raymond carver best stories

When a 17-year-old boy, Raymond Mark, realizes about his past, he takes some action driven by his hurt emotions but he ends up regretting everything. Things change when life offers him a clean slate to write on with a new life. He was found on a parallel Earth where people had Elemental Powers. Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, and Lightning were usable by these people. Many also had powers different from these Elements. The problem Raymond faces here is that Humans are hated by almost every Elemental being. He made some friends and now must get stronger to protect them from evil.

Eons ago, humanity was at the peak of evolution. They sought the heavens as they carved stairs from flesh, metal and will. And then catastrophe struck leaving the world in shambles. Unity shattered. Belief fractured. Science became sin. Cultivation became creed. Survivors became scavengers. Epochs later, as the world heals. Forgotten bloodlines a revealed once again. Follow Lucian, a blind orphan as he rises through blood and ashes to the top. Or will he fall halfway.

In the world of Shenvara, power is carved directly into bones — and every inscription demands a memory as its price. Yan Ku is a low-district investigator with no ambitions beyond solving crimes. But after a night he cannot remember, he wakes up with a mysterious carving on his right hand — one that no examiner in thirty years has ever seen before. Then his family burns. The carriage that was seen leaving belonged to the Middle Sky — the untouchable rulers above the clouds. Now Yan Ku has a name. He has a target. And he has a carving inside him that the entire Middle Sky seems desperate to either claim or destroy. He doesn't know what it does yet. But he will learn. And so will they.

Many decades ago, abilities appeared in the world. The strange event that could never be solved and only be named, given the historical title of 'the awakening'. Soon, the world turned from a so-called peaceful world to a paradise, or so it was for the strong; for the weak it was a living hell. Abuse. Harassment. Torture. Countless of the weak had been driven to suicide from all the mental strain. Luke Carver was also blessed with superhuman abilities, yet his so-called superhuman ability was exceptionally weak and unpragmatic. Joining the cage of the weak.

Waking from a nap Claude Liverier, student at Tilisi academy finds himself alone i the school. In terms of humans at least the whole world from his perspective shrinks as it now solely places him as the only human left. Navigating this world as something he would have not done if not for his only care his dog. Soon his carnal side is brought out as he gains power to rival the current status quo the story i one about growth moral boundaries and ultimately rebirth in is goal to become the one organism which is atop of every food chain and embracing who he is fundamentally. Follow the story to see what becomes of Claude and his world.

Rayken was misunderstood and mistreated his whole life...he has little to no control over his sexual urges because his physical needs however the women don't seem to mind. (WARNING 18+ CONTENT) Talks about Sexual Acts Talks about r***e and physical abuse. Adult use of language.

Until he crashlands on the Wynne Farm near St Anne, Alderney, Edmund Bolton will have insisted the most prudent thing about himself is his medical degree and his willingness to fight fascists. But of course it’s that island, and that farm – and that family. Aidan Wynne is tortured by the shame of others and tormented by a freedom he feels he can never possess. Until the handsome military doctor with far too much understanding and far too little self-preservation comes to turn his life on its head. The war makes fighters of all affected, but none so much as the lovers and those who must love quietly. Often, the fray has less to do with weaponry and bloodshed, and everything to do with keeping tame a passion that seeks to send the world up in flames without burning oneself up in the process. "Once more into the fray, into the last good fight I’ll ever know. Live and die on this day, live and die on this day." Fray is created by Li Walt, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Sophie Wexler transmigrated into a novel about The Galaxy, becoming the vicious, F-rank Healer-class cannon fodder. The original owner constantly caused trouble and made things difficult for the female lead, earning her the hatred of the entire internet. Upon transmigrating and seeing that everything had been ruined by the original owner, Sophie's only thought was: "What kind of nightmare start is this?!" To escape the original owner's fate, Sophie Wexler worked diligently, conducted herself conscientiously, stayed away from the male and female leads, compensated the soldiers harmed by the original owner, and strove to be a model citizen of The Galaxy, absolutely refusing to be the cannon fodder 'offed' by the Imperial Marshal! Broke and powerless, Sophie also had to support a man who'd been innocently dragged into the original owner's mess. She had no choice but to hustle. She started live streaming, became a masked singer, and held concerts. At first, netizens were scornful: 【Tsk, how good can she possibly sound?】 Later, the netizens were forced to eat their words. 【Damn, that's so good I'm on my knees!】 【What the hell, the violent episode of my Disorder Period has actually been soothed?!】 【The toxins in my Spiritual Sea have actually been eliminated!】 Her live streams went viral, the masked singer became a huge sensation, and tickets for her concerts were snapped up across The Galaxy. Sophie was content, thinking, "This time, I must have finally escaped the original owner's fate, right?" But what do you know, the man I've been doting on and supporting is actually the Imperial Marshal?! --- One day, Yancey Forrest came home to find that the boisterous person who was always claiming to be good to him was gone. His eyes darkened. Provoke me and then think you can leave? After catching her, Yancey traced his fingertips along Sophie's neck, smiling gently. "Why run?" Sophie trembled. "You... you're the Imperial Marshal?" His identity exposed, Yancey Forrest took her hand and slowly placed it on his own neck ring. "You know I won't kill you, don't you?"

Amelia Lockhart has one mission: make the top idol Ethan Quinn fall in love with her, then break his heart, so that Ethan Quinn can successfully pass his tribulation and return to his position as a High God. There's just one problem: as the most hated woman on the internet, Amelia is the last person anyone would pair with the nation's golden boy. But when she lands a spot on a dating show alongside Ethan, she sees her chance. She does all the heavy lifting and is dependable enough to make him see her differently. As a result, Ethan starts pretending to be weak. The fans are confused. Their untouchable idol is... blushing? Getting clingy? Calling her "jiejie" in that voice? "Sis, I surrender." "Sis, you can only spoil me like this." Amelia is losing control of the plan. She was supposed to seduce him and walk away. So why is he the one coaxing her to stay, and why is it getting harder to say no?

In her past life, Su Yaoguang bought Xiao Yanci, supported his education, and helped him rise to great heights. She became his wife. Everyone praised him for never abandoning the farm girl who funded his rise. Su Yaoguang also believed she had found a good man. Unexpectedly, when she was seriously ill, she saw Xiao Yanci bring his first love and a child who resembled them both to her bedside. "Dad, mom, when will this person die?" the child asked, holding Xiao Yanci's hand. Xiao Yanci responded, "Soon, just wait a bit longer." That was the moment she realized: she had wasted her entire life on the wrong man. Returning to the age of fifteen, Su Yaoguang pointed at the bloody young boy: "I want him." In her past life, no matter what she gave Xiao Yanci, she only received a cold expression. This time, the young boy, like a wolf cub, dropped his guard; everything Sister gifted was the best. Sweet as milk. Devoted beyond reason. He melted her completely. Until one day, the young boy took a high position. Not wanting history to repeat itself, Su Yaoguang packed her things and slipped away at night, only to run into a man as noble and unattainable as a deity. "I've heard you call us siblings everywhere. Good sister, shouldn't we change what we call each other?"