Realism Stories

A young man seeking purpose has enlisted in an expedition towards the new world after his country discovers a foreign land of unknown beings, magical properties and an unrelenting undead army.

On her sixteenth birthday, Aala discovers she isn't an ordinary girl-she's the last heir of Graha, a distant world torn apart by betrayal. With strange powers awakening and a dark uncle ruling her homeland, Aala must unlock the truth of her past and fight for the future of her people. ✨ One girl. One lost world. One destiny written in the stars.

He lost the job. Lost the woman. Lost whatever used to keep him going. So one night, Artyom gets in his car and drives with no destination in mind. Somewhere on an empty highway, with the fuel light blinking and nowhere left to go, he finds a gas station that doesn't exist on any map. The rule is simple: Lie - and you stay. Tell the truth - and you move forward. Full Tank of Emptiness is a dark, atmospheric road novel about loneliness, bad choices, and the terrifying moment a man realizes he can't keep living the same way anymore.

Pleasant Valley, Arizona Territory, 1882. The land between the Mogollon Rim and the creek bottoms is beautiful the way a held breath is beautiful - still, charged, waiting. Nora Callan came west with a dead husband and a gift she does not name: a barometer's sensitivity to the invisible weight of what men are about to do. She did not come for trouble. But the valley has its own intentions. When two ranching families - the Tewksburys and the Grahams, friends once, now something else - begin their slow slide toward the bloodiest feud in the history of the American West, Nora finds herself caught between them: reading the weather, unable to stop the storm. The Rim Country is a story about what a place remembers. And what it refuses to forget.

New Orleans, Louisiana. October 2005. The Jetson Youth Correctional Center has a massive overcrowding problem-or rather, it had one, before Hurricane Katrina tore across the coast. In the aftermath, the state quietly initiated the Arcane Delinquent Rehabilitation Initiative (ADRI), a high-stakes, off-the-books juvenile program where delinquents could earn their freedom through the brutal slaughter of supernatural threats. For every monster neutralized across the sweltering Louisiana bayou, the state chipped away at the kids' sentences. Take these three teenage convicts, for example: Thea Korshidi, a seventeen-year-old part-time demon slayer with a rap sheet she's desperate to clear. Remy Salazar, an eighteen-year-old half-demon hybrid who finds human bureaucracy more exhausting than the dead. Prue Beaumont, a compassionate seventeen-year-old witch whose quiet demeanor masks a dangerous, heavy past. Under the strict supervision of ADRI, they attempt to navigate a lawless, flooded world. But after a routine assignment in the higher ground goes spectacularly wrong, their handler dumps the trio at Hemlock Ridge-a rugged, isolated campsite deep in the cypress trees currently serving as an emergency facility for displaced youth. Their mandatory assignment? Turn a pack of foul-mouthed preteen delinquents into ruthless, baseline monster hunters. What should be a straightforward way to keep a low profile quickly spirals into a gothic nightmare. The camp manager is a total asshole, the cabins reek of old mold, and the campers are unpredictable to the point of exhaustion. But when the trio stumbles across a shallow graveyard hidden deep in the woods, they are forced to navigate a labyrinth of rusted cabins and half-whispered threats to unearth the truth. Make no mistake - they aren't looking to play heroes or clean up messes. But if exposing Hemlock Ridge's dark secrets is the only way to earn a clean slate, then so be it.

Si a los seis años alguien me hubiera preguntado qué quería ser de grande, habría respondido que princesa. Soñaba con palacios, zapatillas de cristal y un príncipe azul surcando el horizonte. (Inserte aquí un suspiro). Sí, ahora parece tonto, pero de niños lo imposible parece posible. ​Pero creces, y descubres el secreto mejor guardado de la realeza: las princesas no se hacen responsables de NADA. Si les va mal, es culpa de una bruja; si se salvan, es por un príncipe. Qué cómodo, ¿no? ​El problema es cuando el hechizo se rompe y se ven obligadas a enfrentar el mundo real. ​Aquí no hay hadas madrinas ni finales preescritos. Están solas. Por primera vez, cada decisión y cada factura corre por su cuenta. En un mundo cínico y sin magia, tendrán que descubrir si ser dueñas de sus actos las convertirá en las heroínas de su vida... o si la cruda realidad las empujará a convertirse en las verdaderas brujas del cuento.

Akarith se está pudriendo lentamente. Las rutas comerciales desaparecen, las ciudades comienzan a caer desde dentro y el hambre empieza a reemplazar al honor. Kael Varrek, un antiguo estratega militar, vive escondido en un pequeño pueblo fronterizo intentando olvidar las guerras que ayudó a construir bajo las órdenes del temido Marek Rhun. Pero el colapso del continente ya comenzó cuando cadáveres desconocidos aparecen cerca del bosque y las rutas de alimento son cortadas silenciosamente, el pueblo queda atrapado en una lenta agonía de paranoia, violencia y hambre. Mientras las personas comienzan a perder la confianza unas en otras, Kael descubre algo peor: "la verdadera guerra no busca conquistar territorios, busca destruir la identidad de quienes sobreviven." Una novela de fantasía oscura, filosófica y brutal sobre memoria, miedo y supervivencia.

Reversed retribution is a dark fantasy progression story set between two connected worlds: a modern Earth hiding supernatural forces, and Adreith's journey The story follows two boys walking completely different paths toward the same destiny. Adan is an ordinary student whose life collapses after a deadly school attack awakens a terrifying power hidden inside him. Thrown into a world of Death Magic, mana users, and beings hunting something unknown, he survives not through mastery, but through sheer will refusing to fall even when everything around him breaks. Far beyond his world, Adreith fights to find his family in a strange world. Armed with strange relics, rope based combat techniques, and an unyielding spirit, he battles to protect the last remnants of the Hillibrims while ncovering truths buried beneath the ashes of a dying civilization. As ancient powers awaken and the line between worlds begins to fracture, both boys are drawn toward a conflict far greater than themselves one tied to forgotten civilizations, living relics, Raiders, Ravens, and a mystery that has consumed the world for generations. At its core, reverse retribution is a story about survival, identity, sacrifice, and the terrifying weight of becoming something the world was never prepared for.

Charlie Rivera, 21, is a college student and unapologetic hopeless romantic who annotates romance novels and believes in soulmates despite never being kissed. One lonely night after her best friend cancels plans, she receives a sketchy DM with a link. Against better judgment, she clicks it and finds a polished website called Rent-A-Girlfriend offering overnight delivery of a "Perfect Match" with a free first order. Treating it as a 2 AM joke, Charlie fills out the compatibility form - requesting someone who listens, hates cilantro, and calls her "love" unironically - enters her address, confirms the free trial, then immediately regrets it and goes to sleep convinced she's been hacked. At 6:30 AM, running late for class, Charlie opens her door to find a massive, human-sized box with a pink ribbon addressed to her from "Your Perfect Match." She drags it inside and cuts it open to discover a real woman nestled in tissue paper, asleep and breathing. Panicked, Charlie considers trafficking or a prank, checks for a pulse, and finds a note instructing her to say the wake word. After an hour of spiraling, googling, and failed attempts to rouse the woman, Charlie finally whispers the word. The woman opens her eyes, focuses on Charlie, and smiles with quiet recognition. The impossible delivery marks the start of Charlie's unraveling as her fictional ideas of romance collide with a very real, very mysterious stranger who seems built for her. Free trial, overnight delivery Not guaranteed soulmate. WRITEMYHEARYFORYOU™ © AILEENNARAG 2026

Separated during childhood, reencountered during adulthood. Even though everything is different, you're still the same. Glad to meet you again. A fanfic of PhuphaTian, characters from the series A Tale of Thousands Stars. I do not own them, just the story. Pls enjoy the journey. Thank you. Note: I recommend this story to people who want to understand the illness, Narcolepsy. I've been interested and did some research.. so this story kinda shows you guys the point of view for the people has this illness. Emotionally, physically. When you think of it, it's a very scary illness. I apologize in advance if I offend anyone reading the story. Update every Friday, 8.30pm, Stay tuned.

Erick acredita que o pensamento pode transformar uma vida. Rodrigo ensina que pensar também é um direito. Entre salas de aula, livros, cafés, ausências e afetos construídos lentamente, diferentes trajetórias se cruzam em uma universidade onde permanecer nem sempre depende apenas de esforço. Enquanto alguns tentam descobrir quem desejam se tornar, outros escondem mais do que parecem mostrar. Entre cuidado, poder, pertencimento e silêncio, resta uma pergunta: o que fez vocês ficarem?

She refused nine proposals. She could not refuse the tenth - because he never made one. He simply showed up every day and fixed things and knew the right proportion, and eventually she ran out of reasons not to love him.

How far can a few extra beers take you on a Friday night? For auto mechanic Davidson Butcher, they took him right across the US border to a park bench in Windsor, Canada. Back home, he has nothing but debt and severe burnout. Here, on a cold Canadian street, he gets a hot cup of espresso from a stranger who happens to be a private detective. Marcus Vance offers him a deal: a roof over his head in exchange for help solving shady transport-related cases. Davidson decides to risk it. After all, free wheeling through life is way better than changing oil in minivan engines day after day.

He has been gone five years. Song Mingzhu was seventeen when she married a garrison soldier and twenty when he left for a three-year posting that became five. She has received four of his letters. She does not know if he is alive. She runs the household, teaches the lane children to read, tends the apricot trees, and keeps the account book in the back of which she records the date of every letter received and every letter not received. Then the corridor runner arrives without a letter, and stays longer than the route requires, and something shifts in the geometry of the waiting. This is the Tang dynasty, where the emperor rides in gold palanquins and neglects his empire for the love of Yang Guifei, and the frontier garrisons hold the Silk Road open, and the women in the garrison towns make their lives from what the road leaves them. This is not a poem about a soldier's longing. This is the story of the woman by the lamp. She has a name. She has a life. She has been becoming.

One pair of boots. Two introverts. One borrowed afternoon in Seoul. Max is a pragmatic designer with only twenty-four hours left in South Korea and a life built on rigid, unbreakable rules. Kros is a soft-spoken observer with a steady presence and an intense, unblinking gaze that seems to peel back her carefully maintained exterior. When a casual swipe brings them to the banks of the Han River, they find something rarer than a tourist's souvenir: a perfect, silent alignment. From the rhythmic strike of combat boots on Seoul's pavement to the heavy weight of their contrasting realities, they navigate a city built for couples while knowing their time is already running out. In a world of fleeting connections, what happens when something real appears at exactly the wrong time, and neither of them is willing to break the life they've built to follow it?

In the mysterious town of Windfield, Sophia Parker has always loved art, stars, and the stories surrounding Windfield Lake. But when her father mysteriously disappears during a boat ride on the lake, Sophia begins noticing impossible things happening around her. Paintings change on their own, glowing blue water appears where it shouldn't, and strange connections begin forming between the lake, the museum, and her family's past. As Sophia searches for answers, she discovers that the beautiful art museum in her town is secretly connected to another world filled with living artwork, floating music, magical creatures, hidden rooms, and mysterious disappearances. Guided by a glowing deer named Autumn and the constellations her mother once taught her to follow, Sophia is pulled deeper into the secrets of Windfield Lake and the magic hidden beneath its waters. Filled with mystery, emotion, imagination, grief, and fantasy, The Lake of Guidance is a magical coming-of-age story about family, loss, hope, and finding light even in the darkest places.

In the fire service, every call is a step into the unknown. For one rookie firefighter, it's the beginning of everything-and the end of who they used to be. Fresh out of training and thrown onto their first watch at a UK station, they quickly learn that the job is more than sirens and heroics. It's long nights, silent pressures, and moments that don't leave when the flames are out. From road traffic collisions to house fires, every shift pushes them further-testing their instincts, their limits, and their ability to keep going. At first, there are wins. Lives saved. Fires controlled. Confidence growing. But the job doesn't stay simple. The calls get harder. The losses hit deeper. And the things they see begin to follow them home-into the quiet, into their thoughts, into every moment they're supposed to feel safe. Inside the station, cracks start to form. Tempers rise. Sleep fades. And not everyone is coping the way they pretend to be. Then comes the call that changes everything. A fire unlike any they've faced before. A situation spiralling out of control. And in the chaos, one of their own is left inside. What follows will test more than their training-it will test their loyalty, their courage, and the cost of choosing a job where walking away is never an option. Because being a firefighter isn't just about facing the flames. It's about surviving what comes after.

Everyone wants to know if they end up together. Yes. That was never the question. The question was always what together would cost - and whether two people who had already survived one loss could choose, every morning, to be worth each other.

On a humid summer night in Jersey, a routine stop at a 24/7 store quietly connects a group of emotionally fractured strangers moving through life in different ways. As conversations drift through parking lots, city blocks, and empty basketball courts, J.Dot struggles with pressure, loneliness, and the feeling of falling behind while navigating another ordinary night that slowly becomes emotionally unforgettable. What starts as a simple late-night wandering through the city becomes the beginning of something much deeper: an interconnected universe where strangers unknowingly shape each other's lives. Atmospheric, emotional, and grounded in realism, ORBIT explores the silence between people, the weight hidden behind everyday conversations, and the feeling of trying to survive your own thoughts while the world keeps moving around you.

In a world filled with pressure, noise, emotional chaos, and people constantly searching for comfort, Precious P moves through Jersey nights trying to bring peace wherever she goes. Whether through conversations, quiet support, or simply her presence, she becomes a light for people carrying invisible struggles. But constantly healing others comes with a cost. As the night unfolds through stairwells, phone calls, house visits, late-night drives, and emotional encounters, Precious slowly realizes that protecting her own peace is just as important as giving it away. Set inside the emotionally interconnected world of Orbit, Book 2 explores healing, emotional exhaustion, balance, and the quiet weight carried by people everyone depends on.