Squid Game Fanfic

Mateo Ambrose died a fool. After a decade of sacrifice, his girlfriend pushed him into a zombie horde to save her lover. But Mateo wakes up on "Day Zero"—nine hours before the Black Mist descends—with a cold heart and the [Eros-Survival System]. His plan is simple: hoard resources, build a fortress, and destroy those who betrayed him. But there is a lethal glitch. Mateo has been reborn with a mutated virus in his soul. If his "Mutation Meter" reaches 100%, he will become the Father of Monsters. The only way to reset the clock? Physical intimacy with the city’s deadliest mercenary, Commander Jaxen. He is his only "Stabilizer." To stay human, Mateo must hunt down a man who hates being touched, forcing a bond that is as volatile as the apocalypse itself. In a world of rot, he must choose: lose his humanity, or lose his heart to a killer.

Death should have been the end. Instead, Alexander wakes in a dead man's body during an apocalypse, bound to a system that demands an unthinkable price for survival. In a world consumed by symbiotic plague and hunted by a shadowy organization, he must level up fast, lead a team of rare Female Awakeners, and race to stop a cosmic entity from erasing humanity—before his own nature consumes him.

Damon Sterling died knowing exactly who betrayed him. His parents were murdered. His family was destroyed. His brothers were slaughtered. And when humanity finally faced extinction, Damon died alone after watching the world he failed to protect collapse around him. Then he opened his eyes. Three days before the apocalypse. His enemies are still alive. His brothers are still breathing. His parents' killers haven't made their move yet. And Damon remembers everything. This time, he won't waste a second grieving. He'll gather the men who once died for him, drain every resource he can get his hands on, build an impregnable sanctuary, awaken an army of Divine Tattoo Envoys, and destroy every traitor before they can betray him. But Damon has returned with something more terrifying than his memories. A mysterious mark between his brows. A mark capable of copying the powers of other Divine Tattoo Envoys, controlling objects with telekinesis, and absorbing the energy of the world itself. Unfortunately, his nine forbidden tattoos are too powerful for his body to awaken safely. So Damon has two days to prepare. Two days to build an army. Two days to settle his debts. Two days to become something the coming apocalypse cannot kill. The world thinks it has three days before the end. Damon Sterling knows it has three days before his empire begins.

The island chose him. It always chooses someone. Kael Blackwood bought Azure Aerie with his last coin. He didn't believe the rumors. He didn't care about the bodies. He needed a second chance, and this cursed rock was all he had left. Then the dead started whispering. The island is a prison. Inside it sleeps the Dread Emperor, a god who devoured civilizations. His jailer, the Warden, has been feeding him souls for millennia. And Kael is the newest sacrifice. But Kael refuses to die. The island's power flows through his veins. With every enemy he crushes, every secret he uncovers, he grows stronger. But power comes with a price. The Emperor is inside his head, whispering promises of destruction. The Warden is coming. His army of shadows is gathering. And the island's hunger is never satisfied. One thing is certain: Kael will either become the sovereign of this nightmare... or its next meal. The island has chosen its master. The slaughter begins now.

"Ethan, let’s be realistic. Your monthly salary can’t even buy a single square meter of the tile in this restaurant." Falsely framed for corporate espionage, dumped by his gold-digging girlfriend, and facing immediate eviction by his corrupt landlord, Ethan Wright was backed into a corner with exactly fifty dollars left to his name. But they didn't know one thing: Ethan was a reborn Wall Street risk-management prodigy. And they certainly didn't know he had just unlocked the Absolute Cashback Multiplier System. [Ding! Transaction Successful! Spent: $3,200. Level 1 Multiplier Applied: 100x! $320,000.00 has been successfully wired to your account!] Every single dollar he spends on external transactions triggers a massive, legally laundered rebate. Spend a thousand? Get a hundred thousand back. Spend a million? Become a billionaire overnight. Using his past-life financial genius and his omnipotent golden finger, Ethan begins a brutal, fast-paced ascension. He buys out his landlord's entire real estate agency, bankrupts his corporate rivals in a single afternoon, and seizes control of multi-billion-dollar global shipping conglomerates. But as his net worth explodes into the tens of billions and his system upgrades to lethal new heights, Ethan triggers a hidden alarm in the global ledger. The shadow banking elites of the Iron Vanguard want him enslaved, and a terrifying, reality-warping entity known as 'The Central Archive' has just classified him as a timeline anomaly. Cut off from his system, ambushed in a blacked-out tunnel, and dragged into the shadows, Ethan faces his ultimate test. They think they can strip his wealth. They think they can lock him away. They don't realize that a financial god doesn't need a screen to initiate a hostile takeover. "You gave me a multi-billion-dollar sandbox to play in. Now watch me buy out your entire reality."

Ethan Reid was Earth's last defender when the Voidborne came. Now he's the last human male alive—and the most valuable prize in the galaxy. His DNA is universally compatible with alien species, making him the target of empresses, warriors, and matriarchs willing to start wars for breeding rights. But when an ancient cultivation system bonds with him, Ethan becomes more dangerous than rare genetics. He's a Reality Anchor, capable of wielding techniques that could stop the Voidborne from devouring existence itself. Bonded to four powerful alien women and hunted by every major faction, he's racing to master abilities that most cultivators spend lifetimes learning. The galaxy's plan was to cage him but they failed and now they wish they had killed him when they had the chance.

Three children. One fire. A lifetime of scars. Jay and Chase Hamilton grew up side by side, brothers bound by laughter and games in the courtyard of their crumbling apartment complex. Anna Rivera, their neighbor, was the sparrow who trailed them everywhere — small, stubborn, determined never to be left behind. But one careless spark changed everything. The fire tore through their home, leaving ash and silence in its wake. Their mother never returned, and with her absence came unspoken blame. Chase carried the weight of believing she died for him. Jay took the guilt of failing to protect them both. Anna disappeared under whispers and shadows, her name cursed by neighbors who swore the fire had been her fault. Twenty-five years later, the past is still burning. Chase is now CEO of the family’s printing press, driven, distant, and ruthless. Jay is a photographer abroad, still chasing moments he can never hold onto. And Anna — under another name, rebuilt and unrecognizable — has risen quietly, her fate intertwined with theirs once more. But ash does not stay buried forever. When the truth resurfaces, it will test the fragile bonds of family, loyalty, and forgiveness. Ashes of Yesterday is a sweeping story of childhood lost, of wounds carried into adulthood, and of whether broken lives can ever be pieced back together when the fire never really died.

Kael Ardent was betrayed, framed as a traitor, and executed while the empire burned. Then he woke up years before it all began. Now he remembers everything — the secret alliances, the smiling enemies, and the man who orchestrated his fall. Armed with future knowledge and a mysterious power called the Echo, Kael is determined to rewrite history. But the more he interferes, the more the timeline shifts. Allies begin to doubt him. Enemies move sooner than they should. And someone else seems to remember pieces of the future. The war he died in wasn’t what he thought. To stop the empire’s collapse, Kael must outplay conspirators, expose the Council’s corruption, and confront the truth behind his rebirth. Because this time, if he fails… There won’t be another second chance.

Arcana High is known as the greatest magic academy in the Bluestar World. It is prestigious, disciplined, and supposedly safe. But when a group of ordinary teens accidentally breaks into the academy’s restricted library, they uncover something no student was ever meant to see: A living, ancient map that chooses them as its “Special Players.” From that moment on, their lives changed into a strange, game-like reality where hidden, forbidden regions appeared all around the Bluestar World. Monsters, Mutated Beasts, Zombies, and unknown monstrosities roam the world. Every basic spell evolves like a skill tree. And the map keeps issuing quests with one warning: “Level up… or die.” Forced to team up despite their clashing personalities, the teens must explore the world's hidden regions, unlock ancient magic, and complete trials that push them far beyond their limits. But the deeper they go, the more they realize: The map is just a trial ground for divine beings called the Naphil. Entities powerful enough to rewrite the structure of the Bluestar World. And now, they want to filter out the strong players from the weak. If humans can't level up fast enough, Arcana High won’t be the only thing that falls…The entire realm will.

Blurb Everyone received a countdown. Nobody knew what it meant. When the apocalypse descended upon Earth, Ethan Vale watched the world he knew collapse in a matter of hours. Monsters appeared. Cities fell. Millions disappeared. Then a timer appeared before his eyes. 100 DAYS. While other survivors watched their numbers fall toward zero, Ethan discovered something impossible. His timer could increase. Every evolved monster he killed gave him more time. Every additional hour gave him another chance to become stronger. For the first time, Ethan wasn't running from the apocalypse. He was progressing through it. But there was something wrong with his countdown. It wasn't counting down to his death. It was counting down to the next stage of the apocalypse. And when Ethan finally discovers what happens when the timer reaches zero, he realizes the monsters were never the real threat. Humanity is being tested. And something is waiting to see whether they fail.