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An enormous scarred Moon hangs above a rebuilt city under a volcanic sky.

KATHLEEN OSBORNE’S HIDDEN DRAGONS UNIVERSE

THE TILTED
EARTH

The world broke.
The stories didn’t.

It’s 2224. A hungry world is rebuilding beneath a wounded Moon. There’s room here for your story.

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SCIENCE FICTION / SURVIVAL / HIDDEN MAGICEARTH, 2224 03° OFF AXIS
ONE CATASTROPHE.A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES.A call for authors
01 / THE AFTERMATH2200 → 2224
A woman carries pepper spray on a rain-soaked New Columbia street as a solar bus approaches.
NEW COLUMBIATHE NEW USA

WELCOME TO WHAT’S LEFT.

Three degrees.
Everything changed.

In 2200, a meteor struck the Moon. A lunar fragment fell into the Pacific, and Earth tipped three degrees. Coastlines vanished. Volcanoes darkened the sky. The Dark Years brought famine.

Twenty-four years later, the New USA is rebuilding. Solar buses pass gang-owned buildings. Meat is a monthly luxury. From New Rocky Mount to the uncharted Cascadia Dark Zone, survival is never a given.

Civilization survived.
Safety didn’t.

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A SURVEY OF THE TILTED EARTH · 2224

The known world.

Compiled from scattered reports. Much remains unconfirmed. Unexplored regions, the Cascadia Dark Zone, drowned coasts, and new land where the seas withdrew.

Map of the Known World in 2224, showing the 2200 impact site in the Pacific, the shifted pole and new equator, ruptured faults, erupting volcanoes, drowned coastlines, unexplored regions, the Cascadia Dark Zone, and the cities of the New USA.
THE KNOWN WORLD · TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AFTER THE IMPACTOpen full-size map
02 / BENEATH THE SURFACENOT EVERYTHING CAN BE EXPLAINED.

A broken world.
Extraordinary secrets.

The rules are established.
The stories are still unwritten.

I. THE TOUCHED

A gift.
At a cost.

A rare few carry meteor-born gifts: speed, telepathy, empathic projection. One person. One gift. Every use costs hunger.

Know the danger

Reporting a Touched person earns a year of rations. Those taken by the authorities vanish into the scientists’ labs. The labs’ interiors, locations, and the fate of the taken are RESERVED. No flight, invisibility, time travel, or mind control. New gifts need approval.

II. MAGIC & THE CRAFT

Small magic.
Deep roots.

The Craft is a faith first. Covens gather beneath the wounded Moon, feed the hungry, and offer refuge to Touched fugitives.

Understand the Craft

Magic is real, small, ritual, and always paid for. It cannot raise the dead, undo the Strike, make or cure a Touched, or compel love. The government licenses the Craft, watches it, and trusts it little.

III. THE BEYOND

Other worlds.
Hidden doors.

Aliens are rare and pass as human. Behind the marble lobbies of Dream Makers Inc., a door off-planet may be waiting.

Explore the possibilities

Invent your own alien species and register it. Include aliens or off-planet travel in your pitch. Existing named characters, Dream Makers’ owners, and dragons of any kind on Earth are among the RESERVED elements; consult the Quick Reference.

A secretive coven gathers around a small candlelit ritual beneath the wounded Moon.

THERE IS STILL SOMETHING WORTH SAVING.

In the shadows,
someone always leaves a light.

03 / WRITE WITHIN THE WORLDYOUR STORY. OUR SHARED UNIVERSE.

The next chapter
could be yours.

Kathleen Osborne is opening the world of Hidden Dragons to a small group of authors. Build a full-length novel inside a world with its own history, rules, and room to grow.

Download the full call for authors

01 What you get

  • A complete story bible, from the catastrophe to the rules of the Touched.
  • Room to invent places, covens, gangs, and alien species that become canon.
  • Series branding, a coordinated launch, shared marketing, and convention presence.
  • You keep the copyright to your book.

02 What you bring

  • A novel of at least 49,000 words, set in 2224 or later.
  • A heat level of 3 out of 5 or lower. No erotica.
  • A professionally edited manuscript and an approved cover.
  • A one-page pitch, approved before you begin drafting.

A SHARED INVESTMENT

The buy-in.

Due on pitch approval.

WITH A SUPPLIED SERIES COVER

$200first book

$150 for each later book
WITH YOUR OWN APPROVED COVER

$125first book

$75 for each later book

Every buy-in includes a $40 non-refundable reading fee. If the final manuscript is declined, the remainder is refunded.

The shared-world commitment

Your book remains branded and marketed as part of the shared world for a minimum of six months after release. The author agreement supplies the terms.

Submit your edited manuscript as a Word document, in 12-point type and double-spaced. Include the story year and heat level on the title page, attach a Continuity Sheet, and register every new name. The full Story Bible governs.

The world at the end of your book is one the next author can inherit.

04 / YOUR STORY STARTS HEREREAD. IMAGINE. PITCH.

Expand the canon.
Write the future.

Bring a protagonist, a place, and a story only you can tell. Start with a one-page pitch.

  1. 01

    Know the world

    Read the Quick Reference. Choose your protagonist, region, and story year: 2224 or later.

  2. 02

    Shape your pitch

    Complete the Author Application & Pitch. Identify any RESERVED elements you are asking to use.

  3. 03

    Send it to Kathleen

    Apply online before drafting. Pitches are open now and reviewed as they arrive.

  4. 04

    Make it canon

    On approval, receive the full story bible, author agreement, and buy-in invoice.

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Apply online, or email the Word application to kathleen@tilted-earth-world.com · Quick Reference sent free by email