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 Gravity of Hearts
Who do you spend the most time with? The workshop bells of Lumenvale’s Artificer Quarter chimed their evening song as Matthias Silverheart set down his jeweler’s loupe and flexed fingers cramped from six hours of intricate wirework. The commission piece—an engagement pendant for House Brightwater’s youngest daughter—gleamed against black velvet, its crystalline heart pulsing with… Continue reading
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The Unbecoming of a Name
If you had to change your name, what would your new name be? The obsidian scrying mirror lay cracked across my writing desk, its fractured surface reflecting seventeen different versions of a face I could no longer safely claim as my own. Rosalind Nighthaven—the name that had carried me through twenty-eight years of life in… Continue reading
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The Most Perfect Chocolate Bar in All the Realms
Describe your dream chocolate bar. My name is Luna Brightwhisper and I am eight years old and three-quarters, which is very important because three-quarters means I’m almost nine and that’s practically grown-up. Mama says I have the most active imagination in all of Lumenvale’s Enchanted Quarter, which I think means I’m very good at dreaming… Continue reading
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The Books That Made Me
Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? The scent of old parchment and binding glue transported Evangeline Stormwright back through the decades as surely as any temporal enchantment. She knelt beside her daughter’s bed in their tower chamber overlooking Lumenvale’s Merchant Quarter, watching seven-year-old Celestine’s eyelids grow heavy with approaching sleep. The child’s fingers… Continue reading
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Small Hands, Big Ideas
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? The amber light of my study’s perpetual flame danced across parchment older than most kingdoms, casting shifting shadows that seemed to whisper secrets only I could decipher. My workshop, carved into the living heartwood of Lumenvale’s Great Library tree, hummed with the quiet energy… Continue reading
