2025 To Read
7 stories
Black Star: Odyssey Beyond Infinity by Hazelnut_N
Black Star: Odyssey Beyond Infinity
Hazelnut_N
  • Reads 489
  • Votes 50
  • Parts 14
I... was an enemy of humanity, and somehow, humanity is the enemy of mine. --- Or rather, they thrust me into the whirlwind of accountability for a mistake, a disaster, that pushed us beyond the borders of Earth to "save the human race" yet again, as we had probably stained the great humans' great intentions, and great reputation. As I soared into the exhilarating vastness of space, embraced by dazzling stars and swirling galaxies, I had uncovered a haunting truth - one that reshaped everything I thought I knew, unfolding the mysteries of the universe and my very existence. It was the 23rd century, the world was supposed to reflect a Golden Age, but nothing could be perfect... --- Highest rankings: 3rd in Betray
Log Files by noeluw
Log Files
noeluw
  • Reads 52
  • Votes 1
  • Parts 5
Wave, a 23-year-old convicted computer hacker, is given his freedom by a mysterious financial firm, Alliance Group. On one condition. They want him to solve a problem for them. Their super-intelligent A.I, a program known as STAN (Shares Trading Artificial Nexus) has gone missing, after intentionally crashing the Alliance systems. Through a series of log files, Wave tries to understand the psychology of Stan, where he's gone, and what he's up to. Meanwhile, he's concerned that STAN has already began to hack into his own life.
Taking SPACE by DanielLeonHeart
Taking SPACE
DanielLeonHeart
  • Reads 66,483
  • Votes 5,647
  • Parts 25
A family of five lives in the far reaches of outer space on a mining station built by their father. Their lives are simple and their ambitions small but that all changed when they find an ancient ship deep in a nebula.
Day After Day by masonfitzzy
Day After Day
masonfitzzy
  • Reads 573,818
  • Votes 15,409
  • Parts 34
Each day she wakes up in a different body, not knowing who she is, and each night that body dies. She is the Reaper Syndrome, and she's desperate to know why. ***** She doesn't know what's happening. Each day she wakes up in a new body, not knowing who she is. She has to pretend to be the person, and at the end of the day her new body dies. The media have a name for these deaths: the Reaper Syndrome. No one believes it's a person jumping from body to body, until Joe. He's a conspiracy theorist, but she can make him listen. He trusts her, and he can also see the mysterious man, Samael, that's following her. Why is this happening to her? Who can she trust? Every day it takes her to end the Reaper Syndrome, another person dies. She doesn't want the last victim to be her. *2021 Wattys Shortlisted*
#WitchcraftWednesday | ✔ by bigfivedonaldduckfan
#WitchcraftWednesday | ✔
bigfivedonaldduckfan
  • Reads 18,730
  • Votes 1,366
  • Parts 23
[ONC 2023 and Wattys 2024 winner!] Drug dealer Nathan just can't be bothered to care about some of the stranger things in his life. Like the spellbook he found, complete with working magic and all. Okay, fine, maybe he tried one spell, and maybe that ended with his curtains on fire. Lesson learned: leave forces you don't understand alone. Powerful magic or not - for Nathan, this is just another Wednesday. Not everyone shares his opinion. When YouTube sensation Jamie insists on making a video about his discovery and said video goes viral, Nathan finds himself in a spotlight he completely failed to foresee. While he struggles to adjust to his newfound fame, Jamie and her oddly charming eccentricities drag him into a wacky investigation of his magical tome's origins and true nature. Finding answers shouldn't be that hard. But Nathan's criminal associates want his spellbook for themselves. And they'll stop at nothing to get it.
The Cellar by natashapreston
The Cellar
natashapreston
  • Reads 30,721,689
  • Votes 672,913
  • Parts 33
For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...
Of Blood and Roses by KatWynter
Of Blood and Roses
KatWynter
  • Reads 104,261
  • Votes 2,539
  • Parts 49
The Queen of Hearts meets the gilded world of Marie Antoinette. A princess with a holy Gift. A kingdom hiding a dangerous secret. And a marriage meant to bring peace to a land with a violent history of war. Eighteen-year-old Ophelia Rosiers is a princess of Rosailles, and also the heir to a holy Gift that determined the fate of her queendom centuries ago. But now with her Gift locked away, she can only hear the whispers of the Angels her people revere. As a result, her sister has been named next in line, and she is being sent to their enemy nation, Garnette, in order to marry their Crown Prince and hopefully lead their countries into an era of much needed peace. Only when she arrives, she quickly starts to suspect her betrothed is not who she dreamed him to be. Stuck in a palace surrounded by gossiping courtiers and enemies at every turn, Ophelia's friends are few. Especially when one of her handmaidens turns out to have secrets of her own, turning what Ophelia has always believed about her destiny upside down. Desperate for a distraction, she finds company with Prince Pierre-her betrothed's younger brother-who has motives of his own. When betrayal lands Ophelia as Garnette's prisoner, she realizes her whole life she has been dictated by other people's lies. With peace shattered for good and Ophelia's fate left in her own hands, she does the one thing she has left-she takes back control, even if it means turning into the very monster her enemies make her out to be. Bisexual MC. Book 1 in The Blood of the Angels series