If you’re new here, or even if you’ve followed along for a while but aren’t sure where to start, this is for you. The Lumen Universe is big. There’s a ton of lore, a growing set of stories, and more art and side projects rolling out every month. That can be a lot to take…
As the Lumen Universe launches its new monthly narrative series, here’s what fans and newcomers can expect between now and the end of the year—and where we’re heading after that. Monthly Story Releases A brand-new story will be released each month. Every narrative explores a different era, character, or mystery from the Lumen Universe’s deep…
Aristotle: A Story About Memory, Freedom, and the Edges of the Known World What do you do when your thoughts might not be your own? That’s the question at the heart of Aristotle, the first monthly narrative from the Lumen Universe fiction line. It’s a quiet, powerful story about identity and obedience, memory and myth,…
Let me be honest from the start, what I’m building sounds a little impossible. And maybe, in some ways, it is. That’s part of the point. The Lumen Universe is my attempt to create the most interconnected, rigorously architected, and living fictional universe ever made. It’s more than stories, comics, or games. It’s a never-finished…
Some of you have already read the opening chapters of Earth Transformed over on Wattpad. That version included the intro and the first two chapters, covering about 30,000 words out of what was intended to be a 23-chapter book. I’ve decided to pause that version of the project. The reason is simple, even if it…
Welcome to the first official weekly update. This is where I’ll be sharing what’s actually going on behind the curtain. Not just announcements and finished work, but what I’m building in real time, what’s moving, what’s stalled, what’s evolving, and what I’m figuring out as I go. Right now, most of the work is on…
Sarah writhed in agony within the transformation chamber, her body undergoing a violent metamorphosis as bioluminescent patterns mirrored her torment. Amidst the pain, Aisha’s soothing voice anchored her to memories of Maria, recalling their first meeting at a New Stockholm genetics conference. As her senses expanded, Sarah perceived Marcus’s clinical detachment and Subject Zero’s intense fascination, realizing she was drifting further from humanity with each excruciating pulse.
In the year 4280 AD, after the Post-Cataclysm Wars reshaped civilization, humanity thrives on a transformed Earth. Deep within the perilous Kouko Vallis Rainforest, a lone forager stumbles upon an escaped experiment—one linked to Project Ascendancy, a secret initiative to create sapient species. As towering megaflora and colossal beasts dominate the wild, this fateful encounter sparks a profound revelation about intelligence, survival, and the next stage of evolution. In a world where science blurs the lines between human and artificial life, the question remains—what does it truly mean to awaken?