Says it all in the tin! This is a connection of all my thoughts that have led to a story too short to expand on, make into a chaptered story or just too short.

**IMPORTANT** If you are reading this anthology on another platform other than Wattpad, it has been put there without permission. To read the work as posted and permitted by the author, please link here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/240025701-doors-in-the-dark DOORS IN THE DARK is an anthology of flash fiction full of color, mystery, and unknown worlds. Encompassing many genres--science fiction, paranormal, horror, and fantasy--these stories aim to create an immersive, transportive experience, if only for a pocketful of words and time. ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION SMACKDOWN Entries for the 2021-2022 Ultimate Science Fiction Smackdown start with "Old Bastion" and end with "A Familiar Recipe." OTHER CONTESTS "Dinner Date" tied for first in @ScienceFiction's September 2020 drabble contest, "It's Love." "Head of the Company" won @ScienceFiction's "A Christmas Gift" prompt.

RiST #1: Atomic scientist, Enoch learns what happens when his life's work and his greatest love collide. ≤500-word flash fiction written for the 2021 Ultimate SciFi Smack Down challenge-i.e., just for the fun of it. Part 1 of the Ripples in Space-Time (RiST) linked short fiction series.

Read the interviews with our most courageous, adventurous, and daring authors on Wattpad and take a look into the minds of the brave, the brilliant and the bold writers that bring our favorite adventure stories to life!

I've had the privilege of having a front row seat and watching some history unfold at Wattpad. First as a Wattpad writer then as a Wattpad Star and now a member of staff! I wanted to catalog this history and share the stories of some writers who played such a large part in this. I have launched a podcast to do so. Flip over the page for the first episode!

A haunted hotel in a ghost town, what could be more...cliché? How about a hotel that doesn't have a ghost, but wants to score one? After all, ghosts put hotels ON THE MAP, especially when this hotel was once a hospital for miners. And we all know that miners die grisly, unfortunate deaths. Why this hospital-turned-hotel is not haunted is a mystery no one can solve. The lack of ghosts, of creepy lore, of midnight bouts of things being flung around and scaring people silly (who love it, really they do) is downright inconvenient. It's bad for business, maybe even bad for Jerome. After all, the West's biggest ghost town has a reputation to maintain. Or create. The Jerome Hotel is not haunted. Yet. Now someone has a plan to change all that.

The next big thing may already be crawling around your attic. When a sorority prank with a microbot lands him in hot water, university student Mason Donnelly is recruited to work on a secret project at a remote research facility. As the newest member of a team of brilliant misfits, he must reverse engineer a new class of robot with capabilities beyond anything previously thought possible. But the robot may have an agenda of its own...

What if time travel is like alcoholism? Shouldn't mermaids have blubber to stay warm in the ocean? These short stories of fantasy and science fiction explore the weird, the bizarre, and the concretization of untenable fantasies. ❂ ❂ ❂ ❂ ❂ ❂ Abby Goldsmith is the author of an epic dark sci-fi fantasy series published by Podium and narrated by George Newbern. The Torth series begins with Majority, available on Kindle, Audible, and carried by Ingram. https://abbygoldsmith.com/majority

It is a time of great adversity as Agnes Dice narrows her search down to a small, blue planet called Earth. With every passing moment bringing Agnes' home world, Rian, closer to destruction she must locate a wandering book that has once again disappeared from Rian's largest library. From Indiana to Iceland, Agnes continues seeking the only thing capable of saving her home, the book. Time is running out when Agnes meets a young girl from Japan who might just hold the key to locating the book. Tagging along for the ride the young girl has no clue what it means to find what Agnes is searching for so desperately and as the journey continues it only brings more dangerous truths to the surface. While The Book with Two Titles can bring life it can also do more than end it.

When aliens invade, four baristas are forced to become the saviours of the world. Grab your double-shot of java and strap in - it's going to be a bumpy ride! ***** In the Earth's darkest hour, unexpected heroes are stirring... their coffee, that is. Four baristas on a camping trip are under-qualified to save the world from an alien invasion. But thanks to a hologram with no fashion sense, newly developed superpowers and an alien with a guilty conscience, they've landed the job anyway! So grab your double-shot of java, your blueberry muffin and strap in - Hasta barista, baby. [[2018 Wattys winner and twice featured]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Please note this is a sample of the book, which has been published and is available for purchase: Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WKFVKQJ Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1644342154