Picaresque Stories

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.

A ROGUE'S REWARD His plan was foolproof. Fate disagreed. Meet Finn: charming, cunning, and utterly penniless. Meet Barry: his loyal companion, perpetually focused on his next meal. When the kingdom offers a princess and a fortune for the head of the fearsome giant Goliath, Finn concocts a scheme too brilliant (and absurd) to fail. Forget slaying the monster - Finn plans to marry him off! What follows is a riotous adventure filled with tavern brawls, improbable escapes, potent wine, political backstabbing, and the most unconventional matchmaking attempt in history. But in a kingdom where everyone has an angle, the biggest con might be the one Finn never saw coming. #FantasyComedy #Adventure #MedievalFantasy #Rogue #Comedy #PoliticalIntrigue #Giant #ARoguesReward #FantasyFilm #Picaresque #Swashbuckler

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 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.

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.

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...

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

"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.

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.

Trapped on a desolate planet at the edge of a system in chaos, a small child has nothing between himself and death other than GUX-11, his murdered family's inquisitive janitor-robot. But the robot is battling with its own sanity, and there is something in the woods, watching them. Furthermore, the distress call they sent out years before has been heard, but it isn't help that is coming.

I have always thought I would live out my life without any major surprises. You know, work on the estates of my parents, serve my time as a soldier, become a senator, a praetor, maybe a consul in time. I thought I will live the life that a Roman noble of my standing can count on. But this was not to be. My previously simple life got suddenly very complicated. I was taken from my home, and now I have to live in a world where no one speaks Latin, no one prays to my gods, and no one knows what the heck garum is. Before, I thought I had all the answers, but now only questions remain. Will I survive? Will I find my way back home? Will I ever be able to get the savage bastards living here to adopt the great accomplishments of Roman civilisation? Not even the gods know the answers. One thing is for sure: should I ever get home again; I will never set a foot outside of my estate without a healthy stockpile of garum.

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.

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?

In 1863, Theophile Gautier introduced us to the loquacious, punctilious swordsman, brigand and killer for hire Maitre Jaquemin Lampourde and his curious-looking colleague the Chevalier Malartic, assassin, criminal mastermind and professional kidnapper. They were only secondary villains in Gautier's 'Captain Fracasse', henchmen to the villainous Duc d'Vallombreuse, but they were also much more interesting than any of the main characters of the novel, and sadly received far too little page-time. To remedy Gautier's negligence, I present the continued adventures of this pair of professional criminals in the Paris of D'Artagnan and Cyrano, hoping to do for them what Stoppard did for Rosencrantz and Gildenstern, and what Macdonald-Fraser did for Harry Flashman.

"I shoulda written this a year ago. Two or so. Lucky for you, I remembered our talks crystal clear and could tell the story smooth as butter. Remember I said we'd all be legends some day? We just gotta die and have someone write our tales? Well, you already gone dear bud and I'm still here. Don't worry, I'll make you a legend. Just watch from up there. I'm gonna make you a legend, Dally. Theys gonna remember you and what you done for 'em." -Peter Richard Connors

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

A dark fantasy romance about a demon girl, a human boy, a hummingbird, and martial arts.

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.