A world where magic must be hidden from mankind is a world where mages have no reason to exist. Zara was one of them--a young woman forced to spend her days in confinement, to lessen the risks of outsiders discovering the truth. She was not human. She was, as they say, a living embodiment of a thousand year old curse upon the Kingdom and humanity as a whole. And the only way to handle a curse, is to get rid of it--which is precisely what the Kingdom has proceeded in doing for centuries--eliminating any being that contained even an ounce of enchanted blood. Zara's lived most of her life with the threat of death hanging over her head. Though this never averted her heightening curiosity about magic, nor the abilities innate within her. And when a powerful, enigmatic Sorcerer comes to her with a proposition, Zara finally sees her chance to embrace the curse she was born with. It was a chance laced with precarity and destruction, but a chance nonetheless...

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐐𝐢'𝐙𝐡𝐨𝐮 (𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬) Kingdoms come and go, carving temporary empires upon the weathered face of Qi'Zhou. This is a world of misty mountains and cerulean seas, of immortal Celestians and fallen mortals. Delve deeper, and you might even encounter the occasional demon, seeking to overstep the boundaries of their shadowed realm. So, turn the page. Brush your fingers across these ink-stained tales of love and loss, ambition and sacrifice; lose yourself in the bright weaves of a forgotten land's song. 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞: 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡: Defeated general x pacifist physician. A standalone short story set in the ASOF world. [Historical with a touch of magic] 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞: A pathfinder weary of his responsibilities writes a letter to his first love. [LGBTQ - BxB] *'The Price of Music' & 'Frost's Descent' have been taken down for revision. This book is marked complete as all short stories contained within are standalone. This collection will be updated sporadically. --- All stories in this collection are self-contained, but a familiarity with the events of 'A Sliver of Frost' and/or 'Another Path' can deepen your enjoyment across all works. *Wattpad Exclusive* 2nd in the Berry Pancake Awards (Short Story) 2nd in the Winter Solstice Mini Awards (Short Story) 3rd in Misfits Awards (Short Story) Featured on @FreeTheLGBTQ+ (Short Stories)

The former unity of Nokor has crumbled and the sleeping natural spirits from the old world have been aroused from their ancient forests and mountains. Nakry is an herbalist and healer trained in the arts of combining. One day she is petitioned by a local lord to calm a malignant spirit threatening the people of his township and his own daughter. In the village, Nakry will face an archaic evil and a new threat seeking to restore Nokor's arcane traditions.

[Soon by WATTPAD BOOKS] In the prestigious race of stars, Sozo must hide the truth of who she is or pay with her life, but her blossoming relationship with the most talented competitor threatens everything she's worked for. ***** Every ten years, the lucky chosen bond with stars and race to win a wish. Any wish. Sozo is one of the lucky chosen, but she has a secret: as an Omen -- cursed beings that can transform into monsters -- she's forbidden from competing. Discovery would mean her death. Can she hope to keep her identity a secret, let alone win the race, especially as the talented and sunny Naqi enters the picture? When Sozo is given an ultimatum, she has to choose: betray her Omen people, or betray the people who are slowly, surely, becoming like a family to her. --- WATTYS AWARD 2020 "Bar none, this was [Senior Editorial Specialist] Amanda's absolute favourite read from the Wattys this year. It makes you cry, just from pure, uncontainable joy, and the ending kept us reading until nearly 6am. Everything about this story is beautiful. We were astounded that anyone could create something so magnificent and moving and magical. This level of storytelling mastery will never not blow us away." [Word Count: 70,500]

A naive young princess gets banished to a tower and is inadvertently trapped with a wizard. Now, she must navigate through a world full of magic while the fury of the king looms over her. ⋅•⋅⊰∙∘☽༓☾∘∙⊱⋅•⋅ Princess Pranee has a love for magic but it seems like the world didn't want her to do anything with it. When she gets locked away in a tower that was supposed to isolate her from the rest of the world, she unexpectedly meets an irritated wizard who claims that the tower belongs to them. She finds herself wanting to learn more about the magic world and the genderless wizard, Shashi but she can't help but feel anxious that more misfortune will strike her at any moment. Open Novella Contest 2021 entry Credit to Rayne for the cover! ONC 2021 Longlister Featured on: Wattpad Community Curator: @KateLorraine @WattpadAsianFantasy "Celebrating Asian & Pacific Islander Voices (AAPIHM)" "Featured Stories" "The Wondering Immortal" @Fantasy "Romantasy" "Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration" "Diverselit Fantasy" @WattpadMulticultural "Asian Legends" @retold "Fractured Fairytales" "Celebrating Asian & Pacific Islander Voices (AAPIHM)" @anime "Light Novels" "Celebrating Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month" @beauty "Asian American & Pacific Highlander Heritage Month - beauty" @AmbassadorsAR "Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM)"

Lin Jinghe is a skilled and highly-valued cultivator of the Desert Sect. Anyone in the Desert Sect would recognize her signature flaming paper cranes. Cui Yanbo was the little sister of three famous brothers of the Mountain Sect, longing to follow in her brothers' footsteps and learn cultivation. Another hidden reason, too, was to find that girl who had saved her from that deadly fire years ago and gifted her that paper crane. Only, what none of them knew was that in the fire began a conspiracy for revenge that touched even the heavens, but even more so, a string of fate that would connect Lin Jinghe and Cui Yanbo in ways they had never imagined.

Xie Yi-Jun; the King of Hei'an City, is a statue. Of course, he wasn't ALWAYS this way! And the curse itself, cast by the snake demon; Su Lan, can indeed be broken! This is good news... bad news? The only one who can break the spell is the King's soulmate; Jin Songcai. Who as it happens, is dead. Fast-forward about 700 years, and the forest where Xie Yi-jun was first turned to stone has become a bustling city. The old man on the corner tells the legend; that only The Stone King's true love can awaken him. Children, travelers, everyone goes to try it out, laughing at the old man's tale- Wen Reian, a young apprentice visiting the city has all eyes on him suddenly, as it seems The Stone King has been finally released! By him?! No, surely not... unless- Could Reian be the reincarnation of the King's first love; the infamous Jin Songcai? Thrown together by the fates, Xie Yi-jun and Wen Reian begin their journey together; the King mourning the loss of his family and Kingdom, while making startling connections between his lost lover and this young stranger... Wen Reian? Well, setting aside the fact that he's suddenly developing healing-powers out of no where, there's also his blatant and rather frustrating attraction to Xie Yi-jun that's getting in his way. But there's no way he's Jin Songcai. Hmmph, best to just ignore it... Unfortunately, whether they want to know or not, the questions still remain; Is Xie Yi-jun only destined for failure at the hands of his ancient enemy? Will Wen Reian ever realize the scope of his natural power?! And are they truly soulmates, or is there something else going on that could threaten to tear them apart forever? ** novel also posted on AO3 and Royal Road under the username palendrome_girl **

⭐Featured on OpenNovellaContest 2021 Round 1 Ambassador Picks|| Bea, Ali, and Sez travel far across the Pacific ocean with their parents to live with their sick Lolo who owns a mango farm in the Philippine province. The siblings--foreign to the new land, language, and customs--find it difficult to adapt to their new home. One dewy morning while following a trail of ants in Lolo's small mango shed, the younger child Sez discovers a peculiar insect and catches it, but to his surprise, the insect screams. A tiny human girl scream. But the fairy was hurt and cannot walk nor fly. With the help of her new friends, the children decide to help the fairy find her way back home before she misses her coronation and her fairy family realizes she's missing or else something bad will happen to Lolo's mango farm. ONC prompt #7 Children's Fiction

She bleeds the odes they began together, But least anyone knew it would be hers forever. •°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•°•° Tushant Uday, a psychology student lives a complacent life he wished with his high-school sister Kimaya. His life is complete with her happy chirps and throbbing fights. In his sky of joy, she is his only rainbow. Kimaya, a normal girl who loves her brother, her art and her books. She is a mellifluous rose who entices every heart with just her being. Even if things seem blessed, life is never a bed of roses. The prick that poke them is the mysterious episodes of cries she faced every night whenever she is lost in her slumber. She sang skeptical odes to someone she never knew. Nor would she remember what she was bound with, leaving the wound scar Tushant's heart. Was that his prayers or a sudden miracle he knew not, for the past one year it has stopped at once. But when he returns with a strong defiance carved in his heart, her cries begin but this time it is not so merciful. Things fall apart. Three lives collide. Who can mend it until the responsibilities are realised with real eyes? (Inspired work from the tale of Satyavan and Savithri with some addition from Indian mythology.) ©️opyrighted by Yaris Cover by @FireOpalDani 🪄 Ambys 2023 Top pick Paranormal novella 🪄ONC 2022 Shortlist Qualified 🪄ONC 2022 Longlist Qualified 🪄ROUND 1 and 2 Qualified 🪄 8× Featured by wattpad profiles

In the islands of Vijayas, magic and monsters abound. Here, victory does not come to the strong, nor to the swift, but only to the sly. And Tikum Kadlum might just be the craftiest of them all. A former timawa and all-time scoundrel, the man himself is no stranger to the arcane and the mysterious things hidden in the Great Archipelago. He's been through it all, betraying and scamming his way from one adventurous caper to the next. Now, he just wants to return to his hometown with his daughter, Ukok, and live a peaceful life. But things are about to change when the Black Dog starts a cat and mouse chase against Amburukay, the queen of the manghihiwit... Follow Tikum and Ukok journey through the lands of Vijayas and avoid the clutches of a sorceress with a grudge to settle, steal from a powerful babaylan and her bagani sister, slay hungry monsters, fight against bandits, outsmart a cunning foe, escape from a few killers here and there. And perhaps, defeat someone as strong as a demi-god. AUTHOR'S NOTE: This novel is a mash-up of sword and sorcery and dark fantasy set in the Pre-Colonial times of the Philippines long before THE SONGS OF STRIFE story. With excerpts from A Study of Our Baganis by Lamberto Aguilar. Also this will be posted in RoyalRoad under the same username. Disclaimer: Some names used in the story are taken from the Suguidanon Epics of Ilo Ilo and Panay. But they are, in no way, accurate representation of the actual characters of the epic chants. If you like to read short stories with overarching arcs this one is for you!