Cielo's Bookshelf
Stories the crazy man in alley may tell you
Where is the comedy tag??? Like, i get this site is new and all, but you can't just forget to put a comedy tag! Why is there a werewolf tag and not a comedy tag!
CONGRATS WE HAVE COMEDY TAG NOW!
We all have to admit the times before us were unbelievable. Like, there was a war apparently? And citizens were drafted? And cocaine was in our sodas? And a man who has a salary of minimum wages could buy a house and support his family? Like, geez. But still, adults love to tell stories that definitely cannot be real. Stories like, like my father once told me he used to run 3 kilometres everyday after school to reach home within half an hour so that he coukd watch his favourite tv show. If you don't realise, that makes him faster than Ussain Bolt. Anyhow, this is a story of a similar man, a seline man. Perhaps your grandpa who is more than willing to tell you stories of his past.
Being A Mage Is Boring, So I Created A Class For Myself
'This fucking world…sigh…If only I could be isekai'd like those novels.'
A pipe dream. It was impossible in the real world, I knew that. A fiction was just a fiction after all.
But then a new virtual reality game named Chaos brought me hopes. I could finally escape this hell. However, my new life faced another huge obstacle.
'Damn lady luck never smiles upon me...'
Then a time skip happens and finally, my interesting life begins. 😁
Author's Note:
Beware: This story has a slow start. And I like to show character relationships and interactions among them more.
I'm a non-native, and this is my first English novel, therefore my writing pace is still slow and the use of words isn't that good yet.
Also, I might be editing a bit here and there from time to time, which shouldn't affect the story.
I'll be publishing every Sunday and Thursday for now.
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Coiled in Lies [Re-writing/editing]
A human begrudgingly joins forces with a mysterious shifter to protect his younger siblings from the vicious creatures that would harm them.
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Monty the python + Tory asleep in bed = nightmare fuel. Coyote shifters breaking into their house and a rescuer wearing Tory's bathrobe and his bed sheet around his waist? Officially the worst night ever. With no choice but to work with their mysterious rescuer - anything to get back to his family's danger-free life - all the while putting up with the shifter's infuriating nature and his teenage brother's matchmaking.
Yosef vowed to protect Justin's children. Simple. Had Salvatore not been the most stubborn human he ever encountered. As if maintaining some form of professionalism hadn't been a struggle enough, Yosef fails horribly after Tory saves him. Intense emotions conflict with his vow, his own insecurities and the nagging fears that won't shut it and leave him be. Literally.
Will the pair of them be able to work together to unravel Justin's disappearance while fending off the shifters hired to stop them or will they be torn apart in the process?
~ Dual POV ~
*Rated Mature for - Mental health topics, violence, gore, and strong language*
We the Villains
Titania lost everything that ever meant something to her.
Her Future,
her Family,
her Heart.
She swore to return.
Can she survive in a world of monsters and magic? Can she bring the ones responsible for her tragedy to her own brand of justice?
Titania never wanted to be a Villain, but was made into one.
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Hello. I am not an english native and write for fun, hoping you enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it.
All hail _Yuuk1_ and someone else who wishes to remain anonymous for editing.
P.S. This story is a bit of a slow starter
Kunoichi
Kunoichi is the hottest Japanese girl group around with a hit album and millions of fans around the world, but cracks are beginning to show. Cracks centered around their genius songwriter and singer Akari that threaten to tear the band apart and send them spiraling out of control.
Danger, music, girls' love, sex and an exploration of celebrity in a world where control is the one thing no one will give up.
A Maiden's Strange Voyage
Chaoyun is a girl who sometimes wondered about the possibility of her finding her own path. Not having her own life be dictated by anyone else, or decided for her the moment she was born. She has always held her own fate by her own hands.
And wanting to see the world had been her dream. For years she spent it in a town, where people come and go and in hopes of seeking a chance to leave it. A chance to see the country and the world beyond her own town.
That seems almost impossible, or a fleeting dream. Until one day, where her town receives a visitor. And all sorts of situations start happening to her and she was often at the centre of them. Making it hard for her to not ignore them as it was her own reputation at stake here .
Forced into Fantasy
Without even realising it, a talented young author named Ivy uses a powerful amulet to transport herself into a mystical world filled with danger, sex, magic and dragons,
After learning that she has become the main character in her own story, Ivy soon realises that she needs to play the part of the fiery and voluptuous young maiden. One who has just been taken prisoner by the merciless Overlord Adomis, after a recent raid on her small village.
Will she be able to find a way to survive in such a cruel and incredibly intimate world or will she fall prey to the very characters she herself created? Can she manage to resist the dangerous temptation of the brutishly handsome Adomis, or will she give in to her deeply hidden dark desires towards him?
And finally, will she manage to find a way to get back home...
Or in the end will she perhaps choose to stay?
WARNING - Story contains extreme violence, coarse language, abuse, graphic sex scenes and is intended for those over the age of 18. You have been warned!
Sweet Silence
Sage is a villain. Not by choice. It just sort of turned out that way, but hey, he's not complaining. Being bad is pretty cool, actually. And while by most people's standards his superpower is pretty lame - muting sound, of all things - he's found it pretty useful when robbing the rich.
Most heroes ignore him. Except one. Lich, the necromancer. Sage didn't know how talking to the dead was considered heroic, but whatever. That's not the problem. The problem is that Lich apparently has a homing beacon locked on Sage specifically, and he keeps getting in Sage's way, despite most heroes not bothering to deal with the small-time villain committing petty theft.
It was annoying, but fine. Sage wasn't all that active in the villainy community anymore anyway. He had just turned thirty, and quite frankly, he was done with this shit. But still, he wanted to go out with a bang, so he planned his final heist: robbing the most powerful man in the city, the governor.
Except, when Sage broke into the governor's house all he found was the governor - dead as a doornail. What's worse is that for the first time in Sage's life, he was no longer invisible. He was found standing over the body, murder weapon in hand.
Now, the entire city of Fairview wants Sage dead, and the only person on earth who can clear his name is his very own necromancer nemesis. For how much they fight, Lich is surprisingly on board with helping Sage...
And so, the two embark on a quest to discover the real killer and clear Sage's name, but the trail leads them to discover some of Fairview's most well-kept and dangerous secrets...
Salvage - Vol. 1: Nuts and Bolts (Steampunk/ Gaslamp Romantasy - F/M, M/M)
A Steampunk/ Gaslamp Fantasy Romance set in the industrial revolution era of a fictional world.
Magic, mad science, multicultural ambience, and political intrigue all tightly laced up into one corset and powered by the steam of two romances - one F/M and one M/M.
Intended for mature audiences, 18+.
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All creations carry a trace of the maker's ethereal energy, whether deliberately placed in the magical Artifacts made by the Alchemists, or unwittingly left in the handiwork of ordinary people.
Kazia can feel that energy, in both machines and people. She may not be able to do any of the grand magic other Alchemists can, but give her a damaged machine and she can trace its energy to the problem, and know precisely how to repair it. She does have one other ability. One far more dangerous. One she will never acknowledge, and will never use.
Fleeing her villainous father rather than becoming his pawn, Kazia finds a peaceful life on a farm in a neighboring country, where no one knows that she is the daughter of Prince Gorvan Devratha. But with war looming between her birth country of Valesk and her new home in Caedra, how long can that peaceful life last?
She can be safe in the Caedran capital, among the Queen's Alchemists, but will anyone there trust her – especially the handsome but embittered Lord Kelvaran Meratha, who suspects Kazia's father of murdering his family?
Abrizhen is Kazia's older brother. He does his best to play the role of the Prince's good son and heir, but when tasked with retrieving his wayward sister, he must return to the city he'd called home for many of his youthful years. There he'll have to reckon with his past, and finally choose between the life of a dutiful prince, or the welfare of his sister – and the rekindling of an old flame.
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Content/ Mature warnings are on for:
Gore: Nothing terribly extreme. Some bleeding wounds and broken bits, but all limbs remain attached and all innards remain inward.
Sexual Content: It's not all smut all the time, but there is some. I aim for not vague but also not overly lewd. Smut chapters are labeled NSFW. Chapters with very brief smut or just some torrid making out or somesuch are labeled NSFW-ish. All on-screen depictions are consensual, but there are a few passing references to noncon having happened off-screen (not to any MCs).
Strong Language: One character really loves to swear, and could probably construct an entire monologue with just various inflections of the F word. So, yeah, that's on too.
Other CWs: Dark themes (abuse, trauma, ptsd, depression, unhealthy coping mechanisms). Mostly in discussions of past events, but there are a few scenes that may be troubling to some readers.