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.

Stella Sterling, born into wealth, had always followed the rules. Jaded by the hypocrisy of high society, she suddenly had a whim one day to have an ordinary romance. Thus, a fabricated rumor that Stella Sterling had spent a fortune to hire a Matchmaker from a dating site to find her a partner quickly spread through her circles. Those on good terms with her teased and watched the fun. Those on bad terms with her waited to see her become a joke. Later, an employee from the dating website revealed, "The company was acquired with an investment from a Vicenzan tycoon, and the profile of a certain female member with the surname Sterling was hidden overnight." The public speculated wildly about the identities of the Vicenzan tycoon and the female member with the surname Sterling. - Later on, a candid street photo that was accidentally captured went viral. In the dense night of The Spire on Vesper Island— Beside a Benz, a handsome, composed, and dignified man lifted a striking beauty in a red dress with one arm, pressing her against the car door and lowering his head for a deep kiss. In the faint light and shadow, the woman's flowing hair was swept by the wind, wrapping around the man's finger, which wore a pinky ring. Like a footnote to a romance, and even more like a vintage film frame etched into the axis of time. Someone immediately dug up the man's identity based on clues from the photo. The eldest son of Vicenza's Rhodes Family—low-profile and inscrutable, cold and untamable, and also the powerful contemporary authority of The Vesper Circle. And the alluring, glamorous belle by his side was none other than Stella Sterling. When the street photo spread to the mainland, everyone excitedly exclaimed: "The case is solved, the case is solved—"

The first time Ji Huan was to be married, the groom died just as her bridal sedan chair arrived at his door. The second time Ji Huan was to be married, the groom was struck by lightning just as the auspicious hour arrived. Having been 'returned' twice, her ominous reputation spread throughout the surrounding villages, and it seemed she would be left on her family's hands. Her grandmother, who favored boys over girls, slapped her thighs and wailed, "What sins did I commit in my past life, that you can't even be sold for a single tael of silver!" Ji Huan: "...You might not believe this, but I'm destined for great fortune in the future." Yikes! There's a rule that "those who are unmarried by the age of seventeen will be assigned a husband by an official"? Not to worry, not to worry, I'll just find a fake husband to deal with it. That vagrant at the village entrance... if he cleans up, he's actually quite presentable. It'll be him!

She crashed her cheating fiancé's wedding in mourning attire and walked out with a marriage certificate from the most dangerous man in the city. Sparkle Gold thought she had it all: a booming agency, a loving fiancé, and a rising-star cousin she raised with her own hands. Then she woke up in a car speeding toward the ocean and overheard the two people she trusted most plotting her death. She survived. She kept the evidence. And she showed up at their wedding to reveal the truth! What she didn't expect? The owner of the Sanctus—cold, ruthless billionaire Evan Saint—dragging her straight to the marriage bureau. "You wrecked my banquet hall. Consider this your payment plan." Now publicly married to a man she once chased ten years ago, Sparkle has a new mission: destroy the people who stole her company, reclaim her place in the entertainment industry, and win Best Actress. --- He married her for leverage. She stayed for revenge. Neither expected to fall.