The "Farin" are those that bring the sacrifice.
The "Alvarr" are those that take it.
Deep into the mountain carriers walk, blindfolded, carrying fruits and... more>> meat.
For a "Farin", seeing their Gods would be blasphemy. Don't make a sound, don't look, don't react. Set down the sacrifice and leave.
When the young "Farin" is attacked by a wild animal during the process, his blindfold loosens - and he stares right into an "Alvarr's" golden eyes. Little did he know that the so-called gods didn't care about their regular visitors and weird fruit, and especially not about being seen.
Curious about the human's reaction, Alvarr sticks around.
And, well, since there is no use crying over spilled milk, Farin just decides to enjoy the mysterious being's company.
Between not even sharing a language and vastly different customs, two people end up getting along much better than expected. <<less

“The world can be quite cruel to people sometimes, and some are exceptionally pitiful, one in particular I have taken extra step in helping out... more>> to show my sympathy, let’s see how this lovely little bunny deal with the blessing I have given her, let’s see how she’ll deal with her new form and power, will she wants to keep it I wonder?” <<less

A forbidden relationship with the most popular girl in school is the last thing Chloe Lee expects when she begins bartending. Especially when she doesn't even realize she's gay herself. ... more>>

Desperate for money for her mother's surgery, Singaporean student Chloe Lee illegally serves drinks at a local bar. When equally underage RJ Shin--the richest and most popular girl in school--shows up as a customer, they already have something in common.

Their fateful encounter sends both their lives out of control. Chloe's money-making plan is soon derailed by RJ's insistent involvement, a growing hostility at work, and an unfortunate entanglement with RJ's family's politics. Worst of all, Chloe is slowly discovering her sexuality as she falls for RJ. Hard. Suddenly, sacrificing everything for money is no longer an easy choice to make.

As secrets unveil and feelings surface, Chloe is forced to reevaluate her life goals and decide what she is willing to sacrifice for love--and what she must sacrifice for herself. If she holds on to more than she can take, she might end up losing everything she values.

Life is hard, but love is harder.

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Also published on Wattpad, Tapas, and RoyalRoad
Word Count: ~65,000-70,000
Cover art by @chomk.art on Instagram <<less

Ophelia Heide couldn't wait to become a new advisor for the Moon Castle and take her father's place! Well...... more>>

That was until she was saved by Leo, a fairy who protected the Galaxy Kingdom. To pay off her debt to him, she was stuck with the task of reuniting the two sides after the capricious kings had a war over... something. Not knowing where to start, she accidentally found her heart captured by the couple's daughter, Princess Koharu, but neither girl ever thought they would flirt with the boundaries of time and history to fight for their love.

Unfortunately, things weren't easy for Leo either as he worked to save the couple, unlocking the secrets of the kingdoms' administrations in the process. What he didn't expect was to find himself falling for an elusive messenger named Sinclair throughout it all, but would his heart allow them to come in?

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Notes:
-In case you're here for some specific tags and/or representation, some only appear much later in the story or apply to the side couples. The tags, justifications, and some warnings are now listed in the glossary under "Cheat Sheets".
-Content warnings are included at the beginnings of chapters if needed, though most chapters only have a language warning.
-This story is also available on Webnovel under the same title. All chapters have been uploaded there, and they will all eventually be posted here via daily updates. The formatting may be different (chapter lengths, italics, etc.), but the content has been left intact.
-The cover art does not belong to me. If you are the owner and wish to have it taken down, please contact me, and I will gladly remove it. <<less

Their idyllic youth shattered by the last great battle of the Sengoku Era, Mei had to learn to use the blessing they received from a Kitsune to navigate as both a man and a woman working in the highly gendered and regulated world of Edo’s ‘Pleasure District’, Yoshiwara.
They’d found something of a balance after a few years. Then they met her. A woman they can’t help but love. Yet love can be deadly for an Oiran.... more>>

[Sex Worker protagonist. Warning that not all their clients are ones they want to deal with… wasn’t sure how to tag that, but thought I should warn people.] <<less

This is oneshot fanfiction continuation of the NTR hentai anime "Ajisai no chiru koro ni". But unlike the two other novels that are posted here,... more>> my story looks at Natsuha's view from the start.
Warning this a R18 story. <<less

Once upon a time, in a distant land of lilies, 8 authors spun 8 old tales into new forms.... more>>

In the spires of the spinning wheel, a dragon-slaying saint charges headfirst into battle, seeking a prize no king can grant;
A forest nymph makes a human lord an offer too tempting to refuse, supported from the shadows by an unexpected ally;
Elsewhere, the lady “imprisoned” in the tower walks out the front door again, and a clam repays the woman who saved her life in perhaps the worst way possible.

With more than yuri to twist these once-familiar stories, is a happy ending still within reach?

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“Sappho’s Spinning Wheel” is the result of the second Yuri Garden anthology event, challenging writers to adapt fairytales and folktales. To see the full list of rules applying to the stories in this collection, please read the original event information here: https://forum.novelupdates.com/blogs/event-sapphos-spinning-wheel-a-yuri-garden-collaborative-anthology-event.3927/
Stories will be released once per day until completion at 00:01 GMT.

This collection contains:
1. pynkbites’ pulse-racing adaptation of “St. George and the Dragon”
2. Queenfisher’s thought-provoking retelling of “Thumbelina”
3. Toomanysorrows’ bold reimagining of “Her Mannelig”
4. Moonpearl’s witchy rendition of “Petrosinella”
5. jmassat’s powerful transformation of “John Henry, Steel Driving Man”
6. Maple-Leaf’s comedic edition of “The Clam Wife”
7. uwu_Nabong’s heart-wrenching adaptation of “La Xtabay”
8. thedude3445’s side-splitting parody of “Hansel and Gretel”

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The fairy and glass slipper silhouettes used for the cover were created using clipart from disneyclips.com. <<less

Anon meets a group of travellers on the night train. A married Japanese couple and the wife's sister travelling through Europe. At night, as the others sleep, one of the cute girls quietly joins him in his bunk bed. Of course Anon believes that it is the single sister. But what if he is wrong?... more>>

This is an erotic / smut story featuring non-con and dub-con (dubious consent) scenes. However, I always have a set rule in my stories that there will be no rough, violent non-con elements; I don't include any spanking or purposefully infliction of pain.

While this tale is slightly more grounded in reality than my other works, it still remains steeped in the realm of the unlikely. <<less

Two minds; one body.
Two souls; merged perceptions.... more>>

I thought I knew what it meant to be human, until I crossed those boundaries.
I believed I knew my limits, until I expanded all I am.

My senses mapped over hers, and I learned how incredible her alien world was for us.
Her senses mapped over mine, and she learned how wondrous my alien world was for us.
Our worlds overlap. Our minds awaken and link together. Our hearts synchronize.
Our realities hold truth, in separation and in unity.
This is all because of what she did to me, and also what I decided for myself thereafter.

She and I are the most unusual pair we've ever known, a Human and an Altiri, each far apart, yet brought together by an incredible power. This is where my story begins. It's more than a crazy romance story; our intertwined lives is the embodiment of how I live, in this crazy world we call normal, with our secrets left untold.

This is our story. It has a beginning, but not an ending. Romance isn't all about walking away in the sweet sunset; it's messy, complex, and downright terrifying at times. No life is perfect. No relationship is easy. Still, I would never trade it for anything. Join me, as I breathe life into these moments, memory by memory.

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Quick Note about the context of R18+ content: Overlap is not a story with frequent invocation of explicit content, only in certain and specific chapters, of which are also not-essential to the plot and are perfectly skippable. Part 5 of Overlap will specifically fit into the category altogether, and is entirely optional of a read. <<less

August’s own Alpha pheromones are killing him, and he‘s running out of time. His last hope lays in finding an Omega whose pheromones can bond perfectly with his own, but that’s only step one.... more>>

Meanwhile, Former Crown Princess Galen has recently killed the man who murdered his husband, and is preparing to face the consequences. Nevertheless, he’s thrown a last-minute lifeline: his execution will be postponed indefinitely as long as he uses his Omega pheromones to treat an Alpha with a rare autoimmune disease.

Are August and Galen bound together by an experimental treatment, a secret relationship, a scandal waiting to happen, or something greater than the sum of its parts?

-> The start and end of explicit scenes are marked within the text <<less

Oh, Sons of Nature, born from earth,
gifted by Heaven upon birth,
Hear as we tell your wondrous tales,
Of how seasons pass but love prevails.... more>>

Two fairies taste the nectar of first love
As spring’s flowers shower from above.
A pair of gods join in a dance on a warm summer’s eve’
As rays of hope shine down on verdant leaves.
An ailing man seeks out a witch for his cure
As monsoon skies weep droplets clear and pure.
A hunter and spirit discover fate anew
As the curtain closes over the winter view.

A short story collection about love, the seasons, and nature’s mystical inhabitants. <<less

The Fan is a young city that consists of three races. Humans: possessing no supernatural power, Elementals: able manipulate matter, and Imps: the failed and mutated attempt at a man-made Elemental.... more>>

Like the Fan that exists in a delicate balance, Lilah's natural born Elemental family is constantly on the brink. With her mother slowly wasting away from an incurable illness for ten years, she lives every day with her like it's the last. In that time, her father, one of the strongest Elementals alive, used his very life-force to keep his wife going.

Until one day...he didn't. <<less

Neo-Queen Serenity is bade to leave the palace to fulfill her royal duties longer than expected. Day after day, that leaves King Endymion increasingly frustrated... more>> as he tries to balance his role as king and as a man with needs. One day he goes to the kitchen only to find Makoto all by her lonesome. Guess what happens next. <<less

The action takes place in beautiful fantasy historical surroundings of Ancient China (though with no cultivation, just silk trade!) Both leading characters are males.
A... more>> young man of an honorable clan treacherously robbed his family and broke his own uncle's heart. Total nightmare. I will drown myself to death.
(Reader 1:) - The most important thing is that it is so funny all the way that the reader is constantly under the impression everything is going to be fine.
(Reader 2:) - It's funny and tender: secret love, misunderstanding, provocations and happy ending. <<less

At twenty-four, Mason Chamberlain had it all. When scandal leaves him with a broken heart, not much could make him believe in love again...until the new governess for his eight-year-old sister arrives.... more>>

He's drawn to her. Despite Mason's good lucks and coveted status, he can't break through her chilly facade. She wants nothing to do with a duke's son. It slowly becomes clear to him that she's running from her past.

Her secret puts his family in jeopardy, but is this love worth the risk? <<less

Two lovers, a compassionate union, and a forbidden love. Loki, blood brother to the All-Father, and Aletheia, an Atlantean Dikastes; two Isu realms, two hearts, one unbreakable bond. This is their story.... more>>

Based on Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and commissioned as a five-part story. <<less

Who is the true villain in this story?... more>>

Luca Moreno has always been the good guy, forever doing what he can to make sure that justice is not only served, but done so fairly. Which is why he went into law enforcement. However, one day he's assigned to his biggest case yet and he's plunged undercover into the world of the Brooks family and the criminal empire they lead. With his close friend and co-worker Adiv, he plans to destroy the mafia from the inside out, thereby putting an end to the corruption and terror it incites.

Then he meets Raven, niece of the Don, and she changes everything -- his role within the organization, his feelings, his goals, his morals, and ultimately, who he is entirely.

And like the waves of the ocean insidiously erode the shore, something of innocence becomes something else entirely. <<less

So I needed to get this out of my brain because sometimes the autism is like that and it's not gonna focus on my ACTUAL... more>> project until I've let it do this one silly thing that it wants to.
Essentially this is a spinoff of Mapleshade's Vengeance because that was just tragic and I liked the idea of exploring how afterlives worked. I wanted to explore the idea of a character finding their way into StarClan, a *nice* afterlife, after they ended up in the Dark Forest first. I realise that later Warriors books *have* said that there can be a court to decide who gets into StarClan but respectfully that's boring and my idea's better.
All characters are original save for Thistleclaw, Whitestorm and Bluestar who only crop up as minor characters, and this story takes place in an original Warriors spinoff world that is detailed more on https://warriors-diversity-roleplay.fandom.com/ <<less

A very short story:... more>>

The knight saves the princess... SIKE!

Completed

Written: 08/16/23
Published: 09/17/23 <<less