Isthmus is now published! This draft of the story is no longer canon, nor is it of market quality. If you'd like to experience Isthmus in its finished form, we hope you'll consider buying the published novel. You can find more information at https://isthmus.world/. Expedition Remus is sent to assess Planet 7355264Z f...
'it always takes me a moment or two to realize they're dead. a double take reveals it after a first glance doesn't. there's something in the posture that hints at it, and a hunger in the eyes that confirms it. i stay away from the hungry ones.' one girl who can tell who can see ghosts meets another marked by death. it...
Song, a self defined thief, has recently landed on the Empire-acquired coast of the southern continent. Far away from her home in the distant East; she struggles to adjust to the climate, culture, and lack of compassion for one as uncommon as her. Though a skilled pickpocket, Song quickly finds herself in a downward s...
What are wings for if not for flying with dragons in the realm where islands float in the sky? The life of order and monotony is not enough for a winged demon like Ansgarde. When society rules suffocate her, she escapes to fantastic dreams of dragons and epic quests. If only someone qualified took on the challenge to...
In the year 2147, when global warming has devastated the earth and the political economy has moved to a more centralized form of production, and when practicing religion is highly discouraged, twins Caoimhe and Kallias experience visions of what they can only identify as "the Thousand-eyed Crow". As they delve deeper...
🔥 ONC Round 2 Qualifier 🔥 Arakhne wants to be left alone in her floating palace and make dresses but most importantly, hide from Athena, whom she humiliated all those years ago. The daughters of God, triplets Soledad, Luna, and Estelle, need gowns for their coronation as the Queens of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory - a...
FEATURED | #1 in whodunnit for over four weeks | #1 in the third chaos award When you can't trust in angels, you turn to the devil for a pact. Alessandro Steno is Venice's living legend. Trying to wash old blood off his hands, he hunts the city's worst criminals. Investigating the grotesque deaths of famous artists...
"IN EVERY CLIME, A SHINING SIGNAL" Herod is a woman with no past and no future. All she can do is fight, and that means she fits in perfectly in the elite 119th "Lightning" Legion as they land on an alien backwater where nothing seems to add up. The low-risk and routine mission doesn't stay that way for long, as the...
Amberleigh had been recklessly traveling between realms for years (accidentally, of course) unsure of how or why she continually found herself in a world called Erivale. Stuck in a not so great situation in the human realm, she escapes by literally falling into Erivale once again - although this time is different. A m...
What happens when death is not the end? For one assassin, it wasn't. Now, in order to die, he must continue to kill. ⭐2020 Ambassador Pick⭐ ⭐2020 ONC Shortlister⭐ ⭐2020 ONC Honorable Mention⭐ The Sharded Blade (Part 1: Ghosts of the Past) was my entry into the 2020 Open Novella Contest (#OpenNovellaContest2020) and i...
A wizard, a thief, and a very bad situation ... ⭐ @YASciFantasy and @HighFantasy "The Dragon" writing prompt Honorable Mention ⭐ This story is based on the following prompt presented by @YASciFantasy and @HighFantasy (April 2020) and a 1,500 word limit. "Maybe the dragon is right. You are just a bitter old man." "No...
(gxg) Aboard the Scorned Woman, there is a crew pirates that hail from all five Baethean continents. They raid merchant ships and other pirates in the dead of night and take no prisoners. Releasing captured women, killing men, and wreaking havoc whenever they are on land the ladies of the Scorned Woman are notorious a...
❖ ''We're at six thousand feet, Cap'n. There shouldn't be land at six thousand feet.'' ❖ Rav is apprenticed by his father's wishes on an airship as unsettling as the deliveries it makes. Dreamcatcher's owner is the only captain on the continent who will sail any cargo through any part of the sky. Even parts nobody els...