In the last few centuries, humans have pushed themselves almost to the brink of extinction with wars, famine, and disease. But we have managed to survive and persevere despite everything that has happened. The year 2147 was a year of hope for us, with the arrival of the Golik, an alien race, who were kind and wanted nothing more than to help us. Alongside the Golik, we had five years of peace and prosperity with them, both races gaining knowledge from the other and building to create a wonderful relationship with the other. After five years of peace and prosperity, then the peace ran out and the invasion began. [RANKED 1ST IN SPACE - 13th Nov 2019] [RANKED 1ST IN SURVIVING - 27th Jul 2023] [RANKED 4TH IN INVASION - 9th Aug 2023] [RANKED 26TH IN FUTURE - 1st Aug 2023] [RANKED 44TH IN ALIEN - 25th Dec 2020]

Humanity had long struggled with its darker impulses, wars, destruction, and the looming threat of extinction. But with unparalleled resilience, humans rebuilt, united under a single banner, and reached for the stars. By 2288, the humans, under the banner of the United Federation of Planets had risen to become a galactic power, a galactic civilization that spanned the Milky Way. Yet, despite their monumental achievements, they found no trace of any other sentient species at their level. The universe, vast and unfathomable, appeared to be silent. For some, this was a cause for wonder, but for many others, it was a source of existential dread. Centuries old theories such as the "Great Filter" and "Rare Earth", long held as speculative musings, now felt all too real. Perhaps intelligent life was a cosmic fluke, a rarity so improbable that humanity stood alone at the pinnacle of evolution. But everything changed just before the Federation's historic voyage to Andromeda (M31). As their science vessel prepared for its journey across 2.6 million light years, something unprecedented occurred. In a flash, space itself seemed to twist and fold, as the Milky Way merged with another galaxy in instant, one far larger and older than their own. Now, in this strange, limitless frontier, humanity's greatest adventure was only just beginning. Would they adapt and survive, or uncover something beyond their wildest understanding? Only time would reveal the truth... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heavily influenced by Nihonkoku Shoukan by Minorou, Anime GATE and various nation summoned novels here in wattpad. English is not my native language so please feel free correcting any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.

A homeless man discovers a mysterious box which transports him back to his childhood. On each side of the box, both inside and out, a new world reveals itself to him: He experiences another man's worst day of luck. An old, dying man befriends an alien creature and shares an inexplicable bond. A unique blanket helps a young woman in a time of crisis. Another man's grief of losing his dying wife is tempered by a ghostly haunting. The first manned mission to Mars reveals a personal past for one colonist. An Indian Brave concludes a ritual as a rite of passage to adulthood. The end of the world brings a woman and her ailing father together for the last time. A man has an opportunity to right one wrong from his past and realizes the true meaning of regret. Another man's senses are replaced one by one with something alien. A golfer in the aftermath of the apocalypse sets out on a quest to keep the game he loves alive. A conversation between two sides of one man's psyche reveals something in us all. A snowbound woman holds the fate of the world literally in her hands. Once all sides of the box are revealed, the homeless man discovers the promise of a new future built on memories from a past he never had. The Box Has Twelve Sides is a collection of thirteen stories all connected as visions given to a homeless man in search of his future. I will be posting each story as a chapter every few days until all are published and the book marked as complete. Please check back and pick up the next story in the overall arc.

❖ Interstellar pilot and ex-adventurer Alex Gallegos must keep their team safe on an icy moon as sentient storms threaten to repeat the tragedy that ended their last career. ❖ Everyone in the United Inhabited Solar Systems (for some reason, UIS for short) knows to stay away from Mahaha. The icy moon is notorious for failed probe landings and research missions that end in tragedy: the only people to ever venture to its surface needed rescuing after just two weeks. When a prestigious research group decides they want a turn, they ask Alex Gallegos to lead the team. Perfectly qualified and haunted by their past, Alex accepts, hoping to make up for old mistakes and get just a little further from the earth they've left behind. Two months into the seven-month mission, the team is struggling with discontent, damaged equipment, and blizzards acting less and less like normal weather. As Mahaha moves out of range of help and the storms take on a more malicious character, Alex must face the one foe they could never have prepared for. Mahaha may or may not be alive. ❖❖❖ Complete. Wattys 2021 Shortlister. Standalone sequel (Rocks Can Dance) coming in 2023. Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)

Zorvath, a Celestian, has been held captive by Therons for three days with no help from his people. Losing himself into the grasp of hopelessness every moment, like a distant star in an empty sky, losing his twinkle every passing breath. As soon as he tries to lift himself in hope, he hears the terrifying news. Seven strongest ships from his planet which arrived to rescue him and his fellow Celestians were just destroyed by traitors from his own planet. There is only one question in his mind, "will they ever be able to find an escape from this darkness?" But as soon as he is about to give up, guardians of the world's balance make themselves known. With great politeness, they claim that they have come to give Zorvath a message that will rewrite the course of generations ahead of him. A key that would take destiny in a direction that no one ever imagined. In that moment he realized what has been behind the scenes. The reality is now more transparent than he was ever willing to see. What unseen force did he see in that instant that transformed his entire perception of life? Will he be able to make use of the knowledge given to him by this unforeseen group, or will it slip out of his fingers, like sand in the wind, leaving him in further despair and regret? Can the group, whose members call themselves the guardians of time, maintaining the world's balance, really be trusted as true allies? Zorvath is about to find out...

--- **"All life never learns until their last breath."** Two hundred seventy-one years ago, Type III Humanity forged the Lania Intergalactic Alliance, uniting with five other intergalactic empires in a bid for peace. However, this fragile harmony was shattered when they encountered a vastly advanced civilization near the Boötes Void-known as the Mantis, a Type 3.3 civilization with seven formidable allies. Tensions between these civilizations ignited, and by the year 1,000,000 AD, a devastating war erupted. For 20,000 years, the conflict ravaged the galaxy, involving 1,023 other galaxies and 234 quadrillion soldiers. Advanced technology and medicine were wielded in a relentless struggle that nearly annihilated 78% of humanity, leaving a scar that took 2,000 years to heal. Amidst this enduring chaos, a young commander named Alexandron rises from the ashes. Leading the 2nd Division Ship Brigade, Alexandron harbors dreams of ascending to the highest echelons of power as the Supreme Leader of the Human Super Galactic Federation. As the war continues to unfold, his journey may redefine humanity's fate in a galaxy still gripped by conflict. ---

In the year 2215, Artificial Intelligence (A.I) began declaring war against humanity. The 11% of the human population that still survives, lives in the shadow of fear of the uncertainty of tomorrow. **** But new hope came when a human tried to fight back, until finally all the AIs disappeared from the face of the earth. **** Even though humanity managed to survive once again, the damaged and destroyed condition of planet Earth meant that humans could no longer survive on the planet. Until humans finally travel into space to avoid extinction. **** After 29 years floating in space, humanity finally finds a new hope, a new place, a new planet, a "new home" for them. A very large planet with 8 continents among the oceans. Humanity named the planet "Planet Eittera", and humanity is now widely spread across each continent on Planet Eittera. Planet Eittera has a special resource which is the main foundation for the development of Human civilization on the planet, "Mana". *** Humanity has spread across the planet Eittera and has now established a new civilization on the planet Eittera, ranging from a small civilization to an empire. Year 121,221... This is the year it all started...

This is book 2 in the No Turning Back trilogy. If you haven't read book 1, read that before reading this. -- Vizor's gone. Everyone spared from his wrath is safe, and finally there's peace. It's been three months since the evil demon's death, and everything's going great. Or so everyone thinks... Dusk is unsure whether his father is gone entirely. He of all people would know his true power. And his suspicions are confirmed when another murder pops up. With a chance to save his possessed friend, Akik finds a way to bring the gang to his home planet - Xero. There, he knew someone that could help. But tensions are high. The Demon-Angel war has still raged on in Akik's absence, and his Xeronian friends are worried. It's been over a year since the return date of Akik's mission, so most everyone believes he's dead. So... what now? ----------- This story contains themes relating to blood/gore, demons, war, trauma, death, and (slight) insanity. If these themes bother you, I suggest you be careful reading this story. There are Blazafor1 ships in this story (though I refer to it as Blakik because.... Well, you get it if you read book 1). Not too crazy in the beginning, and it also has nothing to do with the Mature rating on this story. Though if you are uncomfortable with ships such as this, I once again suggest you be careful reading this story. Hybrids and the Hybrodeic language belong to NephaliMations :D ACHIEVEMENTS 1K Reads - May 30, 2022 2K Reads - IDK? 3K Reads - February 2, 2023 4K Reads - July 6, 2023

Journal Entry: SB-0001 December 18th, 2031 It has been about five months since the attack, and our meager fleet of ships are clinging to life. It all started with an interstellar signal. Sometimes, superstition has it right. It might not have been wrong to compare that dreadful signal to the blaring of the trumpets signaling the end of times. By the time they arrived, they knew us as if they had been watching us all along. Their invasion was swift, precise, and purpose-driven, ruined only by our own short-sighted counterattack that delayed the inevitable. And, during that delay, a small fraction of humanity managed to escape into the stars. With our homeworld of Earth gone in the blink of an eye, we are now forced to survive on modified cruiseliner starships and cling to life as our pursuers relentlessly hound us, the varying perils of space claw at our very existence, and our own simmering tensions threaten to break into a roiling turmoil. However, if there is one thing that gives me hope as I write this journal entry, it is that humanity can accomplish even the seemingly impossible through cooperation and willpower. Our story unfolding will put both of those to the test... Cover Illustrated by CherryInTheSun

Humanity has long since spread from Earth, colonizing numerous nearby planets, moons, and even neighboring star systems. A united, peaceful expansion enjoyed by all of humankind. But those days are gone. Billions of years have passed since the first ships left Earth, stars have burned out and been replaced, the colonies lost or divided, rising anew thousands of times in history; now each one is united on its own surface, but every colony of mankind is isolated from the others. Earth has just overcome a cataclysm, Mars has undergone an uprising, the colonies across other stars are gone. Only Sol has shined forever. The focus shifts to the moons of Saturn, and those who reside there. Colonized eons ago from select groups of settlers from Earth and Mars, the six inhabited moons of Iedra, Feirro, Eympas, Alrotha, Torhindred, Titan, and Lyriptus- formerly entitled Enceladus, Mimas, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, and Iapetus- each stand alone, in a perpetual feud started long ago. Some care not at all for the others one way or another. Some are too weak to meddle in the affairs of their neighbors. Some are so strong they are feared. Others still seek domination, and will do whatever they can to get it. Sol's light shines on the fatherworld, far away. Tensions only rise. Unity or division? Is there a difference? When the clouds loose the lightning, who will know from where and why it strikes?