[ONC 2023 Shortlister] The Hanscome Vacation Retreat had brought fun and happiness to hundreds of families over the years. But, when the last Hanscome guardian of the sprawling home dies, the once beloved hotel falls into ruin until developers give it a new lease of life. Now, potential buyers find themselves trapped in a house that has become home to nightmares and evil. Real estate agent, Maddie Bourne fights to escape the madness, to return to her family, but the house will not let her, or the others, go without paying a steep price. Only the mysterious strangers, Winter and Twilight, stand any chance of reuniting Maddie with her family. An ONC Novella, based on Prompt 62: Hell is empty and all the devils are here - William Shakespeare. A homage to the tv show, 'Sapphire and Steel', The Shining and Dirty Dancing. Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture.

Spatial Quakes, a destructive supernatural phenomenon that consumes everything in its wake whenever it appeared. To some people, it's a disaster. But to a selected few, Spatial Quakes are a different thing entirely as it signified that a Spirit, an extraterrestrial cosmic entity whose power was able to bend the laws of physics has appeared. 20 years Ago.... Two simultaneous Spatial Quakes caused by a pair of twin spirits, Natsuro and Neri Yamago, hits Tengu City. Fortunately, they managed to escape from the clutches of the Anti-Spirit Team, a military branch whose sole goal was to subdue spirits by eliminating them. In Present Day, the two of them managed to blend into society and lived normal lives as they hid their true identities as spirits from the world. Unfortunately, it won't last for long as one Spatial Quake during a day at school will change everything. During the quake, they learnt that they were not the only spirits on Earth and there is a force much more menacing than the Anti Spirit Team. The Yamago twins must now cooperate with their fellow spirits and an organization known as Ratatoskr, who focused on handling spirits through peaceful means... Only if they didn't want themselves or their fellow spirits be injured or worse... KILLED.