I'm scared of the sea. I can't help but think of the danger it brings. The width and depth seem forever. But I know that someday, I'm going to swallow all my fears and sail into that immense body of menace. Because I have to find him. I have to see him. I have words I haven't told him yet. There are things he needs to know and I don't care if it matters now or it never really mean anything at all. I just have to find him.

A shattered world, a sea of sky, and a thousand islands linked together only by the ships that sail beneath the endless blue. Where island kingdoms dream of empire, old allegiances fray under new stress, and old secrets are being unearthed. And into this maelstrom of change, the Ravens' Child is born. They are a clan of four now. Vincent Locklear, cast out of Volante's navy, and carrying the fate of the sky in his heart. Mercy Larkin, giving up finding her place in the world in favour of building it. Anita Hoffman, adrift by choice with one ear to the winds for the family she abandoned. And Leslie Madrigan, stripped of his title by family, and his family by pirates and politics. And in their new ship, paid for by a burden that has shattered islands, they will make their own place beneath the endless blue sky. Children of unkindness, the Ravens' child. And the legacy of unkindness is sorrow. Sorrow, and wings. (Cover art by @rentachi)

I always knew I was goin' to die...I just never expected it to be like this. Blazin' hot desert, far from home, alone, ambushed, shot in the back an' left for dead- no, I'd never imagined it to be like this. Problem was...instead of dyin' right off, I got mad. A vicious, righteous, stuck in your craw, won't rest 'til justice is done kind of mad. Pa would say 'Catch a bear by his nose, you get mauled. Catch a Rivers'...that's where things get messy'.

[UNEDITED] Raised with an accepting mother, understanding siblings, and loving friends, Manuel Anderson grew up truly knowing a lot about what it means to be a family. With his 26th birthday quickly approaching, an unsettling yet familiar feeling sets place in his stomach: loneliness. The older he gets, the less he believes he'll find love since people tend to turn away after finding out he's transgender. Even so, he wants a family for his own. After running into a new co-worker, Elena, at a place he visits often, he starts catching feelings fast. With her own reserves in romance, Elena struggles to let down her walls as her friendship with Manuel grows into more. ~Best ranks~ Relatable: #2 (8/13/23) Transgender: #1 (8/25/23) Transman: #1 (1/24/24) Blackman: #1 (4/22/24) Start Date: 6/14/23 Completed: 9/2/23 CURRENTLY EDITING **Disclaimer: Any songs, images or other media used in the story are not mine however everything else is fiction.

Life went clockwise for Thea, until her boyfriend started acting weird after his seventeenth birthday. After that, time wasn't something, she realized, that could only move forward. Certain phrases begin sending her back in time to re-experience old memories. Problem is, these memories don't take place in her lifetime. A story filled with adventure through all of existence as a girl tries to discover why she keeps getting sent back in time. Repetition comes to show importance as her path finds certain people throughout her lives. The perfect combination of reincarnation and time travel.

Genre: Adventure / Detective 'A Tale Of Friendship, Secrets, and Crime' This is the story of Annabelle, a sophomore, and her friends Marissa, Jason, and Kevin. What was planned as a normal and fun camping trip turned out to be a heck of an adventure when they all tried to save Zack from his own family - a twisted and manipulative family - which can go to extreme lengths - even murders - to get what they want. They didn't know what this trip had in store for them - accusations, manipulations, disguises, threats - were just the beginning. When the family threatened to kill them if they meddled in, will the four friends continue to save Zack's life or will they back out? The four of them have to act fast and think on their toes. Will they be able to save Zack in time? It was a trip that changed everything. NOTE: Any spoiler comments will be deleted as it won't be fair to other readers.

And so the day before I was to leave for the new world I married Mr. Ryan's daughter Grace, even though I knew she did not much want to marry me. A Frontier Tale. A young Irish preacher, Callum Moore, is days away from departing for the new world to the west when he impulsively offers to marry Grace Ryan, a young woman he knows nothing about.

Celia de Visher worked her whole life for her high position in the biggest criminal cartel in the Raised Cities Confederation. But she knows that if she wants to survive in the slowly degrading world where industrialisation led to the flood that wiped most of the known land cities, she needs to aim higher. To the skies. She steals one of the few remaining skyships and heads toward the Thundering Massive - a mountain range that walls off the known territory from uncharted lands of the New World. Unfortunately, the enraged cartel boss will not let her slip away so easily. The only chance for success and achieving her explorer dreams might be siding with the current government. But why would they aid a notorious pirate? Amazing cover made by @-DeeIsDead-