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  • Tales of the Vangen: The Dead King of Danic (Book 3) by FritztheGrim
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    A year has passed since the fall of Middengard. With the conspiracy against the Empress crushed under the Vangen's heel, an unlikely peace has fallen over the Empire. But the Empress does not sit idle. Now is the time for the licking of wounds and the settling of old scores, starting with the Vangen itself. For twenty five years Regis served the Empire faithfully, only to abandon his post and flee back to Danic, his frozen homeland in the north. Captain Libro has kept the Empress's vengeance at bay for as long as possible, but even her wrath cannot be stifled forever. With orders to bring him back to meet the Empresses judgment, the Vangen ride for Danic and capture the one man to desert the guard and live to tell the tale. But all is not as it was in the frozen north. A new King has risen, spreading darkness over the land and cutting off all contact with the outside world. Regis soon discovers the old life he'd left behind holds little recognition in the present, and yet the ghosts of the past still haunt him to this very day.
  • Warhammer: In the Name of Nirvana by Alkaysare
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    Before you stands the Emperor. Master of Mankind, Joint Ruler of Holy Terra and Mars, Heavenly Father, Caesar, Emperor, Augustus, Conqueror of the Stars, Bane of Xenos, Immortal Wisdom, Curse of Malevolent Gods, Watcher on the Golden Throne... And most importantly: Humanity's Eternal God, Indestructible Faith, Creator of the Greatest Suffering, Bearer of the Greatest Suffering. His legions are falling, his empire is dying, and all his most sacred, primal dreams are turning into the very ignorance and atrocities that will kill him. He is weeping. He is screaming. He is helpless, witnessing endless malice amidst infinite suffering. And I? I am the one who ended His suffering. (Female Primarch, original Legion, no devotion to Chaos. The author will try their best to maintain lore accuracy, "grimdark" flavor, and daily updates. The beginning might be a bit difficult to read, so feel free to read a few chapters to see if you can adapt.) 🚨 Important Note : For the continuity of this story consider to Support us on Pãtreon/Flokixy to access advance Chapters and To Support The Daily Update
  • 𝔼𝕒𝕣𝕎𝕪𝕣𝕞 by Bloodmoss-ln
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    Jake Rivers was always a parasite. He just didn't know it could be literal. A forgotten god caught him cheating at carnival games and decided to make the metaphor flesh. Now Jake is microscopic. Blind. Starving. A brain-eating worm in a fantasy world where magic is real and death comes from inside. Every creature he enters dies within weeks, neural pathways consumed one memory at a time. But first, they become legend! Jake takes one ability from each host. They gain all of his. Symbiosis and murder, always together. And he's getting addicted. Simple animal thoughts were bland. Complex minds are intoxicating. Intelligent consciousness tastes like nothing he's ever experienced. Every memory he consumes is better than the last, and the hunger grows stronger with each kill. The locals call it the Whisperer's Blessing. Power and death, arriving as one. Naga serpent-lords take notice of the pattern. But Jake is seeing something they can't: he's been everyone. Both predator and prey. He experiences reality from every angle, and reality is breaking. Magic is corrupting. Concepts are bleeding together. Something eldritch is pushing through the cracks between worlds, and the scattered civilizations of Ouroboros can't see it coming because they've never been anything but themselves. Jake has been everything. Knows languages no single being should speak. Understands magic from perspectives that shouldn't exist. He's becoming something unprecedented. Something necessary. Something monstrous. The god wanted him honest about what he was. Be careful what you wish for. This parasite might be the only thing that can consume an apocalypse. Dark progression fantasy. Visceral body horror. An addict climbs the food chain toward godhood.
  • Got A Secret?  - MLP Grimdark   by Mimi_5550
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    Everyone Has Secrets Not All Get Told, Not Even To Your Closest Friends What Will Happen When They Slowly Get Revealed One By One? How Will The Public React? RELEASED - Every Saturday A Mix Of Popular MLP Grimdark Horror Stories: Cupcakes - Pinkie Pie Apple Sleep Experiment - Applejack Rainbow Factory - Rainbow Dash Butterflies(?) + Rainbow Factory - Fluttershy Lil Miss Rarity - Rarity Experiments of Twilight Sparkle - Twilight Sparkle Equestria Girls Version Got A Secret Can You Keep It? Swear This One You'll Save Better Lock It In Your Pocket Taking This One To The Grave Secret - The Pierces START - August 9th 2025 END - #1 in mlpgrimdark #1 in cupcakes
  • Scatterbrained - An II4 Grimdark AU by slushy97
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    The Blue-Ray wasn't intended for liquids. Waking up in an unfamiliar hospital, Test Tube struggles to remember how she got there and why she felt so... blue. Fan won't tell her anything, so she must fully rehabilitate before she can find the answers herself. ---------- This fanfiction contains violence, altered mind states, and general whumpery. Other warnings can be inferred from the previous ones but are withheld as to not provide spoilers! read at your own risk! This story is also canon-divergent, and follows a different plotline after II4 Episode 2.
  • Blackguards by MMDCraftyMice
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    Diane was once a decorated captain. Now she wears black, the color of the condemned. And one of them holds a secret that ties their pasts together. Branded Dishonored, she's thrown into the Black Citadel alongside murderers, thieves, and assassins. Their reward for survival? Amnesty. Their punishment for failure? Death. The Blackguards were never meant to come back alive, but they did.
  • SOFT : The Depth of Time by HaePark
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    He did not see us. We stood in the same Space, yet we existed in entirely different Time Layers. Just as a water strider on the surface cannot touch the pebble submerged at the bottom of the river, he-walking only on the surface-could not perceive us, hidden in the depths of time. In the brilliant, predatory world of Ivory, power is measured in data, and existence is a commodity. Chairman Gene, the master of The Monolith, rules with a predator's instinct, believing he controls every breath within his tower of light. But Adin carries a secret from the darkness of Ebony: Solet, the "Finest Flour." It is a power that demands the ultimate price-the Incineration of Time. To perform a miracle, Adin must burn the past, erasing the very memories and records of those he loved to forge a future. While the hunters of Ivory skitter across the surface, Adin chooses to sink. Into the density of sorrow, into the silence of the abyss, into the layers where they can never follow. Because the softest thing overcomes the hardest. And the deepest silence will eventually bring down the tower of light.
  • The Apocalypse War by jlashley
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    An anthology that covers a science fiction telling of a sudden collapse of an advanced humanity into a sudden war that brings all future paths into misery. An exploration into AIs relationship to humans in civilian life, and human relationships to technology in general, and how it worsens our outcomes that result from anxiety of aging, dying, being inadequate and having no place in society. Will have multiple volumes that cover multiple chapters. Volume I: Includes 'It Does Not Know What Dead Is', and coming soon, 'The Damned Patrol'
  • Isekai Abyss: Life in Another World Is as Bad As My Previous World  by Arlised
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    "Machigai's life has always been difficult. Tormented by his parents and bullied by his peers, his only source of comfort is his grandmother, Asuka. When she falls ill and Machigai is pushed to his limit by the cruelty of his surroundings, he makes a pact with a strange entity that promises him a second chance. Will Machigai find redemption and a world free from pain in the next life?"
  • "Heretic's Heart: A Tale of Faith, Madness, and Love" A Warhammer x DC Comics  by Chris9417
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    She was forged for holy war, armored in faith, and sworn to burn heresy from the stars. She was chaos incarnate-laughing, broken, and finally free. When Sister Superior Miriya of the Adepta Sororitas is torn from the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium and cast into modern-day Gotham City, she finds a world without the Emperor's light-only crime, corruption, and one dangerously unhinged woman in red and black who refuses to fear her. Harley Quinn thinks the seven-foot-tall chainsword-wielding "murder nun" is adorable. Miriya thinks Harley is a test sent to damn her soul. As warp-tainted forces follow Miriya into Gotham, faith clashes with madness, devotion with desire. Between rooftop battles, whispered prayers, and blood-soaked confessions, two broken women form a bond that neither salvation nor damnation can easily sever. This is a grimdark lesbian romance of impossible love-where falling for someone might be the greatest heresy of all, and choosing love may cost a saint her soul.
  • "Echoes of the Void Brethren" A Dead Space x  Warhammer 40K crossover  by Chris9417
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    Isaac Clarke and John Carver, haunted survivors of the Necromorph apocalypse, achieve the impossible on Tau Volantis: they reactivate the ancient alien Machine, fully destroying the rogue Brethren Moon before it can complete its Convergence. But victory unleashes a cataclysmic warp rift. Fragments of the Moon's necrotic essence-Markers and nascent Necromorph biomass-survive, latching onto their escape ship. As Isaac and Carver hallucinate visions of endless hunger ("We are coming. We are hungry."), the rift hurls them across realities into the grimdark 41st Millennium. They awaken crash-landed on Kadaku, a jungle Death World in the Recidious System, amid the Fourth Tyrannic War. Hive Fleet Leviathan devours the planet, Chaos forces under the daemon lord Imr (a Tzeentchian sorcerer-lord manipulating Project Aurora) seek to tear open a galaxy-shattering warp rift, and worst of all, the Brethren Moons have followed-massive Necromorph planetoids now invading realspace, eager to consume this new galaxy's biomass alongside the Tyranids. Isaac and Carver, RIG-suited engineers with plasma cutters and stasis modules, forge an unlikely alliance with Ultramarines Lieutenant Demetrian Titus, whose warp-resistance and unyielding faith make him the perfect bridge between their tech-horror nightmare and 40K's endless war.
  • The Tharnwol: Hunger Bound by KnixWesker
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    Corvin survives what should have made him a monster. In a world where infection turns men into ferals and restraint is rarer than strength, Corvin learns to control the beast without surrendering to it - even when doing so costs him everything. Taken in by the Tharnwol, hunters of their own kind, he walks the narrow line between humanity and transformation while the land around him begins to fail. As corruption spreads and villages burn, old rulers cling to order until it collapses from within. While armies falter and fear takes hold, Corvin becomes something far more dangerous than a weapon: a line others are forced to reckon with. The Tharnwol is a dark fantasy about control after loss, leadership without power, and the quiet weight of choosing when to stop - and when stopping is no longer an option (Sorry about the cover art I don't have the artistic capabilities nore the money to hire someone who does so yes it is ai generated)
  • The Crownless Lands by SteScope
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    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.
  •  "The Greater Good At Pandora" A Warhammer 40K  x Avatar Crossover  by Chris9417
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    When a fractured T'au Empire fleet, haunted by the horrors of the Fourth Sphere Expansion, tears through a Warp-rift and into the orbit of Pandora, two ideologies of "Unity" collide. The T'au bring the Greater Good-a clinical, technological mandate of order and progress. The Na'vi defend Eywa-a primal, biological harmony that binds every living soul on the moon. As the RDA moves to exploit the chaos with their devastating Project Goliath, an unlikely alliance must be forged in the fires of a three-way war. From the heights of the Hallelujah Mountains to the depths of the Well of Souls, follow Shas'o Kais and Jake Sully as they fight to prove that logic and spirit can coexist. But with the arrival of the Greenskin tide and the inner shadows of the T'au's own past, the price of "Harmony" may be higher than anyone is willing to pay. Steel meets bone. Pulse-fire meets bioluminescence. The galaxy will never be the same.
  • BROTHERS DRAGON by kylenxtdoor07
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    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.
  • The Unbreakable Spear: A Legend of the Astra Militarum by WarhammerEnthusiast
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    "The gods do not bleed. But the things coming over that ridge? They do." ​In the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium, humanity is told that the Emperor protects. But on the mud-slicked trenches of Targon Prime, Sergeant Atreus knows the truth: the only thing protecting the man to your left is the man to your right. ​When his Captain falls and the "holy light" fails, Atreus doesn't pray. He picks up a dented shield, a broken spear, and stands his ground against a nightmare of chitin and teeth. ​Follow the ascent of a man who refused to be a saint, refused to be a super-soldier, and chose instead to be a wall. From the gore-choked tunnels of Hive Tartarus to the final, legendary stand on Golgotha Bridge, this is the story of the Lord General who proved that the most dangerous thing in a galaxy of monsters is a human being who has had enough. ​"The ground is for the dead. We aren't finished yet."
  • Broken Armageddon by AGhostandAWriter
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    Humans were not alone, never have been in this infinite universe. Ignorance and self importance blinded them rom the truth for millenia. And that truth is, a race of humanoid beings who claim to be descendants of Able have come to their world not for reconciliation but vengeance for what transpired eons ago. Humans call them 'Tengu' and they in turn call them 'Cainites'. Now, the drums of war beat ever so loudly with humanity struggling against their foes superior might with our guns and fists. This is a war under the heavens, ages before the end of days - a Broken Armageddon.
  • The Hearth-Door: A Primarch's Vow by WarhammerEnthusiast
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    ​In the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium, there was one Primarch who refused to hate. ​Baram, the Shield of Jotunheim, Primarch of the Ironhearts (Vth Legion), was a bulwark of impossible strength and devastating compassion. He wielded the Hearth-Door, a colossal shield meant to guard every single soul, believing the true strength of the Imperium lay not in its weapons, but in the people he protected. ​But when Horus betrayed the Emperor, Baram was thrust into a civil war that shattered his vow of unity. He was forced to fight the rage of Angron, confront the chilling logic of Guilliman, and face the ultimate failure: he could not save his brothers. ​Now, as the Imperium burns, Baram makes one final, tragic choice: to reject the rules of war and retreat to the galactic edge. He will take his shattered Legion to the farthest reaches of the stars, becoming the Eternal Sentinel-the shield for the forgotten. ​This is the untold story of the Primarch who fought not for conquest, but for the broken hearts of humanity.
  • Untitled Adventure - Seeds & Concepts by Pepe_AR
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    This story won't be fully in English, as many scenes are already written in Spanish, and eventually, the polished final version will be entirely in Spanish. However, the concepts, scenes, and chapters have grown enough to finally claim their own space. It may not become the full book it truly deserves-I'm not sure if I'm the writer capable of tackling such a massive story-but at least I'll share the pieces of it that have already come to life. Also, there are many placeholders for Unnamed characters (Blueboy, GoofyMonk, etc.) Just to clarify, no, of course those are not actual names. Also, english is not my main language so expect critical mistakes or vocabulary crimes. And PLEASE, let me know. Esto no es un libro, sino los conceptos (algunos en inglés otros en español y, eventualmente, todas las versiones finales estarán en español) que quiero empezar a compartir tanto para ver comentarios como porque, siendo honestos, no sé si algún día me anime a escribir la novela: no sé que clase de autor o escritor soy o qué nivel, pero sé que clase de historia es y, al menos hoy, no doy el ancho. BlueBoy, Goofymonk, no son nombres, sino motes para personajes que aún no me han revelado su nombre.
  • Legend of the Gemini by Oliver_Chessnak
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    One man. Twenty-four shards. A world that deserves to burn. Zacheria is the realm's greatest protector, but he is also its most dangerous secret. Bound by a childhood of trauma and a legacy of blood, he must now face the return of Araknos, the God of Darkness. To save the world, Zacheria must become the champion of the Ethereals. But the more power he takes, the less "human" he remains. In the city of Ironwood, the line between hero and monster isn't just thin-it's dripping with fresh blood.