Serialfiction Stories

What if your emotions were the last illegal thing left? The year is 2160. Wellness is mandatory. Positivity is law. AugReal overlays curate perception. Aura Stability scores decide safety. The System Gospel™ teaches: Harmony is Health™. Elias Verne was born with a Transparent Heart -E unable to hide what he feels in a world where emotional honesty is dangerous. When his Aura begins to slip, he becomes visible in a society where invisibility replaces execution. As surveillance deepens and enforced serenity tightens its grip, Elias must choose between the comfort of illusion and the cost of truth. Transparent Heart is a lyrical, psychological dystopia about the rebellion of simply feeling in a world terrified of authenticity. This is the rough-draft serial edition, released chapter by chapter while the final novel is prepared for publication.

Slow burn • Quiet love • Indian romance She was never meant to be the bride. She was only meant to disappear quietly. Manaswi steps into a house where power speaks in silence and love is never asked for-only assumed. When she is married in another woman's place, she expects cruelty, distance, or indifference. What she doesn't expect is Veeranshu Singhania. A man the world calls fragile. A man who watches doors, remembers too much, and speaks as if love is something he has already lost once. He does not touch her. He does not claim her. He only calls her Shona-softly, as if she is something that keeps him alive. Their marriage begins without promises, without desire, without truth. Yet somewhere between shared silences, accidental touches, and nights where fear feels heavier than love, something irreversible grows. But some men survive by hiding. And some truths don't arrive gently-they break. When the past finally speaks, Manaswi must decide: "Was she loved... or was she chosen for a reason she was never meant to know? It is a slow-burn Indian romance about love that blooms before truth, comfort that comes before fear, and a woman who must choose herself before choosing love. If you believe: ✨ love can be quiet ✨ romance can be soft yet devastating ✨ and some stories don't shout-they stay Then this story will stay with you. "This story is slow. If you like fast romance, this may not be for you."

It began with a question she couldn't answer, and a marriage that couldn't survive her silence. Now she's alone in a cramped Hudson Valley apartment. No plan. No safety net. Just room to breathe. Until one night, she wanders into a music venue... and sees him. She's not sure she has anything left to give. But somehow, between late-night calls, endless drives to catch him in other cities, and stolen moments in the chaos of his world, her unraveling existence evolves into that of a famous musician's girlfriend. After the Fall is a raw and tender love story; it doesn't promise rescue, but something rarer: recognition. For anyone who's ever had to lose everything to discover what they truly needed. 📖 New chapters released weekly.

The crew of El Precursor has a secret mission: deliver blueprints that represent the only hope for a nation on the brink of war . To fund their journey, they take a spy job in Rilaph, a city-state ruled by the megacorporation Prayant . This corporation's technological "fire"-the Haleine engine -is the very force that once flooded the world . Soon, they find themselves hunted by pirates wielding impossible technology and betrayed by the very executives who hired them . Trapped in a game of betrayal where everyone is a target, the dysfunctional crew of El Precursor must unmask the real traitor. They must race against time before the legacy of Prometheus -the same fire that drowned the world -is unleashed to consume what little remains.

Trenam, Chauncey, and Mimi are former adventurers who have recently purchased the Dragon's Wing Inn & Tavern, a well established place of respite for weary travelers, the Dragon's Wing stands as a symbol of peace, camaraderie, and hope in a world falling quickly into war. The three must find a way to leave their adventuring identities behind, and become accepted as the people they want to be. Everything's going to be fine.

She kept secrets to protect him. He kept questions to protect them all. When Beaverton's magic surfaces, only both can hold the balance. Emma: "I always thought the weirdest thing about Beaverton would be an eccentric neighbor or two. I wasn't prepared for the houseplants sighing, the mirror humming, or the lake remembering entire cities. I kept my hands busy with pots, recipes, and a new tech startup-until the night the equinox broke loose and the town began to breathe magic." Alex: never wanted to be wrong. His analytics could explain the sun and moon, but not why his coffee spun without help or the way a river suddenly hummed like a living wire. When Emma finally told him the truth (about her heritage and the town's hidden wards) his curiosity didn't retreat. It sharpened. Together they must gather artifacts, rally friends, and decode a ritual older than any of their lives. For Emma it's a reckoning with the family she never told him about. For Alex it's a radical redefinition of what his data can measure. And for Beaverton-there's everything to lose.

This is the story of three friends - a master strategist, a brutal executioner, and a ruthless conqueror. Together they endured suffering, only to find themselves in the Insilarian Army. But as a continental war raged, their bond of brotherhood was tested. From soldiers they rose to rulers, their names feared across the world. Yet, as power grew, so did envy. Friendship gave way to rivalry, and the three carved the world into empires. For thirty years their reign of blood and iron was known as the Tri Dictators Era. At its twilight, the three clashed for the last quarter of Essrosav. Who emerged victorious... remains untold.

With nothing left of Crestville since The Mag ripped apart the earth's crust and their home, Maddie, Fin and their Fringe Crew survivors, are forced to flee from the madmen chasing them into the Wastelands. Maddie's not sure she can trust the voice in her head, but it's their best shot at survival. Piecing together instructions left by their missing father, she and her crew must navigate the treacherous terrain to locate Dr. Cross and the mysterious Mym - before the the soldiers or the Others discover where they're hiding. ✨Gorgeous cover art by JessicaTitone.net ✨

A High King, King of Kings, finds one of the two pieces of the Larmhéid. A sword that has the power of resurrection and death, though the sword has been split, and spread across the whole of the globe. One piece of the sword called Éag, which is a sword on itself and a powerful tool that brings death. The other being named Aiséirí, which is of resurrection. The High King Demetrius seeks out the swords and gathers an army at his disposal to complete the tasks ahead of him. Leo, a humble man that lives in a land far away from the heavy politics of the world, called Elm-Tree Hamlet, lives a day of hard labor and leisurely festivities. Only soon, he realizes what lies ahead of him. A book about the lands of the Earth, and but only the myths and legends are all too real in this reality of theirs. Embark on an epic journey across lands, far and wide overseas, and the peaks of mountains. Through fire, thick and thin to the icy lands of Grfnland and the harsh dunes of Arabia Deserta, lands of the Saracen. Enjoy everyone!

Stories from the life and times of The Scientist.

Continuing from The Mag to "The Compound" (Book 2 of 9 Earth's Crust Survival novellas within a 20+ post-apocalyptic fantasy/sci-fi adventure series) we've discovered Earth's crust is now breaking up. In the aftermath of a seismic shift, Maddie and her little brother Fin fend for themselves. Alone. They are led to a hidden people called the Mym, subjects of a government experiment that has spiralled out of control. Maddie learns the secretive beings could hold answers to why the planet is crumbling. But most importantly, she must protect Fin from this angry new world, and worse, the violent gangs who roam its smoking ruins. ✨Gorgeous cover work by JessicaTitone.net

Every night, Kat pours coffee for people who shouldn't still be walking this earth. It's the early hours of a small-town diner in the 1950s, where the neon never sleeps and the past refuses to stay buried. Kat works the graveyard shift, listening to strangers talk because that's what waitresses do. But some of these customers know her name. Some know things they shouldn't. And some are carrying sins that won't let them die. Between these nights at the counter are other stories-memories, fragments, and flashbacks that refuse to stay quiet. As Kat begins to trace her own past, she uncovers the truth about her family and the violence that shaped her long before she ever poured her first cup of coffee. The diner becomes a crossroads: one thread unfolding in confessions from the dead and the damned, the other in the slow unearthing of a legacy she never chose but cannot escape. What begins as listening turns into reckoning. Black Coffee is a literary horror serial told through two parallel narratives-an anthology of midnight encounters and a haunting descent into inherited guilt, complicity, and survival. Each chapter opens with an order. Each one leaves behind something colder than silence. New chapters every week! You can also subscribe for more of his work at seraphimwrites.substack.com, or, if you'd like to see Seraphim George's other work (novels, poetry, plays), visit www.seraphimgeorge.com.

Some men head West to find fortune. Stanley Bannister came to clean up a legal mess-and wound up stranded in a desert town that barely exists. There's no map for Cracked Rock-just a handful of misfits, rumors of rattlers, and a cactus that may or may not be judging him. But something strange is stirring beneath the dust. An old rival wants to claim the town for a railroad stop-or maybe it's about that long-abandoned mine everyone says is worthless. Either way, Stanley's about to find out the West doesn't forget. And it sure as hell doesn't forgive. First introduced as a serial in a courthouse newsletter, Cracked Rock now rides again-dustier, funnier, and with more bite than ever. Coming soon. Episodes post bi-weekly.

START HERE for Preview Book 1 of Earth's Crust Survival (Bks 1-9 of more than 20+ so far) in the Otherborn series novellas. This short four chapter intro, The Mag, will give you the flavour of our multi-genre dystopian, fantasy/sci-fi adventure mix-up! Earth's crust is breaking up. In the aftermath of a seismic shift, Maddie and her little brother Fin fend for themselves. Alone. They are led to a hidden people called the Mym, subjects of a government experiment that has spiraled out of control. Maddie learns the secretive beings could hold answers to why the planet is crumbling. But most importantly, she must protect Fin from this angry new world and, worse, the violent gangs who roam its smoking ruins.

We all go through that phase in life where we are done with life. Failed relations, ventures, people and other such catalysts push us over the cliff. After which we are so numb that we just pass through life like a wallflower and then one day something changes that forever. This story talks about one such instance that might change your life forever too!

A prequel to A Kiss Goodbye. This 2500 word short story highlights the first meeting between our hero, and the street urchins Nick and Bobby. Danger, mystery, suspense, adventure! Cops and robbers. Let "The Street Urchin Witnesses" be your momentary escape for a boring day.

A divorced woman, who previously lived in an abusive marriage, now cleans old tombstones in order to find solace and avoid the nosy people in her small town; however, the residents have now become "chatty" and she can hear EVERYTHING they're saying. Has she lost her mind or found her calling? When a lonely woman meets gabby ghosts, adventure abounds!