Soulless
A perfect world. A forbidden question. A final deception.
As featured in FamilyFiction and Feeling Creative?
For nearly a thousand years, no living plant has grown a thorn. Then one draws blood.
For a thousand years, the world has known peace. When a brilliant team of scientists crosses a boundary no human hands were meant to cross, genetic researcher Evelyn Cross becomes keeper of the record — witness to a discovery as beautiful as it is blasphemous.
2026 Kindle Storyteller Award entry
Free Sci-Fi & Fantasy Reads — September 2026
The Stillphase is part of a September BookFunnel promotion featuring free science-fiction and fantasy reads from independent authors.
Through September 30, 2026
Free Horror Reads — September 2026
The First Thorn, a standalone story from the world of Soulless, is now included in a free September horror collection.
Available through October 13, 2026.
A Foreigner in the Place Unburned
Dark Fantasy
Adam arrives in Thalarelle carrying nothing but ash. The forest keeps him anyway — among strangers who choose each other like kin.
The Judgement Archives
Apocalyptic Literary Fiction
Twelve voices speak from the far side of Armageddon. Eleven refused the same truth. One was given a commission instead of a question.
Start With a Free Story
Choose the world that interests you most. Each story stands on its own and opens a different door into Clean Lantern Books.
A Foreigner at the Kept Boundary
The next Foreigner novel is in development. The manuscript currently exists as the prose master; EPUB and paperback production follow once the manuscript itself is finished.
Follow Progress on NewsMore from Jonah Baird
Clean Lantern Books is the home of my original novels, but my creative work also extends into fanfiction, game modding, and long-form worldbuilding projects.
Fanfiction Archive
Read additional stories on Archive of Our Own — character-focused fanworks centered on comfort, mercy, found family, and healing. A place to explore my broader writing voice between book releases.
Your_Average_Spirit_Guardian on AO3
Mod Development
Explore my public development work, including Echoes of the Worldsoul — a long-term AzerothCore WotLK module built around gear attunement, stat absorption, challenge scaling, and solo-friendly progression.
vibecoder99-cmd on GitHub