ringe | psychological | Complete
[Entry for the June Royal Road Community Magazine Contest] A prisoner named Gemmei is gifted a chance to put her life on a better track after being transferred to the Hibiya Correctional Complex, a lower security prison allegedly intended for less violent offenders. However even though the walls keeping her in are no longer visible, plenty of barriers are in the way that prevent Gemmei from returning to the world she once took for granted. Chief among them is the Houzou Hakkyou, a special tattoo every prisoner in the system receives that alters how they can think and feel through forced sedation. The curse the Hakkyou enforces ensures compliance and docility among the inmates, but as Gemmei finds out, cruelty is born from more than emotion alone.
22.43 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 16:06
They run between languages and writings between various countries, of the existence of 7 sinister assassins so infamous that their visit is synonymous with a certain and unscrupulous death. Each according to the few sources that managed to catch them, were classified and defined as follows. 7. The duellist: The defiant of your last challenge. 6. The spear of judgment: The accurate judgment of heaven. 5. The actor: The one who is your side in good times and bad. 4. The crazy alchemist: The one with the scary poisons and pests 3. The guide: The guide of your own end. 2. The destroyer: The end of the cities. 1. The Death "I will be posting this story on scribblehub.com too" Timeline: the false master of death (at the same time) | not related The folly of a failed magician (at the same time) | not related The ice queen and the nobody (prequel) | insignificant related Hunger of affection (at the same time)| little related
19.52 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 16:15
Zena who woke up one day with no memory of her past. She found herself in the care of an extraordinary family who loved and supported her unconditionally. Despite her lack of memories, Zena possessed an insatiable curiosity and a passion for helping others, which eventually led her to pursue a career in medicine. During her time in medical school, Zena's life took an unexpected turn when she encountered a monstrous creature from a distant planet. This otherworldly being sought to harm her, but just as all hope seemed lost, a divine angel descended from the heavens and swiftly intervened. The angel, recognizing Zena's unique potential, guided her towards a greater purpose. Zena soon discovered that the attack was not an isolated incident, but rather a sign of a much larger conflict unfolding in the vast expanse of space. Angels and formidable creatures from other realms engaged in an epic war, battling for dominance and the fate of multiple worlds. Moved by the angel's guidance and inspired by her newfound purpose, Zena joined the celestial forces in their struggle against the malevolent monsters.
18.69 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 16:22
SahakiSen | contemporary | Complete
Sylas is a hopeless romantic to a near insane extent. Actavio is a cold hearted, apathetic asshole.So what happens when the delinquent falls in love with the country's most prolific and revered mafia boss?
20.17 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 16:54
Kai Willow | contemporary | Complete
It's finally here, Kelly's birthday. This was finally the year Kelly would get the birthday surprise she had always wanted. Her boyfriend Mike may be unreliable and doesn't listen to her. Not to mention that her best friend Tiff isn't that much better.But for them to miss all the signs and hints that Kelly has laid out the past year. They would have to be transformed into Helen Keller.
2.61 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 16:56
Lucas Whorley | contemporary | Complete
A husband and wife recovering from marital strife attempt to rekindle their affection with a vacation trip to Maine. In hopes of putting the past away, they look to the future, to the old couple running the bed & breakfast, and to each other. In a desperate fight for their marriage, they find themselves in a battle where the stakes are life and death.
9.79 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 16:55
The value in our encounters, the ones around us and the foundation for our dreams.Matsumoto Isamu, a high school junior, is obsessed with his ambition to be remembered. To become someone great or doing something of significant impact. With strengths that he can't use properly and weaknesses that bind him, he lives his life constantly in doubt. He has also been troubled due to a mysterious silhouette appearing in the park near his home at times.What will happen when he unravels the silhouette's identity?Told mostly through dialogue and comedy, this is a story of a group of individuals, each on their own journey, and how much they influence each other without realizing it.Do humans really resonate? Or is it just fiction?
14.17 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 13:26
ArgyleInsect | sci_fi | Complete
This is the first draft of the story. The edited and expanded final version is available free for KU subscribers and for sale on Kindle. Planet Dirt: Remnant of an exile world, ground down by governmental and megacorp warring.The Accident a generation ago erased what its inhabitants had not already forgotten.Their brightest scientists vanished without a trace, leaving only the icy Wasteland.Carrick, a gangster, chooses Wasteland exile rather than betray the Family. Intelligent and loyal, he determines to bend the frontier's prisoners to his will.After all, when people won't choose what's best for themselves, they must beforcedto choose.But the Wasteland conceals impossible scientific phenomena that force Carrick to realize how little he understands.And when an officer of humanity's ancient, starfaring empire crashes into the Wasteland's heart, he reveals Planet Dirt's coldest secret.The Accident was only the beginning of a bitter end.
23.62 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:44
In the depths of the past a cat picked up the sword.He only knew simple jabs, and he was not driven to improve.However... Blade of Exaction is a crackfic about combat, and should be taken as such.
0.71 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:44
Lost souls enter the multiverse.We follow the story of one of them as he rises. Novice writer of terrible talent writing in his second language.
3.55 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:56
silentsnowdrop | one_shot | Complete
All Coldsnap wanted was to do something nice for his sister for Christmas. Unfortunately for him, he likes to play the villain a little too much, and there's a hero in town who doesn't want to play nice.
2.97 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:56
Jeffrey B Wolf | one_shot | Complete
Kill Shotis an action heavy science fiction short story, set in a time where the rich mind-ride the combatants of intergalactic battle royale matches, experiencing everything the fighters do, whether those warriors are human, alien, or machine.
3.55 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:56
A boy from a hight-class house, specialists in golems, suffers a lot of reprimand and abuse from his family and others for being a soft-hearted child and possessing the despised dark attribute, but his mind begins to twist when his family performs an act atrocious in order to temper your heart. Timeline: The ice queen and the nobody (prequel) | not related The folly of a failed magician (at the same time) | not related Hunger of affection (at the same time)| not related 7 envoid of the end (at the same time) | not related
12.08 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:54
NotALawyer | tragedy | Complete
An experimental slice-of-life, low-fantasy creation with the narrative revealed through single moments of time, crystallised into hyper-sensory reality fragments of perfect clarity.
1.56 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:53
Airam Zenemijil | tragedy | Complete
Senza is an assassin who is mentoring a young girl to become his successor by the time he dies. Khali is a teenage girl who is raised since birth to become worthy to inherit her master's name.
6.92 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:53
The Last Tavern Open | tragedy | Complete
I wrote this piece after listening to a song by Deep Forest called Sweet Lullaby Ambient Mix (1992 version)It might be worth looking it up and having a listen to the song before reading...or not.I felt it and wrote it. I hope you enjoy it.
0.12 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:50
Maiku_Senpai | tragedy | Complete
Just a short Radiohead story I made about the Kid A and Amnesiac universe...
0.32 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:50
TLCsDestiny | tragedy | Complete
For one that has lost her memories and then taken into a palace for the sole purpose of duplicating' the Princess, Dupli began with no idea and to do as she was told. Having to endure scrutiny and harm from other maids and attempted assassinations over her life, Dupli is forced to grow stronger as the time goes by. With no other option to take, as she feared death, she had to run away to survive.There are short glimpses upon how her life may have been, but what she has recently gone through, is it perhaps too much to go back to way things used to be? What of the two men that want to be with her, one from her memories and one that made her smile when she had needed it&Upon discovering who she was in her past, will she be able to put it behind her and start anew, or&What path does she choose to take?
28.79 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:51
Alan de Rune | tragedy | Complete
El recuerdo de aquella noche todav韆 invade mis sue駉s. Se podr韆 decir que all� fue donde comenz� todo. La noche en la que se cas� mi hermana.
2.64 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:51
Canderon-Futurae | action | Complete
The One that was not created, but exists. Alone in the void. Until that being created more. During creation, that being felt things. Boredom. Anticipation. Until the Old One came to the world it helped to create. But, he doesn't remember anything. Fate wouldn't allow it.
22.43 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:00
