Picaresque Stories

"The novel: parroting the morality of the times. This is the function of the novel today..." "You are living today for the saints of wisdom. Live with zest. Put energy in your step..." "Empire is created upon the face of influence. To influence one must be bold..." The tale of Empire is a high one, laid out in 2015. It will turn and move with the contours of the river of life.

A small village in the Dardaren mountains is threatened with a plague of butterflies. However, it is Timo's last chance to prove to his father that he is Jito n'Ecket - the golden netter.

COMPLETE Novel. (love, war, sex, gold, myth & deception... with a dash of comic relief:-) Bonus: **VOTE** on 2 alternate endings. In the desert, Julie and Flynn don't know whether they are alive, dead or simply in love. It's possibly all three, because nothing is simple in... Afghanistan, hot and perilous. But not compared to the fiery romance that burns between tempestuous Julie McNeill, a woman dedicated to protecting her adopted village, and the indomitable Flynn Montague, a soldier seeking fortune. They find themselves entrenched on opposite sides of a desperate conflict, but forces far greater than personal loyalties impel them to come together in a no-man's land where they must battle treachery, corruption and danger to discover the true essence of life, death and love.

The Mentite War is now behind him, but Matthieu Sartonné finds himself in another company of holy warriors, bound for a frontier only known to him in legend. Global Church converts in the western Qenshi States fear once again the armies of their southern neighbors, and the nations of the Southern Coalition have responded to their call. It does not matter that joining them saved Matthieu from the Grand Inquiry in Ossir, as the desire for a better world still grips him as strongly as ever. But now he has seen not only the perfection of the Bathala's island but the false paradise of Cyrnne, and questions the ability of imperfect beings to create anything that is not even more flawed than they are. This new world is one where the Global Church, under its officers and lords, works to transform a nation into one after its own pattern. Enemies of this effort are everywhere, and even the work of its allies threaten to destroy any chance at a peaceful conclusion to what had previously been a tense stalemate. Meanwhile, an impoverished priest takes Matthieu into his service, unaware that forces beyond their control threaten to destroy everything they seek to mend. In a land where the work of salvation and the work of death are so closely mingled, how can one man hope to stand against the current of the times?

Being An Account of His Travels Through the State of New York in 1848 and of the Wickedness Which He Found There. The Confessions of Jonathan Pratt is a work of serialized fiction, currently in progress, posting twice a week. Here is a link to Chapter 2: http://www.snakeoilgraphics.com/Pratt/post/2012/06/13/Chapter-2.aspx

It is broken. Everything is broken; The only way is up. Through broken heart. And senseless violence. Comes truth; Comes all the things that you ever needed...

Those who live in the Abyss may as well be considered confined. The Lesser Lord of the Abyss is the only inhabitant left alive. He discovers that nearly all the Gods in the mortal realm were killed... over five hundred years ago. Now, only six of the Gods remain, ruling the surviving nations of the world they called Edyria. The Lesser Lord journeys through every nation in search for the remaining Gods, in hopes of receiving answers from them regarding the death of the other Gods and the fate of the world. However... it seems that someone is trying their best to make sure he never finds out. ⚠️ THIS STORY CONTAINS: strong language, violence, manipulation, genocide, murder/death. If you're the type who enjoys certain tropes, here you go: never spoken, always known (this trope breaks my heart and it will break yours, too). Started: March 2024 Finished: This story is heavily inspired by Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, The Girl From the Other Side, Over the Garden Wall, Dangerously Yours: Masquerade, Steven Universe, Howl's Moving Castle, and the bible (but I'm not religious). If you need help imagining what each nation in this story is like... First nation (Descental) is inspired by Ancient Greece (architecturally), Mondstadt (Genshin Impact) and Hogsmeade from Harry Potter (only the main city mentioned in this story). Second nation (Spyriax) is inspired by Egypt and the chasm in Genshin Impact (not very strongly, though). Third nation (Eudaemonia) is inspired by Day of the Dead and Chenyu Vale from Genshin Impact (only aesthetically). Fourth nation (Odirium) is inspired by Ancient Japan. Fifth nation (Miyeria) is inspired by Italy, France, and South American cultures. Sixth nation (Ephemeral) is inspired by Alice Through the Looking Glass.

Down on his luck trust fund kid, Jay Lovatt, has one last scheme for putting an end to his money worries. A mad dash to Antares 9 in a stolen space ship. But falling foul of a spiritualist cult and its vindictive leader; then becoming linked with a burned out space lieutenant, John Stevers, and his orphaned children, may just lead Jay to a mission he never wanted. Saving the world. The second captivating book in the Robot and His Boy universe. Can be read as a standalone or after enjoying A Robot and His Boy.

Explanation The author, hinemos owns the copyright. The author started writing this story in May 2020 and completed it on April 20, 2021. The author published this story on the website Arcadia starting April 21, 2021. The story was updated once a day and completed as of May 10, 2022. The original text is in Japanese. The author himself will now post the English translation on the website Wattpad. It is a strange English. Because it is only a machine translation of the original text. However, I am confident that something will be conveyed. This attempt is interesting, the author feels. Summary This is a story spun by nine narrators from A to I. One of them is Dr. Albert Einstein. The most prolific narrator is a young boy named Kodama. The setting is World War II. Everyone ran through it. It was a fun time. Well then, good luck.

In 1859, England, a misfit Irish student named Lámha L. Boggan endures ridicule at his prestigious English boarding school due to his heritage and peculiar looks. Despite constant harassment and failing grades, Lámha is promised a special "retreat." However, the trip turns out to be a dark twist of fate, where he's thrust into the brutal world. Optimistic yet naive, Lámha must now navigate the harsh reality of servitude, betrayal, and survival while traveling across the globe.

A twisted fantasy world where anything can, and does happen. Thief, assassin and sharp wit, Ayren, executes the biggest heist in the country's history. Justice is good. Justice while liberating the town treasury is even better. Chock full of swords, knives, sorcerers, magic, dark fantasy, elves, dwarves, assassin, thieves. Cousin to The Witcher and Dragon Age. IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY SOME STRONG LANGUAGE, LIGHT SEXUAL SCENARIOS OR DARK THEMES THESE ARE NOT THE TALES FOR YOU. This is a complete mini-novel. Or more accurately, a long short in a series.

This is the tale of Guppian through the Monian lands, and taking a very large journey to meet with very unknown characters.

War. What is the starting point and where does it end? This is a vexing question. By the time war is declared, it is too late. If we are to stop it, we must act before it starts. To act proactively, one must be observant and know the process. To depict this, the author started the story 25 years before the end of the war. Aside from that. In the original version, all 385 stories were presented in the form of an undivided list. The author felt that this format was difficult to read in the Wattpad version. Therefore, we have decided to present the stories up to 1926 as vol. 1, and to compose a new vol. 2. There is still a long way to go, so please take your time to follow along. At what stage would you take what action? Good Luck.

Verdam is a man living in the forest in the year 52,000. He must create his own feet, and he is introduced to a very serious game by the King.

The dog who didn't like his master is a light hearted, humorous dystopia about Ben, a Labrador who does not want to become a guide dog for the visually impaired and decides to run away from his training school with the help of a scheming cat named Pistachio. Set in the war torn northern town of Lambed, the novel follows Ben's adventures and his misguided conversion to the feline cause. Ben embarks on a voyage of love, betrayal and redemption which will not leave him unscathed. A tall tale/tail indeed in which the animals have become decidedly human in their quest for power and domination. With the help of Ben, a fascistic Catiphate is born but will there be room for him once Pistachio has asserted himself as its absolute ruler? To be sure this is an old tale but one with a modern twist coloured by current events on the world scene.

An adventure is an event or series of events that happens outside the course of the protagonist's ordinary life, usually accompanied by danger, often by physical action. Adventure stories almost always move quickly, and the pace of the plot is at least as important as characterization, setting, and other elements of creative work

When Andy Marigold's fiancee breaks off their engagement, he takes a few of her wealthy family's heirlooms including an ancient map. Hand drawn on frayed yellow parchment, it shows what looks to be the eastern half of the United States with red lines crisscrossing the whole of the continent at several points cryptically marked "linee temporanee", "Enigma", and "Pile-o-Bones." With no other prospects, he decides to pack up his belongings into his Toyota Tercel and with his English Sheepdog, Wolfie, follow the map wherever it goes. In fact, once they start following the map, they can't seem to escape its pull. When he awkwardly offers Vicky a ride to Chicago, he realizes that it just might be the path he was destined for.