Grimdark Stories

A soul is reborn into the Zenin Clan of the Jujutsu Kaisen world, named Mukuro. Branded as useless under the influence of Heavenly Restriction and cursed fate, he is cast aside together with his elder brother, Toji, as so-called "failures" of the family. But is that truly the case? Naraka, Preta, Animal, Asura, Human and the Deva path-with the eyes of Six Paths of Reincarnation, Mukuro will rise to become the strongest. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• To read 26+ advance chapters and support me, visit my p@treon at - P@atreon/SilverShark769

When a routine mission through the Void takes a disastrous turn, a lone Tenno finds himself stranded in a universe not his own-one without Orokin tech, without allies, and teeming with unstable powers called "parahumans." Cut off from the Origin System and with no way home, the Operator must adapt, infiltrate, and survive in this fractured new world. But Earth-Bet has secrets of its own and not all of them are eager to stay buried. Caught between old instincts and new rules, one Tenno walks the thin line between Warrior and Hero, searching for a path back while leaving a mark that won't be easily forgotten.

⚔️ The Path is now published in full on Amazon. Read/Buy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GN2L6P8N Kai is initiated into the "The Path," the Viking rite of passage. If he survives his rite of passage he will live amongst his Nordic brothers as an elite hunter and warrior; but if he fails this rite of passage he will never return. Kai's journey becomes a quest for truth and redemption, as he navigates the complex theological and political landscape, facing difficult choices that challenge his most fundamental beliefs about power, sacrifice, and the nature of divine will. The story blends elements of historical fiction, fantasy, and adventure, exploring timeless themes of identity, loyalty, and the struggle between individual agency and the forces that seek to control one's fate. As Kai's odyssey unfolds, he is forced to confront the harsh realities of war, the allure of violence, and the transformative power of faith, ultimately wrestling with whether true strength is found in conquest or found in surrender.

When the UNSC Frigate In Amber Clad crash-lands in the Emerald Forest, the world of Remnant is thrust into a war it was never meant to fight. The Master Chief and Cortana bring with them a horror older than the Grimm: the Flood. As the parasite consumes the soulless monsters of Remnant to create a terrifying new Hive-mind, the traditional ways of the Huntsmen fall short. To save the planet from total biological assimilation, the Spartan must lead Team RWBY on a desperate mission to activate a lost Forerunner fail-safe. But the price of victory is steep-the "Great Reset" will purge the infection, but it will also strip the world of its Dust and magic forever. Stranded in a world that has gone silent, the UNSC must now become the iron foundation upon which a new, powerless humanity learns to survive.

Knowledge is currency. Alchemy is knowledge. Most people don't know it exists. Those who do call it heresy. Those who practice it call it ascension. Man wakes in the lightless depths of Tauran City Prison with no records, no past-only a vocabulary that doesn't belong to him. In a facility built to process human bodies, ignorance is a death sentence. To survive, he bonds with a parasitic alchemical metal: a weapon that grows stronger with blood, memory, and use. But power always comes at a price he doesn't yet understand. Guided by a man who knows too much and a girl who should not have survived this long, he descends through a system where alchemy is graded, identities fracture, and nothing is free. You are not a prisoner. You are a specimen. And ascension has already begun.

Takashi Kuroda died on the train, only to wake in a cathedral full of heroes. Except he has no powers, no blessing, and no place among the chosen. Rejected and alone, he steps into the shadows of a world on the brink of apocalypse. In a land of light, the powerless may be the ones who survive...

🔥 SOULWEAVER 🔥 BOOK 1 He was born where mercy did not exist. Where looking up could get you killed. Where souls were already for sale. Sol should not exist. Born at the dawn of American slavery, hunted by hatred and watched by heaven, Sol sees the world differently than anyone else. He sees souls as threads. And when grief takes everything from him, he learns to do the unthinkable weave souls into power. At first, it's insects. Animals. Small things. Weak things. But a human soul? That changes everything. As angels descend to reclaim what he has stolen and monsters walk freely among men, Sol is forced to run through frozen forests, brutal cities, and a world that would rather see him dead than powerful. Each thread he binds makes him stronger. Each choice pulls him further from the boy he once was. This is not a story about heroes. This is the birth of something forbidden. 🩸 Dark fantasy 🧵 Unique soul-weaving magic system 🔥 Villain / anti-hero origin 🕯️ Historical brutality, angels, demons, vampires If you like stories where power has a price, gods are not merciful, and survival means becoming dangerous. Welcome to Soulweaver.

In Oakhaven, the sun is a memory, and your shadow is a currency. The wealthy High-Born buy "extra years" by harvesting the vibrant shadows of the poor, leaving the "Shadowless" to waste away in the fog. Elara is a Bone-Stitcher-a surgeon of the ethereal tasked with the grisly job of sewing stolen life onto dying aristocrats. But when Elara is forced to stitch a shadow that feels like broken glass and whispers in ancient tongues, she realizes the city's elite are hiding a rotting secret. The shadows aren't just fuel; they are a bridge for something much darker trying to climb back into the world. With a silver needle in her hand and a black-ink curse spreading through her veins, Elara must decide: continue the harvest, or rip the city's foundations apart. "The rich don't just own the streets; they own your soul. Until I un-stitch them."

J survived the train crash. He survived the world tearing itself apart. He was betrayed, hunted, trapped beneath a city that tried to swallow him whole. But none of that broke him. Now the Orken (large, Green Orc-like creatures) are coming-organized, relentless, and led by something far more calculating than the beasts he's faced before. They've learned how he fights. They know he bleeds. And they know that for all his power over the dead... he is still painfully human. As the hunt tightens and the ruins burn in his wake, J is forced into a different kind of battle-one not just for survival, but for control. Because something in this broken world has begun to notice him. And the closer he gets to his goal, the less certain it becomes whether he's outrunning death... or becoming it.

In an age long after the first crowns were broken, when the memory of old kingdoms lingers like frost upon stone, the world turns once more toward shadow. Far from the courts of men, in the deep and listening forests, a youth is raised beyond the reach of thrones. He is heir to a realm he has never seen, born of a land lost to ice and silence, and burdened with a legacy written in blood and sacrifice. Though he would choose a quiet life, the world does not forget those it has marked. For ancient powers do not perish-they wait. Across the kingdoms, signs stir: visions granted to kings, ruins that awaken from slumber, beasts and banners moving as though guided by a will unseen. Old oaths fray, and the long peace begins to crack. What was once sealed threatens to rise again, and the deeds of the past return to claim their due. This is a tale of roads unwillingly taken, of truths spoken too late, and of a crown that must be earned, not inherited. It is the story of a world standing at the brink, and of one who must decide whether to turn away from history-or walk into it, unarmed by certainty, yet unyielding in resolve. For when the last light falters, it is not always kings who are called to stand. Sometimes, it is the uncrowned. For readers who love: The somber mystery of Dark Souls & Elden Ring Myth-laden worlds where history feels alive Morally grey characters shaped by consequence Inspired by Middle-Earth

In the smoke-choked nation of Lusena, survival is the only dream the poor are allowed to have. Juan Barrion Veyra is no hero-just a factory worker, a gambler, and a man running from his past. When a failed heist unleashes a brutal manhunt across the city, Juan is dragged into a war he never chose, crossing paths with Dahlia Soleyna, a dangerous thief hiding secrets of her own. As gangs hunt, corporations tighten their grip, and soldiers turn streets into graves, something ancient begins to stir-something that should never have been found. Bound by fear, loss, and impossible choices, Juan and Dahlia are forced to fight not just the world closing in on them, but the slow corrosion of who they are becoming. Power whispers. Loyalty fractures. Love becomes both a weapon and a weakness. Blood Prayer Before Death is a dark Filipino-inspired steampunk fantasy about revolution, betrayal, and the terrifying cost of power-where survival demands sacrifice, and the line between hero and monster is written in blood. Because in Lusena, you don't pray for life. You pray before death.

The world ended once. Yharmek made sure of it. Now, beneath a broken moon and a sky that remembers fire, scattered remnants of hope stir in the ashes. But the god-machine wakes again. And it knows their names.

In the cold streets of the Kingdom of Bakars, an orphan first learned to shape wood with his hands. But the world was too cruel to allow Ero to grow old at a carpenter's bench. The child, beaten by the hunger of the streets, gradually wiped the sawdust from his hands with blood; the hammer was replaced by a sword, and the warmth of a home was replaced by a mercenary company taking lives in the name of kingdoms. With the birth of Varyn, the world lost its former state forever. In this post-apocalyptic era where humanity struggles to rise from its ashes, not only kings but consciences have fallen. In these lands ruled by pain, grief, and vengeance, surviving for Ero was no longer a craft; it was a necessity. This is not the tale of a hero's rise; it is the silent scream of a man trying to stand amidst collapse. In an age where gods are silent and only iron speaks, the shadows of the past have already encircled the future.

Two brothers. A cursed bloodline. A world on the brink of being unmade. Sosuke lives for freedom and his found family in the Ironspike Guild, his lightning magic a wild and unbound storm. Kenji, his estranged brother, trusts only in cold strength and his own ruthless crew, his wind a blade that cuts all ties. Their forgotten heritage is the key to an ancient doom. An apocalyptic cult, YAMI, moves in the shadows, seeking to unseal Rosu-the Shadow Calamity who devoured a god. Drawn into a cosmic conspiracy, the brothers are forced to confront the truth: their dragon-blood power marks them as both salvation and sacrifice. From gritty guild wars to clashes with monstrous Dragon Slayers, they must navigate a world of moral grey. To survive, they'll have to face each other. But to win, they might have to become the single, devastating tempest they were born to be. A complete, novel-length epic (100+ chapters) inspired by the pacing and heart of shonen manga-with a mature, grounded edge. No cheese. Just magic, betrayal, and the storm between brothers.

After a devastating defeat, humanity was forced to give up their land and relocate to two isolated continents that were labeled as impossible to live on. After hundreds of years while the rest of the world focuses on agricultural and living conditions. Humanity had focused on its weapons and military. As years of isolation were broken and tensions rise, the fate of the world is left uncertain.

A land where even giants stopped breathing. They did not exile Amazal to kill him. They exiled him so the island would. TIZRA was never meant to be reached. It was meant to be feared. Long ago, the island of Tizra was sealed from the world- a land of stone, giants, and ancient powers that should never awaken again. Now, it has become a place of exile... a fate worse than death. When Amazal, a condemned man, is cast into Tizra, he expects to die. Instead, he uncovers a truth buried beneath stone and legend: the giants are not monsters, they are prisoners. Bound by blood, enslaved by a forgotten scepter, and tied to the fate of an ancient tree that bears the power of life itself, the giants of Tizra stand at the center of a coming war. As empires rise, tyrants seek immortality, and kingdoms prepare for annihilation, Amazal must make an impossible choice: Use the giants as weapons... or break the chains that bind them, even if it means the world will burn. In a land where stone remembers every crime, and power demands a terrible price, one exile may decide the fate of giants, kings, and empires. TIZRA: The Stone of Giants An epic dark fantasy of exile, ancient magic, and the cost of freedom. #darkfantasy #horror #survival #epicfantasy #mystery #exile #grimdark #giant #tribe #worldbuilding #ancientisland #cursedland #stonecivilization #forgottenworld #titanruins

Welcome, traveler. Step into the Crownless Lands-a realm that should have been golden but never was. The maps still show grand borders; the songs still promise glory. But up close you'll find frayed banners, broken vows, and people trying to live between the teeth of history. Here, adventurers hunt fortunes that refuse to be found. Heroes rise late or fall early. Lives are traded, stolen, and sometimes-miraculously-saved. And the creatures? Some stalk the roads and terrorize the villages. Others arrive with a lesson sharp as a blade. And the kingdom's worst monsters wear crowns made of lies. --- What You're Getting Into: A weekly high/dark-fantasy pulp serial-fast, moody, full of intrigue, sorcery, and razor twists. Each episode lands a complete beat and ends on a cliffhanger. Where It All Unravels: A continent under a failing crown: forts crumble, roads go quiet, new rules harden. Towns and frontiers fend for themselves-more grit than resources. Bloodlines, Beasts & the In-Between: Shifts among humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and classic creatures-some scourge, some uneasy allies. How the Story Moves: Chapters leap across the map, braiding many plots into one struggle. Local skirmishes mirror the bigger fight for a crown no one can hold. The People Worth Bleeding For: An ensemble of adventurers, exiles, heirs, and schemers. Not every arc finds light-some rise late, fall early, or trade all for one mercy. Your Weekly Drop: New chapters every Thursday, 6-10k words. Each deepens the world, sharpens the cast, and drives the saga-great for weeklies and first-timers. Important Note: The story follows multiple destinies; chapters are non-sequential and jump between plots across the Crownless Lands.

For lovers of the Hyboria of Robert E. Howard and his larger-than-life characters Conan and Red Sonja, comes this tale from the author of Rose of Sorrows (Amazon, eBook, paperback, hardcover). Not of larger-than-life heroes, but of a Mouse who scurries unnoticed in the shadows trying to survive in an unrelenting and cruel world. Arenjun in Zamora, it is said, produces the best thieves, spies, and assassins. Among Arenjun's various storied Grandmasters, none have heard of Jhyai. And that is how she likes it.

Across the cold distances between stars, humanity spreads through the galaxy as the Sons of Supreme, warrior pilgrims in cathedral ships who believe God made them in His image and gave them the universe as their inheritance. Alien species watch in horror as these faithful conquerors advance not with weapons alone, but with hymns that shatter minds and certainty that burns away doubt like fire. From the perspective of beings made of questions, memory, and fear, humanity is not just dangerous but spiritually overwhelming, creatures whose absolute belief in their divine purpose makes them unstoppable. As humans claim system after system, the aliens must face a terrifying truth: they are not fighting an empire or an invasion, but a species that believes it is simply coming home to what was always meant to be theirs. In the darkness between worlds, the galaxy learns to fear not the weapons of mankind, but the hymns they sing while advancing toward their inheritance.