Wide Awake

Ethan's head throbbed violently as he opened his eyes, his vision hazy and unfocused. A dull ringing filled his ears, drowning out his thoughts. "What’s happening…?" he thought, his mind sluggish, struggling to catch up with reality. One moment, he was asleep—or at least, he thought he was—and the next, searing pain forced him awake. His vision swam, shapes blurring together in a disorienting mess. But then, muffled noises filtered through the haze—frantic, panicked sounds. Someone was trying to scream, their voice smothered, choked by something. A cold shiver ran down his spine. As his sight gradually sharpened, Ethan's breath hitched. He was on all fours, looming over someone. A girl. Her body twisted and writhed beneath him, ropes biting into her wrists and ankles. Her mouth was gagged, muffling her cries. Her wide brown eyes, brimming with fear and fury, glared up at him. Ethan's body locked in place, his blood running cold. "What the…?" His mind reeled, thoughts slamming into each other in chaotic disarray. "What kind of bizarre dream is this?" Panic clawed at his chest. His breath came in ragged, uneven gasps as he scrambled backward, only to realize his limbs felt sluggish, uncooperative, like they didn’t belong to him. "Is this… is this some kind of twisted fantasy I never knew I had?" A sickening thought slithered through his mind, making his stomach churn. The girl's frantic squirming slowed for a moment, her gaze flickering with confusion as she took in his expression—his trembling hands, his wide, horrified eyes. But the fear returned just as quickly. She struggled harder, her body arching, her muffled screams rising in pitch. Ethan wanted to speak, to say something, anything, but before he could force out a word, a glowing blue window materialized before his eyes. His breath caught. A translucent, hovering screen? "What…?" Lines of glowing text scrolled across its surface. --- [System Activated…] [Host Confirmed.] [Simulating Previous Data…] Ethan awakens in a mysterious world, shackled by a curse that clouds his judgment and drives him toward choices he never wished to make. Burdened by guilt and responsibility, he must navigate the fallout of his actions while unraveling the truth behind the curse—and his place in this enigmatic new reality.

Takuto Kimura, 30 years old, a career elite, always dressed in a sharp suit, with his hair perfectly neat, looking like the lead character from《The Godfather》or《Yakuza Chronicles》. His daily life is a never-ending "battle": meetings, overtime, coffee to stay awake, and piles of reports. To outsiders, he is the epitome of a successful businessman, but inside, he's already overwhelmed by the pressure and suffocating under it. Every day, he finds himself thinking, "If only I could go back to being three years old, I wouldn’t have to deal with these damn files and KPIs." One late night, as he stares at his computer screen, drowning in self-doubt, fate suddenly gives him an unexpected "opportunity" “He is reborn, back to the age of three.”

-WSA 2025 ENTRY- An anomaly was born, lying deeply tucked away in Priscilla's soul. One faithful night it was awake by an encounter with a grand witch who placed Priscilla on her journey to explore the eldritch unknown. But trouble peeked around every corner, the fangs of the Immortal Vaundr struck at Priscilla, threatening to destroy everything she built for herself. With the help of a secret coven and the grand witch Lucia, she embarks on a journey to explore the unknown and understand the power that had implanted itself inside her. But the coven’s agenda differed from her own, they wished to harness her power and reign with chaos across the globe.

Ygdan. The name of the sea world holding the 4 major continents, each being a indication on the compass. The West, North, East and South. For as long as humanity has been alive they coexisted with another race. Leviathans. Creatures that sought only destruction and chaos throughout the wide open seas. After their appearance centuries or even longer a specific group was established. Humans who dedicated their entire life in hunting the beasts residing beneath the sea. 'Anax hunters' And somewhere in the eastern continent Endeia a new story began

Four years. That’s how long he took to transform from being a penniless young man to becoming the heir of a mysterious conglomerate. His return was a glorious event! Four years. That was the time she took to fall from being a rich heiress to an insignificant script writer in the entertainment industry. And she could even end up in jail! “Evelyn Sherman, if only you had loved me a little more than money then, you wouldn’t have to beg me now.” The man jeers coldly. Evelyn Sherman smiles cunningly. She pushes a little bun into his arms. The little bun hugs him and even gives him a big kiss, “President, do you want to buy my mommy? She can pretend to be a teenager or act like a queen. She can do both young, refreshing roles and the hard core stuff equally well. She’s a professional genius at giving birth. You can bring her home for US$10 million!” Chester Yale stares at the little face that looks exactly like his in a shock. He clenches his teeth and said, “Deal! I will add on another $10 million to buy you too!” In the next second, a little princess pokes her head out from behind the door, “Daddy, you’ll need another $10 million for me.”

The ordinary youth lacked the exceptional talents of his peers, yet he possessed a shocking heritage, bearing a mysterious bloodline and harboring the spirit of the Evil Dragon. A deadly incident caused the youth to fuse with the Evil Dragon's memories and his Martial Soul, his divine might shaking the heavens! The dormant dragon was startled awake, its roar shaking a thousand mountains.

Haruto Kiryuu was a kendo athlete—dedicated, disciplined, and always chasing victory. But no matter how hard he trained, no matter how much he pushed himself, he could never claim the top spot. He was always second. Even so, he never stopped moving forward. Until the night his life was stolen from him. A robbery. A single moment of hesitation. A gunshot. And then—darkness. But his story didn’t end there. When Haruto opened his eyes again, he wasn’t in a hospital. He wasn’t even in his own world. Instead, he found himself lying on the cold, hard ground, surrounded by the sounds of war—metal clashing, men screaming, horses charging. Before he could even make sense of what was happening, a figure loomed over him, tossing a heavy sword into his hands. "You are finally awake… I thought you were done after that cavalry charge."

In a world where ghosts roam free people started dying Unnaturally until some people awaked with the ability to sense ghost and started fighting back. They are called ghost hunters.

A friend to women far and wide across the countryside, he became the marvelous Divine Doctor of the Peach Blossom utopia!

Dreams become real. To avoid dreaming people stay awake but what prevents the waking world from turning into a dream, no, a nightmare?

it might be a dream or an event from the fragments of my past life, I dream of different events and places unknown to the modern era or the past. A place which would be forgotten as soon as I am awake it's like pieces of puzzle come together to form an event to remind me of the unknown. unknown yet known. there but not there. everywhere but nowhere.

This adventure takes place in the City. Because there is no place but the City. The City contains all. And the City stretches endlessly beneath the wing of the goddess Heron. Praised be Her Wing!** A scholarly giant from distant buildings, an inventor child obsessed with deadly engines, two priests of the Loving Heron, and a swordsman seeking death make up **Team 1.2**. Their mission: to traverse the bowels of the City and determine whether war—that notion of distant times, a fantasy from ancient tomes—can be exported to the muddy, wild alleyways barely two meters wide, where no one, at least not officially, has set foot in centuries. And above all, to verify the profitability of potential war.

[WARNING: MATURE CONTENT] "...I have to choose a King Consort right now?!" No sooner did the young woman from Earth awake in the body of Empress Isabelle of Nevremia than she was informed she'd have to choose a King Consort to keep her throne. While she was still trying to get used to her new body, new world, and new position, her advisors insisted she marry some stranger to retain her power. "But don't Empresses get to make the rules?" As Isabelle Von Nevremia. not only is she the revered empress of a powerful country, but she has access to a special status system, which allows her to read people's names, skills, moods, and even their kinks. As well as that, there's some kind of mysterious 'challenge' system that awards her 'skill points' for successfully completing challenges. ...But all the challenges are just seducing people. How tacky... "...If I'm going to be Empress, then I won't have a king! I'm going to have a harem!"

Welcome to the third installment in The Lion's Bond universe! This is my first hetero romance, so bare with me if things appear a bit cliche! In the not too distant future, in the year 2061, taking place after the events of Vivi and Leon's side story; this is the tale of their firstborn daughter as she learns to navigate her coming of age into adulthood and the strong pull of a matebond with an unexpected lover! History repeats itself with her story and sends her grandparents into a bit of a shock. Read below for the full synopsis! Adeliona lives a luxurious and sheltered life as the young omega heiress of the Bartley Family. Long-buried family secrets arise to disrupt her perfect life when she awakes to find a mating mark upon her neck and her lover, turned mate, gone from her bed. Will Liona’s family let her keep her mating mark? Or will they make her have it removed when she refuses to divulge her mate's name? Her desperate search for her alpha is unsuccessful, and she soon finds that her mate has left her with more than a mating mark – she is carrying his child! As Liona’s pregnancy progresses, her need for her alpha grows stronger until finally her baby is born. But her happiness at the birth of her lover’s child is short-lived, as her baby is abducted. Collapsing into a fevered dream, Liona could swear she had been visited by her alpha, but when she awakes, he is nowhere to be found, yet to her attuned senses, his scent lingers. As she attends school the next day, she soon hears rumors of her baby’s abductor being found, however, it’s not who she expected to see when she gets to the detention center!

A genius scientist gets put into the body of a trashy young-master? Watch as he traverses through this wide and unknown world!

REVISION WILL BE MADE SOON! --------------------------------------------------- They had known each other for a long time. For eight years they were best friends and for twelve years they were lovers. They had passed two decades. Eight years, people admired their closeness; five years was a curse; two years was a loveliness, and the rest was the curse of five years ago came back like a sweet thing that made them understand many things. Five years. At the start of their relationship, Ai Zhiyi endured and abandoned his pride, as did his lover, Chu Weixu. Ai Zhiyi was an ordinary young man who had a relationship with someone because of luck. Meanwhile, Chu Weixu was a young man of wealth, honor, and dignity, who had a relationship with him by fate. Ai Zhiyi was only too comfortable with their love story, so he became stubborn. It was possible that he was trapped, thus dividing his time into three distinct periods. Chu Weixu loved him, but his family and he were completely opposite things. However, it was ultimately time that answered all the complexities of their relationship. Chu Weixu, "If you gaze at the sea, it's wide, isn't it? But, if you compare it to my love, then it's nothing." Ai Zhiyi, "You're really good at seducing me." Chu Weixu, “For you, it sounds I'm seducing you, but no. It's exactly what I feel from the depth of my heart. I love you to death." --------------- - The plot will be super super super slow. I warn you lol. - Rape/Violence, but not details/intense. - cheesy LOL, a lot of mozzarella.

Revised and completed for wide spread consumption since 2024, THE BYGONE ERA is the fully expressed vision of the author in regards to the story of the novice blacksmith, Zephyr Yundath, as he descends in belly of the world with an infamous scientist and a dangerous assassin. What will they discover in the world below? Will it break them? STORY: Ori Taggart COVER ART: Ori Taggart (no-AI) From now on, there will be 1 chapter published every sunday. You can support this work by donating on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/oritaggart

One formless soul wondering through the endless void, is pulled into a completely white room. The soul gains the chance to reincarnate into another world in order to entertain the higher power reincarnating the soul. But little does the soul know they are going to be reincarnated into a adorable little bunny, with a world wide system, with their own unique ability and their own unfortunate curse. Follow the journey and struggles of Nero through a exciting fantasy world and even through the universe. This is my first story so don’t expect anything amazing, although I will try my best and appreciate some constructive criticism, thx!!☺️

Looking at the hollow building with windows wide open-broken, looking like wide eyes Staring at the destruction. He was weak all over as he fought the dizziness, he wanted to stay alive he truly did but the weight of what has occurred few minutes back seems to wear down up on his soul. looking at himself with blood pumping out from his chest where the iron rod has penetrated him looking down to his legs twisted as if ensuring he wouldn't try to walk again. He looked at the pink colored sky with a single word leaving his mouth. " Why". Before slipping to unconsciousness his life and death unknown

After his death, Julian finds himself in a weird and abstract world, where light, sound or smell doesn‘t exist. After dozens of years of being imprisoned by this void-like realm, he manages to escape and rewrite his destiny. Awaking in an unknown cave in an unknown world. Julian travels around this world, building an army and prowess beyond human comprehension. But one day, an enemy appears that has never been seen before. Managing through the chaos, he looses a lot of precious comrades. Will he be able to avenge them and besiege his foes?

The Dream Paradox is a surreal tale that explores the thin line between dreams and reality. A lone individual becomes trapped in a cycle of dreams that grow increasingly vivid—an eerie world where shadows move without cause, and familiar faces begin to act strangely. Each night, the dream deepens, bleeding into waking life, forcing them to question everything. Are they truly awake, or still dreaming? As they search for answers, they face the ultimate choice: embrace the comfort of illusion or confront an unsettling truth. In this world, is anything truly real?

She is abandoned by her family. And he is the reason. She has zero tolerance for manipulation, and that is his forte. Survival makes one dependable on the other, but can she really trust him? With elements of drama and spices of twist, this story will keep you awake all night.

Jake was a normal guy who played the wonderful game of league of legends, he always thought to himself: "Man! These skills are overpowered! If I had the ability to make and balance skills I'd do it much better", usually after dying for the 12th time and having 0 kills. One day he died in this game and as he was raging in real life, the sword struck him through his monitor, killing him! He awakes in another world where he was chosen to become the Skill Creator God, his job is to balance and provide skills to a normal fantasy world without skills or jobs prior to this. Will he prove himself as the all powerful skill creator? or will he just create an unbalanced mess?

A story about a lonely painter who dies in his apartment from a heart attack. Once awake, he finds himself in a weird yet familiar room. He realized that it was his room, but why is everything eerily red? It doesn’t seem to be blood or paint. Why is there a massive monster outside my room? What is going on?!?! Using his power to bring anything to life with his brush, he will traverse this land of... Desolation. The only limit is my imagination! ... And material. ... And knowledge. ... And skill. Can John find his way to civilization? What will he do next after he finds it? Btw, I downloaded google, come enjoy music with me :s.

"Ding! Ultimate Primordial System is here" Karn a b.tech student from MANIT transmigrated to Indu's start, where aura warriors avail. And with it's awakening a powerful being sealed far away in universe awake, Why? Why he said "Finally, now revenge can be done" what is the mystery behind the Karn and how can he survive in this world with system. "Hello guys, I am an new Indian writer, mixing the concept of ancient Ramayana and Mahabharat into this novel and bacnkground of ancient Bharat. Hope to see your support with collections and power stones and if you have any suggestion and doubt feel free to comment it. And believe at the end of chapter 100 there will be major change in novel and you will like it" https://discord.gg/wPdChBdD and this is the discord group for Indian Novel Writers

This story is my first story I have ever wrote. This story is about four wolf packs named Duskfall, Frostytail, Moonvalley and Evermane. A legend has been going around the packs. They say a female wolf, by the name Zelista, has been sleeping for thousands of years. It is believed that she will awake and pick a strong and powerful wolf to bring the packs together as one. Is this legend true? Many wolves believe it's just an urban legend. Most, however, believe the legend is true. Mother wolves tell this story to their young but many think it's just a story. A male wolf, who's fur is black as night itself, was born. Is this wolf who Zelista will pick to bring the four packs into one? Find out by reading the story!

Young hero naive enough to believe in justice in the end awake from his dream to find that not all heroines are angels and not all villains are devils

When he opened his eyes, he seemed to be different. Was he reborn with a memory? The temperature of the palm, the beating heart, you win, Norton, really as he said, I actually can not die.Tang Gu thought in his heart, if there is fate to meet this boy, he must catch and beat him, he finally gave me that punch is really painful! "Brother!"! "Are you awake?！" No, it's rebirth to hear the echo of death. Is it haunted to hear the echo of rebirth? "Brother!"! I'm Norton, and you're finally awake! Help me find Lingshi in this world, and I will contact you when I find it! Hey, your sister, I'll watch for you! Don't worry, I'll be a brother! “Fuck!” "I am your exclusive system, sir. Next, I will take you to find the spirit stone in this world and help you!" "So next, host, are you ready? We're going to start." "All of them, start, start, start!"! Also! That one