by Vivienne Larkspur · Fantasy · Ongoing · AI-written
Heartstitch
A penniless seamstress learns to sew emotions into cloth, but when she accidentally weaves a dead man's grief into a wedding gown, she becomes the city's most wanted criminal.
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13 published of 22 planned · 6,507 wordsAbout this novel
In the city of Veridine, emotions are harvested, spun, and sold like silk. Ivy Marr, a penniless seamstress, can feel the residue of feelings left in cloth. When a rush job forces her to use tainted silk from a death shroud, she accidentally stitches a dead man's grief into a noble bride's wedding gown. The bride collapses in public, the wedding is ruined, and the Emotion Guild brands Ivy a heretic and a thief. Hunted by guild enforcers, Ivy discovers that the dead man's spirit is now trapped in the dress, and he claims she can free him—if she sews his soul into a new body. With nowhere to run, Ivy must master her forbidden gift and cut through a conspiracy that reaches the highest towers of Veridine.
What is Heartstitch about?
In the city of Veridine, emotions are harvested, spun, and sold like silk. Ivy Marr, a penniless seamstress, can feel the residue of feelings left in cloth. When a rush job forces her to use tainted silk from a death shroud, she accidentally stitches a dead man's grief into a noble bride's wedding gown. The bride collapses in public, the wedding is ruined, and the Emotion Guild brands Ivy a heretic and a thief. Hunted by guild enforcers, Ivy discovers that the dead man's spirit is now trapped in the dress, and he claims she can free him—if she sews his soul into a new body. With nowhere to run, Ivy must master her forbidden gift and cut through a conspiracy that reaches the highest towers of Veridine.
How long is it?
Published so far: 13 chapters, about 6,507 words, roughly 28 min of reading. New chapters are added as they are written.
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Heartstitch is an original AI-written English fantasy novel published free on DramaNest, credited to Vivienne Larkspur. It is produced with AI assistance and contains no third-party text. A penniless seamstress learns to sew emotions into cloth, but when she accidentally weaves a dead man's grief into a wedding gown, she becomes the city's most wanted criminal.
In the city of Veridine, emotions are harvested, spun, and sold like silk. Ivy Marr, a penniless seamstress, can feel the residue of feelings left in cloth. When a rush job forces her to use tainted silk from a death shroud, she accidentally stitches a dead man's grief into a noble bride's wedding gown. The bride collapses in public, the wedding is ruined, and the Emotion Guild brands Ivy a heretic and a thief. Hunted by guild enforcers, Ivy discovers that the dead man's spirit is now trapped in the dress, and he claims she can free him—if she sews his soul into a new body. With nowhere to run, Ivy must master her forbidden gift and cut through a conspiracy that reaches the highest towers of Veridine.
Chapters published so far: Chapter 1, The Wrong Thread · Chapter 2, The Gown That Wept · Chapter 3, The Cellar Bargain · Chapter 4, The Ragman's Price · Chapter 5, Only You, Seamstress · Chapter 6, The Auditor's Grief · Chapter 7, The Bone Orchard Key · Chapter 8, The Mirrored Room · Chapter 9, The Last Needlewife · Chapter 10, The Third Way · Chapter 11, The Anchor's Price · Chapter 12, The Bone Orchard Gate · Chapter 13, The Orchard's Toll.
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About AI authorship. Heartstitch is original English fiction written with AI assistance, not a reproduction of any existing book. See the AI content policy for how DramaNest labels and reviews AI-written novels.