LegendFiction Relaunches: a call to authors who want to fall in love with fiction again

LegendFiction is a rally point for writers who actually believe fiction really matters, want to triple their output, and want an epic home for fun, publication, and real friendships.

In an age where meaning is in freefall, we’re not backing down—we’re planting our flag in the breach and calling writers to stand their ground and step up with us.

LegendFiction, an online fiction community for authors who know fiction really matters, has relaunched with a clearer vision and a bunch of new updates.

We dream of being the rally point for writers who believe that fiction should do more than entertain—it should awaken wonder, field-test the good life, and reimagine the future.

“LegendFiction is more than a community,” says founder Dominic de Souza. “It’s a haven for creators who believe that our souls survive on stories. We’re building a future where authors grow together, share and publish, and forge friendships around fiction that matters.”

Storytelling is how our souls survive.

As de Souza puts it, “This is not some heroic highlight reel. We’re going after the hardest locations in the culture—the breaches where stories are most needed. This isn’t a playground. This is a proving ground.”

LegendFiction is doubling down on creative courage, inviting authors to confront darkness with reality, explore gray morality with grit, and get deeper into humanity through the power of story.

“We’re for stories crafted for high schoolers and adults. We’re getting into the grimdark, analyzing anti-heroes, wrestling with complex arcs, having a ton of fun. We’re challenging ourselves to find what’s good or meaningful in broken places. If we disagree or dislike stuff, we don’t burn books, but we talk about it—always in the pursuit of what builds a future we believe in,” says de Souza

The need for such a community has never been more real.

The publishing industry is fragmented. Social media is often a slopfest of clickbait and merch-run reboots. And the pressure to chase trends often outweighs the call to chase meaning. Readers want more. Writers sure do.

“Humans must discover or make meaning to survive,” de Souza insists. "When meaning collapses, cynicism, apathy—and worse—take over. We are fighting that collapse with story, friendship, and fun.

“Our stories are not just entertainment—they are maps, lanterns, and worlds. They can help us become who we are meant to be.”

What LegendFiction Offers

LegendFiction is more than a forum—it’s a community-driven network of formation, inspiration, and opportunity.

Here’s what members get:

Community of Kindred Spirits: LegendFiction connects authors who share a love for meaning-rich, mythic storytelling. Members collaborate in themed writing groups, join challenges, and encourage one another to complete drafts, overcome blocks, and refine their voice.

Worldbuilding Anthologies & Contests: Writers can engage in short story contests, and themed anthologies. These initiatives spark creativity and provide publishing opportunities within the community.

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Gamified Progress System: Through badges and trophies, LegendFiction gamifies growth. Writers unlock achievements for consistency, feedback, submissions, and participation in events.

Courses & Coaching: Upcoming additions include a Writing School, with mini-courses, workshops, and feedback sessions designed to level up the craft of writing, branding, and publishing.

Publishing Pathways: LegendFiction is helping authors understand marketing, grow their audiences, self-publish their work, or partner with niche publishers aligned with their values.

Writer Directory & Profile Showcases: Members can showcase their portfolios, link to works in progress, and connect with readers and collaborators.

Private & Themed Discussion Spaces: Structured spaces encourage focused discussion on topics like fantasy worldbuilding, research, members market, and more.

Mentorship & Peer Support: Writers can find critique partners, beta readers, and accountability buddies who share their values and genre interests.

Daily Events & Challenges: From write-ins to livestream interviews, monthly themes, and character creation games, the platform offers ongoing momentum to help authors stay engaged and inspired.

Authors & AI (the Smart Way): Imagine having a full creative team in your pocket, your own personal Weta Workshop—ready to help you dream bigger, go deeper, and create faster. In our community, we don’t use AI to write stories. We teach you how AI can be a partner, not a replacement.

Moderators and Mentors: Safety and privacy is key for our entire community. We keep a three-strikes ban policy, and zero tolerance for inauthentic or antagonistic behavior. (It’s never happened.) Our moderators and mentors are personally vetted and publicly accessible.

A rebellion against the meaningless

“LegendFiction is a rebellion,” de Souza says. “But not the kind that burns it all down. Everything else is burning around us. We’re building up. We’re reviving the art of meaningful fiction—the kind that stirs your blood and stills your soul.”

This community isn’t for everyone. “Our members believe that storytelling is real, and that it is a craft to master. It’s a chance to serve, challenge, and transform the reader. That takes courage. That takes commitment.”

In a culture where creativity is all about limitless self-expression, and demanding attention, LegendFiction is doubling down on two points: creativity is a path we cultivate, and we serve. We cultivate it, because it reveals us to ourselves, and that requires attention and self-mastery. Service, because it is a vocation, a life-path to serve a mission, a community, or a message.

It is founded by a team of friends seeking deeper human commitment to meaning, moral imagination, and mythic truth.

Inspired by the Inklings, pop culture, and a seeking after truth no matter where it is found, we are a Wayfarers Inn, a Grey Havens for authors who feel unseen, and want friends for the journey.

They don’t promise to have all the answers, because that’s not the job of fiction. The role and function of fiction in human culture is to share experiences, experiences of being blinded by, battered by, or broken into by truth.

Our authors look forward to a lot of fun creating worlds without end. But we also get that creativity is a Palantir of the soul. Stories make landfall in our souls, some seeking care and a single audience, some needing a decade of distilling, some ready to hit the road and ride. But not all things we see is good, and not all seeing stones are accounted for.

Creativity without meaning has left us with the ruins around us, and the ruined souls of friends and loved ones who crave a future we can believe in.

Join the community

For authors who feel alienated by algorithm-driven platforms, tired of the AI clone wars, or burnt out from virtue-signaling and LARPing, or endless solo drafting, LegendFiction is waving you over.

“We don’t promise everything is figured out. We’re building it better all the time,” de Souza affirms. “LegendFiction is a rally point for the ones who want to write better and wilder. If you believe fiction matters, maybe you belong here.”

Membership is $10/month, which includes access to all community features, challenges, and publishing opportunities.

“We dream of helping authors fall in love with writing again, so they triple their output together, because fiction matters,” says de Souza.

When meaning is under siege, storytellers are the first responders.

Join us. We can’t wait to meet you.