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tearing the veil from grace by xXangelbladesXx
Fandoms: Warhammer 40.000, Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors, Horus Heresy - Various Authors
22 May 2026
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The Vengeful Spirit is a bridal chamber and a smeltery both, as the Great Angel is bled dry of his will. By and for his love, he remains, dying again and again, unto the waiting arms of the Blood God.
Khorne will have his perfect Prince, no matter the cost.
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In a world ruled by strength and chaos, a soul from modern Earth awakens in the frail body of a seven-year-old Sakazuki. Orphaned by pirates and left with nothing but a burning hatred, he refuses to remain weak. With knowledge from his past life and the power of the Magma Magma Fruit, he begins his ruthless ascent through the ranks of the Marines.
But justice is not so simple. Corruption festers within the very institution meant to uphold order, and the line between protector and tyrant blurs with every battle. Undeterred, Sakazuki will forge his own path—one paved with fire and blood.
From a vengeful child to the most feared force in the Marines, witness the rise of a man who will set the seas ablaze and redefine what it means to bring order to a chaotic world.
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More than sixty years after the bloody amnesty that rewrote the Valley of the End, the Hidden Village of the Storm rises as a monolith of insolence against the Five Great Nations. In a world where peace is nothing but an economic embargo in disguise, the right to sovereignty is paid for with the sweat and blood of the outcasts.
Life is short, and the gravel is bitter.
In the gutters of the Storm, Shojumaru and Ayame are surnameless carcasses, the detritus of an era that forgot them. For the dregs of the streets, the "Kennel" is no ninja academy; it is an institutional slaughterhouse designed to grind up hope and excrete weapons.
But the gears of the world keep turning above the bloody courtyard. As the borders bleed and the myth of the Winter Flame haunts the horizon, two stray mutts discover that, in the Storm, destiny isn't written on scrolls—it is etched into the biology of despair.
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Mais de sessenta anos após a anistia sangrenta que reescreveu o Vale do Fim, a Vila Oculta da Tempestade ergue-se como um monólito de insolência contra as Cinco Grandes Nações. Em um mundo onde a paz é apenas um embargo econômico disfarçado, o direito à soberania é pago com o suor e o sangue dos marginalizados.
A vida é curta, e o cascalho é amargo.
Nas sarjetas da Tempestade, Shojumaru e Ayame são carcaças sem sobrenome, detritos de uma era que os esqueceu. Para a escória das ruas, o ‘'Canil'’ não é uma academia ninja; é um abatedouro institucional projetado para moer a esperança e excretar armas.
Mas as engrenagens do mundo giram acima do pátio sangrento. Enquanto as fronteiras do País do Nimbo sangram e o mito da Flama Invernal assombra o horizonte, dois vira-latas descobrem que, na Tempestade, o destino não é escrito em pergaminhos – ele é gravado na biologia do desespero.
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First, a god stuck in a book, suddenly, Vivian finds herself in a mortal body. All her previous memories are a blur, yet they haunt her in nightmares. Persecuted because of what she is, she finds herself linked to two mortal boys.
If they perish, so will she. Without the link, the gods that haunt her dreams will descend on her. A dilemma since one of the boys is set to die soon.
“I don’t care if I’m a monster! I’ll survive no matter what it takes!” Vivian refuses to give up her only chance at freedom!
The third and final book in the trilogy of The Gates of Shadows
Will update on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.Series
- Part 3 of The Gate of Shadows
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In an alternate Warhammer 40,000 universe, a modern-day fan‑fiction author is reborn as Alexander, the long‑lost Second Primarch. Thrown to a hive world beneath xenos yoke, he will confront daemonic nightmares, forge new empires, and redefine what it means to be human in a galaxy ablaze in the name of the Empress.
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In the grim darkness of the far future, in the 42nd Millennium, there is only war... war and teenage boys.
Recker Eans is a young princeps (Titan pilot) training at the prestigious Prodigy Academy, preparing to one day serve the Emperor on the battlefield. However, he struggles to mentally synchronize with his partner, Walker Scobell, which threatens both their relationship and their future as princeps unless they can find a way to connect.
Recker must face the challenges of the academy, live alongside the more successful princeps recruits, get along with his partner, and maintain a social life with his friends from other military branches.
But in humanity's dark future, things are never easy, and fate has more than one grim surprise in store for them.
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- Part 2 of The Prodigy Academy
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A Good Day's Work by Wardown for alperez, Sploot, chss, the_samovar_is_hot, Sph0015, ThatBishLizzie, ValNotThatVal
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, The Black Company Series - Glen Cook
21 May 2026
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Jon Snow flees from the Nights Watch to join his brother's military campaign
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Hammer and Thunderbolter by CitizenofLoservilleUSA45
Fandoms: Furry (Fandom), Original Work, Hmofa
21 May 2026
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It is the 33rd Millenium.
The Milky Way Galaxy is currently in a state of total war.
For the last ten thousand years, both The Imperium and the Empire of Sororum were at major peace upon their first contact. But by the 22nd Millenium, the Sororium Empire had ruthlessly invaded their long-time neighbors. But defiance ensues, and the Imperium pushes back and is now entering the territories of the Sororium Empire.
With both fronts grinding to a halt, more chaos erupted across the Milky Way. From threats of alien forces and literal demons from Hell, those who were civilized enough began to question why Sororum invaded the Imperial Worlds.
Specifically two soldiers began to question their doctrines.
We follow the story of two supersoldiers: Adrian Solarius and Astrid Schneider; one a Thunder Marine who was born into war, and the other a Shepherdess Ultima Soldier who joined for a purpose.
With the two proclaimed as either heretics or traitors to their empires, they—alongside only allies they can muster up—must venture across a wartorn Galactic Front in the hopes of proving their innocence against zealots and agents.
If the Emperor can’t protect them—hopefully their gods can.
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- Part 1 of The Grim Dark Future.
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Ashes and Blood by Shadesia
Fandoms: Invincible (Cartoon 2021), Invincible (Image Comics)
21 May 2026
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Mark Grayson should be dead.
He felt his father’s fists crush his chest. He heard his own bones shatter. He tasted his own blood as Chicago burned around him.
But death never came.
Instead, he wakes up in darkness, broken and remade by the last person anyone would expect — a classmate wrapped in shadows and secrets who doesn’t seem to care whether Mark lives or dies.
Now Mark is forced to walk among the living while carrying something inside him that doesn’t belong to this world. Every breath reminds him he’s no longer the same. Every glance at his savior makes him wonder if he was truly saved… or cursed.
In the ruins of everything he believed in, Mark will have to decide how much of his humanity he’s willing to sacrifice just to keep breathing.
A dark Invincible AU about survival, trauma, fragile alliances, and the terrifying price of staying human. -
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Maro Raitelis is the adopted son of the late Grand Duke Jacob Raitelis. He is cold and calculating; Bathed in mystery, hiding dangerous secrets. His servents are strange and stare with bloodthirsty eyes at any guest who dares enter the estate.
Amber Lucas is the daughter of Duke Arthur Lucas and a mysterious woman he refuses to talk about.
Neither want to tread the path before them, but when a higher power gives you an order, you follow through or face the consequences, however unfair they might be.
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- Part 4 of Restless Universe
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and every year it's the same old song by Anonymous
Fandoms: Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons Series (Video Games), Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
20 May 2026
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You listen over and over again as such a cute girl like her laments getting screwed over again by another big city man. Each year, it's something new; no man could ever measure up to what your darling Muffy deserves.
This time, you offer to take her back to your place; just to let her clear her head, to talk things over in good company. She agrees easily, having come to trust you over the years. She's so beautiful. Too beautiful to let any useless man have her. Honestly, you practically imagine finding those men and seeing if you can give them a tour of the farm. There's so many ways to ensure they disappear, and you'd do them all and more for her. Maybe you'd let her pick one.
But right now, you want to be there for the love of your life. And what matters right now is making her forget all about today.
By any means necessary.
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- English
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Ruins and Rust by StellaDeProfundis
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
20 May 2026
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The Pokémon world reimagined - rusted out in the rasputitsa mud of a forgotten northern port.
Fresh out of a three-month prison stint with zero marks to her name, Hilma Sointula just wants to buy a pack of papirosy and stay ahead of the city fines. Instead, she's about to get dragged straight into the meat grinder of criminal underworld politics, corporate greed, and anomalous psychic horrors that make the old war look like a playground.
A bleak, deadpan, and grime-coated look at the Sariola region, inspired by 90's depression era Finland and post-collapse former Soviet Union. Nobody is safe, the water is toxic, and the local pub is low-key managed by a smoking Seedot.
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A Dark God by Orexin
Fandoms: 月が導く異世界道中 | Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu | Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy (Anime), 月が導く異世界道中 | Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu (Manga)
20 May 2026
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Every person who enters our lives is either a test, a punishment, or a gift from destiny. Some encounters, however, are fixed points in time — immutable, with consequences that ripple far beyond the moment. Yet sometimes, even fate rolls a one.
What if, at the very start of the story, Makoto had taken the wrong turn and never crossed paths with Emma, Shin or Mio…?
A story of fateful encounters, far-reaching consequences, and the dangers of awakening things better left untouched.
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After years of being a huge magical girl fan and working out to be as strong as possible, Ayako Akira finally gets the opportunity to become one when one day, she saves a pretty girl from certain doom, who then reveals to her she's a member of The Star Squad, a group of girls like her who fight monsters to save the world... And want to recruit Ayako into their ranks!
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In the Anshan High Shahdom, red hair is the mark of an outlander—a symbol of the despised and the untamed. For Bagabuxša (Vega), the secret adopted son of a powerful noble, this inherited trait guarantees a childhood of isolation and makes him a prime target in deadly court machinations.
His fate shifts drastically when he is handed over to Namak, a pragmatic and mysterious mentor. Instead of teaching him how to swing a sword, Namak teaches him mathematics, mechanics, and the cold logic of survival. In a realm ruled by cruel aristocrats, Vega must rely on engineering, strategy, and political manipulation to carve out his own destiny.
When a terrifying divine oracle prompts the Padishah to entrap Vega in a high-stakes royal betrothal, it comes with a deadly condition: Vega must rebuild the desolate frontier ruins of Pylon within eighteen months, or face execution for blasphemy. Helped with his mentor’s pragmatic engineering, Vega must craft a flawless, manufactured miracle to deceive the lethal vultures of the royal court.
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- Part 1 of The Red Flame of Elymais
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Mahoutokoro doesn't teach you magic. It teaches you how to be a weapon.
Kieran Morgan returned to Britain as a stranger, bearing the cold discipline of the Jade Halls and the invisible scars of a tragedy he refuses to name. To the students of Hogwarts, he is an enigma—a boy who bows too low, speaks too formally, and moves with the lethal precision of a predator.
He wanted to survive his final years in the shadows. He didn't expect Hermione Granger.
Guided by her relentless sense of justice and a memory of the boy Kieran used to be, Hermione is the only one who refuses to look away from his trembling hands and haunted eyes. As the Triwizard Tournament turns the school into a political minefield, she becomes his unlikely bridge back to humanity.
But with ancient conspiracies stirring and the graveyard calling, Kieran’s deadly skills might be the only thing keeping his friends alive—if his own broken psyche doesn't shatter first.
What to expect:
A grounded, psychological take on the Wizarding World.
Slow-burn, canon-compliant character dynamics (In-depth Hermione).
High-stakes action rooted in Mahoutokoro discipline.
No Harem. No easy fixes for trauma.
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- Part 1 of The Hogwarts Gaijin
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Prior to the events of Baldurs Gate 3 - The Estrazi twins carve their way into the underworld of the Sword Coast with hungry ambition—money, power, pleasure, all taken without hesitation. Their names spread quickly, carried in whispers through taverns, alleyways, and bloodstained back rooms. They are charm and cruelty in equal measure, predators to their core.
But something within them has begun to stir. Memory fractures. Instinct overrides reason. And beneath the violence and excess, something ancient stirs—patient, inevitable, and waiting to be remembered.
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The Gehenna Corporation by Powexistent
Fandoms: エクソシストを堕とせない | Exorcist wo Otosenai | Make the Exorcist Fall in Love (Manga), Limbus Company (Video Game), Lobotomy Corporation (Video Game), Library of Ruina (Video Game), Project Moon - All Media Types
19 May 2026
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"Face the Fear. Build the Future."
In the beginning, there was suffering.
Every cry from the vortex, every soul stripped of the hope it carried into the Abyss, is energy.
From that energy, an ember of Light was nurtured.
That Light was an instrument that was forged at tremendous cost…all for the sake of usurping the throne of the architect of this broken world.
The project aimed to infuse every moment of suffering throughout history with purpose.
In short, it represented the long-awaited "Happy Ending" that humanity had dreamed of for ages...or so it was supposed to be.
I know I’m not supposed to be heard because I know you can't hear me.
I have to scream, but yet there is no sound.
I’ve wasted every bit of energy,
Fearing this world as the script closes around me.
But despite that, I will never let them forget you, Joshua.
Satan, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Mammon, Belphegor, Leviathan, and the one who escaped our judgment.
They and their ilk will all pay.
They will endure endless suffering for what they have done to you.
That is a promise I will not break...
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- Part 1 of Re: Ekuoto
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"I was right there!" - Astarion.
Sometimes seeking out new experiences might not what you expecting. After installing a secret mod, I found myself within the Forgotten Realms, for real, fighting for my life and for those adorable companions that we meet along the way.
It is also said that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing as events depicted within a video game aren't necessarily going to be the ones you are expecting to encounter. Starting with a heavily modded custom honour mode run might not have been the smartest idea after all. Still, I get to meet and be with the amazing people who just need a little help from a friend.
A/N ~ if you are reading this you've most likely played the game and will have a good idea as to what happens within the progression of the game.
This is an ongoing, serialised novel that seeks to cover the majority of the story.
A first person narrative which I've chosen to create, taking a journey where the parameters of the game no longer matter or are applicable. The encounters and major events of BG3 are mostly the same as you would expect yet circumstances and choices made in the story drastically alter future events and outcomes.
Enjoy