The vast majority of people fall almost completely and utterly within the average. Maybe they're notably more intelligent, or stronger than the average, getting outside the standard deviation or two that most of the population lies within. So, what happens if after - or, perhaps, during - death, someone found out they were actually exceptional? And, even better, got a second chance?
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I'm not including it as a primary tag because the usual (sexual/fetishistic) connotations don't apply, but there will be 'gender-bender' in this story, that being actual transgender/transsexual characters who undergo physical transition, both MtF and FtM. The main character does not, and is male throughout the entire story. Along with that, there's... more>> some general exploration of sex and gender and sexuality - I approach that sort of thing with an eye to realism in general. If you don't like that, don't read. If you think you won't mind it and end up not, don't complain.

A story that I started writing on CHYOA, and is based on an interactive CYOA by Shadlith. Chapters tend to be short, and are written day-of posting, so everything is a bit rough and I have a lot that I eventually want to go back and rewrite. Also, some of the chapters will be combined from the CHYOA version, but no actual story changes will occur - this includes most notes about 'oopsies' that I made in regards to reasoning through things or forgetting to include certain things. Also, italics might be weird, because CHYOA's markup system is pretty crappy.
CHYOA series: https://chyoa.com/story/Strange-Salvation.51077
Strange Salvation Interactive CYOA by Shadlith: https://strangesalvation.neocities.org/Viewer%201.8/StrangeSalvationCYOA <<less

School's out for summer! And for Michael, it couldn't have come at a better time. Suffering from the heartache of a bad break up, Michael sought a place to escape into. In steps his Big Sister Cara to save the day with a suite of Golden Tickets; she just so happens to be one of the big winners of a very special lottery. Yup, and now they're off into the magical virtual world of Abrynth with the promise of "A new world, A new life." But little does Michael know just how true those words will hold... and the big loss in store for him.... more>>

Warning: The following story is inspired by light novels, anime, and mangas. (Nope, nothing new here, at least I don't think there is, other than the author (yours truly)) It is meant to be a simple, easy to read, fun, light-hearted adventure through a virtual fantasy world. Plus, it's my first time writing like this... so please be aware that there will be mistakes made along the way... so I invite you to enter the dragon and enjoy your time in Abrynth. <<less

“So, you want me to give you a brief summary of our adventures?
Fine, I’ll try:... more>>

The codenames DIANA and ARTEMIS belong to two members of a mysterious underground secret agency.
After the failure of their first mission together, their own financial crisis will force these soul mates to work alongside in the crime world.
With the help of IT expert and surgeon genius Abhi, they will try to find their place in a world that has erased their names from all records.

Discover the heartbreaking lives and heart-wrenching backstories of these lost souls…
Love can bloom in the abyss, but the name is CLASSIFIED!

So what do you think?”

“’Damn, we’re cool as fuck …’”

//There are Two Gods in Heaven is an action-comedy about two dangerous soul mates who try to escape poverty thanks to a mysterious criminal organization. POV changes, unreliable narrators and lots of bad words rain down on the pages like bullets, and useless things like ethics aren’t part of their training. Illustrated by a god-tier artist (Iciriini), you may enjoy reading through the Bayesian mind games, pop culture references and childhood traumas, because in the end it’s a story about healing, found-family and finding peace with one’s identity.// <<less

Amidst all of the issues that any teenager girl usually has, Aika Tsunaboshi also secretly an Magical Girl. Much likes the ones you would typically see in anime and manga. Except these ones also hunts demons on the side.... more>>

One day, while fighting against her nemesis, she is forced to make a decision and temporarily transfer her powers to someone in her family. Which according to her partner (AKA Sacred Beast) Nyamo, the Nekomata, was intended to go to her older brother, Akira Tsunaboshi. Who is always mistaken for a girl and barely able to form a full sentence towards strangers, which leaves him prone to many misunderstandings.

However, during the transferring process, Aika got cold feet at the last second and her partner, alongside her magical powers were sent somewhere else. About to be stricken down by her assailant.

Aika is saved by a strange fat man. Her savior... just happened to be one of her detested teachers, Shinjirou Tsunaboshi... and also her uncle, who happened to be passed out drunk in the gym storage nearby. His perpetual state of hangover, carefree nature, unrensponsible and perverted tendencies that earned him the title "Ero-Sensei" which caused many shenanigans and headaches for Aika to deal with most of her life. The utter shock of seeing her uncle wearing her uniform, a frilly dress, alongside a set of cat ears, tail and everything made her pass out on the spot.

By the time she woke up, not only he was casually partying with both her partner and the demon. Shinji became best friends with them and convinced the two to form a strange alliance between himself, her demonic nemesis and through Nyamo, sent his unprecedented proposal to Arcadia, the faction behind managing and recruiting all Magical Girls.

Would Arcadia even consider Shinji's suggestion and his abnormal circumstance? Will Aika be able to handle yet another stress placed on top of her social life? Will Aika's powers ever return to her? Even if it does, will she be able to manage to put up with her troublesome uncle for the sake of justice until then? Only one way to find out! <<less

A Steampunk/ Gaslamp Fantasy Romance set in the industrial revolution era of a fictional world.... more>>

Magic, mad science, multicultural ambience, and political intrigue all tightly laced up into one corset and powered by the steam of two romances - one F/M and one M/M.

Intended for mature audiences, 18+.

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All creations carry a trace of the maker's ethereal energy, whether deliberately placed in the magical Artifacts made by the Alchemists, or unwittingly left in the handiwork of ordinary people.

Kazia can feel that energy, in both machines and people. She may not be able to do any of the grand magic other Alchemists can, but give her a damaged machine and she can trace its energy to the problem, and know precisely how to repair it. She does have one other ability. One far more dangerous. One she will never acknowledge, and will never use.

Fleeing her villainous father rather than becoming his pawn, Kazia finds a peaceful life on a farm in a neighboring country, where no one knows that she is the daughter of Prince Gorvan Devratha. But with war looming between her birth country of Valesk and her new home in Caedra, how long can that peaceful life last?

She can be safe in the Caedran capital, among the Queen's Alchemists, but will anyone there trust her – especially the handsome but embittered Lord Kelvaran Meratha, who suspects Kazia's father of murdering his family?

Abrizhen is Kazia's older brother. He does his best to play the role of the Prince's good son and heir, but when tasked with retrieving his wayward sister, he must return to the city he'd called home for many of his youthful years. There he'll have to reckon with his past, and finally choose between the life of a dutiful prince, or the welfare of his sister – and the rekindling of an old flame.

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Content/ Mature warnings are on for:

Gore: Nothing terribly extreme. Some bleeding wounds and broken bits, but all limbs remain attached and all innards remain inward.

Sexual Content: It's not all smut all the time, but there is some. I aim for not vague but also not overly lewd. Smut chapters are labeled NSFW. Chapters with very brief smut or just some torrid making out or somesuch are labeled NSFW-ish. All on-screen depictions are consensual, but there are a few passing references to noncon having happened off-screen (not to any MCs).

Strong Language: One character really loves to swear, and could probably construct an entire monologue with just various inflections of the F word. So, yeah, that's on too.

Other CWs: Dark themes (abuse, trauma, ptsd, depression, unhealthy coping mechanisms). Mostly in discussions of past events, but there are a few scenes that may be troubling to some readers. <<less

Beings of glowing golden energy have fallen to Earth, held within capsules that have been travelling for centuries through interstellar space. They arrive with a mission and a purpose.... more>>

After finally finding a place where she can escape from some of her past, a closeted, pre-transition trans woman is going home at the end of her first year of university. She struggles with the pain of leaving her friends and returning to the place of many painful memories and expectations.

An oak tree, a squirrel and an overcrowded service station will change her life, and the world, forever. <<less

It is the small things that can cause such a big difference, when one little storm hits and the Xiao Long-Rose household is left with... more>> two new members, a series of events would unfold that would lead to the greatest Huntsmen team to ever walk the face of Remnant. (Pollination fic) <<less

Lilith Von Allistar has a singular goal she pursues with the fervor of a mad scientist. Immortality. She wants to see the end of the world as she knows it. See what the end of all humanity is like. She wants to see civilizations rise and fall with the times. ... more>>

Most of all she wants to see humans develop. Ever since she was a child she always wanted to know what it would be like at the end of the human race. Will they become deities? Creating their own universes and controlling the power of the sun with metal spheres like some of the history books attest they could.

Will humanity crash and burn before the finish line? If so how and why? Before everything is destroyed, Lilith wants to learn everything the world has to offer.

She wants to learn every skill, have every experience at least once and ideally interact with all the greatest figures of humanity. For that reason Lilith cannot die. She refuses to die.

Yet now she finds herself embroiled in a succession dispute between her siblings. Their fight over some gaudy chair is enough to endanger her life and that's too important to lose.

Yet Lilith finds herself in a pool of her own blood soon after the conflict starts. She was weak. Born with the curse of albinism Lilith can do nothing as she is murdered.

Lilith wasn't satisfied yet. She still needed to survive. She claws and scrapes at the floor leaving bloody hand-prints in her wake as she desperately tries to think of a solution. Any solution will do. She doesn't care what she has to become. She will see everything this world has to offer.

Which is when she's given a second chance. Upon her death she is contacted by Cognitionis a supposed sub-routine of some system. It notifies her and the rest of humanity that the isekAI project has finally begun to enter it's final stages.

Lilith is reborn as everything she wanted to be. Now she's strong, she's immortal and she's the progenitor of vampires. Lilith soon realizes she will need all the helpers she can get. She doesn't mind sharing immortality so long as she gets to see it all herself.

These new instincts though. Blood being the most delectable meal she ever ate and having the smell of a 5 star restaurant is fine by her. Why is her vampire side so arrogant and prideful though? What happened to never spending on vanity? Why is bowing her way out of a situation suddenly not an option? Lilith never cared about appearances or pride or 'the good of the race'. Why is she now forced to consider such things when they make staying out of trouble remarkably more difficult?

Even as a walking corpse Lilith can't just peacefully watch the world progress. The succession conflict is far from over, new forces are emerging and Lilith is apparently one of them. She'd do anything to survive yet her instincts tell her she should never bow to anyone, make a show of how powerful she is and spread her kind across the world like a plague.

She must now protect her immortal life, appease these new instincts and make sure she doesn't miss important events along humanity's journey. She doesn't want to be too distracted or this will have all been for naught. <<less

700 years have passed since Earth transitioned. When the change happened, the people of the planet started developing powers. These events threw their world into chaos. Only in recent years have they recovered from the damages that their ancestors have done.... more>>

Acero is an orphan and the son of a prostitute. He and his adoptive sister, Sola, were forced to leave their quiet village when a noble from another nation tried to kill them. Struggling to figure out what to do with his life and keeping an eye on his ambitious sister, he must grow stronger and gain Levels to accomplish both.

However, rumors of war and the selfish goals of the people around him won't make his path easy. Even if giving up is always an option for him, his curiosity keeps his feet moving.

Though, curiosity alone may not be enough to survive in the harsh world he lives in.

Upload time: 3pm CST Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday
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- If you're expecting a litrpg that has tables filled with numbers, you're going to be disappointed. The numbers here could go 3 digits at best. I'm sorry. <<less

~OFFICIAL WEB NOVEL~... more>>

Big brother is a legendary swordsman while little sister is a talented archmage.

Set in a fantasy world where magic and monsters exist, both siblings are supremely overpowered and deeply in love with each other. The story follows the duo’s admission to a prestigious magic university, Temple Academy.

Personal problems. Old dramas. New friendships. Together, Onii and Amae adjust to their new school life and experience the emotional rollercoaster that is the next chapter of their lives.

※ = 18+ scenes. <<less

Kichi Sakauchi is the definition of someone who can't make up his mind. Every decision he faces only serves to make him more indecisive. It's a good thing he's got along his lucky coin to help him live. But what if the choices were even more difficult? ... more>>

Enter Airi and Aoi. A pair of twins that are surprisingly more separable than you would think. Baring the same cute, loveable appearance. It seems like double the charm. But considering the hobbies they're into, and the hot (Airi) and cold (Aoi) way of treating him. It's about to be double the trouble for Kichi.

Image source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/93548833

Discord Link: https://discord.gg/yFDKkcb

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26322975 <<less

Hundreds of years ago, the tyrant Digax fled to Xykesh after his defeat. Since then, his power has shrouded it, letting few people in, and none out. Nearly the whole of the island is now his domain, and what is left is wilderness full of monsters. Though the Mad King himself is a distant figure, his Chosen rule with unquestioned power over their subjects. ... more>>

But on the day Digax claimed Xykesh as his, a blind prophet foretold that an outsider from beyond the island's shores would come, and they would end his reign. And the King has dreaded their arrival ever since.

Many outsiders have arrived on Xykesh, either by accident, or in search of the truth behind the mysteries and myths that have sprung up around the island. The populace has been long conditioned to distrust these new arrivals, but so far, none have proven to be the ones the prophet spoke of.

At least, just maybe, until now.
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The story of Outsiders is told in a series of episodes. Four parts per episode, twenty-six episodes for Season 1. Now releasing daily updates through to the end of Episode 13. <<less

When a family holiday is really just a way to try and help his uncle and aunt sort out their marriage, Ken is tasked with... more>> keeping his twin cousins and younger sisters out of the way while the adults try to work things out, he's the eldest so he should be able to handle the responsibility, What could possibly go wrong? <<less

Caelum’s life has never been peaceful. Being born as the second son of a powerful mafia clan, his upbringing revolved around trying to find a... more>> way how to survive in the dark underworld with his older bother as the only comforting and stable constant in his life. However he still ends up being torn away from the safety of his brother’s presence and even though he finds his way back to him, the cruel mafia underworld forces him to run away and try to forget about his true identity.
When Caelum finds a sanctuary from his tragic past on a remote island, he thinks that he finally attained a peaceful life. But when a stranger gets washed up on the beach, the course of his life takes a sudden turn and his feelings as well.
A dangerous game of trying to hide his past while figuring out his feelings begins. What will be the cost of keeping his secrets and what will he gain by helping the mysterious man to survive? Will they be able to stay by each other’s side even after Caelum’s past catches up to him or will the twisted fate separate him from his happiness once more? <<less

Aiden's life shatters when a meteor strikes during a routine flight with his father, leaving him lost at just 16. His scientist father, drowning in guilt, turns to a clandestine group obsessed with cloning. Their attempts succeeded but his father tried to make a run for the organization as he watched his son become a weapon in a perfect super soldier program. In the end, he couldn't succeed in escaping with his cloned son as the clone gave up his life to save him in his final moments as they fled for their lives.... more>>

Fate intervenes as Aiden awakens in a post-apocalyptic world, ruled by things of nature as cities are the only safe haven. He's now a "high human," navigating with a fractured memory and a new reality. An enigmatic artifact tied to his past and rebirth emerges.

Amidst a struggling community of high humans with a very dark history. Aiden seeks a sense of belonging as he uncovers the secrets of the world in ruins and the artifact's significance forging a bond with his newfound family while preventing his little brother from triggering major future conflicts before becoming a villan.

With no power he will forge his own way to safeguards his new home from threat beyond the veil of the void.

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Any feedback is appreciated.

Complex relationships
Worldbuilding
Multiple lead characters.
Fantasy as well as sci-fi elements
Slow progression. There are a lot of subplots happening. The world will continue to function with or without the influence of the MC.
Somewhat grimdark elements

This is my first time writing. I am new so you may find some mistakes and grammar errors. please point them out and I will correct them. <<less

I’ve always been afraid of spiders.
The scholars call it Arachnophobia.
It would be wrong to call that feeling hatred.
I couldn't even come close... more>> to them much less cause any kind of harm.
They just utterly terrify me.
However, sometimes life forces you to face your fears.
Though, I would take any other option sometimes there simply is none.
You can't run away from yourself.
Even if eight legs carry you a lot faster than two. <<less

Raymond is the only man in his family. However, he is also the weakest. Can he become strong and conquer all the women in his... more>> family? <<less

Sachika Fujimoto, a part-timer college student, dies in a bookstore murder. She never expects to wake up in a world based on the worst book ever made.... more>>

Reincarnated as Veniara Ravelgrace, the soon-to-be 'Dark Lord's Bride,' she must navigate her way out through the cliché-filled fantasy romance novel full of plot holes as inconsistencies affects her life too.

At the end of the story, the heroine was destined to die from the sadistic dark lord's hands. Knowing it, will she find a way out of this nightmare, escaping the death flags that fate gave her?

Alternative Titles:
Transmigrated into the Worst Book Ever Made and Became the Dark Lord's Bride; The Dark Lord's Bride; Kyouhana <<less

Welcome to Nephalia, a realm of magic and artifice! Where you can be born with powers most can only dream of, where magical arts and steampunk engineering coexist, always at odds with each other. ... more>>

The princess of Cintra struggles living her life with a cruel jinx. As the black sheep in a family of pompous silk and wealth, her life has been lonely, avoiding others and keeping to herself and her maid. But she also loves the warmth of the stage and the adoration of others with her music. But what happens when her kingdom is invaded?

Elsewhere, in the far away empire of Lisari, a girl struggles to survive and trust those around her. But she always dreams of finding someone that loves her, a place to call home in this foreign land. But the forces around her wish to force her into a weapon. Will she ever find her home?

Join us on a journey of fantasy, hardship, finding love and forgiveness.

This story is inspired by Clarity’s Tearforged, please give her work a try!
https://www.tgstorytime.com/viewstory.php?sid=4658

Uploads are at least once a week! <<less

Four children who were assumed to be demons. They were locked up their entire life, until they finally broke free.... more>>

Blue, one of the children, has to survive while the world is set against her. It doesn’t matter if she’s actually a demon or not, the people fear her regardless of the truth. Just when she thinks it’s hopeless, she meets April.

The longer she spends with April the more she finds out about herself and April. Follow the story of Blue, slowly gathering all the pieces to find the reason for her existence.
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I will update this daily, at least until I caught up with what I have. This story is also available on RoyalRoad and Wattpad. I'm trying to get them on the same chapter, so expect more releases soon. <<less

Eli was the highest-ranked warrior in the lands.
Until he wasn’t.... more>>

Overgrown magic brings trees and plants to life and mutates animals into otherworldly monsters. All attributes and skills once known are lost. Left with little but his wits and decades of weapons knowledge, Eli scrapes out an existence far from civilization, too old to fight, nursing his grief, unwanted by former allies who chose their downfall with the chasing of power.

Until two children are on his doorstep. A brother and a sister, alone and with their own secrets, dragging him back into the broken magic of their world.

Both bearing the same eyes as his son.

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(The system in this story will take a while to appear properly given the nature of the world-building, and it will be a slow burn, but rest assured there will be stats.)

(Warning: there are plenty of made-up plants here as well as more familiar ones, this is not a world based on Earth so I had fun with the world-building. )

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This story contains:
- a plot-line heavy on the character relationships
- a smart main character who will still make mistakes
- a broken, “overgrown” magic system
- mostly progression fantasy, a little litrpg
- some chapters without stats
- slow burn on the system, no info dumps

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This story will soon be posted on Royal Road as well. If you are reading it anywhere other than Scribblehub, Royal Road, or Patreon, please let me know. <<less

The year is 2024. Alan Malloy is a sci-fi nerd attending uni somewhere in the vicinity of Essex. Moreover, he's a nerd who has serious toxicity issues. And worse still, he's been a menace to the nerdy girls of the Royal College of Saint Almsworth since he arrived. He is, by all accounts, a incel. He's on a downward spiral which is slowly killing his future. He's dropping classes, and his smarts are going to waste in a downwards spiral that will ultimately lead him nowhere. He has failed as a man. There is a answer though. Unfortunately for his current existence, that answer is the secret basement under Dorley Hall, where bad boys become... more>> good girls, whether they like it or not.

In Alan's case, Space isn't the Final Frontier. But that Frontier will still be made in a basement. Just not a Hollywood one.

Based on The Sisters of Dorley by Alysongreaves, "Dorley: The Next Generation" is a exploration, analysis, and deconstruction of nerd culture, gender identity, the nature of friendship and family, the psychology of toxic nerdom, and the author's own personality. Dark, psychological, and very gender-bendy, this story is my attempt to take the lessons I've learned from writing fanfiction for nearly a decade and use it to create a multilayered story that I hope will entertain. <<less

37 Year old Timothy JacksonBurg. After surviving the middle east as an army ranger, then later as special forces, he came home to find his little brother in the worst way, homeless and no money he tried to help but found that his selflessness had cost him. Without much of a penny left to his name, and nothing to lose he used the last of his cash on a lotto ticket. To his great surprise, he won not the jackpot or anything, but 25 grand to be exact. Now, most people would spend that money day's before the poor bank tellers could put it in a vault, But not Tim. He invested, let that 25... more>> grand grow larger and larger, Started himself a small business.

Well, things, of course, have to go wrong eventually, and they did. Now we find a stressed-out man sitting on a park bench late in the afternoon. Watching a group of little girls playing frisbee with the family dog. On top of stress, the sight of the girl's fun made him feel old and nostalgic.

That's when Tim made a harmless wish if it were a question one might call it rhetorical. Try telling that to a wish happy pixie named Tulip. Thus begin's Tim's life as 9-year-old Lilyana Rose, and his adventures as a Magical Girl to win back what he lost.

Part 2
Timothy JacksonBurg was turned into a little girl by a Pixie. After a few months of fighting crime to regain his masculinity, Timothy grows closer to the foster family he found himself with, forcing him to ask a question. Should he stay the daughter they think she is or reach his goal no matter the cost. <<less

There were worse ways to die... but his death was pretty stupid. Yet thrown into Konoha years before canon, he was given a chance - preventing the tragedies, even if it meant defying the natural laws of this world. Changing the fates of future terrorists and corpses? At least this time, his death would be memorable. A Male Self-Insert Fic with no system or bloodlines.... more>>

Disclaimer: I am not the original author of this fic. All credits go to okmangeez on the FFN and Ao3 websites. I am just posting for him on Webnovel. <<less

Monsters are Real!... more>>

Janus is part of a powerful and notorious family that all monsters fear; The Helsing Family. The Helsings are monster hunters that hunt and kill various mythical creatures from vampires to werewolves to ghouls. However, Janus has bigger issues than monsters, and that's his reputation with the Helsing Family. Not just because he's very different from the rest of his family with a supernatural ability he has, but he's not even related to them by blood! Follow Janus Van Helsing through London as he fights against the creatures of Darkness and the long-term trauma he has endured with the Helsing family that took him in. <<less