urban fantasy

Cairo Egypt, October 1798 Alister Agnar had seen many a field of carnage over his long and storied life. He still remembered storming the English shore as a young man, laying waste to the countryside as part of the Great Heathen Army. Centuries later, he could only mutter a hope that the fates...

Hello, Rubix here. I know it's been a long time since I posted. Sorry if you are hoping for a 5 years on Titan update. I'm not in the mood due to uni being hard and things happening at home. To make sure I don't get rusty in writing, I will be writing short stories until I finally can find the...

Bottled and Grown from Vineyards of the Collecoie, Pearl of the Far-Southern Ubbard Seas. The faint cursive text turned into interlaced lines slipping off the side of the glass. Twisting the flask around, the deep maroon of the canoberry wine, stained by the olive coloring, swirled to the side...

The Problem in Pingliang Prefecture, an Otherverse wargame (Wildbow Pact/Pale) begins recruiting! Taking place in China towards the tail end of the Oni Wars, nine factions vie for control of the city of Pingliang. Will you join the honorable Celestial Bureaucracy? The Oni League in the spirit...

Where am I? What am I doing? Huh? Am I being held? I could feel warmth behind me. My vision is so blurry. I can barely see anything! Ugh... I feel so sleepy... I don't know how many days has passed. I know it must have been weeks because I always briefly wake up, drink something, and sleep...

I told you! I told you to run away! Why!? Why did you protect me! If you just run away, you will still be alive! ... Why did you have to die, Mukuro! This is bad. I am surrounded by the Variant Beasts. There is no escape. I can't fight them as I am now! I am bleeding all over. My hands are...

Vampires. They are lords of the nights, hunters of men, parasites that have been feeding and corrupting human societies for thousands of years. Since before the dawn of History, they have spread over the world and gathered in cities, where they can easily find mortals and take their sweet blood...

Chapter 0 - Hellbound Rain hit the taxi’s roof, creating a constant stream of noise which almost drowns out the rumbling engine. You should have worn boots. And brought an umbrella. Walking through the streets with a downpour above your head is a terrible idea. If you were lucky, it wouldn’t...

Headlights from his car push back the night on an empty forest road. Bouncing to the tune of the potholes as his car rattles around him, Elio is silent with his eyes focused on shapes beyond the spotlight the headlight provides him. He spares a glance at his phone down on the console, "your...

Basement, Einzbern Castle Rhenish Massif Rhineland-Palatinate The Federal Republic of Germany de jure Europe The First of December, the Two Thousandth and Third Year of the Common Era Illyasviel von Einzbern The Einzbern Castle towers over the surrounding flatland plains, its expanse...

Eye Opener A Mobile Progression Fantasy Cameron Howard crowdfunded Third Eye on a whim. He didn't really believe a dev team with no industry experience could deliver on an "immersive Augmented Reality, Altered Reality Game for mobile platforms." If they managed somehow, he'd get a cool game out...

The blood was going to stain her clothes forever, she just knew it. Sally scowled at the mess she was kneeling in, soaking into her favorite pants and creating splattered blotches against her favorite blouse. It was sticky against her skin, the metallic smell making her think of aged copper and...

AN: Over a year ago, I posted They Came to the Nightside, a crossover between Dresden Files, Nightside, Sandman Slim, Demon Accords and Blue Wolf. It was not my intention to wait a year to start the sequel, but, between my other stories, not to mention those I'm co-authoring and irl stuff, I...

The red skies were covered with thick black smog. The land barren and dry. There were cracks all over the destroyed surroundings. Only the ruins of a proud castle made of obsidian and crystals remains. Swords and spears littered the ground, and the mixed carcass of both humans and monsters...

Harrington Lindsey the Third was a desperate man. Born into a respectable mercantile family in late 1870s Boston, our man Harrington had grown up with a certain sense of ambition, even if he did not quite possess the intelligence to warrant it. His grandfather, Harrington the First, had emerged...

<Greetings, to you my distinguished guests. I greet those who lurk in the Cracks/Holes between worlds, those who stand beyond the Edge/Limits of mortal comprehension, those who are found at the ends of Enlightenment/Utopia/Eternity, those who exist at the apex of Innovation/Progress, and of...

Before we get started, I would like to state the following: I would like to thank ChatGPT, the AI language model, for their assistance in generating ideas and providing inspiration for this story. While ChatGPT cannot claim ownership or authorship over the final product, their assistance was...

So I died. I know it's sudden when I say it like that, but I actually died! I still recall how my vision suddenly rolls around before being accompanied by a brief flash of agonizing pain that racks my whole body. After that it's darkness. I am crossing the street at that time, and I think it...

Disclaimers: First, I do not own any of the stories this may be set in the story this will be set in. Secondly, I don’t think the story this will start in be set in is very well known. It is urban fantasy, but had some decent worldbuilding, so I thought “why not”. Thirdly, combat will likely...

I am a new writer, and I have been writing for just about a year. Tbh I have trouble in believing that my stuff is good. How do you all get pass that? This my current project. It is about a college student named Sarah and her life as a daemonlogist/mage. She has to deal with vampires...

This is my first attempt at creating a semi-original story before I try to make my own story, so please review it so I can improve. "You would think that the end of the world would be laud, because of some massive world-changing event that made everything go crazy." "Or that it might have been...

"Doppelganger? I've heard weirder!" Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't believe what he heard. Even more so, he couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was another Hachiman who stood as tall as himself, wearing the edgiest trenchcoat humanity has ever tailored. His hair was unnaturally dark blue. His...

It was the year 20XX, and humanity was in a state of decline. Corporate greed has eaten at the worlds heart, sowing disparity and accumulation and reaping poverty and strife: war, plague, famine, and death, each of the four horsemen rode across the globe as the old order began to buckle...

A fine mist drifted across the surface of the river, muffling the sound of engines as the inflatable assault boats purred down the channel. The men inside straddled the sides of the craft, not even trying to be tactical as they hunkered down for the three-hour trip down the Saint John River...

AN: I am writing this partly to spread awareness of Simon R. Green's shared universe, which contains some of the most interesting fantasy(urban and otherwise) and sci-fi settings I have read. This will feature characters from the Deathstalker series, from the Nightside, from Secret Histories...