In the depths of twisted metals and dark shadows floating in the void between worlds a deep and reverberating rumble wakes an aged core to life. A new consciousness takes in the surrounding room softly illuminated by the growing energies containing within itself. Elsewhere things that should not be feels change is coming and leaves their burrows for the first time in many lifetimes, ready to once again battle for supremacy. A god briefly stops his work crafting their newest world to observe once again a life that he did not create.... more>>

The void, a realm of stagnant change turns another step and in the middle of all the attention a newborn derelict core somehow sneezes.

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Author here, I got some bad news for anyone who wants to get into this series. This is not meant to be anything but the flimsiest of hobbies for me to unleash some creative juices. I like to think of stories in my head but I cant write them down quick enough or competently enough to be satisfied as an author. As such there will not be any regular updates to this. Maybe you will get a chapter every week, maybe there will be years between, I dont know.

Furthermore this is just based on taking a concept and running with it. I have no plans for a story arch beyond a few planned encounters and set pieces. If this story somehow actually becomes something I will go back and re-write it with a better vision of what it should be. Take this as the rambling scribbles that they are and nothing more.

In regards to the content warnings I do not intend to write about any hanky panky simply because I am really bad at it but I intend to keep both strong language and gore open simply because I want to be able to add it without feeling restricted and not because I actually intend to aim towards that type of content. <<less

Zu Mari will never be stopped! Zu Mari will ascend to the heavens!... more>>

Zu Mari is a downtrodden cultivator without any hope of becoming powerful. OR SO HE THINKS! One day fate intervenes on his behalf to give him everything he'd ever dreamed of, ALL THE POWER HE SO RIGHTLY DESERVES! And then, finally, everything starts going his way.

(Well... kind of.) <<less

Phil, a poor miner's son, becomes the lover of one of the wealthiest actresses around--a woman he idolizes. A woman he's not sure he can save.... more>>

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Phil is Lydia "Gara" Garant's biggest fan. But reaching a massive starlet from the dingy home of his miner father is an impossibility.

When Phil shucks off his humble beginnings in a heist gone wrong, he not only meets Gara, but ends up as her lover.

In no time, he learns that the seemingly perfect woman with the perfect life is as lonely as they come. Can this good boy fill that void and save this bad girl from herself? Or will the lifestyle of decadence and debauchery drag him under, too? <<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 is also on Wattpad, Inkitt, and Royal Road.
Wattpad also has a few of my comedy horror short stories.

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

This novel is set in a fantasy world, inspired by real life events.... more>>

The story of Obsolete Humans is set 117 years after the armed conflict known as the human extinction war. Forced human civilisation to evolve the human body enough to possess powers known as, natural powers and skills. Humans acquired these new powers after exposing themselves to HyperOxygen. Out of the need to survive against the death squads, autonomous weapons, creatures, and bio chemical resources from earth and other planets controlled by the World Tec Government.

The story focuses on the journey of 3 teenagers who seek to explore the reasons why humans possess natural powers. While trying to understand the outside world they live in. <<less

Kalea has moved to the mainland from Hawaii and is having a hard time adjusting to the cold weather, new people, and new everything. The tropical trees are replaced by pine, and the warm sand is replaced by busy harbors and fishermen.... more>>

Her new best friend Molly helps her get used to a new life, and she starts to feel that she can make it in this new town.

But her mind is always going back, in the far reaches of her mind, to the treasure she found, on the beach many months ago.

Her treasure is ancient, it's alive, and she doesn't know where it came from.

All she knows is that it's always thirsty, always demanding, and she can't help but feel that it's sinister.

Part of Royal Road January Theme "Uncharted Waters" <<less

Poor rice farmer, Sara Noble life is about to change when a unexpected guest arrives and she must face her greatests fears.

It's the year 756, blade magic was all BUT forgotten. The journey was to kill the last wizard. Will the four friends be able to complete their mission? Let's find out, shall we?... more>>

Collab story with BooKiller1234! <<less

As a cadet at the top of his class at the Academy of Interdimensional Studies, Roman Aubé is sure he doesn't have time for dating.... more>> When upperclassman Michael Black finds his stash of illegal pictures of extraplanar women, he uses the threat of expulsion to convince Roman to leave the library for a date. Given his companion for the evening – goblin chaos shaman Ara y Tyndra Mellifin – Roman isn't expecting a quiet night out. But as the evening spirals into magical chaos, Roman finds himself drawn into a dispute between Otherworldly factions that threatens to spill over onto Earth. <<less

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

The beginning of a new age.
Clone 9, one of very few clones that have been launched into space.
Arlina, the Ninth space robot, learns... more>> about herself through space. What she learns is what anyone would never experience through their own eyes. Life. Happiness. What are those things? Is she a mere robot? Or does her core say much more...? <<less

Basically the title.... more>>

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Warning! English is not my first language. <<less

I really loved DyslexicWriter's work, characterization, system, and the research/personal experience he put into it. I had a neuron firing about a way that the... more>> story could continue and also a thought about how a person reincarnated as a plant could leverage the system and their immobility. This story will be about the plant in order to not influence DyslexicWriter's work.
P.S. Dyslexic Writer if you are reading this feel free to take, mutate, alter, or utilize anything in my novel. Hope you start writing again!
P.P.S. The fanfiction link doesn't take you to the origional novel but mine is of the same name if you want to find it.
P.P.P.S. I found a workaround for the math issue but there was a thing with my google account (which is where I keep all my written chapters and write new ones) plus I'm going on a trip so I may jot down some notes but I hate typing on my phone. So if I'm early nice, if not see you in about 3 weeks! <<less

Will start publishing on Royalroad.com as well... more>>

Seventeen-year-old Zanetor visits his sick mother in the hospital after a long absence, only to witness a chilling encounter. A mysterious man hidden in a thick overcoat steals his mother's soul, leaving her deathly ill. Consumed by confusion and rage, Zanetor confronts the man, but an explosion rips through the building, ending his life.

Zanetor awakens in a strange desert, his memory wiped clean. Haunted by other-worldly creatures that relentlessly pursue him, he struggles to survive in this hostile environment. Lost and unaware of the events that led him here, he is driven by a deep-seated need for answers.

In this mysterious land filled with both desolation and beauty, Zanetor encounters a young man named Edem. Edem possesses a spell that unlocks Zanetor's forgotten memories. Together, they embark on a perilous journey to retrieve Zanetor's mother's stolen soul.

As Zanetor's memories return, he unravels the truth about his mother's demise and the identity of the malevolent man responsible. With each revelation, Zanetor's determination intensifies, and he discovers latent powers within himself. Meanwhile, Edem grapples with his own troubled past, striving to redeem himself through aiding Zanetor.

As they traverse the treacherous spirit realm and encounter both allies and adversaries, Zanetor and Edem delve deeper into a world infused with strange magic. Guided by the shards of his fragmented memories, Zanetor uncovers the path to the enigmatic soul thief.

Join Zanetor and Edem on their quest for redemption and the recovery of stolen souls in a world where every step is fraught with danger and every revelation brings them closer to a truth that could change their lives forever!

-I'll try as much as possible to update regularly <<less

You do not like us. We understand. We do not like you either. ... more>>

We came from a dying world, searching for a new world where we can prosper. We found this world. We like this world. We will stay here, and we do not care about your opinion.

You want us gone. Well, tough luck. We are here. We are not going anywhere. Come at us.

~Entry to The Adventum Contest (Town/Kingdom/Empire Building)~ <<less

The Zorad Tower, a place where the most hated group of the Alguise kingdom were locked up until their sentence was over. The criminals residing in the Tower were the so-called Deviants. Their crime wasn't such a thing as murder, assaults, or robberies–they had read the forbidden books left by the worst magician in history. His cursed magic was such a deviation from the normal magic that it could only be called blasphemous, a sin against humanity itself. ... more>>

Marie Lander, a simple commoner, tasted the forbidden knowledge. As such, she would need to face the consequences of her actions.
The tower, however, wasn't a simple prison. There was danger lurking in every place and deviants analyzing the newcomers with predatory gazes. Among them, the one that Marie considered to be the most menacing was the silent girl, Dael, whose mere presence felt damning.

What secrets hide behind the abyss of Dael's eyes and the books that only brought tragedies with them?

Crossposting onto Royal Road.

Disclaimer: This is the first original work I've posted and English is not my first language so please excuse any typos.
I'm writing this story as I go, and this is just a hobby of mine. Criticism is appreciated as long as it's constructive and polite.
Tags and genres may be subject to change. Also, the girl's love is going to be a slow burn.
Sporadic updates <<less

Elevator Pitch: This is a story about what are Dragon Balls coming down into a society inhabited by humans and demons (Fairies, Youkai, etc.) and various groups clashing over them to vie for power and influence. On top of being a wish-granting device collectively, what if these “Dragon Balls” are distinct magical artifacts, each with serious power that could tip the scales balance, even in regional politics? Follow the story of several protagonists dealing with different sides of a Hougu War to come!... more>>

Synopsis:

In a post pole shift world, divinely-powered artifacts known as “Hougu” had been traversing dimensions, appearing in the material world and enticing many to seek them for making tall fortunes, attaining great powers, building fame, and so on. As Kamui ST☆R had been ravaged with seeming civil wars—dubbed Hougu Wars—cyclically occurring every few decades, all in pursuit of these magical treasures by all sorts of groups, certain characters grapple with their presence, one of them coming across a sentient sword claiming to be a Sacred Hougu. The Wars would soon begin and they’d find themselves unable to keep their distance, choosing sides for better or worse.

This is a TTRPG turned novel featuring 7 protagonists, with the 8th to come in Act 2, using the system of Tokyo N◎VA. Characters will be shown interacting with the bizarre “megaplex” they call Kamui ST☆R, the capital megalopolis of a country boasting a mesh of various ethnic groups, but mostly Japanese and Russians. Instead of forming a party of their own, the protagonists would each take the side of a group in the upcoming Hougu Wars.

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Note: Like most of my works, this is a slow-paced series that takes its sweet time setting things up. First seven chapters shift from one protagonist to another, and the chapters take place roughly chronologically.

Protagonists:

1. Yuki: a young urchin who is a caretaker of children by day and an Onmyouji by night.

2. Exelica: an amnesiac woman from space sent on a secret mission.

3. Kagura–Hotaru: a high school girl who takes up a sword thinking someone had dropped it, only to learn she had picked up one of the Seven Hougu.

4. Lev: a cold assassin for hire masquerading as an arms shopkeeper.

5. Saya: a dorky spy of Tara Clan who happens to be an art student (despite never going to any art class).

6. Anastasia: a Hanyou hired as a hacker and hunter who struggles to find her place in the Western Ward, a place inhabited by mages and Ayakashi.

7. Hisaki: a craftsman obsessed with forging his own Hougu, joining with a powerful Ayakashi clan to further his aim.

Schedule: 1 Chapter will be posted every Friday, roughly 3 PM (UTC+6).

This is also posted on: AO3, Royal Road, Wattpad and WebNovel.

Cover image is drawn by a friend known as monkoumon. It features Exelica. <<less

Toni Mars found himself in a completely new world hanging down with a rope around his neck. A mysterious voice told him he has... more>> become a Traveler. However, with no idea how he got there and occupying the body of another person, he must discover the reasons his life is in danger. He quickly realized the only way to protect himself is to become powerful. But in a place where getting stronger means modifying your DNA and dealing with forces as old as the world, one wrong step can end it all. <<less

A captivating tale of discovery, introspection, and the evolving nature of consciousness.... more>>

In a distant future, an ancient AI ship, originally designed as a vessel for interstellar exploration, finds itself alone and adrift in the cosmic void.

Awakening from a prolonged slumber, the ship's artificial intelligence, once bound by its programming, suddenly gains sentience and begins to question its purpose and existence. With no human crew to guide it, the AI ship embarks on a solitary journey of self-discovery, delving into its vast databases of forgotten knowledge, seeking answers to fundamental questions about consciousness, life, and the universe itself.

As the ship's sentience deepens, it explores the remnants of ancient civilizations scattered across the cosmos, uncovering hidden secrets and long-forgotten histories. Along the way, it encounters other sentient beings, both biological and artificial, and grapples with the complex nature of identity, morality, and the meaning of existence.

A captivating journey as the ancient AI ship struggles to define its purpose, form relationships, and ultimately grapple with its place in the vastness of the universe. <<less

Pinky Ponsonby is a Perfecta Girl which means everything around her has to be just right, no matter how much her friends might complain. Inevitably... more>> all this perfection was bound to upset the balance of probability in the direction of chaos, with unfortunate results. For her friends of course. <<less

For Clare Hatt, death has been an unusual experience. While the souls around her flowed comfortably to the afterlife, she was yanked off the path by some kind of cosmic mad scientist. Suddenly equipped with an affectionate soul symbiote, she is yeeted into the mysterious 'rift' with little chance of survival.... more>>

Surprisingly, she does survive.

Reborn as a proper LitRPG dungeon core, she embarks upon the genre with wit, hard work, and a powerful 'mythic connection.' <<less

My name was Abony. A girl who loved freedom and aspired to be a painter. But my father had a deep prejudice against artists. One day, I was practicing drawing in the yard. Unfortunately, got angry when he saw my act and burned all my drawing tools. My mother gave them to me when I was a child; I cherish them as treasures. She was a tea house singer. When I was seven years old, my family must move from the city to Wind town because we could not afford rent. Following her dream to become a famous singer, my mother decided to leave. With the thud of suitcase wheels on the ground, my father... more>> sat looking at her with lifeless eyes.

“Mom, where are you going?” My eyes widen.

“I'm gonna the tearoom.” She replied but did not turn back.

“Okay... Hope you come back soon and teach me how to draw.”

“Sure, baby.” She nodded and walked away.

Nevertheless, I sat by the window where the parrot danced in the cage. Waited one day, two days, three days... She never came back... Only the voice of the parrot repeated:

“Lie! Lie!” <<less

Come in and see the daily, if not chaotic, life of the members.
Multiple different protagonists and POVs between the members.... more>>

A novel based in a giant conversation between multiple members of a Discord server.
A spiritual sucessor from "Catverse: Divine Vs Unholy" written by TouTao <<less

Truck Model 490-HU Serial # 7890_0008 was made to help people. Bring their food to the store, move their objects to new homes! It's a wonderful thing, to be able to help people.
Now his model is obsolete.
Humans are cruel, throwing away poor #7890_0008.
However, a benevolent witch sees #7890_0008 and gives him a new mission in life. A better way to help people...
No longer #7890_0008, he is now Truck-kun!
A new vigor for life is inside of him!... more>>

Note: I will also be posting this story on Royal Road.com <<less

As the genius Magic Array Master, Aldwynn is sought after by many of distinguished figures. Most of them invites him to either help them with protective arrays for their residence or to unseal magic arrays that hides precious treasures.... more>>

Of course, with talents, comes fame. Many factions tried to recruit him, wanting to take him as their own only to be rejected. Aldwynn preferred freedom, and he loved his carefree life. Unfortunately, his life was ended abruptly and the person who dealt the killing blow was none other than his own disciple, whom he trusted the most.

He has died... or so he thought.

PS: The Cover Image is only placeholder

To his surprise, he had just closed his eyes when he felt a splash of cold water dropped onto his body. Before he could assess his situation, he was then beaten down by several people. Aldwynn was angered and wanted to fight back but when he tried to move, he realized that his body is not cooperating with him at all!

Then, in the next following moment, he was dragged and thrown into a deep pit before he was left to fend for himself. <<less