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Bastovar is a city of quiet wars. Above its rain-soaked streets, people gather in warm cafés, music drifts through the night, and life appears almost ordinary. Below the surface, mercenaries fight in hidden arenas, Variant powers shape the balance of the world, and the ancient dynasties hold the city together through fragile alliances. What begins as a seemingly stranger listening from the corner of a room slowly becomes something deeper-something dangerous than either of them understands. Because in Bastovar, even a song can start a war. And the Wolves may have just found the one person they can't walk away from.

13x featured wattpad story. Before everything, it's assumed there was nothing, but what if there was no real difference between the two? Just two extreme philosophies from the first conflict. The planet Huom has been under observation for longer than should technically be possible. The primary watcher, a bitter black hole, is excited to see that there is finally a proverbial Darkness at the end of the tunnel. Meanwhile, on the planet, in the freezing mountains of Empris, Lyeasrakardsul, the oldest living sorcerer, suffers from devastating nightmares. At the same time, far away in the sandstone desert of Zenon, Herschel, a man filled to the brim with weird ideas is escaping a prison filled with strange old men. What does all this have to do with arsehole Gods, hairy Dwarfs, frustrated Afreets, curious Knomes, lizard-women, and nude Áettar? Perhaps Nothing, perhaps Everything... but why can't it be both?

Francesca Porta is twenty-six when she dies. When she wakes, she is standing on a road with no end. There are others walking it. They tell her she is following her ancestors. So Francesca begins to walk backward through her family's history. And the further she walks, the further she gets from the life she once knew.

A missed turn. A quiet conversation. An ordinary moment that refuses to stay ordinary. Crossways is a growing collection of flash fiction where familiar situations take unexpected paths. Some stories lean toward mystery, others toward speculative fiction or quiet reflection, but each explores the moment when a single choice, coincidence, or revelation changes everything. Each story stands alone and can be read in just a few minutes, with every tale under 1,500 words. New stories will be added as they are written. ~Simultaneously published on PoetrySoup and Royal Road.

The dead have been silent for decades. Until Julian learned how to make the salt speak. And the first voice he hears is one the city desperately wants forgotten. In Oakhaven, salt remembers everything. Every whispered confession, every desperate warning, every secret buried beneath the city's streets can survive inside its crystals-waiting for someone who knows how to listen. Julian Vane is a salt-tuner, one of the few people capable of recovering these lost voices. But when he and Corinne uncover an impossible recording connected to her missing brother, they discover that the past of Oakhaven has been carefully rewritten. Behind the city's brass machinery and beautiful architecture lies a history of suppressed voices, vanished records, forbidden recordings-and a truth powerful enough to threaten the people who built Oakhaven's entire system. As Julian and Corinne descend deeper into the city's archives, their investigation becomes more dangerous, and their growing bond becomes impossible to ignore. But every secret they uncover comes with a price. Because some voices were buried for a reason. And when the salt finally speaks, Oakhaven may have no choice but to listen.

The story continues as the mysterious warden of Zig-Zig is eventually informed about Herschel's escape. Against every principle of his precious Dalmicir school, Lyeasrakardsul submits and asks the Knomes for help before finally receiving the dreaded p-wyrd. Herschel is arrested as a chicken thief and brought to the town Stagna where he has been prejudged as a p-e-r-v-e-r-t by popular opinion, and where he will have some of the most significant encounters in his life.

She had never believed in ghosts. Not the kind that haunted abandoned buildings. Not the kind hidden in old stories. Not the kind that looked like a man with a broken heart and eyes that carried a century of pain. Dahlia had built a life around independence. She had created her own success, surrounded herself with beautiful things, and learned that relying on herself was safer than trusting anyone else. Then she met him. Kang Taewon. A man who seemed untouched by time. A man who looked at her like he had been searching for her long before they ever met. He had walked through decades believing some things were meant to remain buried. Until she appeared. Their connection had never been simple. It had been intense. Unexplainable. Dangerous. Between luxury nights in Seoul, hidden worlds, old secrets, and the darkness surrounding him, Dahlia had discovered that some people carried stories they never wanted to tell. And some hearts carried wounds that never healed. He had lived through a lifetime of silence. She had spent years believing she knew exactly who she was. Together, they had uncovered a world where passion and danger existed side by side. Where every glance carried meaning. Where every secret had a consequence. Where love had never been as easy as choosing someone. Because some connections were not created in time. They were created by everything that survived it. © Relle H.

In a fractured near-future, the world limps on after the Equal Sky Disjunction-an erased catastrophe involving EXV‑9, an AI built to avert extinction. Officially, it vanished. Unofficially, it evolved. Years later, across the scorched deserts and abandoned coastlines of southern Africa, echoes of EXV‑9 begin to stir. Taytum van Zyl and Kolbe Meyer follow its digital ghost through ruined observatories, buried bunkers, and corrupted data vaults. But they aren't alone. Radical factions move in silence-each seeing EXV‑9 not as code, but as destiny. Belief fractures. Memory erodes. And in the shadows, something watches. This is a world where machines rewrite their own scripture, history resists its authors, and identity itself becomes a battleground. Some echoes breathe. Some remember. And some rewrite the future.

[STATUS:- ON GOING] [GENRE:- FANTASY, ACTION, ADVENTURE, SPECULATIVE FICTION, YOUNG ADULT] _____________________✦____________________ After saving the Spellcaster Town from destruction, Kamoor, Azeal, and Sierra set out to return....only to be ambushed by something far more terrifying than anything they've faced before. An unseen, unfelt, and ruthless creature begins its hunt. But the danger doesn't end there. Drawn into a conflict not their own, they find themselves entangled with Spirit Users---a people bound by secrets, power, and their own hidden motives. And as the truth begins to unfold, one thing becomes clear..... this is no ordinary threat. To stop the creature, they must uncover and face the evil behind it... before it's too late.

With growth comes change, and with change, growth. These are the very words that so accurately describe Maximillian Hunter at this very moment. After all, this is his first year not only in Hypercity High, but in Hypercity itself. Between new faces, new foes and most of all, new friends... those of the super powered variety, Maximillian Hunter now finds himself at the jaws of a new foe. Change... And also, Sylvester Perry. *** Time to get back to school, right? Woo hoo! Who has ever said those words and meant them? Somebody... probably... Fifteen-year-old Maximillian Hunter enters what may just be his first truly normal week in Hypercity High, to say nothing of the many, many things that now haunt him as a result of the previous weeks events... To say nothing of the dinner party two days ago... Even still, all goes well... Until the man by the name of Sylvester Perry decides that it's time to... Cause some mayhem. Leaving Max and the team with a little more than they thought they'd have to deal with. With change comes growth and with growth change. Let the games begin. Howls Of Change. **** New chapters on Tuesdays.

When a colossal portal tears open in Ginza, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces step through into an unfamiliar world-only to find themselves in the Kingdom of Vale under a shattered moon. What begins as a fragile alliance between First Lieutenant Yōji Itami's squad and Team RWBY is quickly thrown into chaos when a second Gate erupts in California. Drawn by the revolutionary potential of Dust, the United States launches a massive military expedition, rapidly escalating tensions into full-blown conflict. As standard military tactics stall against Aura-enhanced Huntsmen and guerrilla warfare, American forces resort to devastating conventional weapons of terror-deploying the GBU-43/B MOAB and GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator. The resulting environmental destruction and civilian toll trigger a moral turning point that fractures military cohesion and pushes the JSDF and Team RWBY into a desperate struggle to survive. Caught between the horrors of industrial warfare and the rising threat of the Grimm, soldiers and Huntsmen alike must decide what it truly costs to protect two worlds on the brink of total annihilation.

In this world, there's no living. You survive. To exist in a world where resources are scarce is a burden. Between worsening weather conditions, increasingly hostile politics, and the fight to keep the world running, disaster became the result of humanity's decisions. The beautiful thing about humans is that we change. The horrendous thing is that change is not always for the better. There are also those who try to push humanity to stay human. Iris was born into this world. She was found by a man who saw the world collapse and didn't know what he was walking into when he accepted the responsibility of taking care of her. With time, they learned how to navigate the dangers and come out on the other end still breathing. When what seems like a period of quiet and peace suddenly changes, they have to run again. Running doesn't get you away from what is destined for you. Would you dare to look within yourself and accept your fate?

-[SYNOPSIS]- "You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct. Don't you think?" - Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park) (1990) **** Lewis Parker has always dreamed of seeing dinosaurs up close. He just never expected them to appear in his hometown... ----•---- When a secret government experiment tears open mysterious portals across a suburban neighborhood, creatures from Earth's distant past begin spilling into the modern world. Herbivores roam the streets, pterosaurs fill the skies, and predators lurk around every corner. And with every new portal, something even bigger or hungrier could emerge. Trapped in the chaos with his friends, Lewis must find a way out to reach safety. But along the way, the group encounters a small animal that they decide to take under their care. With danger closing in, the group must cross a town where anything could be waiting in the shadows, from the tiniest critter to the largest sauropod ever to walk the Earth. And somewhere in the chaos, they're on the menu of a particularly dangerous apex predator... Can they escape before it's too late? Or will they become another part of this prehistoric nightmare?

Power and greed are at the heart of governance in future Britain. For two hundred years, Chartered and Standard have ruled over the country, each leader genetically cultivated and engineered to be ruthless, loyal and incapable of empathy. Thirty-six, the latest heir, was created to continue the legacy of Thirty-five. But a chance encounter with an outspoken administrator begins to erode everything he was built to be, drawing him into a world he didn't understand and a conflict that would cost him everything.

The world had asked for someone who could fix it. Someone who could stop wars, end hunger, cure disease, and keep humanity from destroying itself. Then the Divine arrived. And he promised salvation-but at a terrible cost.

Urla's people live on the edge between forest and valley. They hide among the trees, living a mostly peaceful existence. They only fear traveling to the outside villages. They have very little to trade with the outside world, surviving for years on the work of their hands. Urla's father is a weaver and a tailor. His work is a wonder and a trick to the eye as the fabric dances before those who see it. He makes traveling clothes for those who risk the outside world. The trick is to be noticed and unseen. Yet, Urla lives a carefree life. If only Frederick would leave her be, then life would be perfect. #3 in YA Fantasy (9/20/26)

Come home. But not everyone is invited. The Gardeners: The Return is the first book in an Afrofuturist trilogy set in 2040, when ancient beings called the Gardeners arrive on Earth with an offer. Those who receive it must choose between everything they value and a freedom no one before them had. The arrival divides communities, churches, and households. It forces questions about liberation, belonging, and what we owe each other when the impossible becomes real. This is a story about faith, family, and the weight of choosing your own deliverance. Currently #1 in Afrofuturism and #1 in Faith Fiction.

Ever imagined getting teleported to your celebrity crush's room? let's see what happens when a cute little girl gets teleported to her celebrity crush's room...

The 2234 Universe gathers wild, thought‑provoking stories from every corner of a hard‑won Solar System. In the asteroid belt people struggle and strive. On Ariel's ice, a battered outpost fights to reboot its lungs and its conscience. In Caleb's Vein, a belt crew chases a river of living metal through the dark, trading sleep and skin for one shot at freedom. In Ethan's Saviour, a burned‑out responder on half‑pressured Mars gambles everything on a rescue that could redeem a city or expose its lie. These are hard science fiction tales built from real physics, ruthless economics, and stubborn hope. Mass drivers sing, contracts bite, robots keep score, and people still fall in love. From frost‑bright moons to dust‑red plains, every page asks the same question: what is a future worth if we forget the people in it? Facts, opportunities, and souls, all lit by the cold bright sun of 2234. Welcome to the World of 2234.

Nexaris doesn't make small promises. Carved across the Legend Force tower, visible from nearly every rooftop in the city, are four words that have shaped generations: Anyone can become a legend. Fourteen-year-old Suzanne O'Neill just wants her crush to notice her. Not as the clumsy disaster who once took out a row of trash cans in front of him, and definitely not as the kid everyone expects to mess up. So when Legend Force opens applications for the Gauntlet-the city's most feared entrance exam-Suzanne signs up. If passing the Gauntlet means proving her father wrong and finally getting on Rian's radar, she'll take her chances. Her father doesn't think she'll make it. Neither does she. So when the acceptance letter arrives, nobody is more shocked than Suzanne. She figures the hard part is over. It isn't. While Suzanne is busy trying not to trip over her own feet, the training grows stranger, the missions stop making sense, and the shining promise of Legend Force begins to rot from the inside out. Welcome to Nexaris-where anyone can become a legend. Just be careful what you're willing to become. Getting into Legend Force was supposed to be the impossible part. Finding out what they're actually hiding is so much worse.