Gritty Stories

It goes without saying the world changed after the invention of the Infinite Stratos. Despite what is known, the change over the decade since the creation has been far f...

Makoto Watanabe faces a darkness from her past, one that she had thought she had left behind long ago. A horror oneshot. ***

kick hive, gather honey. / © girldirt ≪ ◦ 2023 WATTYS SHORTLIST ◦ ≫ "It's all about money, Clay. It's only ever about money." Clay Signy is a man frozen in tim...

hon·ey·trap ˈhənēˌtrap noun A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim. In life your either a victim or a survivor. Either your playing the game or...

Steven Universe wonders, what if Rose never had him? Would everyone be happy like they used to be? Wishing there was a possibility of having his mother back. However, St...

Hiding out in an abandoned shack from their abusive pasts, Allison and Ethan Bryson entertain themselves by imaging all sorts of curious characters near the frozen lake...

When Adrienne's app TMI is a resounding success, she can't wait to reveal the dirty secrets of the glamorous "it" crowd of her prestigious school, but soon, li...

{ONC 2022 Shortlister} [Soon undergoing editing for publication] For centuries, war has raged between humans and the Netherworlders. And for generations, Luan's family h...

♪ 𝙸 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 , 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚈𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 , 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚓𝚒𝚟𝚎 ♪ Originated In Staten Is...

"I feel like I'm never enough. I just want to be good at something. Why won't no one love me." Set in the continent Prythoze, we set on a journey of a prostitu...

The Sudrian landscape, So beautiful. . . Ah well it used to be. Due to a collapsed laboratory all hell breakers loose on the island as the common fog becomes hostile.

The age of the first gods have come to a pass after the greater will took possession of the lands between and the golden order was founded. The lands of between were n...

"In 'Four Guardians: Legacy of the Fallen', four disparate souls are drawn together by the mysterious death of community icon, Lionel Harper. United by respect and...

Lincoln struggles to feel emotions anymore. At the bar, he meets a man that would offer him the change of a lifetime: A cure for his emotional indifference. However, eve...

[PREVIEW - This book is now available in paperback, hardcover, and e-book] • Book 1 of the Numen Chronicles • Alucard's a reclusive, former god-hunting vampire lord. Zal...

The indescribable longing for the love of changbin puts an end to a long term committed relationship and sparks a new love with uncharted boundaries.

Cynical seventeen-year-old Lycia wakes up in the dark, twisted town of Greenwood, unable to remember how she got there. Aside from her mother, who is trapped in a coma-l...

Maybe the title doesn't sound too serious. I must warn you, this book is not funny. It's no walk in the park, it's a gritty reflection of the deep sins of our species. T...

Daniel Joshua Anderson is a homicide detective in NYPD's First Precinct office in Tribeca. He lives his life in an apartment on 105 Hudson Street, alone. Formerly a patr...

A simple domestic abuse case turns deadly when the alleged abuser is killed and Stephanie Ann "Sam" McRae's client disappears. When a friend asks Sam to find M...