The Supernormal
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Description
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.
Information
- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2021
- Author
- NiallStephens
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- 3.7/ 5.0
- Followers
- 34
- Views
- 31,370
Chapters(84 total)
- Lesson 24: If You're a Repeat Customer and They Remember You, It Means You're AnnoyingNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 23: If You Read Someone Else's Diary, Be Prepared For the ConsequencesNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 22: If You Don't Knock Before Entering, You're Best Off Bringing a ShieldNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 21: A New Job Takes Some Getting Used ToNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 20: The Blood of the Covenant is Thicker Than the Covenant's Custard (Or Something Like That)Nov 24, 2021
- Lesson 19: It's a Fine Line Between Man and BeastNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 18: A Person's Importance Can't Be MeasuredNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 17: Blood is Thicker Than WaterNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 16: Diplomacy is All Well and Good Until You Get Punched in the MouthNov 24, 2021
- Lesson 15: You Can't Just Leeroy Jenkins Your Way Out of Everything (2)Nov 24, 2021
- Lesson 14: You Can't Just Leeroy Jenkins Your Way Out of Everything (1)Nov 24, 2021
- Lesson 13: A Game Is Only as Serious as Its StakesOct 29, 2021
- Lesson 12: Just Because Something's Made For Kids Doesn't Mean Adults Can't Enjoy ItOct 27, 2021
- Lesson 11: Turn-Based Games Are Fun Because They're UnrealisticOct 27, 2021
- Lesson 10: The Only Thing More Fragile Than a Snowflake is a Winner's PrideOct 27, 2021
- Lesson 9: Always Bring Your Turtle to a Magic FightOct 23, 2021
- Lesson 8: Comedy and Tragedy Are the Same Thing, Just from Different PerspectivesOct 22, 2021
- 7: Just Because You Think You're Special Doesn't Mean You're Exempt From Parking Laws, Dammit!Oct 21, 2021
- Lesson 6: Everybody's a Slave to Something, When You Think About ItOct 21, 2021
- Lesson 5: You Can't Call Yourself Civilised Until You've Put On Your PantsOct 21, 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.