The Paper Chronicles is a sprawling speculative universe where every story revolves around journalists navigating between myth and modernity. While each tale stands independently—with its own tone, arc, and stakes—subtle crossovers and Easter eggs reward those who read deeper. Think of it as a narrative puzzlebox where journalism meets magic, one headline at a time.

As a journalist, I’ve chronicled truths in chaotic times—truths that often felt stranger than fiction. During my time at Ashoka University’s Young India Fellowship, I began weaving the rigor of reportage with the richness of fantasy. What if the press corps operated in a world of time-traveling broadsheets, typewriters imbued with spells, and drone-like creatures powered by steam and story?

This universe is for you if you love the scale of Star Wars, the complexity of Tolkien, the magic systems of Brandon Sanderson—and you devour novellas like James Patterson’s Bookshots. If you read The Caravan or Narratively not just for facts but for feeling, you belong in the Paperverse.

Across its strange realms—like Kongai Rock, the Freelands of the South, and the City of Spires—journalists are more than witnesses. Some are cursed truth-tellers, others cartographers of lost myths, and all are seekers navigating steampunk cities and spectral archives. In the Paperverse, journalism is rebellion—and storytelling is spellcraft.