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STARBOUND
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⭐ STORY DESCRIPTION — STARBOUNDIn the year 2249, humanity has spread far beyond Earth, building colonies across distant star systems. But expansion came with a cost: strange disappearances, unstable wormholes, and a mysterious cosmic signal detected repeating across multiple galaxies. The source of that signal—called The Echo—remains unknown, and every attempt to reach it has ended in silence.Commander Aria Kehlani, a brilliant but conflicted astro-navigator, becomes the reluctant leader of Project Starbound, an elite mission tasked with locating The Echo and uncovering its purpose. Haunted by the disappearance of her mother—one of the scientists who originally discovered the signal—Aria volunteers not out of duty, but out of obsession.Aria and her diverse crew aboard the long-range exploratory ship Valkyrie IX travel through unstable wormholes, abandoned alien ruins, and forgotten colonies, each step revealing that The Echo is not merely a signal—it’s a warning encoded in the fabric of spacetime itself.But they are not alone. A powerful rogue faction known as The Ascendants races toward the same destination, believing The Echo is the key to unlocking god-like evolution. Their leader, Kaelis Vorn, has ties to Aria’s past and a chilling vision for the galaxy’s future.As the Valkyrie IX crew navigates collapsing worlds, sentient AI relics, and time-fractured realities, Aria uncovers a devastating truth:The Echo is a countdown.And they are already running out of time.To save humanity—and possibly all species—Aria must confront her greatest fear: that her mother may have started something she can no longer stop.STARBOUND blends cosmic mystery, emotional depth, high-concept science fiction, and slow-burn suspense into a universe where every answer comes with a price.
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THE COLORS WE CARRY
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Story DescriptionSeventeen-year-old Kiana has always been the quiet girl in the back of the room—the one who listens more than she speaks, who hides her feelings in sketches and unfinished thoughts. Rain is the only place where she feels honest. Rain oesn't ask questions.Then she meets Zara.Bold, bright, and impossible to ignore, Zara arrives in a yellow hoodie and rewrites the shape of Kiana’s world with a single smile. What begins as a chance encounter in a storm quickly becomes something deeper—something Kiana never expected to want, and something Zara refuses to hide.As the girls draw closer, Kiana must face the truths she’s always avoided: wanting is risky, vulnerability is terrifying, and sometimes the bravest thing you can do is let someone truly see you. But Zara carries her own shadows behind her confident grin, and Kiana isn’t sure if she’s falling for the girl Zara is—or the girl she’s trying to be.
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THE COLOURS WE CARRY
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📘 Story Description — The Colors We Carry“The Colors We Carry” is an emotional LGBTQ+ coming-of-age novelette about two Nigerian teenagers whose quiet bond becomes the brightest part of their lives—and the most dangerous.Adrian Okezie has spent years trying to stay invisible, hiding a truth he’s terrified to name. But when Kamso Umeh transfers to his school—bold, warm, and impossibly observant—Adrian’s carefully built walls begin to crack. What starts as an unexpected friendship slowly grows into something deeper, tender, and impossible to ignore.In a world where rumors spread like harm and love is treated like a crime, Adrian and Kamso discover what it means to care for someone in secret—and what it costs to be seen. When a sketchbook falls into the wrong hands, their fragile happiness is shattered, forcing them apart just as they finally understand their feelings.Years later, the universe gives them one more chance.Beautifully written and deeply heartfelt, “The Colors We Carry” explores identity, fear, first love, and the resilience it takes to choose yourself in a world determined to silence you. It’s a story of two boys who lose everything—and then find their way back to each other, transformed by the colors they once tried to hide.
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