Marjorine, a fresh college graduate, starts a new job she feels is a little unsatisfying and then turns to a video game that promised to fill the voids she feels in her life. What she has yet to realize is that the game will take an increasingly big role in her life. Will Marjorine keep control over herself, or will she fall prey to the promises of its manufacturer?Trigger warning: Gaming addiction…
Caroline, a video game streamer that turned to a new game after her last one, Massacre à l'Alcool, closed, was challenged on a stream to write a hockey romance book in November, and to write the book on air. She dives headlong into reading hockey romance books before deciding on the challenge issued by her faithful subscriber, not suspecting that memories of her hockey-playing days are about to resurface, nor that she will take her viewers into the inner workings of the hockey world...#1 in transaction (November 22, 2024)…
Enno, the Lord of Kaeshana, plans on building a haunted park on his territory, in hopes of attracting commerce and travelers to his land. However, he is about to realize that building a haunted park comes with a different set of challenges compared to regular infrastructure projects.As he gets embroiled in entanglements, he personally takes charge of building the haunted park, on which he pins his dominion's hopes.Trigger warning: bloody fight scenes and tortureOctober 22, 2024: Diamond in the September 30-Day Challenge!…
Fresh off a strong performance at the HSNCT, summer begins for Pablo and, with it, the resumption of football training for the Venomous Agendas. At the same time, a shadow looms over the girls' basketball team, threatening any hopes for the VAs to win anything outside of academic competitions.As one of the power couples of Venomous Agendas High, Pablo and Audrey both feel the pressure mounting on them, not only because of the strong performance of quiz bowl, but also of their respective sports on top of that.#1 in recruiting (August 11, 2024)…
Pablo, a sophomore playing tight end for Venomous Agendas High, plays the best football game of his life, but as the season comes to a close, his coaches tell him he can't rely on football to go to college, forcing him to buckle down on academics for the final two-thirds of the year. Little does he know that his teammates in a group project will drag him into a world he only heard about in passing...Note: Ch1-17 was the original Can't Stop the Questions, Ch-18-41 were originally Cheating On And OffAs Cheating On And Off, it won the May 30-Day Challenge as well as the May-June 8-Chapter Challenge.…
Here's the list of quiz bowl questions as they appear all over the Venomous Agenda series, divided into high school and collegiate quiz bowl questions!Warning: Please use these questions at your own risk!…
On Taladu, an alien world facing a housing crisis, a near-bankrupt real estate developer is ordered by the creditors to replace much of its staff, but the creditors impose conditions to keep the real estate developer in operation. Karine is then summoned to Taladu, believing that she would prove better as a project manager than what the real estate developer can get on their own world. She reluctantly accepts this role, hoping to return to her own world once her obligations to the real estate developer are fulfilled.#1 in insolvency (April 15, 2024)…
Karine, a.k.a. Monseigneur Tanking, one of the foremost raid streamers of Massacre à l'Alcool (MAA), a MMORPG, prepares, along with her guild, the Death Fiscalists, for the race to world first. While running a dungeon with her followers, she realizes that the game's world faces a wave of unrest that's not consistent with any of the game's bugs. Will Karine be sensitive to the plight of MAA's world, as it's losing control, or will she keep playing the game that provided her with fame?Trigger warnings: blood, alcohol2024 Round 1 ONC qualifier (March 18, 2024)#1 Heathrow (March 30, 2024)#1 Gatwick (April 12, 2024)#1 Bulgogi (April 12, 2024)2024 Round 2 ONC qualifier (April 18, 2024)2024 ONC Long List (May 23, 2024)…
Daisy, a rising junior in Southwest Louisiana, starts planning her college application process, two years before her graduation. But she doesn't realize the tedium of the process, nor the financial impact of college attendance.Note: It contains the old Venomous Agenda Sidequests 8, 5 and 7 (in plot order)…
Janick, an air superiority witch born to a family of peasants, is tired of her life as a countryside cook but her family is not wealthy enough to support the adventurous lifestyle she wishes to live. At the same time, spurred by an encounter she makes while working the family inn, she feels like she can use her prowess with alcohol magic to make a name for herself.Trigger warning: References to alcoholismNote: The original Alcohol Witch was merged into this book and its old title was Tax Haven #1 in Taxation - April 7, 2024Awards earned by this book as Alcohol Witch (Ch 1-8):2023 November-December 8-chapter Challenge winnerAwards earned by this book as Tax Haven (Ch 9-18):2024 Round 1 ONC qualifier - March 18, 20242024 January-February 8-chapter Challenge winner 2024 Round 2 ONC qualifier - April 18, 20242024 ONC Long list - May 23, 2024…
Florence, a young, untenured French teacher in southwest Louisiana, grows unsatisfied with the direction Venomous Agendas High is taking, and must juggle the realities of her own work in addition to saving VA's debate team from closure as she tries to get tenured.In addition, she faces complaints from students and parents as it relates to her courses.Trigger warnings: mentions of sex (but no sexually explicit scenes) and swearing in French (sparsely)This is both my NaNo for 2023 as well as November-December's entry for the 8 Chapter Challenge.…
Anna, après avoir subi une défaite crève-coeur au championnat national de quiz bowl en dixième année, se tourne vers ses autres activités pour passer au travers de cette épreuve.Note: Contient des traductions en français de diverses oeuvres de ma part…
Camden, a counselor in a rural high school, brings his kids to the racetrack for the birthday of one of them. Little did he know that it was the beginning of gambling problems that threaten to consume him and his family, despite his own career still somewhat functioning.Trigger warning: Gambling addictionSpoiler warning: Contains spoilers for the Quest for High School Mathletic Glory, A Tale of Two Academic Teams and Venomous Agenda Memoirs8-chapter challenge winner for September-October 2023!…
Daisy, une étudiante entrant en 11e année en Louisiane du sud-ouest, commence à planifier son processus de demandes à l'université, deux ans avant sa graduation. Mais elle ne se doute aucunement de la lourdeur du processus, ni même des impacts financiers de l'université.Note: il s'agit d'une traduction maison des Venomous Agenda Sidequests 8, 5 et 7 (dans l'ordre narratif) à partir de la version originale anglaise.…
Anna, a psychologist working with gifted youth and other high achievers, takes to writing indie literature since she was disillusioned with what she managed to read. She decides to enter NaNoWriMo for the first time in her life.But little did she know was that her writing process during NaNoWriMo forces her to reconnect with her past...…
Glen, an assistant principal in a rural southwest Louisiana high school, takes up the mantle of the principal of that high school when the previous principal died, alongside the school's football coach, of COVID-19. He inherited a school with its load of issues and uses the pandemic to implement sweeping reforms at school. How will the town react to the reforms Glen wishes to implement? More importantly, are the students ready for the changes Glen promise?Warning: Contains spoilers for the following, in plot chronological order:The Quest for High School Mathletic Glory (heavy)A Tale of Two Academic Teams (heavy)Venomous Agenda SidequestsJob Security (medium)Quiz Bowling Alley (light)ChGK in the Prairie (light)Cliche Manifest (light)https://www.royalroad.com/profile/445127…
Patricia is introduced to ChGK (Chto, gde, kogda), a Russian intellectual game, before she started college, initially disliking the game. Five years later, upon returning home to Kansas, she swallows her pride since she feels voids in her personal life and starts playing ChGK again in an attempt to fill them. Little does she know that she embarks on a journey that vaults Kansas into the very heart of the American ChGK world.…
This book is about chto, gde, kogda (English: what, where, when, thereafter, ChGK), a Russian intellectual game, which covers both versions of the game (TV and competitive).…
Sadie, an ambitious high school student, is the first student on the debate team to use its reserved quiz bowl spot. Little does she know that the pressure built up over the years could explode at any time, while struggling to evade the shadow of her predecessor on the debate team.…
Venomous Agenda Sidequests are a collection of short stories about side characters appearing in either the Quest for High School Mathletic Glory, A Tale of Two Academic Teams, Venomous Agenda Memoirs, Quiz Bowling Alley or ChGK in the Prairie. They are intended to be read independently from each other.#1 in admission (September 9, 2023)…