Gritty Stories

You have a nickname called: "Demon", your a dark brooding lone wolf with no family, friends, no one, in his early 20s....after the most brutal shit you did in Tokyo, you decided To be a vigilante and through your journey,and decided to have your war against crime at new york city you met alone of people in your life: Black cat, mystique, Frank castle, gambit, Deadpool,wolverine Jessica Jones, Luke cage, taskmaster, crossbones and daredevil. and villains like: bullseye, kingpin, scorpion, shocker and Jigsaw and electro

In a dystopian future, Washington D.C.'s central detention facility operates as a fully automated, subterranean panopticon run by ruthless AI security grids and cybernetically enhanced guards. Inside, the prison is far from isolated-rival street factions control the housing blocks, running illicit digital networks to smuggle encrypted data, unauthorized cybernetics, and black-market power cells to their crews on the outside. When an inmate uncovers a suppressed data core containing corporate secrets that could tear the city apart, a brutal power struggle ignites between the facility's dominant gangs, forcing enemies into uneasy alliances to survive both each other and a system designed to erase them.

When a forensic analyst uncovers proof that an elite police division is framing an underground activist collective for state-sanctioned assassinations, he abandons his badge to infiltrate the crew-only to find that dismantling a corrupt system means risking his life alongside the fierce rebel leader he is falling for. In a city choked by corporate control and state surveillance, justice is decided before the crime even happens. Sean Lin, a quiet and meticulous forensic analyst for the Special Investigations Division (SID), discovers the fatal truth behind the murder of a reformist senator: the ballistic report framing an underground rebel crew known as The Forge was logged thirty minutes before the trigger was pulled. Wiping his terminal and vanishing off the grid, Sean infiltrates the collective under the guise of an exiled law dropout. But earning the trust of Arc-the crew's fiercely protective, battle-hardened leader-is a trial by fire. As tensions flare between Sean's belief in institutional evidence and Arc's radical direct action, an undeniable spark ignites in the quiet shadows of their hidden garage. When the SID orchestrates a catastrophic mass casualty trap to permanently crush the resistance, Sean's true identity threatens to tear them apart just as the countdown to detonation begins.

The Thames still flows. The Underground still rumbles. Big Ben still tolls the quarter hours over a city remade by fire, water, and the careful hands of men who learned long ago how to govern without being seen. London in 2074 wears restoration like a borrowed coat. Beneath the new glass and the older stone, beneath the Capital Restoration Authority's bright municipal slogans, beneath the polished surface of a democracy still telling itself it works, something else has grown. It calls itself The Shade. Detective Chase McCain returns from eleven years of exile on Mars to a London he no longer recognises, summoned to investigate a murder nobody wants solved. The body in the Camden warehouse carries marks of a weapon nobody admits exists. The case file vanishes from his terminal before sunrise. His superiors brief him in corridors and unmarked cars. Within a week, he understands the murder was never the point. He was the point. Someone wanted him here. Someone wanted him to ask the wrong questions in the right rooms. McCain has a rookie constable, an analyst with twin briefcases and a razor-wire memory, a Europol liaison whose loyalties bend with the longitude, and a Commissioner whose family has been taken as collateral against her conscience. He has a woman he once loved working a hospital ward under a name not her own. All the while, threading through the city, a network of pink envelopes moving hand to hand through butchers' shops and church vestries: paper, ink, the last resistance of a civilisation persuaded its analogue past held no power. The countdown has already started. An old friend of Jeff Tracy has waited thirty-three years for this. Set in the Greyseal9 Universe. Based on Grey's LEGO City Undercover - Season 0 (2026) - Prologue Season 1A (2026) - Episode 1-13 -> New Episodes throughout early August 2026 Season 1B (2026) - Episode 14-26 -> New Episodes throughout late August 2026

"I found myself stuck in this ruin." The Tampered Reality (TTR) takes place in an altered reality surrounding three friends; Scratch, Durian, and Zed. One fateful day, Scratch mysteriously disappears, leaving behind little more than her unfinished stories, a strange game, and questions that nobody seems willing to answer. Years pass by everyone else eventually move on. But the determined Durian doesn't. After he pursues criminology in hopes of understanding what happened to her, he begins retracing Scratch's final days, reconnecting with the friends she left behind and uncovering pieces of her life that he never knew existed. But the deeper Durian digs, the less familiar reality becomes. Scratch's stories appear to contain fragments of something much larger. Meanwhile, the people closest to Scratch begin confronting memories, identities, and experiences that may not be entirely their own. Somewhere between fiction and reality draws a line to the truth behind Scratch's disappearance. And the more Durian searches for her, the more he begins to wonder whether finding Scratch was ever the real objective. But the cat's curiosity can only take him so far. ..He shouldn't have meddled in the things he doesn't understand. This is a psychological story that takes elements of my social life and gets implemented in this story. I am in under no circumstances using everybody here as a form of malicious intent or to ruin their image. PROPERTY OF COSMIC THREADS TEAM ORIGINAL MADE BY DURIAN, CIRCA 2021

On Princess Serah Valeris's eighteenth birthday, the man she loves murders her father and seizes the throne. Hunted across Veloria, Serah escapes with Raven Ashbourne, her fiercely loyal childhood bodyguard, who would bleed before letting her fall. But surviving the coup is only the beginning. Beyond the palace walls, Serah discovers a kingdom she was never allowed to see. Villages are starving. Children are bound by cruel contracts. The Council rules through fear, while old crimes remain buried beneath the crown she once believed represented peace. To uncover the truth behind Kaito's rebellion, Serah must gather four legendary Dragon Warriors connected to an ancient power and confront what her father, her mother, and the man who broke her heart were hiding from her. Because Kaito may have betrayed the crown. But the crown betrayed Veloria first. Now Serah must decide what justice means when everyone she has ever loved is guilty of something. 👑 THE CROWN SERIES: BOOK ONE Royal fantasy • Adventure • Slow-burn romance • Princess × bodyguard • First love turned enemy • Found family • Elemental warriors • Political intrigue

Transmigrated to a Civilian Shinobi - Check No System - Check Realistic Progression - Check What else do you need. Check this fanfic too ^_~ AN : This is PART 2, For the first one you can check my page.

The heat in East Baltimore never broke. It clung to the row houses like a second skin, turning the nights heavy and the streets restless. Neon signs bled across rain-slick pavement. Sirens echoed in the distance. Secrets lingered behind locked doors, and every block carried a history written in whispers, rumors, and scars. She had been shaped by a city where beauty and brutality shared the same address. Dreams felt fragile there, and survival often came before everything else. Every day demanded strength. Every choice carried weight. Trust was a luxury few could afford. He had been a man people spoke about in lowered voices. Wealth, influence, and danger followed him wherever he went, wrapped in expensive cologne and quiet menace. Some people saw confidence. Others saw something far darker beneath the surface. Around them, the city pulsed with life and contradiction. Corner stores stayed open through the night. Music drifted from passing cars. Dominoes slapped against worn tables while old gossip mixed with fresh wounds. Loyalty blurred into obsession. Desire tangled itself with fear. Power became its own kind of addiction. This was a story about survival in places that demanded pieces of your soul to endure. It was about the masks people wore, the wounds they hid, and the choices they made when love, ambition, and self-preservation stood on opposite sides of the same road. It was about darkness dressed as comfort, temptation disguised as opportunity, and the quiet cost of chasing something that might destroy you. Some cities never let you leave them. Some ghosts never stopped following. © 2026 Relle H.

Buffalo, late 1980s. Sasha is an immigrant with no future-a junkie whose life has long since shrunk to a gray blur of empty days and desperate attempts to escape. He crashes in a filthy flophouse on the outskirts, where snow stays on the ground for half the year and the only bright spot is cheap heroin. All he needed was to buy some food. Then one night changes everything. Stopping into a 24-hour convenience store, Sasha finds himself in the middle of a robbery. Gunfire erupts-and two thugs hit the floor. Bodies lie at his feet. A smoking pistol is in his hand. The only witness is a terrified cashier, whom Sasha drags into complicity. Now they're bound by a single secret: bury the bodies in the frozen ground and vanish. But the past has a long reach. The dead men turn out to be foot soldiers in the very gang Sasha's father once ran with. Now the mob is closing in. When they kill the cashier's mother, Sasha-a man who's already hit rock bottom-has nothing left to lose. His only play: pick up a gun and go to war against the system that crushed him long before he ever fired a shot.

"Some secrets are too heavy for a single soul to bear. So the book holds them all."

Sergeant Thomas is done with life. Disowned by his parents, betrayed by his lover, and tired of the mud, he's ready for the end. The problem? The universe won't let him go. Assigned to a suicide mission with an 80% casualty rate, Thomas is determined to be part of that 80%. But between a lazy engineer, a loyal right-hand man, and a woman who sees right through his armor, his plans for a "heroic" exit keep getting ruined. 2,000 kilometers, one enemy castle, and a sergeant who is too good at his job to stay dead.

DISCLAIMER! PLEASE IGNORE MY CLICHÉ DEADBEAT SYNOPSIS AND GIVE MY STORY A CHANCE! IT'S WAY BETTER THAN THE SYNOPSIS ITSELF!😭🙏 Former FBI agent, Bob Eli Bennett has been laying low for three years in the big city of Chicago as a small time, local detective after his unprecedented fallout with the FBI. When a series of petty crimes in Chicago's outskirts spiral into something far more darker, Bob rediscovers a chilling conspiracy involving a global tech company, corrupt officials and ruthless gangs. Enlisting the help of the famous journalist Mark Robinson, Tessa Thompson, a dedicated FBI liaison and Mike Jefferson, a fast talking police officer at the CPD. Bob races against time to thwart to malevolent plans of a sinister cartel whose very existence jeopardizes the safety and well being of the country at large to which Bob must decide how much he's willing to risk to complete his mission. Highest rankings:#7 in crimedrama, #1 neo-noir, #13 in gang violence, #1 corruptgovernment, #6 in pageturner, #31 in investigation, #3 in crime solving, #5 in actionpacked and #18 in undercover.

Black Ledger is a dark, cinematic supernatural thriller following Sawyer Kestrel, a former special-operations contractor who descends into a covert war of demons, vampires, and occult power networks while searching for a vanished woman in Panama. What begins as a personal rescue mission spirals into a global conspiracy tied to demonic corporations, corrupted elites, and a mysterious artifact known as the Black Ledger-an infernal record that exposes who truly controls the modern world. As Sawyer is forcibly turned into a vampire and hunted by both human and inhuman enemies, he must choose between reclaiming his humanity or embracing the monster he's becoming to stop a looming supernatural war.

A Rookie's Guide of a Multi-Crossover Alternate Universe worldbuilding project known as NIGHTFALL. Here, you can find the lore, backstories, and overview of the World and it's factions. ▶ Crossovers featured (will change as more are added): • Azur Lane • Girls' Frontline • Uma Musume: Pretty Derby ▶ Note(s): • Each crossover would have original lore that will fit into this AU, so don't worry of any discrepancies to the Original Lore.

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Edith Avafenthaal, or Edie for short, is a Rider in the vast Northern Kingdom. In this story she encounters treasure hunters, a curse, a monster and helps a young girl. In a short punchy read following along with edie in the first published episode, The cursed Cave.

In the year 2082, all paths lead to Kitra IV - a desert planet rumored to be hiding an underground city of life-changing wealth. Four strangers will be forced to set their differences aside and cooperate, stranded amidst the greatest treasure hunt in the galaxy. OST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIlfu9P4AmJM Chapter artworks by https://www.instagram.com/tompi2oo7/ Some things to keep in mind: - This is my first attempt at a full novel. Chapters will drop at LEAST once every three months, as it's been so far. Some chapters may be slightly rewritten to better fit the storyline at some point in the future. The cover art, as well as the in-chapter art, will be added/polished further later on. - English isn't my native language. I apologize for any poorly constructed sentences you might find. - SFW but features swearing, alcohol, and mature topics. - This novel is human-made. Absolutely no generative AI or LLM was used in the writing, music or cover arts. Enjoying the story? Leave a star or a comment! Would love to hear your thoughts.

**August 1914.** Europe stands on the brink of catastrophe. When the mobilization orders went out, processing depots were engulfed in bureaucratic chaos. Standing before the recruitment officers was Adrian Falken-a ten-year-old orphan left alone following the deaths of his mother, a university mathematician, and his father, a master watchmaker. He possessed no surviving family, but he carried something far more dangerous: a mind gifted with the highest recorded intelligence metrics in modern history. Blending his father's obsessive grasp of physical mechanics with his mother's fluid command of spatial calculations, Adrian forged his enlistment papers. In the frantic rush to fill frontline quotas, no officer questioned the quiet, unnaturally calm boy who scored perfectly on every technical assessment. Joining the Imperial German Army as an ordinary private, he possesses no title, no noble lineage, and no promise of survival-only the determination to earn every step through merit. Then, on the eve of war, a voice awakens within his mind. AEGIS is an unseen military intelligence system known only to Adrian. It cannot perform miracles or rewrite destiny; it offers only disciplined analysis, measured advice, and the burden of knowledge. Every decision remains Adrian's to make, and every consequence his to bear. Equipped with this cold, calculating interface, Adrian is thrust into the roaring hell of the Western Front. From the mud-drenched trenches of Charleroi to subterranean sapping galleries, he navigates a world where courage is tested daily and trust is earned through sacrifice. To his squadmates, he is an unnerving enigma-a ten-year-old child moving through battle with the terrifying, flawless precision of an industrial machine. As the optimism of 1914 gives way to terror, one forgotten soldier may become the man who changes the twentieth century. History remembers victories. Soldiers remember the dead.

When a blind FTL jump thrusts the surviving Colonial Fleet from the ruins of the Twelve Colonies into an uncharted universe, Commander William Adama and President Laura Roslin believe they have finally found salvation. But the vibrant, sprawling world of Remnant is not an empty haven; it is a living planet of kingdoms, Huntsmen, and Faunus, locked in an eternal war against the monstrous Grimm. As the aging warship Galactica and the ruthless Battlestar Pegasus vie for survival, a desperate resource crisis threatens to turn desperate refugees into foreign conquerors. Amidst political betrayal, Cylon incursions, and Salem's dark manipulations, Team RWBY becomes the bridge between two worlds. Together, Remnant and the Fleet must discover whether humanity is defined by the ruthless drive to survive at any cost-or the courageous choice to build a home together under one sky.

Never thought I'd join Blue Spirits, but you know what they say, when stars align, they shit on you. When I was a kid, life was all about my sister. Everyone I'd ever known growing up had some poik spots somewhere. It was normal. Then these freak kids were born who never got em. Clean, and my sister was one of them. Those kids started to disappear. It had to be the Supremacy, and since they had been coming around more often, I felt like I had to guard my sister with my life. No one ever really questioned Supra around here. They just kind of let them do whatever. But there was one kid who wanted to make a difference, and everyone knew him by his nickname like a Super Hero. Rebellion. The Kid Crusader wanted to be behind it all, and for whatever reason, he wanted me to join him. Blue Spirits? Well that comes later. Just let me tell my story, for cryin' out loud. This is my story. It's kind of slow, but it's still mine nonetheless. Buckle up, kids. -Alex This book takes place within the Inherited universe *See also Locus: The Age of Spring, for another book/series in the same universe that has mention of this character. It is not necessary to read it to enjoy this book. Content Warning: This book will include violent scenes, death, and deteriorating mental psychosis.