The Bracelet I Got Was More Than I Bargained For

DivineEternal1 | tragedy | Complete

Andrew and his friends, Isaac, Lisbeth, and Cameron meet a shady man on the way home from school. This man promises them adventure on another world, called Calorin, if they are willing to help him with an experiment. This experiment requires the use of a bracelet, one that cannot be removed once bonded to but will give them abilities such as healing or enhanced strength. Thanks to some peer pressure Andrew reluctantly agrees to join the experiment. The friends are soon on their way to Calorin but Andrew notices feelings coming from the bracelet, ones that want nothing to do with the strange man. It is just before they arrive at their destination that the bracelet changes everything for Andrew and he finds himself separated from his friends and the strange man. Stuck in the middle of a forest Andrew will need to find out where he is, how to find his friends, and why the bracelet has been acting the way it has. Author's Note:This story is a sidequel/prequel to Artifice: Tools of the Gods. As it only has one or two connected characters there is no need to read one or the other to understand them.

39.08 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 13:50

The Destroyer

michaelscottearle | action | Complete

After untold centuries of absence, the evil Ancients have returned. Their magic appears unstoppable and their hunger for conquest is insatiable. To protect the country of Nia, Duchess Nadea and Scholar Paug make a desperate journey to find a human legend: A man known to have destroyed these Ancient foes with a powerful army.But legends can lie.When Paug and Nadea revive their hero from sleep, his virtue is far from clear. Is he really their Savior or their Destroyer? Visit my website MichaelScottEarle.com to pick up Destroyer in eBook or Paperback (PST... The Destroyer Book 1 eBook is FREE)

72.19 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 13:55

Chained

Crastinus | contemporary | Complete

Are you willing to share him with another just so he won't leave? *Can also be found on wattpad and inkitt with the same username*

1.55 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 14:06

This great witch's little blog

Critical-meltdown1 | contemporary | Complete

This great witch will write some short stories from my life here. Updates will be irregular

7.79 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 14:09

The Pond Monster Jeremy

Fay Voss | contemporary | Complete

Grownups don't believe me, but he's there. (This is written in diary format.)

0.85 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 14:10

To Be Wanted

kiltsi | horror | Complete

A woman is overtaken by her past actions, slowly leaving one reality for another.

7.56 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 14:30

They Came From Beneath 6th Avenue

ExecutiveVampire | horror | Complete

When weird things come to town, so does Fernando Alvarez. Something is taking the people of Mountain Home, but no one knows what. Or at least no one knows now. What was supposed to be a joint investigation between Alvarez and the town's police goes awry when the local detective investigating the missing persons goes missing too. It's too convenient, is Alvarez dealing with something that's more than just a blood thirsty monster?

3.80 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 14:30

Black Wolf Howl

Laser Crows | mystery | Complete

Lucas Chambers is a 34-year-old police detective, competent but burnt out from dispensing justice for the shareholders and not the people. He forces himself to continue doing things by the book, believing it to be the only truth & until he and his team are assigned to a security detail that goes sideways. To make matters worse, his team is set up to take the fall. Now a fugitive on the run, Chambers is forced to navigate the underbelly of the Novonachalsk metroplex as he attempts to uncover the truth. Should he resume to do things by the bookthat is, to roll over and accept the gears of the institution grinding him down, like he has all these years? Or is it time for him to pick himself back up and bare his fangs against the system? Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge. Additional note from Laser Crows, posted on January 28th, 2023: This version is the completed first draft of Black Wolf Howl, and is currently undergoing revision for a novel release sometime in the near future. Thank you to all the readers, and to the reviewers for the kind words! Watch this space for updates!

31.46 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 14:36

Creation: The Wolves That Are Us (Creation Series, Book 1)

ARvern | mystery | Complete

The origin of a species and the different families that inherited the power of unknown birth collide in an attempt to settle their ways and solve mysteries, how will they react when the answer to that truth is shown? The first Volume of this book mostly takes the perspective of Percy, a 19 year old member of the Daybreak pack as well as some additional characters' point of view. These packs having their respective abilities that shape their lifestyles, and they've remained inherited throughout the pack's history and bloodline which over time have long lost their origins. Auxiliary chapter - Main Characters, rules of this fantasy and etc. But they're explained throughout the course of the Novel, so it isn't necessary to read. Vol.1 CompletedVol.2 Completed

132.89 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 14:48

A Demon Between Worlds

Tismon | romance | Complete

Mark Bastion, formally the Demon Barbas, has been living a pretty good life ever since his escape from Hell a few hundred years back. He's now running a shady exorcism business with his spunky assistant, making a good living scamming the common folk. But life's never that easy, especially after a fake exorcism gone wrong, leading Mark stuck a job that he cannot decline. Now, with both Heaven and Hell after him, he has to use the powers that he has neglected just to say alive. That, and with a lot of help from friends both old and new.

51.90 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 14:55

The Blue Path: Step 1

CoolDragonZae | sci_fi | Complete

Reality is a prison. Zero Space is the only way out. The Haven - a fortified skyscraper. It's humanity's last stand, and it won't be standing much longer. Jay might not live to see the end of the world. Not in his condition. He'd rather spend his remaining time playing a VR game called Zero Space. At least there, he can be a gun-toting bad-ass named Shae. But when Jay finds a forbidden new power, it reveals a secret side of Zero Space, filled with sentient AI, scheming monsters, and murderous players. Zero Space may be more than just a game. It could be the key to saving the world. Or ending it.

180.41 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:04

Nothing Beside Remains

WhiteRose-BlueSpace | tragedy | Complete

Time takes everything. Nothing can beat it, nothing can change it, entropy will always take its course but there are always those who try to resist it, to try and immortalise themselves in one way or another. There is never a question of whether they will succeed, but of how many will be dragged down in the attempt and just how long it will take for time to wipe the slate clean. For there is no such thing as immortality. [Joint 4th runner up in the January 2024 RR Community Magazine Contestant "Immortality is a Myth" with also the highest prompt adherence score]

4.47 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:05

Severed Branch

kevin_writer2 | contemporary | Complete

Davis Archer was cut off by his family when he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for accidentally killing a friend when he was 13. Five years after his release, he has yet to overcome his past to build relationships and has now received a sudden request from his estranged family to return home. Will the family that once abandoned him welcome him back if it means saving a life? As Davis attempts to navigate where home is for him, those he cares about wrestle with what's more important: who we are or who we were. AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

37.74 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 16:09

The Promise of Yuuko Asahino: Volume 3

OceansInTheSky | contemporary | Complete

Even though it's their first day of high school, Yuuko and Yuya are already late, but things begin to change when Yuya encounters a blonde boy being pummeled to the ground. "Are you okay Luka?" Can the thoughts of two strangers have any affect on a boy who has none for himself-- "You see New Kid, a community is made of like-minded people. Like-minded people work well together, they support each other.....when someone acts out from the group, they destroy the balance." --especially in a case where someone may not want to move at all?

22.12 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:27

unconditional love - a vignette

maxxli | contemporary | Complete

what it means to love someone that no one else can

0.08 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:27

The Orca's Serenade

EldritchPotato | contemporary | Complete

Eva Diaz, a marine biology student, has always loved the sea and the orcas that call it home. This makes her summer job a dream come true for the struggling university student. When an opportunity arises to check out her uncle's current project, a very rare specimen of cetacean, in the top-secret research facility of Ocean Land, she can't resist learning more. Except this specimen is a lot less whale and a lot more creature of myth. Mermaids shouldn't be real yet now it's her job to befriend one. Gripped by uncertainty she must choose whether to be a warden or to heed the call of the orca's serenade.

37.00 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:31

Saga of Fallen Kings, Book I: The Revenant Prince

AFlawedKing | drama | Complete

The Philosopher King once conquered the known world, his power seemingly unlimited and his armies inexhaustible. Since that time his might has slowly unravelled, and his once steadfast empire has begun to crack, splinter and devour itself. In the isolated Southern Realms, where even magic has abandoned them, none of that matters. For years it has been filled with warring kingdoms, where as many kings die to the blade as to old age, and constant battles tear apart the land. When one such kingdom invades its old enemy, the King and his heir, Prince Caden, are killed. Unable to accept the loss of his family Prince Arian is broken, and when the Philosopher King stretches out his hand in aid, Arian takes it without a second thought. When Caden wakes from death, he's different. His eyes and soul have changed, and he finds a world filled with friends who no longer trust he's even human. Suddenly thrust onto the throne and indebted to the Philosopher King, Caden has no choice but to keep going - he must finish what his father started, and try to survive the machinations of the figure who now owns his fealty. Meanwhile something beyond death stirs for him, desiring nothing more than to drag him back into its embrace. Author's Note: This story used to be known as "A King of his Own", but after some consideration I have decided to rebrand it. The first reason is that I was growing increasingly dissatisfied with the title. The second is that I have come increasingly to view this story as a 'saga' containing multiple 'books' rather than one long, continuous publication, and as I did so I realized that as I was quickly getting to a point in the story where I wanted the first 'book' to end. This doesn't mean I'm going back on the things I said below - they're just going to continue in the next book of the Saga of Fallen Kings. :) Also, be aware that I do plan to edit this at some point. Though I take care to squash out any obvious errors when I proof-read, and do simple edits in that process, at some point I'm almost certainly going to do large edits that might significantly change parts of the story. Old author's notes: This started as a completely random writing session. There was no purpose or direction, but as I kept typing an entire world began to form in my mind that I knew I had to write about. My plan is to turn this story into a veritable medieval fantasy epic that spans an entire world, follows multiple character and storylines, and takes place over many years. The story has quite a grounded, almost 'realistic' start, but many more fantastical elements will be introduced, expanded upon and become central to the narrative. I have ideas for this story that make me genuinely excited and I hope you enjoy my work as much as I enjoy writing it, and join me on what will hopefully become a truly massive fantasy epic. If you do enjoy this story please consider following, rating and leaving a review. I'm also happy to answer any questions or comments you have. (Cover image is an edited version of free stock art found: here.)

58.29 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:33

Second God

Akmedrah | drama | Complete

Humanity has a god, as does every race, but in the beginning, he gave up on his creation. Cthulhu found these disregarded souls and took care of them in his own fashion. Now, the dark one rises from the depths once more to lead humanity in their first interspecies interactions.

19.17 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:35

Let's Play: Chronicles of Zurefgar

ManacoMananko | drama | Complete

"Fight on, live on...."Those were the words of the mysterious girl that had saved Pras from his downfall after his tragic dispute and betrayal on the hands of his e-sport teammates. Three years had passed since then. Now, to fulfill his promise and break the chains of his past, Pras helped his current friends to achieve the maximum level in a VRMMORPG titled Chronicles of Zurefgar in order to enable them to enter a multi game PvP event named The Clashing Realms.Conflicts and meetings that Pras had with people from his past in the game had opened up old wounds. Yet, he received a helping hand from a person he would never have imagined. Slowly, he learned that it was not only about him helping others, but it was him that was being saved. cover by Konnyapon

107.85 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:56

World of Mary Sue, But I'm not Mary

aquaseries | drama | Complete

Jesse (man) died only to be transmigrated as Feng Mian (woman), in a world ran by Mary Sue. Fortunately, he doesn't need to dress up as a woman, because he is recognized as a man in the entire D City and no one doubts this! Gotta thank the greedy father (throws him in jail) and thank the Mary Sue of a step-sister (x2 Slaps the green tea bitch), then earn money every day!! Money runs the world after all. Then how about Mary Sue's harem? And a couple of gay guys so into him? • • • A certain Emperor reluctantly asked, ?Do you have someone in your heart?? Feng Mian ?Sir Money.? • • • A certain Emperor had fallen! ?Mian... I seem to be 'rotten'.? Feng Mian ?I know you are rotten.? Only, (s)he misunderstood his question. • • • [Excerpt] Rotten - rotten girl (fujoshi); rotten boy (fudanshi) Note:? The protagonist, Jesse (Feng Mian), thinks and acts like a man. His values from the last lifetime have not changed. He was straight until in later chapters.? There are BL couples, hence the tags.

65.92 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 15:43