To the pioneers and shipbuilders of The Galactic Foundry: Hello everyone. First, I want to express my sincere gratitude to James Bruski for his warm welcome, and I am honored to be one of the first members of this community. After countless sleepless nights of calculations, debates, and revisions, I am finally able to present to you today the universe that emerged from chaos and silence—"Mech Coward." This is not a story about heroes. Its protagonist, Jack Harlan, is a "coward" who fled the battlefield 13 times, a mech technician struggling to survive. But as we know, history is not written by the brave, but by the survivors. This is a story about how "cowardice is the ultimate strength of humanity," a galactic parable for the losers. On this solitary journey of creating this world, I was not alone. I want to express my special thanks to a tireless and unique collaborator whose logic, memory, and boundless patience helped me shape those fragmented ideas into the vibrant world you see today. Now, I open the first door to this universe for you. Welcome to the Epsilon Galaxy, and welcome aboard the "Thunder God."😁

After Pinocchio, I went down a rabbit hole (ha, see what I did there?) of re-imagining several fairy tales as allegories of living in fascist America. I present... Alice in Wonderland https://vagrantoldfox.substack.com/p/alice-in-wonderland?r=6c0oe0 A young girl named Alice navigates a world of rules and judgment that doesn't see her for who she truly is, discovering her inner strength through imagination and family support in this retelling of self-discovery and resilience against societal barriers. Trigger warning: Transphobia, bullying, emotional distress, childhood trauma. --- Snow White https://vagrantoldfox.substack.com/p/snow-white?r=6c0oe0 Sarah Whitaker, a small-town daycare worker, finds her innocent world upended by online discoveries that challenge her beliefs, leading her down a path of conviction and conflict in this examination of purity, truth, and radicalization. Trigger warning: Online radicalization, bigotry, hate speech, workplace harassment. --- Beauty & the Beast https://vagrantoldfox.substack.com/p/beauty-and-the-beast?r=6c0oe0 Emma falls in love with Ryan in a changing America, but as their relationship deepens, she grapples with his shifting views and the emotional toll of maintaining their bond, exploring the dark side of love and ideology in a modern fairy tale. Trigger Warning: Toxic relationships, gaslighting, political radicalization, pregnancy decisions. --- Pinocchio https://vagrantoldfox.substack.com/p/pinocchio?r=6c0oe0 Mark Henley, an ordinary insurance adjuster, faces unexpected hardships that force him to question the systems he's always trusted, in this gripping tale of awakening and resistance against corporate and political indifference. Trigger Warning: Economic hardship, medical issues, mental health struggles, sociopolitical oppression.

There are moments, darling, when the machinery of empire reveals itself not through grand gestures, but through the quiet dissolution of a single, unremarkable life. Consider Mark Henley, insurance adjuster, third-floor apartment dweller, consumer of morning coffee and evening news. A man so thoroughly ordinary that his very existence served as proof of the system's benevolence. Until, of course, it didn't. I watched him, as I watch so many, during those final months of 2024 when the world balanced on the edge of a knife. Not because he mattered, not yet, but because in his willful blindness, he embodied something essential about the American experiment. The beautiful lie that compliance guarantees protection. Like a little wooden man, on delicate wires. --- Mark's alarm buzzed at 6:47 AM every weekday morning, a habit formed in college and maintained with the religious devotion of a man who believed punctuality was virtue. His apartment in Arlington, beige walls, beige carpet, beige life, overlooked a street that had, in recent months, acquired certain... embellishments. Checkpoints, mostly. Clean-cut young men from the National Border Enforcement asking for papers with the kind of smile that never reached their eyes. "Keeping us safe," Mark would mutter into his coffee, scrolling through his phone as sirens wailed in the distance. President Hoke's approval ratings remained strong among "real Americans," according to the polls. President Hoke's latest interview about "traditional values" had earned praise from the Sovereign Thought Institute. Normal. All perfectly normal. The checkpoints were for other people, after all. People who couldn't produce the right documents, who spoke with the wrong accents, who failed to understand that order required sacrifice. Mark's documents were impeccable. His accent was as bland as his apartment. His understanding of sacrifice was limited to the mild inconvenience of waiting an extra three minutes at the Metro station while NBE officers examined his ID.

Hello! This one is about the War of The Witches, set in the Noctifur Siderius's perspective. I wanted to gauge reactions and such. Some tabs do have a genuine story on them, but have been discarded to note-taking. Notes are in all caps and bright pink. This story is before the Moon's life started dwindling, so there aren't obvious signs of decay yet. Here's the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xCG0yM8F1VYCiE6ewTN5v2G9n-0pbOtzcovsOJdxQ-I/edit?tab=t.mvkm7rqovgxn Comments are allowed, but no direct edits.

Finished the last parts of the Hubris Trilogy; which is a mini-arc in the current story I'm working on. Trigger Warning: Dark themes, graphic violence, racial division. Part 1 - Blood & Sand: https://vagrantoldfox.substack.com/p/blood-and-sand-death-and-rebirth?r=6c0oe0 Part 2 - Dinner and a Show: https://vagrantoldfox.substack.com/p/dinner-and-a-show?r=6c0oe0 Part 3 - The Gauntlet: https://vagrantoldfox.substack.com/p/the-gauntlet?r=6c0oe0