urban fantasy

You slump back in your chair exhausted. You've been guiding your chosen Soul for a decent while now, and he is just tiring to deal with, not to mention the two distractions… "Heyyyy buddy!" Speaking of… "I have something for you~" "Is it pay?" You're officially unemployed, and you're only...

Once upon a time, a girl received a piece of enchanted jewellery from a talking cat. By holding it aloft and saying the magic words, she would enter a cocoon of sound and starlight, and emerge remade into a creature of beauty and power. She could have been any girl, but this girl's name was...

Chapter 1: A Perfectly Ordinary Day at the Clock Tower I woke up with a scream, my veins on fire. Through the fog of pain, I slowly managed to roll over onto my back, blinking the spots from my eyes, groaning piteously. Through the fog of pain, I managed to realize what was wrong and with a...

Good day. I recently came up with a plot in the genre of "modern gothic fantasy". And for the sake of contrast to the feminine main character, I decided to make a tomboy best friend who turns out to be a lycanthrope. I definitely decided to give her German roots on one hand (because I associate...

Seedlings on Barren Soil Author's Note: This work takes place in the same setting as From the Vast and Lunar Magic. Bless us, Saints, bless us, Winds May the Winter pass us by May the Demons turn their eyes May we live to see Spring rise “Moooom, do...

"I am the Fifty-First God, Oiz, who rules over Antimony and whose domain is Repulsion," declares the floating, green-haired woman that had just emerged fully formed from the sizable stone slab behind her. "Are you the human who called out to me?" Her harsh eyes are a strikingly bright sky-blue...

To newer readers, feel free to skip this chapter. It just provides a silly meta reason for character creation as well as the character creation itself. The Quest begins in the next threadmark. A step meets a step, meets another hurried step. First day on the job! There's no need to be nervous...

A/N: This story is a Quest that I started on another site before moving here, I have now finished catching Sufficient Velocity up but here's a link to the Spacebattles Thread for anyone who wants it. --- Smile Like You Mean It --- ??? --- The world was on fire, and all he knew was...

Who Knows? By: Stonehelm101 Rating: M Notes:Fate/Stay Night is the property of Kinoko Nasu, Type-Moon, et al. No copyright infringement is intended in this work. This is a fanfiction, made solely for fun, and not profit. However, should I receive a request to remove this fic, I will immediately...

In a world, in a country, in a suburb, of a city, there is a room. Neither a nice room, nor a terrible room. It is on the second story of an ordinary house, where nothing strange has ever happened and nothing unusual ever will. Inside this room, there is a young person - not too young, but...

【東方Vocal Eurobeat】Catch Us【A-ONE】 "Someone, anyone, help me!" Taylor sobbed from inside the locker. "Nobody's coming, Taylor!" Emma taunted. "It's just you, me, and the rest of our friends!" Sophia and Madison nodded in agreement, grinning ear from ear. Outside of Winslow, on the opposite...

Just plopping down the IC thread. Then alerting the players then I go take a nap nap @Naron @Redking0380 @B1T5W4K3 @LucidProp @Zedalb @rush99999 @Noob5674 @Witherbrine26 @catDreaming TOC TABLE OF CONTENT Naftali, Enigmatic Struggle Nanashi, The Faceless Mask Tristan in Wonderland Welren, Last...

A lone figure shambles through the twilight darkness, the streetlights casting a long shadow as it lurches up the road. It stumbles over the curb, groaning weekly as it hauls itself unsteadily to its feet, drawn toward the sound of footsteps at the corner. It reached out a hand in anticipation...

Saturday 1st of June 2002, Two years before the start of Canon A Certain Magical Index I close the door to my apartment behind me and finally let my exhaustion show. Even though my feet ache I get through the rote change from work clothes to a comfortable t-shirt and soft Gekota slippers...

Welcome to Shuffle Time! You know when you mod a game and you replace the in-game character models with other people from other media, but you don't do that to everyone, and the story progresses as normal all the same? It's that, but Persona 5 Royal and based on the ruleset used by Advent...

A Pumpkaboo's Autumn Trick or Treat Party [Pokemon Halloween] One Jaunty Pot's Field I .~{ ` }~. As the sun sank, turning orange and red below the horizon, Mosz began to wake. First she seeped up the roots, filtering herself in from the soil. Filling out and saturating the vines...

Always Forward, Never Backwards! A White Fang Quest Kuo Kuana during the monsoon season is a miserable place to be. Great waves smash into the network of stilt houses, shantytowns and pre-Independence palatial manors that make up the capital of Mengarie, crushing the poorly constructed to...

Who wouldn't love effortless rewards? Forget the whole "enjoy the journey" spiel — how about scoring the "Alchemy of Atlas" through sheer luck, or landing Excalibur just for being on good terms with a top-tier waifu? Sounds like the perfect life, right? Well, almost. The only thing standing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4xsfkhcw-A January, 2004 -- Fuyuki, Japan A monster stirs, slowly reemerging from its years-long hibernation. Its last feast interrupted, tendrils of corruption reach to consume the innocent far ahead of schedule. The wise converge not to slay the beast or...

Amethyst colored eyes opened in obvious glee before the petite girl with four horns jumped out of her bed with uncharacteristic joyous face. "Panpakapan!~♪ Hero Aris has rested well!~♪ HP has fully recovered!~♪" So said the one who was in the body of the Head Prefect. Sorasaki Hina... no...

I punch Edward from behind and he barely notices the hit. He staggers for just a moment before he whirls around to face me and I see the Rage bubble inside him, his sclera turning golden as his beast tries to lash out. But even in his rage Edward was a born warrior and he leashed his rage from...

Spoilers for Lobotomy Corporation, Library of Ruina, and Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Most of them not right now, but they will come up. No dedicated knowledge of either setting is necessary to participate. The Library shook under the wrath of but one man. A crucible of the City's people, where...

Chapter 1: Horizon Human lands meant death. The supposed truism echoed in the Gardevoir's mind as she woke up from the haze of unconsciousness, one discarded dream and half-formed thought at a time. She wasn't sure how much she'd slept—or how restful the sleep she had clawed out had been—but...

You had begun to give up hope on ever developing magic. Most people came to discover their magic when they were teenagers, around 15 or 16 years of age. That's how it was for your closest friend, that's how it was for your parents, and that's what all the websites online say it is. When your...

The last thing I remember was staring straight at the most terrifying thing I've ever seen, then immediately fainting. I then wake up and sigh with relief to find that it was all just a dream. Only to look ahead, find myself face to face with that very same monster, and learn that this freakin'...