
In SerialThe Lay of the Black Doors Mystery Action Adventure Supernatural Horror
Nikha von Kranssov awakens one sunny morning to find that things have gone all wrong: Her maid has been murdered, her father is missing, and her house, Eldergrave Manor, is far larger and less familiar than it should be. She decides to grab her trusty rifle and set out into a home made strange and sinister, determined to find her father and confront whoever is responsible.
The Lay of the Black Doors is a horror/adventure story that takes place in a secondary world. It is mainly inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, China Miéville’s Bas-Lag books, M.T. Anderson’s The Game of Sunken Places, and Shea and Wilson’s The Illuminatus! Trilogy. Be warned that the story involves frightening situations and occasional dark themes, as well as some violence and gore.
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The cover image is not mine. It is "The Drawbridge," a 1761 engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
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Chapter Selections
1. Chapter 1: Something Has Gone Wrong
2. Chapter 2: Convolutions
3. Chapter 3: A Message from the Past
4. Chapter 4: Decisions
5. Chapter 5: The Galleries
6. Chapter 6: Arboreal Movements
7. Chapter 7: Heathenry
8. Chapter 8: Beneath Rotting Brick
9. Chapter 9: Karst
10. Chapter 10: Kemp
11. Chapter 11: The Lodge
12. Chapter 12: Mano-a-mano
13. Chapter 13: The Glade
14. Chapter 14: Ossuary
15. Chapter 15: Ghosts in Silver
16. Chapter 16: Warmer, Cooler
17. Chapter 17: Schism
18. Chapter 18: Smoke and Void
19. Chapter 19: A Change of Scenery
20. Chapter 20: Felix
21. Chapter 21: Wound Down
22. Chapter 22: Yeskov
23. Chapter 23: Survivors
24. Chapter 24: A Meal
25. Chapter 25: Just Desserts
26. Chapter 26: Persistence
27. Chapter 27: Let Them Eat Cake
28. Chapter 28: Pack
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A dark time has fallen over Crystalandia. For ten years, there has been no color. The world is bathed in shades of black, white, and gray. Color is missing, and so are the Rainbow Knights. No one has seen their Rainbow Swords since that dark night ten years ago, when they faced off against an unspeakable evil at the Crystal Castle. Many have lost hope, others have adapted, but young Siegfried cannot forget the luminous color, and he cannot forget his father, the White Knight, former leader of the Rainbow Knights. Finally, after ten long years of darkness he receives a quest from the Crystal Goddess to find the long-lost Rainbow Swords. Joined by the honorable Gilsa, and the adventurous Reicket, Siegfried journeys to discover the Rainbow Swords and begin anew the Rainbow Knights.
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Dungeon Isolation
About a dedicated gamer who reached the very end of a game after 6 years of playing non-stop. Forgetting anything around him and only focusing on the game. Only caring about his personal health, hygiene and looks, he dismissed everything as he immersed himself to complete the impossible game, even when the real world collapsed and dungeons formed all around. The Arisen amongst the populace of Earth took up arms against the monsters within them, gaining supernatural powers in the process. The 20 year old posted his victory over the once-thought-unbeatable game, on the forums that were once watched by the whole world and gameplay streamed live to a million spectators and players. He only receives meager praise from five people of the millions that he had imagined would be there. He wandered outside in the dark of night aiming for the vending machine placed in a dark alleyway, but slipped inside the barrier of a rank 1 dungeon unbeknownst to anyone including himself. (Get ready for the most over-powered protagonist on the entire Earth. He shatters the nine heavens. Turns the constellations upside down with his almighty energy, that is a magnet to all forms of harems, and it even rivals Kir###'s harem gathering power! First, ready yourselves for the most slice-of-life, snail-paced, slow plot development and worm-sized chapters in the whole of Royal Road. Don't even think about enjoying this one!) I don't post on weekends.
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Zephyrion
One man's mistake. Don't avert your eyes. Look around you. Look at the souls that your foolish kindness had reaped. One man's escape. Your attempts are futile. There is no place for vermin like you in this holy empire. One man's descent into chaos. At the cost of your humanity, and the lives of many innocent others, will you forsake all to ascend to the top And one man's final resolution. Enough with your blabbering. Even if I have to start over from the lowest of low… I will definitely regain my rightful throne.
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Day of Wrath [Doom 2016/Eternal rewrite]
A hundred years ago, the mysterious Phobos Event occurred. Classified by the UAC as a "mining accident," Phobos is now permanently quarantined while Deimos is just gone. No bodies or survivors were ever found.The year is 2149, and the UAC holds dominion as the undisputed superpower in the Solar System, leader in the fields of energy, aerospace, and defense. Their crowning achievement, Argent Power, has revolutionized physics and brought clean renewable energy to a world in crisis.But that is about to change. Deep in the heart of the UAC Mars Base, recovered directly from a prison tomb in Hell itself, is a lone stone sarcophagus. Containing not artifacts, not demon, but a man. A living human being in perfect hibernation. The man has been identified as a long-lost Space Marine, the only known survivor of the Phobos Event. "Day of Wrath" is primarily located on SpaceBattles. Don't forget to check out our Discord, and I (regrettably) have a Twitter which I use EXCLUSIVELY to post story updates!
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The Axe Master
He lived his life stuck in jobs that he hated, and at the age of 35, his body gave in to stress, and he spent more than twenty years in a hospital bed, abandoned by his family and friends. And finally, he died, regretting how he lived his life. However, that was not the end, as a god from another world took piety of him, and decided to take his soul to another world to help him with a task, and as a reward, give him something of his wish. However, he surprises the god with his wish: A healthy and young body. The god agrees, but in the end, just that would be lame, and his soul can still handle more, so he decides to give a few more…
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Blood Red (Daredevil FF)
A new city, a new flat, a new neighbor and a lot of trouble.I didn't know my life would be like this now. I expected it to be amazing or exciting - actually it turned out to be exciting but in a bad way. There was just one thing which was exciting in a positive way: my neighbour.Highest rank: #128 in FanfictionAll rights belong to Marvel, except for the story line and my OC's
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