Curwen Oneshots

Author's Note

Proceed with caution. Shit's about to get sentimental.
     So, on February 26th of this year, I started writing the stories in this book because I had read every Spies Are Forever oneshot book I could find and I was desperate for more. And I wrote seven on day one alone (which is in no way concerning /s). I didn't know whether I intended to post them, I just wanted to have fun and write sad stuff (sorry for that btw). Months later, this book has over three thousand reads. That number terrifies me. I did not expect this. And I cannot say thank you enough times.
    This book has genuinely changed my life. There are stories in here I'm proud of and ones it hurts to read because I know I wrote them in the midst of burnout when I should have been giving myself a break. But, despite how much I may dislike some of the stories now, I know they were all an important part of helping me to get better at writing which this book undoubtedly helped me to do, so I refuse to delete anything, no matter how cringey I find it.
     I might regret making this decision later, but I feel it's natural to end this book here. Over the past eight-ish months, I have developed the ability to stick with a full story til the end and realised that personally I far prefer that over writing oneshots. So, usually when I try to write a oneshot now, it's low effort and I can't finish it because I just can't really write short stories anymore, which is why I post here rarely. So, I feel it's best to end this before it starts to become stories written at peak burnout (there are some in here which were written at peak burnout but I don't want to add to that number). And it's best to end whilst I do still love this book, even if I don't really post in it anymore.
     Always end on a high note, they say.
     So, as much as it hurts me to say goodbye to this, it's over. For now, at least. I might end up starting a new oneshot book or continuing this in the future, but it's over for now.
     I seriously cannot say thank you enough times for all of your reads, votes and comments. This has genuinely changed my life. And I'm really gonna miss it. But the line from Heartbreak Or Death by The Brobecks that says 'they say all good things have an end' is playing on repeat in my head.
     As much as this pains me, goodbye to this book for now.

     ~Hayleigh x

ps: I'm close to crying as I'm about to post this lmao

Edit: I have unpublished quite a few of these. Not all, but I wrote these more than two years ago and I would prefer only to keep up the ones I somewhat like :)