Halloween is truly a festive time of year. Spooky stories, haunted houses and vampires that you can't help but thirst over because you're weird like that. That's why Hale Woodsen's inviting you to the Traitre Museum. You know, that weirdly atmospheric place near 86th, the one with the dome ceiling? Yeah. There'll be music. Shadows. Smoke machines. Candlelight that definitely isn't safe. Maybe even a Ouija board or two. Costumes are absolutely mandatory - don't come dressed like a civilian unless you want to be sacrificed mid-party for the aesthetic. For everyone has suffered a tragedy recently, the disappearance of Luca Almirez. For those who don't know (you're living under a rock), the basketballer disappeared a month or two ago, after the biggest game of his life. Nothing's been found about him, and to be honest? We're not sure if there ever will be. He was a best friend, a gifted sportsman, and overall a beloved member of society. Perhaps this is Hale's way of battling the grief. Since, you know, he was Luca's best friend. He's trying just as hard as everyone else to get to the bottom of this. His list of suspects is never ending, from Cady Lovaine to Ruel Cruz, to even Reverie Vale and Leslie Wilde. But they have hunches too, and so the story continues, dangerous and twisted. But that's not everything. If you want to get all the details, let's leave the Halloween party. Let's go to the 2nd of August, where everything began.

Gillian has been acknowledged as nothing more than the middle child caught between her elder brother, the golden boy and her younger sister, the spoilt princess. And she's dealing with it just fine. That is until she meets Niles, a guy with no seeming attachment to anything or anyone. Although, he has seemed to take a keen interests in her-- or more specifically, an issue he discovers they share in common and that's getting their over parental figures to back off. For Niles to avoid having to see a shrink and for Gillian's promiscuous actions to not come to light, the two agree to pose as a couple and convince their guardians they're completely healthy, socially functional people. As hard as Gillian tries to draw the line there, roles and boundaries get blurrier and more complicated that she can't be too sure where she'll be left standing.

When a midnight wolf, known as Isabel is born, everything changes. Grannie, Isabel's best (and) only friend, mysteriously dies from a grand sickness that almost no wolf has survived. Later in life, Isabel is trapped in a collection of long-term events. She hasn't learned much in school yet, though she has graduated! When she was the only student who didn't get a job, everything changes. And Isabel ends up in The Echoed Dungeons, eager to know if she'll ever get out in time, and stop the evil Alpha from ruling the world. Can Isabel face her fears against the unknown? Or will the death of Grannie haunt her forever? Word Count: 23,413 words 17 chapters 3 bonus chapters

She's fearless, relentless, and chasing a story that could destroy everything. He's dangerous, untouchable, and tasked with keeping her alive...or silenced.

**He saved her from falling. But will he be the one to destroy her?** Dhriti Trehan doesn't kneel. Not to power, not to fate, and certainly not to a man. She built her empire with ruthless precision, carved her place in a world where hesitation is weakness. She doesn't trust. She doesn't falter. And she never, ever loses. Until him. Tavish Agnihotri. A stranger with dark eyes and a sharper mind. He appears like a storm, speaks in riddles, and disappears before she can demand answers. He watches her too closely, pushes when no one else dares, and challenges her in ways that feel like both a battle and a warning. Because he isn't just a man. He's a demon king. A ruler of the underworld, bound to her by an ancient curse. A force as untouchable as she once believed herself to be. Fate demands he protect her. Destiny says she belongs to him. But Dhriti bows to no one, least of all a monster who wields power like a weapon and refuses to let go. She's the Ice Queen who never kneels. He's the Demon King who never loses. But what happens when doom meets destiny? When fire and ice collide, when fate and defiance wage war-who will burn, and who will break?

"The same flames that burn me will cause your DEMISE!!" The woman said jumping into a fiery pit, her voice filled with rage words sending chills down the spine of the tyrant. A dead princess and a captured kingdom. Thats how everything changed, the life she had built burned to dust... Blessed by the phoenix she will rise from the ashes. (Pls don't steal my art work, book cover and the book itself.)

"You're-- you're a... a..." he stammered, his face pale as he struggled to speak. "A girl," Kayla finished flatly, rolling her eyes. * Nathan Kingston seems to have it all. He's the newest star player at St. Thomas Academy, an elite all-boys private school. Nathan is charming, confident, devilishly handsome, and dangerously talented on the ice. But there's one problem. Behind the flawless smile and perfect facade. Nathan is a girl-Kayla Kingston-living under the stolen identity of her dead brother. Keeping her secret at an all-boys school is hard enough. But then there's Louis Auclair. Team captain, top student, and the one person who sees through the cracks. Louis knows something isn't right. And as his suspicions grow, Kayla finds herself torn between protecting her identity and facing the boy who could expose her... or destroy her first. Because in a school built on reputation, talent and secrets. One wrong move could mean the end of everything she's fought for.

❝ you've got the devil in your eyes. ❞ a story of two flames destined to burn. ↳ amazing cover by @RichieMaxillan ↳ highest ranking #1 bill skarsgard 10/17/2025 warning: mature themes. not suitable content for all ages. 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐒. copyright © august 2025. all rights reserved.

Echoes in the Walls is a well-written short story about a girl who is locked in a room and hears voices coming from the cracks in the walls. The voices continue to haunt her, and she feels hopeless. As time progresses, the voice does something she never would have imagined, leaving her damaged and broken forever.