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The Salt Archive

Every coastal city keeps a salt archive: sealed jars of seawater, one for each drowned ship, said to hold the last words of the crew. When junior archivist Teodora Vance opens a jar that should be empty and hears her…

102 chapters, 51 free, rated 4.7

Fantasy, Wuxia & xianxia

Ninth Lantern Sect

by Lu Qingshan

Shen Yao was the ninth disciple of a sect with eight lanterns. Expelled for lighting a lamp that didn't exist, he spends ten years as a ferryman before the eight lanterns go dark on the same night — and his is the onl…

152 chapters, 122 free, rated 4.7

Mystery, Science fiction

Glass Orchard

by Hanne Lindqvist

On a station orbiting a dead star, the last orchard grows apples made of glass. Botanist Ilse Maren is sent to find out why the trees have started bearing fruit with faces in them — and why the station AI insists the…

65 chapters, 41 free, rated 4.7