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View AllLife Starts at 40
When Lina turned forty, she threw herself a funeral. Not the tragic kind—with sobs and lilies—but a proper burial for all the versions of her …
Read MoreVelwyn 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 …
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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 Forgotten Club | Part One
Olivia had always loved mysteries. From reading detective novels to solving petty neighborhood disputes, she’d done it all. But when she found the dusty old …
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 Window Next Door
It started with a glance through a window. Liam had come home from college for the summer, staying in his childhood bedroom, now too small …
Read MoreThe Corruption Algorithm
In the year 2205, humans had long since been freed from the grind of work. Robots did everything—farming, construction, medicine, even art. The world was …
Read MoreVoices in the Wind
Lina sat at her desk, staring at the empty notebook in front of her. The words wouldn’t come. She had watched Greta Thunberg speak on …
Read MoreSnowbound Strangers
The howling wind outside the train station sounded like a beast clawing at the windows. Snow battered the walls, piling higher by the minute. Inside, …
Read MoreThe Catalyst
The lab was quiet, save for the low hum of the quantum battery prototype in its containment chamber. Dr. Lin Wei adjusted her glasses, her …
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