"You do so enjoy employing hostage takeovers, Neil. It's about time you're on the receiving end don't you think?"... more>>

My father said those words to me while Bree was pinning me down on the floor. She wore nothing but her underwear and an oversized hoodie, that only covered up to her slender snow-white thighs.

I asked him what he meant exactly, but he only chuckled through the cell phone and said,

"Well, I guess from today onwards you're going to be taken hostage by an angel."

With that, the phone call, as well as my normal life, came to an abrupt end...

The story of Neil Dameson starts out as if it were any other regular day. He woke up, ate breakfast, took a limousine to school, and fired a couple of incompetent employees. It was the usual life of an everyday teenage millionaire. Then out of thin air, an angel named Bree appeared before him and gave him the powers of an angel. He then could see people's life spans and took on the mantle of being a "Death Watcher." With his newfound powers, he had to use them to save humanity from the threat of the "Overshadows." The Overshadows" were evil dark angels who lived eternally by stealing the life span of humans and threw the world into chaos. The weight of his duties only heightens when he finds out that he dies if he fails to save even a single human life. Forced into a situation, where Neil has to become the reluctant hero everyone wants him to be, and with his life at the mercy of the angels, he truly was a hostage.
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How to dig your own grave? —and other life snippets about a villainess who eats death flags for a living.
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Coco is a trash-like existence. Her attitude just makes people around her cough blood. It's Earth's blessing that she died. And her descent is her next world's misfortune.... more>>

She realized that she transmigrated inside an otome game she used to play as Colette Corliss, the villainess. Nothing to worry about. She can just use her game knowledge to avoid death flags or something, right?

It’s just that the plot became nothing but fart. All because she transmigrated in a world where numerous otome games co-exist. A world with plenty of protagonists with different tiers of heroine halos. A bunch of Rival Characters. Love interests confusing who their heroine was. There was only one word to describe her current circumstance. Chaos! But it isn't necessarily a bad thing. She smirked to herself.

"In chaos, I thrive. Duh."

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Content Warning: This novel is absurd. Do not read this at home.

Mostly a parody of isekai'd to games and cultivation worlds.

? Previously known as "Merge Riot!"

This will be reposted on RoyalRoad.com under the username Dalang Tala <<less

This is now a Five Chapter Sample. The full novel is available on Kindle Unlimited.... more>>

“Peer into the gizzards of your prize and see if you have the guts to take it.”

It’s the 18th Century in a fantastical Earth and Atlantis has risen from the depths. Grace Deadeye Cortez aims to plunder the city and capture its fabled Star of Atlantis, an artefact that will enable her sloop of war to travel vast distances in the blink of an eye.

With Inkman, Lord Sandwich, Mad Maggie and a host of motley corsairs from a score of different nations, Deadeye will shoot and swash her way through anyone and any thing that crosses her bow. But our plucky pirate captain is in for the shock of her buccaneering life.

There’s a reason Atlantis has returned from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. An ancient god is awakening, straining against the arcane chains that were forged to bind Him. Should He break free, the whole world will feel the tidal waves of His wrath.

Captain Deadeye and her crew will need to look lively and level up if they are to defeat this antediluvian evil. Especially if they want to get mind-bogglingly rich in the process.

Skulls of Atlantis is a Gamelit piratical adventure where characters have an RPG character build. They gain experience, level up, learn new skills and improve their abilities. Deadeye can also upgrade her ship, The Albatross. The RPG mechanics are shown as stats throughout the story but are designed to work with the words, not to interrupt your reading experience.

Features…
Female MC
Light RPG mechanics
Sailing Ship Upgrades
Sea Battles
Moderate pirate language
Moderate violence
Sexual references
Lovecraftian monsters

Does not feature…
Explicit sex
Coarse language
OP MC
Grinding and power-leveling
Harem
Gore and ultra-violence <<less

Life was fine. Sure I was depressed and alone, but it didn't mean that this girl had to drop into my life just to make... more>> me relive what were the worst, best, most stressful, most wonderful years of my exceptionally long life. Though this whole thing starts with someone else entirely, this is the story of how a single bite helped me find the woman I would walk through eternity with. <<less

14 year old Tory Ciarelli did not want to get stuck on the planet Mars, but here she is, dragged 50 million miles from her home, Earth, by her parents to the new frontier. She has a plan to escape Mars, but might not be able to accomplish her goal on her own.... more>>

21 year old Gurminder Kalsi is a third generation bornehere Martian, a rig driver working for the planetary clans who were abandoned by Earth but managed to survive and prosper but are now at the mercy of the massive new colonization effort. He too is trapped on the red plane, but not by circumstance, but by biology. Born on Mars he can not leave to go to the world his grandparents came from.

New chapter every other day.

But together Tory and Gurminder might be able to find a way out of their traps. If they can work together. If they don't manage to make things worse... <<less

Hidden within the population are rare subspecies of humans called “Renegades.” Information on them remain scarce and the planet had been in a state of caution ever since they were first revealed to exist.... more>>

Sheltered High School student Lucas Thorne only wanted a thrilling experience or at least a break from his tiring routine of daily life. The turning point arrives when he is ambushed and put at the mercy of Rio Kiyodera, an assassin he witnessed on a chance encounter.

In exchange for sparing his life, Lucas is blackmailed into taking over Rio’s assignment–seven wanted Renegades with the potential to bring forth calamities if they remain alive.

Now, Lucas is forced to go on an adventure of missions and getting tangled in the affairs of others. His wish has been granted, but there’s no turning back. <<less

A 16 years old young man named Kaiji lived his life as an orphan inside the Congregation's church. However, one day, a turmoil occurred at the Imperial Palace and everyone in the kingdom had sunk into a state of chaos and disorder. ... more>>

For an unknown reason, Royal Knights began to enter the church where he lived and forcibly took all the orphans, as well as him. Those children who persistently resisted against them died. But fortunately, he met someone on the way who promised to save him from this predicament...

Chapters are usually between 500-1500 words... so they're quite short. You've been warned. <<less

A beautiful girl? Exceedingly so.
A rich girl? Filthy.
A powerful girl? Obviously.... more>>

All systems are go, but but but there appears to be a catch.

He held his beautiful head and screamed, "How did this happen to me?!"

After waking up to an unfamiliar ceiling a former man found himself sporting long black hair, fierce red eyes, fair skin, and a rather incredible figure. "This resting b*tch face ..." he contemplated momentarily, "It's totally my preference! But it's totally my face! Totally bad news!"

The only option was to buy time until he could figure out what was going on and very soon he realized, "Aren't I screwed?" He was a duke's daughter engaged to the crown prince of the kingdom and was currently attending a magical academy with a cast of overly hot men happening to be the same age. This was clearly an otome game setting, and with his elegant, flower of evil, villainess face he inwardly broke out in a cold sweat.

The major problem was his total lack of information for he had never heard of the otome game he was currently in. Ergo, he had no idea how to avoid a bad end. However, the true problem was even more profound. "Marrying a man is impossible: I'm only into girls!"

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For a full definition and explanation of otome games visit my glossary section.

Reviews, criticisms, compliments, and suggestions for improvement are welcome anywhere and everywhere at any time. By combining our powers let's turn this into a "Critical Success"! Yay!

I poured my heart and soul into the illustration (my first digital drawing) and using a mouse with Gimp makes me never want to do it again! I'll try again next week.

P.S. This is my attempt to join the supreme race known as authors, whom I hold the greatest respect for. And let me tell all the fine people of culture that otome game novels are my element and noble villainess girls are the blood coursing through my veins. Ohoho.

The harsh truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAcO3g_QGmM
But how I feel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxre0XqdO9E <<less

"The Dawn of Heroes," it was 6 years ago when people called World Breakers emerged from the spotlight. They were first summoned by the Goddess to stop the upcoming war between each race. However, with the World Breakers' unimaginable power; their influence on the war continues to grow stronger, thus, giving them the name by the Leaders of each race as The 7 Crownless Heroes. ... more>>

What is the path for the B-rank Adventurer, Astralish, when the world is filled with powerful beings? Will he still be able to make a living as an adventurer? Or make a name for his own?

[Updates Randomly for now]

Note: I'm still mediocre in writing if you could please point out some mistakes it would be much appreciated! Also I wouldn't change much of the early chapters. Besides the dead sentences and wrong grammar. The quality of the storytelling will get better. I hope you'll stick through! <<less

"Lovely Goddess" was the name of the last game I played before dying. It was an ordinary Otome game with a beautiful heroine, 5 top-notch capture targets and of course a villainess.... more>>

After dying of sleep deprivation, my soul was transported to the world of the game and into the Villainess' 8-year-old body.
Now, not only do I have to cope with my own death and the loss of my family but I also have to deal with my new situation.
I'm rich, beautiful and a powerful mage. There's no way I'll die because of a dude after being given a second chance at life. Nope! Not doing this! I will not participate in this nonsense.

High school student Hazel Jennings reincarnated as Hazel Vedar, the villainess lady of the otome game “Lovely Goddess”. Rather than playing her role as a villainess, she'd rather cultivate her newfound power, work on her relationship with her newfound family and overall mind her own business. <<less

At the banks of the Fen Hua river stands Madam Yan’s Matchmaking Pavilion where even the most unlikely of lovers can make their wish for a future together come true.... more>>

When General Yu returns from the battlefield and is urged to marry by his family, he is less than thrilled. What is this nonsense about only bringing true lovers together in Madam Yan’s Matchmaking Pavilion? That woman is just a money-grubber with a fake backstory! He’d like to see how she’ll try to sell some flower vase to him.
But when he is faced with Scholar Zhang Shi Lan, he can’t help but wonder if this Madam Yan might truly be able to make a miracle come true. Whatever. If she can’t, he’ll just kidnap the beauty. <<less

In the previous world, no one was up to my beauty standards. So I, Mechakucha Kuzu, volunteered for isekai duty. Or rather, the truck volunteered me. (Basically Wizard of Oz-esque kind of story...? Just adventures and killing stuff. Yay.)... more>>

Nothing special about this, just a cookie-cutter isekai like every other. (except, most likely, worse)

Whenever the author gets bored, they make the story even more stupid than it already is.

Seems like a lot of people declare that it is their first story in the Description...

Well, this is my first "legitimate" story. Readers-to-be, be warned!

Releases are 1/2 chapters per weekend. (Depending on how lazy I felt throughout the week)(This is here because I noticed Scribblehub's chapters/week is kind of a hit or miss.)

(Please do give feedback in the comments as every bit of feedback helps. Especially you. Yours. You know who you are. Yes. You. The one back there. No. Stop. Don't turn to your left. Not to your right either. Not up... Nor down. Don't keep looking around. Yes. You. YOUR feedback. Helps. A ton. In America. But approximately 907.185 kilograms. For everyone else. But you are special. Because Yours helps a TON anywhere in the WORLD.) <<less

Fang Shuren is a lazy bum. He abandoned his family then quit his job. Most speculated he went insane, some said he turned into a coward, and a few of the usual swore it was a fanatical love affair. But these are all at least half wrong, he did it with intentions to start a new life. Lately, things had gotten so monotonous that he didn’t even sing when drunk anymore! ... more>>

Well, ditching everything didn’t help. Fang Shuren idled for months before he decided to take a stroll up Plum Blossom Mountain, a place where he planned to be done with it all. He never expected to meet another person there. And that they'd be so...obnoxious.

Can Fang Shuren ever ditch this irritating man, be productive in society, or sing while drunk again? And does he actually want to do any of these besides the first one?

*HE, but deals with themes of depression* <<less

Back in the previous world wars, Germans are known for their guts when it comes to an outraging war. For all of the years of... more>> peace and security, the country once again strikes tyranny among Manila’s chaotic streets. Thousands of citizens had been washed away right at the wager that the Germans made. The capital, the city of hopes and dreams, became the beasts’ habitat and drove the innocent townsfolk now hiding among the shadows for means of survival. The general, whose mind is set for the bioweapon he ought to use to cast domination and apocalypse across the world, made him search all corners of the land to find the biologists for his outrageousness. However, his descendant might be the one who will go against his plans and save the beloved land from its fall. And love will mold his way towards the common good. <<less

A perfect, sleepy town is the perfect, sleepy home for all of its happy, sleepy inhabitants. all but one, who feels like something is off, a splinter in their mind. A chance encounter with a librarian of all people makes life a whole lot stranger, a whole lot more interesting, and a whole lot more intense. ... more>>

CWs:
- there's a pretty gory transformation sequence that happens exactly once and is over after that.
- if you're used to my work: this one is a bit more adult, exploring some proper sexuality and so on. it's an experiment so we'll see where it goes! <<less

Su Jing Fei awakens to find herself transmigrated into the ancient Chinese world from the movie Blossoms in the Wind. The body she now inhabits is one of the main female villains with the same name as her! Destined to be cast aside, she accepts her ill fate against the protagonists of the movie. However, it seems that fate is not done with her as she becomes entangled in secrets darker than she had imagined. Her desire for this world is only the revenge she must partake for those she loves!... more>>

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Cover image originally from manhua 長歌行, Song of the Long March, from artist Xia Da.

Original chapters will be released first on Novelupdates, and the edited and most updated versions will be on ScribbleHub! (So if you're anxious for chapters, feel free to check out the forums at Novelupdates!) Also, if there's every any delays or pleasant surprises, feel free to follow me for the news!

Novel contains some sexual content and mature content such as rape. Please read at your own discretion.

I know most people don't like rape, but I'll include a spoiler below for those who want to know more about it to see if they want to keep reading or not.

*SPOILER, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.*
The MC is not raped; however, other females around her are. The scenes are never full explicit, but you will see the aftermath of it. <<less

This fantasy epic takes place in the world of Anu: a vast, Celtic-inspired land of magic, mystery,... more>> and fantastical history. Yonder's narrative primarily focuses on the adventures of Elaine, a runaway princess; Bran, a young, aspiring adventurer; Fin-Fin, Bran's fuzzy compatriot; and their eccentric wizard mentor, Derfel as they journey north to a long-abandoned province of the Walsh Empire. But the lands ahead are treacherous for the inexperienced. Along the way, Bran and Elaine will encounter a myriad of wonders and dangers alike, all the while being taught by Derfel in everything arcane, for magic is the key to their survival. <<less

When Dr. Julian Blake joined the fight against the Immortals, he never expected his death to be the greatest weapon against them.
Ancient beings who... more>> sacrificed their eternal souls for immortality are closing in on AngelThana, the organization responsible for protecting the Earth. AngelThana needs to switch tactics.
Enter Julian Blake, one of the dozens of scientists hired to devise a solution.
Julian never would have guessed that his obsessions with death and the afterlife would have led to his death. He certainly wouldn’t have guessed that these passions could have brought him back. But after finding himself floating peacefully down the river between life and death, Julian can’t help but explore. After all, it’s the end of his life. It’s his only chance that only comes around once.
This curiosity leads Julian astray, off the edge of the river and back to Earth. Alive again, Julian now has as many chances as he needs to defeat the immortal scourge and hopefully find a way to save his damned soul in the process. <<less

Bare walls, steel bars and not a lot else. If she had to read ONE more strategy book she was going to puke. After ten boring years, something had to give and it sure as hell wasn't going to be her. ... more>>

Kidnapped and turned into an experimental soldier from a young age, Leliana's finally managed to get herself clear of all the stuffy laboratory equipment and is making up for a lost childhood. Unfortunately for her, the lead scientist who'd spent so many years beating her into shape isn't quite ready to call it a loss, and has unleashed an accidental catastrophe into the world to get her back. <<less

Preview Chapters only... more>>

Merman x Dragon story

Qykerth is brought to the reality of life when he finds his mother's body the day after his father leaves them under the excuse he will be out cultivating when his mother knows the truth.

Qykerth blames himself for his father leaving because he was incapable of living up to his father's expectations as a cultivator and descendant.

The loss of his mother brings unfathomable pain causing the power stored inside his body to explode, taking three lives with it, but a mysterious man finds Qykerth's body and grants him a second chance to live.

Prince Queseon believes that his father's acts of keeping the humans out of the waters is ridiculous and ventures out into the world and meets a particular creature.

As the two of them spend day after day together, both boys fall for the other but live with their unrequited love.

Unable to take it any longer their fates connect, they separate and a child is born who faces obstacles a child should never face.

Cover art by: the_nerd.artist <<less

Ansibby Falofa chooses to honour the passing of her heritage by inviting guests to witness the last Battle of the Spoons. Seeing matters through fresh... more>> eyes, lady's maid Midgy makes a telling suggestion and a cat stuck up the doomed Tree of Life helps a people rediscover their past. There are lots of balloons and a suggestion gourd too! <<less

Those Massking twins could not leave a perfectly harmless saying alone and resolve to make it real. All they needed was a hamster, a trip... more>> to Ragadoon and countless adoring worshippers. What they got was sandy deserts, lollipops made from palm syrup, dried up wells and an over curious goat. Oh yes, and a new saying: Mind the bones! <<less

Ryuji is your average salaryman and lives a normal but terrible life. That is until one day he decides to go and kill himself. However,... more>> before he can go to the great beyond a voice stops him and instead, he is transported to another world. Stranded in a strange world and in a body that does not belong to him can Ryuji claim a life of adventure and excitement? Or will his turbulent new life only lead to suffering and pain? Ryuji is about to find out that being the main character isn’t all it's cracked up to be. <<less

After the Chosen One is put out of commission by a magic pond, Sinas, said Chosen One's childhood bully, must take over in order to fulfill a centuries-old prophecy and defeat Evil. ... more>>

Shh. He's got this.

Really.

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This is a dark dramedy featuring a male protagonist with a male love interest, a tiny witch, one flying squirrel, and a baby. Read at your peril. Mature audiences only. <<less

After long years of never seeing another god or goddess, Umbrum was led to believe he was the only one in existence. Thankfully for him,... more>> he has a chance encounter with the creation of light, and the goddess of it, Urainia. He isn't exactly overjoyed to see her, but Urainia is endlessly curious about her new surroundings. Who's to say that it won't turn into something more? <<less