Atlantis wasn’t the only advanced civilization to suffer a sudden and precipitous fall; there was also Ys, Norumbega, Arcadia, and others… at least according to the lore of the hit video game Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Jenny Handerly (who goes by Handzy online) is also seeking her own path to parad...

Recent college graduate Wyatt is traveling home to his family when the “integration” begins. All of humankind is transported to another world governed by a system not unlike the video games he used to play, and he appears in a cave surrounded by strangers. His initial excitement at the prospect of a...

In the vast expanse of existence, beyond the boundaries of time and space, lay the enigmatic tapestry of The Lost Realms. Worlds uncountable, chained together by threads of cosmic magic, formed the intricate fabric of this multiverse. Each realm, a unique entity, teeming with life, magic, and untold...

At the end of a life spent meaninglessly there is a brief moment of respite in the thought that it will all soon be over, and yet with the quick tightening of a finger the world does not fade. When Henry awakens in another world he is not met with purpose, but rather an all-consuming hunger for a li...

When a young dwarf named Yorvig travels to a mining claim in the wilds of the Red Ridges, he learns by hard experience that his fellow prospectors are more focused on ore than survival. Thinking he alone can hold disaster at bay, Yorvig plots his way to becoming captain of the mine. He only expected...

Nico Moretti was a young man with no direction in his life. But that all changes when his mob boss grandfather gives him access to a System that seems tailor-made to transform him into the perfect mafioso. Will Nico be able to hold onto his values, or will this lifestyle and system bring out a darkn...

Centuries have passed since insects descended on earth, eradicating other species. The Hive Monoliths, the ancient insect lords, rule over this world. Sely, a girl with insect sap in her veins, seeks out her father to tell him about the sighting of a flying city. Legend of ancient human civilization...

Long ago, humans triumphed over dragons, imprisoning them into human mortals now known as dragonoids. These dragonoids endured centuries of enslavement at the hands of humans until they were liberated by the Dragonoid Rights Law. However, this newfound freedom spurred the dragonoids to rally their f...

Tauheen is dead, and her followers have scattered. Some of them are now helping the vicious and deadly feather mafia hunt down their own kind.Aeriels are being branded and killed, their wings hacked off and sold to the highest bidder on the black market.But after a clash between the Aeriels and the ...

Short story from Notters. Final edit made on Mar 9 2024. "And bring what headlong shewed Re-string the dreadsong bow A pledge on row, a ten ton ringing..."...

A tough ATF agent with a penchant for no-nonsense unexpectedly becomes the Santa for a festive mall celebration. However, the holiday cheer takes a dark turn when terrorists seize control of the mall. In a gripping race against time, he joins forces with a compassionate buddy cop to thwart the villa...

After centuries of peace, the independent City-State of Brunswick is threatened by impending war. Lieutenant Adams, a high-school teacher turned leader, must adapt to the modern nature of warfare and ready himself to command his men in a battle unlike any his people have ever seen. Will the valor an...

Contractors, entities which deal in mortal souls like commodities. A stock, a bond, a lifetime. And our main character, Albert Carol, is about to lose his. When Death comes knocking, all is not what it seems. Death isn't some omnipotent psychopomp, he's a businessman with a penchant for calling hims...

"Like Serenity on a submarine..." The surface of the ocean has become a contested place. International shipping is forced undersea, carried out by submarines fitted for transporting cargo. Captain Sylvia Percy and her small crew run one such boat, the Prospect. They fight a daily battle to keep thei...

In the distant land of Shdustu, a dragon has been seen for the first time in centuries. An expedition is dispatched from the Sanid Empire to find this legendary creature and secure its bounty for the Emperor. Misod, a minor noble with a gift for languages, is chosen as expedition cartographer and ch...

Some people die and get isekai'd into a fantastical world, with heroes, monsters, adventure and dungeons.Ade died and awoke in Hell....

The year is 1621 of the Yakobinian Calendar. For over five centuries, the Sons of Yakob chafed under the dominion of distant Tionghoa. The Governor Generals of the Tionghoa Southern Holdings maintain control of the archipelago from Khmer, the colonial capital. Their base of power lies in the west wh...

Janick, an air superiority witch born to a family of peasants, is tired of her life as a countryside cook but her family is not wealthy enough to support the adventurous lifestyle she wishes to live. At the same time, spurred by an encounter she makes while working the family inn, she feels like she...

Like dogs chasing cars, hunters are sent on near-impossible missions to secure ever higher profit margins. However, chasing cars can get dogs killed. The advent of the apocalypse brought ruin to Earth. Entire countries were immersed in violence and carnage on a scale never before seen nor imagined,...

In the year 2141, the Coalition of Aligned Solar Territories was strained between the victors of World War III some eighty years prior and the vanquished, forcibly incorporated into it.  As CAST expanded into the stars, these issues were never solved.  Now, an alien empire is on the borders, old riv...