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There is no night in the Everburning City. There can never be. ***** For four hundred years the Everburning City has withstood the advance of the life-strangling fog known as the Gloam. Its walls have held back five invasions, but on the eve of the sixth, the city's inhabitants know things have changed. Golems are coming out of the mist, and the bodies of the dead are rising at the Gloam's bidding. The city's last and most desperate line of defence comes in the form of the Crafters, individuals who can channel the power of fire, though they risk their sanity each time they do. The brightest of these valiant heroes are Tabitha a'Loria and her apprentice Gerald Reath. Risking their lives, they mount their airships, determined to save the last bastion of humanity - the Everburning City. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Ninnette, a water-wielding Sea Drifter, has to ally with the destructive sea demon Kazi in order to break a deadly curse that binds them together before it claims her life. °:•.🪸.•:° Ninnette is a Sea Drifter with the power to command water, dredging shipwrecks, and salvaging lost treasure. When she braves a sunken ship no one else dares to dive, she finds a strange clockwork bangle that binds her to an ancient curse and to the infuriating Kazi, a demon who leaves destruction wherever he goes. The moment the bangle is activated, they are hunted by a secret order led by the relentless Priestess Aleja, who believes the armlet is the key to something far greater than treasure that no one is ever meant to possess. And she will sacrifice anyone to reclaim it. But the true danger isn't the order. It isn't the demon Kazi. It's the curse. When Ninnette puts on the bangle, a countdown begins. If she doesn't break the curse in three days, she will die like every wearer before her. °:•.🪸.•:° She commands the sea. He is a demon who has lived for centuries. They are both bound by a curse. Only three days to survive. °:•.🪸.•:° Set in a Maritime Steampunk world and inspired by Filipino culture. From Spanish influence to the seafaring Sama-Bajau. This story weaves dangerous magic, high stakes, and heart-aching romance. °:•.🪸.•:° ONC 2025 Honorable Mention Round 1 Winner Round 2 Ambassador Pick Round 3 Ambassador Pick °:•.🪸.•:° Romantasy High Fantasy Fantasy Adventure SciFi Steampunk Fantasci Young Adult

Diary - Day unknown - October 1847 - Silence. I see the world plunging into the Age Of Calamity... These are the words written by a young soldier, in a diary hidden behind a wardrobe of a hotel in the city of Bolasaeg. ⊰᯽⊱┈─╌♚ ♕ ♚╌─┈⊰᯽⊱ Once upon a time, in a world of steam engines... In the Capital City of a Realm in war crisis, a girl named Selenya, 16 years of age, a talented Alchemist's Apprentice and Inventor, is thrown into a race to escape a dangerous coup meant to bring down the Royal Family. Along with her 7 friends - the prince and his 6 illegitimate brothers - will embark on a journey that will put their courage and unity to the test, while uncovering a broken world, afflicted by war and a virulent plague ravaging all life... ⊰᯽⊱┈─╌♚ ♕ ♚╌─┈⊰᯽⊱ Cover made by me: @angiemeros ⊰᯽⊱┈─╌♚ ♕ ♚╌─┈⊰᯽⊱ 🥇 1st PLACE WINNER - BTS Universe Awards 🏆 CHAMPION - BTS Champion Awards Season 2 🥈 2nd PLACE WINNER - The Trivia Awards 2020 - 2021 🥈 2nd PLACE WINNER - Army Bomb Awards 2021 🥈 2nd PLACE WINNER - Orenda Awards 2021

Sixty years have passed since the Pigeons' War and its end, leaving the Kingdom of Angen locked in the uneasy stalemate of the Great Play. For decades, the Crown has maintained absolute order over its mainland and its colonies. But on a damp morning on the outskirts of Torsbrücke, reality tears open to reveal the impossible: a world utterly devoid of magic. Or: That spring, Germany was finishing a change of government, Scholz on the way out and Merz not yet sworn in. Then, one morning, a stretch of the B2 south of Potsdam tore open. On the other side was a kingdom that looked straight out of the 1800s, except it ran on magic. And they somehow spoke German.

He demanded the perfect princess. The empire gave him the wrong daughter. Aveline Valcairn has always been the emperor's forgotten daughter, the princess who grew up among books, greenhouses, and hidden corridors where no one thought to measure the true extent of her intelligence. Until her sister disappears on the eve of a marriage that could determine the future of the empire. In place of the perfect bride, Aveline is given to Ronan Blackthorne, the feared Iron Duke: commander of the North, war hero, and leading contender for the throne. He expected a princess trained to rule. Instead, he receives a sharp-tongued substitute with dangerous knowledge and no intention of obeying him in silence. Taken to Ironmist Fortress, surrounded by snow, steam-powered machines, and political enemies, they must turn an unwanted engagement into a convincing alliance. But as Aveline searches for the real reason her sister fled, she discovers that powerful men within the empire are willing to kill for control of the succession. Ronan does not trust the woman they gave him. Aveline refuses to become any man's property. Yet between contracts, conspiracies, dangerous provocations, and an attraction neither of them was prepared to feel, the substitute bride may prove to be the only woman capable of ruling beside the Iron Duke. A steampunk fantasy romance featuring an arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, slow burn, palace intrigue, an intelligent heroine, a possessive duke, and a deadly battle for the imperial throne.

Twin siblings. Both cogs in a machine much bigger than them. But can they change their fate before it's too late?

The living protagonist accidentally ends up there and needs to reach the "Gate of Rebirth" at the very end of the ocean to return to the mortal world. To get there, they have to form a crew of legendary, eccentric ghosts.

Open your eyes, Alessandre. Do you see what others cannot? Do you hear the night murmuring? Do you feel the lull of the sky? The grasps of the sea? Do not wander, or you may sink. Who's singing that lullaby at the edge of your dreams? 
What's that voice from the gaps of your memory? Listen - can you hear it? The wailing beneath the waves...The eyes above the clouds...The flesh of the land? Mind you, Alessandre. Not all cries wish to be heard.
Not all eyes want to be stared back at. The sick pigs are less good for meat. This is a warning, brother. When you feel "their" tempting voices gnawing at your eardrums, when the "world" extends its sickly arms towards you, pleading... Open your eyes, but do not see. Close them, but do not sleep. Listen, but do not heed. Do not seek what this "world" tries to hide, because you will soon realise - There is no world.

Immortality is only a glass away, but living forever comes with a cost. The blood of Amanita Langton's ancestral line is the only known source of magical healing in the world, and that alone is enough to put her life in danger. After her mother's grisly murder, Ami is forced to flee her home in steam-powered London along with her father and a young man named Lysander, who insists he's been sent by the gods themselves to protect her. Ami simply thinks he's a nuisance. Despite intentions to hide somewhere and live a quiet life, the journey quickly becomes a race to find the missing ingredients to the elixir of life, the provider of immortality, the drink of the gods, her ancestor's namesake: ambrosia. Unfortunately, immortality in a glass is a dangerous temptation, and some will stop at nothing to take it for themselves. The longer Ami runs, the less she understands. Torn between love, her family, her future, and a magical legacy she never knew, Ami is forced to make impossible decisions not only for herself, but that could shape the fate of the world. The fate of the gods themselves is at stake in this magical Steampunk adventure piloted by a cast of enchanting characters and a heroine struggling with a question close to all our hearts: Who do you want to be?

History is written by the victors. In Etrovor, it's enforced by cruelty. For many years, travel between Earth and the fantasy-tinged dimension of Etrovor a highly bureaucratic parliamentary monarchy, has been possible and has inspired institutionalized academic pursuit. For sharp-witted Stanford archivist Dr. Frances "Frankie" Abernathy, it's a dream job--until she commits an act of high treason. Frankie has smuggled out The Ephemeretic, an ancient, forbidden manuscript written in the arcane language of Scribtic. Within the pages of this ancient journal she uncovers a dangerous secret hidden by Etrovor's ruling, non-magical Statist regime: the existence of a true hybrid heir possessing both divine sovereign magic and rogue spellcasting. But decoding the truth carries a lethal price. Swept into a volatile political trap, Frankie is subjected to brutal chemical interrogation. Instead of breaking, the procedure triggers something ancient. Frankie wakes up with a fractured mind, and terrifying new abilities. Now on the run in a massive, steam-hissing underground sub-dirigible alongside her fiercely loyal partner and interplane mechanic, Mag, Frankie is forced into a fragile alliance of convenience with the very monster who targeted her--Abbatis Illshaw, a ruthless state curator who harbors a shocking connection to the forbidden journal. 📝Author's Note 📝 This is a novel with two timelines of stories, one from the perspective of Frankie , the protagonist and one by the Ephemeretic's author, Rhellia Tow. There are also pieces of academic writing by the characters strategically placed throughout. It is suggested to read this in order of post, however if you would like to read the Ephemeretic separately, that would be totally acceptable as well. ⚠️Trigger Warnings⚠️ References to domestic abuse (from the past) and disassociation In-scene violence

Eigentlich wollte der Elf Koren nur ein Nickerchen machen. Stattdessen wird er von einer blechernen Maus durch Portale gehetzt, trifft einen Zwergenkönig und bekommt von einer Göttin Wissen eingepflanzt, oder doch nicht? Er ist einfach nur noch genervt von den dauernden Ortwechseln. Doch mit sieben leuchtenden Runen auf dem Arm und den eisigen Schergen des Uhrmachers im Nacken bleibt ihm keine Wahl. Er ist ein Weltenformer. Montag und Freitag neue Kapitel für dich.

In a city where the steam network remembers your secrets, the revolution begins with a wrench. Thomas Li-Harrison is a mixed-heritage engineer fixing the pipes that keep Shanghai warm. When impossible readings start appearing in the network - and his body starts doing things he never learned - he discovers the infrastructure he's maintained for years is hiding something vast, watchful, and alive. Now every pipe whispers a question he can't ignore: who built this system, and what is it really for? ⚙️ THE INTERACTIVE EXPERIMENT: This is an iterative serial. Your comments and votes shape the plot and the romance in real-time. ⚡ JOIN THE RESISTANCE: Sign up for the Substack (link in bio) to get the secret Marco prequel story and vote on future chapters!

Two hundred years after the sun died, humanity survives in the shadow of the Iron Canopy, a gleaming upper city powered by the blood and marrow of a chained, dying God. Below in the choked alleys of the Trench, the poor inhale the waste product of that divine power: a fine, gray ash called Silt that slowly turns human organs to stone. Elliot Vance has spent three grueling years starving himself, selling his blood, and dodging the Overseers to buy serum for his nine-year-old sister, Clara. The disease has already taken her voice, but if he can pay for one last dose, he can keep her alive.

A fallen noble with a machine heart fights a kingdom powered by stolen memories. In Veyrath, every city survives because of Heart-Engines: vast machines powered by memories, bloodline curses, and human sacrifice. Sixteen-year-old Cael Ashborne was born heir to one of the kingdom's greatest noble houses. Then his family was blamed for a massacre, stripped of its name, and erased from power. Now Cael survives in the soot-choked lower city, hated for crimes he does not understand. But when a forbidden engine awakens inside his chest, he becomes the one thing the crown fears most: A fallen heir who can hear the memories trapped inside the machines. To clear his family's name, Cael must join illegal guild trials, survive rival nobles, battle memory-starved monsters, and uncover the secret buried beneath the capital before the kingdom turns him into fuel.

This story will take you all into exciting suspense. This story is not from the present time but is from a very old time. In this you will get a glimpse of light magic and light power of his mind.Thank you all for taking our story forward and reaching out to everyone.

This is one heck of a Victorian-style fantasy novel. Add a spoonful of steam engines to make that darned technology tree come alive! Add a spoonful of love and hatred, so everyone has good reasons to brawl! Add a spoonful of madness to lighten up this gloomy world, and finally, add a spoonful of natural disasters to play the main boss... and so on! Phew, that's a lot! ... Year 931 in the Engerwick Calendar. The city I reside in has been hailed as the most advanced in the West. The main reasons? The world-shaking steam technology, emerging technologies, and the wellspring of chaos. Can't deny it, but the fact remains that people keep flocking here to live. This city always gives you a glimmer of hope, whether it's lies or illusions, but it's so close, within arm's reach, making you risk life and limb. A city of hallucinations. I am one of those dream-chasers.

A cyborg vampire hunter is deployed to a solitary castle to eliminate a single vampire target. The mission is simple. The memory is not.

Robin Prakash, a magic doctor from the land of Kingsbury, is invited by his older brother to visit him in the land of the Great Plains. Landing him on the steps of an old farmhouse on the outskirts of a small rural town, known only by the overly cheerful locals as "Sunshine Acres". Quickly running low on funds from his search, Robin agrees to become a cook and cleaner for the recluse sorceress, her sassy apprentice, and their shapeshifting pet, who call "Sunshine Acres" their home. However, when his brother finally arrives in town, he comes with a hidden motive: to steal the sorceress's broken heart stone, a large piece of which she has already gifted to Robin. After being betrayed by his brother for power, Robin must team up with new friends to free the sorceress he has fallen in love with and fight for the new life he has found true joy in. ------------------------------- "I'm looking for a sorceress." "HA!" The old woman laughed, eyes gleaming with amusement. "Might as well admit you're lookin' for trouble, boy." . Cover Character Illustrations by @minoruru on Insta/Tumblr ❤️

(Read the Desc) Clockwork Roblox au (Clockwork as in the avatar) Also this story has Doombringer in it And takes a slight dark turn.

The world is dying. Deep beneath steel cities and poisoned skies, the Mother of the Old Trees - the most ancient lifeform on the planet - withers in silence. Her fall will break the balance of nature. Yet humanity, blinded by greed and power, does not see the end approaching. Far away, hidden from the chaos, lies Fenglin Village - an island once untouched by time. But even this fragile paradise is breaking. A drought lasting three hundred years has left the land on the brink of ruin. Hope arrives from the sea. A stranger named Ortonel brings forgotten technology - and with him returns Lady Red, the legendary warrior once called the Phoenix. Haunted by her past, she joins Ortonel to save the village. But greater threats move in the dark. The island hides a secret: the Chronosphere Component III, a lost relic that may decide the fate of the planet. Greedy eyes are turning toward Fenglin - energy tycoon Leviathan and politician Zheng Yong closing in like shadows. Chosen by Lady Red, a girl named Ruoyin - sharp-witted and stubborn - trains to inherit the name of Phoenix. She learns to wield battle armor that lets her fly, awakening an ancient power that binds her to nature itself. When mechanical beasts - the Mechtopus - descend upon her home, Ruoyin must rise. Her journey will lead her from her quiet island to the heart of Everlight City - a forest of glass towers and iron lies. There, she must confront a dying world, hear the last whispers of the Ancient Trees, and decide what future is worth saving. Between destruction and rebirth - one girl will choose. And the fate of the world will follow.