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  • Sex and Death in Skeleton City by Jazzua
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    Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]
  • For the First Time, They Saw Me by romanticHeart
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    The first thing she noticed was the silence. Not the kind that comes at night, but a heavy, watery silence that pressed against her ears. When she finds her own body at the end of the hallway, she realizes she is still there, but her family isn't looking. As she drifts through the rooms of her house, she discovers the cracks in her family's love and a chilling truth: she didn't die when she died. She was already gone.
  • THE NIGHTINGALE, Marvel by itsliterallycalia
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    Ariadne first died when she was seven years old. In the world between world, she made a bargain with death, and was reborn. Ten years later, she survives in the shadows of Los Angeles as a nameless vigilante completing the wills of the dead. By day, she's just Ariadne, hungry and hunted and alone. When her violence draws the attention of SHIELD, Ariadne is pulled into a world she never thought she would be apart of. Given a new purpose, she learns how to serve the living while Death still follows her every step. But as old evils rise and a greater war begins to take shape, Ariadne leaves the shadows to fight in the light as a hero; an Avenger. Between the dead who call to her and the living who need her, she must decide what she truly is: A hero or a weapon. BEST RANKINGS #3 Afterlife #41 Marvel #99 TonyStark #58 SteveRogers #1 ThorOdinson #26 BruceBanner #39 ClintBarton #87 NatashaRomanoff
  • Dead Clouds by Willvote4u
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    Radius wanted to become a cumulonimbus cloud. Gold wanted to become a cumulonimbus cloud. But after one fateful night, the two discovered that they have no choice but to depend on each other, if they want their dreams to come true. This is "Dead Clouds." KB2 Productions SpiderWriter Studios 12/31/2020
  • Tot ce n-ai trăit by LapteCuBiscuitei
    LapteCuBiscuitei
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    Muzeul deciziilor pe care nu le-ai luat. În muzeu nu intrau morții, ci oamenii pe care lumea încă nu știa dacă să-i piardă. Cei aflați în comă, în supradoză sau în secundele tulburi de după un accident ajungeau acolo ca să treacă prin camerele vieților pe care nu apucaseră să le trăiască. Haru le deschidea ușile fără milă și fără tremur, fiindcă un înger nu fusese creat ca să regrete. Apoi apăru Rafael, cu un ochi ascuns, sângele încă legat de trup și prea multă furie ca să fie condus în liniște. Ar fi trebuit să fie doar încă un muritor rătăcit între viață și moarte, dar muzeul deschise pentru el o cameră care purta două nume. Al lui Rafael. Și al îngerului.
  • Love Beyond Eternity by mochishasha
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    Some love stories end with "till death do us part." Theirs begins after it. When fate tears two soulmates apart, love refuses to fade-even if eternity itself stands between them. Because not every ending is the last page of the story. Genre: Romance • Angst • Supernatural • Fantasy • Soulmates • Mystery • Drama • Afterlife Pairing: Taekook (Taehyung × Jungkook)
  • The Raven Family Diary (EN) by Remanwrites
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    Description The Raven Family died a very long time ago. Unfortunately, that was only the beginning. In a world hidden beyond death, where memories are traded like currency, cursed objects fill the markets, and abandoned places become thriving cities, the Ravens live an almost ordinary family life. Almost. Their children collect nightmares as hobbies. Their grandmother reads the daily funeral reports with her morning tea. Their mansion is alive enough to argue with its owners. And every week seems to bring a new disaster involving ghosts, curses, stolen emotions, or reality itself. Between haunted markets, forbidden relics, and strange laws that govern the afterlife, the Raven Family navigates everyday problems the only way they know how: Poorly. A dark fantasy comedy about death, family, and the wonderfully strange things that happen after the end. 🖤 Welcome to the Raven Family. Try not to stay alive for too long.
  • Starr Can't Shine Without Darkness by clouduncut
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    Starr's life is seemingly turned upside-down after she and Duncan end their five year relationship. One moment they bury the hatchet, the next they're in a heated argument. Starr can't help but be drawn to the man she once envisioned a future with, but can she find happiness without him?
  • When we meet again by meetmistyg
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    Brianna Carter and Eli Bennett grew up beside the same river, sharing childhood adventures, whispered dreams, and a bond that seemed stronger than friendship. Beneath the shade of an ancient willow tree, they promised each other a forever neither fully understood. Then tragedy strikes. Years after Eli's death, Brianna's world is shattered when she becomes the victim of a crime that leaves her caught between life and death. In the mysterious space between worlds, she finds the one person she never expected to see again. Eli. While Brianna fights to uncover the truth about what happened to her and protect the people she loves, Eli waits patiently beside the river that has connected them across time. Together they discover that some promises survive death, some souls are destined to find each other again, and some loves are powerful enough to last for eternity. A heartbreaking and hopeful story about first love, loss, destiny, and the courage to choose love even when everything else fades.
  • Mes courtes petites vies by CocoChat
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    Soo-ah en est persuadée : elle est morte. Pourtant, lorsqu'elle parvient enfin à ouvrir les yeux, elle se retrouve entourée de parfaits inconnus, à des kilomètres du lieu de l'accident. Mais la jeune femme d'affaires coréenne n'est pas au bout de ses surprises. Lorsqu'elle découvre son reflet, le choc est encore plus brutal : elle possède désormais un visage complètement différent. Plus aucun trait asiatique. Son corps est plus musclé, ses cheveux sont bruns et ondulés. Même sa personnalité semble avoir changé. La seule chose identique à avant, ce sont ses yeux. Soo-ah croit d'abord rêver, surtout lorsqu'elle reconnaît ceux de son pire ennemi chez son voisin de chambre d'hôpital. Seo-jun est là lui aussi. Coincée dans une autre dimension avec la personne qu'elle déteste le plus, Soo-ah comprend rapidement que leur accident ne les a pas seulement tués. Il les a renvoyés ailleurs. Le cauchemar prend une tournure encore plus folle lorsqu'ils découvrent qu'ils se sont réveillés dans ce qui semble être leurs vies précédentes... au jour exact de leur naissance. En 1995.
  • The Glass Room by SterlingWinters
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    After death, the greatest minds in early American history awaken in a place they cannot understand-a vast, silent observation chamber known only as The Glass Room. From here, they can see the living world. But the living world cannot see them. No voices cross the divide. No warnings can be given. No intervention is possible. They are forced into eternal observation-watching centuries unfold through one-way panes of glass, like prisoners behind a mirror in an interrogation room where history is both suspect and evidence. What they witness is not the nation they once knew-but something that grew far beyond their design. A modern world of overwhelming scale, fractured trust, accelerating information, and constant political tension. Every decision echoes outward. Every consequence compounds. Every assumption they once held is tested against outcomes they never could have foreseen. At first, they try to understand it. Then they begin to argue. Was the system flawed from the start-or corrupted over time? Is instability the price of freedom, or the sign of collapse? And if a republic survives but no longer resembles its creators' intent... does it still mean success? As the Founding Fathers fracture into competing interpretations of their own legacy, the Glass Room becomes more than an afterlife. It becomes an endless debate between philosophy and reality. Between intention and consequence. Between what a nation was built to be-and what it became without permission. A political psychological thriller about power, time, and irreversible history, The Glass Room asks one haunting question: What happens when the architects of a system can only watch it evolve... and realize they no longer agree on what they built?
  • Attorneys for the Damned by H_sapiens
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    When ruthless New York corporate lawyer Arthur Pendelton drops dead mid-trial, a demon attempts to seize his soul under a standard damnation contract. Instead of panicking, Arthur spots a clerical error in the micro-print, sues Hell for wrongful asset seizure, and successfully stays his own damnation. Trapped in the afterlife, Arthur is drafted as a public defender in Dis. Partnered with Lou Fletcher, a cynical 1970s Chicago detective ghost, and Chloe, a tech-savvy millennial spirit, Arthur begins exploiting ancient legal loopholes to save exploited souls. But when a corporate hellhound hits his office, Arthur uncovers a massive cosmic scam: Lucifer is harvesting six billion living human souls through a hidden clause in a viral smartphone app's terms-of-service update. To stop the heist, Arthur files the largest class-action lawsuit in history: Earth v. The Morningstar Syndicate. Facing his underhanded mortal rival, Victoria Vance, and the silver-tongued ghost of Aaron Burr, Arthur must pierce the ultimate corporate veil, drag the Devil to the witness stand, and show eternity what happens when you don't read the fine print.
  • Reality Gone Wrong by andycp1999
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    Blake Brimstone is a homeless drunk with merry‑go‑round syndrome, a mind that spins through identities like a broken carousel. After a public meltdown, he declares himself a prophet for the handicapped and launches the Grand Exodus, a cross‑country movement of disabled followers seeking a better afterlife. His childhood friend Shark Darkson - a paralyzed inventor desperate for a normal life - gets pulled into Blake's rising cult when the Quadriplegic Dozen, a team of paralyzed cyclists riding mind‑controlled bikes, join the cause. Using a strange device called the Being Machine, Blake and Shark begin slipping into the minds and bodies of disabled strangers. Blindness. Deafness. Paralysis. Madness. Aging. Dying. Each transfer rewrites them. As they travel across America on electric bikes and through the inner worlds of others, both men are forced to confront a truth they've spent their lives avoiding: Maybe disability isn't the tragedy they believe it is. Maybe the real prison is the story they've been living in.
  • The Sumptuary Law by SilverHope_
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    Sumptuary law Any law designed to restrict excessive personal expenditures in the interest of preventing extravagance and luxury. The term denotes regulations restricting extravagance in food, drink, dress, and household equipment, usually on religious or moral grounds. They were enacted to enforce order and obedience to the Crown and to allow the assessment of status at a glance. There were three class structures: HIGH CLASS - Monarchy-Rulers - Nobility - Gentry-Aristocrats - knights MIDDLE CLASS - Merchants-salesmen - Yeomen-farmers LOW CLASS - Peasants-poor •○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○• Elise Black is a peasant who lost her parents young. She now resides with her aunt and uncle, who were one of the richest merchants in the kingdom. Elise life takes a complicated turn when she falls in love. Her past, future, and present converge to create a life filled with choas, love, loss, betrayal, and the will to live. Join Elise as she fights for her right to be seen, loved, and protected.
  • Story writer by WakuWakuuu
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    Sebagai seorang pembaca setia sebuah karya fiksi, memiliki kesempatan untuk berkenalan lebih dalam dengan author dari AU kesukaan kita sudah pastinya menjadi impian terbesar dalam hidup seorang pembaca. Apalagi kalau kita bisa menjadi seseorang yang spesial dalam hidup sang author. Namun Oline yang sudah menjadi fans berat salah satu author di platform wattpad selama berbulan-bulan, sadar impiannya untuk bisa berinteraksi dengan author kesayangannya itu tak akan pernah bisa terjadi, sebab keberadaan sang penulis yang masih sangatlah misterius. Hingga suatu pagi, saat Oline baru saja membuka mata, ia terkejut melihat seorang gadis tengah duduk di ujung ranjangnya dan menyapa ramah Oline dengan senyum manis berhias lesung pipit di pipi sebelah kiri. "Hai Coyin, kenalin aku Aralie. Penulis favorit kamu."
  • The City In The Sea (WLW) by BetweenFramesStudios
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    Death rules the Afterlife, and Lenore Moriarty is determined to break free from his grasp. Cold, calculating, and deadly, Lenore finds herself at the heart of the rebellion against a corrupt and oppressive system. One where Death's power stretches far beyond the grave. With deadly skills and a mind sharp enough to outwit the gods themselves, Lenore is prepared to do what it takes to take down Death, one soul at a time. But when she crosses paths with Eris, Death's unpredictable and dangerously gorgeous daughter, everything changes. Tension simmers between them, and soon, Lenore wants more than just revenge. She wants her.
  • The Ballad Of The Sinner And I. by WriterInAk
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    Death meets a sinner at the hanging tree and guides him on his journey. (A short story)
  • The Gilt by FlourishingDisaster
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    Clara arrives in a beautiful garden and notices the seams. Sable has been waiting sixty years for someone who would look back. Together they go below, find Yaw and Fatima, burn the Gilt Realm. Cassius watches with the gauge-checking expression and walks away to build elsewhere. The violence of being comfortable.
  • Before I Said It by suncloud18
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    Sophie's life was full of quiet brilliance, curiosity, and deep love for those around her. From her devoted but sometimes overbearing father to her younger sister Lily, and to her friends Daniel and Ravi, Sophie shaped the world with her presence and her choices-small gestures, moments of care, and the subtle ways she connected with others. Tragedy strikes, and Sophie dies unexpectedly. Those she loved are left grappling with grief, guilt, and the weight of things left unsaid. But Sophie's spirit lingers, observing and feeling. From her father learning to release the expectations he placed on her, to Lily discovering her own capacity for joy, to Daniel and Ravi finding the courage to move forward while honoring her memory, the story traces the subtle yet powerful ways love persists beyond presence. Love, the story reminds us, is never simple. Timing, choice, and chance can twist it into forms we never expect. Sophie's life ended too soon, but the echoes of her choices and her connection continue to shape the living. We do not always get a chance to respond later, fix it later, or make the perfect choice-but the love we carry forward remains. Ultimately, the novel is a meditation on loss, memory, and the invisible threads that connect us. Grief transforms into grace, absence creates space for growth, and life finds its way back to hope. Sophie's journey is both ethereal and deeply human-a story of letting go, moving forward, and the subtle, almost imperceptible ways love endures.
  • Falling Flowers (Countryhumans) by Hyello_Shmyellow
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    This is my first story and most likely there would be long intervals of time between each chapter posted. So focus on other stories! -------------------- 30 children will be kidnapped And one is shrouded in lies One will be a tool And one will die Each and everyone will be assigned a secret role Relationships will change To reach the ultimate goal They are all useless toys trapped in a bin But let's not reveal more info And let the games begin First chapters are info chapters about my AU a stuff like that. This story does not have any ships.