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The name Vashirayan means nothing to most. It doesn’t trend. It doesn’t hold office. But in rooms where wars are decided, it means one thing: Stay quiet. Or disappear. Across the world, they are known by many names: The House of the Sage. The Crownless Kings. Hi no Michibiki : “Guided by Fire.” La Sombra Serena : “The Serene Shadow.” The Ones Who Don’t Knock. Each name different. Each name earned. Each name spoken only once. House of the Sage is a modern myth-thriller, where ancient bloodlines shape new empires, and a silent war simmers beneath elite society. At its center: Nivrit Vashirayan. A quiet graduate student with a calm voice, brilliant mind… and a terrifying inheritance. He was raised to disappear into normal life. But some bloodlines don’t go quiet forever. When Niv steps into view, it’s felt everywhere. Cartels hesitate. Private guards get reassigned. Old families reopen dossiers sealed in fireproof cabinets. Because the Vashirayans never announce themselves. But the world always feels it when they move.

Synopsis: Abandoned by her mother at the tender age of three, twelve-year-old Zaria has known little but heartache. Raised in a home shadowed by neglect and cruelty, her father’s new marriage brings no relief—only a cold stepmother who sees her as nothing more than a burden. While her stepsiblings live carefree, Zaria carries the weight of silence, loneliness, and the desperate hope that one day she might find love and belonging. As she navigates the painful truths of her fractured family, Zaria must summon an inner strength she never knew she had—because sometimes, the hardest battles are fought in the place that’s supposed to be home.

In a kingdom where noble blood means everything, Eliana Veyne's family name means nothing—except fear. When a duke chokes on a poisoned grape at the royal banquet, the court whispers her name. But Eliana isn't hiding. She's reminding them. Because the Veynes don't need magic to be dangerous. They need only the right moment... and the right lie.

Here i was thinking i could pay off my rent and live peacefully this summer, but no, nope, never. Even Gods are not wanting that.

In a world ruled by swords and sorcery, Elias Voss, son of a legendary knight—struggles to live up to a legacy built on pride. Trained in the elegant but demanding Heaven’s Play sword style, Elias is promoted far beyond his experience and forced to lead in a brutal war. As he grapples with failure, guilt, and the cost of leadership, Elias embarks on a journey to find his own strength—not through glory, but through growth, empathy, and the quiet resolve to become someone worth following.

Sunny has been discovered by the half brother she never knew she had, which leads to a whirlwind of trouble for her. The intimidating man is not only Head of the Illusen Family, but a Revenant Commander - soon to be one of her superiors upon her graduation. But as they adjust to each other, their growing closeness gives rise to feelings neither should be harbouring for the other.

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Chapter Title: Chapter 1: The Whispering Walls --- Chapter Text (Paste This): The storm had not stopped for three nights. In the silence between the thunder, she could hear it again — those faint whispers inside the walls. Helena gripped the edge of her hospital desk, eyes locked on the cracked plaster just above the patient bed. Room 313. No one lasted long in it. St. Delora’s Mental Asylum had been standing since 1892, tucked away beyond the woods outside Black Hollow town. People said it was cursed. Helena didn’t believe in curses. Not until she met Patient 47. He was quiet, pale, and watched the walls like something might crawl out any moment. And every night, at exactly 3:13 a.m., he whispered one thing: “They’re waiting in the house.” When she asked him which house, he simply smiled and said, “The house that listens.” Then he scratched a drawing onto the padded wall. A house. Long windows like eyes. And dozens of ears, carved into the bricks. The next morning, he vanished. The staff blamed it on a clerical error. No one else remembered admitting him. Not even the security cameras showed anything. But Helena had the drawing. And a voice had started whispering to her, too. In her sleep. In her walls. She knew she had to go to the house. The same house from the drawing. The one no one dared talk about. The one that appears in the dreams of madmen. The House of Whispers.

A Fanfic where Takatsuki Makoto is a bit smart and caring..... AND MOST OF ALL HIS NOT A FREAKING DENSE!!!!! well I know some of you is in the verge of dropping the novel because of the MC but still it's really good novel and great plot. The problem is the freaking MC who is Denseness is deeper than the Deep sea. well my mc here is have a bit inferiority complex but it's for the plot so he can grow so yeah.... enjoy. This is just a Fanfic I do not own the novel!!! I will still follow the original plot. I will add some POV or something that I can think to write, like bonus chap... Yeah this is just a Fanfic if there's a sentence error feel free to criticize.

Timothy’s sister has been missing for three years. Though a noted cross-country serial killer claimed her, no trace of her body has ever been found. Everyone, including her ex-boyfriend, Marshall, has accepted the story, except Timothy. After a series of increasingly puzzling dreams, Timothy convinces Marshall to join him on a journey to Trinity, Georgia —a town surrounded by forests and shrouded in mystery. Their quest for the truth soon takes a horrifying turn when deeply buried secrets burst to the surface, secrets that could lead to a house in the forest whose truths may be more horrifying than either of them can imagine.

Four teens from different parts of the world live double lives as a superhero team that protects the world from evil at any time and in any location. Working together and utilizing state-of-the-art crime-fighting technology, their superpowers, and martial arts skills, they believe they can overcome any evil force or challenge that comes their way. They also use their smarts to figure out how to stop their bad guys before they get away with whatever they're after. And if they see or hear any trouble, they immediately try to stop it, with or without their teammates.

When Luke's family moves to an old house in the woods, his family hopes for a fresh start. But the silence isn't peaceful-it's watching. His little sister starts acting strange. The walls start whispering. And something in the dark is waking up. Some houses don't want you to live in them. This one wants to live in you.

After Sam gifts her brother a drone on his birthday, they sight a dark figure in an abandoned house where the drone soon later crashes into. Soon after strange things begin to happen to Sam. She goes to retrieve the lost drone but gets stuck in a nightmare. Will she survive?? Or will she give in to the torture??.

*House of Redemption** In the heights of Heaven, where time does not touch pure hearts, Sara Kosmos Gi Magdalena, daughter of Jesus Kosmos Gi Lámpsiy and Mary Magdalene, watches with sorrow the corruption of Earth. Though she appears to be twenty years old, she is over two thousand years old, and she decides to descend to the world of men to give them one last chance at redemption. Hidden under a humble identity, she builds a house amidst the modern chaos: the **House of Redemption**, a refuge of love, healing, and truth. But her purity is rejected, her kindness mocked, and like her father before her, Sara is seen as naive by a world that has lost its faith. By her side stands Samuel, a young man who sees in her a light impossible to ignore and becomes her protector and first believer. Together, with the help of Carmen, a young woman scarred by a tragic past, and Francisco, a man seeking redemption for his own sins, they will fight against both invisible and visible forces. For evil does not sleep. Lucifer hides in the heart of corrupted religions, unjust systems, and men who kill in the name of faith. And when the shadows of the past rise again to slay the righteous, Sara must decide: **Can humanity still be saved... or does it deserve to be abandoned?**

When the leader of a powerful village uncovers a dark plot by a rising demon organization, he learns that they seek to wage war against the five great villages. Their goal: to claim the sacred keys hidden within each village — keys that keep the ancient god of destruction, Hades, imprisoned. Realizing the threat could bring about the end of the world, he sends urgent warnings to the leaders of all five villages, calling them to prepare for the battle that will determine the fate of humanity itself.

Masahiro returned to Kyoto after his father's death to clear out the family home. As he arrived in Kyoto with his wife Lisa, he felt something strange is going on. He can't even imagine what secrets his house held.

For millennia, the Angelic Order has maintained its rigid hierarchy across the galaxies, with thirteen elite Seraphim-led houses controlling the fate of countless worlds. Far below them in the celestial pecking order stands House Empyrean, a Marquisate officially tasked with serving as mere intermediaries between mortals and higher angelic beings. But House Empyrean harbors dangerous secrets. When Lord Khaliel, head of House Empyrean, launches a brazen operation to claim Earth a world explicitly forbidden to all houses by ancient decree, the act is dismissed as suicidal by the higher echelons of the Angelic Order. What the powerful houses don’t realize is that this move represents the culmination of centuries of preparation.

She was the cursed one. The unwanted twin. A shadow born beneath her sister’s light. Anastaria Noir was known for three things: her cruel tongue, her empty hands, and the cold eyes that never cried. Compared to her saintly twin—beloved by nobles, praised by tutors, and destined for greatness—Anastaria was simply… expendable. So when she died at the hands of the Crown Prince, no one wept. Not even her family. But fate had other plans. Reincarnated into the very body that once held so much hate, a modern soul awakens with only fragments of the original’s memories—and the knowledge that her death is coming. Again. Everyone still sees her as trash. Bitter. Powerless. A stain on the prestigious House Noir. But she’s no longer the girl who dies quietly. She repays kindness with loyalty. And cruelty? With exact precision. Even more confusing—why does the Crown Prince, the man destined to love her sister and destroy her, keep watching her like he’s forgotten which twin he was supposed to care about? The path forward is steep, but this time, she climbs. From disgrace to strength. From cursed twin to feared name. Let them call her the villainess. She’ll show them exactly what that means.

Eric was a powerful dragon in his previous life but was reincarnated into the family of the very man who caused his annihilation. Eric born as a noble, thought he would not have to deal with any problems again, but he did not know that fate had other plans for him. Due to a witches mistake, Eric found himself in another place where he had to meet new people and become stronger to survive. Once a dragon, now a HUMAN. Eric discovered many things that he did not know about and fought many creatures that feared him in the past. Eric now had to train to become even stronger than he once was as a dragon.

Welcome to the war-torn world of Fanhu. This is a medieval world without any magic system. The story follows a street rat named Roan as he tries to survive alongside his fellow rats. He is aided by a mysterious system that helps him in exchange for completing various tasks. Follow Roan on his journey as he builds a home for those who were abandoned.

-- WSA 2025 Entry -- READ THE SYNOPSIS BEFORE JUMPING INTO THE STORY “Five… Four… Three… Two… One…” As the countdown towards the new year went on to the last second, Miles looked up to the sky, just as everybody else did. In the middle of the crowded street, Miles for once felt like he belonged. Being a teenage gamer, living with his parents, and trying to build a life as a streamer, he did not feel like leaving his room every day. But there, in the middle of that crowded street, with everyone around him paying attention to the sky, the countdown on the digital billboard, and mostly anything else but him., Miles felt like a ghost. A welcomed ghost, but a ghost, after all. With a smile on his unseen face, he looked up as the countdown reached one, and everybody sang in unison. ‘HAPPY NEW YEAR!” But Miles’ eyes widened as he watched in utter horror, and curiosity, even, hovering above him, a holographic screen with a few lines of text written in it. All around him, although he did not pay much attention to it, a few other people seemed to experience the same situation. [Updating home-world 39515’s version] [Version 20.25 update brings a lot of fun and games with the new and improved survival mode] [Do you want to convert your previous avatar to home-world 39515’s latest version?] [Yes] [No] “Survival… Mode?” Miles’ lips quivered. Before he could think of anything else, though, the people around him began to scream…

In the shadows of the bustling streets of Yangon, Myanmar, where loyalty is currency and betrayal comes dressed as kin, the House of Wolves reigns without mercy. Amidst the city's ancient streets and neon-lit chaos, an underground mafia syndicate thrives in the gaps between tradition and corruption, ruled by three brothers bound by blood yet torn apart by ambition. Kaung Min, the eldest of the three notorious brothers, leads this ruthless empire with cold precision. The underworld runs on power, violence, and an unwavering loyalty to family—no matter how fractured it may be. The mafia’s influence stretches across the city, infiltrating everything from politics to the black market, while beneath the surface, an age-old tradition of power struggles and generational loyalty fuels every decision. As the House of Wolves cements its grip on the streets, secrets buried deep in the foundation of their empire begin to crack, threatening to expose long-held betrayals. In the heart of this complex web of crime and tradition, the brothers face a critical decision: stand together or be torn apart from within. In a land where ancient customs meet brutal modernity, the story unfolds amidst the tension of Burma’s past and present. Family ties will be tested in the crucible of power, survival, and betrayal. This is a world where blood is spilled in the name of loyalty, where alliances shift like the tides of the Irrawaddy River, and where nothing is sacred—not even family. Welcome to a world of blood-soaked loyalty, shifting alliances, and moral decay. In the House of Wolves, there are no innocents—only predators... and prey. Hashtags: #HouseOfWolves #UrbanNoir #DarkFiction #CrimeThriller #UnderworldSaga #TheWolvesPact #AntiHeroJourney #MafiaDrama #SecretSociety #FoundFamilyOrEnemies #WolvesAmongMen #Romance #BurmaMafia #MyanmarUnderworld #BurmeseCulture #CrimeFamily #BloodTies #MafiaEmpire #BetrayalAndLoyalty

A house in the woods, the Appalachian mountains surrounding it on all sides. many owners, but none stay too long, whether they’re chased away or taken. short stories of the home and its demented tenants deepen as the tales unfold and interwine together, each incident and haunting tying together in a terrifying mix of emotions. as the scared tenants come and go, The House in The Woods claims their souls.

Lucian was just a dedicated fan of Resurgence—a kingdom-building game so detailed it blurred the line between game and novel. But after reading its tragic final chapter, he wakes up in the one place he never expected: inside the world of Resurgence itself. Reborn as a baby in one of the poorest barony in the human continent’s frozen north, Lucian has no army, no gold, and no standing. What he does have… is knowledge—of the world’s secrets, its future, and the locations of certain hidden legacies others don’t even know exist. Unfortunately, not all of them. With a broken, downgraded System and only fragments of what’s to come, Lucian must build his house from nothing while the clock ticks down to a world-ending threat. And across the continent, two powerful princes—blessed with complete Systems—are already rising to claim their destinies. This time, he won’t play by the script. He’ll rewrite the world, one battle, one choice, one conquest at a time.

When you die from working three jobs everyday on top of going to class, naturally the next thing to do is to rest in peace. So why was it such a different scenario for Isolde Margareth? Attending class in the morning, working as a dishwasher at a diner at noon, and moving boxes all night. Not to mention working at a hotel for an entire day on weekend, Isolde knew nothing in her life but excruciating hardwork and overexhaustion. When her body finally gave in and she collapsed midshift and on to the dirty, unmopped kitchen floor at her job. She, at the very least, had hoped she'd finally find peace in the afterlife. Unfortunately, god had other plans. Waking up in a strange situation, Isolde found herself in an entirely different world she had no clue of whatsoever. Now working as a detective, she found a new passion she had no idea she had a knack for! Unfortunately the overexhaustion part seemed to be a lifelong deal on her soul. As she works on the strange case of House Madeleine, Isolde thought it was just another case of tragedies from rich, noble families taking advantage of their wealth and fame. But as she stuck her nose deeper and deeper into the case, she found more than what she dared to know. What truth will be revealed once she cracks the case of House Madeleine's crazy children? And does she really want to know? The truth may be too heavy to endure.

I asked for a better life. The universe gave me magic, a tower, and... a death flag. When 28-year-old Lyra wished for a richer, sexier, and more exciting life, she didn’t expect to wake up as a baby in a fantasy novel she barely remembers. Now reborn as Lysara Aetheria, the forgotten daughter of a powerful duchy, she’s been given a second chance—along with a suspiciously generous supply of divine magic, spirit powers, and sarcasm. The problem? She’s a background character fated to die at age ten. The solution? Step 1: Avoid all main characters. Step 2: Live a quiet, lazy, luxury life growing magical tomatoes. Step 3: Stay out of the plot. Entirely. Too bad fate has other plans. Can a pajama-wearing, tower-dwelling introvert rewrite her story, dodge her doom, and maybe—just maybe—fall in love along the way?

n the heart of Asia’s neon underworld, whispers of a name echoed through every VIP lounge: RSR0003. A name backed by 20 billion KRW in deposit, a name you couldn’t scam, a name you’d regret crossing. Jongno wasn’t just a casino agent — he was the last real guarantee in a world full of frauds. "Telegram. RSR0003. Ask for the ledger," he’d say, handing a steel-plated card engraved with only that ID. New players, seasoned gamblers, even rival syndicates respected one thing: Verified capital. Real protection. No ‘eat-and-run’. Rumor had it he once returned 500 million won to a player who got hacked mid-bet. Just to protect the reputation. That’s not customer service. That’s legacy. And now… someone tried to fake his name.

After a painful breakup and years of emotional baggage, Ellie moves into a quiet house, hoping to rebuild. But what was meant to be a fresh start turns into a haunting descent. Mirrors begin to appear, silent, watching, uninvited. Each one seems to reflect not just her image, but her past. The house listens. The house remembers. And the more Ellie tries to ignore the voices of her trauma, the louder they become. Until one day... she’s no longer the one looking in. A slow-burning psychological tale of self, scars, and the cost of turning away.