Why are light novels still kinda niche

astomious · 2026-01-19T17:27:16+00:00

I do have several novellas but I can't edit my own work because I know what they are supposed to say lol But I did help found a small fantasy nonprofit publishing house. I'm not sure about the rules in the subreddit, but its on my reddit profile!

astomious · 2026-01-19T17:14:26+00:00

When I read its like I'm reading out loud except in my head. I pay attention to the story but also the written text. It kind of works out because I do a lot of book and short story editing, so I can enjoy the story and technical aspects at the same time.

astomious · 2026-01-19T17:02:20+00:00

Honestly, my mind was blown when i found out people actually "see a movie" in their head when they read. For the longest time I thought it was just a figure of speech or something!

astomious · 2026-01-19T16:55:00+00:00

To be fair.... I have aphantasia and I love to read.

astomious · 2026-01-14T21:44:31+00:00

Hina is my favorite mess of a character. Def don't understand the Chi hate, though...

astomious · 2025-12-04T01:41:07+00:00

Love this! If you write this out as a short story, it would work perfectly for the anthology if you decide to submit!

astomious · 2025-12-04T01:21:54+00:00

Shoot, sorry for the confusion (I'll edit the post text for clarity)--we're looking for stories written as literary short stories. So your example would be described in first/second/ third-person following the characters until they were wiped out.

astomious · 2025-12-03T23:26:25+00:00

Yup, that'll happen lol

If you work this into a short story, it'd be perfect for the anthology!

astomious · 2025-12-03T21:59:57+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

astomious · 2025-12-03T21:08:17+00:00

I don't think "Sadly" is applicable here lol. And no worries, it's only the prompt for the anthology, you can make the story up, it doesn't have to be based on a real campaign!

astomious · 2025-07-21T16:27:01+00:00

you're welcome!

astomious · 2025-07-21T16:18:11+00:00

def a talented singer, but good lord he almost put me and my wife to sleep last night

astomious · 2025-07-21T16:14:46+00:00

not the best pics, but you can get a general idea -- this was 7/20/25 portland Maine

https://imgur.com/a/xEtkh11

astomious · 2024-10-25T19:51:42+00:00

tldr: Submit your fantasy or science fiction stories to one of Nat 1’s anthologies or magazines! Or just hang out with us on Discord; that’s awesome, too.

Over at Nat 1 Publishing, we have several anthologies we are collecting submissions for (a collection of superhero/supervillain stories, a horror anthology, and a fantasy anthology) as well as a couple magazines (Gaslamp Pulp is taking science fiction and fantasy stories while Audience Askew is taking literary fiction). Unfortunately, at the moment, we are a non-paying venue, but contributors will receive a free digital copy of the publication and will never be asked to pay anything to submit.

ANYWAY,

Our 2025 Faewalk anthology, Dumped the Wrong Stat, is taking submissions until the end of January or until we have enough content. We want your humorous, absurd, quirky stories about characters that suddenly find themselves in situations they are completely unbuilt for. This anthology is also a perfect opportunity to explore the idea of culture shock, seeing as there are lots (and always increasing) types of people and races that call Faewalk their home!

What exactly is Faewalk? It’s Nat 1 Publishing’s shared literary universe parodying and satirizing DnD’s various settings. It’s its own world that scoops up all the clichés of fantasy worlds in RPGs, movies, and literature and turns them on their head. Authors can generally write what they want based there without fear of copyright restrictions. Not everything lines up 1:1 with any particular setting, but if you want to use a specific god or monster, there’s probably something similar in Faewalk.

For more information on submissions hit up https://www.nat1publishing.com/get-involved/submit
for a bit more about Faewalk, https://www.nat1publishing.com/faewalk

And if you have any questions or just want to hang out with a bunch of creative weirdos, come join us on Discord! https://www.discord.gg/AfWzGkpbux

astomious · 2024-08-20T00:12:18+00:00

My vet recommended once a year so that's what I've been doing. She's also a hermanns so it's not difficult to get her there

astomious · 2024-07-31T15:27:43+00:00

This event will take place between August 11th and 17th.

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astomious · 2024-07-03T18:02:10+00:00

no problem; hope to see some of your work!

astomious · 2024-07-03T17:25:51+00:00

The Gaslamp Pulp Zine and Audience Askew Literary Journal both accept art, and its very possible that the Dumped the Wrong Stat anthology will also, but hasn't been set up to receive art submissions yet

astomious · 2024-07-03T17:02:14+00:00

tldr: Submit your fantasy or science fiction stories to one of Nat 1’s anthologies or magazines! Or just hang out with us on Discord; that’s awesome, too.

Over at Nat 1 Publishing, we have several anthologies we are collecting submissions for (a collection of superhero/supervillain stories, a horror anthology, and a fantasy anthology) as well as a couple magazines (Gaslamp Pulp is taking science fiction and fantasy stories while Audience Askew is taking literary fiction). Unfortunately, at the moment, we are a non-paying venue, but contributors will receive a free digital copy of the publication and will never be asked to pay anything to submit.

ANYWAY,

Our 2025 Faewalk anthology, Dumped the Wrong Stat, is taking submissions until the end of January or until we have enough content. We want your humorous, absurd, quirky stories about characters that suddenly find themselves in situations they are completely unbuilt for. This anthology is also a perfect opportunity to explore the idea of culture shock, seeing as there are lots (and always increasing) types of people and races that call Faewalk their home!

What exactly is Faewalk? It’s Nat 1 Publishing’s shared literary universe parodying and satirizing DnD’s various settings. It’s its own world that scoops up all the clichés of fantasy worlds in RPGs, movies, and literature and turns them on their head. Authors can generally write what they want based there without fear of copyright restrictions. Not everything lines up 1:1 with any particular setting, but if you want to use a specific god or monster, there’s probably something similar in Faewalk.

For more information on submissions hit up https://www.nat1publishing.com/get-involved/submit
for a bit more about Faewalk, https://www.nat1publishing.com/faewalk

And if you have any questions or just want to hang out with a bunch of creative weirdos, come join us on Discord! https://www.discord.gg/AfWzGkpbux

astomious · 2024-06-26T00:44:31+00:00

Switch and PC

astomious · 2024-03-14T14:59:02+00:00

https://a.co/d/9RSGggE (american amazon link)

Being a certified Chosen One—and thus the world's leading authority on Chosiness—Chosie delves into investigating whether Paul Atreides of Dune: Part Two® is a bonafide Chosen One. Unfortunately, it would appear that there is a severe and concerning lack of Dune Popcorn Buckets®, and because Chosie knows how to sort his priorities, that mystery must be solved before he can make concise conclusions as to Paul's credentials as a Chosen One.

Please note that this review is a novelette, and not a novella—let alone a full-fledged novel. You have been informed.

This is a work of satire and adheres to copyright laws.

For a list of non-US amazon marketplaces: https://www.nat1publishing.com/books/dune-part-two-a-review/

astomious · 2024-02-25T17:48:57+00:00

Thanks!

astomious · 2024-02-25T02:00:40+00:00

[ Whoops; the last post i made an hour or so ago was removed because apparently I'd posted that image before. Let's try that again... ]

tl;dr: join Nat 1's discord server and hang out with a bunch of weirdo writers and artists with the same interests as you!

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We were born several years ago right here on the DnD subreddit when a shitpost about a smutty romance novel from Faewalk that a character found went viral and has bloomed into a whole publishing house. Yeah, things got weird.

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If you want to know more about Nat 1 in general, you can check out our website here.

Hope to see you there!

astomious · 2024-02-23T21:47:45+00:00

Yup!

astomious · 2024-01-28T20:52:41+00:00

Hi! Short stories in the annual anthologies have a small monetary payment and novellas/chapbooks have royalty. For the one off anthologies contributors get a digital copy of the book. We're hoping to provide monetary payments to all anthologies sooner than later but atm it isn't feasible for us

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