Fantasy serials
A city where every spell is borrowed against your soul. Two Viking clans and a river that remembers every oath. Long serials for grown-up readers, one chapter at a sitting.
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The Tallyman's Error
Kell Arden counts other people's debts for a living. Tonight he learns he can read the one book nobody is meant to open — and that somebody has…
10 min
Series, chapter by chapter
Start at chapter 1. Every series shows how many chapters it has and whether it is finished.
Debtbound
In the city of Vell, every spell is borrowed against your soul — and the Counting Houses keep the ledger. Kell Arden, a clerk too indebted to ever cast, discovers he can read the one book no living person should…
The Treaty Before the Great Winter
Hrafnvík and Hjorthegn have raided each other for generations across the Skjaldra, a river that remembers every oath sworn over it. Then three moons rise, the sun goes dark at noon, and the stores run short. To survive the great…
The question it leaves you with
Not a quiz. A question the story leaves open, to think about after the last line or to argue about with someone who read it too.
Reading with a child? The Moon City of Lunarie is a fantasy series for ages 4 to 8, one part a night. There are more in bedtime stories.
Questions readers ask
Are these stories free to read?
Yes. Every chapter of every series is free to read on the site, with no sign-up.
How long are the chapters?
Debtbound chapters take 10 to 15 minutes each, and the Viking saga chapters about 10 minutes. The reading time is shown on every chapter.
Where should I start?
With Debtbound if you like magic with hard rules and a hero who learns to bend them. With The Treaty Before the Great Winter if you want a finished story you can read in one evening.