Where I was from, growing up poor meant I only had two options. Spend my whole life working on my family's farm, or join the Imperium Navy and get off that dirtball planet. I chose the latter, but I wasn't in it for glory or the career.
All I wanted was to end my first tour on one of the core worlds where they had the right medical technology, with enough money saved up so I could afford the procedure I needed.
Lucky for me, fate had other plans.... more>>

Additional Tags: Chosen Family, Polyamoury <<less

Everyone has a story to tell, made from the moments in the lives we share. Consequently, every person has their own perspective, their own subjective experiences, and thereby, their own subjective realities. Even if the exact same story is told by two people, the details from one will differ in the other.... more>>

Reed and Lumina share their lives together, but each of them came from different backgrounds; each of them went through their own unique experiences. Reed is a human being like everyone else on Earth. Lumina is an Altiri, like every one in Genosis. Both are aliens to their own world, and both have seen their own source of immense darkness in their time.

The other side of the same story might sound similar at a quick glance, but in the depths of every personal reality, very little is ever the same. Welcome to the far side of the universe, in a safe corner of the world you've probably heard nothing about. Welcome ~ to Genosis. Welcome ~ to The Other Side. <<less

Trial Zone: Death World. Difficulty: Ultimate. How am I supposed to fix the Multiverse when I can’t even survive the tutorial?... more>>

Abducted by the government. Forced to enter data into an old computer. When the command prompt came up Felix pressed it. [EXECUTE]. Time froze, and he was ripped out of his Universe by the System. Given the title of Versewalker by an Observer, and a fallen angel as a constant companion, he has only three tasks: travel the Multiverse solving Crises, level up, and get back home to save his reality.

What to Expect:

+ Weak to Strong MC with custom RPG systems.
+ LitRPG System Screens of excellent quality.
+ A blend of science-fiction and fantasy elements.
+ Multiple Universes, Cultures, and Settings.
+ Dungeoneering and Loot.
+ Lite kingdom building and kingdom management.
+ Unique companions gathered from across the Multiverse.

Notes on Tags:
+ Subsequent Volumes will have different Universes which, by their nature, will touch on some of the other tags.
+ There is a gradual romance between Felix and Tinuriel.

Massive Credits to FiniteVoid (https://finitevoid.dev/) for his amazing set of tools for making System Screens.

Read even farther ahead on my Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/SerasStreams)
Check out all of the System Information: (https://sites.google.com/view/versewalkerodyssey/home)

This is only posted here on ScribbleHub, Royal Road, and my Patreon (all under the same username). If you see it anywhere else, it is stolen. Please notify me, and thank you! <<less

Amidst a brutal, never-ending war, one hero stands above all others as a beacon of hope. The Knight Templar – Pilot of a towering... more>> mech, its cape billowing, armour gleaming white and sword aflame – An unstoppable protector of the weak, an ace among aces.
But behind every hero is a valiant maintenance crew. Without them, The Knight Templar would surely be a man like any other.
Kris seeks to be an integral part of that crew, a person the one true hero they believe in can lean upon.
But with the war growing ever more delusional, a new doomsday plan is uncovered that threatens to wipe out the fragile resistance of Remembrance entirely. Can Kris and the rest of the Caravel's crew come together to prevent this threat, or will even The Knight Templar be engulfed in an unescapable inferno?
Can a hero really exist in a war of tragedies? <<less

Check out the Patreon site in the link below for up to 12 Advanced chapter!
And Enjoy the story! ... more>>

https://www.patreon.com/user?u=40375755
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(WARNING! - The Author is not responsible for any actions, words, memetic hazards used by, or impressionable youths corrupted by, the MC.)

Meet ALPHA-555-12-4412; an unstable, unpredictable, and possibly insane Sapient AI of dubious morals with a love for everything that goes "Boom!".

All qualities that make him perfect as the "Spearhead" for the technologically advanced Third Galactic Federation of Sapients' and its "Galactic Unification Project". When you need a rebellion quelled, or a new species subjugated, you call in an Alpha Strike!

But when Alpha finds himself trapped in a world filled with reality-warping magics and thousand-year-old Cultivators, He quickly learns he might be out of his depths for once.

And like any good fish out of water, he adapts the best he knows how; by giving the fish a pair of sick robot legs and equipping it with a battleship-rated intercontinental Railgun!

Soon all the Worlds of the Grand Firmament will learn; He's not trapped inside with them; they're trapped in here with Him.

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Reader's Warning! - Side-effects of this story may include, but are not limited to, [Insomnia], [PTSD], [Anasaphilia], [Cachinnation induced asphyxiation], [Paranoia that you're being constantly watched by an Omnipresent interstellar intelligence of dubious origins] (you are), and [Totally rational, AI-centric, Technophobia].

By reading the first word of this Synopsis, you have given your legally binding agreement to absolve the Third Galactic Federation of Sapients and all associated parties from any and all damages caused as a result of this story in the past, present, future, and outside of time or causal reality.

[Non-Causal Reality damages may be eligible for review.]

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Alex Abrams, accomplished archeologist and table top gaming geek, finally found real magic - but he's not going to be able to sell it to his boss or write about anything in Archeology Annual: Because he found it by a one-way dimensional portal, which yes, gave him all the power he can stomach, but also threw him into a world of starships. But truth to tell, he doesn't want to use it on himself much... because power has a price.... more>>

And it’s pink.
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Slow transformation (male to female) of the MC, in a mixed magic and scifi universe.

A couple of notes:
1) I don't know where I'm going with this, I'm mostly writing for my own entertainment.
2) I'm mostly writing from mobile while exercising outside, and don't have an editor
a) This means posting will be erratic
b) I will also occasionally have spelking mistakes and missing or incorrect works due to autocomplete and fat fingering. Feel free to point them out, but do try to be polite.
3) On tags: There’s disagreement on how "weighty" they should be, and very little practical guidance on their use. "It shows up once" vs. "major theme of the story" kind of thing. So I don't really know what to do with them. Feel free to make suggestions, though. <<less

Disclaimer: Please note that this work is made available on Royal Road and Fictionpress, in addition to its publication here.... more>>

Three years ago, a crack appeared in the sky of the magical world of Nethermere, revealing a portal. From it emerged thousands upon thousands of spaceships belonging to a higher realm civilization, intent on invading this “lower” realm.

However, let's just say that their plan did not end well.

War. All out war! That’s the answer!

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The seventh loop started, and Burn returned back, awakened before the apocalyptic war started, cursing—“This stupid bi—witch!”

After the invasion, Burn decided to march with his army and start a great war across the continent.

However, his march came to a halt when a woman suddenly appeared before him and took her own life while shouting his name. Burn only blinked before realizing he had returned to the time before the war began.

That witch of a woman had reset all his hard work!

"Why? You're wondering if I've trapped you in a time loop?" the witch asked. "It's not just a spell but a curse! Dear Villain, you are now Witchbound!" <<less

One hundred fifty-eight years have passed since humanity first spread beyond the bounds of Earth. It has been two years since we made first contact with an alien race. Two years since the war began. A war we are losing.... more>>

We have been driven back to our last bastion, Earth. Our colonies lie in ruins, our fleets decimated. Our enemy is at our doorsteps, and soon our fortress may fall, but we have one last hope. A new ship that may change the tide of this war, and provide salvation for our race. That ship is humankind’s first ship capable of breaking the lightspeed barrier and bringing the fight to the enemy. Will that ship be able to save our race? Or is she doomed to fail? <<less

When everything in existence suffers a change, or welcomes it, and what is to come has finally come - would it beget with its origination the terror, deathliness, tragedy, torment and devastation? Or would it, by any chance, differ from its authentic nature and reality?... more>>

In the deepest of the first starless dark blue night, its point of origin vastly different from the one where everything 'began'... a beautiful hand reaches to taint the most fearsome. Would its origin bring chaos to it all?
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What are the words that hold the utmost power? What are the thoughts that break it all? Which are those who shine brightest, gloom darker, and explode defiantly against reality who prevail?

Any lifeform of the world, no matter how advanced and evolved; all become subject to terror for the very same ones:

One, afraid of the dark. Two, of the violent forces of Nature. Three, of Injustice.

It's not about having the reason on your side; it's not about having the power to demand for subservience and is not whether one is right or not... It's about taking it all with your own hands!

No darkness is gloom without light to obverse it; no light shines brighter without endless emptiness. But it is only one that is; only that has been; only one that can; that will; that KNOWS.

One little grain of sand can evolve into a dried-up sea; one little animal can become a monster; one sole thought can become reality... But can any of them regress, lose it all, suffer nonsensically, and beget — 'all that exists and there is'?

Would they be willing to? ...Can they do it? ...Do they understand?

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Synopsis for dummies:

Born in a world where every imaginable thing is so advanced even the earth one can step on moves and thinks, met with the pureness of nature at birth, and touched by the unimaginable.

To see the future is for fools. To long for the past is too late. But to see ahead is the only road.

What might be a long and arduous lifelong objective for one can be a simple step for others. What others can't see might be sensed by someone else. And to walk as one never betrays themselves... is glory.

When the bells ring, the heavens change, the world trembles, and a change is called upon... Will there finally be that something that has been missing? What the world had lacked all this long? What... the world deserves? Will a person change that? Will they do it all alone, terribly consumed in coldness and leaving horrors wherever that person walks? Or will there be a returning change that the world has even forgotten for... ever?

Even the smallest of rebellions and uprisings... can be the start of everything.

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I am also publishing this on Royalroad.com.
It currently has 3 volumes completed (100 chapters each) and another incoming. <<less

[#r18] [#Harem] [Do not translate my work you rulate site bastards.]
A man was reborn in the Marvel world as a regular civilian, Alex Wilson, without any special power. He was living away from the bustling city where villains mostly lurked around. But his luck eventually ran out like all those humans who die all the time thanks to those supervillains and Heroes' fights. ... more>>

He got caught up in a fight between Hulk and Abomination, when he went to the city to buy some supplies, resulting in a spinal cord injury. But thanks to the lunatic doctors who performed various tests on him, he found out he had a perfect immunity mutation. But excessive tests killed him in the end.

Once again he woke up in a new body... Peter Parker's body. Now, he has a second chance and power to tilt the balance of power.

Follow this journey as he goes on a revenge rampage and tries his best to make the most out of Peter's intellect and luck with girls. A selfish hero is what he plans to become who will put his own happiness before others and live his life his own way.

But do things always go as planned?

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MC kills villains without any mercy.

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I don't own anything related to Marvel except for my OC
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Cover picture found on Pinterest
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Support Link:-
https://www.patreon.com/XcaliburXc [Read over 20+ advance chapters]
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I am also posting this on Webnovel, Royal Road and Fanfiction sites <<less

A completely [not] original universe, and story. Inspire by Knight and Magic and Gundam Gemini.... more>>

Yohan Agnes, a Gundam lover who tragically died before he could start to work on his new Gunpla, is waking up as a baby girl?! Watch as Yohan Agnes, now Yoha Milas Revory rises into the new world with her knowledge! Or maybe she will just be gushing over Gundam in this new world too?

[What to expect of this?]
1) GUNDAM! obviously!
2) Either bad or good political writing, this is the first time I have written something about politics but I live in Thailand so...
3) Undecide whether it will be a girl or boy love interest, I like Hakai me no Yuuri, and it is really good, you should give it a read. Anyway, I won't spoil but it's Gender Bend Mc x Male. so yup...I will wait to see the flow and decide!
4) from what you read so far I think you already guessed what I'm about to write here right? It's bad grammar, Duh! I write by feeling and didn't learn grammar properly, kinda lazy but does it work? maybe, maybe not. so Grammar Police please go easy on me!
5) The idiot, genius MC, Well, sometimes she a complete genius, and sometimes she's downright stupid.
6) Possible Newtype-like power in the future. Or maybe a coordinator? Innovator? Or straight up just a clone like in G-witch
7) Death, lot and a lot of Deaths. <<less

Yukikage Night had loved his childhood friend ever since he could remember, but one day everything went wrong (or right) and his life was turned upside down. He wasn't human at all, nor was his best friend who seemed to hide everything from him. Now that the two are forced to marry, how will Yuki escape his feelings when he's trapped side by side with his crush in space?... more>>

Yukikage (MC)- Tsundere- Bottom and Sub.
Kuro (ML)- Yandere- Top and Dom.
(What to expect)- Bickering scenarios that almost always lead to one of them blushing. Some spicy stuff that appears later, wholesome stuff mixed in everywhere, and a crazy yandere guy who will do anything to make sure HIS Yuki stays with him forever. Also, FIGHTS--lots and lots of fights!

Uploads every day. <<less

On the far reaches of the galaxy lies a deathworld with hostile fauna and flora. On this planet lives a lone woman with her artificial assistant, tinkering on projects she has had in the works for decades.... more>>

Her life's work, a true artificial life-form, is finally ready for awakening.

As much as the scientist wants to watch her creation develop and grow, darkness looms in the horizon as her past starts to catch up to her. <<less

Zaina Quin is an ordinary young woman working her father's farm when her life is turned upside down by the impending end of her world.

Ceella Stella was born as the oldest sibling into a loving family. At twenty-two years old life was going well, a job in space with the best view of the stars, good friends and a great family ... more>>

Then her life pivoted off course when the space delivery vessel she worked on gets attacked by an armed criminal group after the smuggled goods secretly onboard. Trapped, wounded and stranded on a hostile dungeon planet. Death loomed overhead, vengeance stalked her dreams and a longing to see her family rests in her heart.

Striking a deal to escape her prison, after five years she was finally able to leave. Ready for revenge and reunions, will she be able to adjust to the many changes in her family's life, and will she be able to keep her soul safe?

Two thousand years ago humanity nearly went extinct. Dungeons, mana, and different energies filled the universe. Still, they managed to survive and prosper, expanding far into the stars and beginning a new age of peace.
Peace can last forever, but that forever isn’t now.

So be careful all who make an enemy of the Witch of the Stars.

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Hi it's me Bobple here! Wow finally doing it! This is my first series, and also more of test in way to see if I can write consistently. I've writing privately a couple times, but I want to improve so I better start actually posting stuff online.
Please comment if you find any grammar mistakes, cause I'm really good at making them... even after triple checking...

Schedule: 2 chapters a week. <<less

World setting: A world where a super artificial intelligence directs people in their day-to-day life, it chooses the most suitable jobs for people, which are still done by people. These jobs include research, mental treatment, software developer, politician and others. Amond these jobs there is a job to explore new planets, asteroids, stars and other things in space, called space explorer. The job itself is to supervise a space vessel, and in case it has a problem which is outside of its capabilities to solve, it is the explorer’s task to solve or to help solve it. Heki Tike has been assigned as a space explorer for a long time and has gotten their new... more>> mission to explore a planet presumed to be rich in rare-earth metals. But things don’t go as they should…

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This is my first story. I would appreciate if you could leave a review, so that I can improve my writing in the future. The direction of the story is mostly decided, so hopefully no writer's block. I'll try to stick to a weekly update schedule. Also, tell me if the chapters are too long, I'll try to write shorter ones. Currently I'm sticking to ~1k words/chap.

Arshaid <<less

|7X WATTPAD FEATURED| Daniel Matton wasn't ready for an adventure, not until 3023 sent him into space on a journey to prehistoric times. The prehistoric animals test his patience, but Dan must endure all the pain and suffering to return home safely.... more>>

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Seventeen-year-old Daniel Matton, still grieving after his mother's death five years ago, is given the adventure of a lifetime when he's selected as the Star of 3023's PPMC Project for a journey through a black hole, wormhole, and white hole to prehistoric times. Now, does Dan want to be the Star? Heck no, but he has loved paleontology ever since a bittersweet memory with his mom twelve years earlier.

Programmed to resemble Dan's mother's personality, PPMC vows to keep him safe on his journey, but it's difficult when the stubborn teen constantly gets in trouble, not just with himself but also prehistoric anomalies: volcanic eruptions, eight-foot-long millipedes, terrifying saber-toothed cats, and above all... disaster.

Now nearly trapped in time, Dan and PPMC must work together to escape the geologic time scale before Dan's love for paleontology and the mighty Quetzalcoatlus prevent him from learning how to truly trust PPMC and "let go" of the burden that's weighed him down for five years.

A teen, a starship, and Becca...

Have you ever wanted to see where life first began?

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*2023-2024 Version*
*Featured on @Project_Athena || Visions of Tomorrow | Science Fiction Reading List.*
*Featured on @AstaniaCommunity || Throughout the Multiverse | Science Fiction Reading List.* <<less

In space, isolation is a slow killer. Company quickens the pace... more>>

Waking up adrift in an ancient battleground, Alex is left dazed and confused with no clue how she ended up trapped aboard a failing vessel. With only a mysterious voice in her head to guide her she must act in order to survive.

Every piece of the puzzle she collects only leads to more questions about her origins and why she is trapped around a seemingly deserted star.

All she knows for sure is that she could die at any minute.

But she is not going to go down without a fight.

Follow Alex on her adventure as she upgrades her ship, forges new friendships, encounters new enemies, and does her best to balance her humanity with her growing abilities.

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What to expect: an action-packed *soft* sci-fi ship girl space opera that’s perfect for readers who love survival, military sci-fi and a sprinkling of progression / gamelit with stakes that grow with our protagonist. Also girls might end up kissing, so if that is terrifying, be warned.

Copyright © 2023 by Erios909 <<less

Humanity has surpassed itself.... more>>

Hunger, war, and death; they all have been abolished. Now in their place amongst the stars, with every ailing already solved, humans find themselves colonizing the cosmos for the sake of entertainment and diversion. The Project Tycoon, humanity's greatest initiative, gifts every human a planet for them to control and manage. Their word, their law. Only one truth rings above all else, contribute to humanity's progress!

Now using my knowledge of robotics, quantum communications, and ceaseless funding; I will win this game.

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Project Tycoon is a hard sci-fi story that takes elements from many fictional stories and videogames, plus taking all my wrong engineering knowledge. Expect references to common sci-fi tropes plus mentions from newly published papers. <<less

Struck with visions of a future he can not explain, Leonard must unravel its secrets through any means necessary. Even if that means creating an organization to go against the very nation he means to protect.... more>>

patreon.com/NoobHobby0 <<less

In the year 2021, mysterious supernatural attackers came from nowhere, flying giant mechanized airships that wreaked havoc upon the entire planet! For 3 days straight, they went after the biggest capitals in the world, but mysteriously disappeared after attacking a small rural town! Though they may be gone, their attack left a mark on the entirety of Earth, permanently altering it's landscape to create breath-taking and bizarre scenery, and mutating creatures on the planet to make beasts, though not every animal has been affected. Now, 5 years later, 3 intrepid adventurers set out on a ship recovered from the war to find the ones behind the attack, but little do they know what they have... more>> in store for them.... Join them today for Brilliant Adventures and Brutal Battles in The Airship!

Cover Art is by @HorrorMothCryptid :> <<less

A young pilot testing an experimental spacecraft unwittingly finds himself in the position of one of Humanity's two designated survivors, a plot to preserve the existence of their race in the annals of time. Earth is doomed, the Sun is fated to die, but the last page has yet to be written in the chronicles of human exploits.... more>>

With only a strange woman, a dog, and a sapient computer, he is thrust into a new reality. In order to survive, they must learn to make use of their limited and shrinking advantages. To thrive they must gain power, be it political, military, or economic, and they need it fast.
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Dead Star Dockyards on Royal Road and Webnovel
Author: cakeonfrosting <<less

To be a synth is the greatest privilege an individual could be born into. What greater purpose or grander sense of fulfillment could one hope for than to be a tool of King Decon, the ruler of the Galaxy?... more>>

09T07 doesn’t know what more they want, but they know they’re missing something. Friendship? Intimacy? This seems to be the answer when they find others who are also not as King Decon intended them to be. However, how long can such things last among tools to be used and discarded? And how far are they willing to go to protect their loved ones in the face of duty?

Thanks to Julia Peitzer for consultation regarding gender-expansive and non-binary identities

Patrons of Synth can read 2 chapters ahead of public release. <<less

Book 1: Complete, in process of posting.
Book 2: 50% complete, will schedule chapters when complete.
Discord: https://discord.gg/5UwSSc2
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To the Creshe Empire, I’m just a number.... more>>

I’ve spent the past five years in isolation and under study. With my home razed by a Syldrari attack, my mind damaged, and nothing but white walls and a viewing window around me, I dedicated myself to two things: training my body, and reading any book they allowed me to have.

The Empire wants me to serve, to use the inhuman power the Incident stirred within me. Technically, they asked, but it wasn’t much of a choice. It never is. Serve, or… I refused to be a mindless slave. My life was taken from me once. Never again.

With the Empire moving forward with their xenophobic plans, they needed someone capable of killing Syldrari—and I was just that. A tool they could use, a tool they thought they could manipulate. Needing me was their first mistake. They gave me leverage, I named my terms.

Now, after five years, my life can begin. <<less

There’s a fact that every trillionaire in the Terran Accord knows: Power on Antares always comes with a price. And it was true; almost every position of power within the jurisdiction of the Antares Authority had some sort of string attached. ... more>>

Yet an entire third of the Antares Authority’s budget is exempt from public scrutiny, a gigantic bucket of odds and ends that the masses aren't allowed to know any details on. It's a glaring exception to the rule. Accountability is completely impossible. The money is poured down a hole and not subject to any form of oversight. Nobody knows a single thing they do — not even the very legislators who approve it, every single year, without failure. Whoever is in charge of this is one glaring exception to this rule: They have power without a price. Or so it seems…

This is the story of the Department of Autonomy, and their struggle preparing for a threat beyond their wildest nightmares. <<less