《Useless Facts》2 - Ukulele
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Salt Lake City has a law against carrying an unwrapped ukulele on the street.
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The Nomad
A [participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge] for 2020. A child born in one era and raised in another searches for his past. Along the way he must deal with the shackles placed upon his mind, a wise-cracking ship AI, and more bureaucratic paperwork then any one soul can shake three sticks at. This story began life as a one-off short, but this version has been a) expanded into a full work and b) a complete re-write of the orgional. You can find the origonal version here in my short-story anthology. Cover by gej302!
8 191A Witch's World
Being outed as a witch is a fate worse than death. It is a problem young thief Iveriani never dreamed of having to think about. She has other things on her mind, like where her next meal will come from. So when she awakens as a witch on the eve of the most horrific event of her life, she not only has to escape from the men who slaughtered her friends, but also figure out how to navigate a world that reviles what she is. With the church’s paladins an ever present threat within Atrican city where she grew up, she has but one choice: to run. But not even on the rural outskirts far outside of Atrican is she safe from the witch hunters. Returning home she finds solace in a kind, fellow witch while leading a double life honing her powers by working for the most notorious criminal leader of the city. Now she has to decide what kind of person she wants to be. Safely hide amongst the people who would stone her if they knew the truth about her, or make something more of herself and push back against a cruel world that hates her through no fault of her own? Little does she know, behind it all lies an even darker secret.
8 604Ember's Crown
New and improved update schedule. Releases: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (for the time being) 20,000 years ago the Towers emerged. From the Towers, a mysterious force known as "Tension" Spread through the walled continent of Aspire. In a dying land, replete with corruption and bloodshed, Nero XIII dreams of ascending the Grand Tower and seizing the power to change the world... Or will he choose to destroy it instead? He isn't transmigrated, he isn't reincarnated, he doesn't have a system. What he does have is years of training under the enigmatic "Father" and an unshakable will. Raised as the perfect weapon from youth, Nero sets out on a journey to scale the heights of power, strike fear into the hearts of those who cross him, and claim Ember's Crown.
8 145Avalon's Shards
Roland lived with his father a hard, and yet happy life. Although he had sometimes do things he wasn't proud of to survive, he swore to in the future compensate everyone he aggravated. The problem started when a Magus, an Essence's user, came to their city and took his father as his disciple, and went to a place he can't reach. Days later when he thought it would maybe be impossible to reunite with his father, he found strange talking animals who changed his life and gave him a chance to see his father once again. If they changed his life for better or worse, nobody knows yet. But whenever they go, curses and screams can be heard. Cover of https://www.deviantart.com/design-by-humans PM me to take it off.
8 137The Vagabond King
World peace isn’t as great as most thought it’d be. On the continent of Moravia, eight empires have united humanity into a coalition of kingdoms that killed the world’s gods and have sworn to uphold peace amongst mortals. But sorcerers prevail among the ruling class and the only way to subvert power is through duels and tournaments, which common people can never hope to win. Even the right to create an independent nation is locked behind a tournament. Mattiew and Adriana Nikoliades try their best to live a settled life as a former pirate and a runaway heiress. But despite their efforts, Adriana’s father inflicted his daughter with a debilitating curse that would end in her death. He threatens Mattiew to fight on his behalf against the world’s most powerful sorcerers and nobles in the Bellirex, a tournament that acts as the world’s pathway to kingship. But as a man without a drop of sorcerous blood, Mattiew has to get old partners in crime on board with a near-blasphemous lie. The young couple have to decide to either save themselves and hand a corrupt noble more power or stick to their principles and try to overthrow one of the most entrenched noble houses in the world. All before Mattiew gets turned to ash by the Sunkiller, a favorite to win the Bellirex, or Adriana's parents catch on to her conspiracy. New chapter everyday at midnight EST.
8 93Breach World Championship 2081
In the year 2081, the science fiction virtual reality game Breach is at the peak of its popularity. A former e-sports player is suddenly brought into the championship tournament to replace a fallen member of his former team. He is forced to deal not only with the personal problems that originally caused him to leave, but with the eccentricities and intrigues of the other players, including the questions of whether last year's winning team cheated.
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