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  • Quarantine by Bella_Higgin
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    When a deadly disease ravages the town of Holmsley, Frankie and her friends find themselves trapped inside a military-blockaded quarantine zone. ***** A story that was first published in 2014 and feels more relevant than ever. Fifteen-year-old Frankie and her friends must find their way out of quarantine if they want to survive. As the body count rises, Frankie realizes that this is no ordinary quarantine and no one is coming to help. Once infected, the sick become crazed and violent, while fear turns other survivors to savages. And who or what are the mysterious figures Frankie keeps seeing around town? It seems she'll have to unravel the dark truth behind it all if she wants to get out alive... Content and/or trigger warning: This story describes disease outbreaks and contains scenes of violence, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
  • Survival Game - Wake Protocol by RubyRed972
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    When a mysterious system drags hundreds of thousands of people worldwide into a deadly ocean‑survival world, Amber Miller wakes on a tiny drifting island with nothing but a leaking hut and a voice in her head explaining the rules: survive, upgrade, adapt - or die for real. Back home, she was barely holding her life together after losing her mum and becoming guardian to her younger brother, Liam. Now she's trapped in a world where monsters roam at night, treasure chests appear at random, and other players can choose to team up... or kill for resources. With only three days of novice protection and no idea where Liam has been placed, she must learn the system fast, gather supplies, and fight to stay alive long enough to find him. Every upgrade matters. Every decision counts. And every player is a potential threat. In a world built on survival of the fittest, she's determined to prove she's not just another random selection - she's someone worth fearing. Please note that this is an adaption of work found on Shanghai Fantasy
  • DC: The Infinite Villain by TheBacklot
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    Damon Keller wakes in a Gotham prison with powers he should never have and no patience for the script. He is not here to be saved, recruited, or redeemed. As heroes, villains, gods, and monsters start circling him, the DC and Marvel worlds learn the same lesson: Damon is not playing by their rules.
  • Exiled? Fleeing famine? Medical General transmigrated into Villainess and she em by NancyBlue
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    Novel Rating:10/10 Title: Exiled? Fleeing famine? Medical General transmigrated into Villainess and she empties The Entire Kingdom Author: 落玉听风 Translator: CyyEmpire Mu Mianmian, the chief medical officer of a post-apocalyptic planet, never dreamed that she would transmigrate back to ancient times-ending up in the body of a young princess consort who was married off as a substitute bride. . Her war-god husband has been falsely accused of treason and collaborating with the enemy, and the entire family-old and young alike-is sentenced to exile in a desolate, impoverished land. . Her father-in-law, who once defended the nation, was turned into a vegetative state years ago. . Her mother-in-law is as beautiful as a celestial fairy and kind-hearted, yet mentally childlike and foolish. . . Her delicate little sister-in-law can do nothing but whimper and cry. Her youngest brother-in-law is only three and a half years old, still crying for food. . Her husband has it the worst of all-his legs were crippled through a cruel scheme. . Exiled together with a vicious old madam and the families of the second and third uncles, wouldn't that be a recipe for being bullied to death? . Just as it seems that heaven itself wants to destroy her husband's family, Mu-
  • Zombie Apocalypse: Reborn With A Farming Space  by Zozowiiii
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    Torn apart and eaten alive by zombies, Jiao Lizhi died filled with regret and hatred. As darkness engulfed her, she opened her eyes-only to find herself back at the beginning of the apocalypse. Crawling back from hell, she sought revenge and fought to live a better life. Watching his loved one torn to pieces before his eyes, he lost his sanity. To avenge her, he destroyed humanity's last hope with his own hands. On the day the world was swallowed by darkness, he took his own life as the last man standing on Earth. When he opened his eyes again, he vowed never to lose her again! As the world turns into a living hell, will they be able to undo the regrets of their past lives? TRIGGER WARNING! Gore, Violence, Graphic scenes, Abuse. Author: Fleeting_Dawn
  • Of Cages and Crowns (previously The Culled Crown, Book 1) by BriannaJoyCrump
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    Of Cages and Crowns is now published as a Hardcover, and E-book with Wattpad Books! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Wattpad Original Edition and Wattpad Books Published Edition here upon purchase. Thank you so much for your support! ***** Destined to compete for the throne, Monroe Benson must fight nine girls for the right to rule. If she wins, she will be crowned queen. To lose is to die. ***** Monroe Benson is marked and goddess-touched, one of ten heirs to the Erydian throne. When the next Culling is announced, she has no choice but to prepare to fight for her life against nine other marked girls. When the competing heirs begin to drop dead outside of trials, Monroe must decide if her fire ability is enough to protect her from a new unseen enemy. Can she survive the Culling and take the throne, or should she kill the queen and dismantle the competition from the inside? In a palace of lies and power-hungry court members, Monroe must be careful who she trusts. The Culled Crown is the first book in The Culled Crown series. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Natasha Shaikh *** Publishing through Wattpad Books - 11-22-22 Pre-order now!
  • The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones by keyframed
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    WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]
  • To Love A Beast | Gay MxM | by dollygrand
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    Inhumane experiments are turning Dante Gray, a werewolf, into a monster - can he and Chase, a hot-headed warlock, find a cure before it's too late? ***** Dante Gray, a werewolf, escapes from a secret facility where he was held captive by human scientists - but he's slowly turning into a monster due to the cruel, inhumane experiments they carried out on him. Accompanied by his ex-boyfriend, a sassy gay warlock, Chase Cooper, Dante must find a cure before the beast takes over completely, which sets them on a path full of adventures, battles, magical places, and new supernatural friends. Soon his friendship with Chase heats up, giving Dante all the more reason to fight the beast inside him - but can he survive the evils of Killian Taylor, the mastermind who is ready to do whatever it takes to enslave him once again? || Gay || BxB || MxM || LGBT || Romance ||
  • GOT: The Arcanine of the North by WonderingWriter
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    A modern soul awakens in the North, reborn not as a man, but as a Growlithe. Found with the direwolves, he must navigate the Game of Thrones using a minimalist System to evolve. But take heed: this is no typical Pokémon journey.
  • Finding Humanity by NinaMarks
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    Now on WEBTOON! Read the official Finding Humanity adaptation. ***** After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
  • A Survival Game Set in a Post-apocalyptic World? I Became a Top Player by Wattpadaccount590
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    This is for offline purposes only. [A Survival Game Set in a Post-apocalyptic World? I Became a Top Player Through Scavenging!] [Apocalyptic natural disaster + scavenging + hoarding + system] In order to save her seriously ill grandmother, Song Yu chose to enter a mysterious survival game. The game features various world levels, including zombie apocalypse, high temperature, ice and snow, rainstorm, rainforest, ocean, desert, desert island, etc. Each time she completes a level, she can get points and real money. As Song Yu cleared the game again and again, she gradually discovered that the disasters in the game seemed to be unfolding in the real world. *There's no male lead.
  • I'm Hoarding for the Apocalypse  by Zozowiiii
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    In the second year of the apocalypse, Du Yue died alone, killed by apathy and exposure to extreme weather. Somehow, she opened her eyes to find herself not only alive, but also back when it was three months before the apocalypse. Despite the surprise, she thought about the upcoming disasters and upheavals. First, it was the fog that carried a virus that stayed for a month. Then, global temperatures rose to over 120 degrees, evaporating most of the world's water and melting all the icebergs. After that were level-10 earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, permanent eclipse, and avid rain... and that was not all, because after global warming, came global freezing. As temperatures dropped to below negative fifty, the savagery humans displayed was far worse than any imagined horrors like zombies! Knowing what was coming, Du Yue sold off her family property and used the pocket dimension her mother left her to hoard as many resources as possible, so that she could survive the apocalypse. Meat? Grain? Oil? Spices? Weather gear? She bought everything! Steaks, French fries, spaghetti, and canned food must all be stocked up! To He Xing, the male lead, she was a god and the key to surviving the apocalypse! Having thought of the apocalypse, Du Yue sold off her family property and used the pocket dimension her mother left her to hoard as many resources as possible, so that she could survive the apocalypse. Meat? Grain? Oil? Spices? Weather gear? She bought everything! Steaks, french fries, spaghetti and canned food must all be stocked up! To He Xing, the male lead, she is a god and the key to surviving the apocalypse! Credit To Struggle. Translate: EndlessFantasy Translation
  • 𝐒𝐊𝐘𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃¹ ━━ 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 by b3zzbee
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    𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟏𝟎𝟎 ✶ ❛ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬. 𝐑𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧 ❜ Skye Rylan was born in the stars, a daughter of metal corridors and thinning air. The Ark was her sky, her prison, her fragile world-until it cast her down. Now, she falls. Will she fade like stardust scattered in the dark, or blaze brighter than the heavens that birthed her? For on Earth, no constellations remain to guide her- she must forge her own light, or be swallowed by the night. 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟑 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝟏-𝟐 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐄𝐧𝐝: 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 {𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐗 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐜} -𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊!!- || 𝐢 𝐝𝐨 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲!! 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠!!!|| 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐤𝐲𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞!!
  • cold hands † carl grimes by deerlydepartd
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    -ˋ.⋆♱ ݁˖ ─ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴇᴇᴛʜ ᴍᴀʀᴋꜱ ᴏɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ─ 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɪ [ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ: ꜰᴏᴜʀ] ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ © ᴅᴇᴇʀʟʏᴅᴇᴘᴀʀᴛᴅ ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ #1 ɪɴ ᴛᴡᴅ - 3/27/21 #1 ɪɴ ᴢᴏᴍʙɪᴇꜱ - 7/30/21 #1 ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢᴅᴇᴀᴅꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ - 9/11/21 #1 ɪɴ ᴄᴀʀʟɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ - 2/10/22 #1 ɪɴ ᴄʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇʀʀɪɢɢꜱ - 6/19/22 #1 ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢᴅᴇᴀᴅ - 7/6/22 ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
  • | The maze runner | by hehehe_me_hehehe
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    They are all familiar.... But I can't remember them... Did I do this to them.... Which side am I on?
  • Plunder (The Pirate King Series, Book 1) by rskovach
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    He just wants her booty, but she'll end up stealing his heart. ***** After pirates kidnap seventeen-year-old Ana in a case of mistaken identity, the orphaned housemaid prepares for the worst. Instead, between a shipwreck, mutiny, and her growing feelings for her captor -- the dashing Pirate King of the Caribbean, Alestair Kincade -- Ana soon realizes the secret she keeps is far from the most dangerous part of her new life. But playing the wholesome daughter of a Spanish admiral among rag-tag buccaneers isn't easy either, and to avoid both discovery and the gallows she'll have to learn to rely on more than just her wits and her charm. But is Alestair Kincade really on her side? Or will his protection and his love both disappear the moment he learns the truth? Book Two of The Pirate King Series is called SCUTTLE (formerly The Reluctant Pirate Queen) [Now an audiobook from Hachette, Powered by Wattpad] [word count: 90,000-100,000 words] PLUNDER (Book One in The Pirate King Series) © 2014 by R.S. Kovach. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without the author's written permission. Cover designed by Ren T
  • After Transmigrating,the Salted Fish Stepmom Refused to Compete by Zoyapin-key66
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    Su Tang transmigrates into a dogblood novel as the doomed villainous stepmother of genius child Lu Momo and the contract wife of cold CEO Lu Ting. According to the original plot, she is supposed to fight for love, bully the child, create endless drama, and eventually die miserably. Su Tang refuses. Her life goal is simple: survive one year quietly, collect the 100 million yuan contract payout, and nap whenever possible. But instead of ruining the family, her lazy and gentle attitude slowly changes the cold Lu household. The silent little genius begins trusting her, Lu Ting starts lowering his guard, and the quiet mansion gradually becomes a real home. No public scandals. No dramatic revenge. Just warm porridge, late-night care, quiet healing, and a salted fish stepmom who never wanted to compete in the first place.
  • The Walking Dead: Blood Moon Warden by EliasVaneFanfiction
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    Evan Ward wakes in The Walking Dead with a butcher's instincts and a brutal game-like system. Survival is only the start. To protect the few worth saving, he'll have to carve order out of the apocalypse before the walkers, the living, and the Blood Moon turn him into something worse.
  • Bloodbound (Remake) by Rip_ICARUS
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    Dying from a street stabbing, 20-year-old Adrian Blackwood wakes up trapped inside a stone coffin in a brutal, hostile new world. Transformed into a vampire and guided by a crimson "Vampiric Evolution" status window, he is forced to adapt instantly. In a hellish realm where the weak are slaughtered, Adrian must hunt dangerous creatures, level up his stats, and embrace his new monstrous nature just to survive the night.
  • Not Your Typical Captive Romance  by forev_erie
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    When Stevie West gets trapped inside the territory of the feared Khaz-mora tribe, survival becomes a dangerous game of silence, strategy, and restraint. Their leader, Vargus, wants to claim her. Stevie would rather play a long game than surrendering herself. But as tension turns into something far more complicated, both are forced to confront a brutal truth: fear can force obedience... but never love.