While attending the 2038 annual Juneteenth march with her friends, activist and archivist Amina Fernandes witnesses a devastating terrorist attack using a mysterious technology that leaves dozens of police officers dead and injured. As the local Black community suffers under the resulting occupation by a federal taskforce seeking to apprehend the terrorist, Amina stumbles onto evidence that the attack might have been a false flag. ... more>>

Horrified by the implication of this information and wanting to live up to legacy of Black radicals she's idolized all her life, Amina decides to do something about this seeming conspiracy and protect her community. Assembling friends and allies to aid her plan, Amina acts to uncover whatever plot is brewing in her city. What she doesn't know is that her need for answers and justice will spark a series of events that will change everything and test how far she's willing to go to live up to her revolutionary values.
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When is it all just a story?

When one chance encounter goes wrong, a teen finds herself in the center of a state-wide scandal.

Soichiro Kumagawa's your average sleep-deprived, self-deprecating, strange-music-liking contrarian-in-denial teen. After moving back to his hometown following the death of his neglectful father, he finds himself forcefully contracted with his father's old familiar, a Yuki-Onna with the physical appearance of a child.... more>>

She then tells Soichiro of her mission to mold him into a great ghost hunter like his father.

The story follows Soichiro's encounters with the supernatural underground of his hometown as he hunts spirits to keep his familiar alive, all while experiencing the ups and downs of adolescence.

*College is destroying me, so updates whenever I can/feel like. And yes, the cover looks like that on purpose. It is art. <<less

Volume 1:... more>>

Just an average manufacturer in an advanced world, but chosen by those above, Delton Cloud became possessed. Possessed by a man who had experienced all his village can offer.

Delton's dreams, now memories of a young man's journey into the wider world in pursuit of a more interesting life. Right behind this man, another one follows this trailblazing path, ignorant of his place in existence, in pursuit of a purpose in life.

Note: No set schedule, as of yet. <<less

Hunting for a serial killer, a SWAT team gets more than they bargained for when they invade a mansion filled with lethal traps.

Two young influencers explore rumours of an old nuclear shelter in the basement of a recently raided drug lord. The bunker turns out to be... more>> much, much bigger and much stranger than can be believed but when they attempt to leave they can no longer find the exit, and they soon realise something is down there with them. <<less

All Xiu Jianyu wants is the respect and appreciation of the governor of Guliang (the money and riches that come along with it are a nice extra touch!). He has moulded himself into a master of manipulation in order to try and win him over completely, but despite all of that, the governor still decides to send him to the province of Shufang as a spy to gather information about the court and its ruler, Huan Haiqiang. Xiu Jianyu is not happy about it, but he agrees to go, with the promise of future reward if he does a fair job as impetus.... more>>

However, the court of Shufang, is not at all what he thought it would be, and neither is Huan Haiqiang. With his plans and expectations thrown completely up into the air, Xiu Jianyu tries to work through the mess he has found himself in, while attempting to ignore what he truly wants in favour of what he is supposed to have wanted all this time. <<less

Suffering amnesia from his previous life, a boy leads a troubled childhood. Reserved and watchful, he sticks to his own devices, however a sleeping dragon is not so easily hidden. Soon enough, he is scouted and taken up by an empire, apprenticed and catapulted into the realm of heroes. Among knights and less than shining armor and the scales that tip with every step they take.... more>>

Shared universe: Imaginary. <<less

In an ever-gray shrouded continent, live beings of immensely colored hair, eyes, and skin. Most possess wings, claws, and tails. They are the majority and... more>> control the minority. The minority being humans, transmigrated from alternate dimensions and realities. No one knows the purpose of human existence, but as time passes, unnerving rumors of a singular individual are growing. An individual possessing orange hair, black eyes, and fangs. Not only that, but he's a centaur that was vampirized. No one will order him around, not even the controlling avian creatures. So who is he, and why do others fear him? It is thought that perhaps he, Greyness Farthing, was the creator of this enshrouded continent. Still, the truth will soon be revealed as not immensely simplified as the indigenous and transmigrated inhabitants were led to believe. <<less

The owner of a boat drives his boat recklessly on a dangerous rick, killing himself and all his passangers.... more>>

He now has to face the consequences of his actions. <<less

A girl who sees ghosts. A magic out of control. A group hellbent on destroying what they’re afraid of. ... more>>

Maddie can see ghosts and for that she is sent to a mental institution. Maddie Johnson is sent to a mental institution because she talks to people who aren’t there. She insists that they’re ghosts. Just as she thinks she’s convinced the doctors that she is fine now, a dark-haired ghost with dreamy brown eyes rushes in and ruins everything.

She is sent to a halfway house that helps people with mental illness assimilate back into society. But then she hurts someone using magic she didn’t know she possessed. Now she has a new problem. She will have to learn to control her magic.

She discovers that the town has secrets of its own and there are people going missing. How far are people willing to go to destroy what they are afraid of? Maddie and her handsome spirit might just find out first-hand.

© 2024 Susan McKenzie. All rights reserved. <<less

Xalini Vayulaya is assigned to marry and protect Varu Alak, who has been targeted by people paid by the country of Nahik. Will the healer-type... more>> spy be able to complete her mission without losing her heart? <<less

(Original Story)
Samine, a young black man living in Japan is just a regular guy. He has his life together. He has a good job. He's healthy. What more can he ask for right? Well what happens when he is met with a fox spirit for the first time in his life? This meeting of destiny opens doors for Samine he didn't know he needed to walk through. Join Samine on his adventure to uncover the truth of his dead mother, his father's ancestry, and why he's the single most important human in the spirit world.... more>>

(Series has already been planned to at least 7 chapters.)
(Author note: I want this to be a manga one day.)
(Series will updated every week or so time permitting.) <<less

Can you see the answers? Do you even know the questions? Are your eyes open or are you blind to the truth? Do you have... more>> Soul Power?
WARNING Contains Christian Content that may be suitable for all audiences. <<less

Coralie has terrible luck around magical artifacts. When a mysterious pendant makes its way to her father’s shop, it takes her on a bizarre journey to confront her painful past.... more>>

Now she must face an angry demon lord, an arrogant necromancer, and an assortment of reanimated oddballs before she can make her way home.

This book contains talking animals, slight comedic violence, references to vomit, drugs, and Oxford commas.

Coralie and the Stupid, Cursed Pendant has also been on Wattpad, Inkitt, Royal Road, and on KDP for a short time.

Fun fact: this book used to be called The Necromancer, the Pendant, and the Possum until I added several more characters. <<less

For as long as Yuri could remember, his life was controlled by other people. After being sold to an international crime syndicate known as the... more>> Memoir, the young alpha was proven time and time again that resistance was futile. But he reached his breaking point. It was time to fight, and to take what he lacked from those who had it. That was his self satisfaction. <<less

Take a photocopy of a random page. Shred that paper into about sixteen parts and have fun with about ten of those torn papers. Burn them, soak them, bury them; It does not matter what you do, as long as those pieces are ruined.... more>>

After a week of waiting, stitch pieces back together. Whatever you will do with those shred paper, there is always at least that one piece that won't completely fit. Still, you put them back as best as you can anyways.

What you see before you now is an amalgamated object, once made of one piece of paper. However as you can see, it is not the same as the piece of paper you started with.

The "thing" before you has no other description other than ugly. Burnt. Wrinkled. Dirty. Some even missing. Whatever content you had copied, be it trivial or special, is now worth even less than before.

If you have copied a special content into the thing that was once paper, then you might see value in one of the pieces that is not damaged. You might even want to salvage it from the amalgamation. However, to do so, you must rip the stitches apart.

You contemplate for a moment whether that one piece it is worth your time or not, and when you decided that it is, you destroy what was once an abomination to preserve a fragment of a copy of your treasure.

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In this story, that treasure is the planet Earth, and that piece of paper represents a countries from the past. Unable to sustain itself however, this piece of paper will eventually perish as it lacks the resources to maintain itself.

Which is why, even if this fragment of a world cannot exist forever, even if my actions will ruin what is left of the copy, I will prolong the inevitable as long as possible. <<less

Big hair, spandex, New Wave, punk rock, VCR tapes, leg warmers, neon, crop tops, bold colors, swatches, boomboxes, and is that a Rubik's cube? Welcome to the eighties!... more>>

Leonardo 'Black Tiger' Tigra is your regular local hitman doing average hitman things. Then, some kid accidentally shoots him in the leg. Fine. Shit happens. Until Leo learns that that one measly bullet has landed him smack-dab in the middle of a blood feud between the two biggest, greatest, meanest famiglias of Mariposa City. Now Leo is left scrambling to prove (and in some cases, disprove) his loyalty, his omerta, and his leadership skills. Wait, what was that last thing? Because apparently some people have gotten it into their heads that he'd be a good mafia Don.

Sigh. Everything was easier when he poured acid down people's mouths.

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Excerpt:

The wide-eyed boy continued, fidgeting from foot to foot, "And it wasn't my decision." The next thing he said came in a quiet, embarrassed whisper. "My parents sold me off when I was young."

You're seventeen, you're still young, Leo's mind remarked but saying that out loud might've been misconstrued as sympathy, or worse, pity. And it made him seem old.

Leo eyed the teen. "Is this where you tell me your tragic backstory?"

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Note: I take prompts. You can also present me your ocs and I will incorporate them in the story (with credit, of course).
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Cover: picture of the girl is from Unsplash and I edited it with Picsart. *hint freaking hint for everybody with ugly covers* <<less

Alice gets reincarnated in a world of swords and magic, where she is blessed with the ability to use all-element magic. In the empire she... more>> resides, dark element magic is strictly prohibited and is highly abhorred. However, Alice is set up by an unknown emerging force lurking in the empire, causing her to accidentally display the forbidden magic in public. To escape prosecution, she goes undercover with a new identity, fleeing from the capital in disguise. Struggling to find a decent job, she ends up becoming an adventurer, a job she reluctantly takes on. As a girl raised in the modern world and a duke's daughter, she finds it difficult to adapt to the adventuring lifestyle. However, her skills and knowledge from her previous life proved valuable in improving her life quality as an unenthusiastic adventurer. With the help of her new companion, the airhead priest, who is ridiculously lucky, she fights to uncover the truth about the force that set her up and clear her name. What secrets will she uncover along the way? Who will be her allies in the final showdown with the ones who tried to destroy her life? <<less

A mysterious elf and a band of armored soldiers lay waste to the village of Kurin, slaying all the people that inhabited the small plains town and stealing away their children. Allion Bomar, the local smith, was no exception. Here he lay dying after failing to protect his wife and daughter from those who sought their demise. As he gazes upon the corpse of his soulmate, and watches as the elf rides off with his young daughter, he begs anyone or anything to save her. Nothing seemingly answers as he draws his last breath. He awakes to see his wife, and a strange woman who offers him a deal for revenge… and the chance to... more>> save his daughter from whatever fate lies before her.

After seeing her parents brutally murdered before her eyes, Willow Bomar is taken prisoner by a strange organization who has been capturing children from villages across the countryside. Recently orphaned she must pull herself together, or risk sharing her parents fate. Alone after the tragedy that ruined her once peaceful life, she must remain strong. For she must survive to get revenge on the man who took everything from her. <<less

He made many mistakes before but this one was his last.
After 'accidently' destroying one of the reactors that power his city, he was banished.
The only way he can go back and that's if he wants to go back he must venture forth to the land outside the comfort of the walls. ... more>>

He was of course watched by a sadistic angel that hates him as he journeys to find a suitable replacement to get back home. <<less

Why on earth would Lady Sunshine, hailing from the desert Winkel of Greetiyah, enter the most fiercely contested swim challenge in Winkel World history? Perhaps... more>> pride and glory dazzled her. Or possibly she had to because none of her friends were foolish enough to volunteer for a contest called by some the Drowning Games. <<less

Ash started his first job straight out of college as an analyst for a broking firm, it's mundane, tedious, and mind numbingly boring; yet encapsulates... more>> the story mold profiled for modern graduates. Life of romance story clichés, childhood friend who is too intimate, budding office romance, and a dying desire to be someone more.
Online he grasps a fraying thread that is his hopes of being an author. He questioned if it is time to give up, and if it is, he should write why. A journal of his acceptance towards becoming the worker drone, and the death of his online character.
"Are you my Daddy?" A repeated phrase that breaks him from the routine.
Ash's modern model life turns supernatural as he tries to unravel the origin of the child who appeared out of nowhere and rewrote the story. <<less

One night spoiled rich kid Klaus Remington punched his mirror in anger and fell through to another world, accidentally shattering the mirror, and his only way home, behind him. As punishment for breaking the mirror he is conscripted to become a Mirror Warrior and protect various worlds from all consuming monsters called Images.... more>>

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Cover by @justThemys on Twitter <<less