Mythpunk Stories

The war storms at the Frontier... The gods are broken. The empire is burning. And the end has already begun. A warrior with no past unleashes power no mortal should wield. A young ruler clings to a dying crown as his people lose faith. A chaos mage, feared and revered, walks with death in her shadow. Amongst their ranks-two Rifter siblings, wilders of ruin, benders of space and time. Feared. Watched. Leashed by the most powerful. But even under chains, love blooms... and loyalty begins to shift. When the empress falls into a cursed slumber-her unborn child the last ember of prophecy- the empire sends its strongest into the Abyss of Lost Quintessence: A place where even time forgets itself, where silence hungers, and where One of the Roots of the Umbrovyn Tree stands-ancient, cracked, and bleeding memory. Monstrosities roam, daring to strike in daylight. The veils whisper betrayal. Alliances splinter. Some stand frozen, unsure of their next move- fearing one wrong step may provoke the wrath of a dominion vast as a world and cruel as the gods who forged it. Old gods stir, craving redemption through ruin. The Royal House fractures beneath betrayal. A founding father, long patient, now bares their intent- to seize the throne by force, by cunning, by wagering all that is. Their House's malice toward the flawed Royal line can no longer be cloaked. Love will test loyalty. Legends will bleed. And in the dying light of Ether-Space- The Aurora must not fall... Or all realities will burn. 🔥

A blacksmith's son forges a blade from a fallen star, unknowingly awakening a forbidden god. Set in a mythpunk world inspired by Philippine folklore, Danao's journey begins here.

Sort stories from the 2025 issues of the Tevun-Kruss 'zine.

After a storm pulls her under, Thaleia wakes marked by something ancient. The sea whispers. The dead rise. And a melody calls her to a forgotten tomb beneath the waves-where a god waits to be freed. Stranger Things meets The Little Mermaid in this dark, mythic tale of power, secrets, and the price of being chosen.

Celestia's Deity: Echo of Remembrance aka the Celestia's Deity shitpost project aka a compilation where I write short stories from my AU Celestia's Deity. It might-it will be shitty and it will be kinda short, it's not gonna have context all the time and most pieces have minimal revision. However, if you're invested you are always welcome to DM me for context. Celestia's Deity is what I would describe as a mix of sci-fi, high fantasy, action, good old angst, wit, a sprinkle of romance (anti romance), subplots as convoluted as a soap opera and my favourite-conspiracy theories (whoo Hollow Earth!) and cosmic shit. I'm hoping I live up to my promise.

In a fractured world where memory is both weapon and salvation, ancient glyphs pulse beneath the surface-silent witnesses to histories long buried, truths too painful to bear, and futures yet unwritten. At the heart of this unfolding storm stands Arel, a guardian bound by an unyielding code: to keep memory honest, even if the world around him burns. But the balance is shattered when two children, bound by blood and a mysterious resonance, begin to unravel the very fabric of the glyph. One seeks to heal wounds of the past, restoring lost songs and silenced rituals; the other wields memory as a tool to reshape reality and enforce survival. Caught between them is Daran-once a brother-in-ideology to Arel, now a man broken and desperate. Haunted by ideals that have twisted into ruin, Daran strives to forge a peace written in ash, even as it costs him everything. Ancient powers stir, old cults resurface, and the glyph-once a passive mirror-fractures into a force that chooses, divides, and reshapes fate itself. Across vast deserts, shadowed sanctuaries, and war-torn lands, memory and belief spiral into conflict, forcing every character and culture to reckon with what must be preserved, forgotten, or rewritten. From tribes who dream in glyphs to ruthless empires poised on the edge of civil unrest, Veins of the Ancients is a mythic tale of loss, identity, and the agonizing price of remembrance. As alliances fracture and the Influence Wars ignite, the stories we cling to become battlegrounds, and the future hangs in balance. Themes: The fragile nature of memory and truth The clash between preservation and rewriting The cost of peace, sacrifice, and ideological conviction The power of cultural identity and legacy The tension between myth and history Tone & Style: A lyrical and emotionally resonant journey blending haunting myth with intimate struggles, set against a richly woven world alive with cultural lore and mystical resonance. New chapters each week.

Psyche and Eros found their happily ever after, and it is embodied by their daughter, Bliss. A vibrant pleasure goddess, Bliss seeks out new experiences and adventures everywhere she goes. She takes delight in the company of humans, especially her princely cousin Jason, but she is also drawn to the world of the immortals and a mysterious young god who is closer to her than she could ever realize. This is Book II of the Psyche Series.

A queer techno-myth about code, crowns, and the ghosts in the machine. When Arthur Penn stands to inherit the green-tech empire his father built, he believes he's saving the planet. Until a rogue hacker named Merlin rewrites his keynote and his destiny. Where Arthur sees only order, Mateo Ixpac, the retired prodigy with a synesthetic mind, sees code as music and history as recursion. Together, they'll uncover what the company's AI, MORDRED, is really doing: translating the world into sameness-erasing difference, myth, and memory one algorithm at a time.

A wound in reality. A hunter with a blade of absence. A choice that unravels everything. To kill Nex is to unmake the question itself-but what remains when the answer is gone?

8. Time Management - a time travel dilemma 7. Forgetmenot - Steampunk war 6. The Dead Hitchhiker 5. Tok vs Terra - space war! 4. Dream Funk Inc - dreams or nightmares? 3. G.O.O.D. vs E.V.I.L. - a spy-fy challenge. Galactic Overlords, Operational Division comes up against Eternal Vengeance, Interstellar Liaisons 2. The Feud - what happens when a writer tries to get her revenge for a reader's comment? 1. Mike's Revenge - a time trip for dinosaurs My entries for the MadMike's Revenge smackdown - posted in reverse order of writing!

You were never meant to be only this. Ross, a forgotten demigod with the wrong powers, awakens in a dying world of divine war, ancient secrets, and broken gods. Now hunted by the past he can't remember, he must find out who he is; before the gods decide for him.

The end of the world has passed. Ragnarök left the world a harsh wasteland, but not all hope is lost. - A short story for the second Fantasy Smackdown.

The world is stitched together by a notebook no one should own. Sixteen-year-old Kairos Genesis-"KG"-was chosen by it, though he never asked to be. Every word he writes becomes law. Every law he writes carves scars into his soul. But shadows don't stay on the page. From his own reflection, a rival is born: Kanpain, the boy of black and white flame, half-twin, half-curse. While KG struggles to purge a cult of succubi tearing through the city's underworld, Kanpain rises from his shadow, stronger with every hesitation KG makes. Crystals awaken. Friends fall to corruption. The first war between Lion and Dragon is about to be reborn-not in heaven, but in the hands of a boy who can't decide whether he's savior or slayer. Light vs shadow. Brother vs brother. Author vs the story that refuses to be written. This is the beginning of the Succubus Slayer arc. This is the first duel of Black & White.

The day Cael was born, a portal to death tore the sky apart. Twenty years later, he's just another student at New Elysium Academy-until a mission goes wrong, trapping him inside the Black Gate: a fractured dimension that should not exist. But Cael isn't alone. Not really. Something else was born with him. Something the world was never meant to see. As corrupted creatures close in and the truth of his origin unravels, Cael must survive a realm shaped by broken magic, forgotten gods, and a soul that may not be his alone. Two brothers. One fractured soul. And a world that will burn if they ever reunite. ---

Inspired by @rskovach's DECAMERON 2.0, EPIC TALES FROM BEAUTIFUL MINDS is a sci-fi anthology. Spread across multiple sub-genres, EPIC TALES features short stories from Wattpad's best sci-fi writers. The majority of these different sub-genres feature interconnected tales. Fancy something epic? Then jump on in!

Two worlds. One soul divided. When the sky split in half, Earth became haunted by shadows from a forgotten realm. Kael Revenhart, a boy bound to both worlds, begins to unravel a destiny that could reunite or destroy them forever. As ancient forces awaken and the Rift deepens, Kael must conquer his fear or become its vessel. A multi-reality adventure of myth, memory, and survival.

Once upon a time, is how the old lie goes. For truth is light as leaves in the current, and time it ever flows. A mythpunk take on the old fable. A little town, a quiet village, where an inventor's daughter dreams of tomorrow's promise, devouring the literature of the French Enlightenment. Where a damaged soldier learns the greatest struggle could be to refuse to fight. And a prince cursed ponders surrender. This tale as old as time, this song as old as rhyme, has some darker notes to play.

What if the universe didn't crack-it chose to? Caelan Vire never wanted to be a danger to reality. But when a Fold rupture exposes him to something buried deep within the Spiral's mythic current, he becomes a variable the Concord can't predict-and they don't forgive anomalies. Captured. Bound. Watched. But not forgotten. Elenne Seryth, a Concord anchor with secrets stitched into her soul, is tasked with guiding Caelan... or erasing him if he breaks. Together with a cynical clausekeeper and a soldier who speaks to the dead, Caelan is sent into Chronemire, a world where time blurs and identity fractures. But something is waiting in the Fold. And it knows his name.

I woke Him. I fed Him. I watched Him write fates with my own feathers. He was a blind God with blood on His hands-and I loved Him. But when He asked me to write my own fate, I learned the truth. 💔 A tragic slow-burn between a divine prisoner and the God he created. 🖋 Fate, death, betrayal-and the cost of loving something you shouldn't have written.

The Moondrift Lounge isn't just a place-it's a frequency. Walls painted in constellations, chalices filled with glowing drinks, and an altar-console that opens doors between worlds. Here, the Alchemystic Architect weaves beats into sigils, crafting magic that heals, awakens, and transcends. But dissonance lurks in the shadows. The Dissonant Conductor rises from Saturn's portal, seeking to unravel resonance into silence. As chaos fractures the Lounge, allies gather: elemental Keepers, whispered spirits, and the mysterious Woman of the Hour, whose chalice holds the key to balance. This is a story of sound as alchemy. Of empathy as strength. Of finding harmony not in perfection, but in transformation. Enter the Lounge, raise your chalice, and drift into the wave. ✨ Fantasy • Sci-Fi • Music Magic • Empath Hero • Mythpunk Atmosphere ✨