To the Valley of the Salt Sparrow Heart: More than Just the Prince of Pirates

The Jester in Red | one_shot | Complete

Famous poet and self-proclaimed adventurer, Orion Auslandin, sets off on a journey to find the mythical Valley of the Salt Sparrow Heart and prove that there is more to him than simply being the son of the Pirate King. Inspired by ancient poetry and a journal entry from a long dead author, Orion hires a crew to aid him in his quest of discovery. Along the way they face down pirates that wish to capture him, strange creatures that inhabit the island, and dangerous waters.

5.91 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 16:24

The Rejection

M. R. Aze | tragedy | Complete

A short story of choice, love, pain and consequences.

0.67 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 16:43

Anime of You: Traveling to Other Worlds

MajorKerina | romance | Complete

Friends Neil and Mayu find themselves drawn into a series of anime worlds when they buy drawings from a mysterious vendor at a convention. As their memories, forms, and realities are altered, a red thread of fate still binds them together as they cling to the hope they will find their way back home.Cover art by Mysticswordsman21

17.78 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 17:26

Void Hopper

The First Million Words | sci_fi | Complete

The Progenitors are long gone, but their technology and culture live on. Trillions of beings from hundreds of species speak the Progenitor language, eat Progenitor foods, and use Progenitor technology. The backbone of this society are Hoppers - smugglers who transport goods through the dangerous dimension of the Void. The crew of the Discordant Note is on another routine job when they come across a member of a species nobody has ever seen before - a human. He has no memory of his past, his culture, or of the world he came from. What does he remember? He knows how to operate a multitool, fire a blaster, and how to kill a Sarcorian with his bare hands. Now, the crew and their newest member must steal a powerful ancient artifact, evade the clutches of the powerful Encephalon corporation, and discover the truth about the Progenitors.

1.00 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 09:55

The Hunter and the Guardian

Minds Eye | one_shot | Complete

Something is rotten under the leaves of the forest. For Hou Hanshin, his village on the forest's edge trembles as it feels the cold grip of an invisible threat closing in. For Sofi, one of the Fox Spirits assigned to watch over this small slice of Earth, the trees and streams represent more than just her duty to the Heavens. They are a part of the home she shares with her sisters. Alone, they each set out to pick their way through the undergrowth, and together they plunge into an unknown evil.

10.73 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 19:02

Escape to the Big City

Tigersight | one_shot | Complete

A short story about running away to find a new place, and a new person to be.

2.39 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 19:03

ONCE

Andre Forbay | tragedy | Complete

A teenage boy retreats into a fantasy world with his idea of the perfect girlfriend when his family starts falling apart.

13.36 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:12

Reverse Portal

OVDC | comedy | Complete

Tighyt Sasomac is a normal person on the world of Kantala. Sure, he's a powerful human, and basically the leader of a city, but a normal human, at least for his level during the current regime. He went to bed like any normal decade. He woke up on another planet. One named Earth. And there, no one has any idea about magic. So yeah, he's basically able to do anything he wants-but monsters lurk on Earth. As his large mana pool fills Earth, the threats to Earth grow. Maybe it isn't some slum where there isn't any magic after all... That's the story. Here's more of the technical aspect. So, most of you you probably know that isekai is one of the most popular genres on this platform. For those of you who don't know what isekai is, it's when the main character, a normal person from Earth, gets teleported to some other planet with magic. Progression type magic. This is a spin on isekai. Instead of the main character, an Earthling, getting teleported to some planet with magic, someone from the magic planet, with powerful magic, is teleported to Earth. I wouldn't exactly call the main character's powers magic, but super strength achieved through a magic system is close enough to magic (the MC is a melee fighter). That leads to all sort of funny scenes where no one but the MC knows about magic power. Until the MC uses his high-level mana pool to make Earth into a magic planet, combining Post Apocalyptic with isekai. High fantasy with low fantasy. All sorts of stuff going together that shouldn't have. This is ruling class, but it won't be dedicated to town-building (it's more "MC is so OP he can declare himself king of Earth because he feels like it and the natives are too weak to resist). Content warnings are mainly for creative freedom, but I'm going to keep it within boundaries. Sadly, I couldn't do a full sized novel, but I promise, my next story will be out soon, and much higher quality (more description). Plus, unlike my previous story, this is normal-in a good way. Here's what to expect: Longer chapters Character driven Decent grammar Consistancy

24.21 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 10:10

A Page of Life

uncannyvin | contemporary | Complete

When a sketch artist gets interested in comic creation, she's met with speed bumps and second guesses. A short story about creativity and getting help with it.

0.47 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 10:24

Silence

White Whiskers | mystery | Complete

After her return from St.Petersburg, the daughter of a small church priest keeps eerily silent. The priest goes down to his personal hell of loneliness and remorse in the desperate search for an answer. A chilling Russian gothic from Leonid Andreyev (1905), the master of psychological drama and suspense. The translation is mine. The original book is in the public domain.

2.45 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 10:39

Eldritch, Fragments from the Abyss

Pxan | horror | Complete

A black monolith stands before my eyes, images and letters of all sort are engraved, some normal, other bizarre, many confuse and contort, pictures of beasts and monsters confuse themself in the thin white letters that are all over the monolith, I realize that they are stories, stories on the Eldrich and unknown.This is not a single story but a collection of short stories inspire by H.P. Lovecraft, E.A. Poe and other writers of strange fiction.Read them in every order that you like. I am looking for an editor, if someone wants to help me avoid typos please contact me.

7.26 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:55

Reincarnated as a Rusty Spoon: A LitRPG

Pillage Your Village | horror | Complete

A humble man from a small village worked day in and day out. He sought treasure, levels, and a means to provide for those around him. Yet, little did he know, that a spoon would forever change his life.

2.17 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:57

Bitterness, Pity, and a Snowglobe

Fay Voss | horror | Complete

Tragic literary horror originally written for a contest. Written in 2nd person.

0.45 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:56

3 AM Anecdote(One-Shot)

LAHIN | mystery | Complete

An eerie car ride that ends abruptly. A short story//one shot.

0.30 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:57

The Fire Inside

SooperDude24 | tragedy | Complete

An alien seeks guidance to understand the actions of his human subordinate.

1.96 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:46

Gods of Space

Elizabeth Tschereda | drama | Complete

After an unfortunate run-in with a strange alien liquid, ten humans from the beginning of the age of space colonisation are forced into Immortality, worshipped as Gods and trapped in their own Godly personas. Lae, a normal human interplanetary postal worker, doesn't really care that much about Gods. Or aliens. And while she used to be all for adventure, she's really had enough of it. All she really wants to do is to find her way home... CW: torture, kidnap and murder (non-descriptive)

24.80 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 13:01

Promise

Orb of Night | horror | Complete

A Cold and Cruel world besiege the dammed as everything dies off. A Collection of Grimdark & Horror Stories.

1.52 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:33

Recovery

Silurian | horror | Complete

Michael Stanton is an overworked husband doing what he has to do to cope with the stress of trying to keep his family.

1.45 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:33

Roboworld

HexagonCube | mystery | Complete

"Even in a modernized world, we can never live a life of perfection." In the year 3020, humans and robots live on the same planet. There are flying cars, talking robots, futuristic weapons, and more. With such advanced technology, life seems perfect. That is until a new Master takes over and the world becomes a complete chaos. NOTE: In this story, Kizuna Ai is created by the Master, not the original creators. I DO NOT OWN KIZUNA AI, SHE IS CREATED AND OWNED BY EN MORIKURA, TOMITAKE & TDA. WARNING: RATED NC-17 FOR EXPLICIT LANGUAGES AND SOME UNCOMFORTABLE SCENES

29.18 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:43

Levitation ME By Travis Willier

Radiant Summer moon (TravisW) | mystery | Complete

A civilization on a planet starts to discover it's past Loriane gray head archeologist leading a team of researchers some hired guns and AI to study ancient ruins of a lost civilizations past.

13.86 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:40