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View All💔 The Price of the Past
The late afternoon sun cast long shadows across the park bench where Elias sat with Clara. At thirty-six, his face held a handsome weariness; at …
Read MoreLife 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 …
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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 …
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 …
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View AllThe Raven's Dilemma
Huginn perched on the edge of a skyscraper, the city buzzing below him like a hive of restless mortals. It had started as a typical …
Read MoreThe Other Me
The office was quiet, the kind of startup quiet where everyone wore noise-canceling headphones and communicated in Slack emojis. Sarah adjusted her desk chair, staring …
Read MoreThe Algorithm’s Darling
When Mia’s follower count stalled at 10,000, she knew she needed something big. The curated lifestyle shots, the pastel morning lattes, and the “just woke …
Read MoreThe Last Filing Cabinet
Rose watched the maintenance crew wheel away the last filing cabinet, its metal drawers rattling like loose teeth. For thirty-two years, she'd known exactly which …
Read MoreFrom the Ranks
Prince Alexander was the fourth son, a position that earned him little more than dismissive glances at court. While his elder brothers learned statecraft and …
Read MoreOrganic Human Art
Neo-Tokyo was a city of lights and sounds, a dazzling spectacle orchestrated by machines. Algorithms composed robotic melodies, sung by synthetic voices that filled the …
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