Rosén Walker was jailed for mu*dering her husband at the age of 17.... more>>

Having crushed the pride of the Imperial Army with two jailbreaks, she is captured again a year later and is sentenced to life imprisonment.

On a boat going to Monte Island, where only the vilest prisoners were gathered, another jailbreak is planned…

“What is your crime?”

“… I’m innocent.”

“Only a handful of prisoners would honestly admit that they have committed a crime.”

Ian Connor, a blunt and upright ideologist, who is in charge of her deportation, doesn’t give any leeway.

“Don’t say anything useless, just answer what you are asked.”

Rosén, the Empire’s best jailbreaker,

and Ian Connor, a young war hero who is loved by the entire empire.

Their story unfolds on the ship heading to the worst prison on earth!

Now, you shall be the judge. Is Rosén Walker a liar? Or is she not? <<less

The Peng Society for Gentlemen — a secret friend-making club for the homos*xual men of the Great Xia Dynasty. Its services were designed to help its members along in their quest for their lifelong partners. Upon paying a monthly fee of fifty coins, members could get themselves listed in The Pengornisseur after providing a self-portrait, a mailing address, their age and hobbies, as well as a self-introduction. All members would receive a copy of the monthly publication, and they could communicate with one another in private using the information in The Pengornisseur.... more>>

Wu Xingzi, a bachelor about to turn forty, worked as the adviser to the magistrate in Qingcheng County.

Qingcheng County was a place with barely any resources. In other words, it was poor. In the list of counties of the Great Xia Dynasty, it had been ranked at the bottom for the past two hundred years.

Wu Xingzi felt that his life was hopeless: not only was he a homosexual, he was also a virg*n. Even his retirement fund was lacking. Worse still, his looks were… forgettable.

He might as well die.

Hence, Wu Xingzi decided to commit su*cide on his fortieth birthday. However, he was unwilling to remain a virg*n to death! And so, gritting his teeth, he joined the Peng Society for Gentlemen and received The Pengornisseur. It was very painful; after all, fifty coins were the sum of his daily expenditure for ten days! He would only pay it once, and he was determined to succeed on his first try. <<less

An unknown disciple from a small sect battling against the strongest in the cultivation world! The long journey working at cultivation, the realization of destiny, and the chance to reach the apex of the world.... more>>

Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. Zuo Mo is a zombie faced low level cultivator in a minor sect of a little world. Ever since he was picked up by the sect leader two years ago, he has no memories of his earlier life except a recurring nightmare. Navigating the rigid class structure and intricacies of the cultivation world, as one of the lowest possible of the lowest class, Zuo Mo’s dream is to earn money, and lots of it, through being a spiritual plant farmer. A chance occurrence reveals that someone powerful had changed Zuo’s features and erased his mind. The money grubbing zombie decides to set out on a journey of cultivation to find out answers. Fate colludes with chance, the drums of war are beating, the ghost of his past is coming… <<less

Shu Shi country’s Little Prince fell in love at first sight with the eldest son of Qi family. He declared: If it’s not the general, I will never get married!... more>>

The Emperor was furious: Three generations of the Qi family are all generals. Qi Nanke is their eldest son, how can he give his hand to you in marriage?

The aggrieved Little Prince sighed regretfully: Then, I can give my hand to him.

Qi Nanke heard the news. He quickly returned to Royal City to break the engagement, but halfway through, he met the Little Prince who had snuck out from the Royal City.

Little Prince traveled a thousand miles to see his husband. Who would have thought he would encounter mountain bandits and was even coincidentally saved by Qi Nanke?

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The Little Prince squeaked out mandarin in Shu Shi’s dialect: It can’t be, it can’t be! How could my white moonlight grow up to be like this?

Qi Nanke: …

Little Prince: Don’t touch this daddy!! (`皿′) <<less

When I was Transferred to Another World, I Became the Adjutant of a Lady Commander and Beared the Brunt of a Lustful Harem!... more>>

~From a Safe Place, Let’s Rise to Greatness! While at it, have Wonderful s*x with Beautiful Women from Another World as Well!~

Yuushin Sanada was taking a shower when he suddenly got transported to another world. Being thrown outside buck-naked, he was more shocked to see that the place he has arrived at was the center of a battlefield, where powerful monsters are running rampant all over the place, and the soldiers, even though they were already strengthened and enhanced by magic, are still struggling to fight them off.

Since the ability to use magic was the deciding factor in strength in this world, Yuushin, who has no way to defend himself, decided to approach a person who has the power, grasp their abilities and weaknesses, and secure a safe job to avoid having to fight on the front lines. It was then that he meets Lucy, a timid baroness and the commander of the defending forces, by luck.

Showing off the underhanded tactics that he learned in his original world, Yuushin decides to help Lucy, and by giving her all the credit for his accomplishments, he then succeeds in securing a position as her adjutant.

Upon investigating further, however, Yuushin discovers Lucy’s fear of powerful monsters, so in order to overcome that mental barrier, he decided to make her immediate superior experience the most wonderful part of being a woman – the incredible taste of s*x with a man.

After that, came a series of battles and all sorts of problems, but by utilizing his scheming as the Aide-de-Camp of the Baroness, while also building up trust and affection to his allies and the like – mostly beautiful women of power, Yuushin began aiming to have the most powerful another world harem of his life – also in order for him to stay away from the front lines of course! <<less

Chen Quan Ran is a young general. Rather than return home and see his child wife, Mo Lan, he leads his army in battle for 10 years. ... more>>

Mo Lan is a gentle bred young lady who has not met her husband Chen Quan Ran since their wedding day ten years ago. Chen Quan Ran’s grandma loves Mo Lan so she feigns illness to lure him home.

Chen Quan Ran can be heartless toward anyone except his grandma who raised him. He returns home and he surprisingly falls in love with his wife who has a secret… <<less

From the boundless expanses of Lake Chao to where it meets the army of the Chi Bi.... more>>

From the childhood promise sealed with a knot of hair to the 40-year old lingering dream of home in Jiangdong.

From a singular kite hovering in the sky, to the sound of the qin echoing over a hundred li, across the river lit by the scorching sunset...

East flows the mighty river, sweeping away the heroes of time past...

I dream of Gongjin in his day, with his new bride, the Lord Qiao's younger daughter, dashing and debonair.

Ah, this life is a dream, let me drink to the moon floating in the river... <<less

Qin Mian opened his eyes and found himself lying in a leaky thatched room. The problem was that he was still in his family’s villa beforehand! What’s more, another man was lying next to his leg in the quilt!... more>>

“You, you, who are you?”

The man sat up quietly, his upper body exposed as looked at Qin Mian for a moment before he carried a worn-out bowl with a cracked corner from the low table at the head of the bed. The man said in a muffled voice, “Wife, drink water.”

Qin Mian’s eyes rolled backward and he passed out.

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Title explanation: 勉为其男 [miǎn wéi qí nán] have the same sound as 勉为其难 [miǎn wéi qí nán] which means to do something reluctantly. 勉 [miǎn] is also part of MC's name: Qin Mian. Also, 其[qí ] sounds the same as 妻 [qi] means wife. So, there are words plays. Basically, Qin Mian reluctantly becomes someone's man [wife] after he transmigrated. <<less

In her previous life, Qi Ying had been saved from the bandits’ cave by the General, and subsequently became the General’s concubine. The General never lost a single battle, and songs praising him spread far and wide. In the end, however, the General was fatally wounded, and died on the battlefield. When news of the General’s death reached Qi Ying’s ears, she hung herself from the beams without a moment’s hesitation — only to discover, upon waking up, that she has transmigrated to become a 17-year-old deaf and mute Qi Ying.... more>>

The youthful girl is neither able to hear any sound, nor is she able to speak; and yet, her eyes were as beautiful as the pure, white moonlight, and her character was extremely easygoing. One day, she met a cold and aloof male youth, whom everybody was afraid and wary of — her General.

The Ji Rang in everybody’s eyes:

Horridly short tempered! Extremely rich! It’s best not to cross paths with him!

The Ji Rang in Qi Ying’s eyes:

The General is simply executing Heaven’s will and punishing the evildoers! The General is simply robbing the rich to feed the poor! The General is superb and amazing!

Ji Rang pressed Qi Ying against the wall:-

Qi Ying: “Oh, when a boy presses a girl against the wall, he has every intention of kissing her, mua~!”

Ji Rang: ???

“Ji Rang, did you really bring your girlfriend along to spectate our fight? Are you looking down on me right now?”

“I’m not looking down on you. I just want to let my little fairy observe how I punish evildoers and reward kind people.”

Everyone’s afraid of Ji Rang;

Nobody loves Ji Rang, except for Qi Ying. <<less

Six robots on the run after being given an order to self destruct land on an unknown planet outside the range of every other interstellar planet. Without a human master, these six elite military robots are prepared to die, that is until they meet a four year old boy, the last child of the original planet called Earth. ... more>>

Mu Gen lived on the forgotten planet for 16 years with his “adopted” father, five uncles and one little brother. After the robots decide it is time for Mu Gen to live with other humans, they embark on a mission to bring him into society.

With the mission to go into society, the seven robots and the 16 year old Mu Gen travel through space, dodging meteors, flying at fast speeds and soon stumble upon …

A giant chicken??!

Young Olivia modelled his spaceship after a famous childhood cartoon chicken and went galavanting through space. With long blond hair, multiple piercings and an ‘I don’t care’ attitude and dinosaur heritage, Olivia is surprised to see a small spaceship attach to his MengMeng undetected.

These two talented youngsters begin their journey that will bring great changes to the world. And the first thing they want to do is….

Mu Gen: To become a chef!

Olivia: Then I’ll be become a patissier… and open a shop with Mu Gen… ≥∇≤ <<less

Gu Xiyu led a task.... more>>

He needed to go to few small worlds to solve the villains whose dangerous index exceeded the standard, so that the world can restore it’s harmony and beauty. It’s just that, the system sent to him was a bit strange. The first sentence it used to greet him was–

“Who are you?”

In the beginning, Gu Xiyu thought this was a super-intelligent humanized system newly developed by the Administration. Later he felt that his system was sick.

In order to fight for sovereignty, the powerful villains will hurt the protagonist. Gu Xiyu thought he would receive an order to stop him with a knife to the villain.

The system said, “You send him a bunch of flowers and he may not deal with the protagonist when he is in a good mood.”

In order to destroy the empire, the general villain of the empire will severely wound the protagonist prince.

System instruction: “If you act cute to him, he may accept your request and not exterminate the human race.”

The great demon of the cultivation world captures all kinds of immortal cultivation pills to increase his energy.

The system said: “In fact, there is another way for villain to progress.”

“Such as?”

“Practice dual cultivation with the villain.”

Gu Xiyu:?

Because he would be punished for refusing the order, he could only act according to the order. Surprisingly, the progress bar for the reduction of world danger actually moved. But the villain was getting more and more wrong. <<less

After ten years on the battlefield, Teng Yun sees Xue Junliang protecting his country and conquering new territory, while he himself ends up with an arrow through his heart. When he wakes up, he becomes that man’s Ugly Empress.... more>>

This is about a Prince who is captured as prisoner and killed, then he is reborn as his enemy country’s ugly empress. With his black-bellied King of a husband, they love and hate each other. They use every possible method. Chickens fly and dogs jump, from imperial harem to imperial court there is no peace. In the end, they bring peace and stability to the country. <<less

Due to the schemes of the mysterious existence “Demon God”, a young man, Nakajima Ryou, was reincarnated in another world as the Demon King Vermudol.... more>> However, the place that he had gotten down to was, a Mazoku continent that had grown wild at the height of chaos. If the birth of a new Demon King were to be known by the Humans, there was no doubt that a Hero would come to defeat him before long. In order to change his fate of “Simply Perishing to the Hero”, Demon King Vermudol sets out to quickly unify the continent with his cheat authority! <<less

By the time Da Xuan was passed down to the seventh Emperor Xiao Wen, it had long since declined from its original state. After Emperor Xiao Wen’s passing, Emperor De Jia succeeded the throne. Ignorant yet arrogant, with harsh and demanding taxation—the citizens of Da Xuan had no way to survive, causing unceasing rebellions all over the country.... more>>

After ten years of his reign, Emperor De Jia met his demise. Subsequently, the Crown Prince Su Yuanan succeeded the throne. The title, Emperor De Xi, left its mark in history as the last emperor.

The Dynasty had reached an end, with no path for retreat.

There was limited information recorded in official history regarding this emperor; his five years of reign were both ludicrous and tyrannical. After the rebel army appeared, he was immediately defeated, captured with death by su*cide.

However…

There was such a woman, who stood amidst the whirlpool. She witnessed the rise and fall of a dynasty, the love and hate of this emperor.

What was righteous?

What was evil?

Who can say for sure?

With a stroke from the vermilion brush, the scribe could only follow the intentions of those in power. However, she felt that she could not allow him to follow in the footsteps of those who are already dust in history. <<less

In an omegaverse world, a talented recessive omega has been enjoying her single life while tinkering away in a work place that suited her well.... more>>

Then one fine day, her rather blissful life came to an abrupt halt when an alpha basically burst into her workshop. To make things worse, she started to have her heat at that very moment.

*This is a sweet short, sm*tty romance ABO story. <<less

What happens when one eats Death?... more>>

Personally, I don’t really know. What I do know is merely one thing.

I’m hungry.

Therefore, I’ll take the heads of these guys and deliver them to my superiors.

Surely, I’ll be able to eat delicious food.

Come, if preparations are in order, we depart. <<less

I thought I was the heroine. As long as I could capture the heart of my life-long meal ticket in the end, I could become his true love, get married, have kids afterwards. In the end, giving birth to a boy could be considered as the story’s ending, and it’s all happily ever after.... more>>

Anyways, aren’t all the old stories written like this!?
But, I never would’ve thought that I would be stuck at the first step.
Because, my meal ticket is……
——G-general, ah!!! _(:з」∠)_

This work has another name, “Goose Goose Goose.” (Not)
(T/N: in reference to the classic Tang poem, “Song for the Goose.”) <<less

A story about a general with insomnia, and a girl who is looking for husband to keep her tea house.

The story of a cute and juicy mussel being eaten by the mighty General step by step

Just a brief love story between two young bodyguards-turned-General.

To seek the heart of dao, there are two things indispensable: diligence and indifference. Why did he ascend laster than others? Why did he ascend... more>> faster than others? <<less

When the Arpen Empire decided to no longer wage war, small countries nearby could finally breathe. But this peace was meant to be shattered, for soon after, envoys were sent to each country issuing a golden decree to each of the royal families.... more>>

“To establish an alliance with the Arpen Empire, each kingdom must send a princess to become a Crown Princess Candidate. The princesses will undergo six months of training to divide them into those who have the potential to become empress and those who will be concubines. Any kingdom disobeying the imperial edict shall be seen as enemies and their access to the River Judith’s stream will be blocked.”

“The God of Judith” was an age-old love song that had been sung from generation to generation. The ballad passed from the grandma’s lips to the little girl’s, from her to another, and another… etching a place in time. But this was no tale of admiration and envy, for all whose ears it reached agreed that the God of Judith was foolish.

Standing by the banks, a woman gazed at the River Judith before her… where the god may have stood thousands of years ago, her hand resting on her heart, a suffocating feeling clutching at her.

“The god isn’t the only one who’s foolish… Humans are the same as well… You and I.”

Viola’s long-cherished dream was not to marry and be someone’s wife but be hailed as the queen of the Kingdom of Koronis. She longed for the crown, even more after losing her only flesh and blood in the war. Once a half-royal, she struck a deal with the king to restore her status. It was a political marriage to the Crown Prince of the Arpen Empire.

“I’m going to be a queen, and I will take my identity back.” <<less

Forcefully snatching handsome men and imprisoning them into his harem is nothing out of the ordinary. mu*der and arson is everyday life. Exterminating entire families and massacring whole cities are just recreational hobbies.... more>>

The common people wish daily to rip his tendons and flay his skin. The court officials and chancellors desire strongly to see his death. His royal brothers itch to swallow him whole. Warding evil spirits during the day and expeling demons at night – he is the tyrant who strikes terror in the hearts of the common people.

Creating the foundation of a thousand year dynasty, leaving behind accomplishments that change generations – he is the controversial Emperor of Qing debated over in history texts.

Note: The Qing in this story is 青, which is made up and different from the existing Qing 清 dynasty of China’s history. <<less

“This baby isn’t yours.”... more>>

Simon’s eyes glistened coldly at my words. Apparently he’s smiling, but in a strange and spine-chilling tone, Simon asked me.

“…Oh, really?”

That low, shady voice, pretending to be gentle. The anger in his voice was cold and cruel enough to freeze his surroundings.

“Then, which bastard does that child belongs to?”

He’s angry. I’ve known him for a long time that’s why I could tell. That’s the voice that comes out when he can no longer hold back his anger. But then… why the hell is he so upset?

“If you’ll know, what are you going to do?”

“That jerk can’t even be a good father so…”

“…… so what?”

“I can’t let him live.”

Oh no. I’m in trouble. After seeing his golden eyes lit with fire, there’s no way I could tell him now that it’s his child.

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Kalia, the great war hero who ended the war. One day finds out that she’s… pregnant?! Of all people, the father of her baby, the one she spent the passionate night with, is Simon Terroan, an imperial sorcerer and her best friend. Kalia believes that Simon doesn’t want a baby, so while Simon is away, she declares her retirement and vanishes to hide the truth about her pregnancy and to safely give birth to her baby.

But the truth is, Simon loved Kalia more than anyone else.

And so, the frantic search for her begins. <<less

A man is stabbed by a robber on the run after pushing his coworker and his coworker’s new fiance out of the way. As he lays dying, bleeding on the ground, he hears a voice. This voice is strange and interprets his dying regret of being a virg*n by giving him the [Great Sage] unique skill! Is he being made fun of?!!... more>>

Piccoma Award 2021 <<less