Flames danced as the incantation left the witch’s lips. Her heart was set ablaze and the spell surged forth into a wild fire that consumed all despair and desperation. What started as a normal... More > day of work, school, romance, and detention ended with Alice Pyralis venturing into the forest where predators and monsters of all kinds lie and wait, racing to save a classmate that she would like nothing better than to fry herself.
This action-adventure fantasy novelette sequel to Wands and Vials: An Alchemist Sets Out contains over [11,000+words] and follows two days in the life of Alice Pyralis, a witch and student at the magical academy of Amadeus Magica in the world of Trimagus. Included is a Bonus Excerpt from another work of the author.< Less
Sometimes you did what you had to in order to survive in a world where superheroes and villains thrived. By day Joshua was a high-school student running games on classmates. By night he was a masked... More > thief that robbed from criminal underbelly of Nightingale City with the help underfunded genius willing to look the other way.
He wasn’t an overrated hero or crazed villain. Just a nameless and unknown thief looking out for himself and a few others by playing a dangerous game. But when a crime boss went wild and threatened one of his own, he took on a name: Crestfallen.
Now he has a covert operations team after him, one of their members being a classmate named Clare and holds powers of her own. And her assignment is to catch him and bring him in for what he stole, before the secrets he’s learned changes the world.
The first part of the Masked Thief Arc and the first entry of the Crestfallen Series, this short story contains over [14,000 words] and a bonus excerpt from Flux Zone.< Less
In a world of super heroes and villains, having superpowers doesn’t necessarily make you a hero or villain. Sometimes you might save a damsel-in-distress on a whim. Other times you might rob a... More > drug dealer blind and fleece an unsuspecting mark for cash. In my case, I’m simply out for revenge against Doctor Andros, a death dealer to villains everywhere, after escaping being experimented on for three years and developing powers of my own.
But I’m not alone. Several others gained abilities of their own and working alongside a team, we have to try and collect the rest of our allies before Andros gets his hands on them first. And we have to do it all without drawing the eyes of the Hero Coalition or other villains who’d love to find out just what makes us special.
This exciting action-adventure novella is over [27,700 words] and serves as the first entry into the Chasing Andros series.< Less
Summary: That night I changed. Like serpentine tendrils of unholy light, the meteor shower carried a sinister secret and I was infected, my humanity peeled away from my body as I was reshaped into a... More > beast that had to devour others to survive. I had become an apex—an extraterrestrial predator.
Cursed with a hunger that would never fade and struggling to maintain my humanity, I now live within the ruined confines of a city prowling with others like me. This is my tale of how it all began. The Apex Chronicles have only just begun.
This [5,800 word] short story is the prelude of the Apex Chronicles series by R.Kain, an action-adventure, sci-fi story centered on how those who have become apexes survive in the unforgiving environment they’ve been sealed inside.< Less
The call of madness resonated in my soul. Take, devour, destroy--I could be a god amongst men. The darkness of the cursed grimoire could tempt me, corrupt me, or drive me mad, but I'll fight back... More > with everything I have.
This [8000+word] novelette is a side story to the Arcane Advent series, taking place a few months after the events of The Dark Bible.< Less
Summary: Alchemy has declined in the last few centuries in the world of Trimagus, where mystic creatures, magic using humans, and monster lived in conflict and calm. Kowler Freslight is a young... More > alchemist with a sylphid named Aeria at his service, attending Amadeus Magica academy. In a place where highborn magi, witches, and wizards reign supreme, his best and possibly only friend is cherry-haired witch with no magical roots and an affinity towards fire named Alice Pyralis.
What starts as an ordinary day of being pestered for an illegal love potion ends with the alchemist doing what he has to in order to ensure the safety of his friend. If that meant breaking the rules, facing down magic-resistant trolls, and being expelled, so be it. Some things are worth the cost.< Less
In 20XX, a war broke out within the shadows of modern society, where a world of magic and mystical creatures existed. The magic using magi broke into two major factions—The Translaticius... More > faction, who followed the traditional path of magic, and the Averius faction, who crossed magic with technology to create a new system, leading to an unknown path. What started as a difference of belief spiraled into a war that held no mercy or compassion.
Having served for only one campaign, it broke a man to his core to see all the destruction and he withdrew, taking a position monitoring a city for two years. Things settled for him, until he’s assigned to take a new transfer and investigates a missing person’s case that brings the battle to him once again.
This is a short story.< Less
The nightmare ended and a new day began. The Ruined City was left behind for a new life of adventure and danger, as The Mage and The Girl joined hands with a group of mystic mercenaries.
Meanwhile, a... More > holy artifact is stole from The Church and brings The Mage into conflict with an enemy he cannot face and old embers stir into a raging flame. Will the battles smother them before it becomes an inferno?
This novella-length story is the second in the Arcane Advent series—a chronicle of dark fantasy tales where magick and mages do battle in the current age.< Less
Arcane Advent I: The Mage, The Girl, and The Ruined City kicks off the Arcane Advent series.
July 21st, it was a normal day when a dome appeared and enclosed the entire city underneath a crimson... More > moon. It was followed by swarms of black beasts, rising flames, fierce winds, and shaking earth. Within an hour, the majority of the city was destroyed.
Waking after the destruction, Leidolf sets out to search for survivors and uncover the source of the moon in the sky. Opposing him are creatures of the elements, vicious false beasts, and the one who pulled the trigger to it all.< Less
The moon was blood red. The elements raged. The demon stirred. The people died. Predators took to the streets, painting the asphalt with viscera of the innocent and the guilty, the young and the old... More > alike to fuel a revival and in the aftermath only two remained.
The Mage who wielded the mystic arts of Norse runes. Carrying the souls of the fallen on his back, his obsidian blade would cleave through the voracious monsters for a resolution to the end of the nightmare. The Girl who could only watch as he bled for her, the sole soul that remained unconsumed. The Ruined City is where it began and ended, as the story of magick and adventure began.
This novella-length story is the first in the Arcane Advent series—a chronicle of dark fantasy tales where magick and mages do battle in the current age.
Now has a sequel: The Dark Bible (Arcane Advent II)< Less
R.Kain is an author of various short stories and novellas centered in either Urban, High, or Low fantasy tales that tend to be dark. Good may or may not triumph over evil, but the price will be high regardless.
Sometimes the line between them may be non-existent, and the heroes may be just as dirty as the villains. In the end, the only one they must answer to is themselves.
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