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View AllVelwyn Nights Chapter 5: The Scent of Iron

By dusk, the Watchers had vanished. But the silence they left behind was a warning more than a comfort. Selene packed quickly—bundles of herbs, spell-scrolls, …
Read MoreVelwyn Nights Chapter 4: The Thread Between

Morning came with a hush. Ronan woke to the scent of jasmine and smoke, her body curled against his like a spell still unfolding. Selene …
Read MoreVelwyn Nights Chapter 3: Ash and Amber

Ronan stayed in the forest that night. He didn't mean to. It was like falling asleep in a dream and waking up more awake than …
Read MoreVelwyn Nights Chapter 2: Feverroot and Flame

Ronan didn’t return the next night. He returned that morning, before the sun had fully risen, as though sleep itself had rejected him. The forest …
Read MoreVelwyn Nights Chapter 1: The Forest Breathes

The first time Ronan crossed into the Forest of Whispers, the trees did not attack, but they watched. He felt it in the brush of …
Read MoreThe Witch’s Hour

They said no man entered the forest past midnight and returned unchanged. Ronan did it anyway. The air thickened as he stepped into the glade …
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View AllThe Love Renewed

Eliza felt the sun caress her hair, turning the silver strands into gold. She smiled as she hung the silk lanterns on the porch, their …
Read MoreReconnection

Anya felt a pang of loneliness as she watched the couple walk by. They were holding hands, smiling, and laughing, oblivious to the world around …
Read MoreThe Betrayal

The Betrayal Tom and Lisa walked home from school, their backpacks heavy with books. Tom had a list of groceries to buy for their mother, …
Read MoreMy First Story

I didn't expect this feeling to hit me like a dodgeball to the gut during Mr. Johnson's epic history lecture on, like, the bubonic plague …
Read MoreThe Love Letter

She found the letter in her mailbox. It was written on a fine paper, with a delicate handwriting. It was addressed to her, but it …
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View AllThe Minister’s Mistake (Profumo Affair, UK, 1963)

Christine, a showgirl with legs like a Cold War ceasefire, had John Profumo, War Secretary, in a spin. Their poolside meeting at Cliveden—her nude swim …
Read MoreDigital Doppelgängers

Eli swiped through his phone in bed, half-awake. The ad popped up again. "Ever wished there were two of you? Download MIRR and let your …
Read MoreThe Algorithm of the Soul

Leila sat at her desk in the quiet hum of the data center, eyes flickering between lines of code and the endless stream of numbers …
Read MoreAshes and Rebirth

The fire came fast. It started on the ridgeline, a small spark igniting in the dry brush, but by the time Sara noticed, the flames …
Read MoreThe Scent of Home

Maria's corner office on the thirty-fifth floor overlooked Manhattan's skyline, a view that still amazed her twenty years after arriving with nothing but a single …
Read MoreThe Fire Beneath the Cypress

In the heart of Shiraz, where the scent of orange blossoms swirled through the night air, Layli sat beneath the ancient cypress tree. Her fingers …
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