Here’s my recommendations:
[High Quality]
As fans of the webserial format, we all know to lower our expectations regarding prose quality. Typos, inconsistent punctuation, awkward word choice, repeating the same word far too many time in a paragraph. This is not a bad thing, rather, a side effect of lowering the barrier of entry to creating novels.
Moving away from the sentimental tangent, I would like to recommend a series with beautiful writing, a series that really ought to be published, a series named
Katalepsis.
Katalepsis is an urban fantasy type story set in a world where nigh incomprehensible titans lurk in the forgotten corners of (un)reality. Magic is not fireballs, blue mana potions, level ups, or any of the sensible and modern genre tropes. It is runes carved into a human femur, its wielder chanting impossible words through the blood in their throat. It is wizards with shotguns, hiding in fear of things they have . It is yellow cloaks of a pretender, skillfully directing puppets on a stage. And it is mathematical formulas twisting into extradimensional fractals, redefining reality through computation.
Also lesbians. Loooooots of lesbians.
[Isekai]
For stories that take a generic earthling and throw them into another world that somehow always resembles a misinformed stereotype of medieval Europe — I present three of my favorite stories on Scribble Hub:
The Art of Gold Digging
- … is not about gold digging, actually, and is instead the story of a basement dwelling, rage baiting, internet troll. She hates so hard on a manga that the nigh omnipotent deity writing it decides to take personal offense. Amy, the MC, is abducted, promptly spews cuss words at said abducting goddess, is given a magic makeover, and is plopped into the manga’s world. Now she must find a way to save the world from ending, and in order to do that she first has to convince the manga’s readers that she’s important enough to do that.
I really wish there were more stories that used this “The MC is a side character in an in universe story who has to convince that story’s readers that they are plot relevant without breaking character” premise. Very niche and specific, yes, but that rare flavor of specific
New Life as a Max Level Archmage
- A newish series about the protagonist’s… well… read the title. It’s still very much in the “introduce world and important characters” phase, but I still suggest trying a few chapters and seeing if it suits you.
Reincarnated Into Two Bodies
- Imagine trying to play a Co-op game by yourself. Now imagine doing that but with your bodies, plural, because this is the story about an MC who was, well,
reincarnated into two bodies. All this lengthy rambling over cool web novels is tiring me out… so I’ll (attempt to) keep it short.
Does the name sounds intriguing to you? Then try it. If nothing else, the ideas used will give you something new to think about. Personally, I find that there’s something special about seeing a character navigate an interaction while balancing other people very different opinions on each of their identities.