short-story
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The Chronicles of Esbeth. Vol 1.
The Man Who Found Me Being the first entry in the personal chronicle of Esbeth Ironwood, formerly of the Sylvan Reaches, now Lady of Stonewatch Tower and its surrounding lands, written in the thirty-seventh year since my liberation. The prompt in the journal before me seemed simple enough. Describe a man who has positively impacted Continue reading
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The Heart That Never Stopped
An orphan finds a glowing bio-mechanical heart in the river and keeps it for 37 years, becoming Lumenvale’s greatest watchmaker. A cozy fantasy story about mysterious Mechanican artifacts, childhood discoveries, and how the coolest things we find can shape our entire lives. Rich steampunk worldbuilding. Continue reading
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The Luminescence of Companionship
Maris Coralweaver’s scales flickered from deep indigo to troubled silver as she descended through the kelp forests toward home. The day’s work at the Reef Restoration Project had been grueling—six hours of coaxing damaged coral polyps back to life, her hands aching from the precise manipulation of healing currents, her mind exhausted from maintaining the Continue reading
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The Geography of Love
The evening light filtered through the workshop’s western window, painting Gareth Stonecarver’s hands in shades of amber and rose as he worked the chisel across marble that would become a fountain for the merchant guild’s courtyard. But his attention kept drifting toward the door—not with impatience exactly, but with the particular anticipation that had characterized Continue reading
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Chapter 1: Final Breath
I died on a rainy Tuesday in a Cleveland parking garage—beaten, broken, and forgotten. But death wasn’t the end. When the Angel of Death offered me a second chance in a fantasy world where size equals power, I chose to become what I’d always dreamed: a giantess. Now I’m Valorie Stoneson, eight feet of muscle… Continue reading
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Chadwick Rye 