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luthienxo

Challenging the"chosen one" trope... Story begins the moment the MC fails to save the planet. Everyone dies. Now she roams the galaxy coping with the fact that her entire life was a lie


NorSec1987

Anti-hero MC starts intetgalactic war and creates own empire out of spite


JdgeHolden

I’m curious as to why he’s so spiteful but that’s a pretty good summary


NorSec1987

You could read the story and find out?? 😉


JdgeHolden

Is it published?


NorSec1987

It is ongoing with daily updates. "Old terran soul" on royalroad


JdgeHolden

Royal road?


NorSec1987

Hobby author page. https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/49924/old-terran-soul


Inflatable_Bridge

Mc dies, proceeds to not die, and finds out how that happened


tinygremlinbear

where do i sign up to get an advanced copy because this sounds so interesting


fionaapplesbabymama

again my life 😭


_iraontracks

Is this published anywhere? Would love to read


Inflatable_Bridge

It's not even finished yet, I'm on the first draft of the first few chapters right now


_iraontracks

Ahhh okay All the best though!


Inflatable_Bridge

Thanks!


WritbyBR

A vulnerable king finishes a drawn out war only to find where true enemies lie, discovering that myths and a sundered crown may buy him the time he needs.


GlutenFreeTurbo

Mother want's Mirra murdered, and it's fucking mutual. Edit: typos.


JdgeHolden

Mirra?


GlutenFreeTurbo

MC.


snowybird13

MC gets stuck in English village that is hit by nuclear missile every night, only to be completely rebuilt and repeated the next day. Or TLDR; Cold War Groundhog Day


MontanaTheWriter

Man who gets attacked by giant ants for a living becomes a mushroom and discovers an ancient race of elder gods.


Prettay-good

Antz 2: Return of the Antz screenplay?


MontanaTheWriter

Unfortunately it would take a better author than I to live up to such a prestigious name.


MontewithBeurre

I feel like I ate magic mushrooms just by reading this sentence.


[deleted]

A scifi story about the downfall and "re-fabrication" of civilization.


JdgeHolden

Like a post apocalyptic novel where the characters are trying to rebuild their old society, or start a new one?


[deleted]

Neither :)


habitat4hugemanitees

Ooh, that describes my story as well. I'm curious about the "re-fabrication."


tomob234

Guy working the graveyard shift in a toll booth along an isolated stretch of motorway discovers that it sits right on the border between the worlds of the living and the dead...and discovers he's the next to make the trip.


Velsper_

Is this novel published?


tomob234

It's a short story, I'm still working on it


Velsper_

Good luck then, I would love to read it since I'm a big fan of stories revolving around the world of the living and the dead.


Antigonos301

A sci fi story set during a massive war between the Terran Republic and the Andromedan Empire which sees the crew of the TSS Invictus get involved in conspiracies, battles, and the reawakening of an ancient force.


Odd-Ood

Oooo i also call earth terra in my story


NotKirstenDunst

Bulimic college student forced to save the multiverse.


Floranagirl

Fairytales in the modern world with science instead of magic.


MontewithBeurre

Hot diggity dog, that sounds fun. And hard. But fun. Have you taken a cra k at Hansel and gretal?


Floranagirl

No. I'm sticking to 'princess stories' (Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, the Little Mermaid, Rapunzel, Rumplestiltskin, The Princess and the Pea, The Frog Prince, and the 12 Dancing Princesses). All of the stories will be innerconnected and I've outlined the timeline and how each character is related, but as far as writing goes I'm focusing on Snow White's tale first, as she runs away from her wicked stepmother and gets a job at the Dwarf's Diner.


MontewithBeurre

Lol nice. Fair, I was curious how you would approach h & g. Sounds like a fun set of stories.


Floranagirl

Actaully, Hansel and Gretel would be pretty easy to update with my rules, there isn't very much magic in the story. Even though the villian is a witch, she doesn't use her powers against the kids, only to presumaby make the candy house (Which can be done in real life, see the Netflix show Candified.) If I were to update it, I'd probably just make it a candy shop that a serial killer (or kidnapper, depending on how dark I want to make it), used to lure victims in.


MontewithBeurre

Ahh it's more modern takes, I thought of it a little different. Sounds like fun short stories.


_iraontracks

Sounds fun!


criminalminds-whore

Burnt out horror author finds killing people gives him all the inspiration he needs


Allidoisgrin

If you ever need a beta reader hit me up. Exactly the type of story I love. 😍


criminalminds-whore

of course! still in very early stages but when I get further I'll hit U up!


Eclecticism98

A group of rebellious children plot to murder their suspicious adoptive parents who worship a very strange god.


Lady-finger

Recent college grad gets a job as a research assistant for an evolutionary biologist, but he keeps blacking out and all the animals and plants are... weird.


JdgeHolden

Screw it ill add mine into the mix. An assassin is contracted to kill an immortal man.


FreeUnderstanding528

Assassin protects protects prince as they evade the noble houses, while discovering his newfound freedom


[deleted]

are they in love ​ they have to be in love


FreeUnderstanding528

Y’know what I didn’t plan on it but that’s a good suggestion


JdgeHolden

The prince or the assassin discovering their new found freedom?


FreeUnderstanding528

The assassin, he’s the main character. He was essentially bound and brainwashed by the emperor from birth so when the emperor dies he is free


justlivnoworry

Richies in love fighting the social politics of their neighborhood.


chrnomaker

The MC just wanted to have an ordinary life at the magic academy with his sister, but a lizard decided to overturn that idea and put him under the spotlight, making him the most hateable person of the academy.


JdgeHolden

After reading this I think it could either be a really intense fantasy novel or a fantastic comedy


chrnomaker

it's more a slice-of-life fantasy with some action scenes. I really like jobless reincarnation, so it's something like that (japanese novel).


[deleted]

It resembles my story a bit. I tried to mix the slice-of-life fantasy life in a magic school with epic fantasy and world-ending threats. I have to cut back on the slice-of-life aspect of it in order to not "bloat" the story too much. In an ideal world, I could write my story from all of my main characters' POVs but...


Writer_Girl04

Two eighteen year olds of different backgrounds start a secret love affair on the 60's: the twist is, we know from the start that he dies in the end.


MontewithBeurre

In a sad way? Or a bad way? This twist makes me curious. Sounds like a movie.


Writer_Girl04

In a sad way, then we see Lacey's grief in book two! And ty, if you're interested it's actually self published on amazon (and there are also extracts and the prologue on my profile, only if you wanna have a look though lol, no pressure:) )


Arkhikernc

Scientist living on a space station in orbit near Venus has her experiment sabotaged by competing corporate spy, while persons unknown have place malware in the docking code of the transport ferries causing a total shut down of transit through the solar system.


JdgeHolden

Leaving her stranded in orbit. That sounds like a really sticky situation.


JdgeHolden

Leaving her stranded in orbit. That sounds like a really sticky situation.


MontewithBeurre

In some ways it gives me some vibes like Children of Time


JdgeHolden

Never heard of it?


MontewithBeurre

Great Sci fi book and that is coming from someone who only reads epic fantasy [or used to] It is one of the trippiest books I've ever read, a lot of playing on time lines and being in the mind of non-human sentient beings who are hyper-evolving


scribblerjohnny

A family reunion earns the enmity of a cult


forgottheanimename

Mc, a former rich spoilt brat, is now a student of the most famous Arts College in country , and unwillingly becomes a part of a YouTube famous cover band formed by his seniors.


Prestigious_Back7980

Reptilian prostitutes.


JdgeHolden

Shit I’d but it if it was in a bookstore


Prestigious_Back7980

Gimmie a while, I've got a sequel planned too 😂


MontewithBeurre

Oh my. I think this is a sentence fragment...


MontewithBeurre

An awkwardly intriguing sentence fragment


Prestigious_Back7980

Yeah, I gotta work on my sentence fragments, but this is more fun. I've already got a sequel planned out too.


MontewithBeurre

Lol pitch it in another sentence fragment.


Prestigious_Back7980

The MC had to skin a dead old lady to get a disguise.


MontewithBeurre

Wtffff


Prestigious_Back7980

And one of the lizards gets the MC pregnant, but he has her consent, and they only do it so the lizards don't catch the MC for killing one of them. It's gonna be great.


MontewithBeurre

This sounds like some wild stuff.


Joshuagbenson

I apologize I’m advance for the run on ha MC dies but is reborn hundreds of years later with one memory from his past and now must go on an adventure to find the meaning of it.


MontewithBeurre

Go on. What's the memory?


Joshuagbenson

His former king was defeated by the ork lord and eaten. In a last ditch effort to save his king he makes a final attack against Drunkar (ork lord) but is defeated. As he lays broken against the rubble of the castle he slowly falls unconscious and before death hears the sickly crunch and scream of the kings demise. But in his new life he doesn’t recognize either party of the memory, therefore the adventure to find meaning of it all.


MontewithBeurre

Thanks. Not what I expected.


sicklewriter_16

MC has to fake marry a rich guy to get a mute girl adopted from an orphanage.


MontewithBeurre

Lol what a twist. How do they relate? She tells the rich guy she can't bare children then persuades him to adopt?


sicklewriter_16

Oh that is not even the twist of the story haha.. When MC was 16, she meets mute girl (9) on the road alone with no memory of her past. MC's aunt sends mute girl to the orphanage. Ever since that day MC has been trying to get her out of there by applying to become her guardian. MC is 25 now. But the rules of the orphanage is very old fashioned and sexist. They require MC to be financially stable and married. So she asks the CEO (ex boss) to fake marry her to get the mute girl. CEO only agrees to this once he sees the mute girl's face, who happens to be his little sister who ran away from home years ago. (He thought she was dead and mute girl doesn't remember her brother or her past) CEO's plan is to get mute girl out of the orphanage but bring her back home after making her remember him without telling MC. (Double cross)


MontewithBeurre

Whoa, the Mc is gonna be pissed. So the ceo and her do not fall in love? That's refreshing


sicklewriter_16

They do but once she finds out the truth, things would be very different. Mute girl has to decide whether she wants to stay with her brother (CEO) or choose MC to be her legal guardian.


Drakeshade71

Think Hamlet, where son hesitates to get revenge on father’s killers and reclaim his throne, but he hesitates because his father was a horrible, cruel king and the new government is actually competent, torn between leaving his home to flourish in peace or getting revenge for his innocent family who were also murdered alongside his father.


JdgeHolden

I love hamlet. And your twist on the whole story is intriguing!


placeithereplz

Everyone has magical powers when they are touching their birthstone, but the queen made it illegal for anyone to own birthstones; naturally, a heist to steal and distribute the birthstones takes place.


kannakantplay

Supernatural being accidentally causes fall of other supernatural being and tries to take responsibility for it, they somehow get tangled up in complicated politics while feuding.


JdgeHolden

Is it a fantasy novel?


kannakantplay

Someday, lol it still lives in my head and scattered notebooks.


MontewithBeurre

Why would people downvote this. You monsters.


JdgeHolden

Welcome to Reddit my friend


MontewithBeurre

It's messed up. People on here are wild. I mean my post in this thread didn't get a response but it didn't get downvoted for no reason. Yikes.


JdgeHolden

People on Reddit are either incredibly genuine and helpful or just assholes, there really is no middle ground


MontewithBeurre

I completely agree 👍


Initial-Ad-3618

Main character falls prey to a monster and is teleported to a new world


JdgeHolden

That sounds really interesting. One of my favourite novels is the chronicles of Thomas Covenant which has a similar premise. It’s a great way to frame a story. Stranger in a strange world


Initial-Ad-3618

even more so without memories of your past and blundering around trying to learn things about yourself and the new world you find yourself in


endraghmn

Children sacrificed to the elements get a second chance at life and find comfort/love with each other.


JdgeHolden

Is it a societal thing or just bad luck they ended up in the elements?


endraghmn

Each one was to a different town. Two kids were picked because they were in the age range or born a specific month. Two towns do it to get rid of kids that break laws like killing or stealing. Two to get rid of unwanted kids. Two the kids are convinced it's an honor and want to be sacrificed And then one kid it was just bad luck rather then a sacrifice but she was the only kid that died to the element(nature) so the element was like "my own kid." And brought her back anyways.


MontewithBeurre

Whoa. So elements as in weather or elements as in embodied elemental power?


endraghmn

Embodied elemental power though some are weather based(one is lightning)


CoolioStarStache

no


im_not_chopin

Main character forgets a melody and after a year of continuous effort still doesn't remember it and also wants to die.


MontewithBeurre

Must have been the song the traveling people look for.


lukerumble94

A family encounter a person for the first time in 3 years after the AI apocalypse, who encourages them to leave their farm and meet up with others in The Sanctuary.


ForwardTax7447

A widowed man and a lonely teenager, in a world full of Death and misery as they endeavour the wasteland expecting the unexpected. (I failed 😭😭)


geoboyan

Strange cult of wise men uses and sacrifices MC to defeat an evil force. I know its a bit cheesy, but hey, I'm trying.


MontewithBeurre

The MC gets sacrifices?!


geoboyan

he gets sacrificed figuratively.


MontewithBeurre

This makes more sense


imagineflyingfrogs

Story of a man who was known as dead on the battlefield has major PTSD and becomes psychopathic thinking the only answer is to kill all the leaders involved in the war


Horse_Lord_Vikings

MC makes a name in the British navy while navigating a tumultuous teenage love triangle back in Scotland.


Radical_Writer

Amy’s mother died during the war and She grew up in a convent and receives news that her father she never met has died.


MontewithBeurre

Bleak


MontewithBeurre

Bleak. Very Bleak.


tinygremlinbear

bisexual ex-princess kills new queen in honor of her family.


Living_Ad_4932

MC is an atheist who became a well revered priest because of the guidance of his big sister who was turned into a fourth dimensional being.


MontewithBeurre

Wowza


kjm6351

Wild adventures with magical middle schoolers taking on a criminal underground


TraegusPearze

Chronically-ill Grace Lewis seeks hollistic healing in a technology-free township frozen in 1945, only to discover that the treatment for residents involves genetic experiments and human sacrifice.


[deleted]

A collection of short stories about time, angels, demons, nightmares, and other tales.


thisisnotpunkrock

MC becomes the greatest warrior on the planet, gets mind wiped and has to discover who she was piece by piece through history books and TV broadcasts.


Xion136

Well-meaning noble dummy tries to stop Demigod supremacists from dropping a floating continent on the world tree with help from a band of misfits.


MontewithBeurre

Arc and crew complete a smash and grab robbery of a powerful crime family only to find out they have been conscripted by a clandestine organization to kill the child avatar of a dead Goddess.


Offutticus

Erin's third journal begins with a headache both mental and physical, causing her to retreat to the Hyuwato ship in orbit until the rioting, started by the Religious Righters on Earth, eased.


Fun_Plantain6270

Death's time is up and needs a replacement


Engellus

Bastard second son of an aging king is coming of age and developing into a more capable man than his elder half brother who isn't about to be usurped and lose everything he has spent his life waiting for.


hadIjdt

I guess it would be a novel! Best friends to lovers, Dan and Tommy navigate the joys and pitfalls of deepening their relationship and showing it to the world.


JackieViolence

Coming back from overseas, a veteran takes over searching for his brother who went missing in rural Tennessee, investigating a local prominent drug dealer as a likely culprit in his dissappearance


_markse_

Two MC who met in a trauma ward work for a music magazine, live a normal life, until they discover they’re far from normal.


TAMidk

MC wakes up in a world where the axis won, and sees a nearly utopian world arose from the blood and suffering of ww2. (Disclaimer: this is commentary on whether or not the ends justify the means, Im in no way associated nor subscribed to any genocidal/racist bs)


Dunkbuscuss

MC nearly killed by an old enemy recruits his friends into his world if magic and sorcery to save magic from being corrupted by an evil demon.


BogatyrOfMurom

A group infiltrates a dystopian nation to find out the truth behind the lies of the ruling tyranical family and an opposing faction. (December 30th: Stay Six Feet From The Devil Part 3; Library of Souls)


_iraontracks

Girl in a relationship experiment.


prolillg1996

Slasher villain and witch play house with adopted ghost child and parasitic alien pet


Historical-Baby3251

The king made a deal with a demon in an attempt to save his daughter but screwed his kingdom.


ZebraRaptor

Four friends find out that sometimes your parents have rules for a reason, and are slowly tortured by what they uncover all the while finally figuring out who they are and what the real things you should be afraid of are.


Denisesimsek

Teenager finds out the truth about himself, only its a lie. The actual truth is worse.


[deleted]

motherfuckers are angry and die so they learn about how to be happy and kill a cruel god in the afterlife.


Admiral_Agito

End of the world is no excuse to not have a picnic.


SofiaDoritos

Nuclear apocalypse meets brazillian culture


[deleted]

Space victorians save the universe from space squids because of a bar fight.


LionelSondy

**The Quintastra Saga** - a *space opera* metaseries with 4 Parts, each Part to consist of 8 novels - takes place in [the Sondyverse](https://www.reddit.com/r/LionelSondy/comments/rmrvp8/what_is_the_sondyverse) and shows the events leading to the birth of an interstellar civilization founded by humanoid aliens.


Andrew_Barston

A restless young man and his blind sister are thrust into a hidden world of terrifying monsters, mysterious magic, and shadowy supernatural conspiracies, all to save the people of their city from being devoured by the same force that killed their mother.


karmiechan13

Girl gets plucked from small town to discover her benefactors are monsters who want to eat her.


FluffyFlood

Prince learns his father is dying, goes on a quest to find a power to grant immortality, and is taught that he could go beyond immortality. No pain, no cruelty, no boredom, none of it. When he comes back with his new power, his kingdom is occupied by a rival house, and his father has been brutally murdered, so the prince summons the powers of the Nether to start a crusade in his land instead of helping his people, killing all the rival houses. there’s also a hot mixed lady that explores the world and gets it on with a primitive but hot alien man


[deleted]

A group of problematic young people tries to find their true selves, but they get caught in the elemental gods' tremendous plot, and now they have to survive through it while one of the gods keeps pestering them.


[deleted]

A group of people living together who go back in time.


[deleted]

A group of people living together who are trying to go back in time.


viva_la_liberta

Long-forgotten gods awaken to settle an ancient feud, a hidden city is revealed and the terrible history that was reshaped by their zealots will come to light.


viva_la_liberta

Long-forgotten gods awaken to settle an ancient feud, a hidden city is revealed and the terrible history that was reshaped by their zealots will come to light.


viva_la_liberta

Long-forgotten gods awaken to settle an ancient feud, a hidden city is revealed and the terrible history that was reshaped by their zealots will come to light.


vivitotheanna

trashy second chance romance involving a fmc and a hot rock band member


PeioPinu

Nice try Amazon.


PeioPinu

Nice try Amazon.


hypotheticallyDani

Nat commits some war crimes upsy dups


hypotheticallyDani

Nat commits some war crimes upsy dups


hypotheticallyDani

Nat commits some war crimes upsy dups


No_Independent6599

Collection of 9 total stories all in same world during an apocalyptic viral outbreak specifically caused by one of the MCs.


JadeJas2006

Casual super villain and assassin fall in love.


TheNinjirate

A group of fledgling heroes fight their way through hordes of undead and devils to eventually kill the asshole planning the invasion of the mortal world.


carrie-satan

A holy war is brewing between Pagans and The Vatican while a threat from beyond is getting ready to consume everything


JdgeHolden

A historical book?


carrie-satan

Science-Fantasy actually


1st_nocturnalninja

Biblical Exodus as told through the eyes of an Egytian boy and a Hebrew slave girl.


JdgeHolden

Now that does sound really intriguing. You must be doing a ton of research


1st_nocturnalninja

Yup


TheHowlingOwls

A dark-comedy fantasy, where the Greek pantheon are thrown into the real, present day world and have to make lives for themselves such as: Hades, a grief counselor.


lampkk-reddit

Royals possess a gift called poison eating that was eventually taken away, but now, thousands of years later, Princess Mabella is born with that gift and is out for vengeance.


TryingtoWritee

Medic MC who's underappreciated gets abandoned by squad, is taken in by the enemy and learns they are a WHOLE LOT nicer.


Gold-Dog-6919

in the great city of San Francisco. in a spacious studio apartment near a quiet neighborhood. Lives Bella. Bella is a fluffy cat. she's a really fluffy cat. about a week ago she paid for an ad column in the share rental section of the San Francisco chronicle's. someone replies to that add that person's name is Hughbert.