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Kade Lennox, a 25‑year‑old call‑centre worker from Glasgow, has three constants in his life: lukewarm tea, late‑night Doctor Who reruns with the ghost of his dad’s laughter in his ears, and the gnawing guilt of the night he froze while his best mate was beaten on the pavement and then walked out of his life. He has quietly decided he’s a coward, even if he’d never say the word out loud. ​ One rainy evening, hurrying to another nothing shift, Kade sees an eight‑year‑old girl step into the path of a speeding truck. This time, his body moves before his fear does. He drags her clear—and takes the impact himself. Instead of darkness, he wakes on the Edge: a strange, white nowhere perched on the lip of a bottomless cliff, face to face with an old man who calls himself a Guardian of the Edge and speaks with all the voices Kade has ever trusted, including his dad’s. ​ At the Edge, Kade learns he is dead but not yet gone. This is the threshold every mind passes in the moment of dying. Step over the cliff, and there is no return. Turn away, and—if he chooses—he can be sent back. Not to his old life, but to a new one: reborn as a Time Lord in a universe he knows only from episodes and box sets, offered a second life he’s dreamed of and never truly believed he deserved. ​ Given ten stolen minutes of borrowed time, a teapot that tastes like home, and the worst sales pitch in cosmic history, Kade must decide whether to rest at last or take on a life of impossible planets, monsters, and the constant risk of failing bigger than he ever could on Earth. The Doctor’s old creed—never be cruel, never be cowardly, hate is foolish, love is wise—suddenly stops being a quote on a screen and becomes the standard Kade will be held to across galaxies. If he chooses the second life, Kade will wake on Gallifrey not as a fan, but as one of them: a new Time Lord with a taste for 60s music, a retro TARDIS, a misbehaving bit of psychic paper, and more power to help or harm than he ever wanted. He’ll collect companions he’s afraid to love, artefacts he hides behind, and a reputation for talking his way out of trouble while quietly falling apart. Each world he visits will force him to confront the very things he tried to leave behind on that Glasgow road: guilt, cowardice, love, and the terror of letting people get close when they can be taken away. ​ Fancy a Second Life? is a character‑driven, bittersweet sci‑fi novel about a very ordinary man offered the most extraordinary escape hatch imaginable—and discovering that becoming a hero in a universe he adored from his sofa is much harder than quoting it. It’s about second chances, the cost of running, and learning that bravery isn’t a moment in front of a truck, but a choice you make every day afterward.

Seeking a well-earned peace, Aquel’s people retreated into isolation. But fire found them again, and amidst the ashes, a boy was left with nothing. Aquel was a gentle soul, a stranger to violence... until the flames devoured his village. Alone, his past erased and with no one to blame, he is forced to leave behind the quiet life he cherished. Cast into an unforgiving world, Aquel sets out on a journey of no return to discover that flame is not merely destruction. To survive and find answers, he must master the very element that shattered his life, making fire his only truth.

Winter, 2035. The world is unraveling. Captain John Hastings, leader of the Orange Force’s elite “Gray Horse” task force, is the sole survivor of a black-ops mission to seize a biological weapon. Ambushed by an unknown rebel militia, the operation ends in catastrophe. During the firefight, a micro-scale bioweapon detonates and embeds itself in John’s heart. A cognitive-restructuring toxin designated “NMDA-7” spreads through his body, irreversibly reshaping his neural architecture and overwriting his memories. Diagnosed with severe PTSD and forcibly discharged, John returns home—only to find that the “reality” around him is collapsing into the battlefield moments he once lived through, folding, overlapping, and rewriting the present. He slowly realizes he is no longer the soldier who survived. He is becoming something inhuman. From that point onward, guided by near-mad flashbacks and a fracturing psyche haunted by nightmares, John fights alongside the flickering “ghosts” of his fallen comrades. In a desperate race against the collapse of his own consciousness, he seeks blood for blood.

In The Metro, money has teeth. After leaving the military, Aiden Kwon lives quietly—until someone close to him is destroyed by a lending system that hides behind perfectly legal paperwork. The contracts look normal. The process looks clean. But the outcomes ruin lives. As Aiden searches for answers, he uncovers whispers of The Engine—a shadow network that turns debt into control and fear into obedience. Those who enter its system rarely escape intact. To expose the truth, Aiden steps inside the machine himself. What begins as an investigation becomes infiltration, deception, and a slow erosion of his own moral boundaries. In a city where laws are weapons and signatures are chains, Aiden must decide how much of himself he’s willing to sacrifice to break a system designed to never lose. Some debts are paid with money. Others are paid with everything.

Chaos is the ultimate paradox - Life and death, creation and destruction, the beginning and the end. In a hyper-advanced future where everything works on quantum technology, Humanity is in a fierce battle with the chaos fragments - cracks in the universe, leading to a higher dimension. Humans are awakened by the same power, gaining supernatural abilities for their survival. In the shadows of this broken world, Missio Augustus goes on a mission to capture an affiliated drug lord but in the process, relives his trauma from seventeen years ago... Now, tired of life, he watches as a secret organization worshiping an unknown deity slowly exposes humanity's greatest secrets and kills off important figures, all while leading the world towards an unknown ending...

**WARNING** CONTAINS SCENES OF EXTREME PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND SEVERE DISTRESSING PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA● My tears fell in silence, without even daring to sob… until his tall shadow fell across the threshold. He stepped inside. Slowly. Heavily. His eyes… locked onto mine. The same eyes people said carried the scent of blood, burdened with a dark and haunted past. I was afraid of him… everyone was afraid of him. And yet, I was certain that behind that predatory gaze, another truth existed. His fingers, trembling with hesitation, reached for my face. His touch was so gentle that it was hard to believe those same hands had once clenched the cold hilt of a Jiàn (剑), [a double-edged Chinese sword]. He stared into my eyes… but he did not see me. I could sense it. His gaze passed straight through me. With longing, he pulled me against his chest, as though he wished to chain my soul to his own. That was when I heard it; the fierce, thunderous beat of his heart beside my ear. My fear dissolved. I was calm. I clutched at his clothes and found stillness in the chill of his embrace... in the arms of the devil! He carried secrets too heavy for the earth to bury, and perhaps some men are better left forgotten!

He never dreamed of falling from a flying ship. It was more of a nightmare. Instead, Xavier dreamed of awakening a great Power. One that could turn the tide against monstrous hordes and bring justice to those oppressed and forgotten. He longed to explore the vast realm, aid those in need, and carve out a life brimming with adventure, danger, and the perfect balance of joy and excitement. Fate, however, had other plans with him. Kidnapped immediately after the Choosing, the realm Xavier knew changed forever. His nightmare turned to reality, and he fell from a flying ship. Jumped. And all just because the gods had chosen a Power for him – a Power feared by the Order, dreaded by the rulers of the Overworld, and coveted by the cunning Lords of the Netherworld. Xavier awakened Shift. A Cursed Power of unimaginable might, a force as perilous as it was formidable—perhaps stronger than anyone dared imagine. But he knows nothing of that. Follow Xavier as he learns more about the realm and its inhabitants. Follow his journey through the realms as he and his comrades seek to carve their names into the very Essence of all that was. But first, Xavier has to survive falling from the sky. After that, he could probably figure out what his stalker wants from him. *** Release schedule once premium 14x/week Extra chapters can be earned through powerstones and golden tickets. Cover - AI(temporarily - Several artists have been contacted.)

A kid wakes up in an alleyway in Suna and upon waking up, meets two other boys who are running from a baker... Follow the story of these three kids as they become shinobi of Sunagakure and go into the Second Shinobi War. To all thinking of reading this, I have already loosely planned the whole story until Boruto already. Its going to be an OP MC story. Hope you enjoy! Please vote and review to keep me going!

In a world where the gods are long gone, only their cursed relics remain—twisting anyone desperate enough to use them. Vael never wanted power. He only wanted to survive. But when his village is destroyed by a warlord wielding a relic of the old gods, he’s left with nothing… except a choice: die broken, or take up the artifact that calls to him by name. The moment he touches it, everything changes. The gods didn’t vanish—they were betrayed. And something older, something worse, is beginning to stir beneath the ruins they left behind. As the power eats away at his mind, Vael must decide what he's becoming. Because in a world like this, monsters aren’t born. They’re made.

⭕Currently Under Editing!⭕ Henry was an ordinary 20 years old boy. Unexpectedly, he got transmigrated into his favourite childhood bedtime story, which he never knew how it ended. However, it happened to be that he transmigrated into the character he hated most. He had become the 14-year-old next successor of the duke of Bryxton. The next to be duke! In his words, It was a luxurious life in hell. He admitted that his life there was neither perfect nor bad if he forgot those strange and creepy things he encountered ever since. ..... But, who was that man, suddenly appeared in front of him, blurring his well-planned clear future? "Henry Bryxton, be my slave!" The man placed his sword on Henry's neck as he looked at him like he found something interesting. "Fuck you!" Born with a bad temper, that's when Henry regretted his nature for the first time in his life. That man made him regret every single word he had spitted out. Later, "Henry, I like you so much that I want to kill you." "Fu-...Then please kill me." He thought he had become a plaything for that man. As he watched how that man enjoyed teasing him in every worst way he could, he expected that his death would happen very soon at that man's hands. But how come everything seemed to get complicated as they got to know each other well? What were those mysterious things which bond them together? What made him special to that man? Love? Hatred? Lust? No, it was his thirst, only for him! Note: Mature content Transmigrated bottom × possessive top A magical world The story continues in a historical timeline like the 15th century. * * * Hope you enjoy reading!!! (The cover picture is from Pinterest. Respect to the artist.)

In a dystopian future where Vampires emerged from the shadows in order to stop humanity from becoming extinct, a young woman with a dark past meets a charismatic stranger. As time goes by Private Love Aikawa of military Unit 4-7, finds that she may not be as human as she first thought. Battling rogue vampires, mutated creatures and her own past, Love works to unravel the mysteries behind the secretive Helsing unit, and tries to become the bridge between humans and vampires in a world filled with discrimination. This novel starts intentionally slow through the exposition and the early world and character building, BUT everything kicks into gear after the turning point in the latter half of Volume 1, and especially Volume 2, where the tone of the novel shifts. So, I hope you stick with it and enjoy the wild ride! I also added some song recommendations along the way to listen to whilst you read certain chapters, I hope this helps boost the experience. Public Spotify playlist titles (all under the name LouLou): TLAR - Book 1 TLAR - Book 2 TLAR - Book 3 TLAR - A Fire in Their Wake This is rated 'No one under 17 permitted' for (very) mature themes, including drug use, SA, LGBTQ+ discrimination, very frequent strong language, violence etc. Please note that no storyline is chosen for shallow shock value, and most are taken from personal experience, and hopefully handled with the care, respect and sensitivity they deserve. Disclaimers are added against any chapter that may cause distress. Tip Jar + updates and some extra content: https://ko-fi.com/loulou2 The majority of Volume 1, in a different order and edited as a full novel is available free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Loulou2

Dr. Zayne Li has a secret. Three years ago, the renowned cardiologist stumbled upon an impossible ice cave in the forest outside Linkon City. What he found inside changed everything—a portal to a nightmare realm where monsters hunt humans, where the laws of reality bend and break, and where survival means becoming something you never thought you could be. He barely escaped. And he's spent every day since sealing that cave, ensuring no one else suffers the same fate. Until Hunter Nana Wang follows him one night.Curious, reckless, and too brave for her own good, Nana is Linkon City's strongest hunter—trained to fight Wanderers, not the impossible creatures that exist beyond dimensions. When a surprise attack shatters Zayne's carefully maintained seal, both of them are pulled through the portal into Avalon: a broken city suspended between life and death, where demons, vampires, and hybrids hunt the few remaining humans. Separated by the portal's cruel logic, Nana wakes in an abandoned classroom with no weapons, no backup, and no idea how to survive. Within minutes, she's being hunted. Within hours, she's convinced she's going to die. Then she meets Mina—a survivor who's been trapped in Avalon for a month, who teaches Nana that the only way to escape this nightmare is to become a nightmare yourself.As Nana learns to fight creatures that shouldn't exist, as she loses people she comes to love, as she grows harder and stronger and more desperate, one thought keeps her going: Find Zayne. Escape together. Survive. But Zayne is fighting his own battle, alone in a realm where he's already spent three years learning to be a killer. And when they finally reunite, they discover that Avalon has one rule that changes everything: The only way out appears once a year, during the blood moon cycle, when thousands of vampires wake and hunt. And anyone bitten transforms instantly. One portal. One chance. Two people who love each other enough to sacrifice everything. In Avalon, love isn't just about living together. Sometimes it's about choosing who gets to live at all.

I thought transmigrators were supposed to start with a cheat skill after getting isekai’d - so why do I get a countdown timer instead?! I was enjoying the NEET life, filling most of my days with gaming, anime, mangas and novels, until some asshole on an internet forum convinced me to try reading books in real life. Little did I know that this decision would end up costing me more than I could imagine. [Soul Contamination] - Your soul shall be corroded in 1047 days. Now, thrown into an unknown world filled with gods, monsters and magic, where hidden danger could await behind every corner, I must fight for my survival. Through blood, sweat and tears, sparing not a shred of effort, taking any risk necessary, I will crawl and claw my way through this world. I will get stronger; I will find a way to remove my curses; No matter what it takes… I will survive this terminal fantasy world!

No one announces the lottery. No one advertises the prize. And no one ever explains the costs. Raka Aditya lives an ordinary life unremarkable, quiet, and carefully planned. He is a content creator, routines that keep him grounded, and a future he assumes will unfold slowly, one year at a time. Until people around him begin to die without reason. Healthy people collapse in kitchens. Friends disappear overnight. Strangers lose decades of their lives in an instant. There are no patterns, no warnings, only the unbearable feeling that something invisible is taking time away… and giving it to someone else. The Draw. A cycle where time is transferred, not created. A system that chooses one recipient and grants them years of life, taken evenly from others. A game where no participant is allowed to speak its name. At first, Raka is only an observer. Then a witness. And finally, a Curator. As a Curator, he can see the remaining lifespan of every human being, a number no one else is meant to know. But the rules are absolute: he cannot reveal the system, cannot reveal himself, and cannot interfere. Every violation is paid for in death. With each cycle, Raka watches people lose time they never agreed to give. He watches winners live longer without knowing why. He watches families mourn deaths with no medical explanation. And slowly, he begins to understand the cruel truth of the system: Luck does not save you. Silence keeps it alive. And every choice, whether made or not still costs time. Take And Draw is a dark, philosophical thriller about fate, consequence, and the quiet horror of a world where life can be taken without warning, and where the most dangerous role is not being a participant, but a witness who must never speak.

This story brings together grand, intense battles, carefully chosen colors that mirror each character’s nature, and a clear sense of thematic meaning. It is all set within the refined and elegant atmosphere of an opera house, where waltzes, performances, and light-filled spectacles are central to the experience rather than simple scenery. Through music, motion, and brilliance, the narrative balances emotion and formality, allowing beauty and conflict to exist side by side. Auxiliary Notice! For deeper character insight and world context, please read the Auxiliary chapters. This story is fast-paced in progression, but its combat sequences are deliberately extended, focused on motion, power shifts, and visual storytelling rather than dialogue. Fights are not conversation-heavy; they are written to feel cinematic, tense, and immersive, emphasizing action and atmosphere over exposition. I’ll do my best to keep every chapter engaging without slowing the narrative momentum. Hello, Reader! If you enjoy ancient lore, dense and structured magic systems, action-driven storytelling, expansive cosmology, multinational settings, and bold color-focused imagery, paired with long, visually rich battles that reward imagination and attention to detail, you might enjoy this story. Before diving in, please read the synopsis below. Sankyuu! World Notes! Hunters are recognized as wielders of the ancient and formidable Armament Arts, historic armaments forged through faith, discipline, and coexistence with spirits. These Arts are the primary means by which Hunters combat Deviants, channeling Natural Energy to manifest power, precision, and spiritual authority. Note: not everyone can be a hunter. As not anyone can inherit or wield an Armament Art nor not everyone can channel Natural Energy. Deviants are Dark Energy illuminators and eaters, predatory entities that feed on the opposing Natural Energy, the force that sustains life and balance across the world. Ancient Eyes are old deities- beings who have existed for hundreds to thousands of years, created to uphold balance and wield immense authority. Or at least, that was their intended purpose. They are folklore entities, widely known and feared, each ruling over vast domains across the globe. If these concepts intrigue you, then don’t miss this story. Synopsis! Yukie Saku, the Ancient Eye of Snow and Cold, has been stripped of much of her power. Witnessing the warning of an approaching catastrophe, she arrives at the Grand Opera House seeking for answers and assistance.There, she encounters Makoto Shirogane- the polite yet unreadable director of the opera house, descended from a once-great samurai house. To most, he appears merely formal and composed. That impression is far from the truth. Makoto is a Hunter of Deviants, a man over two centuries old, and a figure whose history and influence run far deeper than anyone expects. When Yukie warns him of an approaching doom, a force that devours Natural Energy and threatens entire lands, Makoto agrees to intervene. But only under one condition. Yukie must assist him in on the looming threat and mystery that is also coming to his Grand Opera House. Stripped of her former power and sight, the goddess must find new ways to be useful- through wit, ritual, and fragile alliances, while honoring the contract she binds herself to. Thus, an uneasy accord forms: An ancient deity asking aid from a mortal she cannot fully understand, and a man of strict formalism binding himself to a divine contract. Their partnership will draw them into political intrigue, civilization-scale corporate structures that quietly support the world, and escalating supernatural conflicts, where awakenings are battles of will, and power is proven through action rather than words. This is Kiss X Reaper A story of old gods, long lives, and the cost of power. Spirity Awards Notice! Kiss X Reaper is participating in the Webnovel Spirity Awards, please do support. Thank you!

Only peace can save us. Sinn Bay once dreamed that this motto could define his life. But nothing can save him from suffering. His inner calm is constantly shattered from all sides. Life blends into a waking nightmare, and every event feels like an endless stream of derealization. The absurdity of existence in its purest form — a rebellion against a senseless world. A tragic hero, trapped in a ruthless reality, spiraling into egocentrism and self-gratification at the cost of others. This is the story of a man who lost everything — and now unravels the fabric of existence to repay the favor.

When the world fell silent, humanity was divided. Twelve percent of mankind fell into an endless sleep. Two thousand years later, they awaken to a world where blood is power and fear is currency. Monsters rule. Humans kneel. Ritualists slaughter. Yuko awakens without memories, unaware that the power sleeping within him does not seek destruction— it delivers judgment. In a world where mercy is punished and survival is earned through death, the greatest danger is not the monsters… It is remembering who you truly are.

Xal needed a job. Instead, he got a death sentence in the form of a disaster named Kian. Still he agreed, because this purple-haired freak kidnapped him, 'allegedly' and mentioned the spirit that killed his sister. Khem. But, he stayed, because Kian Vaeloren burns when he heals, flinches at closed doors, and reminds him of the warmth he misses the most. As they journey across the veil between worlds, battling corrupted spirits and healing the dying, the two men uncover secrets buried in the ruins of their pasts and build a deeper friendship than either of them expects. When Khem’s true plan begins to unfold, Xal and Kian must choose between justice, vengeance, and sacrifice.

11:42 PM. Mumbai doesn’t fall into chaos. It goes silent. In an instant, sound dies, gravity fractures, and the sky tears open with a violet wound that rewrites reality itself. From that rupture, something new enters the world—not invaders, not aliens, but predators engineered for a planet that no longer follows human rules. Raghav, an ex–special forces breacher trying to survive one last ordinary night, becomes the first witness—and the first hunter. When a biological scout attacks him on a rooftop, he learns the core truth of the new world: this isn’t an apocalypse where you hide and wait. This is a reset. And at zero, only those who adapt survive. As Mumbai collapses vertically—rooftops turning lethal, buildings losing gravity, streets becoming hunting grounds—Raghav is forced into constant motion. Every floor is a trap. Every sound is a signal. Every mistake is permanent. When he finds Aisha, his younger sister, trapped in the chaos, survival stops being personal. It becomes a responsibility. But the rules don’t bend for family. Carrying another life means harder choices, colder decisions, and sacrifices that strip away what little humanity remains. As monsters evolve with terrifying biological logic, daylight reveals something worse: humans. Scavengers. Trappers. “Safe zones” that demand weapons—or women—as entry fees. In the World at Zero, morality has no calorie value. From collapsing towers to underground tunnels that breathe like living veins, World at Zero is a brutal, grounded post-apocalyptic survival saga where: Physics is unreliable Silence is armor Humanity is a liability And survival is a learned skill, paid for in blood This is not a story about saving the world. It’s about learning how to live in the ruins of one— when the reset is permanent, and the hunt has already begun. WORLD AT ZERO Written by: Amit Purty Genre: Dark Fantasy • Survival Status: Ongoing Updates: @yeh_kahani_hai OST: Coming Soon