Picaresque Stories

32 Stories

Lámha by MalinaSibella
Lámhaby Malina Sibella
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. Despit...
The Curse of Sayre Island by giovannaemeraude
The Curse of Sayre Islandby Giovanna Emeraude
WELCOME TO THE LAND OF THE CURSED SOULS The Mad Maven's : "THE CURSE OF SAYRE ISLAND" Translated to New World Language by Giovanna Emeraude Genre: Mystery-Pica...
The Love Song of Andy Marigold by HankGood
The Love Song of Andy Marigoldby Hank Good
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 parchmen...
Adventure story by Achraf433
Adventure storyby ACHRAF
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...
Tiger! Tiger!! Tiger!!! vol.8 by hinemos
Tiger! Tiger!! Tiger!!! vol.8by hinemos
LAST YEAR. This is the year WW2 ends. I have chosen this as the end point in my story as well. All the wars after this one will be hard to put a closure on. I think agai...
Tiger! Tiger!! Tiger!!! vol.2 by hinemos
Tiger! Tiger!! Tiger!!! vol.2by hinemos
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 i...
Tiger! Tiger!! Tiger!!! vol.1 by hinemos
Tiger! Tiger!! Tiger!!! vol.1by hinemos
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...
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The Default King Book 2: The Work of Souls by dgowey
The Default King Book 2: The Work...by David Gowey
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 Chur...
Am Ende mit meinem Latein by PubliusDeciusMus279
Am Ende mit meinem Lateinby Publius Decius
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...
Rogues of Paris by ThomasJones324
Rogues of Parisby Thomas Jones
In 1863, Theophile Gautier introduced us to the loquacious, punctilious swordsman, brigand and killer for hire Maitre Jaquemin Lampourde and his curious-looking colleagu...
Empire (Or, A Novel in Four Parts) by ZBRM491
Empire (Or, A Novel in Four Parts)by ZBRM491
"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 zes...
Forty Unpolitical Junkets (or, Dead Boys come g'en and gone) by ZBRM491
Forty Unpolitical Junkets (or, Dea...by ZBRM491
""Napoleanic crossed swords must dance these egging your yard skates. Something comes falling before me. Folding and falling with the grace of a sweet swooning...
The Birth of Sane Son by ZBRM491
The Birth of Sane Sonby ZBRM491
"It was an easy time to be born. The year is 1982. His nose was sniffing around, his ears were listening..." The desert is a vast place, and Sane Son must deal...
Mega Marter: Part Johnson by ZBRM491
Mega Marter: Part Johnsonby ZBRM491
"The year was 17,812 and the world was shown the light of mega mart." In the second part of the Mega Mart trilogy, there are more tunes than ever before. See t...
Verdam's Oath by ZBRM491
Verdam's Oathby ZBRM491
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.
Guppian's Day by ZBRM491
Guppian's Dayby ZBRM491
This is the tale of Guppian through the Monian lands, and taking a very large journey to meet with very unknown characters.
My Time By the River by dmckelly
My Time By the Riverby David McKelly
"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 a...
The Incredible Secret of Antares 9 by IanMelJones
The Incredible Secret of Antares 9by I.M. Jones
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 f...
A Robot and His Boy by IanMelJones
A Robot and His Boyby I.M. Jones
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 j...
OASES by SteveRattray
OASESby Steve Rattray
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'...
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