The hardest part of being a monster isn't the hunger, or the hunters chasing you. It's trying to survive third-period biology. When a thunderstorm hits the sleepy town of Blackwood, local teenager Richard expects nothing more than a ruined walk home. Instead, he finds a bleeding, glowing creature hiding in a dark alleyway behind the local shopping mall. The creature is Vunnsuxi. But Vunnsuxi isn't just a monster-they are the key to a forgotten, ancient world buried directly beneath the town. Equipped with a cryptic, glowing map and hunted by shadows far worse than themselves, Vunnsuxi has to find a way back home. The catch? The entrance is sealed under the town's shopping mall, the hunters are closing in, and to stay hidden, Vunnsuxi has to do the most terrifying thing imaginable: disguise themselves as a human teenager and go to high school. Now, Richard is stuck helping a creature who doesn't understand human emotions, eats weird things, and has a habit of staring a little too long at the back of people's necks. Together, they have to solve the mystery of the map before the things in the dark find Vunnsuxi-and destroy the town. Why You Should Read This: * Creature-in-Disguise Drama: High school is hard enough without having to hide your glowing blood and claws. * High-Stakes Adventure: A race against time to uncover a secret world hidden beneath modern concrete. * Eerie Horror & Mystery: Dark secrets, terrifying hunters, and things that go bump in the night.

​Bang Chan is the most powerful CEO in the city-a man of iron discipline, cold logic, and zero room for error. He has a billion-dollar empire to run and a reputation to protect. He only has one rule: Keep it professional. ​Then came Yang Jeongin. ​Sharp, brilliant, and intentionally provocative, Jeongin isn't just Chan's most capable assistant-he's his greatest distraction. While Chan tries to maintain his icy composure, Jeongin is busy breaking every rule in the employee handbook just to see the fire in the CEO's eyes. ​In a world of high-stakes boardrooms and empty offices after midnight, Chan is about to learn that the only thing more dangerous than a corporate takeover is the man sitting across his desk. ​🎁 A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GIFT: This story is dedicated to my favorite sunshine diamond! Happy Birthday! I might not be a Stay, and I might not like the music, but I know how much you love these two. I hope you enjoy this spicy, chaotic gift!

This story is a special birthday gift for my best friend! It contains two distinct volumes focusing on two of her favorite ships: ​Volume 1: Indigo Dreams (Hyunjin & Felix Focus) In the prestigious Seoul Academy of Fine Arts, Hyunjin is the golden boy of the painting department, but lately, his canvases have been coming up blank. He's lost his "spark"-until he sees Felix, a contemporary dance student who moves like liquid light. This volume follows their journey as they become each other's muses in a beautiful blend of color and movement. ​Volume 2: Crimson Echoes (Lee Know & Han Focus) While the art wing is peaceful, the music wing is pure chaos. Han is a brilliant but anxious producer with a massive deadline, and his only hope is the academy's strictest dancer, Lee Know. Their bickering turns into something deeper as they find rhythm in the noise of the academy.

"A single touch brings absolute fortune... or eternal ruin." For a hundred years, the silver-and-crimson filigree necklace was nothing more than a ghost story whispered in the shadows of Oakhaven. Some said it belonged to a witch who cursed anyone with a thieving heart. Others swore it was a token of supreme luck, meant only for nobility. The Vance family-the wealthiest in the valley-kept it locked away in a glass vitrine, terrified of its power. Until the day they gifted it to the future queen. One week later, the queen was dead, the Vance family executed, and the necklace cast into the depths of the unforgiving sea. A century passes, and the legends fade into myth. Until five-year-old Maya finds a strange, unblemished red flower glowing in the wet sand. Now, years later, the necklace never leaves her side. To Maya, it's a silent guardian-a lucky charm that grants her unexplainable clarity during the day and fills her nights with beautiful, cryptic dreams of a past she never lived. But as the pull of the necklace grows stronger, the line between its blessing and its curse begins to blur. Maya feels a deep, unbreakable connection to the artifact... but she has no idea that some objects don't want to stay forgotten, and every miracle comes with a price.

Professor Mike Wheeler likes order. He likes black coffee, theoretical physics, and having his lecture hall chalkboard exactly the way he left it. What he doesn't like is the messy Art professor who follows his 9:00 AM slot and insists on turning his complex derivations into "abstract masterpieces." ​Will Byers thinks Mike is a stuck-up genius who needs to see the world in more than just black and white. He's perfectly content pushing Mike's buttons with pastel chalk and passive-aggressive notes-until a forced department collaboration traps them in the same office. ​Between late-night grading and shared pots of coffee, the friction between them starts to look less like rivalry and more like chemistry. But in the world of academia, falling for your rival is the one variable Mike never factored in.

The Stardust Wish ✨🌙 She was never meant to cross the border. He was never meant to hesitate. Rue has spent her life collecting pieces of a world she's forbidden to touch. Humans fascinate her. Their fleeting lives, their fragile beauty... their endings. Kaelen was raised to destroy magic, not chase it. But when desperation drives him to strike a deal with the very thing he was taught to fear, he finds himself guiding a fairy through a world that is slowly breaking her - and changing him. What begins as a bargain turns into something far more dangerous. When everything changes - borders shatter, truths unravel - but the one thing they wanted to save slips through their fingers like stardust anyway. What happens when the wish is granted... just not the way it was meant to be? Because some wishes don't come true. They take.

Some people don't break your heart loudly. They do it in silence- in the things they don't say, in the way they leave. Aria is still trying to understand where everything went wrong. One heartbreak she didn't see coming. One goodbye that made no sense. And feelings she never meant to have. But nothing around her is settling. A house full of half-truths. Tension that lingers a little too long. And people who seem to know more than they're willing to admit. Because this was never just about love. It's about timing that's always wrong. Choices that come too late. And the kind of connections that feel like a bad idea- but are impossible to ignore. And when London starts calling them back- not everyone will get closure. Some will leave. Some will stay. And some? They'll realize too late... that the people they couldn't forget were never meant to stay in the first place. 💭✨🌙💔 What happens when one person never learns to stay... and the other never learns to leave?

The Hook: Ten years ago, they were just two kids on bicycles with scraped knees and a shared Walkman. Now, the bicycles have been traded for a 600cc engine and a vintage V8, the Walkman replaced by industrial bass and emo anthems. The Blurb: Jax is a whirlwind of safety pins, smudged eyeliner, and the roar of a custom Cafe Racer. He lives for the rush of two wheels and the raw emotion of a mid-west emo bridge. Dorian is his polar opposite: a portrait of gothic elegance in silver chains and velvet, obsessed with the heavy steel and precision of classic muscle cars. After a decade of silence, a "lucky" twist of fate lands them in the same Advanced Automotive Seminar at University. Between the smell of motor oil and the tension of old secrets, they realize that while their styles have gone dark, the spark between them is brighter than ever. In a world of bikes versus cars and Goth versus Emo, can two childhood best friends find a rhythm that isn't just noise? Tropes: Friends to Lovers (Childhood Friends) Biker x Gearhead Goth/Emo Aesthetic

A compilation dedicated to the life and writings of Franz Kafka. This book begins with a glimpse into Kafka's life and the world that shaped his work. It is followed by a collection of his quotes, excerpts from his writings, and later some of his letters to Milena. Kafka's words explore themes of identity, loneliness, and the strange complexities of human existence. This collection is meant for readers who admire his work or are discovering it for the first time.

One book. One hundred worlds. No way out. In the hidden corners of the multiverse, there exists a volume that shouldn't exist: The Grimoire. It was supposed to be a record of history, a steady path through time. But something went wrong. A glitch has shattered the pages, stitching together fragments of worlds that were never meant to meet. From the neon-soaked alleys of a dying moon to the dragon-haunted forests of the Old World, the lines between reality and myth are blurring. Reinhardt watches the stars go cold on a lonely station. Otis kneads bread as a kingdom falls to ruin. Friedrich counts the sins of a town that has forgotten how to speak. They are all trapped within the ink. As the glitch spreads, the stories are changing. Some are funny, some are terrifying, and some shouldn't be read at all. But every page holds a secret, and every secret has a rhythm. You think you know how a story ends? Think again. The system is crashing.