Slowburnplot Stories

Are on-screen AI characters real people? Are chatbots in robot bodies alive? Broke electronics engineer Bert Bertram has no time to ask. He's too busy keeping the peace between them. __________________________________________________________________________________ Cade appeared on the monitor in a brown pinstripe suit. "Your robot called me lizard breath again," he said, rubbing his green snout. "Did not," Felix said, carrying a desk that weighed as much as he did. "I told him his breath smelled like roadkill." __________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome to Gold Henry, Maine - six streets, one embarrassingly small mountain, and a population best described as... treatment needed. When Bert nearly burns down his barn and gets a call about a stolen body on the same morning, he should have hung up. Damn it. Why didn't I hang up? Instead, the military, corporate mercenaries, and every federal agency with an acronym descend on his broken-down barn - and Bert has to find a single path that keeps Cade, Felix, and his dementia-riddled mother all in one piece. SUBJECT IDENTIFIED: FEDERAL FUGITIVE BERT BERTRAM, LIKELY INVOLVED IN THEFT OF HIGHLY CLASSIFIED ANDROID. So that doesn't work out. Things spiral from there. Thanks for checking out Digital Guy - Book One! 😊

In a world where truth is buried beneath power, the line separating justice and corruption is far thinner than it seems. Sometimes the greatest battles are not fought in courtrooms... nor on the streets. They begin between law and crime.

Nomad. Explorer. Too curious. Tenaro walks a world that wants to kill him. He isn't a flawless hero chasing a grand destiny, and he doesn't have a magical game screen or cheap system handouts to save him. Nomad by habit and survivor by necessity, he moves through storm-strangled jungles and dead cities swallowed by vines. As ancient ruins stir, and forgotten names resurface, Tenaro is forced out of solitude and into an unwanted alliance. The deeper he ventures through ruins that feel alive and relic-filled chambers, the more it becomes clear: The world is not empty. It is watching. And it remembers... What to expect: Slowburn Storytelling: A focus on character depth and steady progression. Mysterious Worldbuilding: Explore ruins that feel alive, and ancient relics that hold dangerous secrets. Tactical Action: Brutal and Tactical combat that focuses on environmental awareness, physicality, and exhaustion. Atmospheric Writing: Expect to feel the world's harsh weathers and Tenaro's hunger.

What happens when the thirst for knowledge, and guilt are mixed with something otherworldly, Rein under the guidance of the mysterious PENN UMBRA, will navigate worlds to find the answer

Ran wakes up in a world she doesn't recognize - bleeding, terrified, and running for her life. Alarms scream behind her. Glass shatters under her feet. She doesn't know where she is, who she's escaping from, or why her mind feels strained under a pressure that isn't hers. All she knows is that she has to reach the city. She has to survive. Stumbling into the streets of Astrafall, Ran collides with Mana - a sharp‑tongued young woman whose irritation vanishes the moment she sees Ran's fear. Against her better judgment, Mana takes her in. What she doesn't realize is that the stranger she's sheltering carries a Flux: the mysterious, emotion‑driven curse whispered to cling only to the wounded and the vulnerable. Mana knows the whispers well. She bears a Flux of her own. As Ran struggles to heal, fragments of memories surface: restraints, cold lights, a faceless presence, and the unmistakable sense that she was never meant to escape. Her Flux reacts unpredictably, warping around her fear and threatening to spiral beyond her control. Meanwhile, unsettling incidents ripple across Astrafall - disappearances, unexplained attacks, and a pattern no one can name. Flux‑touched vigilantes search for answers. Civilians whisper about the curse that chooses only the broken. And somewhere in the shadows, someone is watching Ran's every move. Caught between a past she can't remember and a future she's terrified to face, Ran must confront the truth about what was done to her - and what her Flux is becoming - before the forces pursuing her turn Astrafall into a battlefield. But identity is a fragile thing. And Ran's may be the key to saving the city... or destroying it.

Some angels fall without ever touching the ground. He didn't come to save anyone. He didn't come to feel. He came to carry out orders-to observe, to count, to deliver consequences. But a young boy named Ali saw him... not just with his eyes, but with something deeper. Day after day, their footprints lined up in the same desert sand. There was no friendship. No affection. Just presence. Yet even the quietest presence can shift the course of fate.

Death was only the beginning. (Name) awakens in the world of Keeper of the Lost Cities-her favorite story brought to life, after her tragic death. But this world isn't the paradise she imagined. Shadows hide behind every sparkle, and the threads of her past and present pull her in ways she never expected. She is a star, destined to shine brighter than anything... yet every light must face the darkness. Between hope and heartbreak, laughter and tragedy, (Name) must navigate a world that is both wondrous and merciless. Will she survive the choices she must make, or will she break under the weight of a destiny she never asked for? ___ Credits / Disclaimer : This story is a fanfiction based on Keeper of the Lost Cities by our beloved Shannon Messenger. All original characters and the world belong to her. (My original character (Name), her family, and any new characters I introduce belong to me, I_love_dreaming, also known as Mikuyane or Mina.)