The Supernormal
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In a world where fantasy has become everyday, one man stands against absurdity.
The local Tower stomps through the streets. Any hedge could contain a witch. Walls regularly crumble, though none more often than the fourth. In the magical city of Blackpool, all ridiculousness is possible, and it takes everything for Jack Of All Trades to survive.
Badly, at that.
Perpetually late with his rent, he'll take up arms for any paying customer in order to fulfill his quest. His obstacles include polka-loving ghosts, card-game playing vampires, and the most vicious monsters of all: copyright lawyers. When he's joined by an arrogant magus and an insecure vampire, his life gets even more complicated, but no matter what kind of infuriating choose-your-own-adventure he finds himself on, one constant remains—his rent is due at the end of the month.
On second thoughts, maybe he should stay in bed.
The Supernormal isn't your average web-novel. It's an urban fantasy parody that saunters through a world full of the absurd, delighting in poking fun at popular media, widely-accepted ideas, and often itself. Story arcs only loosely connect through the characters, who are themselves slowly fleshed out as the story continues. Think ofDiscworldmeetsThe Dresden FilesmeetsGintama.
This novel won't be for everyone, but if it is for you, you're in for a hell of a ride.
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- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2021
- Author
- NiallStephens
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- Rating
- 3.7/ 5.0
- Followers
- 34
- Views
- 31,370
Chapters(84 total)
- Lesson 44: Masks are Made of Both Lies and IdealsDec 6, 2021
- Lesson 43: Admitting When You're Wrong isn't a WeaknessDec 5, 2021
- Lesson 42: The Best Way to Make Your Point is with a German SuplexDec 3, 2021
- Lesson 41: Winter is the Best Season for Armageddon—You'll Save so Much on Heating!Dec 2, 2021
- Lesson 40: Never Let Go of Their HandDec 1, 2021
- Lesson 39: What Takes Forever to Gain May Be Lost in a MomentNov 30, 2021
- Lesson 38: There's No Such Thing as a Fair FightNov 29, 2021
- Lesson 37: Only Lie in Interviews if You Can Keep it up ForeverNov 27, 2021
- Lesson 36: Angels and Demons Make Great PartnersNov 26, 2021
- Lesson 35: Friendship Has No BarriersNov 25, 2021
- Lesson 34: Always Keep a Spare Bag of Catnip - Just in CaseNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 33: A Needle in a Haystack is Easier to Find Than One in a Needle-StackNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 32: Even Cat People Know That Cats Are AssholesNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 31: Confession Doesn't Make the Sins Go AwayNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 30: You Can Choose Your Family But You Can't Choose Your FriendsNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 29: Some Things Can't Be TaughtNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 28: Going in Circles is Frustrating Until You Realise That Life is a CircleNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 27: Those Who Can't Talk With Words Use Their Fists InsteadNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 26: People Too Shy to Ask Directions Normally Have the Best AdventuresNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 25: Most of the Time, the Problem's Right In Front of YouNov 24, 2021
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Community Reviews(1)
- mikemcdonald2ndRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0This doesn't have nearly the love and appreciation it deserves. I've been on the internet long enough to know that everybody here enjoys a good parody, and all of them are missing out if they aren't reading this. Wit bleeds through the pages— er, screen scrolls of this webnovel while also still delivering on a plot rich with varied characters and a premise free of the usual constraints of fantasy stories.