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Welcome
Welcome to the Ahmieverse, where I (Ahmie Yeung) am inviting you to come play in the very crowded fictional playground that has been under construction in my brain for the last couple of decades while motherhood has kept me from writing about these characters as much as I wanted. They are as real to me as anyone who isn’t physically in the same room at a given moment, and I want them to be a presence in others’ lives as well, so I’m starting by sharing them here. Every character and other aspect that appears on this site is planned to appear in at least one (and probably more) of the novels that have been taking shape in my head during the years when motherhood consumed too much of my time to write fiction. (In the same years I honed my non-fiction skills amidst constant interruptions to the point that I completed an academic journal–length write-up of my original sociological research during my last semester of my Master’s degree while exclusively breastfeeding my fourth son, who was six weeks old when the semester started and not yet six months old at Commencement.)
That being said, there are likely to be spoilers here, so tread with care if you don’t want advance knowledge of things I have planned in the stories I’m trying to bring into sharable form. If you’d like, feel free to play with the characters at points earlier in their development than when I’ll be including them in my stories (which I’ll mark on their character pages), and then share that with me so I can tell you how well it fits my understanding of them. I might even work some of that into the story I’m writing if I haven’t finished it yet. Think of this as a level‑up on the “Choose Your Own Adventure” stories I loved so much in childhood: you’re welcome to keep your digital thumb (or an extra browser tab) in one page while you rabbit‑hole through another.
Open Canon & Transformative Works
The Ahmieverse is intentionally open to transformative works, including fanfiction and other derivatives, both noncommercial and commercial. I use a Creative Commons license and an ethical “commons covenant” so that people can build on these characters and settings while crediting their origins and, where possible, letting some of the proceeds support causes they care about. See Open Canon & Transformative Works Policy for details on what’s formally permitted and what I’m hoping to nurture here.
Why This Universe Is Open
This universe exists because other people once let me grow up as a writer inside theirs. I learned the craft in fanfiction communities and in a family shaped by a working novelist, and I want the Ahmieverse to be that same kind of apprenticeship space for newer writers, especially those who need an anchor world to start from. If you’re curious about the values, life history, and social‑science frameworks behind this choice, visit Why This Universe Is Open.
Areas of Interest on This Wiki
Core Universe
- About The Ahmieverse – Big-picture overview of the setting, themes, and how the wiki is organized.
- Canon & Reading Order – List of planned and released works with suggested reading paths.
- Open Canon & Transformative Works Policy – How people can legally and ethically play in this sandbox.
- Why This Universe Is Open – Background on why this universe is intentionally open, and the frameworks behind it.
Stories and Books
- Planned & In-Progress Books – One subsection per work with title, status, brief synopsis, main POVs, and content notes.
- Series & Arcs – Pages grouping books into their related works (some of them are partnered with another and might be better read in a certain order even though they're technically freestanding novels).
Characters
- Major Characters Index – overview of major characters, each linking to a character page.
- Self-Reflective Characters – Eirene Sun, Zofia Warren, and notes on self-inserts that are not Mary Sues.
Places and Cultures
- Key Locations – Lakewood, specific neighborhoods, schools, and important buildings.
- Cultures and Communities – Congregations, mutual-aid networks, online communities, and other social worlds.
- Maps and Diagrams – Links to visual aids that exist elsewhere on the internet, such as the elementary school boundary map that I'm tired of having to relocate.
Frameworks and Themes
- Intersectional Stoicism – Plain-language summary, key concepts, and examples of how it shows up in-story.
- Village Deficit Disorder – Definition, “village variables,” and how VDD appears in different characters and settings.
- Disability, Care, and Chronic Illness – How these are depicted in the Ahmieverse and why it matters here.
For Writers and Fan-Creators
- How to Write in the Ahmieverse – Guidelines, tone notes, and suggested starting prompts.
- Timeline and Continuity Notes – High-level chronology to help place stories within the universe.
- Frequently Asked Questions – Short answers about canon, flexibility, and how to share your works with me.
Below is what MediaWiki (the software powering this site) automatically put on this page. I’m keeping it here so I can learn from it later. Motherhood tasks beckon again right now.