Gritty Stories

(Not really used to making a short story but yeah, a sort of small canon towards RE-RISE) Basically not really one shots but more like some events that happened before the main story and things. #Starscream #gritty #dark #Decepticons #Autobots #dreams #story #Shockwave #Megatron #Optimus #Soundwave

Nash Fuller hunts magic like it's personal-because it is. Cursed with the ability to see through lies, he's spent a decade chasing things that shouldn't exist and trying not to care when they do. But when a woman from his past shows up on his radar-quiet, haunted, and unraveling reality just by existing-everything breaks. Rosemarie Fletcher was never supposed to remember him. She was never supposed to be part of this. Now? She's at the center of something older than gods and more dangerous than truth. And Nash is the only one who can keep her alive long enough to find out why the world's starting to tear at the seams.

In the ruthless underbelly of Victorian London, Delilah is a name etched in both fear and admiration. Branded a runaway, a criminal, and a defiant disgrace to her noble family, she built her own empire. An underground network that shelters the poor, the unwanted, and the broken. Delilah meets a charming man, Christopher Danvers. An earnest scholar haunted by his parents' murder. Their worlds collide with distrust, sharp tempers, and dangerous misunderstandings. As assassins, rival syndicates, and corrupt officials close in, Delilah must fight not only for her people, but for the city that would gladly see her hang. And Christopher must choose whether to stand with a woman the world calls a criminal, or walk away from the only person who ever made him question everything. Victorian London is unforgiving. So is she. Power, peril, and a woman who refuses to bow.

He was studying for a chemistry test. Then he was thrown into a war. Kevin Ho is an anxious, pacifist high school student whose only escape is fantasy novels. But when a fatal car accident tears him from his world, he awakens in the midst of a brutal siege-a world where warriors channel the power of Qi and survival is measured in blood. Marked as an outsider and useless in a society that values only martial strength, Kevin's only advantage is a mysterious system known as the Mandate, which allows him to see patterns in the chaos. Forced to become the strategist for a desperate fortress, he must use his wits to outmaneuver an overwhelming enemy, earning the wary respect of the fortress's deadly champion, a young woman named Xiao Li. But the Mandate is a double-edged sword, its power fueled by his own mind and spirit. To survive, Kevin must abandon his pacifist ideals and navigate a world of political intrigue, brutal combat, and a slow-burning connection that defies the boundaries of their two worlds. The path to victory will scar him, and the path back home is a distant, seemingly impossible dream. Can a pacifist survive in a world built on violence? And if he wins the war, will there be anything left of him to save?

Humanity is struggling to survive in a world that's no longer theirs. Liv, a scavenger leading missions to the edges of the city for food, medicine, and iron, knows things are getting worse. Every trip feels more desperate than the last. Humanity has an expiration date-the forest, and the creatures that dwell there, just have to wait them out. When a mission turns out to be a trap and Liv wakes up on the wrong side of the tree line-alone, disoriented, and for some reason not dead-she learns the forest doesn't just kill people or take their souls. It changes them. She doesn't know what she's becoming. Only that it's something way stronger than what she was. And that killing things never felt this good. Murderbot meets The Cruel Prince-with a whole lot of psychological horror My entry for onc2025, based on prompt 125: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. - Frank Herbert

A servant's son. A cursed gift. A love that could shatter a kingdom. In a world teetering on the brink of war, Loyn, a servant's son with fragile ice magic, dares to dream of knighthood. His gift is seen as a curse, his bloodline a barrier, and his heart is filled with doubt. Yet, guided by his mother's faith and a knight whose praise is harder to earn than any victory, he presses on. Amidst the gathering storm, he finds an unlikely beacon: Princess Eila, radiant as dawn, whose kindness disarms more surely than any sword. But in a kingdom where shadows of betrayal lengthen and empires clash, their bond becomes a dangerous folly. When war consumes everything, Loyn is forced to make an impossible choice between his heart, his honor, and the fate of the very kingdom he swore to protect. ✨ Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult, Romantasy ✨ Themes: Slow Burn Romance, Forbidden Love, Magic, War, Knights, Royalty, Coming of Age ✨ Updates: Regularly (1 page = 1 day) 📖 A poetic fantasy confession about childhood and the dream to rise above it.

Starscream ended up thinking he could have finally gotten everything, with his leadership and abilities. After all, Megatron was quite an obstacle. He thought he finally killed him. THOUGHT being the key word. He had no idea what he was going to get thrown in. #starscream #starscream #story #Shockwave #Megatron #mystery #flowers #roses #pansy #lavender #poppies #transformers #a darker adaptation

She survived the end of the world with a baby on her hip and blood on her hands. He was a monster trying not to be one anymore. They weren't supposed to find each other. But in a world full of death, they built something like normal. Until the past comes knocking... and she finds out she's carrying more than just guilt.

Rome was the greatest empire of the ancient world, and its history can be found around the world. But its beginning is a tangle of myths and forgotten lives. A god for a father, a wolf for a mother, and a destiny handed to two boys who never asked for it. But myths forget the fear. They forget the danger. They forget the truth. Romulus and Remus enter Alba Longa hunted by kings and watched by gods who see them as tools, not heirs. Their struggle is raw, human, and written in blood long before it becomes history. What really happened? What did the gods take, and what did the brothers have to sacrifice? How close did Rome come to dying before it ever truly lived? This is the story behind the legend.

In the underbelly of 1980' Kochi, One boy runs from a village soaked in rage and loss, into a city that doesn't care if he lives or dies. He never wanted to be a killer. But after his father's death and a violent outburst that nearly ruins his life, he arrives in Kochi for peace and freedom. Instead of that he finds guns, blood and two brothers. Together, they claw their way to power.

In the shadow of Charlotte's stormproof walls, sixteen-year-old Mason lake thinks the Blitz is a completely destroyed graveyard. He's about to find out just how wrong he is. When masked soldiers rip his little sister from their home, Mason is given one way to earn her back: leave the "untouchable" city and venture into the ruins to scavenge whatever the city's elite will pay for. But the Blitz is nothing like he's been told, and with every run, Mason discovers one horror after another. Now the boy who only wanted his sister back must decide between becoming the monsters who took her or burning the whole system down.

Justice in the dark is a taekook adaptation of silent reading by priest the story line of the story has been kept intact except for in certain places were it has been changed for reader convenience. Please enjoy the story , as it is an adaptation many might find there are certain change in the language even thought our translator has tried to keep the language as similar to the Chinese adaptation as possible and events for reader convenience but borderline story has been kept intact thank you author

A farmgirl on the edge of a forgotten place discovers her blood doesn't belong to the ordinary world. Blind spots in reality open, close, swallow whole towns. Creatures step through them, some speaking like scholars, some tearing like animals, all terrified of vanishing if no one remembers they ever lived. A global authority insists these beings are mistakes and cleanses them with doctrine, steel, and silence. It sells purity as salvation. It treats wonder as infection. Caught between these forces, Claire Maddox learns that her quiet life was a waiting room for something vast, merciless, and unfinished. The world wants to stay simple. The world is lying. This is a story about what survives when perfection demands everything else die.

When a hybrid virus hvr27 infects the world creating hybrids, one kid makes a choice that changes everything. Infected and afraid, he runs-leaving behind the people he cares about. Now branded by stigma and forced into the shadows, he becomes a vigilante fighting to survive. Did he leave to protect them? Or was it fate, pulling him toward a death that will haunt him-and you, dear reader-forever? Note: A new chapter will be published every month. Stay tuned. This is also a saga.

The world changes everyday ... You change everyday . You yearn for the things you never had... You also run things you never dealt with like childhood , Relationships Revealing the biggest Demons within your Past. But embrace this era . Embrace this beautiful change

Gabriel wasn't always the Archangel. He was just a delivery boy in the mob-ruled heavens. His biggest job? The Messiah Contract. He failed. Now his target is dead, his love is a vengeful ghost, and Heaven has put a hit out on him. To protect the new target-a girl named Mary-this fallen angel must make a deal with the devil of the underworld. But the price of salvation might be his own soul.

She was never supposed to cross paths with him. Cherry, New York's most elusive assassin, fueled by revenge and a past soaked in blood... works alone. No attachments. No alliances. No mercy. Then there's Ryder Black. The city's deadly kingpin. Dangerous, magnetic, and infuriatingly impossible to ignore. A man who commands fear with a glance... and sets her nerves on fire with a touch. They should've been enemies. Instead, he offers her a deal. One that drags her deeper into his world than she ever intended to go. Now she's trapped between the revenge she's sworn to finish and the man who's slowly, ruthlessly unraveling her. In a city built on secrets and violence, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: Ryder Black might ruin her... But she just might ruin him first.

21 dead. 30 injured. One pristine white suitcase. When a bus crashes outside Las Vegas under suspicious circumstances, grizzled detective Hyunsik Kang finds his own name on a suitcase at the scene. Enter Grete Langford-sharp-tongued, seductive, and too curious for her own good. As bodies pile up and secrets unravel, so does their restraint. Burn Pattern is a tense, addictive crime thriller where every clue cuts deep, and obsession runs hotter than the desert sun. Click to uncover what really happened on that road.

Some races don't come with a finish line. Only consequences. She doesn't have money, a team, or a name they'll remember. But if she doesn't win-she loses everything. No rules. No mercy. Just speed, silence, and the kind of obsession that eats you alive. This isn't about dreams. It's about survival. Feminine Velocity is not a story you read. It's one you feel in your chest. Fast. Fierce. Unforgiving. Once it starts, you won't walk away.