Being a vampire has its perks, like immortality and superpowers. It's a shame it doesn't come with a manual on how to use any of them. 'An Absurdist's Guide to the Undead' is a horror/mystery following Zachary Manchester, a vampire who played god and failed. After discovering his girlfriend's corpse, he tried to turn her to save her, but with no idea what he was doing it inevitably backfired in the worst possible way. Instead of the peaceful reunion he'd expected, the girl woke up screaming. Writhing in agony. Decaying. With no memories, no personality, and barely enough awareness to know how to walk, Victoria was reduced to a mere shell. Now needing to tackle both the overbearing guilt of his mistakes and having to babysit the zombie-like husk of the girl he once loved, Zach refuses to give up on finding a way to fix her. If that means turning every other human and vampire against him, so be it. After all, it's easier to grieve at a graveyard than to wake up beside a reanimated corpse every morning. (This story is also being posted on Royal Road)

The one where the seemingly bad boy falls for the apparent nerd - except it's a lot more complicated than that. - Copyright © 2013 Viano Oniomoh All rights reserved.

In which two insomniacs bond over mutual dark eye circles and that feeling of emptiness that occurs right around the 4am point. [#34 short story]

Daisy is an average teenager (it's always average, I know). For her, day to day life is also relatively ordinary. It is not until she meets new people that she realizes that life is not a mere straight line. She'll get to see life is full of sugar songs and bitter steps. Then there's Nick. Poor guy never knew life can be anything but a bumpy highway. His journey has always been rough. Life's fun? Oh please. But When he meets one carefree girl, his life doesn't seem so dreadful (more or less). But the question is, will he risk taking her along in this not-so-smooth ride that he calls life? =======×=======