A Bend In The River As A Postcolonial

When a mutilated corpse is found by a sacred river in a quiet West African village, a troubled detective teams up with a spiritual elder and a young woman with a mysterious past to uncover a centuries-old curse tied to a drowned river queen—one whose song was silenced, and who now demands the world listen.

A haunted river. A grieving town. A detective running out of time. When the peaceful riverside town of Ọ̀yán is shaken by a string of mysterious drownings, Detective Kareem is assigned the one case no one wants. Each victim dies with the same haunting last word: “Ẹ̀nítàn.” What begins as a local investigation soon unravels a buried legend—of a betrayed river spirit, a sacred curse, and ancestral silence that demands to be broken. As Kareem digs deeper, the river begins to whisper his name too. Whispers by the River is a supernatural mystery inspired by African spirituality, where truth is hidden beneath water, and justice comes with a price.

Kael Ishiro defied death with science. Now he wakes buried beneath ash and stone—not as a man, but as a sentient phoenix egg with a broken system, a sarcastic AI, and predators closing in. Cultivators hunt him as a relic. Spirit beasts want his flame. And all he has is instinct, wit, and the flicker of a legendary bloodline. He won't stay dormant for long. He'll hatch, burn, and rise—one soul merge at a time. In a world where survival is earned through flame, Kael’s rebirth is just the beginning.

After living a miserable life, God took pity on the misfortune of 'Tom,' a young man with a tragic past, and granted him a boon to be reborn in a magical world. However, he ended up being reborn as a magical Corgi

Pain. That's all I could process at first. Not the "stubbed my toe" kind of pain, but the "someone used my body as a punching bag" variety. Every nerve screamed in protest as consciousness dragged me back from wherever I'd been floating. 'Where the hell am I?' My eyes wouldn't open properly. Everything felt wrong - the air smelled different, tasted metallic on my tongue. The surface beneath me wasn't a hospital bed. Too hard. Too rough. "He's waking up." A woman's voice, soft but strange. Accented in a way I couldn't place. "Finally. Three days is a long time, even for sky-people." Another voice, older, male. 'Sky-people?' I forced my eyes open and immediately wished I hadn't. The woman leaning over me had gray skin. Not sick-gray, but actually gray, like stone. Glowing white tattoos traced patterns across her face and arms, pulsing gently with her heartbeat.

After waking up from a car accident, Qin Xue realized that she had traveled back to the 1980s, and what's even more shocking is that there's a ball in her belly. What the hell is going on? Can someone please explain this situation to her? Wasn't that handsome brother not fond of the original host? How come he turns out to be the father of the child?! Chu Molin: After returning from a mission, how did the house go from being a trash heap to being clean? And how did my willful, arrogant, and unreasonable wife suddenly turn into a gentle and lovely sheep? Also, what's the deal with that belly? Baby 2: Big brother, Dad and Mom are so silly. It seems like we were sent by Dad to top up their phone credits, right? Baby 1 responds with a hopeless look in his eyes! Welcome to join "Reborn Space: The Little Eighties Wife" group chat, group chat number: 947814976

Four deadly choices in life: Being a cop in Mexico! Absolute justice here means getting shot, BIUBIUBIU. The protagonist finds himself in the body of a jail guard and discovers that his eyes can see a person's Crime Value! Only by outgunning the criminals can he uphold justice! This prison is called "Plateau Prison", the highest security level in Mexico. At this time, there is a man locked up inside. His name is Gallardo, nicknamed Godfather, one of the founders of the Guadalajara Cartel. If you want to survive, either leave this damned country, or climb your way to the top. Mexico can be bright!

An Imperial Scholar by day. An assassin by night. The World of Cultivation has changed. Elemental Mancers. Flux Mancers. Spirit Mancers. Soul Mancers. Raining down fire and splitting oceans. Destroying mountains with a single stomp and calming skies with a glance. Controlling the tides of Karma, while wielding the souls of others like a puppeteer tugging on the Lines of Fate. The most mysterious of them all were Spirit Mancers, a truth that Theron was more than intimately familiar with. Due to one's Tribulation, his life was turned upside down. His family, his rage, his somber sadness becoming nothing more than Bad Karma's fuel for a madman. He was once a gentle young man, a non-combative Water Mancer who wanted nothing more than to read his novels to the sound of the rain and one day become an Imperial Scholar. But now... Everything had changed. He donned a cloak in the silent night as the clouds above gathered. Pulling its hood over his chilling blue eyes, he stalked off into the darkness. The first droplets fell. He would become the nightmare of his enemies, the blade hidden in the shadows of Heaven's tears. The River of the Night.

Kael, a reclusive and antisocial man, died alone in his apartment, consumed by frustration and regret. But his tale didn't end in darkness. Reborn in the unforgiving world of Eridoria, where the law of the jungle reigned supreme and apes were eerily absent, Kael found himself in the body of a lion cub with a unique bloodline. This was no ordinary rebirth; he was a lion unlike any other. Thrust into the complex web of pride dynamics and social hierarchy, Kael must navigate treacherous alliances, rivalries, and his own primal instincts. With a fierce determination burning within, he sets his sights on a singular goal: to claim the title of the ultimate King. Warning: R18, incest, harem, neutral/dark/ruthless MC, violence.

Kim Eun-Ji is a college student with a passion for otome games, but one game in particular has always frustrated her: Saintess Chronicles. In the game, the villainess, Selene Ravencroft, is always sentenced to death, while the flawless Saintess Eri is glorified. Despite playing through all the possible routes, Eun-Ji can never change Selene's tragic fate. Her sympathy for the misunderstood villainess and her disdain for the seemingly perfect Eri grows with every playthrough. One morning, after finishing the game yet again and angrily complaining about its unfair ending, Eun-Ji realizes she’s late for class. In her rush, she’s tragically hit by a runaway truck and dies. She wakes up to find herself reincarnated inside the world of Saintess Chronicles—not as a random side character, but as the villainess, Selene Ravencroft, on the day of her gift awakening! Now, Eun-Ji now as Selene Ravencroft must try her best to survive at all costs but for some reason the plot keeps continuing despite her making changes.

In a dystopian future where Vampires emerged from the shadows in order to stop humanity from becoming extinct, a young woman with a dark past meets a charismatic stranger. As time goes by Private Love Aikawa of military Unit 4-7, finds that she may not be as human as she first thought. Battling rogue vampires, mutated creatures and her own past, Love works to unravel the mysteries behind the secretive Helsing unit, and tries to become the bridge between humans and vampires in a world filled with discrimination. This novel starts intentionally slow through the exposition and the early world and character building, BUT everything kicks into gear after the turning point in the latter half of Volume 1, and especially Volume 2, where the tone of the novel shifts. So, I hope you stick with it and enjoy the wild ride! I also added some song recommendations along the way to listen to whilst you read certain chapters, I hope this helps boost the experience. Public Spotify playlist titles (all under the name LouLou): TLAR - Book 1 TLAR - Book 2 TLAR - Book 3 TLAR - A Fire in Their Wake This is rated 'No one under 17 permitted' for (very) mature themes, including drug use, SA, LGBTQ+ discrimination, very frequent strong language, violence etc. Please note that no storyline is chosen for shallow shock value, and most are taken from personal experience, and hopefully handled with the care, respect and sensitivity they deserve. Disclaimers are added against any chapter that may cause distress. The majority of Volume 1, in a different order and edited as a full novel is available free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Loulou2

What did death feel like? Ezekiel didn't want to remember. He wished to never experience that void expanse of nothingness ever again. Luckily he had been reincarnated into a world with magic and the sorts. But as a Mechanic! Watch as Ezekiel defies his manaless destiny by walking the path given to him by that Being as a Mechanic born to rule over all. He had been an ordinary person in his last life but he refused to allow that term follow him into the next. "I can still become someone important. Not as an Awakened from Taia, but as a Battle Mechanic from Earth!"

I was just your average burnout. Now I’m a kobold in a dungeon where everything wants to eat me—and frankly, I get it. I look delicious. Reincarnated as the weakest possible monster in the worst possible place, I start with nothing but panic, backward knees, and a skill called Civilization Mimicry—which is sealed. Because of course it is. But survival isn't the story. This is the story of what comes after. Of finding meaning in the scraps. Of building law from ashes. Of kindling memory in a place designed to erase. Because even if the world sees kobolds as nothing, I’ve seen what we used to be. And I’m going to bring it back. Firelight by firelight. Burial by burial. One fragile tradition at a time. Because if the world wants kobolds to be nothing? Then I’ll teach it what nothing becomes when it learns to dream.

The River of Spirits doesn't flow with water - it flows with memory. And not all memories are merciful. Kael was born without a past. Or so he believed. But when a monstrous entity rises from the cursed river, something inside him stirs - a whisper, a fragment, a voice that should not exist. Now hunted by forgotten spirits and guided by a shadow that knows his name, Kael must face the guardians of the sigils: each one sealed with a painful memory he once begged to forget. Some memories are lost. Others are buried. And some... were taken from him for a reason. Would you reclaim your soul, even if it meant destroying it again?

A Gen Z slacker wakes up as the meanest bully inside a novel set in the 1980s. Pros? He gets a system. Cons? It only rewards him for being a jerk. Not exactly helpful, especially when he realizes that the main protagonist he's supposed to terrorize ended up burning the entire school to the ground, himself included.

Cynthia Fola is a woman who seems to have it all. A celebrated author. A loving wife. A devoted mother. Her books have touched hearts across the world, yet the story she’s never told is the one still bleeding inside her. Six years ago, in the silence of her apartment, she miscarried a child she never told anyone about. Not her friends. Not her therapist. Not even Damson, the man whose name she whispered through the pain. He left her soon after, never knowing what she lost. She never asked why. She just survived. Now living in quiet elegance with her husband Levi and their son Adam, Cynthia has carefully rebuilt a life that looks whole. But when a professional event in Dubai brings Damson back into view — older, bolder, and standing on the very stage she’s meant to own — the walls she’s held up begin to crack. Memories return with force. Her body remembers the ache. Her heart remembers the silence. And in the glow of chandeliers and applause, she is forced to confront the love that left her, the pain that shaped her, and the truth she buried beneath success. Cry Me a River is a lyrical, unflinching portrait of grief, motherhood, marriage, and memory. It is the story of a woman who gave everything to protect someone’s dream, only to nearly die in the process — and what happens when that dream returns, asking for her voice again.

Waking up in another world... it should be a dream come true. But for someone who lived seventy years on Earth with few regrets and a life long and full, this new beginning comes stained with blood, death, and chains. The old woman she was didn't ask for a second chance, let alone one in the body of an undead werewolf who was once Commander of an army of horrors. Yet freedom from the yoke of the Aterior Zephyr brought no peace—only unanswered questions and a guilt that isn't hers to bear, but feels like her own. While struggling to understand whether this is a lucid dream, divine punishment, or a cruel twist of fate, she must confront the memories of a life that isn't hers, the hatred of the living, and the flickering promise of redemption in a world where hope lies buried in ruins. Amidst former allies, cursed weapons, and inner monsters, Astharothe Merryck won't just fight to survive... she'll fight to live up to her name. Inspired by fantasy RPG and MMO universes like World of Warcraft®. This work is not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment and does not intend to infringe upon their rights or those of any other game.

Death by Truck-kun? Too mainstream. I died choking on my own laughter during a late-night comedy rerun. Pathetic? Yes. Fitting for someone who gave up on life halfway through university and became a full-time couch potato? Also yes. When I opened my eyes again, I wasn’t in the afterlife—or if I was, it had a suspicious amount of baby talk and clean diapers. I was reincarnated... as an infant. No powers. No memories of my new name. Just chubby cheeks and existential dread. But the real horror? I slowly realized I was now living inside one of those cliché romance novels I absolutely despised. You know the type: cold-hearted king meets brave commoner girl, falls in love, political chaos ensues, blah blah gag me with a spoon. I read it. I hated it. And now? I think I’m in it. And not as the heroine. Or the villain. Or even the funny sidekick. No—I'm just some background baby who probably gets held once, then vanishes from the plot forever. With no grand destiny, no cheat skills, and no idea what chapter we’re on, I’ve decided to do the only thing I was ever good at—absolutely nothing. But fate has a funny way of dragging the lazy into the spotlight… They think I’m innocent. I think this whole thing is a joke. Let's see who breaks first.

Benjamin Taklaw, a Filipino high school student who dreams of being a bus driver like his father, got killed by Truck-kun. He thought his life would be over, and his soul would be in the afterlife. But, he was given another chance to live his again, this time, as a bus driver in…a fantasy world? He literally woke up on a bus in another world as a young bus driver. Grasping on that opportunity, he, as a 16-year-old boy and bus driver named Russell May, is now living his new life in a new strange world, filled with monsters and magic. Along the way, he took in a snow village girl named Azalea, a low-ranked adventurer named Adrian Paulton, who was betrayed by his hero party in a dungeon, and a pair of twin dragon girls, Rai and Ria. They are now his new party and family. Together, they traveled the world through routes, picking up passengers of different races and socioeconomic backgrounds and dropping them off at their destinations of different kinds. Also, he discovered that he wasn’t alone in being reincarnated in that world: he was part of a class of creatures known as Renad. That group has different backgrounds of their previous lives, different ways they died, and best of all, different abilities, skills, and even equipment. And also, the fantasy world will have evil entities and an organization named the Square Order of the Squirrel, whose primary goal is to free the demon king, Malarka, from the seal that sealed him 1,000 years before.

CAUTION : [TABOO] Betrayed by his most trusted soldier captain jack was killed, but when he thought it was all over he meet the soul of a man named Alex Eswald. Alex said to him "I will allow your soul to reincarnate in my body but on two conditions, you need to fulfill these conditions if not you will perish" "What are your conditions ?" "First you need to kill the bastard who betrayed me and get revenge for me" "Understandably, what is the second condition" "the second condition...you n-need to...to" "out with it" "you need to fuck..." "huh" "them all" "huh ?" "The second condition is that you need to fuck all those around me, but not just them, you need to fuck all the powerful women" "How am I supposed to do that ?" "Don't worry I will give you a gift that will help you in your journey, so do you accept and promise to fulfill those conditions ?" "I promise" follow jack as he becomes Alex through his journey to fuck all powerful women of his new world, it's not like he wanted it to happen, obviously, but you know, he had to since he promised. ======== Tags: Reincarnation - Smut - incest - incest Harem - No Yuri - No NTR (there might be netori) - Milf - Harem - Mature - R18 - Pregnancy - others races- Weak to strong *** Hello you all, I'm a new author and this is actually my first novel and I don't have that much experience so there might be some errors, but don't worry I will try to become better. I would like to be honest by saying right now that this novel is for me and fellows cultured peoples to enjoy. So, I assume that those that still remains in this place are all fellows cultured peoples. If you like the story, you should support it (you really should support) Release schedule: one chapter per day. Discord channel link : https://discord.gg/zcbyBHU7 Patreon : p@treon.com/RAASD0

After losing her super powers to a creature who called herself as ‘mother’, Xie Yi was returned to her family that she never knew she had. She thought that from then on, she would be able to live a different life, a more peaceful and blissful life away from war and blood, only to find the difference in herself one day. The power that she thought had been stripped away from her was surging in volume, and her physical attributes was evolving at tremendous speed, but not to the way that she had ever expected. What should she do when she slowly turn into one of the mutants that she and her people used to hunt? Who should she trust and who should she be wary of? The mutants or her own species instead? [Warning: Contain spurting blood, raining fleshes and other depictions of violence. Please tread with caution, thank you] Entry for the WSA 2025. If you’re searching a different take of the apocalypse theme with op mc + family drama + cute sweet romance + survival + mystery and lots of actions, this might be your cup of tea :) Tags: #Dark #Survival #Apocalypse #PowerUp #NonHumanMc Updates: Daily

THIS IS A FANFIC.Boy reincarnates in twilight as a ghoul, decides to make some changes . twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer. Tokyo ghoul belongs to Sui Ishida and the dragon belongs to Blue-Deep. I just made up some stuff CURRENTLY ON HOLD, BECAUSE I'M OUT OF CREATIVE JUICE.

You can NEVER run from destiny. This world needs a SACRIFICE to live. Will you still save YOURSELF? Meet Seraphyne Lycanwood, a master chef who unexpectedly finds herself transmigrated into the mesmerizingly futuristic world of Sinalta. But this isn't your typical fairy tale. She steps into the role of a stepmother and weds the enigmatic Alpha, igniting a whirlwind of secrets and intrigue that even her culinary expertise couldn't prepare her for. Just when things couldn't get any more complicated, Seraphyne is unceremoniously thrust back to Earth. The carefully planned marriage proposal for her crumbles into nothingness, leaving her broken. Seeking comfort in her grandmother's home, she crosses paths with a gallant military captain and his son, who strangely addresses her as "Mommy." Little does she know that this chance meeting will alter her fate forever as she becomes entangled in the captain's hidden world. As these two parallel realms collide and the ominous specter of the Apocalypse looms ever closer, their destinies become intertwined in ways they could have never imagined. Will Seraphyne and her newfound allies have the power to avert the forthcoming catastrophe, or will they succumb to the inescapable forces that threaten to consume both worlds?

Dying in a tragic accident Marcus Ferrous gets transferred to a fantasy world of monsters and magic, except when he arrives contrary to what he expected he is now level one and a ghost. Left with nothing on a strange new world, Marcus will struggle with everything he has on his journey to get stronger and uncover the secrets of his new world. Artwork By Radiopaque.

In a distant world, Cely regained consciousness after having previously been killed with the explosion of a miniature black hole. Her body though felt... weird, yet familiar. This story follows Cely on her path to strength through hardships, death, and atrocities. Updates are highly irregular so be patient if you like the story.

In the boundless realm called Gaea, there were countless mortals who cultivated the energy of Heaven and Earth, otherwise known as Qi - to ascend into divine beings as Immortals. There was a girl. She was found drifting in a bone cradle, surrounded by death. With No name and No past, she was called Jiu Mei. With maturity and an ambition far beyond her years, Jiu Mei enters the Supreme Heavenly Demon Palace—a ruthless sect where only power matters, and weakness is crushed without mercy. She doesn’t care about justice. She doesn’t care about good or evil. In a world ruled by cultivation and chaos—where gods scheme from the heavens, immortals enforce cruel laws, and demons devour the weak—Jiu Mei has only one goal: To become the strongest. To stand above all cultivators, demons, beasts, and Gods alike. No matter what or who she must destroy to get there.

I died on the last day of med school but I got reincarnated into the world of Naruto. I unlocked a system and I slowly developed a harem and a life with the dream to unite the world and spread peace. Discord: https://discord.gg/gzUE7uhjnE Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@terrific-army5649

Aden Albert, a regular 25 year old male. He had light brown hair, and a normal looking face. His entire life was normal, nothing exciting happens, no tragedies. It was boring for him, it felt like he was a robot doing the same thing over and over. The only thing that could excite him is reading fantasy novels. The thrill of imagining the characters go through, the adventures, and most importantly the cheats. He wished that one day something similar would happen to him to wake up after dying and find himself in a world of magic and swords. As he did his day to day job as a zoo keeper at the local zoo, something happened. He was cleaning the monkey enclosure when a random monkey picked up a rock and threw it towards his head. Aden at the time was on top of a ladder trying to clean up the random trash in the trees. When the rock collided with his head it knocked him over the ladder falling landing on a large piece of stone killing him. "Damn it, I lived my entire life to only die like that. I hope that monkey burns in hell. Well what's next in the afterlife." Aden thought as his continuous faded. Next thing he knew he woke up in a jungle with luscious greenery. "What the hell. WHERE I AM!" And thus began Aden's Journey. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick note this is my first public novel so I'm sorry for any writing mistakes or just bad writing/plot.