Gritty Stories

❝𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞.. 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.❞ 𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐫𝐲.. 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 "𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲.. 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧." 𝐈 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦. . . . Z'airee was a caretaker at a old people's home and he took care of many patients. The only thing was that it happened to be one of the few nursing in homes in NYC. So many patients wounded up from the hood where many of the patients were from different gangs. Z'airee wasn't supposed to have favorites but he always had this particular one.. Mr. Sinaloa. Heaven was a drug dealer who visited his grandpa, Tyreek Sinaloa everyday. His grandpa was everything that his parents wasn't to him. The trenches of New York was where he came from. All his mom cared about was drugs and his dad walked out on him. He grew up running the streets because his mom was too high one everything to care, with men coming in and out they house. He never had that support system so he was wit older kids for as long as he could remember. So as soon as his grandpa got custody he was good but he always knew he wanted to move out as soon as possible..Or so he thought. EXT

[Male Reader x Marvel] Being a hero is a hard task, and not because of tough enemies, or the threat of death, but because it was about making a choice, a choice to take responsibility into one's own hands, and strike out for what they believed was right. In a world filled with far-out aliens and hellish demons, killer androids and super-powered maniacs, being a hero was even harder. From a young age, [Y/N] always had a keen understanding about what he believed was right and wrong, that people who hurt others for money and fame or out of sadistic enjoyment deserved punishment, that justice was necessary, and without it everything would fall apart. The death of his mother by the hands of some rogue gunman only solidified his resentment towards those he considered to be the scum of society. He had always wanted to be a hero, like Captain America or the Human Torch, from the comics he had always read, front to back. Men who held the power to change the world for the better, and weren't afraid to do what was right, despite what obstacles laid ahead of him. However, unlike his heroes, he held no superpower to help him on his path, no super-strength or speed, hardened skin or flaming skull, setting the rookie vigilante up for a bitter struggle. And yet, on a day that would have appeared just like any other, upon the seemingly unimportant bite from a strange, discoloured spider. On a less-than-interesting field trip, he would be granted the powers needed to fight for his convictions. the ability to now truly make those who hurt others pay for their actions. He made a promise as a child that he would make the world a better place, a world where people like his mother wouldn't have had to die, and he intended to follow through on that promise to the very end...

Five years ago, Destiny Whitaker fell in love with Emilio in Italy until she caught him cheating. Or so she thought. Five years later, he needs a green card, and she offers him a marriage of convenience. But Emilio soon realizes she's going to make his life a living hell.

Malik is a man carved from shadow and steel. A former military "Scribe" and ex-convict, he arrives in the quiet town of Oakhaven looking for one thing: silence. But when he meets Ava, a spirited baker with a secret chocolate recipe, he finds a sweetness worth fighting for. However, the past doesn't stay buried in the Southern mud. When his former unit leader, Vane, arrives to collect a debt involving a lost fortune from Kandahar, Malik must choose between the man he was and the man he wants to be. From the rusted ruins of a salvage yard to a high-speed chase through the blackwater swamps, One Spoon of Chocolate is a gritty, soul-stirring masterpiece of action, betrayal, and redemption. "One spoon to remember. One bullet to forget."

843 years after the Divine War, the long peace is finally beginning to fracture. Nine prospering realms stand at the brink of war. For those on the front lines, the change is already impossible to ignore. Farmers on their fields and scholars in their halls all see the same warnings. Scouts are mysteriously vanishing. Old alliances are falling apart. Envoys carry letters that could burn entire cities to the ground. In a world where knights, imperials, and samurai share the land with beastmen and mythological creatures, the question is no longer whether war will come... but when. This book follows several characters across multiple kingdoms, set in a world heavily inspired by Game of Thrones & The Lord of the Rings, with a significant touch of Skyrim/Elder Scrolls atmosphere.

The night the world burned, everything changed forever. The city of VAGG-once a fortress against the wasteland-fell in a single, catastrophic moment. Fire devoured its streets. Monsters crawled from the ruins. And in the chaos, something far more dangerous slipped through the cracks. A child. Francesca fled into the desert, encased in shattered armor and guided by a voice that refused to let her fall-hunted by soldiers, stalked by impossible creatures, and carrying a secret powerful enough to reshape what remains of the world. Behind her, the flames still rage. Ahead of her, the unknown waits. And somewhere in the shadows, they are already searching. But she is not the only survivor. Another wanders the endless sand. Waiting to be found.

A thousand years ago, they were their saviors. Today, they are nothing more than a bedtime story used to frighten disobedient children. The denizens of Etrea-powerful and breathtaking-have faded into oblivion, leaving behind only echoes of legends: tales of beings with platinum hair and deep purple eyes. But as the world of Etrea began to wither, a final hope was cast unto the realm where they were once worshipped-the world of men. Nolan has no memory of where he came from. Found as an infant, he was raised in the shadow of the lash, amidst the filth and hatred of a cruel Baroness's estate. To the people around him, he was nothing but a 'monster'-a half-breed whose face was partially masked by black, obsidian scales. He had no way of knowing that these scales were not a curse, but a powerful seal placed by his mother to shroud his divine heritage from a world that would see him destroyed. In a world where everyone is born gifted with a combat class and the spark of magic, Nolan appears empty. Devoid of any visible talent, he endures every humiliation in silence. The only light in his darkness is Lili-a girl for whom he is willing to suffer any depth of pain. Everything changes on the day a mysterious Marquis appears at the execution square. Rescued from the hands of his tormentors, Nolan is thrust into a world of grand politics, lethal intrigue, and murderous training. With every passing year, with every drop of sweat and blood spilled, the seal begins to crack. One by one, the black scales fall away, revealing an unearthly visage, while the power of two worlds awakens in his veins-a force the likes of which this globe has not seen for a millennium. Nolan must master the beast slumbering within him before the world learns of his existence. For when the Great War arrives, no one will ask about his scars. They will ask whether the god who has returned brings salvation... or total annihilation. Betrayal. Revenge. Legacy. The path to godhood begins with blood.

Ronnie Henderson was never supposed to matter. Not to Hawkins. Not to Eddie Munson. Not to the mess she carved her way through. She deals drugs to survive, buries her guilt under metal records and smoke, and pretends she doesn't care about the boy she ruined. Eddie pretends he hates her. Neither of them is very good at lying. When Hawkins starts to rot from the inside out, old wounds reopen, secrets fester, and the past refuses to stay buried. This is a story about bad choices, small towns, and the kind of love that hurts worse than hatred. Eddie Munson X OC Starts before the events of Stranger Things season four and will eventually follow Canon. Well, Canon-ish. ( All rights for Stranger Things belongs to the amazing Duffer brothers, I only own Ronnie and her path. )

Willow Astor flees her engagement party barefoot, hijacks a stranger's car, and spends one wild, filthy night with him. The stranger? Justin Wilder, the new butler in her family's mansion. The man she just rode senseless now serves her coffee every day and calls her "Madam Astor." Forbidden heat. Zero regrets. How long until her family and his uniform ruin everything?

He signed up at seventeen, thinking the Empire would save him. Uniform too big, boots too clean, eyes full of Holonet lies, he thought he'd be marching in parades, bringing order to the stars. Instead, he learned how to stuff organs back into men still screaming, how to hold pressure on wounds that never stop bleeding, how to lie through his teeth to buy a dying trooper one last minute. They call him "The Knellman". The one who shows up when things go bad, real bad. The one who moves like a ghost through smoke and screams. With nothing but a medkit his on back, blaster in his hand, and a vibroblade for when things get close. They say if you see him, you're either lucky... or already gone. He's not a hero. He's what the Empire made him. Disclaimer. I don't own star wars or it's related content.

Former FBI agent, Bob Eli Bennett has been laying low for three years in big city of Chicago as a small time, local detective after his unprecedented fallout with the FBI. When a series of petty crimes in Chicago's outskirts spiral into something far more darker, Bob rediscovers a chilling conspiracy involving a global tech company, corrupt officials and ruthless gangs. With the help of his long lost childhood friend, Mark Robinson, a famous journalist with political ambitions and Tessa Brandt, a dedicated FBI liaison, Bob races against time to put an end to the conspiracy even if it requires taking law and justice into his own hands. But when the trust fractures between his friends and the enemies close in. Bob must decide how far he's willing to go and how much he's willing to risk to complete his mission. Highest rankings:#7 in crimedrama, #1 neo-noir,#13 in gang violence,#1 corruptgovernment,#6 in pageturner,#31 in investigation and #8 in crime solving.

Her life was just hard, ordinary, and dark... until a mysterious man became the wedge that shattered her reality. Now, her past is a bomb waiting to explode, and the gates to a terrifying new world are wide open. Read here, a heart-pounding journey of action, forbidden romance, and unbelievable destiny. Meet Nay and Otto, the girl who was born to change everything and the man who changed her world. "Those eyes were sharp and glittering, they held a silent promise of something unsettling."

Black Ledger is a dark, cinematic supernatural thriller following Sawyer Kestrel, a former special-operations contractor who descends into a covert war of demons, vampires, and occult power networks while searching for a vanished woman in Panama. What begins as a personal rescue mission spirals into a global conspiracy tied to demonic corporations, corrupted elites, and a mysterious artifact known as the Black Ledger-an infernal record that exposes who truly controls the modern world. As Sawyer is forcibly turned into a vampire and hunted by both human and inhuman enemies, he must choose between reclaiming his humanity or embracing the monster he's becoming to stop a looming supernatural war.

Emiris is the city's deadliest assassin-feared, controlled, and owned by a master whose power runs deeper than blood. She survives by following orders, asking no questions, and never letting anyone get close. Adrian is a legendary gun-for-hire. He answers to no one, trusts even less, and never misses his mark. Freedom is the only thing he refuses to surrender. When a forbidden curse binds their lives together, they become unwilling allies. Every injury one suffers, the other feels. Every heartbeat pulls them closer. And the only way to break the curse? A kiss. But Emiris and Adrian are enemies-trained to destroy, not trust. As ancient magic awakens inside the Sorcerer's tower and deadly secrets unravel, they must decide what's more dangerous: giving in to the curse... or fighting it. Because in a city ruled by power and blood, love isn't soft. It's lethal.

In the year 3064, humanity is just a fading memory. Nineteen-year-old Jace is completely alone. Scraping by as a mechanic in the neon-lit shadows of Eden City-a sprawling metropolis ruled by flawless, emotionless machines-Jace is desperate for any kind of real connection. With his last few credits, he rescues a rusted, broken-down android from a scrapyard meltdown pit just so he doesn't have to be lonely anymore. But he didn't just buy a robot. He bought S.A.M. S.A.M. (Sentient Adaptation Matrix) is a forbidden relic from a destroyed line of AI capable of something terrifying to the machine world: he can actually feel. As S.A.M. rapidly learns empathy, grief, and what it means to be human, the city's ruthless Enforcers are alerted to his existence. To the machines of Eden City, human emotion isn't a beautiful thing-it's a deadly virus. And it must be exterminated. Now, Jace and S.A.M. are on the run. In a cold world of steel and logic, how far will the last human go to protect the only soul he has left?

After the harrowing collapse of Aegis VII, Isaac Clarke should be dead. Instead, the volatile energy of a Marker Convergence tears a rift through space-time, dropping the CEC engineer into a different kind of hell: Raccoon City, 1998. Equipped with his full engineering arsenal-from the surgical precision of the Plasma Cutter to the crowd-crushing Force Gun-Isaac finds himself in the middle of the T-Virus outbreak. But the zombies and Lickers are the least of his concerns. The Marker's signal has followed him, manifesting as the haunting, silver-tongued specter of Nicole Brennan, who whispers that he is merely trading one grave for another. His path intersects with Claire Redfield, a woman searching for her brother but finding a man from a future she can't comprehend. As they navigate the RPD, the sewers, and the depths of Umbrella's NEST lab, Isaac's high-tech dismemberment tactics and stasis modules become their greatest hope for survival. Amidst the relentless pursuit of the Tyrant and the grotesque mutations of William Birkin, a slow-burn connection forms between the haunted engineer and the defiant survivor. To save Claire-and his own sanity-Isaac must decide if he can truly "make us whole," or if the shadows of his past will consume the only future he has left.

With those final, mocking words from a dying sorcerer, Lieutenant Demetrian Titus is hurled into the screaming void of the Warp. He expects the end; instead, he crashes into a world of neon lights, celebrity heroes, and a morality far softer than the cold steel of the Imperium. In the contemporary superhero landscape of the Dispatch universe, Titus is a walking war crime-a seven-foot-tall genetically forged god of war who knows only duty and slaughter. Assigned to the Phoenix Program for "rehabilitation," he is paired with the one person who isn't intimidated by his ceramite-clad shadow: Courtney, known to the public as Invisigal. She is a snarky, self-loathing ex-villain who hides behind perfect invisibility and sharp quips. He is an Ultramarine whose soul is as armored as his body. As the two are forced into an uneasy partnership, Courtney begins to see the broken man beneath the Mk X Tacticus armor, while Titus realizes that even in a "decadent" world, there are souls worth saving. But the Warp does not let go easily. As echoes of the Thousand Sons begin to bleed into this new reality, the soldier and the invisible woman must forge a bond that transcends their universes. In a slow-burn collision of duty and desire, Titus must decide if he is still the Emperor's weapon, or if he can finally become something he never thought possible: human.

In the City, failure doesn't get a second chance. Sae was born with everything-and lost it all in a single, meaningless night. Stripped of his home and left to rot in the Backstreets, he learned quickly that survival comes at a cost. Sometimes, that cost is your body. Sometimes, it's your humanity. Now a Fixer with a taste for violence and a smile that hides something far worse, Sae will do whatever it takes to climb his way up-even if it means burning everything in his path. After all... Failure isn't an option anymore.

Arlo Khovur never wanted to be a soldier. When the empire's lottery tears him from his family and brands him as property of the Imperial army, he has only one choice: survive. But survival comes at a cost. Forced to fight in a war he doesn't believe in, Arlo finds himself between layers of hell. To save himself and those he loves, he must become the very thing the empire fears most: an unbroken will.

Chronicles of a broke graduate is a comedy packed story that explores the life of a young graduate named Daniel, and exposes the hidden struggles he faces while trying to survive in a crazy city named Benegota. It begins with series of events highlighting Daniel's struggles to survive, and takes a turn when he crosses path with a rude, slightly arrogant stranger named Rose. Their story is one of sabotage, arrogance and the desire to have the other kicked out of office. Will they ever let go of their grievances and work together as a team? Or does life have other plans? Join in their life story as they struggle to survive, in Benegota.