Zhang Linyang
stories & serials
Whether you enjoy slice-of-life, sci-fi, crime, or speculative, you're sure to find something that will pique your interest from Linyang's selection of short stories and serials.
Fantasy short story. First published on writervana.com June 25th, 2022.
​Word count: 10100~
In a world of heroes and villains, the Hound Who Ate the Moon continues to terrorise the people and their way of living. Hope, a young hero, is tasked with assembling a team to take down the Hound and his organisation. But maybe the Hound was there all along, fighting alongside him... ​
Fantasy short story. First published on kingdompen.org March 14th, 2022.
​Word count: 5000~
When Cameron's only friend, the kind but mysterious Dallas, leaves his book at school, Cameron thinks he's doing him a favor by returning it to him. However, once he finds his house, Cameron finds more than he bargained for...
Forest of 5 Paths Short Story Contest Winner.
Surreal fantasy short story. First published on writervana.com January 16th, 2023. Written August 2021.
Word count: 3900~
When a private investigator on a murder case encounters a boy called Joyce at the train station, more questions are raised about the world than he has time to answer them. But perhaps Joyce knows something more than he lets on...
Suspense/Supernatural short story. First published on kingdompen.org March 17th, 2023.
Word count: 3500~
When a renowned professor comes to the little town of Arlingwood, a family is honored to host him and his assistant for the night. But as the night goes on, it seems that Dr. Nathan Yair may have come to Arlingwood for a different, more sinister reason...
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Fantasy/Slice-of-life short story. First released on Webnovel, April 2nd, 2020.
Word count: 7400~
Explosions...at the end of the world...
"If you could save your friends today...would you?"
Li Huai is given a dream of tomorrow, a terrible tomorrow. And he is given a choice to change it, but at what cost...
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Paranormal/Eastern fantasy short story. First published on writervana.com May 2nd, 2021.
Word count: 4300~
In a small town, with strange happenings, the moon is red, and people are gone. A delivery boy encounters memories from his past and someone with a face that is his own. The scent of foxes lingers...
Winner of the WriterVana March 2021 short story contest.
Fantasy web serial. First serialized on tapas.io on July 22nd, 2021
Status: On hiatus.
Nine characters are trapped in a time loop. Yesterday they were friends, tomorrow they will be enemies. Today...they can only live in the present.
With memories being constantly wiped and identities exchanged with every reset, can the nine of them work together to break the loop? Or will they be forced to relive these few months of their lives forever?
Cyberpunk web serial. First serialized on honeyfeed.fm on June 1st, 2022
Status: Finished.
Rei lives in R'veno, a futuristic cybercity covered with neon lights, where she works as a bounty hunter. Her newest job? Find out what's disturbing the power grid and shutting off the lights. On the surface it seems a perfectly technical gig, easy, too, but after an encounter with the notorious Sunset Eyes, it's clear that something sinister lurks beneath this city...
​Entry in the 2022 MAL x Honeyfeed Contest.