1000 Lotuses
Format: web serial
Rating: 18+
Genre: historical fantasy inspired by
xianxia/wuxia/baihe/danmei
Featuring: a tiger who eats gods, a bodhisattva set aflame, a
lonely camellia longing for the sun
Beware of: toxic queers, other dark/mature themes
Once, there was a tiger who became a goddess after she heard the melody of a lone wanderer. But this story isn’t about them. Not anymore.
In the mountains of eastern China, a county clerk named Li Zanghong offers her services to a passing traveler who wears a tiger skin. The clerk does not know it yet, but Zhang Suming is a tiger yao who has spent the last twenty years preparing to wage war against the gods who tried to destroy her home. And Zhang Suming does not know it yet, but Li Zanghong is actually a bodhisattva—and the sage of compassion will become the key to her victory.
1000 Lotuses is a historical fantasy set during the Five Dynasties Ten Kingdoms period (907-979 AD). Featuring non-Western interpretations of queerness/gender with an ensemble cast of weird women and a few weird men. Contains explicit sex scenes and other mature themes.
Coming Fall 2025.
“Are you a god?”
Zhang Suming said, “That depends on who you ask. Would it be the heavenly officials?”
“I would ask them nothing. They care only for themselves.”
“Have you been to heaven? Do you speak with any of the gods who live there?”
“Never,” Li Zanghong replied cheerfully. “Why do I need to go bother them? I stay on this earth to help all creatures.”
“Then do you believe I am a god?”
“You very well could be. You seem to be powerful and clever. And I always feel safe at your side.”
“I don’t need your reverence.”
“Then I won’t revere you. I will simply enjoy the time that we spend together.”