci?si=9417c6ce75554c84 <<less

"Shadow Files: Scout and Helen's Chronicles" unfolds the gripping tales of two intrepid investigators, Scout and Helen, as they embark on a series of paranormal... more>> escapades. Working within the mysterious realm of government assignments, they navigate through enigmatic cases that blur the lines between the natural and supernatural. Join them in their relentless pursuit of truth as they uncover the secrets concealed within the shadow files, revealing a world where the paranormal meets government intrigue. Brace yourself for a thrilling journey through uncharted territories where each case brings them closer to the heart of mysterious occurrences and the shadows that conceal them. <<less

In the present day, two detectives interrogate Akemi - the infamous and still-mysterious boss of the long-collapsed Crimson Rose yakuza clan. Through Akemi's flashbacks to... more>> 1920s Tokyo, the story follows her rise to power alongside her younger brother Kaito, who once acted as her light in the darkness. With Kaito's presence, Akemi experiences moments of levity amidst her ruthless reign. But an unknown betrayal left Crimson Rose in ruins almost a century ago. As secrets from the past come to light, the story delves into themes of family bonds, power, and the complex motives and masks that can tear loved ones apart. Against the backdrop of Prohibition-era Tokyo, the detectives search for clues to finally uncover the truth behind Crimson Rose's enigmatic downfall. <<less

After spending ten years in the United States Prison System, our protagonist sets on his long journey back home to his family in Oakland California.

In this fantastical world, there is something called "Virtue" and it lives within every being. Follow the main character, Syro, on his journey to unite... more>> this depressing, unforgiving world through peaceful means. Or rather, attempted peaceful means. <<less

Bela meets a strange man in the pub who wants to talk business.

Katy Waters, 23, lives in a rundown caravan site. She's been desperate to save up enough to have a better life to escape. Battling with her addictions, she gets caught up in a local drug ring - with people who may be more than they seem. They're not professionals, but that's what makes them so scary. What do you do when someone can just snap at any time?... more>>

But still, they're the only thing keeping her afloat. <<less

This is the story of a man named Greg who falls down a manhole and discovers that the world is actually run by sewer people.... more>>

So if you were looking for something sensical, you can move on. <<less

Created by a tired gamer, Hiroyuki Heshin transcends the digital world. Endowed with a new intelligence after an unforeseen transfer into his created character, Hiroyuki is driven by a single goal - to fulfill his dream of fighting evil.... more>>

Armed with intelligence beyond all limits, Hiroyuki navigates the complexities of life, using his enhanced intelligence to recognize and confront evil. Leading a secluded lifestyle, he distances himself from his family, quietly making his way toward his noble goal.

It also uploads on Royal Road <<less

Red Town is a spoof noir, which follows Private Eye Kirk Jerk as he delves into the murky underworld lowlifes, thieves, and the most despicable... more>> of them all, writers. <<less

What does it mean to be truly immortal? For thousands of years, one family has been searching for the body parts of their dismembered ancestor.... more>> They are not the only people on the trail. Secret societies, cults, rich collectors, pharmaceutical companies - everybody wants a piece. There's one thing his family knows, though. If he ever pulls himself back together, he's going to be pissed.... And the world will pay the price. <<less

Where aliens and humans live in harmony, one wreaks havoc among the enclosed city.

Half-orc Hack doesn’t know where he fits in the world but desperately wants to prove himself tough enough to join the fully blooded orcs of... more>> the Greenskins MC. But when a delivery to a rival motorcycle club led by a hulking kamapua’a known as ‘The Pig’ goes disastrously wrong, the young half-orc might wind up fully dead. <<less

The terrors of life, the adventure, the crime and the feeling of hunger for revenge - something young Annabel has to experience or witness with... more>> her own eyes and heart. She is to find out the painful truths, but how much can she take? <<less

Between werebeast and bandits, the woodlands are considered a treacherous place. Bright merry and bountiful, they draw envious eyes. Snakes and devils and temptations at every turn. On a quiet day, the forest will drive people mad, and few cautionary tails reach further than the shanty town of turncoats. The heist that humbled even the grandest of colonies. But few can trace the mastermind who bent the wilderness to his cause.... more>>

A short story.
Shared universe: Imaginary <<less

"What is that light? piercing through the sky upon people".
their lives are about to change as the mysterious light called Bloodlight provides some of... more>> its recipients with superhuman abilities and changes their lives for better or for worse.
the story is set in 500 BD; 500 years after the first and only massive bloodlight occurrence.
It spawned the first generation of people with superpowers and they passed it down to their successors with new attributes.
Read about the struggles of a boy Zess as he tackles life through high school and beyond. life was never fair to him but now it's up to him to help others overcome their fears and save their world from the looming threat. <<less

n the treacherous world of organized crime, Vincent "Don Vito" Romano, the infamous mafia boss, had it all—power, wealth, and an empire built on the backs of those who dared to defy him. But in the shadows of his own operation, betrayal brewed. When his closest confidante orchestrated a coup, Vincent was left for dead, bleeding out on the cold, unforgiving pavement.... more>>

But fate had other plans for the Don. Instead of meeting his end, Vincent found himself in a world far removed from the glitz and glamour of the mafia. He woke up in the medieval realm of Eldoria, a land of knights, castles, and magic.

Stripped of his wealth, influence, and modern technology, Vincent faced a stark choice: adapt or perish. To his shock, he found that he had been reincarnated as a commoner in this new world, where black hair was seen as an ill omen and his family had been brutally slaughtered due to their hair color. <<less

Beware of an old man on his last job.... more>>

Terrence Wicht is a grizzled Bounty Hunter. He survived two decades in the profession where those younger than him succumb, he battled the wilds and the outlaws, and enemies magical and mundane, but in the end, it was his advancing age that caught up to him.

As advancing civilization mercilessly encroaches on the frontier, and the world becomes better connected than ever before, Bounty Hunters may eventually become things of the past as well.

Down on his luck, burdened by the age, and out of money, the protagonist accepts the suspicious contract of locating the valuable missing shipments for the Federal government and gets entangled in the problems he didn't bargain for. But in the world of magic and technology, where bottled health becomes ever valuable, it might also be a job that solves his biggest problem.

His last job. <<less

What if the great war never ended? For 70 years, the major powers have fought across the Earth. The United Allies, The Kingdom Alliance, The Central Empire, the big three nations. They destroyed our homeworld with their bombs, their gas, their nuclear fire. Now we've pushed out into the stars, beyond our planet and then our solar system. The year is 1991, and the Great War rages ever more fiercely in the asteroid belts, on the moons, deep in the labyrinthine halls of industrial orbitals, and in the strange mud of distant planets. For every colony and station destroyed in the war, two more take their place, full of desperate people trying to survive. That's... more>> life for many an unfortunate, slaving away in mines, factories, Agri-stations, or onboard merchant ships desperately trying to stave off starvation for one more day in some far flung system.

There are others too. Outlaws, exiles, secessionists and rebels. They live in the fringes, on the edge of the jump gate system. They're either hidden from the major powers, or ignored for lack of strategic value. Space stations that were forgotten long ago, failed colonies, asteroid mines that ran dry. This is the type of place where Marauders are born. Pirates, terrorists, free men and women, what they are is up for debate, but it can be said with certainty that their numbers are growing. This is the story of one of those Marauders, his first foray into the wide world of stealing from and shooting it out with the major powers. Hero? Villain? It doesn't mean much at the edge of nowhere, Guppy just wants an apartment and a cheese burger. <<less

In the world of Epavar the year is 1020 A.C.E, known as the criminal era. Crime and violence is at a high, nations led by... more>> these criminal gangs. Follow the story of Alakazam, a hopeless dreamer on his journey of collecting the Seven Wish Stones, while ruffling feathers in the criminal empire. Follow this dreamers journey to becoming the King of Thieves. <<less