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Cackling Pumpkins

Atticus [BL]

“Evil God of the Universe, You are in every space and time. Present in every dimension of reality and govern the darkness of our world. Oh, almighty Atticus! Hear our plea and grant us your presence tonight, awaken my Lord!” The rain had completely stopped and the strong gale had subsided into the fading raindrops. The night had turned eerily silent and only the sizzling and cackling of the fire entered their ears. Suddenly, they all felt like floating from their feet despite setting foot on the watery, hard ground, as if they were traversing into space. The darkness of the night gradually turned darker, enveloping them, morphing into everyone, like a void eating them slowly. Sequentially, their breathing turned oddly slower. Despite exaggeratedly inhaling air to breathe, it was to no avail, as if a higher entity was limiting them from breathing. Nolan felt his throat and tried to open his mouth to gasp more air but failed. Everyone but him was in a state of indignation and panic as they struggled to breathe to fill their lungs with air. Nolan tried to calm his heart. He closed his eyes and stopped inhaling air in pure panic, instead, he put his heartbeat and breathing into a rhythm. It was hard at first, but after a minute, he found his breathing gradually went stable. His whole being was in pure anticipation of what was going to happen next. After a couple more minutes, the storm completely subsided, the night turned to normal. Nolan remained standing, taking in his surroundings with his eyes closed. Everything turned silent. The eerie atmosphere and the crackling of the fire from the hay figure didn’t even enter his ears. Nolan waited for a couple more minutes, his breathing turning normal. He was reluctant to open his eyes, afraid he might ruin their ritual. “It’s alright now, Young Master. You can open your eyes now.” Nolan’s breathing hitched. He jolted on his feet as he fluttered his eyes open. “Atticus? W-why are you here?” The butler, standing in front of him, a raincoat hung on his arms, smiled. “I am everywhere, Young Master, in order to best serve you.” **** Atticus, a demi-god from the underworld, was cast out of his parents from their realm and was thrown into the human world. The reason? He hadn't given them grandchildren yet.
lazyferret · 857 Views

Arcana Machina: hidden class discovered.

In a world, similar to earth, with a lush planet and advanced technologies,near cyberpunk mixed with old technologies and ideologies, a millennia ago, a very power god, worked hand in hand with an extremely advanced race, to combine technology and magic, making this world known as Lua, undergo changes, with 10 continents, each with its own nations, to change, people gained a system, the systems helped grant a class, some were combat, others engineer, and some everyday professions, like blacksmiths, armorers, even actors had classes be born into existence, well on year 2153, a particular short statured girl------ named Silver Hailstorm, whom just turned sixteen, the age of the system awakening and also the day she has to register her class with the kingdoms hunters association, something some dread for their weak or common class, others look forward to, but on this day, silver is treating it like any other. Working in the family owned mechanic and armor fitting shop, where most of the clientele is military vehicles, the money is decent,but not enough to help us climb the social pedigree and gain a spot in a tier 2 city. Silver is a cat girl standing at only four feet tall, making her no bigger than the dwarves, and no less aggressive as them, usually wearing her mechanic coveralls, and a black tank top, the upper part of the coveralls tied around her waist, and her over sized weilding gloves, and weilding goggles adorning the top of her hair, grease stains can be seen all over her, but uncaring to all this as she works on taking the damaged armor panels off the hover troop transport. A vehicle that has a very similar appearance to a humvee or Bear, on earth. Her Dad, Also a Cat person, here they are just known as nekos from here on thats how they will be addressed, burst through the office door into the bay while trying his best to yell over the drown of loud rock music, and the industrial grinder. "Sil!...Sil! you have to go awaken and register your system!". Barely hearing him over the noise, silver cuts the grinder off before walking over to her dad, giving a quick hug before dashing out while tossing over her reply. "thanks dad for the reminder im leaving now!" And like the neko she has always been, fast and too agile for her own good she sprints down to the office, her small size allowing her to zigzag and at times perform acrobatics to not bump into people, a feat larger people would struggle to repeat as she does, rushing to the office about half an hour away from the shop on foot. She laughs and cackles on glee and the sheer freedom and speed she is going through so mych foot traffic, being a tier one city with more than twenty million people in it, theres always a lot of foot traffic.Some people who have seen her in traffic before are used to her antics while others are awestruck and surprised as she flashes by, her red pixie cute hair fluttering around her and her red and white stripped hears easily seen as she does flipps and dives over people into the tiny spots in the crowd. After a near flat out run, for 15 solid minutes, making it outside the huge hunters building, where hundreds of thousands of new hunters and old are streaming in for various reasons, some are just like her here to activate the system and see what they awakened as and to register.Walking in and looking around having to hop several feet in the air a few times to survey over the crowd, in doing so drawing some attention from several group all around wondering if she is part rabbit or something, some of the people in line in front and behind her giggle and laugh and a couple dwarves smirk as they realize what she is trying to do before she finally sees that she actually randomly selected the correct line on the first try. "phew, made it, and im not dead last, hopefully i awakened something with machine..." she says,a bit of forshadowing.
Micah_Hailstorm · 35K Views

The Collapsed World

Publishing schedule (once every three days.) In a world where the sound of wind hooting near your ears could shiver you up, where the sun played hide and seek behind the dense clouds, roads hidden under the fog, surroundings devoid of any presence. The noise of cracking and cackling will send cold sweat roll down your neck as you will walk amidst the debris left by destructed buildings and look at the sky in intervals, fearing when something will come and tear your flesh apart. In the world where you can only hear your own breathing and heartbeat, where you have only yourself, even your own shadow abandons you in the darkness. How long will you survive? No... What will you do to survive? Fein Rasmond, being thrown into a world in it's brink of extinction, embarks on a journey to search for his only twin sister after a strange dream he had of her. Not caring about his parents who neglected him since childhood, he cared only about his sister who he didn't even know was alive or dead. Explore the world filled with mysteries along with Fein as he stumbles upon allies and enemies. Discover the history behind all the destruction. In this world contaminated with undeads, dragons and beasts, Fein will exploit everything and anything in his arsenal to meet his motives, creating a vague line between good and evil, right and wrong, life and death. Despite everything the only thing that he claims.. I'm neither good nor evil. Asking me to care about other people is nothing but a waste of time. I'm a human, so are they. Why should i have to act the hero and protect when we all have the same four limbs? Blessed with a gift.... Haha. Should i try using my gift for other's I'll only be used like a little doll stringing around their fingers. Trust me Rene. I'll protect you so just come with me. People are too imbecile to deserve heroes. *Cover photo: AI generated (self produced)
Akira_Kei_ · 21.6K Views

Complicated Fate: I Love My Adopted Sister

I always thought life was perfect having my big brother and sister together with aunt Clara and uncle Claire. And not to mention my Mom, but I guess it wasn't. Not growing up with a Dad was one of the saddess moment in my life but I was at ease knowing my Mom will always be there for me and a father like figure,uncle Claire. Happiness as they say doesn't last long as I lost everything immediately i got my long awaited blessing. I finally had a grandma and grandpa, an uncle and a beautiful aunt together with a kind of not so humble kind of cousin. But the cruel reality of life was that I was never born for happiness. I lost my whole world that day and the only thing I had of it, my memories. I lost my favorite aunt who i always thought loved me together with any other person I could call family. I was taken in by the least expected people at that rime, my crush's family and it seems it was also a brewing storm. Here I am many years later standing in between my brother and lover with the most confused expression I ever had. "You are mine Monica...you always were..." "My little pumpkin will never fall in love with her brother right...don't listen to this rascal Monica, his love isn't worthy to hold our wedding rings..." "Monica please believe me, we once loved each oth..." "ENOUGH!!" I could feel my whole world crumbling down seeing the two most important persons in my life fighting over my love. But the worst news was to come as my best friend who is a detective came running in with files in hand. "Monica...we have identified the boy...He's name is Marco Aari..." That was all it took for me to lose my balance and lose my consciousness... "MONICA!!!"
Stephanie_Igben · 52K Views

The Regressed Me : Little Miss Doesn't Want To Be A Scapegoat Anymore

[Warning : Mature Contents] Megha was an extraordinary genius and Martial arts Master of one of few powerful force in the whole Blazing meter continent she was the kind who born with a silver spoon and everything arranged for her future. Her father was a powerful and revered leader of Longevity Sect and as one of a few seed Dicsiple and heiress to the sect she can just wave her hand and things could be done. She, who basked in the praise and envy of the mass and hailed as a heroine and raising star unexpectedly find her life turned upside down in most unexpected way. For what cause? Her beloved father who was her biggest support dissappered without any lead her sect which has been her home for all those years chased her out. Chased out and hunted down by unknown forces she understands she was schemed against and their was definitely some conspiracy going on as both her enemies and Allies targeting her. Battered and bitterheart she fought day and night for the slim chance of everyday survival she determined clear her name and prove her innocence to no avail run to end of the world. When she cornered and at the end of her pitiful life and faced her grievous end at the hand of some no name canon fodder she was extremely unwilling and heart full of hatred just like that her miserable life come to an end. 'Hmm! why am I here, shouldn't I wake up in Netherworld' she looked at her surroundings with bewilderedment 'How come I wake up here.... and wasn't that statue shattered back in the fight' She carefully observed the place with wariness 'If I'm not mistaken this place was under the watch and constantly patrol by local forces' her eyes widen in panic as her understanding set in but all she could see was beautiful landscape. Her youthful and exquisite face and was stark contrast to the haunted glint in her eyes but all she could see and here was excited chirps of a colorful spirit bird ' Was this dream... they say when people die miserable death their soul sought out their happy memories is that it? ' She frowned lightly but her placid look gone in that instant as her eyes widen in horror "No!..." 'This can't be.... how could this be an- is this some kind of nightmare in netherworld?' she gasped. ___ ___ ___ ___ Megha accidentally find out a dark secret about one of her childhood friend and secret crush, she was extremely shocked and agitated not only that she also unintentionally find few truths about her family allies and finally able connect some dots slowly unravel the mystery surround her previous life death. As a person experience untold hardships and betrayals she vowed to take a different approach make her own path as she intend to ruin the life of her enemies and the force hiding in the shadow ' I will spare no one for their sin ' "Baang" with a loud sound the door of the house slammed open the youth in the house flinched away from the sudden sound "M-megha what are you doing here?" the youth stuttered in shock and panic. Her face was extremely cold she stalked into the room her eyes never left him, the youth subconsciously started to back off soon his retreat halted by the wall behind him. "W-what are you d-doing here in this hour" his eyes shifted from side to side as if he looking for a way to escape. Nothing escaped her eyes, her eyes were like hawks throughly scrutinizing him her expression was severe the look was nonchalant. HIs crimson hair stick to his forehead and Scarlet eyes widen and shaking as if he understand something he tried to persuade her in weak voice "Y-you shouldn't.... Don't d-do this plea-se" he was hyperventilating "Did you u-understand the reper-rcussions?" She sneered at him " Do you think I'm afraid of this threats 'little lamb'... haha! How amusing" she cackled she took out a dagger... [A/N: This is my second work for WSA 2023 so please support me and wish in this ardorus journey, for more. details please check Author Note Thank you so much, ❤U]
raven_lord017 · 26.3K Views

A Mommy For Hire:The heiress must get married.

What does fate have in store for the rebellious granddaughter,Tiana Hamilton and billionaire daddy,Damien Kings? Tiana Estrella Hamilton,the wild heiress to a world recognized multi billion automobile company,is set on a dangerous mission to destroy her grandma. She has it all. Money. Beauty. Brain.  But yet, still had something which she craved for but doesn't intend on admitting it, Happiness. On the run, to avoid a forced marriage set up by her grandma to make her realize the intensity of her action, which was going to destroy everything she had ever worked hard for. She meets Damien Kings, Billionaire daddy who's on the lookout for a perfect motherly figure for his little pea, Daisy. What does Tiana know about taking care of a five year old?But yet,she suggested  an idea that would favour  the both of them. A contract marriage for a year. His daughter gets a mommy,she in turn, gets a husband of her choice  and not that of her gram's but under a condition made by Damien. No feelings attached! What would happen, when a marriage which had been vividly documented to end in a year's time without any feeling attached,ends up getting more realistic, serious and enjoyable for something which was meant to be all an act? How will Damien end up convincing the wild heiress,to give a chance at love when all she had ever experienced was betrayal from said loved ones? How sure is Tiana, that she's not  changing with the time spent with her dramatic daughter,daisy? Would her revenge still come to light?  Would little Daisy still end up having Tiana as her mother after a year is up? Would Damien see Tiana differently, when the contract is over and he's deeply in love with her? What would happen when Nancy, Daisy's real  mother, stands as  a big opposition to the  couples' show  of affection towards each other? Most importantly,is saying 'i do' to Damien Kings, a good decision which she had made or just another repetition of her mother's mistake, which she made in the name of love? Finally,would getting married be the game changing plan that grandma saw as the only way, to calm her rebellious granddaughter down? Find out in this promising story,with numerous funny scenes from our little pumpkin,daisy. Rated 18+ The cover photo doesn't belong to me and all credits goes to the original owner. ~~~~~~~ Other books by the other: *365 Days To Love* *Dangerous Love:Two can Play This Game* *The Ceo's Runaway Babymama* *Instagram ID: IrreplaceableSassy *Discord ID:Jayden222#1882 *TikTok ID: Irreplaceablesassy1 *Facebook ID: Jayden *My Server: https://discord.gg/KGxczvhp
Jayden222 · 195.5K Views

A Close Call with the CEO

Odetta Lawrence has a secret, she is posing as Olivia Reyes, a renowned breakout fashion designer. The world was finally recognizing her for her talents but not as her true self. She falls in love with the distrustful bigshot CEO of Luxe Textiles, Edward Cummings and Edward is falling for Olivia, but what happens if she lets her heart lead? Will she give up her career for love or love for her career? *** I hear she assaulted a local in Delhi, what a racist. _Exes15 Olivia scoffed tossing her phone into her purse and zipped it up clapping her hands together. "If you'd like, I'd put up that outfit," He leaned on the wall. "Maybe buy it off your hands," She spread her arms to keep them apart, Edward just had the best way of endearing her and she stood her ground. "You...you will?" She nearly forgot about the headlines. They walked together on the beach, she held her hands together. "I appreciate that," She bit her lip. He stepped in front of her and she stopped "I could grab my boat_" "Yes, I'd love to sail," Tasha stepped in wearing a green wrap up bikini and fabric around her waist, she rolled her eyes when Dante nudged her and she blushed. "Quit bugging me alright?" She said and bit down a laugh then blinked at Olivia. "Poor dear, I'm so sorry about that guy...," Olivia fidgeted locking her fingers, "Nevermind," Edward held her shoulder and she disliked his advances. "I know, he was really good looking, I guess you never can tell," She ranted holding on to a bunch of keys and sighed. "The boat," "Right," She said and they roamed to the docks. Olivia watched a crab wrestle with a broken shell and she saw another empty one. "Are you gonna give it or live in it?" He cackled unknotting a rope, he had help with the sails and she tossed it in the water. "No thanks, I'm fine, it's a really nice boat," "Thanks, it's just a rental," He said and he stepped inside stretching his hand. "No, thanks I got it," She stepped up and her other leg was stuck in-between. "Help," She crossed over. "It's slippery," He said and made it to the controls after he released the sails. "Are you sure you know how to sail? Because I'm concerned_" "You had to stand and watch me do a safety check. Olivia, there's a lotta things I had to learn," He said and twisted the keys and the jets rumbled spewing a stream of water. "Hang on," He said and she reached around his side. "This is not funny," She said leaning on his shoulder and he was the least ridiculous at the moment. "Here we go," Edward stirred the boat and he was aware of the direction of the wind and set sail across the shores till he was sure they hit the water. The smell of salt lingered in the air and he set his hand above his eyes at the distance. Olivia was wistful and held on, she couldn't think of the last thing to worry her, maybe a sail was what she needed the whole time. The water wobbled and the sky was getting grey and he picked up speed warranting another grip from Olivia. He felt a drip on his skin and she yawned. In a moment, the turbines gradually stopped spinning and her head rose stepping away from him. A smile returned to his face when he was sure they were safe, the island was just a few metres away, he would drive there in a moment but still, they had to enjoy the view. She sat down on a chair wistful about her dad's trips. "It's been a while since I've been on a sail," "Not long enough," He went to retrieve two glasses and handed her one. "Been a while since I've had a drink," She swivelled. She sipped and her eyes popped at the sweetness. "Apple juice?" He laughed. "I figure if we did, then none of us will be leaving this boat," She imagined careening and Edward laying on the edge, wasted and she shook her head. "Better safe than sorry," She crossed her legs
FavourEkele_1969 · 27K Views

Cursed To Die A Million Times

Jack has made contact with the other side. His life is now in the hands of peworful beings who are way beyond his understanding. What can he do? Backed into a corner, his only chance at survival is to entrust his life to the embodiment of all curses— a being hailed as the incarnate of all that is evil in this world. This will obviously end horribly... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The Million Cursed Rebirth Tribulation...?" I asked, obviously never having heard of it. I wasn't really a religious person, but I hadn't heard of stuff like this in hinduism or buddhism... "The Million Cursed Rebirth Tribulation is a tribulation of the Curse Path, and it puts the person ongoing the tribulation into a mental state in which they undergo 1 million lives. Though in your head, tens to hundreds of millions of years may have passed, no more than 1 second would have passed in the real world." At this moment my eyes were wide open in surprise; "That's cool and all, but what does the word 'Cursed' imply in the title?" I asked. This was definately crucial information I'd need to keep in mind. All three of Gōman's lips curled up into a crazed smile— a smile which holds no discrimination for who and what it disdains; a smile ready to kill everyone and everything in the world without discrimination if it pleased— that was when I was reminded of his true nature. "Here, brat, since I feel like it I'll tell you the truth as I don't mind you refusing and dying by the hands of those rightous faction goons. Kheh kheh, let me grace you with my abundant knowledge and wisdom! I shall enlighten you from the generosity of my heart!" Gōman laughed heartily using one mouth, cackled using another, and laughed, maniacally using the last, giving way for a disturbing scene. "Ok, first, as you begin your memories will gradually get erased and replaced with that of the cursed reincarnation you're in. The memories, emotions, state of mind, and mental being of the person you become, eventually losing all memories of this life. Second, each reincarnation shall be cursed and full of misery where you will either die an early death or live enough to see yourself bring your own end." At this point Gōman's eyes were full of ecstacy and ridicule for my misfortune; "And third, you might not even be 100 lives in before your mind breaks— turning yourself into the perfect human vessal! One which can't think and one that I can control at will! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Though this is what Gōman states, could all of that just be the tip of the iceberg? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Author's thoughts: Hi. I don't know what I'm doing anymore... I was originally making a cultivation, reincarnation, etc... type of story but with the characters I have in mind I don't think that's my style of novel. For now I'll be using this novel a 'psudo-spin-off' series or an extended 'prologue' novel / origin story to give more insight on Jack's psyche, state of mind, way of thinking, morals and beliefs for future as to explain how he acts as of what he went through. Oh, and I'm also using this as a means to practice writing different scenes, scenarios, and exploring darker subjects. *Feedback and critiques appreciated.
SpearPointPen · 15.4K Views

The Hired Professional(?)Mess Cleaner

On the way back from buying chicken skewers, a certain system very naughtily scared the sh*t out of Wen KeLi before striking up a conversation with her. Thank god she didn’t have a weak heart otherwise the system could only have a conversation with a dead body. Interview: Wen KeLi: To be honest, you didn’t give me much of a choice. It was like Ooo little girl, you either do this or you gonna die tomorrow (΄◉◞౪◟◉`) *cackles evilly* System: Huh no, I don’t know what your talking about. (Starry look of innocence) ◉‿◉ Wen KeLi: ...You’re letting your scheming face slip out. Don’t scare the children, here let me help you shove it back in. (Lifting virtual fists) System: ∑(゚Д゚)∑(゚Д゚) How could you do this to me~ (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`) Wen KeLi: To the children out there, I do NOT recommend this as a job. Being a transmigrator sucks. There’s no consistency, no overtime pay, no vacation. I don’t know if it’s like that for everyone or if it’s just because my system sucks. I suspect he’s withholding a lot of benefits from me. System: Gasp how could you say that, I’m an honest system ◉‿◉ Wen KeLi:... Thus Wen KeLi started on her transmigration journey. Heroically, she plunges head first into melee battles in order to save the world(s)! Extra: Wen KeLi: I was infected by the system. These darn sticker packs that I can’t stop using _(´ཀ`」 ∠)_ • • • • This is an original story that belongs to me. Cover is NOT mine. All credits deservingly goes to the original artist. Please vote for this book if you like(?) (Shameless begging) Please vote and rate. Encourage me (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)
AutumnCat · 11.9K Views

MMORPG: Rise of the Peerless Pumpkinmancer

[Creating Pumpkinmancer Class: Confirm?] Pro VR Gamer Jack O’Neil died as tragically as he lived: betrayed, then eaten by ducks! Luckily, fate gave him a second chance when he found himself coming back to the past. Watch as he makes his return as a Ranker, even stronger than before! This time he aims to become number one and clear all regrets from his previous life. He will right all wrongs and wrong all rights! — Eh…what?! To all the Players and NPCs of the gaming world of ‘INFINITE’: F … ⎧ᴿᴵᴾ⎫ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Welcome to Rise of The PP: Pumpkins & Chaos It’s huge! That’s what she said as she saw the massive…undead army! This is a tale of a beautiful friendship between a kind young man and his many peculiar undead summons. So what if a few in-game realms end up being destroyed? *Shrug* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ——Attention may Contain—— - Amazing PP (Peerless Pumpkinmancer) - Badass MC (Shows people his PP Class) - Awesome Gaming world (INFINITE!!!) - Bullied NPCs (PP hard to handle) - NPC Waifus (2D becoming 3D!) - Magic (PP Magic is best magic) - Multiverse (PP across worlds!) - 100% sane friends (Officially) - Guild Wars (PP VS guilds!) - Scorned beauties (No BS!) - Taming (Cool travel pets!) - Secrets (PP finding stuff!) - Pumpkins (Spooky!) - R18 tag (?!?) - Much more! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ----More chaps when this becomes popular ---- Release rate: 1 Chapter/day 2 Chapters/day top 100 3 Chapters/day top 50 Official Discord: https://discord.gg/dV5DVyhj57 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
ClasslessAscension · 3.1M Views
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