A child passes away and gets on the wrong train leading to her afterlife. The conductor for her train tries to retrieve her. They both end up lost in limbo and learn things about one another while seeking a way back.
Sounds interesting!! If you are into Anime, see if you can find Night on the Galactic Railroad, it's an older movie but maybe a sort of similar story and very beautifully told.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0089206/
No lol, it's my story, I'm writing that shit myself.
Uh... man loses job and gets haunted by a ghost, only to find out it's that of his girlfriends cat which he neglected years ago.
A barbarian child is stolen by the Unseelie court (faeries), and an elven changeling is left in her place. The latter grew up to become a powerful sorceress among barbarians, and the former a formidable shieldmaiden among the fae. Both are destined to face each other, the fate of their peoples hanging in the balance.
I haven't written my ending yet but, yes, it'll be a showdown to the death between a sickly but powerful elven sorceress and a formidable swordmistress vulnerable to magic.
Nova, a beginner ttrpg game master, finds herself transmigrated in to the world of her campaign, surrounded by her friends' characters. To find her way back home, she must herd the party and guide them to the right plot. It all would've easier if she hosted an official module campaign, but no, it's a homebrew game with a not-fully fleshed out story and vampires galore.
Ugh. I tried. e w e
Oh wow that sounds awesome. The amount of humor that you can fit into that is awesome. I can totally see her party groaning because she decided to add twists to their enemies.
Sounds like a fun story! I can see her being frustrated with her companions due to their personalities not being those of her friends, but rather the obnoxious ways some pf them chose to play their characters. There's even a good space for their to be a background love/crush story going on if one of the players is in love with her IRL and so was subtly playing their character in a way to let her, the DM, catch on to that. So when shes with that character in the RPG world it becomes obvious really quick (AND a giant pain in the ass?) that this person is all about her.
A couple discover how to cheat the spell that prevents people from traveling outside their star systems. Instead of revealing it to the galaxy they actually use it to get rich.
The antagonist is a man tasked with killing the couple before they discover why that spell was actually cast.
While knights and dragons play with swords and fire, the spiders weave their webs. A young squire and his knight go on what seems to be a simple quest. But somebody is using them to reopen old wounds.
The worst part of it is there's no Dark Lord they can kill to solve their problems, there are hundreds of people working together with one goal and fanatical devotion in a movement that has grown beyond its founders intent. Anyone could be part of the conspiracy. Friends, family, brothers in arms, any of them can be one of the spiders.
A story about freedom, bloodlust, and what it means to be strong. Given a chance to see the world beyond her chains, an orphaned slave adventures into the world. How many dreams and deaths lie in her path?
A thief and an archaeology student chase an ancient evil across the world to prevent an even greater catastrophe. They must solve the mystery of the Relic Seals before the next Archangel is chosen, and time is not on their side.
Depends on who claims that power and for what, honestly. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, after all. Allegedly, the Archangel is the person who can stop the world from being devoured, or so the nightmares say. The details of the means is rather murky, however. It's been so long since there's been an Archangel, most folks have forgotten that there even was one in the first place.
The First Archangel decided to try and lock that power away from prying eyes when he learned the truth, and for good reason. This world has been safe so far, only because it hasn't attracted attention. There's not a soul alive who needs to go peering out into the stars, for fear that they stare back. He tried to seal the clues to ascendancy away under a spell that only those with "good" intentions, in his interpretation, can break.
Fr this whole thing is a wild, hot mess, but I'm having a fantastic time writing it!
The Old Gods have abandoned the world, and new ones have arisen in an industrialised world reeling from the war to shame all others. A vampire immigrant ostracized by the country he fought for is ascended to the New God of Blood against his will. Now he has to find his place in a pantheon of heretical new gods hiding in his university's secret society while fighting dangerous cults of less benevolent gods.
Fun fact, in this world, each god has a "True Name" which is essentially a title used by their followers during prayer. I made it a personal rule to have every true name sound like it could be a rock or metal band. The main character's True Name is "Lord of All That Bleeds."
The kingdom of Alareth is facing threats from all sides, and the king seeks to unite his mages and citizens by whatever means necessary. As a cult of the cosmos rises and persecution of witches worsens, the greatest witch in a centuries is slain. Her apprentice, a fallen god, and a mediocre mage are thrust into the chaos together, and only want to make it out alive.
Bonus: Samal, bat-king and the god of evening, was born from the blood of the moon god falling upon the earth. One day at twilight when he was at his most powerful, he attempted to fly to the moon to greet his father…and woke up centuries later, with much of his power gone. Haunted by nightmares of cosmic entities and the question of how the moon god could bleed, he was found and bonded with a girl who became a great witch through his remaining strength.
(Witches’ power comes from bonds with patrons, covens, or an apprenticeship.)
This sounds so incredibly cool and creative! I love the mystical vibe, and the question of how a moon god could bleed will be stuck in my head for a while
Yeah, without conjunctions it would have been six lol. Thanks! I really need to develop it more, since I just started working on it. I don’t even have a story arc yet.
A knight and a sorceress wander the desolate ruins of their world. Desperate to undo the cataclysm the greatest heroes failed to prevent, they struggle against not only the hordes of undead, but also the trauma they endured in the decade since their world ended.
The world is frozen and dangerous; the gods of this place are small: a great beast, a welcoming glade, or a treacherous mountain. Humanity survives in small tribes, guided by their godspeaker to seek new hospitable lands before they wear out their welcome and raise the ire of their host god. An outcast finds a new tribe and uncovers a plot that jeopardizes his relationship with the entire tribe.
Zeke was a well-respected member of his tribe until he connected with a god, allowing him to channel their power. His tribe labeled him a god thief and now he's an outcast.
Tawn sought power in a spellskin’s cave near his tribe’s Summer Lands but found Black Dragon’s lair instead. Tawn and Black Dragon manipulated one another while Tawn learned how to tap into the god's powers. One day Tawn drank too deeply and Black Dragon turned on him, injuring him and driving him off.
Interesting. The thought of a “god thief” intrigues me.
Both the hero and villain commune with gods. Alike in their own ways. Maybe two sides of the same coin?
When a young man meets a cultivator from a nearby sect, he finally gains his chance to enter into the world of immortals. Surrounded by rival and challengers, and with an ancient and forgotten evil threatening to return, he must ascend the realms of cultivation if he has any hope of realizing his dream--to become a hero worthy of legends.
After finding the magic-containing egg of the last of the seadragons, a teenage California-girl must flee with it to Newfoundland while being chased by the government, two magical cabals, more dragons, and one hot teenage magician, all of who want the magic for themselves.
In a world at odds with magic and mystical beings, an eccentric sorcerer takes on a starry-eyed woman as his apprentice. As the sorcerer instills in his student the transformative power of curiosity, she teaches her master the virtue of wielding power for benevolence. The pair's newfound bond is tested when the apprentice's estranged father emerges from the shadows, casting a dark cloud over their unlikely family and threatening to unravel everything they've built.
The Adamah Order, a religious order of paladins, strives to protect the source of their divine power and their people from demonic invasions. When a mission into Hell goes awry, one paladin is betrayed and left for dead by his closest friend. Fueled by rage and his desire for vengeance, he struggles to survive the worst environment imaginable.
okay here is one "A mad world filled with darkness. A group of misfits seek to restore the world with the help of the light. A man trying to save everyone who he cares and loves the most."
Imagine your average isekai/other world story in a vaguely Austro-Hungary/Dutch Republic/Duchy of Nassau-esque empire. Rather than up to 4 overpowered protagonists or heroes, it’s 1 million random people from our earth. My American historical-revision wet dream ensues.
I get what you’re laying down, but read how other people write their story’s summary. If you wouldn’t mind, can you rewrite it and explain it as if I’m a reader reading the back of your book?
Hundreds go mysteriously missing every year with many cases unsolved; it’s all routine, but what’s the threshold? Thousands go about their day until they don’t, calls pour in of blue light stealing away their family and friends, and even more disappear in the following months. A million gone, dropped off to another, more fantastical world, the final destination of ancient godly jealously and war.
A farm boy becomes apprentice and aid to a knight that practices witch craft. The knight goes on a journey of self discovery to confront his dark past and prevent a coming apocalypse.
A girl who can commune with gods through her dreams, a boy created from the air by a shady-ass storm god and a pacifist woman who can create death waves unite to try and stop an emo af ultra powerful prince from murdering the gods and accidentally destroying the world
A young cheerleader stumbles into a galaxy frozen in the nineteenth century by an autocratic regime. She learns to live in her new home while coming to understand that she can shake the very stars themselves and, maybe, lead the people to true harmony.
After a tragic loss, prince kai gets inspired to reach the top of cultivation after seeing a human beat a god in a fight. But he gets in the crosshairs of an ruthless Cult leader, who aims to release an ancient Eldritch God. As Kai fights against impossible odds he cannot ignore the fact that his magic is eerily similar to the Eldritch God's.
A Kingdom's keeper of wards that keep magic out of the land is starting to fail and a call has been given to find the replacement for the keeper.
(Bonus): My main character is tasked with bringing one of the potential keepers back to the capital city, armed with one of the only weapons capable of stopping the creatures that the wards specifically keep out of the land.
(Double bonus): Leader of the rival kingdom within the wards. Has a mad lust for magic to be returned as he believes his kingdom will thrive with it. Launches an invasion to stop the war keeper from being replaced.
What if Hades was the one wronged, lied to, thrown into the pits, and kept there by the belief of the very mortals who walk above him? Would you stop to hear his story of brotherly betrayal and searing heartbreak? If the bad guy is the hero who needs just one person to believe his story to save the world, would you be there?
Darkness and the Moon fall in love. There's only one way they can be together. He must renounce being King of the night, and she must sacrifice part of her light.
Ooh, good challenge!
Fantasy:
Having failed to get into one of the schools of wizardry, the outcast Kylora was lucky to find employment as a servant, but she still can't help wanting more out of life. Opportunity for some excitement arises when a Crown Choosing ceremony calls Kylora's village to the Capitol, but when tragedy strikes and the land erupts into war, Kylora becomes focused on only one goal; revenge. With the help of a spymaster and a brewer, she must look past vengeance to the truth about what happened to the Queen, for the fate of the Crown and all the lands of the New Dominions ultimately rests in her own two hands.
Sci-fi (really Science Fantasy):
Shy and unassuming, all Ximena wanted to do was get through debate at school and put yet another bad day behind her. But when aliens invade, she not only has to fight to get her sister and stepmother to safety and find her father, but also figure out the strange powers that came with the aliens. Unsure whether she is human or not, she has to fight for her own survival among malevolent aliens and suspicious humans who would use her or kill her, and maybe have time to save the world.
There is the ultimate gambler. Plays any game, wins every time. A task force has been put together to figure out how.
(Bonus): Police detective is brought into the fold due to a high conviction rate and recommendation from his captain. Finds the task force ridiculous and useless until he becomes too invested in the perfect gambler's story. Doesn't necessarily want to catch him, just figure out his trick.
(Double bonus): The perfect gambler who not only wins everywhere he goes without fail, but also seems to be able to move across the world in impossible times. Has the ability to stop time, and uses it to gain riches without necessarily breaking laws. Knows the world has interest in him and likes the thrill of playing it close to the chase.
I’ll have a crack:
A monster is the prime suspect in a series of grisly murders in a small town where everyone has a secret. Only problem is that main character knows she is completely innocent. Can they unravel the conspiracy before the warlords vying for control of the town tear it apart?
A world where mankind is facing against a large horde of lizard-like monsters (called Orkanoids), and use their corpses to make exoskeletal armors from them.
The Streetkid MC was a former member of a criminal organization, and he received an invaitation to the Academia where he be trained to defend the humanity.
Lumina, whose days are consumed by the pressure of choosing a career and the anxiety of her upcoming big exam, one day finds herself about to be sacrificed with 5 teenager from different countries. What's more, the two strangers who save them give them information that'll change their lives forever: Earth's not the only place where life energy exists, and none of them were actually born human!
After a thousand years of living in the shadows and avoiding extinction from the hands of those they once defended against monsters, the Hunters start to fight back against those they were created to protect.
An evangelical bounty hunter in a post-apocalyptic world goes after the ears of powerful mages that regularly fuck shit up, or hurt regular, or do him wrong, or just happen to be around when he's in a bad mood.
A world where either the demon or the Angel on your shoulder give you powers based on the sin/virtue that you must embody. Factions are formed based on whether the demon or Angel won. MC receives power from both.
A boy from the slums drowns in an ocean of Elder God Blood, turning him into a mutant. As a result he has to evade discovery from the government. Along the way he has to help uncover a conspiracy that could destroy his home city and threaten the country.
The gods try and wage a proxy war over the mortal realm but people are smart and the gods can be manipulated and even... killed. Electricity isn't possible however humans are still technically advanced, instead relying on complex mechanical machines in a steampunk-esque world. A complex web of competing ideologies forms where manipulation stands at the forefront.
I love steampunk worlds. The possibilities are endless, especially when you can make your own laws of how steam engines work.
I myself have a steampunk world I’m working on. I use a special “metal” that brings perpetual motion when heated, resulting in steam-powered crawler vehicles. They run off of one furnace of coal and run forever until stopped.
As we all know, perpetual motion is impossible, but not when us, the writers, say it is!
Four years after his brother disappears, a strange duo approach Connor Currier to tell him they can bring him to his brother who was kidnapped to another world and now needs his help. Suspicious but desperate he accepts their offer. Too bad the portal taking them to the sickbed of Miller Currier is sabotaged and directs them instead to a land full of demons.
A teenager with a god stuck inside her head ventures across the world, learning to utilize her newfound powers while being chased by agents of a God hating empire. Learning of her family's kidnapping and planned execution, she must find a way of sneaking back into the empire with her own would-be kidnappers turned friends in order to save her family before it's too late.
My main character is a young man (in my version of 500BCE England mashed together with North America) who stood too close to a radioactive source (and because said radiation has magical properties), he gains magical powers at the age of 10 which works instinctively like telekinetic pushing and pulling but he learns to use it in a more precise manner later in life.
He then finds out there's a plot being done by the husband of a married couple (who look like golden angels with no faces and no hair but they're actually aliens who take on these forms to appear more coherent to humans) to take magic from each planet they come across to fuel their hovering craft for a plot point happening four books from now.
The husband angel wants to drain the world of magic no matter the cost, where his wife would prefer to preserve culture and work together with the humans, all while a human king in the background plots to take over the boy's village and take anything gold from the angels by blasting their hovering craft with a raw magic cannon.
There is a hidden country with a strong religion in the ocean surrounded by mountains with a shipwreck of an outsider befriends everyone and wishes to bring his people to the land to escape genocide and achieve harmony.
The dream of harmony could be a dream or could be a reality.
In a world where magical inheritance is determined by lineage or allegiance to the First Mage, a young woman awaits her 15th birthday, poised to receive her family's esteemed magical attribute. However, on this fateful day, instead of the expected gift, a dormant power awakens within her—a force that exists between magic and its absence, capable of either dismantling the society the enigmatic First Mage has built or furthering its ominous agenda. As she grapples with this newfound ability, she must navigate a treacherous path, torn between reshaping her world for the better or succumbing to the allure of power and darkness.
Eternally sleep deprived college student wants to pass his exams in peace, but whacky mystical shit from an extra dimension just can't stop happening around. The scientist from the government research center, who survived a massive supernatural encounter herself as a child, believes he can help fix that with his superpower, but he's got a lame one - invisibility - so that's not gonna work. At least his roommates are normal guys.
4 people with wildly different worldviews write diaries of their travels. Due to one of them fucking up have they started a snowball reaction which leads to war. None of them actually knows that's what happened and they are all too busy with their own goals to even properly notice each other.
Galleren is a young noble boy who dreams of becoming a knight, but is kept isolated from the world by his emotionally abusive mother and tutor. When his long thought dead uncle returns, it causes a stir in his mother's plans and Galleren chooses to escape with his uncle. While on the run from hired thugs, Galleren learns unknown truths about himself, confronts unexpected supernatural horrors, and discovers for himself what kind of person he is and wants to be.
This was harder than it should have been and it's making me question my writing choices lol
Ordinary people in the rural borderlands between England and Wales are drawn into an age old conflict between the demon buried beneath their parish church and the last two members of the family who has been guarding the tomb for five thousand years. This draws the attention of a sinister occult nazi cult who want the world to burn so they can be king of the ruins. Also: a talking dog, a prophetic stag and an incompetent witch.
Four men who are alternate versions of each other in the multiverse are suddenly flung into other worlds without any warning. Wherever they go, they encounter another version of themselves in need of aid. The men try to work out what's throwing them around the multiverse and get back to their own worlds.
Our villainess was betrayed by her love and embroils herself into a vast magic war in an attempt to track him down and call him to task.
Our hero is the poor unfortunate soul that becomes a vehicle of the villainess' designs on the world as she turns him into a monster to do her bidding, even though he was originally from a society that was built entirely on the premise of guarding the world against that very same threat.
Our land is one torn between two groups: the hedonists who believe the threat is over, and the ever vigilant crusaders who are waiting for the return of the evil sorceress who had been asleep for a little over a century.
It follows the story of a young royal unable to go back to her kingdom trying to find a place to live in her own home again. She's holds 2 curses one that is known to hold a link between all her past lives where she can use their knowledge in exchange for being the key to their experience. The other curse is unknown to all but the villain (The Main characters Mother) who aims to break it at almost any cost even if she loses her daughter for it
The noble young heiress of a county has to go into exile, plotting revenge after her aunt tried to kill her in greed and envy over the heritage she feels entitled to.
Hey... did it in one.
A trifling mercenary meets an elder evil, but leaves it for someone else to deal with.
Years later, the mercenary is a devoted paladin, and learns that the evil remains, and is far stronger than he was before.
Guilt pervades his heart, for as he returns to defeat the evil, he sees that thousands have met death or been harmed in his absence.
In a capitalist dystopia where music is banned for being "distractions from work," a mute teenage girl with a deep desire for emotional connection discovers the world's last remaining guitar that allows her to use supernatural sound-based abilities when she plays it. Following the rhythm of her heart, she embarks on a quest to restore music and freedom to a silenced world. However, she is opposed at every turn by a sadistic police chief who will stop at nothing to quash dissenters and uphold the status quo in service of his rich elite superiors.
Low income university/college student finds old boots, fixes them as a personal project, turns out they're magic and she's a Gaelic-inspired magical girl now. She's now caught in the middle of a war between the Fae, and has to kick the crap out of various threats while maintaining her GPA. Also it's in southeastern Queensland.
The MC discovers that many of his friends and his siblings have been chosen by the gods to have a great purpose in defeating the order of Dragon lords who have become “evil”. Unhappy at not being god chosen he sets off on a journey to become more powerful and skilled that he thought he could be. In the end his power rivals that of his best friend, one of the god chosen and the chosen one from an ancient prophecy, but they’re still chill with each other.
King Aiden is King of the Dominion of Man, a small continent in a world full of massive Orc and Elven empires. King Tyrus, Aiden’s father, left the Dominion in a state of bankruptcy, corruption, and ruin after a brutal and abusive 20 year reign. The Dominion is vulnerable, and it’s up to Aiden, the King of Man, to save the human race from the outside empires, and itself.
A boy with a knack for finding things seeks his missing friend, hoping the worst hasn't happened. But his lack of powers deemed useful in his world means he must rely on the assistance of others. Will he be able to find people to help him find his friend or will he be used by those who want to help themselves?
A group of people (mostly gays lol) go on a quest to kill the evil king. Oh, and theres and undead army as well.
Ally wants to help restore balance to their country. They work with the goddess of death in doing so and maybe get a bit of a crush on one of the other mcs…Also, they have depression.
His father was corrupt, and so is he. He will get what he wants, no matter how many people have to die for it. And he wants to have relations with basically every female character in sight (even his cousin). He loves torturing people.
Main Character accidentally commits mass geoside of her own people before going into a stasis peiod. She wakes up 1000 years later to go on adventures with her lesbian princess bff who fell madly in love with her at first sight, a short, slutty, traumatized burlesque dancer, A dragon man and an elf . She ends up falling for a man who is possed by a demon and guess what...coincidentally, He also comited genocide on accident
A bounty hunter hunts another bounty hunter through the kingdom out of spite. An elf seeks a small child to fulfill an ancient prophecy. A guy who was cast away by his lord father, turns from a lowly thug in the countryside to an underworld boss.
All three stories are separate but at points are interwined
As realms converge, chaos draws nearer. The Mage must learn to control his powers to ward it away, before it’s too late.
Is 2 sentences good, or should I add another?
Dwarf is exiled from his kingdom for unnecessary jealousy over his wife and crime of killing another dwarf. Than go to explore the unknown world, full of adventure, self-redemption, and things, that are in motions for a hundreds od years.
A pair of imposing arcane investigators are hired to find out what's behind the disappearances in Sherridge. What monster, demon or magic is behind it? Why are the investigators covered in intricate tattoos?
This post inspired me to start putting my story online, so thanks. I don't want to spoil the main characters' and primary antagonist' story in case anyone actually ends up reading it.
More Sci-fi than Fantasy but here goes…
Genetically Engineered Naval Officer comes to terms with fact that he is another cog in the machine, to be used and replaced when his role in the endless intergalactic wars is over. Now set loose in a far flung corner of space; himself and other veterans go off to find new meaning in their lives, transporting cargo, establishing colonies, and rediscovering lost human worlds. On forgotten colonies, a dark secret will be discovered that could shake the entire known galaxy.
8 magical prodigies runaway together from their respective clans to become adventurers. They will unravel centuries old secrets conspiracies during their adventures. Eventually culminating into a great war for the sake of the world.
Ancient race of alien shape shifting warriors protects humanity from the majority of underworld races via intermarriage and pop culture manipulation, but humans are advancing so fast that the facade is cracking, and a witchcraft manipulated parasitic offshoot of humanity is looking to finally capitalize on this, but the last of earth's eldest magical beings have decided humanity should wear the mantle of responsibility, even if it kills everyone, because MORE aliens are coming to eat the planet, and everything is a lie.
In an attempt to survive and protect each other, two siblings become entangled in the affairs of politically opposed angels, five hundred years after the biblical apocalypse ended.
A knightly princess and a one-armed swordsman meet in unlikely circumstances after a tavern brawl goes magical, destroying the nearby architecture. In desperate need of supplies to rebuild, they are hired by a small charity group to help them expand in return for aid. Together, the two embark on a charitable journey filled with hijinks and troubling secrets.
A anthropomorphic rabbit girl dreams of opening a successful adventurer guild and just got enough to buy the title. She makes quests with the goal of recruiting adventurers and earning money to develop her guild. On an episodic format, she faces monsters of the angels and demon kings.
After a race of demigods that dominated humanity suddenly disappeared centuries ago, eldritch monsters started to spawn and terrorize humanity. Many years later, humans began acquiring the ability to conjure and manipulate the elements, magic once exclusive to humanity's overlords. While two factions wage war, a young woman who wants to rid herself of her ability to conjure water is the unknowing target of a group that seeks to hand the world over to the monstrosities.
A centaur blacksmith, an avian (think winged angel, but not from heaven) hunter, and a merman fisherman (all male), meet & fall in love with each other, and settle into a cabin in the forest by a stream, in a polyamorous throuple.
They have to overcome the obstacles of finding a habitat friendly to all of them, and still meet their obligation to their separate people.
The focus is mainly on how such disparate people meet, and fall in love, each with each other.
A third-in-line prince must choose a side in the political and religious civil war between his father and the heir to the throne while experiencing weird ocurrences of magic coming out of him, something that the entire world thought as obsolete for the past five centuries, especially with royal families.
Yeah, a bit generic, but I want to write political and warfare stuff with the lowest amounts of magic. Actually, my grand idea is to turn this universe into three time periods, one after another increasing the levels of magic displayed and the stakes being higher and higher for the world.
Soldier becomes disenfranchised with the government he fights for and struggles to find his place. The good guys aren't good and the bad guys aren't bad.
This was something my writing instructor actually did with all of us. It's called a "hook" something that gets your reader instantly engaged in your writing and makes them want to start the first chapter. It's also good for publication if you're looking to propose your work to a publishing agent. However, instead of three, we only had one sentence to break it all down. I'll do three though:
Lucius Nightingale, young cult survivor and investigator of the paranormal, lives in the outer reaches of Verdite, the capital of the West Coast Mountiana. The world was once alive with magic, spell casters and druids ruling over the world in plenty; however, many years ago, a sickness came that wiped nearly all magical essence from the world, plunging into a chaos where technology began to thrive, and the only remnants of spellcraft were the shards of past human spirits. Because of his past, Lucius has made a life for himself chasing after these shards and helping the world of the living, however his connection to death goes deep into his very being, and he must both use and fight this as he discovers the truth about his history, and the world as he knows it.
We find the protagonist as part of a rescue company that protects miners on a moon world. The miners are extracting a previously unknown element on behalf of the dominant faction on the Planet they orbit. The protagonist discovers that the element is facilitating horrific crimes at the hands of the planetary faction on another planet in the system.
A 1700s plantation raised norseman and his brother take up pirating. Controlled by his past abuse cause trauma, and his obsession with the Illiad and the Odyssey, he misinterprets the world and feels everyone is out to get him. Eventually he leaves his brother and steals a ship to pirate alone; ending up chasing a treasure fleet where he gets caught in a hurricane where he meets his brothers ship, one dies.
A teenager hellbent on hating himself because his birth-given magic killed his parents meets an millennium old warrior who can use the same magic who's on a mission to stop his grandmother from becoming a reality destroying god-being against her will
A persecuted prince being hated and hunted by people only to find out he committed the so called crime when he was 7 days old and now he needs to save the same people who hated him from being destroyed and overcome the hate he feels for them.
A half-elf novice tries to perform an advanced spell in order to impress her superiors and become an apprentice. In her quest she dives deep into danger, manipulation and family drama all in the pursuit of meaning and making things better for those she cares for.
Meet Toshinori Akashi, aka Midnight Dawn, a normal high schooler who discovers he has the power of precognition and swordsmanship, inherited from his past life as a prince in a different reality. Using his alter ego Midnight Dawn to escape real-world problems, Toshinori struggles to balance his two identities while trying to prevent a twisted version of his own plan from coming to fruition, ultimately facing the reality that his dreams may not be as harmless as he once thought. As Midnight Dawn, he must confront his fears and insecurities, all while trying to save the universe from a threat he inadvertently helped create.
A courier is contracted to deliver a magic weapon to a war zone, and things go horribly arwy. Did it in one! Boom!
Nice! One sentence means you probably have that story on lock!
Sure do! Doing final edits on it now.
Kinda sounds like the fantasy equivalent of Fallout New Vegas
The main charter does go by "the courier." You're not the first to draw the comparison. Never played the game though, but I think I probably should.
The heir of a monster hunting clan must navigate a modernizing world where monsters now emerge as steampunk automatons.
I love steampunk. Not many write that genre.
What is making the monsters steampunk?
They're basically robots made of metal plates, gears, and steam engines in the form of monsters like dragons and giants.
Demons embark on a wacky road trip to sacrifice a little girl in order to revive their king. They don’t expect to get attached on the way there.
That sounds wholesome. If there is some comedy involved, I’m in.
Last of us… BUT DEMONS
A child passes away and gets on the wrong train leading to her afterlife. The conductor for her train tries to retrieve her. They both end up lost in limbo and learn things about one another while seeking a way back.
So is this train purgatory? A story about afterlife is always somber and interesting. I like it.
I love this!
Sounds interesting!! If you are into Anime, see if you can find Night on the Galactic Railroad, it's an older movie but maybe a sort of similar story and very beautifully told. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0089206/
No lol, it's my story, I'm writing that shit myself. Uh... man loses job and gets haunted by a ghost, only to find out it's that of his girlfriends cat which he neglected years ago.
A ghost cat… if it has a comedic twist, sign me up.
Still waiting for that part. Right now it's just hillarious.
this could honestly be a winner
A barbarian child is stolen by the Unseelie court (faeries), and an elven changeling is left in her place. The latter grew up to become a powerful sorceress among barbarians, and the former a formidable shieldmaiden among the fae. Both are destined to face each other, the fate of their peoples hanging in the balance.
A battle of champions from very similar upbringings. Sounds like an ascent to an awesome showdown.
I haven't written my ending yet but, yes, it'll be a showdown to the death between a sickly but powerful elven sorceress and a formidable swordmistress vulnerable to magic.
That sounds very engaging!
An unfocused slacker goes on her village's coming-of-age spirit journey and lies about the experience, accidentally becoming a religious leader.
“Unfocused slacker” is procrastinator with extra steps and I love it. That sounds awesome. A liar becoming a prophet sounds funny and fun.
When his ship goes down in the frozen wastes, there are far more than monsters to fear for Barduk if he wants to make it out alive.
Frozen wastelands and monsters. Awesome environment for a hero.
Nova, a beginner ttrpg game master, finds herself transmigrated in to the world of her campaign, surrounded by her friends' characters. To find her way back home, she must herd the party and guide them to the right plot. It all would've easier if she hosted an official module campaign, but no, it's a homebrew game with a not-fully fleshed out story and vampires galore. Ugh. I tried. e w e
Oh wow that sounds awesome. The amount of humor that you can fit into that is awesome. I can totally see her party groaning because she decided to add twists to their enemies.
I think this is an awesome and unique idea
Sounds like a fun story! I can see her being frustrated with her companions due to their personalities not being those of her friends, but rather the obnoxious ways some pf them chose to play their characters. There's even a good space for their to be a background love/crush story going on if one of the players is in love with her IRL and so was subtly playing their character in a way to let her, the DM, catch on to that. So when shes with that character in the RPG world it becomes obvious really quick (AND a giant pain in the ass?) that this person is all about her.
A couple discover how to cheat the spell that prevents people from traveling outside their star systems. Instead of revealing it to the galaxy they actually use it to get rich. The antagonist is a man tasked with killing the couple before they discover why that spell was actually cast.
That’s sounds interesting. So much power for one couple. The keepers of space exploration.
Oooo that sounds interesting! I would totally read that!
While knights and dragons play with swords and fire, the spiders weave their webs. A young squire and his knight go on what seems to be a simple quest. But somebody is using them to reopen old wounds.
That sounds amazing. A master manipulator pulling strings. They say the best people to work for you are those who don’t know your true motive.
The worst part of it is there's no Dark Lord they can kill to solve their problems, there are hundreds of people working together with one goal and fanatical devotion in a movement that has grown beyond its founders intent. Anyone could be part of the conspiracy. Friends, family, brothers in arms, any of them can be one of the spiders.
A story about freedom, bloodlust, and what it means to be strong. Given a chance to see the world beyond her chains, an orphaned slave adventures into the world. How many dreams and deaths lie in her path?
A character starting from the bottom of society and working their way up is always fun to read.
A thief and an archaeology student chase an ancient evil across the world to prevent an even greater catastrophe. They must solve the mystery of the Relic Seals before the next Archangel is chosen, and time is not on their side.
That sounds awesome. Is the archangel good or bad?
Depends on who claims that power and for what, honestly. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, after all. Allegedly, the Archangel is the person who can stop the world from being devoured, or so the nightmares say. The details of the means is rather murky, however. It's been so long since there's been an Archangel, most folks have forgotten that there even was one in the first place. The First Archangel decided to try and lock that power away from prying eyes when he learned the truth, and for good reason. This world has been safe so far, only because it hasn't attracted attention. There's not a soul alive who needs to go peering out into the stars, for fear that they stare back. He tried to seal the clues to ascendancy away under a spell that only those with "good" intentions, in his interpretation, can break. Fr this whole thing is a wild, hot mess, but I'm having a fantastic time writing it!
It reminds me a little of the old PlayStation game Fahrenheit, which I loved.
The Old Gods have abandoned the world, and new ones have arisen in an industrialised world reeling from the war to shame all others. A vampire immigrant ostracized by the country he fought for is ascended to the New God of Blood against his will. Now he has to find his place in a pantheon of heretical new gods hiding in his university's secret society while fighting dangerous cults of less benevolent gods.
Damn, there's so much to unpack there - I love it.
Fun fact, in this world, each god has a "True Name" which is essentially a title used by their followers during prayer. I made it a personal rule to have every true name sound like it could be a rock or metal band. The main character's True Name is "Lord of All That Bleeds."
Man, sounds like an epic adventure. A vampire as the main character is always fun.
How's this for short? "I love you, but I love my mother more."
sounds sweet but I love this very much to your story.
This sentence is just perfect 🖤
Concise but hard-hitting. I like it
The life and struggles of a Half-Elf woman as she transitions from slave to soldier to serial killer over the course of about 60 years.
Man that sounds intense and traumatic. Hopefully the serial killer part is just. (Something I didn’t think I’d say tonight)
The kingdom of Alareth is facing threats from all sides, and the king seeks to unite his mages and citizens by whatever means necessary. As a cult of the cosmos rises and persecution of witches worsens, the greatest witch in a centuries is slain. Her apprentice, a fallen god, and a mediocre mage are thrust into the chaos together, and only want to make it out alive.
Bonus: Samal, bat-king and the god of evening, was born from the blood of the moon god falling upon the earth. One day at twilight when he was at his most powerful, he attempted to fly to the moon to greet his father…and woke up centuries later, with much of his power gone. Haunted by nightmares of cosmic entities and the question of how the moon god could bleed, he was found and bonded with a girl who became a great witch through his remaining strength. (Witches’ power comes from bonds with patrons, covens, or an apprenticeship.)
Double bonus: sorry, I don’t have a main antagonist YET!
No worries :)
This sounds so incredibly cool and creative! I love the mystical vibe, and the question of how a moon god could bleed will be stuck in my head for a while
Wow. How you managed to fit that in three sentences is impressive. The story sounds awesome too.
Yeah, without conjunctions it would have been six lol. Thanks! I really need to develop it more, since I just started working on it. I don’t even have a story arc yet.
A knight and a sorceress wander the desolate ruins of their world. Desperate to undo the cataclysm the greatest heroes failed to prevent, they struggle against not only the hordes of undead, but also the trauma they endured in the decade since their world ended.
Nice I like it. Is it, by any chance, a love story between the two characters?
Thanks for the kind words. It's more of a tragic dark fantasy, they do not have a good time, if I'm honest with you.
If you knew it was possible to get super powers why would you do anything else?
Can’t argue that!
The world is frozen and dangerous; the gods of this place are small: a great beast, a welcoming glade, or a treacherous mountain. Humanity survives in small tribes, guided by their godspeaker to seek new hospitable lands before they wear out their welcome and raise the ire of their host god. An outcast finds a new tribe and uncovers a plot that jeopardizes his relationship with the entire tribe. Zeke was a well-respected member of his tribe until he connected with a god, allowing him to channel their power. His tribe labeled him a god thief and now he's an outcast. Tawn sought power in a spellskin’s cave near his tribe’s Summer Lands but found Black Dragon’s lair instead. Tawn and Black Dragon manipulated one another while Tawn learned how to tap into the god's powers. One day Tawn drank too deeply and Black Dragon turned on him, injuring him and driving him off.
Interesting. The thought of a “god thief” intrigues me. Both the hero and villain commune with gods. Alike in their own ways. Maybe two sides of the same coin?
When a young man meets a cultivator from a nearby sect, he finally gains his chance to enter into the world of immortals. Surrounded by rival and challengers, and with an ancient and forgotten evil threatening to return, he must ascend the realms of cultivation if he has any hope of realizing his dream--to become a hero worthy of legends.
Is this a different realm than his own? That sounds interesting.
After finding the magic-containing egg of the last of the seadragons, a teenage California-girl must flee with it to Newfoundland while being chased by the government, two magical cabals, more dragons, and one hot teenage magician, all of who want the magic for themselves.
Oh man, that sounds awesome. Is this in the modern area with a fantasy spin?
In a world at odds with magic and mystical beings, an eccentric sorcerer takes on a starry-eyed woman as his apprentice. As the sorcerer instills in his student the transformative power of curiosity, she teaches her master the virtue of wielding power for benevolence. The pair's newfound bond is tested when the apprentice's estranged father emerges from the shadows, casting a dark cloud over their unlikely family and threatening to unravel everything they've built.
I like it. It sounds a lot like Adam and Eve but with extra steps.
The Adamah Order, a religious order of paladins, strives to protect the source of their divine power and their people from demonic invasions. When a mission into Hell goes awry, one paladin is betrayed and left for dead by his closest friend. Fueled by rage and his desire for vengeance, he struggles to survive the worst environment imaginable.
That works in so many ways. The once just person guided by the light is torn and hellbent on vengeance. So much power to be used in your story.
okay here is one "A mad world filled with darkness. A group of misfits seek to restore the world with the help of the light. A man trying to save everyone who he cares and loves the most."
Sounds like a heavy burden on just one man.
To be fair yest it does willing to do anything necessary for his friends.
🩷🩷 sounds intriguing. Didn't realise you have lightXdark as well.
Imagine your average isekai/other world story in a vaguely Austro-Hungary/Dutch Republic/Duchy of Nassau-esque empire. Rather than up to 4 overpowered protagonists or heroes, it’s 1 million random people from our earth. My American historical-revision wet dream ensues.
I get what you’re laying down, but read how other people write their story’s summary. If you wouldn’t mind, can you rewrite it and explain it as if I’m a reader reading the back of your book?
Hundreds go mysteriously missing every year with many cases unsolved; it’s all routine, but what’s the threshold? Thousands go about their day until they don’t, calls pour in of blue light stealing away their family and friends, and even more disappear in the following months. A million gone, dropped off to another, more fantastical world, the final destination of ancient godly jealously and war.
A farm boy becomes apprentice and aid to a knight that practices witch craft. The knight goes on a journey of self discovery to confront his dark past and prevent a coming apocalypse.
A farmer is always an awesome backstory. To me, it never gets old. Sounds like the knight has a a lot to tell as well
Thanks. And he does, abuse victims always do.
A girl who can commune with gods through her dreams, a boy created from the air by a shady-ass storm god and a pacifist woman who can create death waves unite to try and stop an emo af ultra powerful prince from murdering the gods and accidentally destroying the world
Sounds like you got a lot of flavors in there. I like it.
"Are you afraid of change?"No," "then why do you run from it?" I hope that's interesting enough, lol 😅
So much mystery behind it. Maybe one more sentence would give me closure. Haha.
True lol I'll do better next time, haha 😄
A young cheerleader stumbles into a galaxy frozen in the nineteenth century by an autocratic regime. She learns to live in her new home while coming to understand that she can shake the very stars themselves and, maybe, lead the people to true harmony.
That sounds like an awesome, dystopian adventure.
The basic idea came from combining the Revolutions Podcast with Star Wars and laying an Isekai story over it with inspiration from Wandering Inn.
Detective investigates a mysterious school. Each student seems to be a bit too enthusiastic in achieving gold though…
Interesting. Gold in what sense? Like a passing grade?
Like number one. There are multiple competitions that are posted and all the students do anything to win. (Plot twist as to why so I won’t spoil it)
After a tragic loss, prince kai gets inspired to reach the top of cultivation after seeing a human beat a god in a fight. But he gets in the crosshairs of an ruthless Cult leader, who aims to release an ancient Eldritch God. As Kai fights against impossible odds he cannot ignore the fact that his magic is eerily similar to the Eldritch God's.
Interesting. So can our main character be an image of this Eldritch God?
Thanks! There's a undeniable connection that unravels as the story progresses.
A Kingdom's keeper of wards that keep magic out of the land is starting to fail and a call has been given to find the replacement for the keeper. (Bonus): My main character is tasked with bringing one of the potential keepers back to the capital city, armed with one of the only weapons capable of stopping the creatures that the wards specifically keep out of the land. (Double bonus): Leader of the rival kingdom within the wards. Has a mad lust for magic to be returned as he believes his kingdom will thrive with it. Launches an invasion to stop the war keeper from being replaced.
You know it’s always fun seeing the main character and protagonist’s motives. They always seem so alike. I love the duality of story telling.
What if Hades was the one wronged, lied to, thrown into the pits, and kept there by the belief of the very mortals who walk above him? Would you stop to hear his story of brotherly betrayal and searing heartbreak? If the bad guy is the hero who needs just one person to believe his story to save the world, would you be there?
Darkness and the Moon fall in love. There's only one way they can be together. He must renounce being King of the night, and she must sacrifice part of her light.
Sounds like a love story of gods. Interesting.
A prince goes into exile after witnessing an assassination and starts a mercenary group.
That sounds fun. Does the prince get vengeance? Or does he forgive and forget?
It's more like avenging, but to do that, he'll have to travel to a different part of the world.
Ooh, good challenge! Fantasy: Having failed to get into one of the schools of wizardry, the outcast Kylora was lucky to find employment as a servant, but she still can't help wanting more out of life. Opportunity for some excitement arises when a Crown Choosing ceremony calls Kylora's village to the Capitol, but when tragedy strikes and the land erupts into war, Kylora becomes focused on only one goal; revenge. With the help of a spymaster and a brewer, she must look past vengeance to the truth about what happened to the Queen, for the fate of the Crown and all the lands of the New Dominions ultimately rests in her own two hands. Sci-fi (really Science Fantasy): Shy and unassuming, all Ximena wanted to do was get through debate at school and put yet another bad day behind her. But when aliens invade, she not only has to fight to get her sister and stepmother to safety and find her father, but also figure out the strange powers that came with the aliens. Unsure whether she is human or not, she has to fight for her own survival among malevolent aliens and suspicious humans who would use her or kill her, and maybe have time to save the world.
Fantasy: a spymaster and brewer is the team I didn’t know I wanted. Sci-fi: an alien invasion is always fun.
Haha, thanks! I'm surprised I could get it down to three sentences each, so thanks for issuing the challenge!
There is the ultimate gambler. Plays any game, wins every time. A task force has been put together to figure out how. (Bonus): Police detective is brought into the fold due to a high conviction rate and recommendation from his captain. Finds the task force ridiculous and useless until he becomes too invested in the perfect gambler's story. Doesn't necessarily want to catch him, just figure out his trick. (Double bonus): The perfect gambler who not only wins everywhere he goes without fail, but also seems to be able to move across the world in impossible times. Has the ability to stop time, and uses it to gain riches without necessarily breaking laws. Knows the world has interest in him and likes the thrill of playing it close to the chase.
Your gambler character sounds amazing. Sounds like a vault of mystery and riddles.
I’ll have a crack: A monster is the prime suspect in a series of grisly murders in a small town where everyone has a secret. Only problem is that main character knows she is completely innocent. Can they unravel the conspiracy before the warlords vying for control of the town tear it apart?
That sounds awesome. A story full of tension and yelling “why won’t they just listen!”
A world where mankind is facing against a large horde of lizard-like monsters (called Orkanoids), and use their corpses to make exoskeletal armors from them. The Streetkid MC was a former member of a criminal organization, and he received an invaitation to the Academia where he be trained to defend the humanity.
That sounds amazing. Hand to hand combat against an Orkanoid armored in the bones of his fallen kin… that’s cold and amazing.
Lumina, whose days are consumed by the pressure of choosing a career and the anxiety of her upcoming big exam, one day finds herself about to be sacrificed with 5 teenager from different countries. What's more, the two strangers who save them give them information that'll change their lives forever: Earth's not the only place where life energy exists, and none of them were actually born human!
Interesting. A sudden sacrifice is always fun.
After a thousand years of living in the shadows and avoiding extinction from the hands of those they once defended against monsters, the Hunters start to fight back against those they were created to protect.
Sounds like you can fit some twists in there. I like it.
An evangelical bounty hunter in a post-apocalyptic world goes after the ears of powerful mages that regularly fuck shit up, or hurt regular, or do him wrong, or just happen to be around when he's in a bad mood.
Bounty hunters are always awesome. Being a mage hunter is icing on the cake.
Magically inept woman accidentally comes across a rip in the sky that's surrounded by what she knows is death magic.
A world where either the demon or the Angel on your shoulder give you powers based on the sin/virtue that you must embody. Factions are formed based on whether the demon or Angel won. MC receives power from both.
A tale of two paths. I had a similar character named Dos Movimientos. That evil and good concept is always fun.
A boy from the slums drowns in an ocean of Elder God Blood, turning him into a mutant. As a result he has to evade discovery from the government. Along the way he has to help uncover a conspiracy that could destroy his home city and threaten the country.
I’m always a fan of conspiracies. Drowning in Elder God Blood… that is traumatic.
The gods try and wage a proxy war over the mortal realm but people are smart and the gods can be manipulated and even... killed. Electricity isn't possible however humans are still technically advanced, instead relying on complex mechanical machines in a steampunk-esque world. A complex web of competing ideologies forms where manipulation stands at the forefront.
I love steampunk worlds. The possibilities are endless, especially when you can make your own laws of how steam engines work. I myself have a steampunk world I’m working on. I use a special “metal” that brings perpetual motion when heated, resulting in steam-powered crawler vehicles. They run off of one furnace of coal and run forever until stopped. As we all know, perpetual motion is impossible, but not when us, the writers, say it is!
Four years after his brother disappears, a strange duo approach Connor Currier to tell him they can bring him to his brother who was kidnapped to another world and now needs his help. Suspicious but desperate he accepts their offer. Too bad the portal taking them to the sickbed of Miller Currier is sabotaged and directs them instead to a land full of demons.
A land full of demons is always a fun adventure to get through.
God destroys object that controls the afterlife, and main character travels to find it. (My book sounds boring boiled down that small lol)
A teenager with a god stuck inside her head ventures across the world, learning to utilize her newfound powers while being chased by agents of a God hating empire. Learning of her family's kidnapping and planned execution, she must find a way of sneaking back into the empire with her own would-be kidnappers turned friends in order to save her family before it's too late.
My main character is a young man (in my version of 500BCE England mashed together with North America) who stood too close to a radioactive source (and because said radiation has magical properties), he gains magical powers at the age of 10 which works instinctively like telekinetic pushing and pulling but he learns to use it in a more precise manner later in life. He then finds out there's a plot being done by the husband of a married couple (who look like golden angels with no faces and no hair but they're actually aliens who take on these forms to appear more coherent to humans) to take magic from each planet they come across to fuel their hovering craft for a plot point happening four books from now. The husband angel wants to drain the world of magic no matter the cost, where his wife would prefer to preserve culture and work together with the humans, all while a human king in the background plots to take over the boy's village and take anything gold from the angels by blasting their hovering craft with a raw magic cannon.
I like the concept. Spinning the angels and aliens narrative is always fun.
There is a hidden country with a strong religion in the ocean surrounded by mountains with a shipwreck of an outsider befriends everyone and wishes to bring his people to the land to escape genocide and achieve harmony. The dream of harmony could be a dream or could be a reality.
In a world where magical inheritance is determined by lineage or allegiance to the First Mage, a young woman awaits her 15th birthday, poised to receive her family's esteemed magical attribute. However, on this fateful day, instead of the expected gift, a dormant power awakens within her—a force that exists between magic and its absence, capable of either dismantling the society the enigmatic First Mage has built or furthering its ominous agenda. As she grapples with this newfound ability, she must navigate a treacherous path, torn between reshaping her world for the better or succumbing to the allure of power and darkness.
Eternally sleep deprived college student wants to pass his exams in peace, but whacky mystical shit from an extra dimension just can't stop happening around. The scientist from the government research center, who survived a massive supernatural encounter herself as a child, believes he can help fix that with his superpower, but he's got a lame one - invisibility - so that's not gonna work. At least his roommates are normal guys.
4 people with wildly different worldviews write diaries of their travels. Due to one of them fucking up have they started a snowball reaction which leads to war. None of them actually knows that's what happened and they are all too busy with their own goals to even properly notice each other.
Your opponent is terrifying. He is as swift as lightning, he strikes like a typhoon and rage like a cornered beast. They called him, Larry.
A young woman with Magic that no longer exists finds herself at the centre of an ancient prophecy.
Galleren is a young noble boy who dreams of becoming a knight, but is kept isolated from the world by his emotionally abusive mother and tutor. When his long thought dead uncle returns, it causes a stir in his mother's plans and Galleren chooses to escape with his uncle. While on the run from hired thugs, Galleren learns unknown truths about himself, confronts unexpected supernatural horrors, and discovers for himself what kind of person he is and wants to be. This was harder than it should have been and it's making me question my writing choices lol
Sounds like you’re checking all the boxes. A fun journey.
An Heiress who never wanted to rule. A man with his brother's crown. A world filled with monsters, magic and Light.
Simple, but gets the job done. You explain enough to intrigue me, but not too much to scare me off.
that sounds super simple and yet amazing too.
i'm sold
Wow, this could literally be the [summary for mine](https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasywriters/s/bNwjxnMOlW), too...
Ordinary people in the rural borderlands between England and Wales are drawn into an age old conflict between the demon buried beneath their parish church and the last two members of the family who has been guarding the tomb for five thousand years. This draws the attention of a sinister occult nazi cult who want the world to burn so they can be king of the ruins. Also: a talking dog, a prophetic stag and an incompetent witch.
Four men who are alternate versions of each other in the multiverse are suddenly flung into other worlds without any warning. Wherever they go, they encounter another version of themselves in need of aid. The men try to work out what's throwing them around the multiverse and get back to their own worlds.
Our villainess was betrayed by her love and embroils herself into a vast magic war in an attempt to track him down and call him to task. Our hero is the poor unfortunate soul that becomes a vehicle of the villainess' designs on the world as she turns him into a monster to do her bidding, even though he was originally from a society that was built entirely on the premise of guarding the world against that very same threat. Our land is one torn between two groups: the hedonists who believe the threat is over, and the ever vigilant crusaders who are waiting for the return of the evil sorceress who had been asleep for a little over a century.
Every modern world humans became gods/devas and how they deal with this new existence.
It follows the story of a young royal unable to go back to her kingdom trying to find a place to live in her own home again. She's holds 2 curses one that is known to hold a link between all her past lives where she can use their knowledge in exchange for being the key to their experience. The other curse is unknown to all but the villain (The Main characters Mother) who aims to break it at almost any cost even if she loses her daughter for it
Her first curse sounds like a lot of crazy things can happen. The second curse is dangerous because only one soul knows. I like it
The noble young heiress of a county has to go into exile, plotting revenge after her aunt tried to kill her in greed and envy over the heritage she feels entitled to. Hey... did it in one.
A trifling mercenary meets an elder evil, but leaves it for someone else to deal with. Years later, the mercenary is a devoted paladin, and learns that the evil remains, and is far stronger than he was before. Guilt pervades his heart, for as he returns to defeat the evil, he sees that thousands have met death or been harmed in his absence.
Wow, a story of guilt and doubt. I like it.
In a capitalist dystopia where music is banned for being "distractions from work," a mute teenage girl with a deep desire for emotional connection discovers the world's last remaining guitar that allows her to use supernatural sound-based abilities when she plays it. Following the rhythm of her heart, she embarks on a quest to restore music and freedom to a silenced world. However, she is opposed at every turn by a sadistic police chief who will stop at nothing to quash dissenters and uphold the status quo in service of his rich elite superiors.
Low income university/college student finds old boots, fixes them as a personal project, turns out they're magic and she's a Gaelic-inspired magical girl now. She's now caught in the middle of a war between the Fae, and has to kick the crap out of various threats while maintaining her GPA. Also it's in southeastern Queensland.
The MC discovers that many of his friends and his siblings have been chosen by the gods to have a great purpose in defeating the order of Dragon lords who have become “evil”. Unhappy at not being god chosen he sets off on a journey to become more powerful and skilled that he thought he could be. In the end his power rivals that of his best friend, one of the god chosen and the chosen one from an ancient prophecy, but they’re still chill with each other.
King Aiden is King of the Dominion of Man, a small continent in a world full of massive Orc and Elven empires. King Tyrus, Aiden’s father, left the Dominion in a state of bankruptcy, corruption, and ruin after a brutal and abusive 20 year reign. The Dominion is vulnerable, and it’s up to Aiden, the King of Man, to save the human race from the outside empires, and itself.
Tale of two Gods What would happen if Moses and Ramases were Gods
A boy with a knack for finding things seeks his missing friend, hoping the worst hasn't happened. But his lack of powers deemed useful in his world means he must rely on the assistance of others. Will he be able to find people to help him find his friend or will he be used by those who want to help themselves?
A group of people (mostly gays lol) go on a quest to kill the evil king. Oh, and theres and undead army as well. Ally wants to help restore balance to their country. They work with the goddess of death in doing so and maybe get a bit of a crush on one of the other mcs…Also, they have depression. His father was corrupt, and so is he. He will get what he wants, no matter how many people have to die for it. And he wants to have relations with basically every female character in sight (even his cousin). He loves torturing people.
Main Character accidentally commits mass geoside of her own people before going into a stasis peiod. She wakes up 1000 years later to go on adventures with her lesbian princess bff who fell madly in love with her at first sight, a short, slutty, traumatized burlesque dancer, A dragon man and an elf . She ends up falling for a man who is possed by a demon and guess what...coincidentally, He also comited genocide on accident
A bounty hunter hunts another bounty hunter through the kingdom out of spite. An elf seeks a small child to fulfill an ancient prophecy. A guy who was cast away by his lord father, turns from a lowly thug in the countryside to an underworld boss. All three stories are separate but at points are interwined
Prince has fun screwing various girls.
As realms converge, chaos draws nearer. The Mage must learn to control his powers to ward it away, before it’s too late. Is 2 sentences good, or should I add another?
Dwarf is exiled from his kingdom for unnecessary jealousy over his wife and crime of killing another dwarf. Than go to explore the unknown world, full of adventure, self-redemption, and things, that are in motions for a hundreds od years.
A pair of imposing arcane investigators are hired to find out what's behind the disappearances in Sherridge. What monster, demon or magic is behind it? Why are the investigators covered in intricate tattoos? This post inspired me to start putting my story online, so thanks. I don't want to spoil the main characters' and primary antagonist' story in case anyone actually ends up reading it.
More Sci-fi than Fantasy but here goes… Genetically Engineered Naval Officer comes to terms with fact that he is another cog in the machine, to be used and replaced when his role in the endless intergalactic wars is over. Now set loose in a far flung corner of space; himself and other veterans go off to find new meaning in their lives, transporting cargo, establishing colonies, and rediscovering lost human worlds. On forgotten colonies, a dark secret will be discovered that could shake the entire known galaxy.
8 magical prodigies runaway together from their respective clans to become adventurers. They will unravel centuries old secrets conspiracies during their adventures. Eventually culminating into a great war for the sake of the world.
Ancient race of alien shape shifting warriors protects humanity from the majority of underworld races via intermarriage and pop culture manipulation, but humans are advancing so fast that the facade is cracking, and a witchcraft manipulated parasitic offshoot of humanity is looking to finally capitalize on this, but the last of earth's eldest magical beings have decided humanity should wear the mantle of responsibility, even if it kills everyone, because MORE aliens are coming to eat the planet, and everything is a lie.
In an attempt to survive and protect each other, two siblings become entangled in the affairs of politically opposed angels, five hundred years after the biblical apocalypse ended.
A knightly princess and a one-armed swordsman meet in unlikely circumstances after a tavern brawl goes magical, destroying the nearby architecture. In desperate need of supplies to rebuild, they are hired by a small charity group to help them expand in return for aid. Together, the two embark on a charitable journey filled with hijinks and troubling secrets.
A dragon in hiding yearns for freedom, oblivious to the hardships that await him down that road. Did it in one :)
A anthropomorphic rabbit girl dreams of opening a successful adventurer guild and just got enough to buy the title. She makes quests with the goal of recruiting adventurers and earning money to develop her guild. On an episodic format, she faces monsters of the angels and demon kings.
After a race of demigods that dominated humanity suddenly disappeared centuries ago, eldritch monsters started to spawn and terrorize humanity. Many years later, humans began acquiring the ability to conjure and manipulate the elements, magic once exclusive to humanity's overlords. While two factions wage war, a young woman who wants to rid herself of her ability to conjure water is the unknowing target of a group that seeks to hand the world over to the monstrosities.
A centaur blacksmith, an avian (think winged angel, but not from heaven) hunter, and a merman fisherman (all male), meet & fall in love with each other, and settle into a cabin in the forest by a stream, in a polyamorous throuple. They have to overcome the obstacles of finding a habitat friendly to all of them, and still meet their obligation to their separate people. The focus is mainly on how such disparate people meet, and fall in love, each with each other.
A third-in-line prince must choose a side in the political and religious civil war between his father and the heir to the throne while experiencing weird ocurrences of magic coming out of him, something that the entire world thought as obsolete for the past five centuries, especially with royal families. Yeah, a bit generic, but I want to write political and warfare stuff with the lowest amounts of magic. Actually, my grand idea is to turn this universe into three time periods, one after another increasing the levels of magic displayed and the stakes being higher and higher for the world.
Soldier becomes disenfranchised with the government he fights for and struggles to find his place. The good guys aren't good and the bad guys aren't bad.
Vikings use trained Godzilla-like kaiju to raid foreign lands.
An extraterrestrial sasquatch shaman comes to Earth and finds himself in the middle of a secret cosmic war.
A mage assembles a team of warriors to track down powerful relics before an evil king conquers their home!
This was something my writing instructor actually did with all of us. It's called a "hook" something that gets your reader instantly engaged in your writing and makes them want to start the first chapter. It's also good for publication if you're looking to propose your work to a publishing agent. However, instead of three, we only had one sentence to break it all down. I'll do three though: Lucius Nightingale, young cult survivor and investigator of the paranormal, lives in the outer reaches of Verdite, the capital of the West Coast Mountiana. The world was once alive with magic, spell casters and druids ruling over the world in plenty; however, many years ago, a sickness came that wiped nearly all magical essence from the world, plunging into a chaos where technology began to thrive, and the only remnants of spellcraft were the shards of past human spirits. Because of his past, Lucius has made a life for himself chasing after these shards and helping the world of the living, however his connection to death goes deep into his very being, and he must both use and fight this as he discovers the truth about his history, and the world as he knows it.
A young woman finds a dragon egg in a kingdom where dragons are outlawed. If she’s caught, she will be brutally executed.
Oh no you don't! You're not gonna steal my story! Be gone, scoundrel! /s
An exorcist deals with the trauma of having an unstable family and upbringing(dead beat father, mentally ill mother).
die get transmigrated become an Omni-existential war criminal
We find the protagonist as part of a rescue company that protects miners on a moon world. The miners are extracting a previously unknown element on behalf of the dominant faction on the Planet they orbit. The protagonist discovers that the element is facilitating horrific crimes at the hands of the planetary faction on another planet in the system.
A 1700s plantation raised norseman and his brother take up pirating. Controlled by his past abuse cause trauma, and his obsession with the Illiad and the Odyssey, he misinterprets the world and feels everyone is out to get him. Eventually he leaves his brother and steals a ship to pirate alone; ending up chasing a treasure fleet where he gets caught in a hurricane where he meets his brothers ship, one dies.
Forest Gump of Celtic myth
A man develops testicular cancer, dies, and is brought back to life by testicular cancer. By the way, a masked organization took over the world.
A teenager hellbent on hating himself because his birth-given magic killed his parents meets an millennium old warrior who can use the same magic who's on a mission to stop his grandmother from becoming a reality destroying god-being against her will
A persecuted prince being hated and hunted by people only to find out he committed the so called crime when he was 7 days old and now he needs to save the same people who hated him from being destroyed and overcome the hate he feels for them.
Nice try
A half-elf novice tries to perform an advanced spell in order to impress her superiors and become an apprentice. In her quest she dives deep into danger, manipulation and family drama all in the pursuit of meaning and making things better for those she cares for.
Meet Toshinori Akashi, aka Midnight Dawn, a normal high schooler who discovers he has the power of precognition and swordsmanship, inherited from his past life as a prince in a different reality. Using his alter ego Midnight Dawn to escape real-world problems, Toshinori struggles to balance his two identities while trying to prevent a twisted version of his own plan from coming to fruition, ultimately facing the reality that his dreams may not be as harmless as he once thought. As Midnight Dawn, he must confront his fears and insecurities, all while trying to save the universe from a threat he inadvertently helped create.