📚 Kaimana Marusyn's library

I write stuff.

📰 Recent updates

The Beachcomber
September 2025
The Scarred Woman
August 2025
"A House-Boat on the Styx" by John Kendrick Bangs

📝 Short stories and microfiction

Stuff I wrote.

The Beachcomber

Just who was that woman, staring out over the ocean? Originally a hastag prompt microfiction that just kept going.

The Clocks Were Wrong

But why was he the only one who realised it?

Even a D-Rank Dungeon was Too Much for my Party

Her party wasn't as ready as they thought they were and had to retreat, but they left her behind. A slightly longer short story that I wrote over the course of a month, but ultimately didn't like enough to give it a thorough editing. Though I plan to reuse some of the characters for a better story. Some day.

The Scarred Woman

Or: The Hotel Ghost.

An Unfortunate Error

A former knight hears the story of a disgraced spy, who fled the kingdom following the accidental poisoning of the prince. A story based on a prompt from a random plot generator site:

🗒️ Hashtag prompt microfiction

More stuff I wrote. These scraps are based on Fediverse hashtag writing prompts (primarily #wss366 and #mastoprompt).

September 2025
August 2025

📖 eBooks

Public domain books written by authors more talented than myself, here in gemtext for your reading pleasure.

"The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
"Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
"A House-Boat on the Styx" by John Kendrick Bangs
"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson

📨 Contact

Fediverse: @kaimaru@indieauthors.social

Misfin: kaimaru@hashnix.club

XMPP: kaimaru@xmpp.earth

🚪 Elsewhere

Other capsules of interest. At least to me.

BBS

Gemini bulletin boards. I sometimes post my stories in s/microfiction before I get around to adding them here.

Fumble Around

A discovery engine which links you to a random Gemini page.

smolZINE

A smol zine. Each issue showcases a few capsules, followed by an article about whatever.