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The Signal
Elias realizes he might not exist when he's not performing. A literary short story about neurodivergence, burnout, and the cost of being functional.
11 hrs ago • Vane
How To Become A Writer
The Simple Guide To Becoming A Writer. Anyone Can Do It.
Jan 13 • Vane
The Death of Fantasy
Fantasy is getting embalmed while it’s still breathing.
Jan 13 • Vane
Rule 7 – How To End Your Book
Stop Starting, Start Finishing: A Masterclass for Speculative Writers.
Jan 12 • Vane
Writing circle notes (29. September, 1996)
This document serves as a literary time capsule from September, 1996, capturing the candid and collaborative atmosphere of a small writer’s circle known…
Jan 11 • Vane
The Logues
We are so terrified of beginnings and endings that we invented ways to delay them both. That’s what the -logues are.
Jan 9 • Vane
The Symmetry Problem
A man obsessed with symmetry “fixes” a bulging rug—until a nosy neighbor comes knocking, and the tidy apartment hints at something rotten.
Jan 8 • Vane
The Wrong Body
The workers brought the wrong body to the Hall of Echoes.
Jan 8 • Vane
Orkish Endeavours (Chapter 6)
A grimdark fantasy
Jan 7 • Vane
Orkish Endeavors (Chapter 5)
A grimdark fantasy
Jan 6
Orkish Endeavours (Chapter 3 & 4)
A grimdark fantasy
Jan 5 • Vane
Orkish Endeavours (Chapter 1 & 2)
A grimdark fantasy
Jan 4 • Vane
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