Among all secret codes to wisdom ... eleven is the key ...... more>>

Metus Contest

Life Craft - Pouring a lifetime worth of dedication to a single craft/skill. <<less

In July of 2005, Kobe Teruo - a seventeen year old in the last year of high school, travels to his aunts farm for the... more>> first time for the summer. It is within the Japanese countryside that Teruo discovers there is more to life than the 4 walls of Tokyo he was used to. What grows from the ground and blooms in the sky, Kobe Teruo finds that his experience would be one that is surrounded by a boy of similar age - Hiraoka Kaien. Nothing would be same once the vacation came to an end and all he would long for, once it was over, was the taste of pears and the fresh summer air. <<less

“It doesn’t matter what you look like or who you are, I will always love you.”... more>>

A collection of short stories about two souls who love each other in every reincarnation.

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A collection of LGBTQ+ short stories. <<less

When darkness visited their little world, everyone was forced to make sacrifices. But was it really his love for his people that forced the Chief to sacrifice the childhood of a little boy? Everyone had to make a sacrifice in whatever version of justice or revenge they wanted. But was it fear or opportunity that led to the blood bath within the Minyama? Who is really in control and who is just a pawn.... more>>

When his mother was murdered a few days after he survived an attempt on his life, proclaimed future leader of the Martial world Ben together with the mysterious newcomer Anopa roamed the world in search of answers. With the masked men as their only leads they were riding on their grief and need for revenge.

They were accompanied by the healer Talia, Ben's betrothed Nora and Nora's soulmate Dante. Every step closer to the truth is a step closer to their doom. Join them on their journey as they try to uncover who's coming after them and their people.

Darkness unleashed the Unforgotten to wipe out the Martial World forcing our naïve but deceitful heros to search for the masked men before they are erased from existence. Everyone had to make sacrifices in pursuit for answers and survival.

Cover Credit Lady Macbeth <<less

Discovering that your entire life has been a story is often a jarring experience, even for a bookworm who's read plenty of stories with that exact premise. Except she wasn't a villain set to die in a fantasy world or a side character once again set to die in a fantasy world, she was just Yamamoto Kotone, a senior student at Gyoseki Academy. She doesn't exactly know who she is in the grand scheme of things, apart from being a 'Big Sister' to the main character, but she likes it that way.... more>>

Sometimes it's better if a story remains simple.

[Cover Art is not mine, will credit artist as soon as artist is found.] <<less

“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”... more>>

― Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice <<less

You, my voice, scent, and light, now I'll be your ears, and eyes, in endless night.

Echo had lived a very tragic life:
- Chaotic family: Father abhors me
- Chaotic love: ML abhors me
- Chaotic marriage: Hubby abhors me
- Chaotic death: Life abhors me
But just after death, he was back from where he started.
Author: You are deserving of becoming my MC
Echo: @$%*&%!
Ryan(hubby): ... this time I want chocolate cake for reception.
Still alive In-laws: Daughter-in-law! Save us, we wanna attend your marriage this time.... more>>

VIP intel for royal readers:
1v1
Happy Ending
Initial Angst
Echo (smart GAY shou) x Ryan (cold BI gong)
Fluff and face-slapping ;) <<less

Alternate what comes to mind when you come across this word, an exchange of pace between two or more things or a world that is similar to ours yet different. Where our reality is beyond belief to them.... more>>

Never did she imagine that she will be transported to another world another reality, a reality that she couldn't even imagine, and what's worse is that she never thought that her whole being will change. Even she lives her life in a monotonous way and loves how her structures day to day never change.

What will she do, what will the outcome she's longing for? <<less

Image is not mine. I'll replace when I can be bothered to draw <3... more>>

TW: Abuse, Rape (not by the love interests), Addiction, Very bad mental health issues.

A boy needs to learn to love himself.
Good thing authors a perv and is going to give him many men who can help. <<less

A cozy romance about a second chance at first love.... more>>

Narrow Rock, is a mountainside village famed for its lush peach orchards and elegant stonework buildings. But for Boyne Lothar, a modest Summer Elf working as a serving maid, it shall remain the place where she discarded her first love.
Now Nimeth Beetroot, the gorgeous and renowned Chief Cook, has returned as Boyne’s new boss! Can Boyne’s inner hearth resist their attraction, or will the Fates grant a second chance at first love?

Don't want to wait each week to read what happens? Purchase the full story here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1403313 <<less

(WARNING: Contains a lot of gore and death later in the story, its really dark. The death meaning to side characters, not the female nor male lead.) (As for the romance, I'm going to focus just on the male and female lead.)
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After a certain incident in his childhood past, Haise Kirishima became traumatized and becomes isolated, away from interacting with others. Because of this incident, he becomes more of a ruthless person.... more>>

After a few years, he's able to socialize, but not as much. Unfortunately, his dad dies in a traffic accident and his mom abandoned him in order to live with her lover shes been seeing. Haise is left broken emotionally, but doesn't want to give up just yet.

But then, a certain girl comes into his life, which causes Haise to relive his childhood trauma,
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or so he thought..... <<less

The glowing billboard ad reads "REPORT ALL WYRDWORKERS TO YOUR LOCAL PRECINCT; sponsored by the American Mid-Western Council on Wyrd Travel (ACWT - Midwest)". Someone... more>> has adflag flashed the sign's graphics so that the words {DISS-YER-TOPIA} gleams in neon, pulsing red, blemishing the ACWT's slick logo. The air ripples with potential. The back door of this old, forgotten library, where the only light comes from the flickering overpass billboard, is a perfect place to walk Through, into the Wyrd.
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Collecting a wide-range of perspectives from critical players in the events of the American Wyrd Incident of the late 2020s, this wyrk documents the prelude to the War Between Worlds in full context for the very first time. READER BEWARE: these accounts were collected from many sources, who’s beliefs and attitudes may not reflect those of the archivist’s own.
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James Raven suddenly gets summoned to another world as one of the brave heroes. You know the deal, he is tasked to defeat the demon lord and save the world, Bla-Bla-Bla, following the usual cliché.... more>>

But here’s a catch: “What the hell is wrong with this scenario? Instead of being a swordsman or something, what’s with this class extra!? Are you telling me I just somehow got myself involved in something I shouldn’t have? To hell with that! I’m just gonna have some fun in this new world of mine, then!”

Thus begins the journey of our hero—or not a hero—as he roams about in this new world, doing as he pleases!

“Okay, maybe being an extra is not that bad after all, hehehe~” <<less

- A world-hopping novel -... more>>

A soul drifting into nothingness seeking an answer finds an opportunity through a rather optimistic salesperson. The opportunity lands him a job that requires too much travelling, and following a script. While unaware of the fact that it's a script.

So... how does one do their job without knowing they have a job? Simple, just fall in love with the only person you're not supposed to. And work hard. :) <<less

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Suddenly being reincarnated after a bloody betrayal involving his relatives, Jung Choi Han isn't particularly surprised or resentful, after all, he held the highly coveted title of No.1 businessman, so it was to be expected that he kicked the bucket at age 26. But what made Choi Han frequently wonder if he had blown up a planet in his previous lives, was the fact that he reincarnated into the body of an unfavoured prince in a Western-style fantasy world based on a novel.... more>>

A certain someone: "Come"
Choi Han: *Ignores*
A certain someone: "I have candy"
Choi Han: *Obediently walks over*

I have truly exhausted all my luck just to meet you,
For Annie <<less

Destroyed forever by the absence of those who are no longer there, Ray and Mia throw themselves wholeheartedly into revenge. Of their innocence, their insouciance it does not remain any more. They know from now on that Man is without any doubt his worst enemy. He exploits excessively what the Earth offers him, he creates chaos and war by his actions. Is he really able to evaluate the consequences of his actions? Could Mia and Ray have taken a different path?... more>>

(Translation of the french novel) <<less

What can you do when you realize you had been transported into another world of technology and magic? One filled with conflict and no regards for morals. Where anyone and everyone can be your enemy. ... more>>

A cyberpunk world mixed with magic which was turned into a reality.

Watch as our protagonist is thrust into a helpless scenario, with broken bionic parts replacing his body. Surrounded by the scent of death he must survive the onslaught of machinery and grow stronger so he can fend off whatever this world has to offer. Little does he know what fate has in store for him.

Theme: Combination of Magic and Technology <<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

Waking up on an ancient planet that should have been destroyed greatly confuses Ning Xingyun who came from the interstellar era.He seems to be in another person’s body who have a handsome man as a husband.The husband and the original owner of his body must not be in good term.... more>>

Otherwise,why else would the husband curse at him using the ancient language of earth to die.

He makes this *laozi's old heart beat though.
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Coming back 7 months before the end of the world made Zheng Jingyan very thankful as he was given the chance to start again.He would no longer concern himself again with that bastard of a husband who gave him to other people in exchange for something,giving him a trauma and a painful memory.

It's just that,this husband seems to have become a different person?

(*old man) <<less

Everybody has a story, Sad, blissful, and Beautiful recollections included, yet not one of them last forever,... more>>

Life resembles a Fast track, on which you can't simply stand regardless of whether you are worn out yet you need to propel yourself forward To be in the line of those individuals Who are additionally battling with their lives very much like you.

Consider the possibility that you stand in the race.
You won't just lose yet become old very much like a subject old house which can't move for years, Centuries perhaps.
By understanding the outcomes of not pushing ahead You currently propel yourself even despite your desire to the contrary.
Since you would rather not stay like an old House.

This is the narrative of Skye Johnson who needed to carry on with a superior basic life however was Struggling Every second to find That fulfillment she at any point needed to feel.

Luck or felicity is not for everyone,
some spend their entire lives trying to get the better life they wanted.
Certain individuals as of now have everything except still don't recognize what blessings they have, They have even more cravings in them, we can say that they have the voracity to have control over Everyone.

Skye never required an extravagant life yet the best simple one,
As we all understand that ideal life is a deception it doesn't exist, it's only something from the books. <<less

Lulu is a social outcast, always sitting alone in class; Achira is the extremely popular star of the school's track team. Lulu is a bunny; Achira is a cheetah. The two of them practically live in different worlds despite being in the same school year. So why is it that Lulu keeps catching Achira looking at her with that hungry look in her eyes? Does she want to eat the poor bunny girl, or is it something more?... more>>

Updates will be whenever a new chapter is done. This is being written for fun. <<less

Mikka is a teenage boy with bad luck who struggles to fit anywhere he goes, but his life is turned upside down when he's dragged into a strange world where the simplest of his customs are an oddity. Unable to return, he needs to adapt to his new lifestyle in the Kingdom of Eferia, a place where people see him as an alien or even worse, a lower form of life.... more>>

As the dark forces of Lord Zudai destroy the kingdom and break the barrier between dimensions, Mikka finds the opportunity to return to his world, but unable to leave the princess Azulia behind, he makes the craziest decision of his life and takes her with him back to Earth.

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This story was written as a joke/parody, but I ended up liking it, so here... It's a side project I needed to take a break from my main story :) <<less

A betrayal of the worst kind and an accident puts a tremendous strain on Jose and Athena's happy relationship.