Hand-to-hand Stories

In a city where power defines identity, twelve elite schools train students to master elemental combat through discipline, strength, and control. But not everyone fits the system. After losing his family in a mysterious "accident," John Salas, a Costa Rican-born outsider, is taken in by a former instructor and enrolled in Eclipse Academy-a hidden 13th school created for those rejected by the others. There, students wield unstable and hybrid abilities, walking the line between control and chaos. John appears powerless at first. Until he isn't. As fragments of multiple elements awaken within him, it becomes clear he's not just another student... but the result of something the world tried to erase. While rival prodigy Ren Takamori hunts him as a threat to the natural order, two girls begin to shift the balance: Aiko Morales, a vibrant artist who turns imagination into reality Hikari Kurogane, a quiet shadow-wielder who sees truths others can't As underground tournaments rage and tensions between the Great Schools rise, a buried secret begins to surface: The original 13th School was never destroyed. It was hidden. And someone is still trying to finish what it started. Now, John must decide: Will he master the power inside him... Or become the weapon the world feared all along?

Regan knew her day was going down hill when she said "I Don't" while all her friends and family expected to hear "I Do", passed a middle when she found herself attacked and killed outside her favorite pub, and hit rock bottom when she awoke in a coffin still in her wedding dress. This is the tale of Regan Fairchild: accountant, bachellorette, and Vampire. Newly remade as a creature of the night she must learn her place in a society that mirrors our own mortal lives. Hunger consumes her, fear rules her, and love remains a myth. How will she find her place in the darkness? Or will she simply fade away again? New chapters are posted every Monday. Your votes, Dear Reader, will determine the outcome of Regan's story. Check back and vote!

A young, mid-twenties man by the name of Joel Patterson works as a Field Operator for a secret organization known as the Crisis Aversion Syndicate, or CAS. In his many missions, he must eliminate national threats while also avoiding the suspicion of local police and federal agents. His superiors don't make his job any easier by also making him juggle keeping an eye on his partner and underling, a coming-of-age young adult and newly recruited Junior Field Operator, Charlotte Castman. In his current mission with Charlotte on the field with him, Joel must learn to work with a partner and to aid a squad while tracking down a Venezuelan criminal ringleader, Mauricio Perez. Will Joel be able to maintain his cover and train a newcomer while also resisting her seemingly airheaded temptations? Join Joel on his missions and find out.

A brutal fight for survival. A world that refuses to let him go. A choice that could cost him everything. Basilio Veloso never wanted this life. Growing up in the crime-ridden streets of Raventhorn, he learned to survive in a world that preys on the weak. Towering over most men with the physique of a fighter and a face too handsome for his own good, he was both a target and a challenge-one that no one had ever managed to break. But when his parents couldn't pay protection money to the notorious Iron Serpents gang, they quickly learn the offer wasn't a choice. His father is beaten into a coma, his mother left shaken and bleeding, and their home is turned to ruins. The Serpents thought Basilio was just another scared kid. They were wrong. What they didn't know was that Basilio wasn't normal. A living weapon. A prodigy in combat. A force of nature. With years of underground fights and countless bruises to his name, he hospitalizes every thug in the room, leaving behind a crime scene that shakes the city's underworld. But his war is only beginning. At the hospital, Basilio is approached by Dr. Malik Raines, a powerful figure in Raventhorn's criminal elite. He offers a simple deal: Work for us, and we'll save your father. Basilio refuses. He wants nothing to do with the world that nearly killed his family. But when the hospital bills rise and his father's condition worsens, he's left with an impossible choice: sacrifice his morals, or watch his father die.