The Clockwork Dragon's Heart
In the smog-choked city of Gearford, a young artificer discovers a pulsing mechanical heart that shouldn't exist...
"Where shadows whisper and legends breathe."
In the smog-choked city of Gearford, a young artificer discovers a pulsing mechanical heart that shouldn't exist...
They say the old willow weeps not for itself, but for the kingdom buried beneath its roots...
Turning lead to gold was easy. Turning back time to save her was the impossible equation.
The prophecy stated the sun would die when the blade was drawn. He drew it anyway.
In the bazaar of souls, memories are the only currency. But what is the price of forgetting?
The dungeon wasn't built of stone, but of mirrors. And the monsters were reflections of their own sins.
A sailor falls in love with a siren who cannot sing, only to discover her silence holds back a tidal wave.
On the northern wall, the cold kills faster than the dead. But the Oath keeps the blood warm.
The overdue books weren't just missing; they were erasing history itself.
When the shadow of the dragon covered the sun city, the light mages found their powers waning.
A clockwork girl forged from copper and hope learns that pain is the cost of having a soul.
Sailing the space between realities, a captain hunts a star-eater to save his dying world.
A detective investigates a murder using a mirror that shows exactly 24 hours into the past.
A war machine abandoned on a battlefield finds a new purpose in protecting a single blue bloom.
Where do unfinished stories go? An author meets the characters she abandoned years ago.
A blind painter trades his shadow for sight, only to realize he is fading from the world.
Bound to watch over a sleeping princess for eternity, a knight asks a thief for the gift of sleep.
When the crystal tower that controls the weather cracks, a tuner must improvise a new song.
A monster who feeds on fear starves when a girl brings him stories instead of screams.
Atropos, one of the Fates, accidentally breaks the thread of destiny and chaos ensues.
In a post-apocalyptic world turned to glass, two scavengers find the most valuable treasure: a seed.
Life on the back of a giant sea turtle is peaceful, until the turtle decides to go on a date.
When magic is reserved for the elite, a commoner uses chemistry to level the playing field.
A spectral tenor haunts the opera, not to scare people, but to offer harsh vocal critiques.
A little girl discovers that the monsters under her bed just need a cookie and a hug.
A barbarian finds a legendary weapon, only to discover it's a sentient pacifist.
In a world where the oceans dried up, a lighthouse keeper guards against the monsters in the fog.
A fearsome dragon faces his greatest challenge yet: a Royal Tax Auditor with a clipboard.
A sorcerer accidentally traps himself in a time loop of the most boring day of the week.
A king cursed with a fragile heart learns that breaking it is the only way to truly live.
A courier delivering mail between floating islands discovers a secret on the Forbidden Isle.
An ancient vampire builds a suit of armor to experience his first sunrise in 400 years.
An artist who can paint things into existence learns that perfection is boring.
A mute thief steals the voices of the powerful to save his kingdom.
A bored guard at a gate to nowhere discovers why he has been standing watch for centuries.
A dying mechanical dragon gives his heart to his mechanic for one last purpose.
A mermaid regrets trading her tail for legs and decides to take evolution into her own hands.
A boy with the boring power of talking to rocks becomes the most powerful spy in the kingdom.
In a world of eternal dark, the people with the faintest glow become the most important.
An old man and his geriatric dragon are called out of retirement for one last rescue mission.
A baker accidentally enchants his sourdough to speak, and it turns out to be a terrible gossip.
A girl is pulled into the mirror world by her reflection, who is tired of being the copy.
A passenger on a spectral train must visit the stops of Regret, Love, and Acceptance.
Medusa just wants to garden in peace, but heroes keep jumping over her fence.
A fisherman catches the actual moon in his net, and the night sky goes dark.
Goblins and orcs go on strike against the Dark Lord, demanding dental plans and tacos.
A knight discovers that the trolls under the bridge are actually unionized civil engineers.
A weatherman falls in love with the witch who lives inside a tornado.
A royal scribe discovers that his new ink refuses to write lies, rewriting history as it happens.
Characters in a story realize the final page is approaching and prepare for "The End".
A royal chef cures the King's depression not with medicine, but with a magical soup of memory.
A pawn in a kingdom ruled by chess rules decides to make an illegal move to save the Queen.
A man buys a house that grows a new room every night, feeding on his memories.
A village tree absorbs polite lies and grows sweet fruit, until the Mayor chops it down.
A defense attorney specializes in getting reduced sentences for vampires and ghouls.
High in the atmosphere, a shepherd protects his flock of Cumulus clouds from storm wolves.
An old woman weaves the paths of destiny, creating roads of glory, rest, or ruin.
A shipwreck survivor finds a lantern that guides ghosts to the other side.
A town relives the last hour of every day, allowing second chances but preventing progress.
The greatest dragonslayer in the land is actually a dragon cursed into human form.
A deaf composer conducts an orchestra that plays no notes, creating a masterpiece of emotion.
A shop buys and sells ideas that never made it to paper, including Shakespeare's lost sequel.
A scarecrow with a velvet pincushion heart becomes a sanctuary for the animals he was meant to scare.
An artist draws maps of dreamscapes to help lost sleepers find their way back to waking.
A puppeteer whose shadows become real refuses to make an army for the King.
Cursed with transparency, a girl forces a lying suitor to face the truth of his own heart.
A mouse curates a collection of buttons, each holding the memory of the moment it was lost.
On the night of the Danse Macabre, a disabled dancer finds freedom in the arms of a skeleton.
An old woman serves tea to energy beings and space travelers while watching the cosmos spin.
A man catches a shooting star in a baseball mitt and helps it get back into orbit.