#i promise ill finish this short infection au lol

[epicwingman]

Withered Roses: Light Bites - Announcement + Character Heights

Hey everybody! I hope you're all doing well :)! How to Bake a Loaf of Bread is going well and the next 2 chapters should be coming out in around 1-2 weeks. I've included a height chart of all the characters below. The only one to really grow is Anastacha but she won't grow over 160cm by the time Book 4 is finished. It goes in height order, so for example, Steven is taller than his father. Their character sheets will also include their height in feet and inches.

So, as it'll certainly take some time between chapter 3 and chapters 4, 5 and 6, what will there be in store for inbetween?

Exclusively on Wattpad for the time being (I'm planning on bringing this to Quotev and AO3, just gotta learn how best to go about it and I'm lazy lol), there will be some short stories in-between! This will be titled Withered Roses: Light Bites and will feature both canon and non-canon short stories to the AU! I'll also take suggestions as to what to turn into short stories. Some will be split into multiple parts, but these will be worked on from chapter 3's release and even continuing when I'm working on book 4! This is the type of content you can expect to see from these short stories:

Infection AU (multiple parts, non-canon)

What if the Doppelgangers were venomous and carried a contagious virus? One bite would slowly turn anybody into a corrupted being. The neighbors are aware of this and make sure to be careful with every step they make, but when Alf makes a small mistake, everybodies life is on the line. This is mostly inspired by the 2024 MLP infection AUs that had me hooked for 3 months.

80s AU (1-3 parts, non-canon)

Nightmares Meet The Living (2 parts, non-canon)

Chester's 2010s Experience (1 part, canon(?))

Nightmare Neighbors (1-2 parts, half-canon I guess???)

There will also be some more canon ones that I can't really talk about yet! I'm excited to write these to help tackle the writers block that I sometimes get. I guess I'd be up for sfw X reader? Like Francis gets feelings for the doorman and you're in the perspective of the doorman? It's something I've not written before but could dappel into. Oh, and I'm down to doing requested ships, even if they hate each other in Withered. I'm not that big into shipping but I'm not against ships. You wanna ship Steven and Izaack who, in my headcanon, can't stand each other? You go for it! In canon, neighbors don't even interact with each other so anything is possible! It'd be non-canon to Withered but I don't mind dappling into something like this. I wouldn't do every request, but feel free to request some short stories you might like to see! You'll also be credited for the idea too! With that, I'll be back soon to hopefully announce a release date for Chapters 2 and 3!