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[HIATUS] It was the turn of the 20th century, and in the Philippine Islands, the fledgling Philippine Republic waited to be crushed by the overwhelming superiority of the American colonial forces. But John McClain, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, dies and finds himself in the body of the governor of a remote Philippine province in the year 1898. Initially reluctant to take up arms against his former country and skeptical of the chances of success, he eventually decides to fight for the Republic. Now living his second life as Martín Lardizábal, politico-military governor of Marinduque and armed with modern military knowledge, he will change the course of the Philippine-American War.

In the ashes of old empires, a Republic is born—eighteen Houses bound by myth, law, and iron succession. Its Pillars hold energy, medicine, sky, and law. Its people rise or fall by exile, oath, and inheritance. For Christopher Xiong, a foreign-born son of the Bear House, the Republic is both promise and prison. Working as a VR cleaner, he drifts unseen in a system where every name carries the weight of ancestry. But a forgotten relic ties him to the Republic’s most dangerous secret—and once it awakens, Chris is pulled into a struggle that will test not just Houses, but the foundations of civilization itself. Republic of the Houses is a political epic where words are weapons, myths are law, and no ideology is safe. #CivilizationalScienceFiction

The story will be uploaded to RoyalRoad under the name wentaj as well. Paris, 1790. Young lawyer André Franck wakes to find himself in another century—two hundred years before his own, in the age of revolution. The price of bread, the shouts in the streets, the shadow of the palace—everything stands between collapse and rebirth. He knows history, yet the law itself is still unwritten. In an age where reason and blood contend, law becomes the sharpest weapon. With intellect and quiet ambition, André rises from a courtroom advocate to a figure who moves among assemblies, generals, and conspirators, building order from chaos. He is no hero, nor a savior. He is simply a man who sees through power, understands its rules—and dares to rewrite them. When the fires of revolution burn away the old world, the new France will bear his mark. Once again, The story will be uploaded to RoyalRoad under the name wentaj as well. (email: wentaj@outlook.com)

Seth Robinson manages a local kitchen boutique and has had a crush on a customer who frequents the shop. Though too shy to start up a conversation about anything other than kitchen appliances or the newest cooking gadget, Seth still hopes to catch the other’s eye. Seth has a tendency to change his hair color a lot, and when he gets purple highlights, it finally sparks a conversation between the two men.<br><br>Chris Berger runs a catering business in Bellflower and loves visiting Karlee’s Kitchen Essentials, where he can chat with the cute manager. He has a unique way of looking at the world and colors and is intrigued by Seth’s highlights.<br><br>Unfortunately, when they manage to get together, they’re both dealing with major upheavals in their lives. Will they be strong enough to work together to find their happily ever after?

When a man from 2025 dies and finds himself reincarnated back in time during the Roman Republic, he decides to make it his mission to turn the Roman Republic into the greatest civilization the world will ever know. Author Note: Very simple and short synopsis. This story is written predominantly using AI. Now I know what you are thinking: Oh boy, another AI piece of shit. Well I wouldn't blame you, because that is what I would think too. I do my best to get rid of all of AI's weird logical inconsistencies and and its frankly unbearably cringey way of writing. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee any form of consistency in my updates. This is a project I have tentatively started out of the fact that there are simply no stories out there like this one, focused on a reincarnation in ancient history, aside from "Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece", which in my opinion, had a terrible ending as well as "Heir of Aurelian" written by the man, the myth, the legend: Zentmeister. Unfortunately he only wrote 181 chapters before abandoning it due to it underperforming. T'was a sad day when he stopped writing it. In essence, don't expect anything good since I am just doing this as I go, without a real plan. This is just a small hobby that I may or may not fully pursue. Also, please do point out historical mistakes or just mistakes in general if you do see any.

A young genius rises in a fractured Pakistan, determined to fix a system that’s beyond repair. With silent backing from the military and intelligence, he begins reshaping the nation from the shadows. But can one man truly rebuild a country—and then walk away?

Bravae, a young farmer from a small village in Norea, dreams of a better life beyond the oppressive shadow of the Braunian Empire. Alongside his daring friend Orvae, he hatches a reckless plan—to steal gold from the empire's heavily guarded castle. But what begins as a desperate heist spirals into something far greater. In the chaos of their escape, Bravae stumbles upon an ancient weapon—an artifact of unimaginable, limitless magical power. The weapon binds itself to him, awakening a torrent of mystical energy and drawing the attention of forces beyond his understanding. Now thrust into a world of magic, ancient wizards, mythical creatures, and towering empires, Bravae finds himself carrying the hopes of a conquered nation. To free his homeland from the iron grip of the Braunian Empire, he must master the weapon’s power—before it consumes him. The fate of the last free republic rests in his hands.

Two different souls, from two different worlds...yet, so similar like the same poles of a magnet... He lived the life of carnage - filled with danger and blood. She lived the life of a bird in a cage - safe and sheltered. His life was fucked up. He was a mess made of shackles of betrayal and pain, on his way to become next ruler of the Knight Crime Empire, one of the most dangerous Mafia empires in the world. She had a secret she couldn't bring herself to spill, being silenced by the man she had once trusted, that ultimately made her chose solitude and loneliness to feel safer. Other than this, her life was as simple as it could get, with her in her last year of highschool, on her way to become a valedictorian. Their worlds were like light and dark, like the two sides of a coin. And yet, they weren't so different at all. It was as if the two sides of the coin had been engraved with the same number and symbol., only being separated by the thin wall of metal in between. People were afraid to even look him in the eye and she scared half the school population with her chilling glare and unapproachable look. She knew pain, how it felt to be completely helpless and alone, barely keeping herself from drowning in the shallows of broken promises and truths. He was drowning too, the weight of his past pulling him down. Their actions were carefully calculated yet impulsive, with their anger an armour on their hearts. A reflection. That's what they were. Of each other. See, it's like this - If she is a star, her light brilliant and dazzling, hot anger bubbling on the surface, then he's an exact replica of her with the exact same bright and dazzling light, his anger at the world like the scorching fire and heat. What happens when these two clash? Their equally cold and distant gazes meet? Let me tell you - Fire burns. Gravity draws them close and for once, they can't bear to resist it until their worlds collide, secrets are unleashed and they're forced to chose what they don't want to. Because what good comes out when stars collide?

In a colorless totalitarian world where individuality is forbidden, a teenage girl discovers a forbidden Power Stone and must team up with a cynical, talking banana to find a legendary garden and restore color to humanity.

A beautiful and reckless young lady of the Republic era, bold in love and hate, takes the lead. The calm, restrained, and secretly jealous man becomes the one chasing her, trapped in a doomed love story. From the moment Eleanor first saw Gabriel, she was determined to get him no matter what it took. So when the Gabriel family faced a crisis, she used that as leverage to force Gabriel to marry her. But after she got what she wanted, she realized reality wasn't as wonderful as she'd imagined. Especially when the man who lay beside her every night kept calling out another woman's name in his sleep. Eleanor laughed bitterly inside. In the fifth year of their marriage, she decided to get a divorce. She wanted to set Gabriel free and also set herself free. But the moment the divorce papers were signed, the man who had always been cold and distant suddenly clung to her tightly. Eleanor, impatient: Get lost. Gabriel: I’ll only get lost into your arms.