Stories in poetry

Spring Tidings on the River of Dreams

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · A Novel of Dreamlike Wonders in a Historical Setting · Complete · 38 chapters · 0 reads

A-Xiang and Lin Yue each keep watch on opposite banks of the River of Dreams. Only on the Qixi Festival can they weave a bridge from the dream threads they have gathered over the year and meet for a single night; after waking, they remember nothing of each other. As their tenth meeting approaches, a wet shoe flecked with wheat chaff lands on the unfinished bridge, bearing, impossibly, the weight of the mortal world. Across the river, the red lantern still urges her to come, yet the final three passes of the shuttle in A-Xiang’s hand remain unmade.

Written with AI assistance, this book expands on Qin Guan’s “Immortals at the Magpie Bridge” and the original short story “The Magpie Bridge Offers Passage for One Night Only.” The rules of the Dream River, characters, geography, and events are fictional; this is neither a translation or adaptation of the original poem nor a biography of the poet.