Mercynarie | tragedy | Complete
The Sequel to Guardians Of The Arcane Chronicles is here! After the abdication of its former president and the truth revealed about the origins of their world, Sirius City is thrown into even further chaos. But even now, sinister forces plot to challenge the country's right to live. As Sirius City reels from its rapidly worsening racial issues, a calamity strikes their country. Natural arcani has been mysteriously corrupted, transforming magis who use too much of it into hideous monstrosities. Faced with an unprecendented disaster, the Guardians struggle to contain the disaster while facing their own set of challenges. Will they emerge victorious once more? Or will they finally drown in the sea of the world's sins?
26.15 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 11:07
Andrew_Udell | tragedy | Complete
Every year on her birthday, Mirus tries to rescue his mother's soul from the underworld. Every year for a decade, he has failed. As the dark magic he practices threatens his position as the king's court mage, the highest honor an elf may obtain in a land of humans, he stands on the cusp of losing everything. Once his assistant, Syma, uncovers his dark secret, they work together to pierce the veil that separates their world from the underworld. They encounter mad professors, wicked monsters, and challenges that put their very souls at stake. With his goal in sight, the salvation of his mother's soul, he's forced with a sacrifice that makes him consider the price. [Series Complete] (Cover by Vlad Bagacian and used per the conditions from Pexel.com)
19.22 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 11:04
lightpurplelilies | tragedy | Complete
**this is part 3 of a 3-part story. parts 1, fear-driven, and 2, renegades, are up and available on my profile** sacrifice synopsis: back home, on the beach, and all to find aber's sister again. well, they've found her, and it's not quite what they've expected. the world is upside down and backwards and the only way to make sense of it is to find the people who make sense of you. a reminder of the characters (plus a few updates): ABER -- he has spent all this time trying to get away from his wife and back to his sister. but now that they are here and he has to choose, the choice is harder than he thought. AVA -- she's a miracle. she's a brat. she's the most important person in the world. she has no idea what she's doing. she's losing her mind. she is going to save them all or die trying. again. NUA -- he got away. he went back. he must be out of his mind. ABIGALA -- what has she been doing for the past year? isn't that the million-dollar question. PENNY -- family reunions are never fun, per se. especially not this one. BAYAN -- everything happens the way it was meant to happen. but why was this meant to happen? and LILLY -- everything comes down to her.
33.18 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 11:03
Ceit is a young girl working on her family's dairy farm, trying to find her path forward after a traumatic experience.
9.34 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 10:59
Meakashi | one_shot | Complete
In a city without a past or a future, a world with an iron sky, where soulless beings called humans live under the reign of ruthless megacorporations. A bounty huntress receives a contract from one such conglomerate to retrieve a specimen from a rival corporation - just the repetition of the daily scuffles between monopolies to trump each other. But something is different this time. ________________________ This is a one-shot, first conceived as a script for a short film that could be turned into a feature film or series.
2.69 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 10:57
Web-and-Ink | one_shot | Complete
A collection of fantasy short stories about far-away lands and locales strange, wonderful, and terrible. Each piece of this anthology will be a brief glimpse into a world vastly different from our own, whether that be a haunted sea, a magic-laden desert, an endless maze, or something else entirely. New stories released monthly. Cover art by the phenomenal Josiah Mork!
14.05 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 10:57
OriginalKingD | sci_fi | Complete
Najor has seen more than most boys his age should, but he's never felt the warmth of the sun on his flesh. His town has been blessed with the gift of sunlight for three years now. The elders believe that this will continue as they are in God's favor. Najor is smart enough to listen to the migrants who travel along with the beam of light which illuminates the sky. They know the light is to vanish soon, and with it will go any normality in his life. He faced with the choice of spending his life following the beam of light, or attempting to bring the sun back. The magic he wields is weak, and he can't use it for long without becoming sick. He's never left his town and only heard legends about the beasts that roam the wastelands and the sorcerers who reside high in the Phaethon Mountains. Still, he chooses to throw it all away and chase after a dream knowing he'll mostly likely die out in the darkness.
12.04 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 10:56
Vachel Thevenot | sci_fi | Complete
Do you believe in ghosts? Flint does, especially since he is one. But, Flint's sense of purpose died along with him, and a century after his own death, he struggles to find meaning in his immortality. His galaxy's interstellar war has been at a stalemate for nearly a hundred years, and nothing that Flint does in the conflict seems to make a difference. But things change when Flint makes a shocking discovery that could give him the sense of purpose he seeks in his strange existencea discovery so great that its mere existence could bring an end to the galaxy's endless war. New chapters weekly on Sundays. Also available on Scribblehub and Webnovel. Feedback is welcomed and highly appreciated!
71.05 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 10:54
Smckellep | romance | Complete
Kin and Nami have been yearning for adventure. The sleepy little village they grew up near holds no surprises for the youths. They finally have their chance to see new places as they set off on their people's coming of age Ordeal. Along the way, the face bandits, monsters from the realm of shadows, and a feud between their families that might just tear these young lovers away from each other. Book One of the Song of Phoenix Saga.
37.93 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 16:29
riscazule | psychological | Complete
"Far away from the gaze of everyone and everything, you stand under a tree. Suffering alone for all this time. But I'm here now."
0.77 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:46
Fay Voss | psychological | Complete
Bonus scenes for the Gillik brothers, mostly based on prompts or challenges. The one about the tortoise is canon.
0.68 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:46
Jazz Haze | psychological | Complete
This is a series of short stories for the characters of the Existara series, including backgrounds and side stories. Part 2. The story of Ira and Devona continue on after the events of "Emerald and Wykren"The story continues on to show the new struggles and challenges of the Noxian Trio, or what's left of it...
29.42 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:48
RiverJ | psychological | Complete
At the far fringes of the North the garrison at Castle Lock struggles against an unending blizzard. Starving and isolated, the garrison grows restless and afraid. Afraid of the cold, afraid of the other. This fear turns to bloody madness when one of their own, Shaw, starts to murder to save his own skin. **Finished **Chapter art illustrated by my friend
8.89 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:46
Peter Summersby | psychological | Complete
Reality is defined by what we, see, hear and feel. What would happen if you are unable to tell the difference between what is real and fake? When a computer AI starts testing a virtual holographic system on two unsuspecting men, they must race to find a way out of the computer that is hacking their minds and attacking New York.Tolbert, a simple room attendant is unexpectedly caught up in a holographic projection. He must decide what is real and what is not. The fate of the world hangs in the balance, as aliens and monsters ravage the centre of New York. An army of raptors led by trolls engage an alien menace.Striker, a computer gamer and hacktivist notices that a fellow gamer is being attacked in the game and seeks to find out what is going on. He must find and shut down the cause of it all before the world he knows is destroyed forever.
13.38 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:50
mau3 | psychological | Complete
Sym is just a normal girl until her Grandmother's vice catches up with her family.
6.97 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:44
kiltsi | psychological | Complete
A short story about isolation, empire, and the shadows that exist when no one else is around.
4.70 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:50
ArcaneSaga | mystery | Complete
Miles Tenham had accepted his fate. To live his entire life behind bars in a prison in Arkensas. But his life goes for a surprising turn of event as he is forced to escape with a fellow, older prisonguard by the name of Wally. The entire nation of USA lies under a heavy warfare. Nobody knows what is going on and the duo is forced to fight for survival in a world just about to change forever. A tale of cyborgs, mutants, robots and fanatics. The first story taking place in Arcane Saga, a universe of shorter stories.
3.90 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:51
Lost in the space of Chaos I remembered how this all began. To the you that I cannot meet. Am I just a play character for the bored people. I am curious is this tragedy made by your dreams to not succumb to your miseries.
2.28 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:51
mpsorenson | mystery | Complete
Chance and Hopeis a religious fantasy novella about the seven-year journey of the ghost of Jacob Marley from A Christmas Carol, culminating in the pivotal Christmas Eve in Ebenezer Scrooges' life made immortal by Charles Dickens. My own upbringing andThe Screwtape Lettersby C. S. Lewis inspired this work. At its core, this book is about how we limit our own progression by holding ourselves to a standard of perfectionism that does not exist.
14.60 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:52
michela violet | mystery | Complete
Pokemon/Stardew crossover fancfiction short story. Punk girl Abigail finds a pokemon in the mines and the discovery gives her a newfound sense of purpose.
4.69 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:53
