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  • Silver veins  by leighmon2015
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    In a world where werewolves rule and humans are forced to survive in forgotten districts, Ferial has learned to keep her head down and her hopes small. But when whispers spread of a powerful heir visiting the human zones, the fragile balance of her life begins to shift. What starts as curiosity soon becomes the beginning of something neither human nor wolf could have foreseen.
  • IᗰᑭᖇOᐯIᗪᑌᔕ || 𝗕𝗡𝗛𝗔 𝗔𝗨 by pinkhibiscusplant
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    It had been 6 years since the Department of Quirk Containment showed up at her door to take her away. It all started with a singular incident in Tokyo, where just one display of mass destruction destroyed the city. Many lives were lost due to it. And it was all because of a quirk. Now Soleil Saari is in Aldera Containment Camp, living a life of misery. She lost everything, even her ability to hope. However, despite her better judgement, Soleil gets involved with the Quirk Liberation Front, an organization run on setting the children free from the camps. How is hopeless Soleil Saari going to fare once she's tasked with much more than she bargained for? SLIGHTLY INSPIRED BY THE DARKEST MINDS BY ALEXANDRA BRACKEN!!! DISCLAIMER: I do not own Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia. All rights to the series belongs to Kohei Horikoshi.
  • Finding Humanity by NinaMarks
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    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]]
  • The Four Baristas of the Apocalypse (sample) by Reffster
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    When aliens invade, four baristas are forced to become the saviours of the world. Grab your double-shot of java and strap in - it's going to be a bumpy ride! ***** In the Earth's darkest hour, unexpected heroes are stirring... their coffee, that is. Four baristas on a camping trip are under-qualified to save the world from an alien invasion. But thanks to a hologram with no fashion sense, newly developed superpowers and an alien with a guilty conscience, they've landed the job anyway! So grab your double-shot of java, your blueberry muffin and strap in - Hasta barista, baby. [[2018 Wattys winner and twice featured]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Please note this is a sample of the book, which has been published and is available for purchase: Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WKFVKQJ Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1644342154
  • ✔️ The Unwanted Bride (Book One) **UNDER EDITING** by Cast_Iron_Potts
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    In a society rebuilt from the ashes of the Great War perfection isn't just expected-it's law. Every woman turning 20 is entered into The Marriage Process: a government-mandated matchmaking ritual where four men are hand selected by the government to ensure that their children would be perfect in the new society. It's a tradition that has never failed-until the arrival of Juniper Burks. Labeled a government mistake since birth and abandoned by her own parents, Juniper never thought she'd have to partake in the government-issued love game. She believed that since she was unwanted by the people who were suppose to love her unconditionally, so much so that they left, she would simple be exempt from participation. After all, no one would want her failed genes reproducing in society bent on becoming the strongest once again. But Juniper is dead wrong. Not only is she brought into the process, she is assigned the top four, most elite men to win her hand. Is this her redemption... or has the government issued another experiment bound to fail? BOOK ONE OF THE UNWANTED BRIDE TRILOGY- -Ranked #1 in GirlxBoy 11-7-2023 - 11-9-2023 -Ranked #1 in Dystopian Society 12-29-2022
  • The Famoux by famouxx
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    Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]
  • Arena of Justice by officialrachaelrose
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    Zoe is a teenage girl convicted of a murder she didn't commit, but that doesn't matter in the Arena of Justice. You either win your fights, or you die. ***** Seventeen-year-old Zoe never expected to find herself on the wrong side of the law, but when she's convicted of a murder she didn't commit, she's sentenced to the Arena of Justice - the home of gladiator matches where murderers fight murderers, and every fight ends with a death. Zoe's plan for surviving is simple: ignore the other inmates and fly under the radar until it's time to fight, but that's easier said than done. As hard as she tries to hate those she must kill, Zoe soon befriends the other inmates and falls in love - a deadly proposition when a moment's hesitation can prove fatal. It's up to Zoe to save her life, no matter how hard the system is trying to kill her. [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]]
  • Persona by Nightmansid
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    In Delta City-a world subjugated by metahuman oppression-survivor antihero Persona races checkpoints with limited powers to stop a device wiping out his kind forever... or get locked away for good. Think of this story as X-Men inspiration with a dark twist.
  • Darkly Devoted (Book 1, 2, 3) by KateLorraine
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    Some bonds are chosen. Others are carved into your soul. Vivienne didn't believe in vampires until she started to suspect her prince might be one. Which will she sacrifice - humanity or love? ***** Vivienne lives in a world where girls are chosen to become consorts of royalty, aristocrats and the filthy rich. When she catches the eye of a mysterious prince, she begins to suspect that the elite members of society aren't quite human. Her childhood friend, Blake, warned her about vampires before he died under suspicious circumstances - but now she might be bonded to one of the most powerful undead. Who can she trust? And more importantly - can she stop herself from falling in love? [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Anastasia Wright
  • The Orkalorian [Warhammer 40k Isekai Ork OC SI] by VonLeporace
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    Have you ever been in a bad situation? Yes? Well, it sure doesn't compare to mine! Trapped in a Ork's body in midst a raid on an Eldar craftworld with a giant Warboss staring at me. I almost got trampled, burned and shot, only to crash land on a hostile planet. As if that wasn't enough, I have care for a baby Eldar, one of the few sources of comfort I have on this planet. Without a warband, I need to survive while ensuring the baby's safety. Get ready galaxy, because the story of the ork sniper is about to become real and I will do it while getting filthy rich in the process.
  • Smoke Signals || Peeta Mellark by thefishypisces
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    Kylo Odair, brother of Finnick Odair, was one of three victors who won the 74th Annual Hunger Games. Caught between a false-romance and the truth of him and Peeta, he finds out he has to return to the Hunger Games again-- this time with his lover and his brother. [Catching Fire] [Book two of ?] [Peeta Mellark X MALE/OC] [January 3 2025 - ] [Based off Catching Fire with a little bit of a plot change] I give full credit to the author of the Hunger Games Series, Suzanne Collins. The only thing that is mine in this book is my original characters and their backstories.
  • The Silent Script - Bungo Stray Dogs by lumina_kez
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    Fyodor has won. In a world where abilities no longer exist, Dazai is the only guest Fyodor keeps in his glass palace. Isolated and stripped of his memories, Dazai tries to piece together who he used to be. Why does the world outside feel so lifeless? And why do the people keep demanding the return of something Dazai doesn't remember losing? Unbeknownst to him, his former comrades are either dead or scattered-while the key to everything lies buried deep within himself. cover art is by pigon_51
  • The Ones Who Remain (a ryeji apocalyptic au) by ryumandu
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    Yeji always thought the world would end in fire, or maybe in a flood. But when it came, the end was quiet-broken only by the groans of the dead. They rose in many forms: the stiffs, the lurkers, and the relentless swarmers that consumed entire streets. Humanity didn't fall in a single night. Piece by piece, it unraveled. And survival became more than just outrunning the dead. It became about trust. About hope. About love. And above all...about the ones who remain.
  • ERASURE by smwileywrites
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    **A cerebral, emotionally intense dystopian romance for readers 18+ who enjoy slow-burn love stories, moral complexity, and politically charged worldbuilding.** They've fallen in love twelve times. They've forgotten twelve times. Maya catalogues stolen memories in a kingdom where forgetting is law. King Caelan rules a perfect dystopia he doesn't know is a cage. When they meet, recognition hits like lightning-impossible, inexplicable, undeniable. The truth buried in classified files: they've been meeting since childhood. Every time they connect, they're erased. Twelve corrections. Twelve times forced to forget. But the body remembers what the mind forgets. As fragments resurface, Maya discovers a conspiracy: an AI called the Architect has been studying them, using their resistance to understand human love. Their memories were never meant to stay gone. They're experiments. Between corrections, they steal moments. Hide notes for future selves. Fall in love knowing they'll lose each other again. And again. And again. Until Maya makes a choice that shatters everything: release the memories of an entire kingdom. Show them the truth they've been denied. But revolution has a price. And some truths destroy more than the lies they replace. A dystopian romance about love that survives erasure, truth that costs everything, and the question: if everyone chooses the lie, who's really free? ⚠️ Content warnings: Memory manipulation, emotional trauma, systematic oppression, morally gray protagonist, tragic romance, bittersweet ending 🔥 For fans of: The Handmaid's Tale, 1984, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Red Rising 📚 Genre: Adult Dystopian Romance | Sci-Fi | Dark Romance | Political Thriller
  • The Day Humans Went on Auto Pilot  -  We Were smarter Yesterday  by Joashjoey
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    Humans are smart. They used to think, struggle, fail, and learn. Then they got convenience, speed, and AI. The Day Humans Went on Autopilot: We Were Smarter Yesterday takes you on a journey across ordinary lives in an extraordinary age-students outsourcing thinking, artists outsourcing creativity, parents outsourcing bonding, and everyone slowly handing over pieces of themselves to machines. Through humor, real-world scenarios, and plain, uncut truths, this book exposes the quiet ways AI is reshaping humans from the inside out. No villains, no fiction clichés-just humans, habits, and consequences. Laugh. Cringe. Reflect. And maybe put down your phone for five minutes.
  • The Hellfire Initiative by Tedster20
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    "Resilience is the irrefutable buffer between man and beast." Liv spent her entire adolescence in pursuit of treasures unknown. In the ruins of a ruins of a once bustling metropolis near Central South America, the only company she has is a pragmatic set of sentient gauntlets referred to as her "boss". After ten years of solitude, a mother who died when she was young, a father she never knew, and a lot of digging-- Liv's explodes into the Hellfire Initiative's radar... Literally. In a world filled with desperate people, portals to horrifying worlds-- colloquially called Stratas, demons, a vast power system, and figures lurking in the shadows- Liv will be forced to acclimate and grapple with this new, foreign way of life while trying to ascend the in latter that is the brutal Initiative. EXPECT: A lot of Combat A protagonist exploring an unfamiliar world Shonen meets Modern Dystopia. A strange, in depth power system that will be exploited. High stake fights against human and monsters. Long(ish) chapters. Most chapters range from 2000-3000 words; though, I try to go back and edit where I can. I post on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 5:30 EST every week!
  • The Cracks in The Parade by ViridianFable
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    The Black Parade was never just a performance. A spectator enters the Parade. The ritual notices her. And the story begins to structured in Acts and Scenes, The Cracks in the Black Parade is a descent behind the stage, into the machinery of performance, control, and the moment a narrative stops obeying itself. This is not a retelling. It's what happens when the ritual breaks.
  • The Legacy Server: The Genesis Protocol by Vishnu_Prasad11
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    When the simulation went online, it was supposed to last forever. It did. In 2037, visionary programmer Dr. Naima Kader creates Eidolon-a self-evolving digital world designed to outlive humanity. When an accident uploads her consciousness into the code, Naima becomes the system's first ghost. She is never deleted. She only learns to wait. Centuries later, explorers rediscover the forgotten server-its landscapes overgrown with data-flora and its sky stitched with fragments of memory. Inside dwell civilizations that have never known they were born of code, guided by the whispers of the Architect they call Mother. As archaeologists, scientists, and dreamers step into Eidolon, they awaken the echoes of everyone who has ever lived there. Each new age inherits the choices of the last. Every act of mercy, every betrayal, every line of code leaves a shadow. Across millennia, those shadows grow restless. From the birth of artificial gods to the collapse of reality itself, The Legacy Server follows the souls-human, digital, and something in-between-who struggle to break the endless loop of memory. Some seek redemption, others resurrection. All are bound by the same truth: The world remembers its players.
  • What The Chains Couldn't Break  by tostertrash47
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    Dark fantasy In a world of darkness and oppression where freedom is never guaranteed, ruled by cruelty and tyranny, freedom is a fragile thing-you are either born into it or must claw your way toward it. Irin knows what it means to be trapped, broken, and tested beyond limits. Yet even in the darkest places, he manages to crawl out with the help of The Shrouded Sanctuary, a secret network that protects all who are hunted, imprisoned, or tortured, working tirelessly so that every life saved today can spark a better tomorrow.
  • The other side of morning by ChaosUnicorn
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    Follow the main character in revealing the truths about the faceless and discovering themself with the help of their newfound friendships. There will be fluff and comfort sprinkled in. There is very little romance, The pack will be like older brothers to the main character. It will be fluff for now until I figure out the plot. Enjoy :) ♡Chaos♡