Books
Stories to read, and stories to play.
Long stories from Le Nâu, written in Vietnamese by Mas Nguyễn. The finished ones are free ebooks on itch.io, and Truyền Thuyết also plays as a gamebook in your browser.
On the shelf
Finished, and free to download. Each link opens the book’s own page on itch.io.
Truyền Thuyết
Historical fantasy
About 325,000 words
A class of students in the age of the Hùng kings, and the legends that began with them. Ancient Việt lands: Cổ Loa, the magic crossbow, the bronze drums of Đông Sơn.
Sài Gòn 2
Urban xianxia
About 345,000 words
A graduate looking for work in Saigon, and a hidden world of cultivation running alongside the office. Slow, close to everyday life, and without the usual glory.
Gánh Người
Historical wuxia
About 70,000 words
Late 1788. A guild of hired porters carries grain north for the Tây Sơn army, through drizzle and bitter cold, fighting only with their carrying poles.
Thánh Chiến Hệ Phổ
Fan fiction
About 380,000 words
Fire Emblem 4 and 5 retold as a novel: Sigurd’s war across Jugdral, then the children who inherit its cost.
Kim Dung Quần Hiệp Truyện
Fan fiction
About 35,000 words
Jin Yong’s heroes meet again on one tournament stage, two against two. Written on a whim, to see old favourites once more.
The two fan works are non-commercial and are not affiliated with the rights holders.
On the desk
Still being written. A book moves to the shelf when it is ready to read, not when it is announced.
Phụng Sơn
Fantasy with a wuxia heart
About 30,000 words so far
Tiêu Phong dies in his old world and wakes as a child in a new one, where a phoenix takes him in. A man who never had a home sets out to build one.
WritingNgười Đến Đúng Bữa
Wuxia and cooking
One inn that never moves, and an innkeeper who knows who is coming. Each guest arrives just as their bowl is ready, and the world comes in with them.
PlanningLộc Ký
Eastern fantasy
Being explored in short stories
He is the one who carries: first other people’s goods, then a creature he has to hide, then heavier things. Strength is only what he picks up on the way, to bear the load.
Planning
How they are made
We write with AI, under close human direction. A person sets the story, chooses what stays, edits every chapter and answers for every page.
The gamebook is made from the finished book. Nothing is generated while you read.