She repairs broken memories - but who will repair the truth? ***** Nova Aurion understands how fragile memory can be - she mends it for a living. In a world where memory is currency and abilities define worth, society is divided into Endowments: cognitive classes established to preserve stability. Every three years, the nation hosts 'Project Elite' - a competition honoring minds worthy of leading the future. When Nova, a Memory Diver renowned for restoring fractured minds, is selected to compete - she enters the Arena determined to win. However, survival demands more than mere intellect; it requires strategy, perception and sacrifice. As alliances shift and sparks arise, a forbidden dive into a stranger's memory leaves Nova deeply unsettled, leading to a chilling realisation: the Project might not be studying brilliance at all, but harvesting something far more dangerous. Caught between a charming rival, a skeptical ally, and a system that predicts every move, she must confront a choice that could reshape humanity itself - Is an unpredictable future worth the risk of chaos or is controlled stability the safest path to survival? ************************** ONC prompt: 111: With a single touch, you can slip into someone else's memories. But when a stranger shows you a future crime involving you, you must uncover the truth before it comes to pass.

Buenos Aires sigue en pie. Pero el silencio es una mentira. Han pasado seis meses desde que la ciudad ascendió a los cielos. Mateo, Elena, Nico y Cobra intentan llevar una vida normal entre las cicatrices de hormigón, creyendo que Leo se ha ido para siempre. Pero un descubrimiento inesperado -un antiguo mapa grabado en piel humana- cambia todo. Una señal débil llega desde el lugar más peligroso de la Tierra: la "Zona de Silencio" en la Amazonia. Leo está vivo. Para traerlo a casa, la manada deberá abandonar la seguridad de la ciudad y adentrarse en una selva que ha mutado en algo monstruoso. Pero no van solos: el "Sindicato del Caos" les pisa los talones, buscando abrir la puerta que Mateo intenta cerrar. Dejaron atrás la Ciudad. Ahora deben sobrevivir al Infierno Verde.

A growing collection of Humans are Space Orcs stories that details the adventures of Dr. Krill, Adam Vir, Sunny, and other crew members of the harbinger as they fight to explore deep space.

Buenos Aires does not sit on stone. It sits on Him. And today, the foundation is giving way. The famous Obelisk in the center of the capital is not a monument. It is the giant needle of a syringe, inserted into the nerve cluster of a planetary organism sleeping deep underground. The city is merely a plug holding back an Ancient God. But the anesthesia has worn off. In the depths of the city, the Substrate awakens-a sentient matter for which concrete and bone are mere building materials. Gravity is reversing its polarity. And when the Obelisk begins its countdown, humanity will have only one way out... Learn how to fall upward. I am publishing this story on Royal Road under the username Ivanych.

Written for the Open Novella Contest 2026. Main Prompt: 93. Additional Prompt: 86. Some lived in an enclosure of order under the watchful eyes of the Externals. Others survived in the recovering chaos of a post-cataclysmic world, forgotten by the gods. When these two branches of humanity collide, conflict becomes inevitable. Each side has its own truth, its own laws, and its own hatred. The External Observers face a difficult choice: who to erase, and who to spare? For the sterile "Council," the recovering planet is merely a proving ground-subjected to barbaric terraforming that systematically reduces the living world to a wasteland. Yet, amidst their destruction, a defiant pocket of survivors finds sanctuary behind a mysterious, inexplicable shield. Because an unknown variable has entered the equation-HE. A mind that was never supposed to exist. Drawn to the ruins, HE occupies a dormant mechanical artifact. But as this metal shell awakens, it doesn't just process combat data; it begins to whisper the memories of a much more ancient presence. His path is a search for himself amidst the wars of others. His evolution is a terrifying, awe-inspiring mystery even to those who mistakenly believe they created HIM.

Cloverlyne never thought she'd travel to an alien galaxy, let alone meet other alien beings. No one was allowed to leave The Realms, but her people had no choice. Her home galaxy- The Realms, was supposed to be a perfect paradise for the humans that had traveled there from the first planet. It was their empire among the stars, and the special energy surrounding the galaxy gave them abilities beyond the imagination. While some from her galaxy chose to change themselves to survive on their chosen planets, others changed the planet to fit their own needs. In the end, they'd evolved to become more than just human. And nothing could destroy their paradise... except themselves Cloverlyne hadn't known the peaceful days of the Realms before it simmered on the break of war. Being forced to protect the planet she knew as home, she traveled aboard her brother's ship to a forbidden galaxy where the Realmers met beings from beyond their worlds for the first time. But when the aliens start questioning the Realmers purpose in their galaxy, and traitors are discovered, Cloverlyne will have to help finish a war she didn't start, or lose the paradise the Realms once was forever. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is book one of the ElnorseFall trilogy.