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High Exposure by GirlWalkingBackwards
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics)
15 May 2026
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Washington, D.C., June 1966. The air is thick with tear gas, the scratchy sound of Buffalo Springfield, and a war no one is winning.
Twenty-eight-year-old photojournalist Winifred “Winnie” Franklin is done covering "the soft stuff." She wants a headline, and she finds it in a split-second shutter click on a sweltering afternoon. But as the film develops in the red-drenched silence of her darkroom, a ghost emerges from the grain: a man on a roof with a rifle and segmented silver.
Winnie went looking for the story of a lifetime. She found the only man in Washington more dangerous than the politicians. Now, she has to survive the exposure. -
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In a city where the smoke is thicker than the blood on the pavement, four
scavengers are sent to die for a Boss who sees them only as tools.- Language:
- English
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- 1,482
- Chapters:
- 1/?
- Hits:
- 5
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Imke survives the Berghain queue, but not the night of her twenty-fifth birthday. She wakes up in Grymforge, which feels excessive even for a bad comedown.
She has no powers, no party, and no idea how to save someone who is already marked for death—no matter how the story goes. But Imke has stomped out bad situations before, and Toril is about to learn that a terrified girl with a foul mouth can very be difficult to put down.
More pressingly: where the fuck do you get a proper döner at four in the morning in Faerûn?
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- English
- Words:
- 2,069
- Chapters:
- 1/?
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The day I became a God by Dashadile
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
15 May 2026
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You were a tourist pushed to the edge.
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Two years after a drunk-driving accident destroys his Olympic future, Jimmy Kim reconnects with the childhood friends he abandoned, only to discover they now run one of the most dangerous gangs in Echogreen.
Loyalty runs deeper than blood. Violence is currency. And Global wants him back.
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The first installment of what will hopefully become a multi-work series, The Bat looks at the first months of Bruce Wayne's return to Gotham and the rise of his second half: Batman. Crime abounds as statistics are covered up, and the underworld effectively rules Gotham with an iron fist. Much of the police department is under Carmine Falcone's influence, and it appears that justice is too forlorn a hope for the weary citizens of the once great city ruled by law and order. In the midst of all of this, Bruce Wayne sets off on a quest to find his parents' killer and bring him to justice; will he have the strength to do what's right? Along the way, Bruce will have every facet of his upbringing and lifestyle questioned, and the ultimate test of his will - justice or revenge - will shape the kind of man and hero he will be for the rest of his life.
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All she could think about after was how close she came to being burned—
stranded in a storm at a dead bus stop with a stranger, lip split, knuckles busted open and still bleeding.Eyes like lightning caught wrong, mean and bright.
And after—
that taste sitting heavy in her mouth.
Copper.
Like she bit into something living… and didn’t spit it out.
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The story of Lifeline follows Marianne Gonzales, who unlocks her Hemokinetic abilities after a tragic accident that led to the death of her parents and the subsequent separation of her sister. Racked with guilt and longing to help people, she aims to become a hero that people can depend on.
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Marcus Tilman followed the red line because someone wanted him to. Nick Valentine followed it because someone else was watching them do it. The Railroad doesn’t recruit with riddles. It recruits by deciding whether you should be alive by the end of the day. But in the end, everything is about the choices you make…including who you keep choosing over and over again.
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He stood there, inconspicuous, confident, his hood pulled low over his face, hiding his eyes. His posture didn't suggest he felt uncomfortable or out of place. With one leg relaxed against the dirty, grayish-brown wall of the building and his hands buried deep in his pockets, he exuded a casual ease.
He's a dealer—the only one who deals in almost pure drugs. His codename: the Archangel.
When Evan first meets him, neither of them suspects that this is the beginning of something special. Something seems to connect Evan and the mysterious archangel, who hates nothing more than drugs and tries everything to keep Evan away from them.
Drawn to the archangel's freezing stability like a moth to a flame, Evan becomes the one unpredictable variable the young dealer can't control. In a gritty world dictated by addiction, violence, and shadows, they might just be each other's only salvation-if they don't destroy each other first -
I Wani Snoot Bad by WrightNottwell
Fandoms: Goodbye Volcano High (Video Game), I Wani Hug that Gator! (Visual Novel), Snoot Game (Visual Novel)
14 May 2026
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Inco’s life has hit rock bottom.
Kicked out by Olivia, out of work, and running on fumes, he turns to the last person who might help him: his estranged cousin, Anon.
As the two struggle to coexist in a small, decaying apartment in Skin Row, Inco tries to rebuild his life while Anon wrestles with his own ghosts. Neither of them knows it yet, but their world is about to change thanks to an underground punk power trio and the newest member of their band.
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Pulling Favors by elenaaaa7
Fandoms: Grand Theft Auto V, Grand Theft Auto Series (Video Games)
14 May 2026
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When the heat rises and choices turn ugly, old favors refuse to stay buried.
Emily Cranley, the daughter of a rising political candidate, becomes leverage when her father’s ambitions attract the wrong kind of attention.
And where danger goes, Trevor Philips isn’t far behind.
The real question isn’t whether he succeeds…
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Tsunade’s gaze turns to Kakashi, her eyes narrowing.
“Why are you late?” She glares.
He blinks at her.
“Didn’t wake up.”
Tsuande picks up an ornate paperweight, hefts it in her hand, and then flings it at his head.
Kakashi steps neatly out of the way and spins to watch it fly into the wall with a loud slam.
Sakura’s jaw is hanging wide open.
“Sakura,” Tsunade purrs, her eyes flashing with something feline, “meet your new team partner, Kakashi Hatake.”
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No Magic Left to Bleed by lacrisun
Fandoms: My Little Pony Generation 4: Equestria Girls (Cartoon 2013), My Little Pony Generation 4: Friendship Is Magic (Cartoon 2010)
14 May 2026
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Canterlot City is a shell of its former self.
The streets are ruined, choked by the dead and the abandoned husks of a world that failed to contain them. With their magic gone, the girls are pushed to their absolute physical limits, risking life and death just to see the sun again.
There is no help coming. The only things left are the friends beside them, the weapons in their hands, and the terrifying realization that the undead might be the least of their problems.
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"Identity confirmed: Racheal Pace. Agent 44: 'Sky'. Welcome aboard, Ma'am."
In the rusted graveyard of Detroit, the idealistic ghost of America is dying a slow, cold death. For Racheal Pace—once known in the Division’s logs as 'Athena'—the fall of the city was only the beginning of her own disintegration.
Abandoned by the system she was sworn to protect and broken by the very Directive that promised order, she sits on the edge of an abyss, staring at the crimson omen of a Rogue’s watch. She is no longer a student, no longer a savior, and no longer a cog in a failing machine.
Under the watchful eye of a man named Lucas, and haunted by the digital rasp of a rogue protocol named ANNA, Athena must die so that Sky can be born. But in a world of bloody shadows and shattered loyalties, is she finding a new family—or simply a different kind of cage?
A dark, psychological exploration of betrayal and rebirth in the ruins of the Motor City.
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- Part 1 of The Division: Silence Before the Storm
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- English
- Words:
- 16,403
- Chapters:
- 5/?
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Summer Does Not Abdicate by Euryalus
Fandoms: Les Misérables - All Media Types, Les Misérables - Victor Hugo, Les Misérables - Schönberg/Boublil, Les Misérables (2012)
13 May 2026
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Set in a modern, militarizing New Orleans, the story follows students, artists, service workers, and strays as they orbit one another—through organizing meetings and art collectives, addiction and recovery, protest and police lines. Some of them believe in the law. Some believe in nothing at all. All of them are trying to stay alive long enough to matter.
A realistic look at political organizing with themes of anti-colonialism, found family, queerness, and addiction / recovery
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The Grim Biker is a spark, but a spark is useless without ample fuel to burn. The Bird Empire has been dominant for centuries, and empires of such a size never fall due to one singular event. Tensions have been boiling internally for years. As the Grim Biker and people of the wasteland inflict damage from the outside, a growing insurrection with connections to the highest levers of power begins to make its move. The tides of history are closing in. The Empire is a house of cards, and the birds who seek to topple it from the inside out play a most dangerous game.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,875
- Chapters:
- 1/?
- Kudos:
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Strong Enough by Argentorum
Fandoms: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime), Parahumans Series - Wildbow
12 May 2026
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Taylor Hebert has only ever wished to be one thing, but in Night City it is harder to accept your own weakness, then to prove yourself strong enough to die.
A canon divergence where a different Main Character gets the Sandevistan, and a different world results.
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[“I need your help.” The words fell from Jimin’s mouth before he could second-guess them. There was no pretense this time, no calm soldier’s mask, just a raw need scraped down to its bone.
Jeongguk blinked once, slow and deliberate, as if he were giving Jimin time to realize what he’d just said. Or maybe he was waiting for JImin to start laughing, announcing this as another experiment. His gaze slowly traveled over him, unhurried but razor-sharp, taking in the wrinkled shirt, the half-buttoned collar, the dark circles under Jimin’s eyes. His upper lip curled faintly then, a predator’s smirk without the energy to hide its contempt.
“Well,” he murmured, voice low and even. “That’s new.”]Or…
Park Jimin is a loyal soldier. Obedient. Controlled. Until the day his best friend is exposed as a werewolf and everything he believes in begins to collapse. To save him, Jimin turns to Jeon Jeongguk, a caged alpha who he has guarded for two years. Their escape sets off a chase that will test every line between duty and desire, enemy and ally, human and beast. In the ashes of a dying world, Jimin discovers that the monsters he was taught to hate may be the only ones still capable of mercy.
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The story of Carrie Kelley, a young girl trying her best to survive life on the streets of Gotham in any way she can. Her journey across Gotham brings enemies, allies, the first hints of something unknown that moves through the city in the darkness.