Wall Clock No Ticking

In his first life as 'Caine Wilson', was the villain—ruthless, cunning, and very powerful. He played his part perfectly, crushing the so-called "protagonist" and parading his enemies, their families, and anyone who crossed him naked through the streets. He watched with glee as the "hero" lay broken, stripped of his dignity, before finally ending his pitiful existence. But just as Caine, thought he had finally won and secured his place at the top, 'Higher ups' intervened. A booming, ethereal voice—like the universe’s pissed-off judge—shook the skies: "You have violated the sacred code of villainy! The villain shall not win. The balance has been broken. Caine Wilson, the world hereby rejects you!" Before he could even enjoy his victory, his world blinked out, like a story whose writer just erased the last chapter in frustration. Everything went dark. And when he awoke, he wasn’t Caine Wilson anymore. He was 'Su Xiaobai', a nobody on 'White Cloud Star', a world of cultivation, martial arts, and endless struggle. But this time, things were different. He could feel it—he could see through the cracks of reality itself. He could break the fourth wall! He wasn’t just some reincarnated soul; he was a villain who had 'seen the system', who understood the game. And he was about to flip it upside down. --------------- A/N: Buckle up, you miserable bunch! It’s a parody, so shut your brains off, toss 'em in the trash, and dive headfirst into this deep, glorious shithole! Don’t come whining to me when you laugh so hard you choke on your own damn tears! --------------- Discord: https://discord.gg/dsc4fftBeF **Cover Page is not owned by Author**

Esther Agassi is a feared and respected woman, she worked hard to get to her position in a well-known magazine as head of the marketing team and is working as hard to keep it, so hard she might as well have lost the ability to enjoy anything else other than work, work and work but all that changes the very moment her team's new intern walks into her office... Do you believe in hate at first sight? Age Gap | Office Romance | Rom-com

1. Uniqueness and Appeal of the Story (Condensed) 1. Worldbuilding: Historical Grit Meets Supernatural Spectacle Setting: 1930s America/Europe: Blends Great Depression realities (NYC soup kitchens, corrupt Wall Street alchemists) with occult threats. Nazi "Lebensborn" experiments resurrect through cursed artifacts, while vampire clans like Sanctum Sanguinis manipulate London's underworld. Core Innovation: Merges noir detective drama, Lovecraftian cosmic horror, and vampire political epics into a cohesive "dark fantasy" universe. Protagonist Wayne navigates gangster-ruled streets and eldritch rituals with equal pragmatism. 2. Plot Architecture: Layered Mysteries & Explosive Payoffs Opening Hook: A seemingly routine infidelity case unravels into a cult conspiracy marked by glowing cat eyes and radioactive mushroom-induced visions. The mundane detective office becomes a gateway to hidden wars. Key Conflicts: Personal: Wayne’s quest to find his sister Gwen—a victim of 1935 Nazi experiments—while battling his own physical decay (corpse-like stench, stopped pocket watch). Supernatural: Vampire dynasties, hellish legions, and secret societies (Mirror Sect) clash over the "Living Grail," a sentient artifact granting control over reality. Historical: Nazi occultists infiltrate America using gold-skull rituals; Federal Reserve corruption fuels supernatural arms races. Climactic Sequences: Holy Grail War: Wayne’s ragtag Vowbound Cross faction battles vampire hordes in London, with alchemically enhanced revolvers firing self-guided silver bullets. Leviathan Rising: A kaiju-like beast emerges from Liverpool’s waters, countered by undead dragons and Vatican light magic. Twist Ending: Gwen is revealed as a Nazi-made proto-vampire, forcing Wayne to sacrifice himself as a vessel to seal an elder god—leaving moral ambiguity lingering. 3. Characters: Moral Complexity & Jarring Contrasts Wayne (Protagonist): Flawed Antihero: A whiskey-drinking PI masking survivor’s guilt with sarcasm. His fake "model citizen" diary clashes with ruthless tactics (blackmail, radioactive interrogations). Duality: Protects street orphans while exploiting clients, embodying Depression-era moral erosion. Veronica & Wilhelm: Noble Fugitives: Veronica’s aristocratic German past and Wilhelm’s swastika-etched knife hint at dark histories. Posing as a secretary/gardener, they manipulate Wayne’s investigations. Comic Relief: Wilhelm’s mountain-like physique paired with cat-obsessed campiness ("sailor outfits") offsets existential dread. Antagonists: Preacher Jacob: A vampiric zealot who views bloodsucking as divine sacrament, mirroring Wayne’s nihilism. Dr. Isaac: A Nazi eugenicist weaponizing vampirism, blending scientific rigor with monstrous ambition. 4. Narrative Craft: Noir Aesthetics & Pseudoscience Multi-Perspective Storytelling: Wayne’s cynical first-person narration intercuts with newspaper clippings (Jack the Ripper Returns), cult parchments, and Veronica’s encrypted journals to piece together the puzzle. Stylized Language: Gritty metaphors: "Wall Street fog smells of rusted dreams," "Veronica’s hair outshines Coney Island neon." Symbolism: Bulletproof doors adorned with Citizen Kane posters critique hollow American idealism; cash-stuffed Bibles mock religious hypocrisy. Sci-Fantasy Systems: Vampire "sun weakness" explained as uranium radiation side effects. "Eldritch whispers" rationalized as infrasound brainwashing; hell reimagined as a quantum dimension. Weapons: Rune-engraved silver bullets, alchemy-modified revolvers blending mysticism and tech.

In a world where magic is currency and the magically gifted reign supreme, Erin is nothing. Born without a shred of power in a society that discards the weak, Erin spends his days hauling demon carcasses for copper coins—just enough to keep his sharp-witted elder sister Aria in school and their dying father alive. But when his father collapses from the same sickness that stole their mother, Erin’s fragile world crumbles. With no money for medicine and Aria’s future slipping away, he gambles on the one path left: the Trials of Ascension, a brutal gauntlet where the magically elite compete for glory in the Overlord’s three legendary orders—the cunning Vigil, the unyielding Sentinels, and the shadowed Wardens. Armed with a rusted shovel, his father’s cryptic pendant, and a rage that burns hotter than any spell, Erin enters a world of glittering nobles and lethal trials designed to break the powerless. But in a system rigged to favor magic, his greatest weapon isn’t strength. It’s defiance. Can a gravedigger outlast mages born to rule? Or will the weight of a magicless existence bury him first? A storm of grit, sacrifice, and brotherly love. For fans of Black Clover, where the overlooked rise to shatter the chains of a broken world.

It is the English version of my book named No Pera [In Bengali] which stands for No tension in English It is a pretty relatable book because it's like a book about the friendship and bond. Its Funny too.... trust me.......

In a world that has cast us out, we stand amidst the darkness. We have no land, no name, only this path. We are the shadows behind this wall. We are the forgotten guardians of the world. We are the Outcasts, and we will endure, or die on our path.

The night Jian woke up with a splitting headache after her friend's bachelorette party, she just blamed it on the excess alcohol. She had some vague memories of an intense make out session with her arch nemesis, but she brushed it off because, if that really had happened somehow, Seth was acting way too normal. She couldn't even rely on her memories. Everything was a blackout. So when she went to register her marriage with her childhood best friend and was told she had already been married for seven years to Seth, whom she hadn't talked to in seven years due to a fallout, it was crazy to her. It turned out she had registered her marriage drunk after her friend's bachelorette party. Now she has to fly all the way to New York to get a divorce from her 'husband' so she can marry her 'boyfriend' before he comes back from his NASA science program. Six months is more than enough, right? Right???

um ronim nos tempos atuais que não suporta a tirania do atual shogum do Japão, onde a cada capítulo ele acha mais aliados para acabar com a tirania.

Después de tres años de matrimonio, Wendy Stewart estaba acostumbrada a los comentarios sarcásticos de Michael Lucas, sus amenazas frecuentes sobre el divorcio e incluso su indulgencia con una amante. Pensó que podría soportar todo esto toda su vida, hasta que accidentalmente quedó embarazada de un niño que Michael no quería. Finalmente desesperada, Wendy firmó el acuerdo de divorcio y se fue. Pensó que podrían haberse separado para siempre, pero Michael se negó a dejar de buscarla después del divorcio. Cuando se encontraron de nuevo, ella era la mejor diseñadora del mundo. Sonriendo dulcemente a su exmarido, dijo: —Mi querido, ya estamos divorciados. Michael simplemente la miró fríamente: —Dime, ¿qué hará falta para que nos reconciliemos?

Ethan Carter, a socially awkward and bookish young man, moves into a run-down apartment in the city, hoping for a quiet and uneventful life. But his world is turned upside down when he meets his neighbor—Sienna, a mesmerizing, confident woman with an intoxicating aura. From the moment he lays eyes on her, he's smitten. She’s everything he isn’t—bold, beautiful, and effortlessly seductive. As Ethan struggles with his feelings, he begins noticing strange things: the way men come and go from Sienna’s apartment, the way she dresses provocatively at odd hours, and the soft, intimate sounds that seep through the thin walls at night. But he convinces himself that it’s all in his head. One night, however, the illusion shatters. When Sienna forgets to fully close her door, Ethan sees the truth with his own eyes—she’s with a client. The shock leaves him reeling. But instead of disgust, his fascination deepens. Why does she do this? Is there something more beneath her exterior? And most importantly—can love exist between two people from such different worlds? Ethan’s desire soon turns into obsession, and as he delves deeper into Sienna’s life, secrets unravel that neither of them are prepared to face.

A journey in the lifetime of a hero begins who is he going to live with, will he accept his destiny and move on or will he ignores his pride for a woman's sake ..let see what happened in mark life after his girlfriend got kidnapped ..

A New Beginning. A Better You. An Altered Perception. They say healing is possible. That the mind can forget pain, reshape itself, start over. The world calls it Reverex—a revolutionary prescription that promises clarity, peace, and a way forward. A breakthrough in trauma treatment—one pill, a world of relief. No more nightmares. No more fear. No more past. Arthur Gallagher believed in the cure. Until the visions started. What begins as relief soon turns to something else—visions that won’t fade, voices that whisper from the corners of the room, a creeping sensation that reality itself is unraveling. And the spider…it watches. It waits. It knows. Arthur is trapped between two worlds—the one they want him to believe in and the one his mind refuses to forget. As the pills tighten their grip, his son begins to uncover the horrifying reality behind them. What if the cure isn’t meant to heal? What if it’s meant to erase? This is not a side effect. This is the design. This isn’t medicine. This is control. A system designed not to heal, but to erase. To replace. To consume. Once you take it, there is no going back.

After being saved from a demon by a shadow wielder, young Kimikage vows to protect his village from darkness. To fulfill his promise, he must master the very shadows that threaten his home

There are 7 dimensions controlled by a Universal Government. Each dimension is governed by its own unique universal laws. There are a few things they have in common, there is always 1 the strongest and 1 the smartest. Except for the Universal Government, it’s forbidden to travel between dimensions. Interdimensional gates don’t close on their own and if left open, creatures that dwell in the darkness between the worlds will find their way through. Without warning, one of the dimensions disappeared without a trace. The remaining 6 in panic did all they could to find the reason why. They never found an answer. 12 years after the dimension vanished, a signal started appearing in the empty universe. Perhaps the answer is in that signal. Tsugi No Level

Jun, junto a sus amigos, se dirigen a una tienda de segunda mano para ver que podrian comprar, consiguiendo un reloj sin saber que este le cambiaria la vida por completo, cambiando a Jun y a sus amigos.

"Tell me to stop, Ruth," he whispered, letting his minty breathe fan over my lips. He sounded desperate.. broken. As it has always been with us, the word 'stop' was on the tip on my tongue, but what came out was entirely different. Cupping his face between my hands, I swallowed the lump in my throat, unable to make myself fight him - or myself - anymore. It was a losing battle, anyways. Looking him straight in the eye, I whispered back, "don't stop, Caleb. Not now... Not ever." ****** At first glance, Ruth Brooke's new boss Caleb Cross gave the impression of an immature, flirty playboy. At second glance, her first impressions were unsurprisingly confirmed. But what was surprising was the absence of her usual reaction to a casanova. Instead of dismissing him for the sarcastic player that he was, Ruth unwillingly feels drawn to him. She has always judged a book by its cover. But she is soon to find out that Caleb Cross is someone who has a shiny, new cover on every page of his book. And it is up to her to peel it off and discover the real Caleb Cross in all his gore, without losing her heart in the process. // Hey readers! This is my first novel, so please bear with me. I know I post really slow, but I promise I try to make each chapter worth your wait! Reviews and critic is always welcomed! Also, if you have suggestions about the story or characters, please let me know. Book-cover credits: @rukhs *Contains slightly mature content.

‘She hadn't seen the world, yet she was going to discover a new one’ Elia and Ella never knew there could be a gateway to another world... But how did they encounter a gateway and what do they find. What lies in the strength of a mother- daughter bond. There might be another side to the plot. Disclaimer: The book might be a little slow paced at the beginning. Please bear with me as I have to get some things down before I start to really dive into the thrilling parts. Stick along with me and you just might realize it was worth it.

Once a feared criminal, now a forgotten prisoner. Yooji had resigned himself to rotting in his solitary cell, watching time slip away. But when Kamakura descends into chaos—four rival gangs turning the city into a warzone—the police turn to an unlikely savior. Chief Kurata, desperate and ruthless, offers Yooji a deal: freedom in exchange for blood. No laws. No consequences. Just one goal—erase the filth polluting the city. But there’s a catch. Kurata isn’t just a cop. He’s a man with nothing left to lose. And when Yooji challenges his resolve, he learns just how far Kurata is willing to go. Now, with the weight of a dying city on his shoulders, Yooji must make a choice—step into the fire, or return to the shadows. Either way, the bodies will pile up. The only question is: whose?

(Warning!) This book does contain Sex, Sex Abuse, Murder, and bl/ Bi sexual context. Read at your own discretion This Story Follows a woman who has gone through a tragic past in her previous life, starting a new she possesses a Fox Princess who had also had gone through a story of her own. though along the way in her new life, she decides she wants to help those in a reflection to herself. because she had suffered and was shown unconditional kindness when she came to the new world, she too wants to repay the same kindess in her new life. as she adjusts, she still reflects on parts of her old life and when she meets her love interests and who had similar tragic life experiences. together they begin to truly understand what love and begin to heal together.

Formerly the youngest chief researcher at the [REDACTED] Branch, Ryuho decides to defect direct orders and escapes from the facility. Helped only by a Fragment - different pieces of marvelous technology, each one unique from the other - known as the Soul-Combative Exoskeleton, classified shortly as the System - Ryuho will find himself transmigrated into a sub-dimension, left with the only option to battle for his own life against aberrations - and people - whilst his sanity slowly fades away.

"In this world, strength decides everything. You either stand—or you get crushed." For generations, heroes have been humanity’s last line of defense against the Revenants—monstrous beings that defy logic. But as these creatures evolve, the line between hero and monster begins to blur. At the center of this battle is Isaac, a battle-hardened warrior who understands the truth—heroes don’t save people; they endure. Malick, a survivor raised on the streets, now faces a world that demands more than just survival. Can he rise, or will he be crushed under the weight of expectations? Janice, a prodigy trained to be perfect, is forced to confront her greatest fear—her own weakness. When the Joint Hero Recruitment Training is ambushed, the next generation of heroes is thrown into an unexpected war. Revenants are mutating beyond control. Humanity’s strongest warriors are falling. And in the shadows, an unseen force is reshaping the world in its image. No gods are coming to save them. And soon, there may be no heroes left to fight. Dark, action-packed, and emotionally intense, No Gods, No Heroes is a story of power, survival, and the cost of becoming something more than human.

On a luxurious private island, Lila Evadne, a world-renowned pianist, attends the wedding of her ex, Nate Hawthorne, who is still obsessively in love with her. Surrounded by old friends—Rafe, the mysterious heir and close friend, secretly in love with her, and Charlie, their free-spirited friend, heir to a media empire, trying to make sure that nothing bad would happen between his friends. As the wedding weekend unfolds, Lila finds herself trapped in a tangled web of desire and rivalry, the island's beauty masking a storm of simmering jealousies, buried secrets and toxic emotions. In the heat of the moment, Lila must confront not only the ghosts of her past but also the dangerous allure of the men who love her, forcing her to choose between loyalty, love and a future free of their obsessions. A gripping tale of power, passion, and betrayal, where paradise becomes a prison of unspoken desires, and one woman’s heart hangs in the balance.

Kendrick é um jovem marcado pela traição e por tudo o que deu errado em sua vida. Consumido pela raiva e pelo desejo de vingança, ele se vê diante de um destino ainda mais sombrio quando um antigo conhecido o coloca frente a frente com seu pior pesadelo. À medida que a linha entre sonho e realidade se desfaz, Kendrick é arrastado para um novo mundo, onde forças misteriosas e perigosas aguardam para moldar seu futuro. Em uma jornada onde até o tempo é instável, Kendrick descobrirá que a verdade sobre seu destino pode ser sua maior ameaça.

Desde criança,eu e meu amigo tinhamos o sonho de se tornar um jogadores de basquete,e antes de ele se mudar prometemos que realizariamos,agora no último ano do fundamental II,estou lutando pra virar pra titular,me acompanhe nessa jornada de amor, reviravolta e tragédias.

Kaito, an ordinary young man, is thrilled to enter the world of Eternal Realm Online, the most immersive VR fantasy game ever created. With advanced technology that places players into capsules for an incredibly lifelike experience, the game promises endless adventure in a vast, magical world. Players choose their class, race, and name—starting fresh to build their power and carve their legacy. However, something goes wrong when Kaito logs in. A malfunction causes his race selection to be overridden, and instead of the human form he chose, Kaito is forced into the hidden race of the Dragon. Starting in human form with black horns and no wings, he is unable to return to the real world. What’s worse, he feels all the pain like it’s real—and he can’t respawn. Trapped in a world where every fight could be his last, Kaito’s journey is one of survival, self-discovery, and a quest for the truth—will he ever escape, or will he embrace his fate in Eternal Realm Online?