The Haunted Bakery is a fantasy/dramedy Web Serial Novel following a Honey "Heven" Eveninghost, a baker who moved from his hometown to the city in order to open and run a bakery by himself.
The kingdom of Grimm is not your typical fairy tale kingdom. As the people recover from a recent civil war, they also have to deal with frequent monster attacks and other misfortunes. However, this is not that story.
Instead, we follow Heven and the people around them as they try to live normal, happy lives and leave the bad times behind them. To make it short, the story focuses more on character drama and interaction than on a fantastic plot.
Referred to as a "fairy tale dramedy" the story does indeed feature several Fairy Tale motifs, often with a spin on them
- It's available at ArchiveOfOurOwn
and Inkitt.
- Civil War: One in the backstory of Grimm and of various characters.
- Dramedy: Focuses on character interaction that mixes comedy with drama.
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Spark, a friend of Heven's shows up drunk at his job and is described as having the spirit of a party animal.
- Our Demons Are Different: Demons seem to have varying appearances: For example, the first one described looks like a rag doll.
- Slice Of L Ife: Focusing on the day to day of Heven, Dust and Vanilla, without much plot to speak about.
- Urban Fantasy: The story takes place in a city with magic equivalent to tech at a modern level, indicating this.
