PROJECT 01First draft
Cardinal’s War
77%
First draft in progress.
Xavier Schwindt · Fantasy author
Into the dark.
Toward the light.
Xavier Schwindt writes epic fantasy and speculative fiction about difficult choices and earned hope. Start with a complete free story.
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A FIRST STEP INTO XAVIER’S WORLDS
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Start here / Epic fantasy
This Bleeding
Light.
A burning king faces a growing rebellion.
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Behind the pages · On the writing desk
Writing
progress.
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To Burn The Dark
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Final draft in progress.
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I A darker
Something
A question
A darker
kind of hope.
High stakes, costly choices, and people who refuse to surrender.
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worth becoming.
Humility, purpose, and the work of growing into the person you could be.
Find a hopeful read IIIA question
that stays.
Memory, mercy, and the uneasy space between the rules and what is right.
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Epic fantasy · Free
This Bleeding Light
A king burns in the dark as a rebellion gathers around a mysterious light.
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Dark fantasy · Free
Midwife of the Dead
A girl who can animate the dead fights for her freedom and the boy she wants to save.
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Hopeful fantasy · Free
Heavy Lies the Crown
A future king discovers that leadership is forged through work, humility, and responsibility.
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Science fiction · Free
The Forest Without Trees
A HuBot investigates an AI that heals patients with memories of forests that no longer exist.
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Mythic fantasy · Free
Memorium
One of the last gods tends a garden of memorial trees and carries the memory of the war dead.
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Anthology · Free
Work of the Hands
Essays, fiction, and poetry about work, burnout, poverty, and vocation.
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Xavier Schwindt / Author & worldmaker