Bright's Writing

brightephemera has written words.

This blog collects links to brightephemera fiction published across the Internet. Angst, romance, originals, a dozen fandoms, a little of this and that. I hope you find something to your taste. (shortform collections)(proper serials)(novels)(one-shots)(poems)

  • Friendship Letters (SWTOR) 2016

    Friendship Letters (SWTOR) 2016

    Star Wars: The Old Republic had dozens of wonderfully written relationships between player characters and their companions. When a time skip placed our OCs in cold storage for five years, the game provided letters from romanced companions, speaking in wrenching terms of separation and loss. And I thought, why only romances? The result is a

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  • Encounters (Disco Elysium) 2025

    Encounters (Disco Elysium) 2025

    Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is a dialogue- based RPG with a unique skill system and stellar voice narration. You play an amnesiac cop, then things get worse. It’s in my top three RPGs for quality of storytelling, and probably top 2 for mechanics.  I started writing this fanfic to continue the story of my

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  • There Is No Death, There Is Only Wrath (SWTOR) 2012

    There Is No Death, There Is Only Wrath (SWTOR) 2012

    Star Wars: The Old Republic is an MMORPG that shares some story-driven DNA with classic RPGs. I played it a lot. One of my first two novels, NDOW, is the goofy story of slacker Emperor’s Wrath Nalenne and her dead husband Malavai Quinn. (He had it coming.) The Sith Warrior companions and major NPCs, including

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  • Tatters (original) (2024-2025)

    Tatters! I’m almost done!  Tatters is a triptych about a crime lord, a cop, and a student, pursuing relationships in the empath-haunted Photia City. It is a romance about feelings and corruption and failure to heal.  I really love this setting, a nighttime gaslamp with psychic powers. The ending of Tatters, due within weeks, sets

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  • Introduction and Welcome

    Hello, everyone. This blog is a collection of links to brightephemera fanfiction and original work across the Internet. Tags will allow readers to filter on topics and styles of interest. You can click through any story preview to see the tags at the bottom right. I’m excited to share my thirteen-year portfolio with you.

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angst ao3 blast from the past comedy commentary disco elysium dragon age drama friendship full text meta no romance novel npc: aric jorgan npc: kim kitsuragi npc: malavai quinn oc: audrey la rose oc: fortune oc: leif surana oc: nalenne oc: phinean draconis oc: piper poet oc: ruth niral oc: setua telaeriv zhagran oc: vierce savins oc: wynston one-shot original originals pdf poetry romance serial ship: elara/vierce ship: ettael/setua ship: fortune/piper shortform collection sith warrior/malavai quinn spoilers swtor swtor forums tatters the unwitting sorceress tumblr wordpress