Ah! Aythryn City. Truly a mess of neon and trash all supporting the psychopaths that live here. Desire is the name of the game in... more>> such a bright place, as anyone on the streets can verify. Whether it be the gangs roaming the streets, the corpo rats in their tall towers, or the people just trying to get by; everyone wants something. And hey! I'm all for that. I'm no different, after all. <<less

Betrayed by his former gang and thrown into the Rendhold Underprison, Dantes has spent the last five years scraping by. A whoreson of orcish, human, and elvish blood, he's lived on the periphery of the periphery, lying, cheating, and stealing to survive. After a run of bad luck, he's made a powerful enemy. Luckily, he's also got all the tools he needs to turn things around.... more>>

A slow burn progression fantasy focused on rising through the criminal underworld of a city-state using newfound powers and quick wits.

MC's powers will develop slowly, but he will use them in creative ways to get ahead, and in the meantime he's not above just braining someone with a club.

Anti-hero MC with a code.

1500+ words per chapter

Read ahead on RR https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/79173/downtown-druid-progression-fantasy

Or even further ahead on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Seersucker <<less

I was taken, swiped right out of my world. My memories too. Just pop and gone, all of it. Stolen. Now here I am in crazy magic land and I don't even know what my name was. Oh, and I'm not even human anymore, that's gone too.... more>>

But I’ve found this kid who’s going to magic school. And now I’m his ‘familiar’ so that means I go to class too. Magic is amazing, right? It can fix anything. So if I learn it I can even fix my inability to effing talk because I’m an effing cat. Sorry, I shouldn’t be so salty about that. I kinda like being a cat. Mostly.

Magic is amazing. Until it goes missing.

Chapters average about 2k words with two chapters a week.
The cat swears. A lot.
This story is also posted on Royal Road. Cover is AI generated using Dream Studio.

Thank you for reading. <<less

"Death was a matter of some inconvenience to Démia, in the way picking the wrong color dress might inconvenience me. One supposes that self-resurrection must be a handy talent for a hero, especially the only hero in the Corrupt plane of Barakna. Of course, that self-regeneration comes with a monstrous price tag; a price I would someday pay myself. ... more>>

"I must admit that I was not sorry, at the time, that I was the sword that killed her.

"We had been close, but we had had a falling out, what with Démia letting herself be sent to Barakna as war booty and her killing my fiancé, our brother Connal. Yes, brother. We were all members of the Imperial family and incest was encouraged in the Eden family. Don't judge. In my grief, I began experimenting with shapechanging myself into enchanted materials. I impressed and amazed everyone and I earned considerable praise which somewhat lightened my heart. Alas, my enchanting master became obsessed with one of those materials and he captured me and transformed me into a sword. An embarrassing inconvenience but one which became a great deal more serious when a Demonkin enchanter linked me with a private hell and turned me into the soul-eating sword, Soulwyrm. Such a prison defied even my skills at shapechanging.

"However, when Cael Warwick killed my sister Démia with Soulwyrm, she discovered my predicament and vowed she would free me before escaping my hell-prison and resurrecting herself. To my surprise, she was serious.

"And that’s where our story really starts, in a cold, rainy alley where Démia awaits Cael Warwick, perhaps the greatest power fighter in the Higher Planes, her lover and mortal enemy, who still carried Soulwyrm. I hope Démia doesn’t die on my blade again.

"I don’t think I could live down the embarrassment of killing my sister twice."

--Melindra Eden, Princess of Shapes

I'll be releasing two chapters a week, Tuesday and Thursday. First four books are written (I've recently edited the first 3 and they are mostly good to go). Will finishing editing book four and write book five next. Most of the sexual content comes much later in the series.

Closest parallel to series in Nine Princes in Amber. The Edens get along...better? Incestuous theme warnings. Also, looking at their behavior, I'm not sure they do get along better. They love each other more but they can be pretty treacherous.

All books feature Demia and Melindra as narrators until book 3 where Santina briefly narrates a few chapters. <<less

When deceit and treachery build into obsession and madness, the world begins to dim until it poisons the water and stains the ground forever. This... more>> is a dungeon core story about a crime that slowly becomes something more, building into a dungeon, and eventually a force of nature. It focuses on atmosphere and history instead of stats and takes place from a variety of perspectives. New chapters every Thursday, for at least the first 30 Chapters. <<less

All Oscar Bromley wants is a little peace and quiet. An alchemist with no friends, family, or aspirations, Oscar has consigned himself to a life of misanthropy. Unfortunately, his vampiric half is acting up. Haunted by hungers he cannot control, violent intrusive thoughts, and an alter ego that hunts at night, it seems there's no one to save him.... more>>

Or so he thought.

Alabastra Camin is a thieving urban folk hero and adventurer extraordinaire. She, and her partners in crime Faylie and Tegan, are Oscar's (begrudging) old acquaintances, shop regulars, and thorns in his side... Yet they may just be the key to solving his blood curse. They're intent on taking him on an adventure, where they'll lie, steal, cheat, uncover a dark plot of conquest, rediscover some buried personal truths, and maybe even fall a little bit in love.

Whether he likes it or not.

Witch Hunt is a web serial set in a gaslamp fantasy world, where swords and sorcery meet speakeasies and swank. Expect gratuitous violence, industrialization, explorations of personal autonomy, trans rights and trans wrongs, the rising tide of authoritarian control, strange magic, and magic strangers.

Updates every 5 days. <<less

While magic has long been accepted as a force of nature, very few realize that magic has a mind and will of its own. While... more>> many may learn how to wield, control, and capture magic, some are born of magic. Born of magic, those few often possess great power and an incomprehensible understanding of the ethereal. But knowledge of the ethereal and great power may not be enough to live in a world where others covet that power, nor may it be enough to survive. <<less

It is a world nearly controlled by the necromancer, Grymr, who extends his power over the remaining kingdoms. The cruel butchery of his undead Gravers and the trapped spirits of his unfortunate victims give the necromancer an advantage as he sends his forces against the last bastions of the old world.
The last fortress island of Charax remains independent of the necromancer. However, the decrepit kingdom holds the Nalith, a sacred object sought by Grymr and the ultimate goal of his control. Unfortunately for those inside the fortress, like the society inside, the walls are just a crumbling symbol of a grand past. Strict social and economic stratification bring misery among most of the population.... more>> However, it allows the Chara clan to control the island using the help of pirates who dominate the waters.
Like many trapped in the decaying society that waits for the necromancer to overwhelm the island, Hilko hates everything about his world. He is a nobody with only a single friend who doesn’t know of Hilko’s ability to see and talk with ghosts. When the quick-witted smuggler takes a job with the encouragement of his female friend, Silna, they steal a royal artifact called the Nalith. However, he soon learns that the object holds a power that gathers spirits and can help one foresee the future.
In a forced journey of escape and discovery, the smuggler fatefully decides on a path for him. Can Hilko use the power of the Nalith to escape his fate or change his world?

My Patreon page with extra items and benefits is available. Get early access to chapters, plus download pdfs of the major arcs and get individual illustrations of the characters for those paying supporters.

DemiSage Patreon Link - https://patreon.com/demisage
DemiSage Ko-fi Link - https://ko-fi.com/morbidink <<less

Jianghu is where the rivers flow free and seekers of their own destinies roam. A minor celebrity of Jianghu, Swordsman Yan finds himself down on his luck two years after his name-making feat at the Trial of Swords. Turns out fame doesn't always lead to fortune. So when he discovers that the petty scoundrel he's been commissioned to find has a string of bounties on his head and a long line of powerful people waiting to collect on their debts of vengeance, Yan is determined to be the one to bring the man to justice. ... more>>

Of course, his target isn't going to give up so easily.

["boyfailure" swordsman x beautiful phantom thief, switch pairing]
[Disclaimer: This is a fictional setting. The author claims no historical accuracy.] <<less

Part crime solver, part crime causer, the cunning heiress Cassidy Cain uses her privilege and wits for those without her advantages as The Grandmaster of Theft.... more>>

Following the events of The Sowing Tomorrow Gala Job, Cassidy now finds herself in a new role: the head of a crew. Although she was born to lead, her skills are put to the test as she navigates the unique challenges of each individual member. She grapples with a potentially treacherous thief, her grandfather's attempts to guide her away from crime, her girlfriend finding her footing in the underworld, and her ever-watchful right-hand man, who values her safety above all else.

When Cassidy is contacted by an up-and-coming tennis star she once assisted, she’s roped into an investigation that becomes the nexus between the crew’s present challenges, their future enemies, and a past Cassidy would rather forget. With pressure after pressure mounting, she must outmaneuver, outwit, and outplay her foes if she doesn’t wish to be undone by her own audacity. <<less

Humanity on the brink of annihilation, they lost the war of evil, monsters howl and sharpen their blades on the other side of the walls, the goddess is silent. This is the world that games and media, class 4 is plunged into when their bus takes a spin off a cliff and into the realm of a wounded goddess. They are given a mission, save humanity, save her... and although they don't know it at the time, quite literally save the world from destruction.... more>>

Separated from his classmates and in the body of his female rogue character, Daniel has to figure out what the hell he's going to do. Oh, and he's apparently a wanted woman now? Time to join the thieves' guild I guess, saving the world can wait. <<less

The Old Realms Saga starts where Touch O' Luck ends.
It is a direct sequel and follows the story of Glen, the thief from Shroudcoast, now impersonating the grandson of the elderly Lord of Altarin and his colorfull companions.
It tells of Lord Storm Nattas struggles, as he tries desperately to prevent the realm from falling into the pits of war, or failing that, make certain he escapes it unscathed.
It will sing of gallant Sir Lucius Alden, 'Bloody tiger of the South' and his journey to the distant lands of Fetya, and the faraway 'true' North. A journey of hardships, danger, a desperate search for redemption and the road back to his beloved Regia.... more>> /> It will whisper of a Princess woes and triumphs, in the exotic continent of Eplas.
It will speak of a 'demi-goddess' wanting what was promised and Dar Eherdir, the father of all assassins.

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The Old Realms series:

Prologue,
Touch O' Luck (Finished)

Act I,
Hint O' Magic (Finished)

Act II,
Lure O' War (Finished)

Act III-V
Wings O' Fate 1-3 (Ongoing)

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2 chapters per week.
drops Fridays and Saturdays/Sundays around 12:00 UK time
also a chapter Wednesday in the afternoon.

II) multi-part chapters come usually within 48 hours for continuity (and because they are written as one chapter for the novel's original form), without being limited from the above schedule.

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Cover artwork by @IntheBlackveil
(here the cover of Lure O' War, or Act II is used)

Maps of the Old Realms are available here
I) chapter specific maps of the Realms
https://theoldrealms.blogspot.com/p/maps-of-realms.html
II) Character portraits
https://theoldrealms.blogspot.com/p/old-realms-characters.html

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I) All tags are relevant but most chapters are not too extreme. Fair warning dear reader, this is an 'unfiltered' story, sometimes sweet, others bitter, touching some heavy subjects or problems, like crime, war, betrayal, pride, politics, revenge etc set in a Epic Fantasy backdrop with shades of Grimdark. In its heart of hearts though, it is an adventure.

II) The Old Realms saga is only published on Scribble Hub and RR for free. It is in the author's plans to publish it on Amazon and other platforms at some point. If you see it offered anywhere else, or someone tries to charge you for it, please report him. It is illegal to sell, or take advantage of intellectual work  without the author's permission. <<less

It's weird having an ace detective as your best friend, especially when you're keeping so many secrets from her. ... more>>

Sherry Sterling is a teenage detective that has solved more than her fair share of crimes, a prodigy in the detective field, and my best friend. As an ace-level crime-solver, she gets called upon to solve some cases every now and then, but tonight's case might be her biggest challenge yet: The legendary Phantom Thief who has pulled off many impossible heists is on the move, this time announcing that they are about to steal a precious diamond in the middle of a cruise auction! This a perfect stage for an ultimate showdown between the teenage ace detective and the daring phantom thief.

It's showtime! <<less

The city of Uruda was unlike any other in the Empire; Nowhere else had its ruling philosophy failed so spectacularly.