the gunslinger novel

I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn. Trash Heaven has been Didi Duke’s home for as long as she can remember. The dumping ground of the galaxy provides her with everything she’s ever needed or wanted. Except, maybe, the attention of her inventor father, always busy with his next creation. Good thing he’s passed on his talents to his sixteen-year-old daughter. With the company of her best friend—the cyborg crow, Pip—Didi is happy to scour her territory for treasures discarded as trash. But, when an evil Underlord kidnaps her father, Didi can no longer hide herself away in the garbage. Her plan to resurrect a retired cyborg gunslinger and rescue her dad leads her into danger and the heart of the rotting planet—Trash City. She’ll figure out the rest of her plan—eventually.

Vinod used to be an ordinary worker in earth who is bored with his life. One day he lost his life in the hands of goons who were trying to extort him of money. His soul transmigrated into another world "Terrion" into the body of Ash Randell of Earl Randell's house in Yellandria kingdom. He is the fourth son and the weakest in the family with lowest magic power. The three eldest brothers looked down on him and used to harass him. After 2 years of transmigration when he was 7 years old he heard the voice he was waiting for "Does the host wish to bind with the adventure cum development system?"

*** Discord: https://discord.gg/99VTnsK *** Schedule: 3 chap/ week. Wed, Fri, Sun at 00:05 (GMT+8). *** Credits: Cover by yaoyueyi Betrayed, murdered, given a second chance, determined to get revenge. ... Wait. Sounds kind of familiar, doesn't it? Hello, new readers, this is the author. Let's get this out of the way first. Say, you've read at least one of the following: - Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God - MMORPG: Rebirth of the Legendary Guardian - Rebirth of the Thief Who Roamed The World When you read this novel's first 2-3 chapters, you'll immediately find the beginning similar: "Serious business" VR game + MC gets killed + MC reincarnated/ time traveled/ respawned/ quick-loaded/ groundhog-dayed + time for REVENGE! Then you'll dismiss it as yet another rehash. Well, fair enough. I failed to make a good first impression. Then perhaps you'll drop a few dozen 1-star reviews. That is not cool. Please don't do that. Just 1 review is enough for me to know you don't like this novel. The point I'm making is, if you read past the 4th chapter, you'll see that it's not another rehash. At least, that's what I try to avoid doing. For example, you won't find the following: - MC with perfect memory and phenomenal luck, who gets showered with super rare loots that only drop like 0.001% of the time. - Super OP MC that steamrolls everyone with ease. - Female characters who fawn over MC because (1) he gives them lots of stuffs and (2) "He doesn't drool over me although I'm super beautiful! That makes me angry... and aroused... for some reason!" and (3) not much else. - Delusional villains who gloat and then get face-slapped (at least, not many of those, perhaps one per 70-80 chapters) - Laughable game mechanics. Examples: (1) Dying locks you of the game for 24 hours (2) It's possible to spawn camp someone and kill them back to level 1. - etc What will you find here, then? Well, I guess you'll have to read to find out :). I'm not dissing those gaming novels. I'm inspired by them, and want to take that basic premise and do something new with it. If you can look past the first 3 chapters, cool! Hop on! Adventures await! Otherwise, well, have a nice day, regardless! ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Whew, that's a long rant! Now, time for the synopsis. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ In 2042, the Virtual Reality game Epoch of Liberty (EoL) is a worldwide phenomenon, with a player base of 500 million and an in-game economy comparable to Russia. Mahn Li, the top player of the guild Scourge, was betrayed by his closest friend Fatty Fu - murdered in the real world. The in-game business was tied with the real-world business. And business, as they say, was war. Mahn Li was simply another casualty… … Until he inexplicably woke up in the body of his 22-year-old self - one week before EoL went live. "Is this my second chance?" He asked himself: "What should I do?" "Should I find a job? A real one? Be a good, productive member of society? Live a meaningful life? Forget about the 10 years of my life lost in endless battles in a virtual world?" "F*CK THAT!!!" "I’m gonna wreck all the bastards responsible for my death! And Fatty Fu! Wait until I get my hands on your slimy neck!" Aiding Mahn Li on his quest for vengeance is his knowledge of the future. Using it, he will get the sickest, baddest gears in the game! The most powerful of them all is an artifact that is a little bit out of place in this fantasy-themed game. A gun. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Chapter Length: 1500~2000 words ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Support the author: https://ko-fi.com/imbloo_writer https://www.paypal.me/ImBloo ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Runner-up in the Writing Prompt Competition #26: Legendary Mage

I was sick, I had delusions and heard voices. Got discharged from the military. And after I was stable enough to start working again my childhood friend called me to go to Svalbard?...it changed my life forever... What do you mean I died in a car crash and got reincarnated? I am not human anymore? I am not alone in this body I think? I hear avoice iny mind. Are the voices back in this next life or something else? My parents are monsters! former adventures. But even though they are among the strongest! I think? They have a task for my sister my friend and I that only us can accomplish. Getting stronger, exploring a new life with magic and fantastical beings! But also discovering the dark hiding underneath this beautiful world! ------- This story will have a lot of dark subjects later in the story so I will put som warning triggers here. (Warning, Gore, torture, slavery.) I don't know if I ever will write any 18+ scenes. But the story will contain romance of many different kinds.

I post one chapter per day. ••••• Noah Smith is many things: a top-tier MOBA gamer, a smart-mouthed slacker, and a master at rage-quitting life one dungeon at a time. But when a late-night boss battle ends with more than just a digital death screen—he gets dragged into a glitched-out reality that calls itself the Endless Dungeon. Now he’s stuck in a world that looks like fantasy, runs like a game, and punishes like a boot camp from hell. No reset buttons. No respawns. Just endless floors of monsters, traps, loot... and a weird psychic narrator in silk robes who insists she’s his “guide.” Armed with nothing but sarcasm, twin pistols, and the combat instincts of a caffeinated raccoon, Noah wakes up branded with the Gunslinger subclass—basically a walking highlight reel of trick shots, bullet storms, and reckless finesse. Precision? Optional. Style? Mandatory. But there’s a catch. There’s always a catch. Each floor is a world of its own. The monsters evolve. The dungeon remembers. And the further he climbs, the more broken the rules get. Turns out, the dungeon wasn’t made to be beaten. It was made to break people. Good thing Noah doesn’t shut up long enough to get scared. With Eve, his emotionally unavailable brain-voice of a guide, dragging him through one suicidal floor after another, Noah’s about to find out what happens when a gamer with nothing left to lose becomes the wildcard in a game no one wins. Will he survive the flaming death lizards, eldritch loot mimics, and passive-aggressive dungeon AI? Probably not. But he’ll talk trash until the very end. He came for the leaderboard. He stayed because he clicked the cursed button. Now he’s got bullets, banter, and no idea what he’s doing. Welcome to the misadventure.

In a world where kingdoms do not fall to war—but to judgment— The Cromwell Trials decide everything. No one knows when they began. No one knows who created them. But when the Entity chooses you… You disappear. Elijah Crowe was never meant to matter. He had no talent, no backing and certainly no future within Aetherion Academy. Just another name, one of the many waiting to be forgotten. Until the day he is chosen. Thrown into the Cromwell Trials, Elijah is forced into a reality where survival isn’t enough—and strength alone means nothing. Every decision is weighed. Every action judged. And those who fail… Are erased. But Elijah doesn’t awaken power the way others do. No radiant magic. No noble inheritance. Instead— He is given something colder. More precise. More final. A system that does not grant power— It delivers judgment. As kingdoms begin to fall and the Trials escalate, Elijah is dragged deeper into a mechanism far greater than himself—one that doesn’t just test the strong… But reshapes them. Breaks them and rebuilds them. From a jittery survivor who runs from conflict— To a man who never misses. In a world where the chosen become Marked... Elijah will carve a path no one else can follow.

"I’ve seen people who can travel through worlds, but never one who brought a handgun along. What? You’ve never seen that? Well, you’re behind the times. Come see what it’s like when someone takes a handgun to an otherworld! Originally a top-tier gunslinger, Lin Qinghan accidentally crosses over to another world. In this realm of swords and magic, can a gun still be effective? Hmm, sorry, I forgot to mention – the gun has mutated, too!"

Accidentally bound to a quick transmigration system, Ning Yue is resistant on the surface, but inwardly, she's screaming wildly: "As long as I keep completing missions, it's equivalent to gaining eternal life, I'm going to keep transmigrating forever!" In "True and Fake Rich Daughter," she is the fake rich daughter who was abandoned. She declares, "The wealthy family abandoned me, so I will create a wealthy family of my own!" In "Era's Blessed Child," she leads her entire family to build a fortune, turning the fake blessed child into a real blessed child. In "Flourishing Age of Shengshi," having transmigrated into the Empress who was turned into cannon fodder, she simply turns the ungrateful mother and son into cannon fodder instead.

[Large-scale Male Competition and Asura Field, Multiple Male Leads] [Ditzy Beauty x Gloomy Male Ghost/Black-Bellied Older Man/Pure Love Loyal Dog/Unhinged Arch-Nemesis/Clingy Younger Puppy] Zoe Rhodes dies unexpectedly in a car accident. Before her death, she awakens her consciousness and discovers that the world she lives in is a tragic, angsty BE novel. Several villains imprison the female lead, causing the male and female leads to break up and get back together for many years, and in the end, they even drive the male lead to his death. The good news is, she's just an insignificant cannon fodder. The bad news is, her brother is that wronged male lead! Zoe Rhodes's vision goes black. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated ten years into the future. To protect her brother, she starts desperately trying to make her presence known among the villains, hoping they can turn over a new leaf. Through Zoe Rhodes's unremitting efforts, her brother is safe! The female lead is safe! She is also sa... wait, that's not right?!! Can someone please tell her why, after waking up from a nap, she finds herself lying in the villains' basement?! Zoe Rhodes: I don't know either. They started shouting something about a "white moonlight" and a "cinnabar mole" and then lined up to kiss me. [This is probably a story about a ditzy beauty who tries to tame the villains, only to discover that she is their long-dead "white moonlight", and all the villains are lining up, fighting to be her dog.]

[Hidebound Older Man VS Two-Faced Heiress: Daddy-Type + Seductress + An Old House on Fire] Everyone in Aethelgard says, a man should marry a woman from the West Family. The eldest daughter of the West Family is gentle and virtuous, a sought-after prize in high society. On the eve of her engagement. Her fiancé cheated on her. Willow West, having played the good girl for so long, decides she's done pretending. Fueled by alcohol, she finds a handsome man. Just one wall away from the scumbag ex and his mistress. The next day, she wakes up to her world collapsing. She had slept with the circle's famous 'older man'—Aiden Pierce, her dear uncle's best friend. Her impression of Aiden Pierce wasn't very good. Years ago, when she was having her first romance, she had tried to sneak a kiss with her young boyfriend, only for Aiden Pierce to report her to her uncle before their lips could even meet. The Aiden Pierce of today is even more dull—celibate and restrained, with everyone from his secretary to his assistant being male, and zero romantic scandals to his name. He's nothing short of a hidebound traditionalist! Willow West wants to escape. Aiden Pierce's well-defined hand grips her chin. "Miss West, a man's virtue is still virtue. You must take responsibility for me." * Aiden Pierce, who had practiced self-restraint for thirty years, was captured by Willow West—a woman gentle and demure in public, yet passionate and daring in private. Everyone thought Willow West was a good girl. Only Aiden Pierce knew that behind closed doors, the young woman not only smoked and drank but was also a cool, badass biker. * The assistant has recently noticed a change in the workaholic President Pierce. Not only is he hitting the gym three times a week, but his style has also shifted from uniform high-end suits to a different streetwear brand for every day of the week. His once stern and unsmiling face now frequently breaks into a smile. Even his eternally unchanged screensaver has been replaced. It's now a picture of a sexy, wavy-haired beauty in a black biker suit, holding a cigarette and sitting on a motorcycle!