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about the author

BerkleyDrive or Bee, is a writer based in Manila, Philippines. She spent over a decade in journalism before turning to long-form fiction and writes literary fiction with commercial edges.

Her work uses romance and intimacy as methodology, not destination.

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about the ad

• Adult dark romance fantasy series, fully digital for now on Substack + crossposted to AO3, Wattpad, and AFF
• Each installment begins with Penny responding to a mysterious job advertisement that transports her into a different world, genre, or reality.
  • Book 1 starts right smack in the game for added build up. The premise serves as the main plot twist.
• Every "ad" is an invitation into a new adventure, with Penny taking on an ordinary profession inside an extraordinary world.
• The series blends fantasy, romance, mystery, adventure, and emotional character growth through different settings.
• Series Structure: Each new installment introduces:
  • a new world
    • vampire mansion
    • magical library
    • dragon kingdom
    • ghost tea shop
    • steampunk city
    • celestial greenhouse
  • a new profession
  • new rules
  • new emotional conflicts
  • new romantic archetypes
  • new genre conventions
• Genre Philosophy: Each world represents both a setting and an emotional experience. Readers return not just for new worlds, but for new emotional journeys.
  • Gothic Romance
  • Cozy Fantasy
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi
  • Urban Fantasy
  • Fairy Tale
  • Dark Academia
  • Historical Fantasy
• Connection to Prima Materia: The series quietly exists within the Prima Materia universe. Readers initially believe they're reading standalone fantasy stories. Only later is it revealed that:
  • Penny is Chan Park's secretary.
  • Her ordinary life exists in Prima Materia.
  • The worlds are connected to a much larger universe.
• Guiding Principle: The series isn't about magical worlds. It's about ordinary people discovering extraordinary versions of themselves by saying "yes" to impossible opportunities.

original characters

• Main Character: Penny Bae
  • Chan Park's overworked secretary in the Prima Materia universe.
  • Outside work she's a huge fantasy nerd:
    • fantasy novels
    • anime
    • cozy RPGs
    • cosplay
    • sewing/costume making
  • Core Strength: Her real superpower is adaptability; She:
    • quickly understands unfamiliar systems
    • creates routines
    • notices patterns
    • makes strange places livable
    • quietly improves every environment she enters
  • Character Arc: A woman who escapes into fantasy slowly discovers she belongs inside extraordinary worlds.
  • Each "ad" helps Penny discover another part of herself.
• Story Philosophy: The series is not about chosen heroes. Penny is never: the princess, queen, warrior, or chosen one. Instead she becomes: the maid, secretary, librarian, tailor, florist, innkeeper, assistant, etc. The perspective shifts from saving fantasy worlds to living inside them.

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started:

2026

status:

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