Gritty Stories

651 Stories

Mercy Street by davidonahue
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Mercy Streetby davidonahue
Jonah Graves has seen enough of the city's underbelly to know when a crime scene is a lie. Jack Flynn-a washed-up accountant with bad habits-was found dead in an alley...
Burn pattern by xRegiiinax
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Burn patternby Regina
21 dead. 30 injured. One pristine white suitcase. When a bus crashes outside Las Vegas under suspicious circumstances, grizzled detective Hyunsik Kang finds his own name...
 Shadow Of The Tiger by Ben2200
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Shadow Of The Tigerby Ben Horton
After a yakuza enforcer murders two drug-addicts for not paying off their debts, he realises too late that they were also the parents of a young boy. He takes their son...
Order Taker  by antwerplovebug
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Order Taker by lovebug.17
By day, he's a quiet waiter at a rundown diner. By night, he's hunting the people who took everything from him. When Navarro's life is shattered by betrayal and murder...
Storms Within: A Star Wars Story by avaversee
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Storms Within: A Star Wars Storyby ava 🌙
Set in the era of the Clone Wars in the Star Wars Universe, Jedi Knight Sarai Velari leads a fulfilling life as a mentor at the Jedi Temple devoted to discipline, the id...
When Tomorrow Comes by Z-Knight
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When Tomorrow Comesby Z-Knight
The world didn't end quietly. It burned in fire, betrayal, and silence. In what remains, survival isn't a right - it's a war. Among ruins and shadows, a girl is saved fr...
Chicago Cold by collinwise4
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Chicago Coldby Collin Wise
In a city cracking under the weight of its secrets, where shadows stretch longer than the skyline, the death of one young gangster is all it takes to ignite a war. Chica...
Brother's Debt - EN by AgnieszkaBarabasz
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Brother's Debt - ENby Agnieszka Barabasz
Wiktor Szran is a seasoned, solitary detective from Warsaw's Praga district. He knows every shadow, every crack in the city's concrete - and he understands that a crime...
The Eagle and The Bull by A3hnie
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The Eagle and The Bullby Ashton
The Kingdom of Nachqia exercises complete control over the entire continent of Asiter through their use of Torfiend. 250 years ago the Nachqians conquered and enslaved a...
Who Is Sinclair? by eldenwoodchapters
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Who Is Sinclair?by The Eldenwood Chapters
Who is Sinclair? Sinclair doesn't know. For three years, he's worked for the Occult Oversight Bureau-solving the cases no one else can, investigating anomalies laced wit...
Strife by KevinJJCarpenter
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Strifeby Kevin J.J. Carpenter
The demon spice has returned. The Guardians are fracturing. And the town of Othilia is beginning to rot. In a forgotten corner of a fading Empire, something ancient stir...
We Were Stardust Once by rrrick_grimesss
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We Were Stardust Onceby wes_ward
They were born from the stars, but the world refuses to let them stay. It has been three years since the Genesis Flares, the solar phenomenon that gave birth to Astrans:...
UNSCRIPTED by menace_lassie
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UNSCRIPTEDby Niharika Jha
In a city of lights and lies, she was the truth he never dared write. A forbidden romance between a fallen director and a fearless storyteller-where love isn't the escap...
Rats of Barangay 15 by DonnMata
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Rats of Barangay 15by Donn Mata
Trapped in the slums. Surrounded by the dead. No heroes. No escape. Only survival. In Barangay 15, Manila, people live shoulder to shoulder - stacked in shanties, alleyw...
The Island  by Judah0429
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The Island by Judah
In the final days of World War II, a group of American soldiers stationed in Okinawa find themselves living in an uneasy paradise-sunlight, silence, and nothing to do bu...
T.M.I. by Wimbug
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T.M.I.by Stef🌸
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...
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Honeytrap | Dave East by KayTheWriter__
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Honeytrap | Dave Eastby Keiara
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...
NEON DREAMS  |||  CYBERPUNK: EDGERUNNERS by kobakkc113
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NEON DREAMS ||| CYBERPUNK: EDGER...by kobakkc113
Corruption and violence lurk everywhere in the Megalopolis known as Night City, a place where people do whatever it takes to survive.... Even if it means relying on dang...
Accession || Ongoing || by SpawnOfSarcasm
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Accession || Ongoing ||by Laavie
Accession /əkˈsɛʃ(ə)n/ (noun) : the attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power. "Don't give me that look. Do you know how many people want to kill us...
MARKED BY THE CROSS by Voided8Beyond
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MARKED BY THE CROSSby MYLESZ
Aiden Vex. A new kid with a past shrouded in mystery. In a new town, he is left with no choice but to accept its people, and yet a part of him resonates with it all. Mem...