Another short horror fiction Marlee Wrote
I got a kick out of kicking out of this one.
2025-09-15 02:50:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Collin J. Earl & JC Anderson posts
The Hanuted Honeymoon
My 20 year old daughter has been writing and wanted to share this with you guys. Feedback is always welcome through I understand its very different then what you've b een consuming here.
2025-09-13 13:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100
Vael Moraine
Vael swore under his breath.
The Iron Tide—the Orcs—were moving? On the Southern Gate? How? When? Shouldn’t they be attacking the Murai first? And wasn’t that supposed to happen two years from now in the prior timeline?
It didn’t make any sense.
A commotion interrupted his thoughts, and he leaned against the lacquered railing of the pavilion, watching the spectacle unfold across the street.
Claire Wang was half-carrying, ...
2025-09-12 15:03:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 98
Claire
Claire hadn’t left her room for two weeks.
She was having a baby.
The thought alone was enough to unravel her whenever it surfaced. She was carrying Caleb’s child—a man she could hardly stand to look at most days. Her heart hurt, not just from the waves of nausea and the exhaustion of early pregnancy, but from the weight of everything her life had become. Her cultivation was suffering too, slipping further into disarray as her body adapted to the demands of ca...
2025-09-12 15:01:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 97
Sophie
It had been a long time since Sophie had traveled with so many people who weren’t—how else could she put it—yes-men.
Sophie Virelyn was journeying not only with her best friend Elizabeth, but with a diverse group of powerful women: Vivian Li, the twins Emily and Elise, Marissa Lin, and Anmei of the Emberflower Pavilion. For the princess, it was a novel experience—a refreshing change from the choreographed formality of court life. For the first time ...
2025-09-12 15:00:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 96 (Rewrite)
Vivian
The journey south had been long—mercifully smooth, but heavy with tension.
After a week of bickering negotiations, travel games, and weathering storms that clawed at the sky, the group finally broke through the border wards of the territories surrounding the Independent City of Seran. The shift was immediate. The air changed—cooler, clearer, humming with structured mana instead of the erratic chaos energy of the frontier.
From Seran, they moved ...
2025-09-12 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37 & 38 Threads of Fire and Starlight
I messed up the chapters again - so I added the correct 38 here - Its below
Jordan
That’s right, you beautiful people—this is all me.
The screen flickered. A stylized sword slashed through digital static, resolving into a vibrant animation of a wide-eyed, grinning teen. He wore a headset far too big for his head, and mana sparks, inexplicably, shot out of his bubbling cup. The custom title graphic popped up: [Welcome to: “Man & Mayhem: The ...
2025-09-12 04:30:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 95
It
Feedback is always welcome - I had to rewrite this a couple of times. I think I like it but let me know if I am missing anything obvious.
Gavin Li
The moment his father arrived, Gavin knew they’d been fools.
The General didn’t announce himself. He didn’t ride in with banners. He simply appeared—standing at the edge of the ridge like he’d been carved from it. The plateau went still. Recruits stumbled mid-form. The instructors went rigid. Even the a...
2025-09-12 03:48:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36 Threads of Fire and Starlight
Aurelia
I made it exactly seven steps before my spine remembered I was supposed to be Aurelia Vael Taranis, heir of House Taranis, not some half-trained first-year who forgets how to speak when a boy teases her. Seven steps.
I should have just asked him to coffee. Something simple and harmless.
Would you like to meet at the East Quad café? I know a table by the window where no one will eavesdrop.
That should have been easy. That should have b...
2025-09-11 04:22:45 +0000 UTC View PostRewrite of 87,88 and 89
I looked at these chapters and realized I uploaded an older version. Put in the correct ones and did a bit a rewrite. Should be much better now. Thanks for those who pointed out the problems.
2025-09-11 02:51:21 +0000 UTC View PostI fell into a Korean Drama Chapter 9
[Adaptive System Protocol Bug Found – Reloading… Failure.]
[Reloading… Failure.]
[Host does not have sufficient Points for adaptation scanning.]
[Additional conditioning required.]
[Host capacity limited: 10% of System potential accessible.]
[— Please Advise.]
…
[Override Signal Detected.]
[System Admin Authority: Unknown.]
[Directive: Provide host with restricted adaptation framework.]
[Watered-down installation approved.]
[Focus directive: Ad...
Chapter 35 Threads of Fire and Starlight
Zane
The next 24 hours were insane—as in, I literally had to question the sanity of the people around me. I knew things were going to be crazy after surviving the Death Knight—how could they not? It was a fight I shouldn’t have won. I knew I would be a person of interest.
But this shit was crazy.
Classmates stopped me for “just one question,” “a quick photo,” “a fifteen-second clip for SpellFeed.” Duelists bowed and asked for a friendly spar “whenever you...
2025-09-09 03:45:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34 Threads of Fire and Starlight
Feedback on this chapter would appreciated it- I feel like its off. I don't know
(Kael, best friend of Zane Myles—yeah, still true, somehow.)
The South Tower common room at Corvalis Arx had turned into a festival ground crossed with a minor natural disaster. Mana lights pulsed low; the air smelled like conjured kettle-sugar and stress. Someone had spelled floating pennants to orbit the ceiling beams: GO ARX, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL DEMIGOD, and—because this school has...
2025-09-08 03:53:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33 Threads of Fire and Starlight
SO this and the last chapter got switched.
Zane
I didn’t make it six feet into the apartment before my little brother exploded into view.
“ZANE. YOU ARE TRENDING.”
Jordan skidded across the polished floor in his socks, holding his tablet like it contained divine revelation. “You’re literally the number one topic on RealmNet, SpellFeed, and BattleThread. At the same time.” His voice vibrated with a manic glee that grated on my already exhausted nerves.
Chapter 93
Vivian
After what seemed like forever on the Great Highway, they reached the independent city-state of Seren just before dusk.
It was larger than most in the southern region—stone-walled, ridge-backed, and unmistakably proud. Seren had never bent knee to any foreign power, not even during the Empire annexation or demon wars. Its people didn’t call themselves citizens of the Empire. They called themselves Serans. And Serans served only Seren.
Their warriors weren’t ca...
2025-09-04 23:54:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32 Threads of Fire and Starlight
Aurelia
The leyrail carriage hummed like a heartbeat beneath my seat, a steady thrum against the storm I held inside. Outside, northern Liora’s emerald hills blurred into ribbons of silver and green. Peaceful. Detached. Entirely unlike the Capital, where the world had already begun to twist itself around a single boy’s name.
Zane Myles.
The projection feed hovering in the carriage pulsed back to life, cycling through yet another special report. The tit...
2025-09-04 12:49:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 91 & CHAPTER 92
Marissa Lin
It took a couple of days to get from Lotus Peak to the southern city of Yenlun, a mid-tier trade hub nestled between the fertile plains and the inland routes that led toward the Southern Region. The last few days had been… tense.
One might even say awkward.
Marissa had spent time around Tier-1 nobles before. She’d had more than her share of admirers over the years—especially after she’d filled out and people stopped pretending not to no...
2025-09-01 15:11:09 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Reorganization
Ultimate Tier – $100
Top tier, mainly for family, close friends, and long-term super-fans.
Includes everything in real time (drafts, early chapters, notes).
A copy of each e-book on release.
Functions as a beta reader tier—you’ll basically see the entire process live.
2025-09-01 14:52:33 +0000 UTC View Post
(I don’t expect ANYONE to join this one. I am explaining it because it will be there...
Chapter 89
Jun
His body was only now recovering from the beating he’d taken from the Li family at the marriage banquet. He had really miscalculated that one. He’d gone to see Vivian and maybe do a little face-slapping to her new husband—the one who wasn’t worthy of her. It resulted in him almost dying and being saved by the very person he was trying to shame. The irony was not lost on him.
It had been several months since then, and things just seemed to be going downhill, which is ...
2025-09-01 00:51:42 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon reorganization
I wanted everybody to know that the reorganization is coming up in September so hopefully starting tomorrow more info to come.
2025-08-31 20:37:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31 Threads of Fire and Starlight
Auriela
The Council Hall of House Taranis was colder than I remembered, the vast chamber echoing with unspoken judgment. Obsidian underfoot, arcanite in the walls, absorbing all light and warmth. Every family crest was etched into the ceiling, dozens of watchful eyes that seemed to follow my every move.
Before me sat the High Table.
Vaelor Taranis, my grandfather, Patriarch of our line, still as a mountain. His silence was a presence heavier than most men’s anger. To his r...
2025-08-31 17:49:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30 Threads of Fire and Starlight
Aurelia Vael Taranis
I slammed the door to my chambers hard enough to make the light crystals flicker, the delicate mana-filaments buzzing in protest. Mana flared at my heels as I crossed the room, a controlled burst of frustration. Not enough to scorch the polished floor, but certainly enough to scatter the neatly stacked scrolls from my desk. I didn’t care. Let the illusion of composure burn for once.
Serephina Valette du Lys had smiled.
Smiled.
Ri...
2025-08-31 15:13:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Foundation of Smoke and Steel Volume 2 Ebook
Most of you have read past the chapters for Book 2, but if you want the full ebook, it’s available here: The Foundation of Smoke and Steel: Volume 2.
2025-08-29 19:19:29 +0000 UTC View PostI Fell into a Korean Drama Chapter 8
You’d think the System would’ve been done with me after the Starter Pack.
You’d be wrong.
[Time to choose your next adventure since you’ve received our gifts.]
I snorted. “Gift, my ass. If you force me to take it, it’s not exactly a gift, is it?”
[Pay Attention, User. Available Narrative Routes – Please consider and pick one of the following.]
[Chinese Arc – Title: My Unlucky Wife and the CEO Heir]
[Japanese Arc – Title: Blade of the Iro...
2025-08-29 17:18:22 +0000 UTC View PostI Fell into a Korean Drama Chapter 7
The van rattled through the city, mission looming, Eun-kyung’s stare drilling into me like a spotlight. My palms were slick, the System’s co
The van rattled through the city, mission looming, Eun-kyung’s stare drilling into me like a spotlight. My palms were slick, the System’s countdown clock hammering in the corner of my vision as the dialogue wheel hovered in front of me again.
I was so damn tired of it. The constant pressure. The pop-ups. The smug commentary. The idea ...
2025-08-23 15:42:06 +0000 UTC View PostI fell into a Korean Drama Chapter 6
The adrenaline still hadn’t bled out of my system when we rolled back into headquarters. The USB drive sat in Eun-kyung’s hands like it weig
The adrenaline still hadn’t bled out of my system when we rolled back into headquarters. The USB drive sat in Eun-kyung’s hands like it weighed a hundred pounds, her expression unreadable. I could still smell gunpowder on my jacket, still hear the gunfire rattling down that alley.
I wanted a shower. Maybe a stiff drink. Instead, the S...
2025-08-22 13:59:56 +0000 UTC View PostI fell into a Korean Drama Chapter 5
I barely had time to gather my thoughts after the briefing before Eun-kyung appeared at my side, heels clicking sharp against polished floor
I barely had time to gather my thoughts after the briefing before Eun-kyung appeared at my side, heels clicking sharp against polished floors. Her presence hit like a blade—commanding, direct, impossible to ignore.
“Agent Kang,” she said briskly, not even glancing at me. A tablet was tucked neatly under one arm. “We need to prepare. T...
2025-08-22 13:54:48 +0000 UTC View PostI fell into a Korean Drama Chapter 4
I woke to the faint hum of city noise bleeding through heavy curtains. My head throbbed—sharp, insistent—and a single shaft of sunlight stab
I woke to the faint hum of city noise bleeding through heavy curtains. My head throbbed—sharp, insistent—and a single shaft of sunlight stabbed through a gap in the blinds like it had a personal vendetta. I groaned, reached to pull the covers over my head… and froze.
This wasn’t my bed.
The sheets were silky, expensive in a ...
2025-08-22 13:33:32 +0000 UTC View Post