Softmagic Stories

Aeralune is a living world sustained by emotion, memory, and balance. When its people heal, the world thrives. When grief festers, the land fractures. For centuries, its survival has rested in the hands of three guardians who walk unseen among the realms. Zoom, a healer whose warmth mends both body and spirit, believes compassion is Aeralune's last hope. Frostwyn, bound to ancient duty and ice-cold restraint, hears the world's sickness before it speaks. And Kael, bearer of living fire, feels every sorrow Aeralune carries even the one he has never healed within himself. As floating cities falter and entire islands begin to decay, the Seraphim Ark calls them toward a truth long avoided: Aeralune is not dying from external war or corruption. It is unraveling from unreleased grief. To save the world, the guardians must confront the wounds they have hidden behind power, duty, and silence. But healing Aeralune may demand something none of them are prepared to give the surrender of what they have been protecting most. Because in Aeralune, holding on too tightly is just as dangerous as letting go. And the world can no longer endure their masks.

Milk Teeth & Moon Sugar follows Vesper Retchley, a dry-witted, sharp-eyed apartment witch with a talent for quiet magic and a habit of writing things down before they slip through the cracks. Her apartment isn't much - creaky floorboards, a stubborn kettle, a cat with too many opinions, and two pigeons who gossip more than they fly-but it's hers. And it's where the magic settles: not in spells or spectacle, but in small nudges, warm rituals, and the soft reshaping of everyday life. Vesper doesn't chase adventure. She brews tea, listens closely, and occasionally corners a neighbor in the hallway to help them get their life back on track. She writes not for fame, but because the world is always saying too much-and she needs a quiet place to answer back. This is a story about the magic tucked between the lines of ordinary life. Cozy, clever, and a little offbeat, it's perfect for anyone who knows that even the smallest moments can carry a touch of wonder.

A Collection of Witchy, Romantic Short Stories In these pages, the witches don't ride broomsticks or cackle at cauldrons. They light candles for lost lovers. They whisper spells into tea leaves. They dream of past lives, and wait by the sea, and bury their names in the roots of wildflowers. Each story is a quiet kind of magic. Each one a little strange, a little sad, and a little in love. 🕯✨ Welcome to Soft Hexes. Stay as long as you like - the moon's always up.

A girl whose heart glows like a lantern. A warmth that reaches someone she's never met. A love story that begins not with searching, but with remembering. This is the moment two unseen souls recognize each other across distance, silence, and the quiet ache of night. A soft, atmospheric tale about resonance, intuition, and the invisible thread that pulls two hearts into the same breath.

"Whispers of a Wandering Wind" is a collection of tender, whimsical, and powerful one-shot stories where magic brushes against the ordinary. From magical shadows to enchanted teacups, each tale captures fleeting moments of wonder, change, and self-discovery. Blending fantasy with slice-of-life charm, these short stories remind us that even the gentlest wind can change the course of a heart because every breeze holds a story, and every story leaves something behind. Enjoy!

Human. A simple title to begin an epic tale. Cerin is the Guardian of Adina, a world not unlike our own. He has mastered the forests of Itandara, braved the maelstrom of the frozen south, watched as the endless plains of Mandara turned to sand, and stood witness to the rise and fall of the line of Froquin. Who is he? Where does he come from? How did he become the man this world calls lord? Witness the dawn of a new world and the man who calls it home. Welcome to Adina.

A girl cursed by her own mind. A world she can't remember. A magic that never forgot her. Luella was once a princess-before the curse. Now she drifts through life wrapped in soft illusions and half-remembered dreams. Her memories scattered, and her sense of self...fading. Until she appears. A mysterious woman with eyes that feel like déjà vu. A scroll bearing impossible ingredients. A council cloaked in secrets. Suddenly, the forgotten world Luella was hidden from begins to stir. Joined by a violet-winged fairy and a team of friends (and faux...), Luella sets out on a journey, finding the ancient magic buried within her. Because some curses are quiet. Some are soft. And some live inside your own mind. But magic always remembers its own. ⸻ Featuring: 🌙 Soft worldbuilding, emotional magic, moon & sun energy 🧚 Lavender fairies, forgotten pasts, celestial curses 📜 Found family, slow unraveling, scroll-bound secrets 💫 Gentle fantasy for daydreamers & soul-searchers

🌿 Story Description - Whispers of the Willow 🌙 In the quiet village of Castle Combe, where rivers hum forgotten songs and magic hides in the mist, a girl named Mia waits by the willow tree for the boy who vanished one fateful night. A promise was made beneath the moonlight-one that bound two hearts between worlds. But when the willow stopped blooming and the village began to fade, Mia's hope became the only magic left. Now, years later, whispers in the wind call her name again. Shadows move through the forest. The river sings once more. And Mia must uncover the truth behind the ancient curse that stole her love-and the secret power sleeping within her own heart. A tale of love, loss, and the kind of magic that never dies, Whispers of the Willow will carry you through misty mornings, forgotten castles, and the soft ache of waiting for someone who might never return. ---

Welcome to Elsie's magical-not-so-secret-garden. Here, lessons are learned, gnomes prank scarecrows, and every corner is filled with magic. Elsie is a young witch in training, living in a quaint little cottage nestled inside a magical greenhouse, with her guardian ghost Mabel, right in the heart of this enchanted garden. With her loyal dog Bosco and a band of curious garden friends, Elsie explores the mysteries hidden beneath the leaves. Step inside, and see what adventures await in Elsie's garden, where the ordinary blooms into the extraordinary. *updated once a week

A cozy fantasy romance about a tea shop that listens when people cannot speak. In a seaside town touched by quiet magic, a middle-aged sorceress opens a tea shop to live peacefully and alone. Instead, the shop begins absorbing unspoken emotions-manifesting grief, longing, and unfinished stories as magical signs. With the help of a thoughtful nonbinary archivist, she starts unraveling these gentle mysteries. As they listen to others, they slowly learn how to listen to each other-and themselves. Slow-burn sapphic romance. No love triangles. No world-ending stakes. Just warmth, magic, and second chances.

Short Story 1 Jack Kilver was the greatest adventurer in human history. Once he heard of a place that was so harsh that not even the terrible monsters outside the city dared not to go into it he knew he must be the first. He would accomplish the impossible Unfortunately, things never go as planned. Short Story 2 Things has been changing in the city ever since the new of Jack Kilver. Especially Emily's work, the company built by the woman who has moved humanity further in the future. She feels more devoted and passionate about her work. She just can't figure out why... Short Story 3 In a place where the trees block out all sunlight, there is a lonely building. Within this building, you'd find all manner of monsters and beasts. Sometimes, even monsters want to go where every one knows their name. Short Story 4 Lily lived a happy but simple life in her village, despite the war against the magical beasts of world still raging. When the war finally reaches the village, she expected her life to end with her family. She never expected a man to appear and offer her a deal. Tales Of Wonder are short stories that are tied in to a novel I've had in my head for years. They are related to the novel and each other. These stories are mainly to motivate me and to test out different writing styles. Each short story will be written in different styles. They take place in a world where magic and science combine. The first story here, I admit leaves the rules of the world and how everything works a little vague but each short story will add more and eventually the novel will tie up the magic system. Any feedback is welcomed. Of course, let me know if you want more stories.

NOTE: This is the original novelette version of a larger story that has since been expanded and revised into a novella called Crime and Lemonade by S.P. Luna. Kyro knows how to survive in a city built on violence, debt, and blood. He doesn't know what to do with the girl who falls out of a glowing rift in the sky and starts asking about lemon trees. Maisie is bright, strange, magical, and completely out of place in his brutal world. She conjures lemonade, grows flowers from broken stone, heals wounds he would rather ignore, and refuses to be afraid of him-even when every reasonable person should be. But when her magic binds itself to Kyro, leaving them tethered across worlds, he has no choice but to keep her close. The Lemonade Mage is a short romantic fantasy novelette about a violent man, a sunshine-hearted mage, a magical bond, and the terrifying risk of letting tenderness survive in a world that does not deserve it.

Nova Luminara thought her life was ordinary-until a mysterious app appeared on her phone. Its glowing messages aren't just predictions-they are whispers from Goddess Curtesia, guiding her with gentle wisdom and quiet magic. Every choice, every moment, even the smallest kindness, begins to shimmer with wonder. As Nova learns to listen, she discovers that peace, destiny, and beauty can appear in the softest of whispers.

BASALM GROVE is a small town with a quiet kind of magic-if you know where to look. CORA, a gentle garden witch, prefers nurturing plants and keeping to herself. THEO, a demon conjurer with a sarcastic streak and questionable morals, operates on the opposite side of town. They've never gotten along, but when an unsettling new presence arrives in town, Theo and Cora must find a way to work together to protect the peace of their home.

A short story about Queen Elira, who lived and died in another world. So why is she back in high school, seventeen again-with her wedding ring still on her finger?

Marco is thirteen, a kid who trusts facts, field guides, and the dream of becoming a wildlife biologist like his parents. He believes in what can be named, measured, and understood. But the world has stopped behaving. Animals act wrong. Ravens follow him. A girl's pendant glows when she's happy. A castle flickers between ruin and beauty. Magic isn't something Marco wants. It isn't something he believes in. But it's here anyway, mythic, wild, and impossible to ignore. As strange creatures and dangerous pursuers slip into his quiet California town, Marco must decide whether to hold on to the safety of what he knows or step into a reality that is bigger, stranger, and more alive than anything he ever imagined.

Late Son Sequel to Pixel Steven wakes beneath the world, sealed behind a door designed not to imprison-but to erase. What he finds there is not a weapon or a threat, but a person the system chose to forget. Iria was removed quietly. Not for violence. Not for forbidden power. But for following responsibility too far-asking who made decisions, and who paid for them. When punishment would have drawn attention, obscurity was chosen instead. Steven does not rescue her in spectacle or flame. He offers something rarer: honesty, restraint, and time. Together, they step into a village small enough to be overlooked and choose to stay. Not as heroes. Not as saviours. But as people who notice things early-before problems harden into disasters, before help becomes a story that draws the wrong kind of attention. Late Son is a quiet fantasy about systems that fail politely, power that refuses spectacle, and the cost of staying when walking away would be easier. It follows a man who has already lived a miracle, and now measures his life by what he prevents rather than what he conquers. This is a story about stability as an act of courage-and about what it means to help without being seen.

When Isabella Branson receives a letter tellling her she's inherited her estranged aunt's teashop in a town no one remembers, her life kind of wrecks itself. After a dangerously impulsive decision and a just-as-dangerous drive into fog, she arrives in Rosewick. It's overwhelming, magical, surrounded by fog that Isabella swears is sentient and all too charming. Especially for a town built on a leyline that's becoming dangerously unstable. If her move to a town where spells come as easy as breathing and familiars that like to walk through drying paint wasn't enough, now Isabella has to deal with the seal her aunt maintained for decades as it weakens and begins to disrupt the leyline. And when professor Katherine Ellsworth makes her clumsy introduction, guiding Isabella with history facts, quiet evening conversations and shared chuckles over late night pastries in Camille's bakery, Isabella starts to find out Rosewick might have a whole different layer of magic to it. Cross-posted on Scribblehub under the same title

Iris has always felt too much. Other people's sadness clings to her. Anger lingers in rooms long after arguments end. She's learned to live quietly, to carry what isn't hers and never ask why. Until the night she finally lets it go. When her emotions manifest as something dangerous, Iris is pulled into a hidden world of old magic, watchful protectors, and truths buried in her bloodline. As demons take interest in her rare ability, Iris must learn the difference between empathy and self-destruction and discover why she was never meant to carry everything alone. Some powers burn. Hers feels.

She is the cursed ghost of the glade. He is the knight sent to end her. But when their fates collide beneath a blood-bound moon, love stirs where death was meant to fall. In defying the curse, they awaken an ancient magic-and a witch who has waited too long to be defied. A haunting fantasy romance about fate, sacrifice, and the love that should have never been.