Christian dark fantasy and noble dark stories by Chadwick Rye
Welcome. I’m Chadwick Rye, and I write Christian dark fantasy — noble dark stories about ordinary people, hard roads, and the kind of courage that doesn’t make a lot of noise. Most of it is serialized right here, one chapter at a time.
📅 New chapter every Monday: Chronicles of the Giantess returns Monday, November 23. See every series →
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Chronicles of the Giantess
Killed in a robbery, Ashley Grimes is offered a second chance — and chooses to be reborn as Valorie Stoneson, an eight-foot-tall giantess warrior, in a world where size and strength decide your place. Dark fantasy LitRPG isekai. Returns Monday, November 23, with a new chapter every Monday.
Forbidden Bond
A human man and a goblin woman whose forbidden connection threatens to overturn the schemes of a fallen celestial. Dark fantasy romance in the world of Velthorn — the full novel is on Amazon.
Sequel: The Shadowed Path (Book 2) — new chapters go to Patreon first, then Royal Road.
The Broken Shield Chronicles
A veteran hero tries to rebuild a forgotten tavern in the dying village of Oakhollow. Cozy fantasy of quiet heroism.
The Silver Wolf Who Saved Me
Esbeth Ironwood, a formerly enslaved elf, remembers the quiet warrior who saved her. A slow-burn romance told as memoir.
Lumenvale Tales
Short stories from Lumenvale — a world of cozy fantasy and quiet wonder, where magic hums beneath the everyday.
Collected in Lantern & Shadow: Stories from Lumenvale, Vols 1–5 on Amazon.
BRECK — a veteran courier who can’t walk past certain things. Three books; the first two chapters of each are free here. Book One, BRECK: Dead Delivery, is on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited; Books Two and Three are coming soon. Read BRECK →
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The Dreamer’s Choice
A cozy fantasy short story: Rosalina wins two passages on the Skyward Express dragon flight and must choose where her dreams will take her. Continue reading
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The Name That Stuck
What’s the story behind your nickname? The crash of copper pots hitting the stone floor echoed through the Gilded Griffin’s kitchen like thunder announcing an approaching storm. Gareth Ironwood—all six and a half feet of him—stood frozen among the wreckage, his massive frame somehow appearing even larger in the sudden silence that followed. Flour dusted… Continue reading
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The Deep Breathing of Centuries
What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being? The morning light filtered through layers of canopy that had grown for three thousand years, each leaf a deliberate placement in the vast cathedral of consciousness that was Verdania the Ever-Growing. Her awareness stretched through root networks that spanned continents, through bark that remembered… Continue reading
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Maps Written in Starlight
What are your future travel plans? The wind-ship *Wandering Echo* creaked with the comfortable rhythm of well-seasoned timber as Keiran Ironwatch—though he rarely used his family name anymore—spread the collection of maps across the navigation table. Two years of constant travel had weathered his hands until they resembled the charts themselves: marked with scars that… Continue reading
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Forbidden Bond update.
Great news! Forbidden Bond is now complete. I will be upload8ng the last chapter on to the blog soon. Now i just have to settle on a release date. I’ll keep you all posted on that. Thanks for subscribing and reading. Continue reading
