Organisation

Most of these stories, despite taking place in the same setting and at roughly the same time, are not necessarily connected. They are also not sequential; there is no timeline (though there really ought to be one if only for my own sanity) and they can be read in any order.

A word on canon - it's not the most coherent, and anachronisms are not hard to find. Such is life when you dislike editing old pieces and just keep adding worldbuilding as you go along I suppose.

Varemo: Main timeline

Varemo's main timeline - does what it says on the tin. In this timeline world history continued its natural path, leading to an early/mid-80s Varemo where average people go on with their average lives. These characters and stories primarily have a slice-of-life theme


The Rain that Washed Away the City

Based on an unfinished novel, sort of a shorter version of the same story

Written in early 2018

Finished

When Spring Ends

Written in winter 2019-2020

Finished

For the Sky Someday will Die

Title is a reference to the song Skeleton Tiger by Tame Impala

(Re)written in March 2018
Originally written in summer 2016

Finished

Time and the Cicadas

Written in February 2020

Finished

Through Fox Eyes

Re-write/immagining of a story written in 2017

Written throughout 2022

Finished

Suicide

Counting Wolves

Title is a reference to the song Lion Skin by Hands like Houses

Written in early 2016 (parts i & ii)
& autumn 2016 (part iii)

Finished

You Were Born for More

Based on the prompt you were born for more

Written in March 2017

Finished

Overly Sensitive

Based on the prompt love is a fragile word
Title is a reference to the song GB eating GB Whilst Listening to GB by Crywank

Written in February 2018

Finished

Hurt

Written in autumn 2018

Finished

Aquatic

Based on the prompt aquatic

Written in September 2019

Finished



Varemo: Years of Crimson

Alternate timeline where world history took a darker turn, creating a corrupt country under a repressive right-wing dictatorship. Organised crime flourishes


The Heartbeat of a Heartless Man

Original version was finished in May 2016 but I was dissatisfied with it

(Re)written in early 2017

Unfinished

Jackals of the Modern Age

Written in early 2017

Finished

Violence

I was Born in a Thunderstorm

Based on the prompt I was born in a thunderstorm

Written in August 2017

Finished

Ghosts and Vultures

Technically part of a longer piece that was never finished, still works as a stand alone

Written in summer 2017

Finished?

Violence

Meet Me By the River

Based on the prompt meet me by the river

Written in July 2017

Finished

The Art of Chasing Invisible Kites

Was originally going to be a collection of stories which did not end up happening

Written in spring 2016

Finished?

Things

Based on the prompt things

Written in May 2018

Finished

Marcellin's Castle

Based on the prompt describe the same character twice, once to fall in love with them, then again to be repulsed by them

Written in September 2017

Finished

Unexpected Kiss

Based on the prompt unexpected kiss

Written in December 2019

Finished

Glow

Based on the prompt glow

Written in June 2019

Finished



Varemo: Years of Crimson

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Dawn of a Cold Sun

First chapter for a novella I never finished

Written in summer 2017

Unfinished



Not Varemo

Stories that do not take place in Varemo, or do but are not part of the canon


Red and White

Written in autumn 2018

Finished

Fireflies

Featuring Marcellin but not canon to Varemo
Based on the prompt sky

Written in September 2020

Finished

Shadows at Dusk

Written in May 2016

Finished



Others

Primarily consisting of very old stories featuring characters I don't use anymore
Mind the date on many of these because when I say old I mean old


Shoes for Running, Shoes for Fighting

Based on the prompt always wear shoes that are good for fighting, or good for running

Written in October 2017

Finished

The Innocence that Dissipated at Dawn

Written in spring 2016

Finished

The Inevitable

Based on the prompt inevitable

Written in spring 2016

Finished

Dawnless

Written in summer 2014 (first half)
& summer-autumn 2015 (second half)

Finished

Dreams of Blood and Broken Mirrors

The lack of paragraph breaks seemed intentional (I think?) so I decided against adding them in now

Written in October 2015

Finished