Desert Stories

❝𝑩𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉.❞ The Great Desert that separates the mountainous kingdom of Archenland and the belligerent empire of Calormen looks like an ordinary desert to the outsider's eye, but it holds many secrets that have been forgotten over time. Never before did the desert tread beyond its borders until one day, when the Great Desert suddenly starts to consume its surrounding lands like a feverish infection. Nothing is safe; the burning sands devour everything in their path while the cyclone of flames turns fertile land to ash and dust. As the storm of flames threatens to consume the world, a group of unlikely allies is called together by a mysterious force, one that echoes the mighty roar of Aslan himself. Bound by an ancient prophecy, the group must journey deep into the heart of the desert where an artifact of unimaginable power lies hidden: the Emberheart. It is said to be the key to taming the desert's wrath, but as the past unravels itself and forgotten myths come to life, it appears not all is as it seems. With the desert creeping closer to the world's edge and phantom mirages growing stronger every passing night, the group faces an impossible task to try and hold the storm at bay as they come to realise that the desert's hunger may never truly be sated. . . ❝𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚.❞ ✯ 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 is an apply fiction created with your OCs and mine, and set two years after the events of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 .

On the scorched continent of Sauven, where kingdoms rise and fall beneath an unforgiving sun, the fate of empires rests not only on armies but on blood, marriage, and betrayal. As the King struggles to preserve a fragile peace, ambitious princes, devoted queens, cunning statesmen, nomadic rulers, and gifted healers each pursue their own vision of the future. Alliances are forged through sacrifice, ancient faith challenges royal authority, and every choice carries a terrible cost.

What if the map you were chasing... was never the real treasure? Naila was a dancer in the great Zuriq sultanate then she traded her fame for freedom. Now she's a mapmaker who reads the desert like an open book. Her mission: find the Lost Oasis, the mythical water source that could save the Seven Valleys from drying up. Simple, right? Wrong. Because the desert has other plans. Captured alongside Kai - a fugitive with burning golden eyes and a past drenched in blood she learns to become again the magical seductress. To save Kai, she sells herself into slavery. To survive, she becomes the concubine of Malik Seref, the most dangerous man in the Valley of Amethyst.

Siya and Ressler meet for the first time when he gets hit in the head by a statue during a mission. Even though they work in different divisions, a quiet, budding connection forms between them, but both pull away. Months later. Siya and Decker rescue the severely injured Ressler after a mission in the desert. During the dangerous transport and at the field clinic, Siya keeps vigil at his side, keeping him alive and daring for the first time to admit her feelings. Ressler, weak but conscious, shows that he has carried the same longing. The story portrays their fight for his survival and the quiet, tender bond that grows stronger in the shadow of danger.

ခေါင်းစဉ်: အာဇာလီ၏ ပဋိညာဉ် #၁ - မြွေကြီးများ၏ နိုးထခြင်း စာအုပ်စီးရီး: The Azali Covenant --- "ဘုရားသခင်ကို ယုံကြည်မှုက မှော်ပညာဖြစ်လာပြီး၊ မှော်ပညာက လက်နက်ဖြစ်လာတဲ့အခါ... ကမ္ဘာကြီးရဲ့ ဟန်ချက်ဟာ ဘယ်သူ့လက်ထဲ ကျရောက်မလဲ။" လူသားတွေ မသိလိုက်တဲ့ ကမ္ဘာတစ်ခုရှိတယ်။ လန်ဒန်မြို့ ဝှိုက်ဟောလ်လမ်းမအောက် ပေလေးဆယ်အနက်မှာ ဖုံးကွယ်ထားတဲ့ မှော်ဝန်ကြီးဌာန (Ministry of Arcane Governance)၊ ဗာတီကန်ရဲ့ လျှို့ဝှက် အလင်းတပ်ဖွဲ့ (Order of Luminescence)၊ မက္ကာမြို့က ဆူဖီတွေရဲ့ ရှေးကျတဲ့ ရုက်ယာ (Ruqya) အကာအကွယ်ကျင့်စဉ်တွေ... ဒါတွေအားလုံးဟာ လူသားတွေရဲ့ ဘာသာတရားတွေနဲ့ မှော်ပညာကြားက မျဉ်းပါးပါးလေးကို ထိန်းသိမ်းနေကြတယ်။ ဒါပေမယ့် အဲဒီမျဉ်းက အခုတော့ စုတ်ပြဲလုနီးပါး ဖြစ်နေပြီ။ အိုင်းရှ် ကာရမ် ဟာ ဆူဒန်နွယ်ဖွား မှော်ဆရာတစ်ဦးပါ။ သူ့ရဲ့ ဓစ်ကရ် (Dhikr) ဆုတောင်းပုတီးဟာ ဘုရားသခ

This is just a fun project I just wanna work on while I'm blank on ideas for my other stories. This'll be short, maybe 10 chapters, probably less. This is gonna be heavily based off of the Fallout games, most notably Fallout 2, and a tiny little bit of Dune. This won't be a Reader story, the main character has a name. Oh, and I'll be crossposting this to AO3 if this does well, because I'm GREEDY and I LOVE BEING AN EVIL PERSON HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. More info in the opening chapter.

A story of a war so grand in scale and epic in stakes that even the gods had a no choice but to join. Like heroes of ancient Troy Iwan Falcau reflects: In my life I have known three gods. The first was the god of my childhood, the one I lost when I reached the age of thinking. The second was the voice in my head, which turned out to be my own. The third was the god on paper, forged in the collective mind of those who knew and those that understood the story. While the gods still walk the unseen roads few men control the forces of magic. And never resting, the eternal battle between the powerful and powerless, progresses one step in an ever-lasting waltz between them. Onwards Ewan rides as the city burns around him. But one thought fills his mind: To protect the ones he loves and maybe make a difference.

With a single, decisive blow, Cassandra - Shadow of Sammos, immortal warrior, and general of the Thiria - ended the war. The Emperor is dead and the Empire has fallen. Now that she is faced with the weight of rebuilding the world, Cass is blindsided by the choices of people she's never met. A Council she's never heard of demands she deliver the Emperor's head to an enemy general across the vast desert nation of Desheret. With her is a wide array of travelers from every nation, including old friends and old enemies. Cass must learn how to solve problems without her strength, violence, or her army, and navigate a world that doesn't yet know the Emperor is dead.

"snow is nothing like what you think it is" when the rda moves to attack the snow mountains, aeyrin, a young male na'vi from the herwìva clan, moves to find help from a war hero. but there he meets the legend's son, lo'ak sully. aeyrin has not known life beyond the snow. but lo'ak slowly crept into his heart that has only known the cold and warmed it. #1 lo'ak sully [11.2.26] #4 maleoc [20.2.26]

It had been 77 years since the death of the last Oracle and Omen. They had killed each other as only they could. The Omen was the last to fall. As that last Omen fell, she had scratched in the dirt, "Lostra 7:" Return But all of that seemed far away to Lutez as she made her way to the Apothecarist's house. (NO AI USED AT ALL IN THIS STORY!)

Ivy Nora has made a living on the streets of the Ikra, an unkind desert city, through a life-long career of thievery, the funds of which she puts towards her true love: art. Recently, she's found company with a contemporary by the name of Vesper Morna, and together they've spent six months together pilfering from the pockets of Ikra's richest. But, when a simple job to steal a few loaves of bread goes awry, the eyes and ire of those above them are drawn. As the city watch begins to make a target of them, and the thieves work to escape their descending blades, Ivy has an unexpected encounter with Ikra's baroness, who is far more strange and sympathetic than Ivy would've thought.

This story is dedicated to Logan on H.T.T.Y.D Amino, the original creator of the Crowned Serpent dragon breed. This story features characters that belong to Logan and, my special business partner, Patdragonmom on Amino. King has always been a spoiled brat! Growing up in the Crowned Serpent kingdom under the protection of his successful father, the adviser to General Icarus (the ruler of their city), the only reason everyone puts up with him is to get in good with the upper class. But, when King is framed for attacking Icarus, he is cast out of his pampered life kicking and screaming into an unforgiving desert. Determined to return to his old life and achieve power, King decides to go on a quest to discover the long lost King Aaron, hoping maybe his efforts will make him a king himself. Follow King in this short series documenting his journey to repair Crowned Serpent society, expose corruption, and find his true place in the Dragon Universe! Theme: Miracle by Caravan Palace

After waking from an eight-year coma, a lonely survivor begins searching for the alien being who once became his only family, only to discover she has been transformed into a weapon by a secret biotech corporation obsessed with immortality.

"Eight years ago, Elias's daughter vanished into the dunes of Al-Khalali. Now, she has returned-but the girl who walked through the front door isn't the child he lost. As ancient bandages begin to weave through her flesh and the desert sands swallow their home, Elias must face a terrifying truth: the Mummy isn't a myth in a tomb; it's a parasite under the skin.

Marco believes in science. The world around him has stopped cooperating. At thirteen, he wants to be a biologist like his parents, but after a strange incident at the old golf course, reality begins to warp in ways he can't categorize. His mother signs him up for the Kitten Brigade - a well‑meaning group of retirees with too much time on their hands and an obsession with rescuing cats. Their search for an elusive orange tomcat leads them straight into Golden Rays Country Club, a fortress of perfect lawns, forced smiles, and rules no one questions. Inside, Marco uncovers people and secrets he was never meant to see. Magic isn't something he wants. It isn't something he believes in. But now there's no going back. He has to choose between the comfort of science and taxonomy, and the possibility of a reality bigger, stranger, and far more alive than he ever imagined.

Zenobia is not the queen the history books promised. She is a widow in hardened leather, a huntress who sharpens her iron with the same ruthless precision she uses to command an empire. When the world burns and the Roman eagles circle, she is the only thing standing between her people and the dust. From the sandstone ridges of Palmyra to the marble halls of Rome, this is the story of a woman who wore a crown of thorns and a chain of gold-and dared the world to break her. She didn't just challenge an empire. She made it bleed.

(I do not take credit for Better Call Saul or any of its characters. This story contains some foul language, and some descriptions of the cartel/violence. This contains many chapters and is still being written, so please be patient!!) After Hector Salamanca's sudden health decline, Lalo Salamanca travels to Albuquerque to run things- and he decides to bring his 22 year old daughter Esperanza along for the ride. Esperanza and the cartel's money distributor, Luis Varga, develop a stronger bond than they would like. While things in the cartel get grittier, Lalo gets more suspicious of his daughter's affairs with Luis. How will Luis and Esperanza manage their feelings for each other whilst Luis deals with the grief of the death of his older brother, and Esperanza desperately tries to prove herself to her father? (This story takes place during seasons 4, 5, and 6 of bcs. Most plot points are the same to the show, except in this universe Lalo has a daughter and Nacho has already passed away, and his younger brother Luis is here to replace him. PLEASE do not be disrespectful, this is just for fun, and to fulfill my joy of writing an action/romance in the bcs universe. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!) There are plot twists, character development, and most importantly lots of emotions!

No matter how far you wander, you still can't escape your past. Rixton is constantly on the run. He's content with his life of stealing, booze, and girls. He sees no reason to slow down. That is until he meets someone who has him slamming on his breaks. Someone who farces him to face the past he's been running from. Alice likes being on her own. It allows her to go where she wants, when she wants. She has the freedom to keep running from her demons. So when Rixton comes crashing into her life with his arrogant attitude, she instantly hates him. James has spent the past several months with an inward struggle. Running after Rixton has kept his mind off of the decision he needs to make. Meeting Alice makes him forget about it completely. But the decision is still there, just waiting for him to stop running.

Makiya is a young heiress whose way of life is shattered when her family is killed in a brutal attack by the Bulala. She escapes death with the help of a royal guard and along with a handful of refugees, finds herself crossing the vast desert in a near hopeless bid to reach a haven. Against all odds she must survive, her will spurring her on but it's not just survival on her mind. She seeks vengeance. __________________________________________________________ An epic story portraying the life and history of the kanuri, and the kanem empire, one of the greatest empires in African history. Cover from Pinterest. Copyright © 2023 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior consent of the author and publisher.

They told the world the Pyramids of Meroë were tombs. They were wrong. When herders report singing sand and shadows that walk between the pyramids, archaeologist Dr. Elena Varos leads a small team into the Sudanese desert to investigate. What they find beneath Pyramid N-19 isn't a burial chamber. It's a shaft. Polished like glass. Cold as deep water. And it goes down farther than light can reach. Inside the walls are thousands of bodies - not dead, just waiting - all with their hands pressed over their mouths. Something has been sealed under Meroë for thousands of years. Not a king. Not a god. A mouth that only knows one word: OPEN. And it learns fast. It travels through photos, through recordings, through anyone who sees it or speaks about it. Within weeks it's no longer in the desert - it's in London flats, Khartoum hotels, and a puddle in Manchester at exactly 3:33 a.m. The ancient statues weren't worshipping. They were warning us. The only way to survive is to do what they did: cover your mouth. Stay silent. Don't look. The Pyramids are Plugs is a slow-burn supernatural horror in three parts - full of impossible architecture, cosmic dread, whispers on the wind, and the terrifying idea that some doors were buried for a reason.