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Chapter 27 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

A gremlin possesses an A-10 Thunderbolt, while the pilot of the plane desperately fights for control. Unfortunately, the gremlin cut her oxygen supply to zero and she begins to experience hypoxia.

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Chapter 3 of The Book of Newts: Witchhome is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts

Hobard confronts Marta, torn between the desire to kill her and thank her, at the same time...

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Chapter 26 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

The demon dragon, Bevna, faces the horrors of a modern air war, including fighter jets and A-10 Thunderbolts tasked with bombing her into oblivion!

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I'm building a Socrates-style fanfic recommendation bot for Discord and I'd love your input.

There was a bot on Discord I used before called Socrates, based on Flipper and I wanted to build something like that. Mine is using data from my fanfiction archive so it won't give proper recommendations until a few users like a few fics. After that it should get better the more it's used.

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Code repository
Link to a Discord channel to use the bot in this server
Link to connect Discord bot to a server
Telegram group to use the bot
Matrix room to use the bot

What it does

It's a companion bot for that self-hosted archive — think "your own AO3" that can also import/scrape from other sites. The bot gives you fanfic recommendations right in Discord, Socrates-style:

• Recommendations from your reading history — !recs, !fresh, !gems, !roll, with pagination (!next / !prev / !page 3)
• Cross-platform taste: AO3, fanfiction.net, and RoyalRoad are unified into one works model, so your history on one site feeds recommendations across all of them. No "500 favs limit" wall.
• Slash commands for search, quotes, downloads: /search, /ask (ask a question about a fic's content in natural language), /quote, /download (EPUB/MOBI/PDF straight to Discord)
• Library commands: bookmark, rate, kudos, block/unblock, updates on followed fics
• Community stuff: fic requests board, roadmap voting, links back to your web profile

The honest limitation

The recommendation engine learns from what people like on the archive — and right now my site has zero users. So "personalized" recs won't be proper until a few people like a few fics. The more people actually use it, the better it gets. Once there's real taste data to learn from, the recs should beat what you got from Socrates, because it's learning from actual engagement, not just what's popular.

So, what would you want?

If you were going to invite a fanfic bot to your Discord server, what would make you actually use it?

• Recs based on what? (fandoms you're active in, specific pairings, tone/vibe, length?)
• What's the one feature that would make it your default rec source?
• How do you feel about bots that track your reading history and suggest you what to read next vs. ones that give more generic suggestions?
• Anything Socrates used to do that you miss and wish existed elsewhere?

I'm building this solo and want to make something the community actually wants, not just what I think is cool. Fire away.

Chapter 2 of The Book of Newts: Witchhome is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts

Marta Blackwell wakes in the woods, with blood around her mouth, a fact that disturbs her, but she's glad it turns out to be from a rabbit.

She's afraid of what happens to her when she black out each night, but doesn't know what to do about it...

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Chapter 25 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Artemis arrives at high altitude above Castigation City and quickly spots some known landmarks, then heads toward The Outcast Detention Center.

In the background, fighter jets attack a dragon and vacuum bombs are dropped on the city of demons.

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Chapter 1 of The Book of Newts: Witchhome is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts

Hobard Twoheart walks the forest in the foothills of Mount Rimestar, at night, tracking a very unusual beast, that he might claim the bounty placed on its head by Dame Amelia Blackwell, the local governor.

However, the beast is not the rabid wolf or bear he assumed it to be...

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Chapter 24 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

The invasion of Hell begins with Artemis and her team using a moon base to open a brief portal, using the raw life energy that pools on the surface during the new moon. That's followed by several other portals, backed by the magic of The Cauldron of the Elements...

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Chapter 23 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

With little time remaining, Oz'gozod tortures Masher endlessly, without rest, keeping herself awake and alert through a steady drip of stimulants. Meanwhile, Masher grows ever more tired and his will begins to falter...

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Chapter 22 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Artemis and her team reach the Sanctuary, which miraculously provides them with a meal of magical fruit, then seek to get the back door open.

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Apparently having a whole bunch of #RoyalRoad story RSS feeds isn't a good way to stay updated… @NetNewsWire keeps reporting "429: Too many requests" 🥲

Chapter 21 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Oz'gozod works to locate the portion of Masher's brain responsible for spell-casting, while they get into a surprisingly philosophical discussion about the nature of love and hate.

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It is here! The final chapter of The Errant Apprentice Book 2! "At Long Last, A Plan"! Terry and company return to the farm where it all started and find a visitor!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/3761965/chapter-44-at-long-last-a-plan
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Chapter 20 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Artemis, Mika, Lara and Verda seek The Last Sanctuary, because it serves an important role in the invasion of Hell.

However, the trouble is, they're getting desperate, because Mika is hungry and the blood of her friends has started to smell good...

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Terry and Delores return to the Wide World, and to Elton, in today's penultimate chapter of The Errant Apprentice Book 2!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/3749291/chapter-43-minds-without-fear
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Chapter 19 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Mika finally reaches the point of exhaustion, due to meditating for days on end, and her vampire powers begin to fail her.

Grace is even worse off, at least until she steals Mika's body and vampire powers, drawing on an unseen source of magic to turn everything around!

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Chapter 18 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Oz'gozod finally gives up on her telepathic assault and retreats to her stricken and dying body.

Freed from the mental battle, Masher escapes his cell, to completely turn the tables on his tormentor...

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To help the King and Queen a new divine order is chosen in today's chapter of The Errant Apprentice: "The New Paladins"! Enjoy!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/3731069/chapter-42-the-new-paladins
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Chapter 17 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

After a conversation with Macie in the real world, Mika's knife uses a lull in the sparring match with Grace to ask some questions.

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Terry is formally introduced at the Oak King and has a surprise for Delores in today's chapter of The Errant Apprentice!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/3717729/chapter-41-the-revelation
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Chapter 16 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Masher deals with the urgency of Annmarie's girl needing to eat, but while he leads her to a bakery, to get some bread, he's quite disturbed to see her staring at humans with a hungry look in her eyes...

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👉 COMING JULY 28, 2026. "Bobby Champion Too: A New Territory" continues Bobby's story. After a humiliating breakdown, Bobby tries to rebuild his marriage and life outside the ring. But modeling success, tempting distractions, his father's retirement, and a terrifying incident involving his wife force him to confront his priorities, as the pull of professional wrestling grows stronger. #sport #sports #WWE #AEW #writingcommunity #amwriting #WrestlingFiction #RoyalRoad @writing @writers @wrestling

Chapter 15 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Mika finally grows sick of facing Grace without a weapon and decides to use the memory of her katana, but due to her heightened emotional state, the slumbering magic weapon wakes for the first time in centuries and flies to her lap, ready for use...

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Terry and Delores have their time alone as king and queen, and Terry begins his own preparations for the coronation in today's Errant Apprentice: "Preparations"!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/3700219/chapter-40-preparations
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Chapter 14 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Using details provided by Pride, Oz'gozod forces Masher to experience a flashback to one of his earliest memories of Artemis!

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Terry finally meets the Greenman and the crown of the Oak King is claimed in today's chapter of The Errant Apprentice, "The Greenman".
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/3687522/chapter-39-the-greenman
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Chapter 13 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Mika and Grace fight for dominance. Grace repeatedly defeats Mika without using any magic, while Mika relies on her vampire powers...

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Chapter 12 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Mika meditates on learning to use Balor's Eye, trying to reach the soul of the fairy that served as its first host, but instead of finding him within her subconscious, she encounters the infamous Pirate Queen of Ireland, Grace O'Malley!

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Chapter 15 of Rowley's Ride is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts

Rowley waits in the void and considers what's happened to her, trying out many possible explanations for her state, but ultimately arrives at some shaky conclusions that might fit, though she's unsure of them.

As she considers, she sees a giga-scale ship rise from the surface of Cakana!

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Delores thrusts Terry into a world of Court politics in today's chapter of The Errant Apprentice: "The Compass"!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/3669360/chapter-38-the-compass
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