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On paper, Jason has a great life. In reality, he has spent most of high school tormented by students and faculty alike, with parents who are never home. His one escape is video games — and a new full-immersion virtual reality game called Awaken Online promises even greater freedom. Once inside, Jason finds himself drawn toward the path of the villain, commanding the undead and building an empire in the darkness. But the deeper he goes, the more he suspects something strange is happening within the game itself.

With one touch of the stone, Tyron receives his Class and his life changes forever. In an instant his bright and promising future as the scion of two powerful Slayers is torn apart and he must make a decision: allow his Class to be purged from his soul, or cling to it, abandon all that he knows, and rise to power.

When the apocalypse struck, Eric was as shocked as everyone else — but there were no chosen heroes in his version of the end. Just people desperately trying to survive. Hope came in the form of alien vegetative pods: a select few really could level up, embrace magic, and gain limitless power — if the pods didn't turn you into topsoil first. Eric, along with a handful of friends who happened to be rogues long before any System existed, plans to pull off the greatest heist of all time: stealing a priceless fortune right out from under the noses of everyone trying to kill them. All he has to do is outmaneuver a thousand orcs, outfox an army of clever elves, and escape a war-torn city alive.

She wanted to be a Necromancer, but awakened as a Saint. Somehow her summoned heroes are all undead. How will the church react when their Saintess summons a skeleton in place of a mighty hero? Sofia isn't too keen on finding out. To many a summoned hero, this world looks oh so familiar — beastmen, dwarves, trolls, dragons, elves, saints, adventurers, dungeons, and maybe an evil demon lord to be vanquished. There are great powers at work beneath the surface. Follow Sofia as she unknowingly gets tangled in power struggles far beyond what she had bargained for.

In a world of sky islands orbiting around a core of mist, humanity is besieged by countless threats. When a young girl from the slums unwittingly becomes one of those threats, she finds herself capable of horrific things that she cannot help but learn to love. Vigor Mortis is a lighthearted story about existential terror. Come for the horror, stay for the hope.

If he had to be reborn in a fictional world, he would have preferred it to not be violent. Instead, he was reborn in Azeroth. If he had to be reborn in Azeroth, he would have preferred a society where he could live in peace. Instead, he was reborn in a kingdom fated to be destroyed by an evil necromancer building an undead army. And if he had to be reborn in such a kingdom, he would at least have preferred to be a human in Lordaeron. Instead, he was reborn as a nerubian in Azjol-Nerub. Join an unfortunate nerubian on his journey as he tries to live in a world that would very much prefer him to die.

My name is Konstantin, and I am no ordinary demonologist. In my past life, I was one of the world's greatest — and the horned lords and masters of the inferno trembled at my name. That name still carries weight in this new world, where I have chosen a very different path: soldier. The army turns out to be a total madhouse that obeys no reason, and the only way to understand it is to experience it. But Konstantin thrives where others merely survive — and the demons that once feared his name are about to be reminded why.

After fulfilling the duty all arch necromancers are tasked with, Sylver Sezari was not expecting to ever wake up again. But he did. Crawling his way back into the land of the living, he finds himself in a strange land, a strange time, and with a strange floating screen in front of his new face. Either through plan or chance, he's alive again — and planning to enjoy himself to his heart's content. A LitRPG story with equal parts humor and dark sorcery, deep worldbuilding, and unforgettable characters.

The heroes Terry Fairway once idolized have turned against him. His grandfather — a ruthless S-ranked necromancer — rules Wichita from a throne while the people starve. Vampires stalk the streets unchecked, feeding on the innocent without fear of reprisal. Terry always believed his family were the good guys, but Wichita is not a city of heroes or villains — it is a city of power. Determined to drive out the vampires, feed the hungry, and one day challenge his grandfather, Terry sets out to seize power for himself. Even in the deepest darkness, a single light can spark a revolution — and Terry is ready to burn bright, or burn it all to the ground trying.

Orphaned as a teenager and later saved by Duke Kinson, Morgan Lovecraft found a new life in the world of Dunnishire — until the day he turned sixteen and discovered he had a death affinity and was a necromancer. The old prejudices ran deep, and Morgan went from having friends to being an outcast all over again. Hoping his scholarship to the Mages Academy will be a new turning point, Morgan finds himself challenged to an honor duel on his first day of classes. Making mortal enemies in five minutes, then being asked by the duchy to speak to the dead, investigate assassination plots, and root out corruption — the former Earth gamer finds himself center stage as The Duchy's Necromancer.

When the system warned the world it was coming a week in advance, Alex couldn't have been more excited. In college for a degree he didn't care about to get a job he didn't want, the promise of a world where magic and challenge awaited — even at the potential cost of death — was the best news he could have imagined. He wasn't ready for his only friend to shove him through a portal into hell the moment the apocalypse started. Instead of hunting rabbits and farming wolves, Alex finds himself stranded in a warped world where even the bugs are stronger than he is. Even with a summoner class that gains the powers of its monsters, most people would have died. Alex didn't get the memo. Where others saw certain death, he found opportunity.

After the collapse of the known world, Rowan Wilder opens his eyes on the First Floor of the Tower. With a flawless memory and only eight Cards to his name, he must venture out and prepare for a coming calamity. In this place of blood and fantasy, Rowan has to not only survive but power his way to the top. The Demonic Plague twisting the creatures on the upper Floors is the least of his worries once he reveals the coveted Origin of the Summoner — drawing the attention of monsters, criminals, and zealots alike.

What happens when a reincarnation goes horribly wrong? Oran Farrow is not who he used to be. The soul inhabiting his body was once a sick man on earth, suffering from chronic pain and despair. He prayed for an end to his torment, and death answered. Now in a different world, with a body and name that are not his own, he must learn to navigate a world of monsters and magic. Dealing with demon cultists, a lovesick necromancer, and worst of all, being a shambling corpse, would be hard for most people. But after the life he's had, Oran couldn't be happier. Nobody has it as good as the dead.

Seamus, facing life in prison, is offered a deal by the Department of Justice: sign away his legal rights and test long-term immersion in Alpha World, a VRMMO. Inside, he becomes Alburet, a Summoner who befriends players and NPCs alike while navigating quests, guilds, and an unexpected life far richer than anything he knew outside. As the game's testing phases evolve and Alburet's circle grows — including deeper bonds with the women in his life — the complications of both his in-game and real-world existences mount.

When an unbeatable enemy threatens to eradicate civilization, necromancer siblings Darien and Liesel Embermourn cast a spell of great sacrifice to give the world a second chance. The spell returns them to their childhood, giving them time to prepare for the disaster they know is coming. But even as children they have enemies everywhere. The lord who murdered their parents is scheming to steal their lands, and an ancient dracolich gathering strength to the north will soon sense the twins' power and move against them. With both the living and the dead set against them, forging a new destiny will take power beyond mortal reckoning—and mortality is far behind them.

Dark forces have extended Edward Wright an offer of incredible power at a terrible cost — and Edward has chosen to make them regret it. When he is swept into the world of Ivalis as a Dungeon Lord, the Dark's most powerful servant, he has no intention of serving anyone. Through only his wits and guts, Edward must rise to power if he is to survive. But in the battle between Dark and Light — where both sides are cruel, uncaring monsters — he may have no choice but to forge his own path.

Hong Fei was once a promising soldier. Now his cultivation is crippled, and he limps toward his last hope: a quiet position in the household of Duke Yu, an old family ally living in exile. All he seeks is a place to fade into obscurity with dignity. But fate has other plans. Two mysterious cards fall into his possession — one summons a giant badger spirit beast, the other heals what everyone said couldn't be healed. When he finally reaches the Yu household, he finds not refuge but a family under siege: the duke is dying, the duchess hides her own illness, and rival nobles circle like wolves. Hong Fei wanted to disappear. Instead, he must become the shield between a falling house and those who would devour it — while behind the political schemes and assassination attempts, someone is stealing fate itself.

How long will it take for a murdered thief to distill into something monstrous? In this story the darkness only grows stronger, and its reach only grows wider as it expands by devouring the life that surrounds it. A dark fantasy where evil is a where, not just a who — focused on slow progression, undeath, and atmospheric storytelling.

Timothy Walter Bolton — Timmy — has spent most of his life as a necromancer. When his latest creation, a zombie hydra-dragon-bear, tries to eat him, he decides it might be time for a less dangerous career. He is a wanted criminal with powerful enemies and a bone to pick with the Everton Council of Mages. Hope arrives in the form of a new law: war is coming to Everton, and the Council is desperate. In exchange for help, Timmy might earn a pardon. To get it, he must assemble a group of unconventional heroes — most of whom want nothing more than to mangle him. His team includes an obnoxious apprentice, a bumbling bureaucrat, and an elf who is basically the bogeyman. Wonderful.

A young dungeon core forms next to a lovely village full of lovely people who would probably understand its plight — if only it had a mouth with which to speak. Instead, everything goes horribly, terribly wrong. This is the story of a village, a dungeon, and a core's desperate desire to provide light, laughter, and life. It tries to choose talents and perks that bolster its life-mana alignment every time. So how did it end up with an undead army and insane boosts to death-aligned mana? How did everything go so wrong?