Modern- Stories

DISCLAIMER! This is unfinished, and won't ever be finished. Mantis, a young, aspiring lightning mage has his family torn apart by a hostile dragon attack. He kills the child of one of the attacking dragons in self defense, and she never forgives him for it. She slaughters everyone around him, destroying his friends, family, and will to do everything he had always wished for. [I explicitly do not give permission for any part of this story to be used for training generative AI. This applies to everything within the story, and the cover, as well as all side stories that may later be written.]

The Slayer and The Vixen. The world's greatest monster hunter and bounty hunter, respectively. Through their combined efforts, the world has been able to enjoy an era of peace for nearly a decade since the end of The Drazah War. But when their identities and the source of their power is revealed, all of their admiration turns to terror and they're deplored as the worst Fiends alive. Wanting nothing more than to service the world they feel responsible for, the pair must find new ways to help those who fear them. These Fiends are For Hire. Adding a new chapter every day until the end of volume 2!

Writing is a release to find consolation through the familiarity of words to elucidate raw emotion unfathomable to be spoken aloud. A personal recount to provide insight into the mental illness that is depression.

Deep in the Pacific, some secrets are better left buried. But for Jaxson Miller, they are his only way out. Jaxson "Jax" Miller is a man drowning in debt and haunted by a past he can't outrun. When brilliant marine archaeologist Elena Vance approaches him with a lead on the Nuestra Señora de la Luz-a legendary 17th-century Spanish galleon lost in the Philippine Sea-Jax sees his last chance at redemption. But they aren't the only ones hunting for the "Heart of the Galleon." As a ruthless corporate predator closes in and a monstrous superstorm, the "Pacific Dragon," begins to brew, the crew of the Vanguard finds themselves trapped in a gilded abyss. In the crushing darkness 4,500 meters below, Jax and Elena must decide: is the gold worth their lives, or is the true treasure something far more dangerous? An adrenaline-fueled deep-sea adventure perfect for fans of high-stakes mysteries and found-family dynamics.

One day, the sky turns red. Half of humanity stops being human. When a mysterious catastrophe strikes Earth, 50% of the population mutates. Some become Evolved, wielding terrifying animalistic powers. Others descend into Feral monsters, driven only by hunger. The rest remain Unchanged, trapped in a world suddenly ruled by claws, instincts, and blood. Alex, a lonely foreign exchange student living in Tokyo, should have died on day one. Instead, after killing a creature that was once human, a game-like system appears before his eyes. Kill. Consume. Evolve. With every lifeform he slays, Alex changes, Adapts. but power comes at a cost. Certain abilities chip away at something far more fragile than his body: his Humanity. As the city collapses and monsters stalk the streets, Alex must choose what kind of survivor he will become. A protector. A predator. Or something in between. Because in this new world, evolution isn't random. It's earned. And the hunt has only just begun.

"My girlfriend is a red flag. She cheats on me. Lies to me. Strings me along and uses me. But what can I do? I love her. Isn't it my duty as her boyfriend to set her on the right path? My friends all think I'm an idiot. "But can I somehow dye this red flag green?" Nikolaj is a hopeless romantic. Between juggling assignments and struggling to conceal his identity as an insect-freak, he had more than enough on his plate to worry about without adding a possible toxic relationship to the table. However, if Yuli could love him despite being a monster, then surely she was worth fighting for. So, okay she may not know that he's a monster, and she may possibly scream and run away if she knew the truth, but oh well. Is this toxic relationship destined to spin out of control and erupt into disaster, or can the two red flag's sort out their differences and reach a middle ground? After all, red flags just look like flags when you put on your rose coloured glasses, right?

Conner is a mild-mannered, unemployed human who is addicted to gambling and knows a secret: Humans are not the only race that inhabit earth. Long since given up on wondering why he's aware of these fae creatures (and why they haven't killed him yet), Conner wants nothing more than to live as normal of a life as is possible for someone with his...talents. But all of that changes when the one thing he cares about most is taken from him and he finds himself caught up in an adventure he never wanted, working toward a goal he never set, and learning lessons of which he would rather remain ignorant.

If there was a chance of life after death, would you use it? Would you live your life to the full, knowing that every-so-often, you'd have to run from that life again? That you could never love somebody again because they'd die before your very eyes? Aeldra is one of those people who has been cursed to live after their death, a normal human with a faster healing ability and stuck at the age they passed. A girl stuck in the past with the demons that have followed her through each century and continue to eat at her because she's alone. But what if she wasn't so alone? What if there was more like her, a whole community of them that can help her. To make her way there though, she must face the demons she fights daily first.

Sam--short for Samantha, if you please--has been living in Crawley, Maine for about a year in her grandfather's lighthouse. A promising advertiser, she works from home and the local coffee shop, where she gets her daily hot chocolate fix. For her, life is perfectly normal and that's just the way she likes it. That is, until she picks up a stranger's coat, and then everything changes. ** Inspired by howtobangyourmonster & kurara-black-blog 's posts on Tumblr ** {Started Nov 11 2019 // Completed June 7 2021}

Full symnopsis N/A for the moment. A group of college students creating an MMORPG within an art classroom re-meet in another world before the ten-year reunion.

"As long as you draw breath, you still have purpose in this world." After losing his dream, Ian fell into despair and went on a suicidal journey. However, in his journey, he met Eldebert, the CEO of the Rubywing Company, who said that his life still have meaning despite his broken dream. Accepting the CEO's offer to work in his company, his new life begin. This is the story of Ian, who work as the agent of the Rubywing Company, all the while searching to discover the purpose and meaning of his life.

Miss Amelia Sykes learns truths about herself, with the aid of an unlikely ally.

Noah Stroud is down on his luck, a loser. Disregarded by society for his looks and interests, and now. His best friend has been killed in a car accident. At the depths of despair, there is a glimmer of hope. His phone screen reads. 'Would you like a second chance at life, a better life.' Join Noah as he becomes stronger than ever, make allies, and fight for his life in a game no one knows about or can see. Is it just these new monsters that he must worry about, or will other players in this game become a problem?