He can enter any mind. The danger is what may enter his. The Empire believes Prince Shin was born without a Gift. He has spent years protecting that lie. Shin can enter minds, sense emotions and uncover the secrets hidden beneath every word. But after he refuses to swear loyalty to the Emperor, his journey to the Imperial Academy awakens something ancient within him. To claim his freedom, Shin must decide how many boundaries he is willing to break-and whether the power inside him still belongs to him alone. A slow-burn psychological fantasy of political intrigue, hidden powers, ancient mysteries and dangerous bonds. Copyright© PoppyTales 2026

Lucyna was raised to believe Sanctum of Aurelion was the last light left in a dying world. Within its towering cathedrals and endless hymns, she devoted her life to healing the sick, serving the faithful, and preserving the kindness she still believed survived inside its walls. But faith becomes difficult to hold when mercy begins to look indistinguishable from cruelty. As whispers of corruption spread through the city, and the people closest to her begin changing in ways Sanctum calls unforgivable, Lucyna finds herself caught between doctrine and compassion, obedience and humanity. Because some homes do not collapse all at once. Sanctum as Home is a dark fantasy novella set alongside the events of Ashen Vein.

Ruby Evans pensait pouvoir échapper à son héritage. En intégrant une nouvelle université, elle espérait laisser derrière elle son passé... et son nom. Mais on ne fuit pas impunément quand on est la fille de l'un des plus puissants chefs de la mafia. Une simple erreur administrative bouleverse tous ses plans : Ruby est contrainte de partager son dortoir avec un inconnu. Un inconnu qui ne l'est pas vraiment. Raphaël Adams est le fils du pire ennemi de son père. L'homme qu'elle hait autant qu'elle le désire de détruire. Lui aussi tente d'échapper à un destin qu'il n'a jamais choisi. Mais cohabiter avec Ruby ravive une rivalité ancienne, violente, impossible à ignorer. Entre haine viscérale, attirance dangereuse et jeux de pouvoir, leur colocation devient un champ de bataille. Chacun est prêt à faire souffrir l'autre. Chacun est prêt à aller trop loin. Car s'aimer serait une trahison. Mais se détruire ensemble pourrait bien être la seule issue.

What would happen if one could see my mind? Wierd question that is for homework, don't you think? Well, probably nothing cause my mind is not too interesting for others to see. I am a fine teenager living out my best life. My life is going so well that I don't feel sad now. That's a great thing, right? But oh well, I won't want anyone to see my mind, though, because sometimes it gets a little restless. Wierd thoughts come to me from time to time, thoughts that should not come. Oh, but that does not matter cause I am fine. Right?

After their parents' death, Kyro and Sylus, brothers, were raised on opposite sides of the same tragedy, each taught the other has betrayed them. Trained to see each other as enemies, the truth threatens everything they believe. Trapped in the Forever Forest while searching for the Aetheris Bloom, a flower that grants you anything you desire, both brothers are forced to fight side by side. Without a choice, they uncover who has really been pulling the strings. Because sometimes, the real enemy isn't who you're fighting... it's who raised you.

"The world doesn't care about your stories. It only cares if you're still breathing." Eight hundred years after the collapse of the Zenith Era, humanity endures in the shadow of a forgotten science they have come to worship as divine: the Vein. In the East, the Sanctum of Aurelion enforces purity through fire that burning those whose blood carries the so-called sin of impurity. In the West, the Aurex Consortium refines human existence into a resource, feeding their vast industrial engines with the life-force of the desperate through a merciless system known as the Vein Tax. Vael is not a hero. He is a ghost walking a world reduced to ash. There is something wrong with him, something that keeps him standing when he shouldn't be, and leaves him emptier each time it does. He remembers nothing of what came before, only a cold, persistent instinct to keep moving. He does not seek to save the world; to him, hope is merely a slower way to die. But something long buried has begun to stir again, something even the Sanctum's fire was never able to truly erase. The Black Vein. It is not simply a disease. It is a refusal. A fracture in the system itself. A remnant of something older, something that should have remained forgotten. And somewhere within its silence, something is watching, through their eyes. Something that remembers a world before it turned to ash. When a fractured resonance draws Vael into the orbit of a girl protecting a forbidden truth, and a High Executioner whose faith has hardened into something unbreakable, he is forced to move through a land where every form of power is born from suffering. In a world shaped by the Vein, the question is no longer who will survive. But what it means to remain human when your blood is no longer your own.

Open Novella Contest 2026 Round 2 Winner Open Novella Contest 2026 Round 2 Ambassador's Pick Open Novella Contest 2026 Long List Qualifier When stuck in a world of war demands you become a weapon, but the only power you wield is truth. Young Adeola has to cross paths with another to reclaim her power and learn something new about herself. When she steps through a portal leading her to another plane, she is forced to abandon all she was thought to believe about herself and learn who to trust. A colourful fantasy about a witch with passive power and her journey to herself, to love and to loss.

AND JUST LIKE THE RAIN A love story between Vessel and OC in between touring, being doxxed and writing/recording Even In Arcadia. Act I: Past Self Socially-anxious, troubled musician meets bubbly barista with an aura of pure sunshine. Will they be able to find what they're looking for with each other? Or will unhealed trauma from the past, his secret identity, a protective brother and his bandmates keep them apart? - He falls first - Forced proximity - She is off limits - Slow burn love - Socially awkward encounters - Hidden identity - Adult content Act II: Emergence While Matthew and Lizzie try to build up their newly established relationship, Matthew's fame rises some unwanted attention. Will he be able to keep himself together as he tries to deal with everything he never asked for? And will Lizzie stay by his side through the drama that nearly tears them apart? - Trauma put into expression - Doxxing identities - Bullying - True love always wins? - Spicy content - Soulmates - Tourlife Act III: Infinite Baths Lizzie and Matthew's love has proved to be strong enough to overcome the hardest issues, but as Matthew seems to evolve into a stronger version of himself, he finds that life is not done throwing hurt at him yet. Will recording a new album and prepare for a huge tour give him enough distraction? - Better person - Overcoming trauma - Healing - Finding happiness - Closure - Hurt - Kinky content - Happy ending? NB; This is an ungoing work in progress. In no way are the identities of the Sleep Token bandmembers given away in this fanfiction. Names, situations and places are completely made up by me. I understand the fact that the Sleep Token members are real human beings, so their personalities in this story are what I liked them to be rather than how they might be in real life, since I do not know them at all. Stay respectful!

...𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞... ⧫︎steamyromance ⧫︎officeromance ⧫︎slow-burn ⧫︎reincarnation ⧫︎GoodOmensbutSexy *** When you've lived only to suffer, you learn why some souls refuse a second chance. Clark Parker dies a Saint－ and is offered reincarnation. A perfect next life. Peace. Bliss. Everything a pure soul deserves. Everything... except a 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦. Because she doesn't have one. Or at least－ that's what they told her. But a Captain in the Veil remembers her－ a man she was never meant to forget. And to find him... she must become a 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳. #1 Veil #1 Grim reapers #1 Ghosts #1 Afterlife [First draft - Completed 11 Apr 2026] [Currently undergoing rewrites, expect the in-line comments to be gone]