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Literary Literacy by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
15 Jan 2026
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(WaT spoilers towards the end of the fic)
Remember when Kaladin bought a wall of books for his mother?
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“Wait.” Shallan said. “Hold on. Please tell me the name of the merchant wasn’t Artmyrn.”
“How did you know?”
Shallan covered her face with both hands. “Oh, Kal, no! That merchant tried to rip me off back when I was studying under Jasnah in Kharbranth, and mostly succeeded!” Her eyes grew wide. “Did you specify which books you wanted?”
“I bought some of everything.”
Shallan groaned. “That merchant specializes in romantic novels, Kaladin. And I bet most of the books you purchased are of that genre!”
Kaladin went slightly green. “Maybe my mother will enjoy them.”Series
- Part 13 of Crem Fresh from the Highstorm
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Flash(es) of Inspiration by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
14 Jan 2026
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Rosharians invent the lightning rod.
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- Part 12 of Crem Fresh from the Highstorm
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Child's Play by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
11 Jan 2026
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Missing scenes from Kaladin and Tien's days in Hearthstone. The two chapters are independent.
Chapter 1: My take on why Kaladin leaves his hair long
Chapter 2: Tien swears his second Ideal -
Oaths Made in His Name by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
10 Jan 2026
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WaT spoilers ahead!
Being a Herald comes with its curses.
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- Part 11 of Crem Fresh from the Highstorm
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Just Another Unhinged Day in Urithiru by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
13 Oct 2025
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“Why in the Almighty’s tenth name,” Kaladin asked as he walked into the Windrunner mess hall, carrying Bridge Four’s still warm dinner, “was our cauldron in my rooms?”
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- Part 10 of Crem Fresh from the Highstorm
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Out of the Sky by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
03 Oct 2025
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What if Kaladin had sought out Amaram in WoR, and what if he had done so on the exact same night Shallan snuck into Amaram’s manor?
To Kaladin’s horror, Amaram turns out to be Shallan in disguise.
To Shallan’s horror, Kaladin turns out to be her brother’s killer.
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We never found out what exactly Vaelin’s blood-song sounded like. What if it was reminiscent of a swarm of mosquitos—or “that which buzzes” in Italian, Zanzara?
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The Other End by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
13 May 2025
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A spam call from a cognitive shadow puts Adolin’s literacy to the test and revolutionizes the process of Rosharian identification.
(Cremfic set in the years after WaT.)Series
- Part 9 of Crem Fresh from the Highstorm
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Together We Climb by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
09 May 2025
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Kaladin visits Hearthstone during the time between OB and RoW.
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Vaelin grieves a friend.
(And reawakens his artistic genius)Series
- Part 7 of Drabbles from the Unified Realm
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Brands of Honor by bleedblue2011, ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson
02 Mar 2025
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“We Bond not only the human as he is, but as he will be one day, Ancient Daughter.”
The plot to assassinate Elhokar had been so close to succeeding.
If one ignored the appearance of an insistent windspren.
And the betrayal of a Shardbearer.
And the swearing of Ideals.
And the realization sparked between two friends just in time.
And the exit of the assassin himself from the palace with the King on his back.As the True Desolation claims Roshar, hope becomes a fragile thing, a gaunt flame wavering in the darkness. But one shouldn’t be consigned to darkness because it is reflected in one’s eyes.
Two people understand this best of all—they, who have moved forward, but look backward. They, whose eyes burn alight, but are as dark as ever.
Who better to look out for the darkeyes and slaves of Alethkar and beyond than a pair of darkeyed slaves-turned-Radiants?
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Under Lock and Key by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
01 Feb 2025
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An alternative title that says it all: “Words of Revolution AU”
Kaladin stumbles into Adolin during his confrontation with Sadeas.
It is the spark that lights the timber, the cremling that flaps its wings.
Caught in the winds of fate, our protagonists again find themselves at the forefront, cresting a wave of change that has been building for far, far too long.
Dare they let it crash down, destroying everything they have known so far?
Dare they let it hang there, shadowing everything they have hated for so long?
Is it even their choice to make? -
Through Colored Lenses by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
17 Jan 2025
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“Hey, thanks to you not only do I now have to choose the style of my uniforms, I also need to choose the color,” Adolin said. “Even if it’s always some variation of Kholin blue.”
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- Part 1 of Alternate Cosmeres
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Fix by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
08 Jan 2025
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In the aftermath of an apocalypse, a human and an android are left to find their own way forward.
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- Part 2 of Alternate Cosmeres
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Patient by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
02 Jan 2025
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Fifteen years is a long time.
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How I wish I could walk that path of memories, picking up each rock as we went, chasing time back to what we once were.Series
- Part 3 of Alternate Cosmeres
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It’s Alive? by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
13 Dec 2024
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“I know you don’t act like it,” Syl said, “But did you ever realize that your hair is alive?”
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- Part 8 of Crem Fresh from the Highstorm
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Splinters by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Raven's Shadow Series - Anthony Ryan, Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
25 Oct 2024
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In which two brothers of the Sixth Order become the Shards of Roshar.
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No prior knowledge of either fandom required, and no major spoilers included. (I think)
The first chapter contains all the worldbuilding you need to know to read this fic! -
Legacy by ChecktheCeiling
Fandoms: Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere - Brandon Sanderson
22 Oct 2024
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One room isn’t enough for two very large egos.
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- Part 7 of Crem Fresh from the Highstorm
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War is not kind, and Alornis has waded too deep.
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- Part 5 of Drabbles from the Unified Realm
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Lost in Lost Tales of the Lost by ChecktheCeiling for Inkky_M
Fandoms: Raven's Shadow Series - Anthony Ryan
22 Oct 2024
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Sometime during the years that Vaelin was held prisoner, Caenis contemplates a charcoal pencil after a bloody battle.
Spoilers only for Blood Song.Series
- Part 3 of Drabbles from the Unified Realm