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Survivor: Directive Zero

1. Who Lt. Commander Ladova. Active-duty officer. Young woman in her prime. 2. Setting It's the twenty-seventh century. Humanity has conquered space and hops between the stars. But it all matters not, because for most of this book, Ladova is stuck on an unknown planet, surrounded by the Anomaly and surviving against the beasts with the powers it produces. 3. Stakes Survive or die, Ladova. Preferably without losing what makes you — you.

gormartsen · Sci Fi · 32 ch

Unfettered

A man climbing a mountain. This seems to be the definition agreed on for 'immortal' in this world. Some people may have a higher starting point than others, but all that matters is if you make it to the top. But what comes after you make it to the top? You find a higher mountain. What happens after you climb the tallest mountain? You destroy it. This is the journey of one who seeks to become 'Unfettered'. Current Release Rate: 1 Chapter / Month (With Possibility of Increasing) Contact me: [email protected]

driftwoodblossom · Eastern Fantasy · 32 ch

Liquidation: From Big Boss to Bloody Demon Sauce

Death was supposed to be the end of Visthal’s reign. Instead, it was a humiliating demotion. Reincarnated into the demon world of Xeenar, he’s trapped in the lowest form imaginable: a literal stain of demonic slime left behind by the succubus Luriel. Abandoned in the deadly Dark Glade, Visthal realizes that survival requires aggressive expansion. By absorbing raw elemental Ether, he begins to evolve his fluid form and assemble an unlikely vanguard. With a loyal two-headed Bihound, an army of goblin contractors, and the fiery succubus Grimora bound to his side, Visthal is turning his pathetic rebirth into a monopoly of power. Luriel and the Demon King Markon think they rule Xeenar. They have no idea a rogue slime is auditing their empire—and he’s about to liquidate their assets.

Magic · Eastern Fantasy · 38 ch

Jade sword grandmaster

Martial Masters are powerful beings, capable of shaking heaven and earth and slaying countless mythical beasts with a single strike. Mortals kowtow at their mere mention, some even offering up their possessions just to gain their favor. In a world where all living beings seek strength and freedom, Wu Jin, a young man, longs to break free from the shackles that bind him. Roaming the world freely, eating and drinking without worry, living without care. Living as his heart pleases.

sunset1 · Action · 2 ch

Simulated Journey To The Top

The Qiao Empire is a place where cultivation separates the remarkable from the forgotten. It's where a bigger fist is the law, and falling behind means staying behind, forever. Du Yuan is behind. On paper. Bamboo spends years underground before it rises faster than anything else in the forest. Du Yuan is a reincarnator. Earth's knowledge has quietly been turned into leverage.  He has a seat to take over, a clan to expand. A future already meticulously mapped. Then the Simulator arrived.  It made him question the understanding of the world, that took over 16 years to build.  It grants cheats and golden fingers from who knows where.  It runs possibilities he has lived yet hasn't lived and hands him power drawn from their outcomes. It speaks of other versions of him as casually as one speaks of the weather. He has survived a reincarnation on skepticism and patience. He doesn't plan to change any time soon.  Nonetheless, His original plans need some serious modifications. The roots, however, aren't going anywhere.

Acron · Eastern Fantasy · 8 ch

Journey of a skid to a Master

journey of a skid to master is about max's journey from being a script kiddie to a behemoth in cybersecurity..all the tools and things shown there is real and you can learn from it as well

z3r0 · Sci Fi · 1 ch

UNFOLDING

Unfolding was born out of the author’s two passions—writing and gardening. When her marriage, career, and health all fell apart within a year, she gathered the poems and stories she wrote in the past 15 years. Some of them were imagined and written to help her cope – with life as a young student from the province, a young worker dating, and eventually, as a wife and mother. As she was reading and editing her poetry and prose, she realized her voice as a writer changed over the years. Her understanding of love, loss, and identity started to shift through her experiences. Now living alone, she felt herself opening up like a blossom unfolding. Fully. Unapologetically. Not caring about color nor smell. Just a flower finally greeting the world, before it dies.

VEALOVINO · Mature · 27 ch

Halloween Story: The Lake Surprise — Part Two: A Legend Rises

Ten years have passed… but the lake never forgot. What happened that day was buried—silenced by fear, guilt, and lies no one dared to speak out loud. The survivors moved on… or at least, they tried to. But every Halloween, the past returns. Names begin to appear. People begin to die. And the truth… begins to surface. Something is calling from the lake. Not just a memory. Not just a legend. Something alive. Something patient. The whispers grow louder each year—echoing through churches, streets, and dreams. A name repeated over and over like a curse that refuses to fade: Billy. The deeper they look, the clearer it becomes—this isn’t random. This isn’t coincidence. This is something that was never meant to survive. And now… It’s rising. The lake doesn’t just take. It remembers. It marks. It comes back for what it’s owed. And this time— It’s stronger.

AbelAntonetty · Horror · 1 ch

Halloween Story: The Lake Surprise part one

It was supposed to be harmless. A joke. A prank. Something they could all laugh about later. Six friends walked toward the old lake at the edge of town, carrying snacks, secrets… and a plan that should have never existed. Billy trusted them. He trusted her most of all. But the moment the water touched him, everything went wrong. The laughter didn’t last. The screams did. Something beneath the surface answered him—fast, sharp, and hungry. Not one bite. Not one mistake. A swarm. By the time they pulled him out, the lake had already taken its share. And what remained… wasn’t something you could forget. Now the group is left with silence. With guilt. With a truth none of them are willing to speak out loud. Because the real horror isn’t just what was in the water. It’s knowing— Someone planned this. And no one stopped it. Some secrets sink. Others stay with you… long after the blood washes away.

AbelAntonetty · Horror · 1 ch

Origins of Blood

For thousands of years, the government lied, kept us hostage, and sold us unknowingly. Little did we know that these times would be the best for us all. The High-Bloods came through the firmament that veiled us in snow, and conquered everything. They shattered our false freedom, burned flesh from our bones, and feasted on us for sport. They enslaved us to be chained beyond Earth's soil—Hemorion, they call it their home. Now, we are forced into a society ruled by blood, where Kingdoms, slaves, and the deaths of beloved are as common as the light from Helios, one of their deities. Yet, whenever my eyelids close, I still see red—the light of us all stolen ... my brother’s and my own dying. But as my blood is red, my hope burns forever. I will kill them all. Note: this is a rewritten version of my already published first Volume, "Red Eclipse," of "Origins of Blood," and thus will be a revised edition with changes throughout the entire story, including prose, characters, worldbuilding, powersystem, and other elements.

Bloody_Potato · Action · 11 ch

Under The Veil

Original ONGOING Portal Fantasy / IsekaiTime LoopUrban FantasyProgressionWar and MilitaryActionMysteryPsychologicalRomanceApocalypseDystopiaFirst ContactGender BenderHigh FantasyMagitechMale LeadMartial ArtsMythosReincarnationSteampunk Warning: This fiction contains: Graphic Violence Profanity Sensitive Content On the empty street, a lone figure walked. A black coat draped over a white shirt, stained in dark, uneven patches that had yet to dry. Black trousers followed the same muted tone, blending him into the night as though he belonged to it more than the world around him. His hair was black, unremarkable at a glance, yet his eyes—sharp, brown, and unwavering—carried a quiet weight. Not exhaustion of the body, but something deeper, something that had settled within him long before this moment. Blood marked his clothes. Fresh enough to glisten faintly beneath the dim light, yet old enough to cling stubbornly, refusing to fade. The road remained silent. No footsteps but his own disturbed the stillness. No distant engines, no whisper of wind—nothing. Only a single street lamp stood above, casting a weak, yellow glow that felt… insufficient, as though it illuminated less than it should, leaving parts of the world just slightly beyond reach. And in that dim light— Something about the scene felt incomplete. Then, without warning, the streetlight flickered. Once. Then twice. Then irregularly, as though something unseen had begun interfering with its rhythm. The shadows shifted with it—but not entirely in sync. A fraction too slow. A fraction too late. As if they were no longer bound perfectly to the objects that cast them. NOTE:- Please only read if you are ready to imagine the extreme gore and all types of mortal cruelty. Also available on Minkly.io in audio form

Phoenixfly_steller · Mystery · 7 ch

Gu Demon King

100 bonafide bastards get locked in a multiversal dimension to repeatedly hunt each other in a Battle Royale, until the vilest, cruellest, scummiest, and damnest of them all survives to become the Demon King.

Anvelope · Action · 7 ch

We, The Dreamers (Short Story Collection)

[We, The Dreamers] is a collection of flash fiction stories. This book contains my entries to certain writing prompts as well as one-shots of certain scenarios. I hope you will be entertained by my stories, so until the next story... Dream On!

Mercynarie · Action · 6 ch

Keepers Of The Occult (NaNoWriMo 2024)

If mythical creatures only exist in folklore, are they truly fictional? Or just kept under very tight wraps? Hazel Adams is a timid high school student who spends all her time hiding from people and reading about Japanese urban legends. Those tales are far more interesting than her boring life, after all. But monsters don't just live in stories. Not only are these creatures very real, but a secret society of wizards also monitors and polices supernatural activity all around the world. To make matters worse, they just accidentally let four Japanese monsters- also known as Yokai- loose in Hazel's city. Now, Hazel must work alongside these wizards to track them down before the unleashed Yokai threaten the balance between the natural and supernatural worlds.

Mercynarie · Urban Fantasy · 23 ch

Immortal Healer: Immortal Stonekeeper Prequel (2025)

Not many people can claim to have served in eight wars, and even fewer can claim to have conquered death itself. Duncan Ward has done both. After seeing the horrors of World War I, Duncan, an eternally youthful witch doctor, has given up completely on humanity and sworn never to intervene in their matters again. But when he is abruptly invited to the funeral of an old war comrade he once saved, Duncan finds himself dragged back into the affairs of men… and the supernatural. Joining hands with the late veteran’s daughter, they race against time to uncover a plot that could drastically change the course of history.

Mercynarie · Urban Fantasy · 26 ch

Ghost of Glasgow: Immortal Stonekeeper Case Files #2 (2023)

Jonathan Warner is back. This time, he is a Paranormal Investigator under the jurisdiction of the Paranormal Bureau, working peacefully alongside his lover and partner, Anya Sechina. However, the two of them are thrust back into danger when Jonathan’s close ones die one by one after being marked by an eight-hundred-year-old branding. Who is behind this series of murders? What does the branding mean? And will they solve the case in time, or will Jonathan lose everything in his life once more?

Mercynarie · Mystery · 18 ch

Immortal Stonekeeper (2022)

Living your life on the edge is all fun and games, until the ground shifts before your feet and you wind up dead on the streets with a hole in your head. Informant Jonathan Warner is perfectly content with living his life one exciting night at a time. But when his cop friend asks him for help regarding a dead auctioneer and a missing jewel, he finds himself suddenly dragged into the hidden world of vampires and immortals. What do immortals want from him? Who killed the auctioneer? Why is this jewel so important? And will his life ever be the same again? This is the tale of the Immortal Stonekeeper.

Mercynarie · Urban Fantasy · 24 ch

Son of the Celestial Demon

A blood revenge hides deep within Shiro's memory. Who is he?. The day he finds out who he is, Murim will see blood. But all he knows now is that he must get stronger to survive in the everchanging world.

EverSleepless · Martial Arts · 1 ch

Catalyst

Five hundred years after "The Shattering" left a scar on the world forever, humanity lives in a fragile " peace " upheld by the cold, iron grip of the Rogue Capture Team (R.C.T.). Terra Umbral doesn’t care about peace. He doesn’t even care much about his own name. As a "Dragon-Killer" with a kill count close to a thousand, Terra is a chaotic force of crimson Ether and lost memories. When a routine heist for a mysterious relic goes wrong in Washington D.C., Terra becomes the target of a full-scale manhunt led by the R.C.T.’s most elite and most unhinged operatives. Forced to take along Dash, a naive sporeborn youth whose life he has already ruined.

dumbhd · Action · 13 ch