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8 Sep 2024 9 minute read 0 comments DemiSage
A young red-hair woman stood in front of a hairy, bare-chested guy in the middle of a dark forest. I watched this scene, trying to figure out what’s really happening while hearing a name from a fairy tale. In what type of twisted place am I? A brief...
7 Jun 2025 10 minute read 0 comments Wopney
LONDON 1780: THE BURNING OF NEWGATE PRISON “Strike, and let the fire spread, For in the ashes lies the seed.” The protestors start by attacking the carriages of those arriving at Parliam...
6 Sep 2024 9 minute read 0 comments DemiSage
Welcome to my first chapter of a new story found nowhere but here! Each chapter is about 1500 to 2000 words. I hope you enjoy it. God, help me! My lungs burned as I blindly turned down another dark alley. Groaning at the pain in my throat, I put...
13 Sep 2024 7 minute read 0 comments DemiSage
Thanks for reading and don't forget to tip if you enjoy the story. For your convenience, you can start at Chapter 1 here. Morning for Ruby and I came before the sunrise. A stable hand working with the horses below woke us. Fortunately, he didn’t se...
3 Jan 2025 6 minute read 0 comments Wopney
Money is all but spent. That ship has almost sailed. Yanez is alone and lost, drunk in a dingy bar in the port town of Livorno, the ugly twin of Tuscan conurbations; medieval alleys and the renaissance ideal replaced by an industrial port belching...
26 Jun 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Shugawrites
I was blowing balloons when the call came. We were preparing for our daughter’s second birthday. Her dress was laid out. Cupcakes were in the oven. The house was filled with sugar, soft music, and peace. Then my phone rang. “Madam, sorry…...
6 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments crywork
Perched atop Cryptonoria, the Collector's Mansion is a masterpiece of architecture and technology. Classic in appearance, with its tall towers and immaculate white walls, it actually conceals some of the world's most advanced defenses. This is no mer...
4 Oct 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Wopney
Dimitris The pain wakes Dimitris. A hatched pain that was difficult to pinpoint. He is spread-eagled on his back, eyes wide open. The room is immersed in a gentle penumbra. Behind the closed shutters, the hot light of day pulses angrily and creeps th...
1 Nov 2021 6 minute read 0 comments The Archivist
(The Library: Article) It is my pleasure to present to you the realisation of Alfred Hitchcock, which is aptly titled: Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Because in this anthology, Alfred Hitchcock did present. And he presented well. What he presented is not...
28 Aug 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
As I entered the hallway of Mrs. Miller's boarding house, I felt doomed, trapped. I felt a sense of claustrophobia. I couldn't breathe. I felt like I'd been stabbed in the chest, like my ribs had been crushed by the very walls of the place (like you...
