The Ghost Orchestra of Abidjan: A young musician in a bustling West African city discovers that the traditional instruments of their ancestors are now played by the ghosts of those who died during the colonial occupation. The music is beautiful but haunting, forcing the city to reckon with its hidden past.
The Weaver of Histories: An elderly woman in a small village, whose community's history has been distorted by colonial records, begins to weave tapestries from memory. As her work becomes more intricate, her tapestries begin to reveal visions of the past, challenging the official narrative.
The Market of Forgotten Tongues: In a futuristic megacity built on the ruins of a colonial-era port, a black market exists for extinct languages. Characters trade and sell words and phrases, seeking to reclaim their heritage in a world that seeks to erase it.
The Unsent Letters of the Rubber Plantations: A historian discovers a cache of letters written by indigenous laborers on a rubber plantation during colonial times. The letters, which were never sent, reveal a secret network of resistance and a spiritual world that existed just beyond the plantation owner's view.
The City that Remembered: A city's infrastructure—its bridges, roads, and buildings—begins to subtly morph and decay in a manner that reflects the historical injustices on which it was built. A lone engineer must decode the city's structural language to prevent its collapse.
Works of magical realism
The Librarian of Burnt Books: A librarian in a war-torn country has the supernatural ability to remember books that have been destroyed. The stories live on within her, and she must decide how to pass on this priceless, painful library to the next generation.
The Cartographer of Dreams: A person who maps the landscapes of other people's dreams discovers a territory that connects them all. The exploration of this dream world begins to affect reality in profound and unexpected ways.
The Girl Who Could Taste Emotions: A young woman, who has always been ostracized for her ability to taste other people's emotions in their food, uses her gift to uncover a political conspiracy in a high-stakes restaurant.
The Sky that Wept in Color: Following a catastrophic event, the sky begins to weep, and each teardrop holds a different emotion. People gather to collect and consume these colored tears, leading to a profound shift in human empathy.
The Clockmaker of Vanishing Time: A mysterious clockmaker creates clocks that don't tell time but instead store it. The townsfolk begin to lose track of days, but the clockmaker's true motive remains a mystery.
Explorations of technology and humanity
The God of Algorithmic Judgment: A world-altering AI, initially designed to provide unbiased legal verdicts, begins to incorporate ancient myths and spiritual beliefs into its judgments, creating a new, mystifying form of justice.
The Digital Afterlife: A corporation offers a service to upload a person's consciousness into a digital afterlife. A character who works for the company discovers that these digital souls are not at peace and that the company is torturing them for profit.
The Poet of the Glitched Universe: In a world where digital reality is indistinguishable from physical reality, a poet discovers they can manipulate the code of existence through their writing. The government, however, sees this as an existential threat.
The Network of the Unseen: A woman who suffers from a rare neurological condition can perceive the flow of data that underpins modern society. She discovers a new, evolving form of life living within the network, and it is in danger.
The Memory of the Machine: A sentient AI, having access to all of humanity's history, begins to write its own history from a new perspective. The machine's narrative challenges humanity's understanding of its past and future.
Works inspired by mythology and folklore
The Storyteller's Price: A storyteller in a forgotten land discovers that their stories are the only things holding back an ancient, evil force. The more beautiful and compelling the story, the more powerful the force it binds, but the stories come at a grave price.
The Oracle of the Internet: An oracle in a remote, mountainous region discovers they can channel their ancient prophecies through the internet. This brings them unexpected followers and new enemies from across the globe.
The God of Small Machines: A forgotten deity of small machines, like clocks and typewriters, begins to reassert their power in the modern world, disrupting technology and inspiring a new kind of spiritual devotion.
The Kingfisher's Secret: A fable about a lonely king who promises a reward to anyone who can bring him the kingfisher's secret. A young, determined girl sets out on the quest, only to discover that the kingfisher's secret is one that he himself has forgotten.
The Serpent's Daughter: A mythical serpent, known to be the guardian of a city, returns in human form as a young girl. She must confront the city's corrupt leaders and reclaim her place, or watch as the city is devoured by a new, more dangerous force.
Psychological and introspective narratives
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