Enemies meet at a narrow bridge…Or in this case, on a dating app.... more>>

“Oh, I was wondering who it was… Turns out it’s Teacher Chae, the one I’d love to sink my teeth into.”

The moment Doh Joo-won laid eyes on a profile named “Beom” a self-proclaimed leopard, he knew. It was definitely Chae Hyeong-seok.

And with that, his mind was made up.

He was going to take revenge…no, repay his teacher for all he had done.

How? Of course, through direct physical means.

Hiding his identity, Joo-won began chatting with "Beom" under the alias “J”, and before long, he successfully lured him into a hotel room.

Mr Chae, always so proud of his “leopard” strength. Turns out he’s actually… a cheetah, notorious for his hypersensitive body.

“There’s one thing you should never say in front of me.”

“That you’re a bottom? That you’re a cheetah?”

“You little!…”

“Or is it that you don’t want anyone knowing you slept with your former student?” <<less

In an age where the polar ice caps have melted, ushering in an era of vast oceans, Captain Yoon Muhwa finds himself on a pirate island. Recovering consciousness after a surprise attack by an unidentified vessel, he meets 'Number 8,' a boy who claims Yoon Muhwa as his ‘spoils.’... more>>

"Don't die.

…You're the first living thing I've ever claimed."

With small hands, more delicate than ferns, and eyes that gleamed brighter than the buttons on Yoon Muhwa's uniform, the boy clung desperately to Yoon Muhwa's fading life. He unwittingly unleashes a tempest in Yoon Muhwa's otherwise arid existence.

"From now on, I'll call you Haero."

Nine years have passed since their escape from the island together. Their unique relationship, once that of captor and spoils, transforms - from 'Number 8' to Haero, from spoils to little brother. However, hidden beneath the surface lies a secret...

"Don't worry. It's not like it's the first time we've dealt with rumors, right?"

Yoon Muhwa keeps Haero sheltered under his wing, content to perpetuate this comfortable status quo. But...

"I like you, hyung."

Haero, oblivious to fear and driven by his burgeoning feelings, decides to shatter their carefully constructed facade. He will claim complete ownership of Yoon Muhwa, who was always meant to be his.

“I don’t admire you, hyung. 

I don’t dream about having s*x with someone I admire.” <<less

In a beautiful and happy fairy tale, the prince has no need for intense hatred, anger, or sorrow. Such emotions are reserved for people like you and me, who exist outside the story—complex, worldly feelings. Even in stories that delve deeply into human emotions rather than fairy tales, the characters only feel the hatred, anger, and sorrow predetermined by the narrative. They are like beautifully crafted dolls… But wouldn’t such a life be much happier?... more>>

A prince cursed by an evil wizard, destined to fall into a hundred-year slumber on his twenty-seventh birthday after pricking his finger on a sharp needle.

But on the morning of his twenty-seventh birthday, the prince suddenly realizes he has lived the same life countless times, repeating it over and over. When the wizard appears to enforce the curse, the prince fiercely resists, and his twenty-seventh birthday passes… Because the prince defies his fate, the world begins to collapse, and monsters that devour human hearts emerge. Taking responsibility, the prince decides to journey with the wizard to “Omphalos” to mend the torn world.

A perilous journey to Omphalos with his companions. Along the way, the wizard showers the prince with unusually devoted affection. Though the prince initially distrusts him, he gradually comes to rely on the wizard, feeling an inexplicable sense of stability and affection…

“…And then, at some point, I realized. There is no birth, no death. Not for me, nor for this world. Only the same petrified century, endlessly repeating, from the moment I wake on my birthday morning until I am kissed awake by the princess.” <<less

When I returned home, my house had become a filming set.... more>>

The popular actor 'Kang Do-jun's' reality show project, 'Country Occupation,' where he spends ten days in the countryside. Somehow, the house he is staying in for ten days turned out to be mine.

In an unexpected situation, dirty clothes I hadn't had a chance to wash were scattered everywhere, and dishes and bottles from the food and drinks from yesterday were rolling around. In short, it was like a pigsty.

Actor Kang Do-jun asked with a trembling look in his eyes.

"...Do you live like this?"
"……Well, yeah."

*

[Did you watch Kang Do-jun’s ‘Country Occupation’ show?]
He looks like he would only drink Evian*, but he's a real housekeeper. I heard he's originally from the countryside? He cooks meals, does the dishes, runs the washing machine to do the laundry, and even hand washes stuff lmfaoo he quietly cleans up after Lee Yeonwoo, which is a broadcast point. Kang Do-jun, please come and visit my house too.

-22 Me too, my house. Countryman Do-jun.
└Countryman Do-jun kekw but Lee Yeonwoo is hilarious. It’s insane that he’s a beekeeper at the age of 25, did you see him in his first appearance with a dragonfly net in one hand and a beer in the other? Literally my laughter point lmfaooo
└└Agreed. Did you see his eyes when he said his house became a filming set? It was scary, I thought he would hit the PD with the dragonfly net.
└└└He said they were filming so I went to see, and it was my house. Just this expression lmfaooooo
└└└└Meanwhile, Lee Yeonwoo really likes Kang Do-jun. This is real. Be happy you two.
└└└└└No, Kang Do-jun does housework.
└└└└└└or….

(Note: *Evian is a high-end brand of mineral water) <<less

**This content includes graphic descriptions of coercion, controversial themes, and divisive keywords. Please consider these aspects before purchasing.... more>>

Twenty years have passed since the zombie virus outbreak. Yuyeon and Ryung, members of Team A within the armed group ‘A/Z’ responsible for maintaining order, get ambushed while investigating suspicious noises at a landfill site.

“You… you…”

“Haha… What should we do, sunbae? It bit me. Damn it…” As he shielded Yuyeon, Ryung was bitten by an unusual-looking zombie.

Realizing his body’s transformation, Ryung decides to end his own life but inexplicably fails to die…

“You… do you want to bite me?”

“Not just bite, I want to suck.”

“Same old, huh.”

Despite becoming a zombie, Ryung retains his sanity. Determined, Yuyeon vows to turn him back into a human. <<less

In 1911 England, Rick Mann is a penniless, sharp-tempered young man with nothing to his name.... more>>

After he crosses paths with a demon, he’s offered a chance to change his fate.

But as he steps into a world far beyond his own, he finds himself caught in an intense, perilous relationship that tests his very sense of self. <<less

A collection of short stories written to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the professional debut of Alice Arisugawa, a prolific mystery novelist and founder and first president of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. Each story was written by a different young author, using characters, settings, and concepts appearing in Arisugawa's stories.... more>>

Featured stories:

Rope, Cable, Cord by Yugo Aosaki: The police ask professor of sociology and "Consulting Criminologist" Hideo Himura - and Himura in turn asks his friend, mystery novelist Alice Arisugawa - for assistance in an investigation. The victim of a robbery-mu*der is found, covered in marks due to having been bound by a rope, but no rope is left behind. Security camera footage shows that three people threw away objects that could have been used to tie her after the mu*der, but which of them was the culprit's tool: the rope, the cable, or the cord?

Enclosed in Clothes by Michi Ichiho: Alice is asked by his neighbor Saori Mano, a teacher at an all-girls school, to help her with a problem. She is substituting as advisor to the Drama Club, and one of her students had her uniform stolen during club activities. The police can't be involved due to the administration's fear of scandal, so going to outside help is her only option. But even if they're able to set foot on school grounds during the school festival, can two 34 year old men solve a case in the foreign land of a school for girls?

The Ghost Story Dedicated to Hideo Himua by Kyoya Origami: A fan of scary stories Alice met at a publishing event regales him and Himura with a series of true stories about horrifying events that happened to him. Himura and Alice attempt to come up with rational explanations for all his tales.

Black Mirror by Tomoyuki Shirai: The narrator, an arrogant yet neurotic man, is called out of the blue by an old college friend, Eiji Kagami, who will be in his area in a few months and wants to go out to eat. But at the meeting, Eiji behaves oddly, and the next day, the police call the narrator in for questioning. Eiji's stepfather, a marriage fraudster who drove Eiji's mother to su*cide, was mu*dered the day of their meeting, and the police suspect Eiji and his identical twin brother Koichi. But both brothers appear to have solid alibis...

The Man Who Read (And Disliked) Alice Arisugawa by Haruo Yuki: Mystery novelist Haruo Yuki is on a "research trip" (which he treats more like a paid vacation) to a small hot spring town in the mountains, where he meets a waitress with an unusual story: her cousin hates the works of Alice Arisugawa with a fiery, all-consuming passion, and yet he's read everything the man ever published. Why has her cousin read over fifty stories by an author he knows he doesn't like?

The Panic of Mountain Monk Jizō by Tatsumi Atsukawa: Twenty years ago, Ryoji Aono would go to Bar April every Sunday and meet with his friends to listen to the tales of Jizō, a man who dressed like a mountain ascetic and who claimed to come across tales of mystery everywhere he went. But Jizō hasn't shown his face in two decades, and now, Ryoji's video rental business has also closed down. Deciding to take some time off at a new bar, Ryoji is stunned to see Jizō once again, having not aged a day since their last meeting ...So why is he so much worse at telling stories now?

The Molded Corpse Speaks by Masahiro Imamura: At a job-hunting event, Kōjirō Oda of the Eito University Mystery Club meets a man from another school with an interesting story: a member of his own school's mystery club once pranked him by leaving a chalk outline and a dying message in his apartment while he was out. The members of the Eito U. Mystery Club put their heads together in an attempt to unravel the dying message, which was never solved, and uncover a much deeper truth than they suspected. <<less

During the reign of King Philip IV of the Capetian dynasty, Acre was in the middle of a war between the Sultan, the invader, and the Knights Templar, who were set on protecting the Holy Land.... more>>

The day Léa's family from the workshop decided to leave by boat to escape the threat of war, she was given the task to return the sword entrusted by the leader of the Knights Templar in place of her father, who was taking care of her mother who was about to give birth. Thus, Léa had to go out into the heart of the war.
However, as soon as she arrived with the sword firmly on her back, she witnessed the death of the leader. In the face of danger, she meets Baltha, the beautiful knight she has dreamed of since childhood.

But it wasn't the time to indulge in such sentiments.
The sword had lost its owner, and the atmosphere at the Knights Templar was somehow strange.

"It is dangerous to go alone. I will take you there."
"Thank you very much, Sir Baltha. How can I repay this favor..."

What Léa, who had returned to the workshop with Baltha, witnessed was a gruesome mu*der scene.
The only things that remained were the four year-old Rachel, and the shocking news conveyed by her younger sister...

'We have no choice but to silence every single person who has seen it!
Shouldn't the mission dedicated to God come first?'

That? Is it because of the sword the leader has entrusted to them?
The Knights Templar... Did they really kill her parents because of that sword?

'Should I bury the two of them?'

Léa's blood ran cold.
Because Baltha, who had escorted her back to the workshop, and was collecting her parents' corpses outside, was also a member of the Templars.

The great truth about the intrigue and the gods surrounding the Templars' holy relic.

It was the day it all started. <<less

In a world where desire and danger are inextricably linked, a courtesan's sudden death sends shockwaves through both the brothel and the elite circles. Whispers... more>> of betrayal stir in the shadows as the Chief Constable is thrust into a complex mystery. As he delves deeper, secrets are revealed and a dangerous game of power, passion, and betrayal unfolds. Can he uncover the truth before it drags him into a deadly game where no one can be trusted? <<less

Shen Tang decided to completely cut ties with Jiang Chengyu. She packed up all her belongings from his villa and took them with her.... more>>

Jiang Chengyu: “What’s this act about now?”

Shen Tang blew out the smoke from between his fingers. The smoke drifted in the air as she smiled lightly. “It’s not an act. I just want to end our boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.”

Jiang Chengyu looked at her. “Then what kind of relationship do you want?”

While touching up her makeup in the mirror, Shen Tang replied, “A legal marriage. If one day you come begging me to marry you, I might consider it.”

Jiang Chengyu suddenly laughed. Beg her to marry him? Quite the attitude. He didn’t believe in marriage—he would never marry anyone.

________________________________________

When her friends heard Shen Tang had broken things off with Jiang Chengyu, they felt sorry for her. “It’s so hard to even know someone from Jiang Chengyu’s circle. And he treated you so well—how could you bear to let that go?”

Shen Tang didn’t respond. Precisely because it was so hard—like a mirage—she knew he would never give her marriage. So when she realized she had fallen for him and was sinking deeper, why tie herself up in a cocoon?

________________________________________

A year after their breakup, on her birthday, Shen Tang got a call from Jiang Chengyu.

Ever adaptable, Jiang Chengyu said, “Tangtang, marry me.”

Shen Tang replied, “Sure. Hold on. A lot of people are chasing after me these days. Let me check what number you are.” She deliberately paused for a few seconds. “Mr. Jiang, you're number 250. Remember your number—I'll notify you when it’s your turn.”

PS: A bold, realistic, self-loving and dazzling female lead × the second young master of the Jiang family who dotes on her deeply but refuses to get married. <<less

The man who purchased the fallen princess, Luciella, from an illegal auction—Enoch Walter.... more>>

He was someone who maintained courtesy even to Luciella, whose situation was no different from a s*ave.

“Let me formally introduce myself, Your Highness. I am Enoch Walter, the master of the Walter Marquis residence.”

Enoch observed formalities toward Luciella and tried to kiss the back of her hand.

But the surprised Luciella immediately withdrew her hand.

It was because her hand was too dirty to receive his kiss.

“Dirty……”

It was an excuse she blurted out for fear of being misunderstood.

However, Enoch’s expression did not soften.

‘Dirty? What’s dirty? Could she be saying that I’m dirty?’

For Enoch, such rejection was all too common.

Simply because he was of commoner origin. <<less

A youth with the moniker Wiro Sableng, originally named Wira Saksana, shouldered a burden of vengeance over the mu*der of his parents, who were killed when he was a baby. If not for being rescued by his teacher, the infamous Crazy, Mighty Martial Artist Sinto Gendeng, Wiro would have met the same fate as his parents. ... more>>

Taken as a disciple by Sinto Gendeng, Wiro became a formidable martial artist with his weapon Deadly Fire Dragon Hatchet 212 and was imprinted a tattoo “212” on his chest.

With his supreme skills taught by Sinto Gendeng, and accompanied by his formidable Hatchet, Wiro roamed the lands and seas of Indonesia and beyond, taking down criminals and evil martial artists and fulfilling his blood vengeance, acting funny and crazy while he was at it! <<less

Seo Eunwoo, the only Beta in a high society dominated by Alphas and Omegas.... more>>

She dared to marry dominant Alpha Cha Taehyuk while having a body that could not give birth to Alpha children.

“She'll remain celibate for the rest of her life. That’s a Beta, not a woman.”

Taehyuk didn’t hide his disgust towards her for pushing for this unwanted marriage.

But starting with their first night, he is swept away by rut. He takes her and grudgingly admits to himself.

She’s a Beta that dared to insert herself into his life, but her body was addicting and very much his type.

The punishment for coveting him torments Eun-woo every night.

“I’ll show you. What an Alpha is, what rut is, and what pheromones are.”

Until she, a Beta, conceives an Alpha’s child. <<less

“Go Yohan, you really are a terrible bastard.”... more>>

“I can’t help it. Bullying is more fun than being bullied.”

Despite his outer appearance of a kind model student, Kang Jun was filled to the brim with an inferiority complex.

As he advanced into his second year, he grew closer to Go Yohan, who was in the same class as him.

“I’ll treat you especially different.”

At some point, as if it were only natural, Go Yohan claimed his seat at the very summit of the pyramid inside the school.

He, whose second nature seemed to be ignoring and suppressing others, showed interest in Kang Jun.

Kang Jun, who was subtly ignored by his friends for being weak, didn’t dislike Go Yohan’s interest, but…

Eighteen, the period where one’s pride took the lead and held fear of crossing the line.

Kang Jun had to make a choice to survive.

A very wise choice. <<less

Laneige is pretty and smart, but only thing that she is missing is wealth and last name. A commoner like her can't really get a good education even though she is smart. And people who are not nobles don't have last names to verify who they are. There is this one academy in the whole country called Royal Academy. They said it's for the education, but unless you are rich or already have large amount of knowledge, there is no way for a normal commoner to enter this school. Laneige studied her bu*t off to get out of poverty, and she was able to get into this school, BUT female student spots were filled. The... more>> school couldn't give special treatment to Laneige because then the nobles will uprise and complain to the school. Still the school couldn't let Laneige go because she had an outstanding grade, so their method was to disguise Laneige as a male and let her stay in the school.

When you are a commoner, you can study your bu*t off to get into the school. But there is still a hierarchy in the school. When commoners enter the school, they are assigned to one child of a noble who is older than them. Those commoners are called Japry. They are to stay and follow the person to "see" and "learn" better and faster. But that's only an official excuse. Basically Japrys are their personal servants.

Laneige becomes the Japry of the country's most powerful noble's second son. She was prepared to meet a spoiled brat, but he was little different than she thought.... <<less

Should an untalented guy like me die?... more>>

Then I’m going to die.

I will die as you so desire.

After dying, I will challenge the world again.

Until I kill this tr*sh-like world! <<less

Ha Joyoon, a war correspondent for TPA, a foreign news agency, has been in a coma for five years after being involved in an accident in a civil war zone. Miraculously, he returns home and visits his ex-lover, but he was already with someone else … They were friends from birth, and lovers after they grew up. A man who never thought of breaking up with his lover and did not imagine himself with another person in his life, found his lover with someone other than him. ... more>>

The world blames all the consequences on his selfishness and irresponsibility. It took time and different ways to end, but Ha Joyoon, who never experienced such a thing, falls helplessly and clings to an old lover who is trying to forget him. But then another man came into his life. This new man doesn’t need affection and just wants to enjoy carnal desires. It is the first time that Ha Joyoon has experienced separation and the responsibility of love in his thirty-one years of life. <<less

A young and talented sea hero, Vice Admiral Chastan. Known as an outstanding individual in the navy, he suddenly receives a summons from the capital one day.... more>>

What awaited him was a divorce trial, filed by his wife, the guilty spouse, as he followed the summons to the capital. However, there was a much deeper political aim that went beyond his wife’s infidelity… From then on, he gets caught up in a whirlwind of unexpected conspiracies and events. <<less

A 10-year office worker who couldn’t stand not working, that was my life.... more>>

But one day, I possessed a Mage who was an extra in the novel, !

My role was a low-level wizard who records and manages the condition of the Prince, who was cursed by a warlock and has fallen asleep forever.

Eventually, the prince was going to wake up from the curse with a kiss from the female protagonist of the novel, the Saintess, and defeat a group of warlocks.

Waiting for the day to see the scene, I planned my retirement step by step.

Besides, shouldn’t I also do my job properly?

I checked hard every day to see if the dazzling Prince’s handsomeness was safe,

Making friends with the sleeping Prince and telling him stories about the world for a couple of months.

But one day, a sudden incident woke the Prince up? No, how did it happen without the Saintess?

Furthermore, this Prince was not looking for the Saintess, but was starting to cling to me?

“I think you liked Protea flowers, so I’m thinking about planting Protea flowers in the Prince’s palace.”

Even if I said I liked it, you overturned the whole garden to plant vague flowers,

“I’ll try harder, so that you can have faith in me.”

Richt kept craving for my attention and affection like a puppy.

No, you can just guarantee my comfortable retirement, right?

Edel’s days of anguish never ends. <<less

“What are you thinking about?”... more>>

“I’m thinking about a guy.”

KyungHyun stopped in the middle of a deep kiss and sighed. His lips began to form a smile, but his fierce glare said otherwise. Possessiveness and jealousy spread across his sculpted face.

“Will you tell me his name?”

His easygoing and languid voice reached her ears.

“Why?”

“So that I can shoot him down.” <<less

Kang Jihoon was a perfectly ordinary high schooler. But upon dying in a car accident and finding himself in the Nether Realm, he learns that he is actually Elquiness, the Spirit King of Water, who had been mistakenly born as a human.... more>>

“Create water spirits? How do I do that?”

Follow Elquiness, the Spirit King of Water who had accidentally been born human, on his adventurous—and tumultuous—tale! <<less

Anaïs was a brown-haired assistant at an unremarkable detective agency.... more>>

One day she opens a letter that arrived for her employer in his place and falls into another world.

[Welcome to 〈Survival and Betrayal〉.]

[You are Player B.]

[Find a Player A you like and form a pair.]

Before she can even adapt to the system, monsters attack her,

and while fleeing injured,

Anaïs desperately begs for help from a player she encounters by chance.

The sharp-featured man who ruthlessly dealt with the monsters

asks with a villain-like tone, utterly cold......

"Are you Player A?"

"......I'm B."

[Player A Roderick requests to pair with you.]

Seeing the name that appeared in the system window, Anaïs realizes belatedly.

The man fiercely pointing a shotgun at her

was the missing mafia heir,

none other than Roderick Cortez.

* * *

"When I get out of here, I'm going to get married first. To a man who finds joy in ordinary but small things, and who doesn't smoke......"

"Is there even a man who would marry you?"

It was a painfully sharp point. What kind of man doesn't even wish someone luck? How very affectionate. Why did she once think this man seemed warm-hearted deep down?

"I'll have to look for one. When I get out of here!"

With so many men in the world, how could she not find just one to marry? She declared that since she was lonely as an only child, she would have one son and one daughter. Though she wasn't excited at all, she raised her voice as if acting excited.

"I can't tell if your dream is big or modest."

Roderick twisted one eye. He seemed to find her plan pathetic. Or perhaps he thought she wouldn't achieve it anyway—one of the two.

He didn't wish her luck until the end and refuse, nor did he tell the pleasant lie of suggesting they marry each other. Anaïs had to swallow down the sincere thought that she wished it could be him. She was overwhelmed by anxiety that something terrible would happen if she voiced those words.

Something even more terrible could happen. Anaïs thought her heart wouldn't be able to endure it. She shook her head and spoke to him in a subdued voice.

"Anyway, kissing is off the table. You hate it. Just put it in and finish."

Though it would be more comfortable for both of them to finish quickly, Roderick glared at her with a displeased expression. <<less

Even now, numerous supernatural things from old stories wander around this world. They say that people, who fell victim to supernatural, come to the divine... more>> fox yokai of the traditional shop Banwoldang to seek help. This is a bizarre story told by the highschool student Yu Dan, who can see ghosts, the fox yokai Baek Ran, who commands army of dokkaebi and Banwoldang’s yokai clerks. <<less

Captain Edajima Gorō, a seasoned captain who has visited the various countries of the Special Region on a research mission, and master cook Petty Officer, 1st Class Tokushima Hajime were given a special mission: rescue an American journalist kidnapped in the Special Region!... more>>

Aboard an Oyashio-class attack submarine, they set out onto the seas of the Special Region, but little did they know their mission would lead them headfirst into a whirlpool of petty rulers and pirates vying for control in the Blue Sea... <<less

She became the villainous sister-in-law destined for ruin in a romance revenge novel.... more>>

Before her new sister-in-law, who had been deceived into a fraudulent marriage, remarried the Northern Grand Duke, she made tearful efforts to escape from the revenge list.

"What does it matter if it's an empty position? I am Marchioness Levizet. So don't even mention divorce. Absolutely not."

But her new sister-in-law said she preferred living like sisters and refused for her to divorce.

"So that I may dedicate glory to you in every victorious moment I face ahead, please tell me just your name, just your name."

To make matters worse, the Northern Grand Duke, who was supposed to be connected with her new sister-in-law, fell for her at first sight.

She stared blankly at Northern Grand Duke Lysander's bright smile.

To think she would be the one to interfere with her favorite couple's relationship.

Now, what should she do? <<less