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Nakamura says it was a dream, so people don't freak out about a spirit haunting her. But Tsuchimikado Yukitada has visited her on more than one occasion to warn or give a clue about an upcoming event. True to his former living self, he uses few...
The simple tale of one woman's journey through a century of political and personal upheaval.
Lilly was born into a peaceful life. However, her fate is taken entirely out of her hands when she is unceremoniously claimed as the daughter of a strange and frightening...
"My father once told me: 'There is a monster in every man, boy. Within me, there is a host, and one day it'll be yours to command.'
The thing is, he still believes it. When Maya and I fled the Old Country and joined the Keepers of the Middle Lands, we left...
A world settled by humans from the stars fleeing from as the old records say a great darkness crash landed in a world of oceans. They built floating cities still inhabited by the humans today. As the oceans levels slowly fall more mountains are uncovered below....
As a new Cataclysm breaks against the City of Einfaust, two young women find themselves thrust into adulthood. One, wishes to follow in her Mother's footsteps, and become a Rune Engineer. The other, find the Crown she wanted landing on her brow. While they...
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On Coming of Age Day, Ohno Yasu saves the daughter of a rich business owner from falling and ruining her beautiful kimono. He tries to put her out of his mind. Little does he know their fates are intertwined.
This...
So this was a one-shot made in 2013 for writing critique. I was barely worldbuilding at the time so technically this verison of the characters and the facts littered here are no longer accurate (or "non-canon") to how they are now but that's how it used to...
Five years ago, when the anomaly arrived, it wiped out eight thousand square kilometers of Toronto, taking with it over seven million souls. It remains now as a looming, impervious black dome.
Dave Thompson, a hard rock miner, was hired as the lead engineer...
Short takes and one-off poems on mythological topics. Some may be based on puns. Some may be based on modern pop culture. Some may reference current events.
Historical fiction set in the years leading up to the Anglo Cherokee War on the southwestern frontiers of the Britain’s Atlantic colonies. The spiritual and social trajectory of Yona-usdi’s life-path is forever changed when a vicious and disfiguring disease...
Environmental disasters have wrecked the world, leaving only 17% of the population alive in habitable zones in three places across the world. A team of researchers and soldiers have been tasked with trekking through the frozen and ashy wastes of North America...
Where did Dax...the 3' 10", half-naked, cigar-smoking, green-skinned, heavy-drinking, foul-tempered creature come from? You wouldn't believe me if I told you. But I'll tell you anyway...
33 years ago, Queen Regina and Lord Caesar were found dead in their seaside home. 30 years ago, their four daughters divided Cardonia into four separate queendoms for each to rule. 28 years ago, war broke out between them, fighting to take back the whole country.
27...
Calsifer, or Cal Winterborne is the younger half-brother of the late Loke Dracos, the proud genius who brought hope to everyone he meets. Cal focuses mostly on his studies and ignoring his late brother’s best friend, Aiden.
Aiden Shadowlock gets by on the...
this is the first story in the into the Aether series. it is about a group of people who are persuaded to leave their homes and undergo a series of tests to see if they have got what it takes to join Clan Dohnna. A secretive group of hermits who's territory...
Beyond what most people call existence lies a hidden treasure. No one will ever find it, yet what happens here affects all the realms. It is called the void, mostly because it sits where nothing should. But how can something exist where nothing does? And how...
The legends of the mad, sorcerer-king Zephyr have traveled thousands of miles and have been recalled for hundreds of years. Though each telling is slightly different, the gist is the same - in the desert wastes of Arafu, King Zephyr of Al-Mijraa made a pact...
What would you say if your local shrine was always pristine, yet nobody claimed to be the caretaker?
In [url=https://www.worldanvil.com/w/liminal-chronicles-shyredfox/a/nonogawa-article|tab]Nonogawa[/url], [url=https://www.worldanvil.com/w/liminal-chronicles-shyredfox/a/inari-ookami-article]Inari[/url]...
The epidemic of 1738 decimated the Cherokee People living on the southwest frontier of Britain's North American colonies. Falling prey to that vicious and disfiguring disease, Yona-usdi must come to terms with his own reflection and what it means to the future...
No one truly remembers, when it all started, yet it changed our world to this day. The Great Conflict, beginning of the end.
I speak to you as one of the last survivors of my kind. There was a time, ages ago when we, Faeldors, were one of the most enlightment...
What do the greatest bards of the world do when they get together? They challenge one another's sanity, of course. Mind's Eye is a challenge of storytelling wit. Can you solve the mystery behind each tale? Find out.
Khal, a planet made for, and named after, the Goddess of Destruction Khaylas by her twin brother Mahiem the God of Creation, was never meant to survive for as long as it has. And now after millennia of Khaylas' constant attention, bringing Khal to the brink...
A warrior, who has become aimless.
An enchantress-in-training, who has run away.
It's a magical realism story about change versus tradition. It kicks off in a scorched forest with a death in the family.
(Note that: someone in the story has to atone for a...
Ticca, Lebuin, and their team are approached by an old woman who hires them to help save her grandchild. When the team begins to investigate they find the old village to be part of a neighboring kingdom and ally to Aelargo. They are unprepared for what follows...
In the thrilling companion to one of Book Depository’s Best Books of All Time, experience the peril and heart-stopping romance through Leila’s fresh perspective.
Leila Tūs Salvatíraas, Savior of Thessen and magical Queen of Her realm, is worshiped by all.
Except...
Oops. This dingy author in checking her published page layouts wasn't aware manuscripts are visible on a list page, some pages have been unpublished. So note, this a draft in progress. To be completed soon, if your reading this bit. Drop back then.
This is...
Corliss Alder, a disgraced captain of the Army of Miracles, spends his time on Perisle working whatever jobs may come his way. He sets out on what seems to be a normal job, but soon finds himself back in Costa Mirac in a whole heap of trouble.
It took a pandemic to make us realize that we craved more control over our world.
It took an internet connection, a dreary winter, and a cleverly placed advertisement on the hottest game content delivery service to entice a million people across the world...
An abused orphan named Hurance wants a family. He’s had a small taste of family when he was younger with his best friend, Timothy Time, before Timothy went missing. Hurance’s quest for family is fraught with danger after he decides to adopt a group of outlaws...
A tale of space that will take you on an epic adventure, in the pursuit of Humans species survival and hopes that it will thrive again. What will you face to ensure it, let alone what will you do to make it happen.
Dazani thought her biggest worry was whether she made her teacher upset, unfortunately she couldn't be more wrong as she gets caught up in the interplanetary politics of Jaumun and Vondren. While acting as a translator between her mother's people and the Vondren...
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[h3]A myth come to life may be worth far more than his freedom.[/h3]
Will a former gangster dare to protect the elderly woman who antagonizes him? He must choose between breaking a promise to his parole officer or the old lady....
When the touch of an object is all it takes for Steven to see a memory, the lines between past, present, and future tend to blur. When his mother goes missing can he use his ability and his experience in organized crime to find her, or will she be just another...
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[p]Nephalems; creatures that are half-angel, half-demon, and potentially the most dangerous creatures in the universe. Unfortunately for Max, she is one of them. From a past of torture and pain, she must fight for her right to live...
Vincent Galvan has prospered for years as a wayfinder, guiding travelers across all of Seliador and surviving countless adventures and ordeals. Yet when two travelers from the Vaether Republic contract his skills, he finds himself in the midst of a perilous...
The ink has only just dried on the Treaty of Surrender. The last of the rescue ships flying over Serenity Valley have finally stopped trying to distinguish between them that need rescue, and them that need burial. And it will be some time before a young...
Edie had little going for her. Living life from fix to fix wasn't exactly satisfying, but it was life. Dying, however, brought a second chance, as well as a whole new set of challenges in the supernatural underworld she hadn't known existed. She quickly gets...
The description is one of your book's most powerful promotional tool. Think of it as the blurb on the back of a cover: it should be interesting and accurately describe your book. The description is one of your book's most powerful promotional tool. Think of...
There are some truths so awful no one wants to tell them, but when Deputy pushes the boundaries between memory, dreams, and experience to understand the hidden trauma shared by those she loves most, she'll experience first hand the devastating consequence...
Lagetha Javya is a mercenary, wandering the war zone between the countries of Khuvell and Vredrana, and she prefers to work alone. That is until the charismatic Ragnar Morgenstern bests her in a duel and forces her to join his mercenary troupe, the Ebony Riders....
Enariel is is about to usher in a new Era for the Gētīg. This Fomorian farmboy lives on a lowly farm outside of the Fomorian capital of Danu-Mor. Their life quickly changed one fateful day venturing into a nearby cave. The spirits of the cave had become corrupted,...
With a single job, a street thief finds himself drowning in a web of state conspiracies against his own people. Desperate to find a way out, he turns to a secretive brotherhood of traditionalists. They may not have his best interests at heart, but striking...
Chamomile Mesmera has left her home seeking the power to bring back her long-dead beloved, but must defeat her greatest challenge yet: capitalism. Fortunately, strange happenings are never far away, and a distraction of the occult nature may be exactly what...
In the aftermath of the Thousand Year War, the Holy Kingdom of Roland and the Si'vali Free States have found an uneasy peace after centuries of bitter and stalemated bloodshed. In the three decades that followed, a new generation would be born, the first in...
As a young boy, Kalendale Evenwood knew he was meant for greater things than tending to his father's flock. after his fateful meeting with a master wizard, Kalendale sets out to become one of the most powerful wizards on the face of Verdraxis. His journey...
The stories of players for and against a scheme of conquest and destruction amongst the monster race of viverid-canine like Ghenid clans and others in the City of Mercenaries, Incaras.
Please "like" if you enjoy it.
My name is Wakey. One day, I just appeared out of nowhere, in the middle of a library. Since then, I'm trying to figure out what exactly happened to me.
A decorated general, in charge of the planet's PDF and military intelligence, is faced with a demanding sub-sector governor and a local rebellion. Now he also has to face a growing T'au encroachment within the rebellion.
The Third Part of The Oblivion Series.
The dead are speaking, after the events of the attack on Wolfrick manor, the group must deal with the aftermath of the attack, both mental and physical. As magic starts to creep back into the world for both good and...
Written from a role-player's perspective, as I am no expert in medieval armour, the intention of this work is to dispell some of the tropes surrounding armour in a fantasy setting.
This collection of tales are from the Dean Pirate's point of view surrounding Lance, his ship Rhovanielle, and his crew.
Lance's Awakening is an overzealous annual celebration when he heals in The Trench and strengthens his tie with Dea. However this time,...
A few friends from Harris in the Kingdom of Sarala live as simple labourers and craftsmen. All is mundane but peaceful, until one night when they return home from the inn, they notice a group of hooded figures in dark attire looking over the body of someone....
Follow the bumbling adventures of our duo as they across the portals from world to world. You will laugh, cry and even shake your in disbelief. But in the end you’ll fall in love with our intrepid explorers.
Welcome to the Universe of Shattered Infinity
In 2011 AD a group of Ossars gathered in a huge capital ship is cruising of the Earth.
This group has a mission, forge a new empire on a galaxy-scale.
Will they succeed ?
Plymouth, 1938
Luke, Sarah and Atharron find a body in the woods, attacked by a vampire. But evidence points to something else, something different, something more evolved than a standard vampire. And more dangerous.
Emperor Lermesian has ruled Vulsria with an iron fist for many years, facing trials and overcoming seemingly impossible odds, leading his country to historical strength. Until he married Imare, Lermesian was sanguine that there was nothing that could unnerve...
Vola ran away from a life of slavery only to be entrapped by far more terrible master. Hope for a better life quickly faded to a tiny spark. Sometimes a spark is enough.
In ages long past, when the Geida walked among their children and guided their steps, the great City of Tuvariel stood as the pinnacle above all. Built from the white stone of the great mountain Tiviandoth, Seat of The Geida, the city was a place where their...
The World of Jardorim is filled with hundreds of stories but the story of the Ravanger is one for the ages. A bandit kills a famous hero of Caliworth and now must evade the forces of King Aethelwulf before they capture him and end the life of the Ravanger.
Mystara - a world of adventure with a range of diverse countries, originally published by TSR for the boxed (BECMI) set D&D range.
Melestrua's Mystara - a mega-campaign set in Mystara, run by Melestrua, with multiple campaign threads intertwining.
This is...
They never said life was fair, and they proved that statement was true over and over again. They lied to us. They changed us. They hurt us. They controlled us. The government used us to improve the human genome through gene modification. Earth was dying, and...
Struggling with identity and newly discovered magical abilities, Eldrick, a young foundling apprentice druid ventures into the outside world of Corrigenda. Travelling from his mountain home to the druid conclave. He must be there by midsummer and time is...
The Streets of Cheese is the story of two mice, Mousecarpone and Whiskers, growing up in a city controlled by aristocratic rats: the Aristorattus. Ratopian guards at every corner, curfews at night, poison-tipped weapons: everything leads to an illegal dice...
A coming-of-age thriller about a lonely girl protecting a family secret that could get her killed.
Fourteen-year-old Sydney Blaze does everything to satisfy her parents, even attend the prestigious Razor Stone Academy for villains. Her endless training prepared...
Almost Super is the story of Allison Connor Jackson, an unpopular and non powered girl, as she ventures into the world of supers, to solve the mystery of who killed Apotheosis, the worlds greatest superhero.
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The Boogeyman is the name given to a supernatural entity with variants throughout the world in nearly every culture. What none are the wiser to is this entity comes in a pair. Bogar and Bojan masquerade as the wealthy Owën twins, dangerous,...
“So what did you do with the bone dragon?” Cali was on the edge of her seat, literally. The question confounded Professor Smith for a moment, giving Cali a chance to continue.
“You’ve never told me how you saved Jorinn and escaped the dragon. You didn’t use…...
What does one do with a criminal that is unable to control their deepest darkest thoughts, and causes harm to everything around them? What does one do when they do not believe in extinguishing life but you want to protect the life around you? You isolate...
During the Feast Day of Lycus, the King of the Commonwealth of Drala launches a plan to rid his kingdom of rivals and the dreaded Furse who have planets the worlds of the Commonwealth for hundreds of years. Millions of Furse are killed throughout the Commonwealth...
In February of 2021, Morrigan Robbins took on the Flash Fiction February challenge with The Storytelling Collective. The goal was to write a new piece of flash fiction every day for the month of February for a total of 28 stories. This is the collection of...
This is a story of Seekers of the Congregation for Seeking Divine Artefacts throughout the 20th century as they race with their enemies in a hunt for the Genitals of Uranus, the original source of magic.
Kamei Sa’Bana, the daughter of the third heir to the Prohavan Seat, has been stripped of her future. Her life, love and career were all torn from her. Her hand offered in a treaty with the fifth Graetion prince, Kamei must learn to make the best of her life....
Honest Politicians. Humane Terrorists. Religious Devils.
Then it gets confusing…
Wendell’s learned that gnomes are just as irritating and dangerous as humans…they just come in smaller packaging.
Citizens are rebelling, the government’s collapsing, the Church...
When an outcast elf is captured by assassins sent by her tyrannical sister, she must face the consequences of her bloody past, escape the intriguing assassin leader, and uncover the secret plot brewing behind it all that only a dragon seems to know.
For more...
The Koushan Mai are an ancient, peaceful people now ruthlessly persecuted simply for their beliefs. The hatred for them is spreading across whole countries and many authorities stand by doing nothing, as they are tortured and murdered. They face nothing less...
Survival: the means of doing things to not end up dead.
And for most of us, that means getting a good paying job to put food on the table and a roof over our heads. At least that's what it was till I ended up here: In this medieval era world of monsters and...
Ash and Jesse are twin werewolves who stumble upon their mother's mutilated corpse following a full moon. They then must unravel the tangle of mystery, lies, and secrets surrounding their mother's death and discover which of their pack members was responsible....
In a flying city, in the world of Nearth, there lives a small doub. He is perfectly happy with his life, until one day, he meets a strange, giant feline that takes him on a wild adventure all across Nearth. Their goal is to save their world from a terrible...
Below the bustling city of Penchester lies a place of eternal rest, named the Necropolis.
It is here that a lone figure tends to the dead, pondering the nature of life above, until one day a young boy appears.
Short fiction from the cyberpunk world.
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The Mother Peak explodes to the north of the town of Skjeggestad, plunging the town into a dark, wet summer that brings famine and murrains with it. Slowly starving, the town begins to negotate with a nearby hive of dragonkin for food. But the negotations...
Sari’s body remains twisted in the aftermath of demonic possession, forever marking her as unholy. Seen as an abomination by her former countrymen, she is hunted night and day by those seeking to prove their strength and conviction. With only her brother Invar...
Aren and his three friends head out to sea to sail through the legs of the hulking God-husk, Sharenskus - what is known as 'splitting the stride'. However, is it actually possible?
A short story based in [url:https://www.worldanvil.com/author/Stormbril]Stormbril[/url]'s...
"As if being born Diasporan wasn’t enough, Technician Nash Korpes had the bad luck to resemble his Tyran ancestors almost identically in both form, and manner. These traits, though highly prized by the special projects division at the shadowy Korlune Military...
Did you ever wonder if maybe the "Road Less Traveled" was that way for a good reason?
Daniel is discovering that he is a Dreamwalker. He knew something was wrong with this world. And it wasn't the usual stuff people were always complaining about. His dreams...
When she was born, the Mage declared that her soul was malformed. Persecuted by her clan, and unable to attest her deeds, she set out into the T'kaathran wilderness to prove her courage and find a new voice.
Life can change in a matter of moments; Auris finds that out the hard way when they are swept off their feet and thrown into the unknown. [br]
When Auris' life shatters, they find themself in the arms of an enemy kingdom. To their surprise, they are met with...
Maxed-out Max never wanted to get sent to Shang'rok. His objective: find and follow the escaped prisoner Killian Brave, the greatest traitor to the six realms the Force had ever seen. They didn't warn him about the werewolves- or the weather. Saved by Natasha...
Short takes and one-off poems on mythological topics. Some may be based on puns. Some may be based on modern pop culture. Some may reference current events.
Wizards. Elves. Giant Robots with Automatic Weapons.
Wendell is dying for a change of scenery, but Clockworks City has a ban on all outsiders.
It’s a law punishable by death.
So how does a 5’ 10” human hide among 1.5 BILLION gnomes?
By competing in the #1...
Cassidy Cortez was just a normal girl, doing her normal thing. But then her roommate is murdered while she was with her family, and she's thrown into a world that has been hidden from her her entire life.
A monk and a soldier sit at a guttering fire in the marshes. The monk carries the burden of tens of his fellows' lives, the knowledge of a lost order, and the responsibility to tell a father his son has died. The soldier remembers two homes destroyed, countless...
A disenchanted cleric returning from war finds himself engaged in a journey through a detailed fantasy world to stop the race of slavers from returning to the world.
A story told over many generations, the wild folk of the Crowsfeet mountains tell a story about the naming of their greatest landmark, Reathtraek Lake. This is it's tale.
Kristofer is a thieving, cross-dressing pirate for hire who pretends to be an Erovinian princess named Katherine. While in disguise, he marries the king of Krite. His job? To sabotage the island's main source of income and murder his new husband. Unfortunately...
Abigail is a simple mage, dedicated to helping the people of her village, but when people start disappearing, it's up to her to find out what's going on.
This is the story of the gods of Fa'avae. It is told from different perspectives throughout the book. This is the story of how Paleni gave power to her children and what those children did with that power. Some of the chapters are very dark.
Qzu is an orphan who grew up in the slums of a port city. However when he turns thirteen he learns he is the scion of an angelic bloodline. This places him at odds with the church that has marked that bloodline as traitors to the faith.
A collection of short stories set in Eskǎvaëís and centered around the main characters (and some side characters) in the Bound Trilogy. They will be in order of the EoD to EoL timeline.
Traumatic events they're desperate to move past, [br]
big ideas their genius parents disapprove of, [br]
a neurological condition that scrambles the senses, [br]
and an increasing problem keeping their hands off each other.
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That's a lot to have...
Welcome to the Fairy Tail Guild!
For some, it can be a place of happiness. For others…not so much.
Meet Rosaleta Argesi, an S-Class Wizard with an unsettling amount of magic. She alone can rival Laxus Dreyar, Gildarts Clive, and the 10 Wizard Saints. But...
Edward Otherworld had wished to break free from Gaisgaich's borderline opressive governement and millitary. He had wished that, by doing so, he could bring with him those who held simmilar beliefs, and in a way that was what happened.
The declaration fo...
Amnesiac human musician Strings is dragged east by his friend Gixie. On the cusp of Solu territory, Mech-Tech Tower College has a sister building housing all manner of thespians. Gixie is intent on joining them as they make a call for aspiring actors to join...
The Epic story of Valuma, a young woman who ventures from one end of Atallan to another fighting for the survival of all races, while finding friends along the way.
[p][i]A recount of Krisdi Varalei's chilling adventures with the beings known as primordials, the volume is always growing in size. It is uncertain whether it will ever be finished. Explore different worlds and domains as Krisdi, experiencing everything along...
Short stories of the people of Stellarium. From drinking at a cafe to enjoying each others company. While our heroes are gone, the tales of those they've met continues on.
Adult material included.
Standing stones have stood relatively unnoticed, or at least undisturbed, around Arinthel for many years. Considered as relics from an age of war and bloodshed, few have dared try to unravel the mystery that surrounds them. Until now.
After stumbling across...
Security guard Zach McLelas is addicted to a designer drug that blocks his danger-sense from landing him in the hospital at the first sign of trouble. He’s at peace for the first time in years.
Until his brothers are shot, and he doesn’t see it coming.
Now...
Young witch Chamomile is tired of her mundane life, until she explores the creepy abandoned manor on the edge of town, and discovers the secret within.
" I was 16 going on 17 the first time I saw a dead human body.
The fact it seemed to be mine didn't seem to make the situation any weirder, to tell the truth. "
The Fourth Part of The Oblivion Series.
The Shadow has returned and evil has seemingly triumphed. The group must adapt to survive without Alan Wolfrick, with the worst still to come, and not all will see the end. Hope remains as they meet new allies amongst...
Tricked for the last time by the titan Prometheus, Zeus vows revenge on the entire mortal race. His weapon of choice: Pandora.
Verse by verse, the poems in this Pandora's puzzlebox can be unlocked by clues hidden throughout the Mythology in Verse pages.
When a young man, captured as a prisoner of war, persecuted for being a mage, and destined to be a slave is rescued by a kindred spirit, the two uncover a national conspiracy theory surrounding both the creation and persecution of mages and the very fundamental...
Nine years into the siege of Troy, the greatest Achaean warrior, Achilles, is sidelined by rage and resentment following a conflict with his commander, Agamemnon. This short but intense phase of warfare leads to devastating losses on both sides, conflict among...
Umeji Tatsuya asks to train under the legendary King of the Tengu, in order to help Nakamura Hisako with her responsibilities after a devastating disability.
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- Determination
- Self worth
- Actions and consequences
- Found family