For generations, the noble and ancient Schwan family kept a secret and silent watch over the city of Tacoma. Then, in one night of bloodshed and fire at the dawn of the new millennium, they were gone. Thirteen years later, nobody knows whom is responsible, how it was done, or why. The year is 2013. In the Schwans absence, the delicate tapestry of polite lies and political compromises that has held their supernatural world together is fraying at the seams. The remaining six houses royal jockey for position. Revolution simmers beneath the thin surface, and the adults are too attached to how things used to be to recognize the darkness coming. Amidst this conflict, five lives are drawn slowly together. A Prince's daughter struggles to find her own destiny within the web of power surrounding her father. One retainer searches for answers whilst another, long retired, protects her charges from royal and commoner alike. A regent-in-exile hunts a forgotten monster through the city's back-alleys and dark shadows. And in a farm-house outside the city, long occluded from sight, a power stirs, its bearer abruptly forced into a world that will hunger to control him, or destroy him entirely. *** Glassblade is a fantasy novel, the first in the Wielder Saga, and updating every other week on Fridays. To get the most recent chapter early, subscribe to my newsletter at the following link: https://josephs-newsletter-41aee1.beehiiv.com/

PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER/ MYSTERY/ SUSPENSE Ivory's world shatters the night her husband is found dead in their own home - no sign of struggle, no clues, just silence. As the police come up empty, she reaches out to an old friend - now a private detective to find the truth. But as the investigation unfolds, a disturbing thread begins to surface...someone may have been watching Ivory long before the murder. Someone patient. Careful. Invisible. And the closer they get to the truth, the more it seems that not everything... or everyone... is what they appear. TRUST ME - THE ENDING?? YOU WON'T SEE IT COMING. IT ALL ADDS UP AND EVERY LITTLE THING MATTERS. MAYBE THE TRUTH WAS HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT ALL ALONG.

In the sweltering, humid landscape of Miami, a young woman lives on the fringes of society, haunted by a stench and a boyish figure that have made her the target of local derision. She has spent her life trapped in a flimsy box of self-pity, feeling fundamentally wrong and empty until a chance encounter at the beach with the stunning and cruel Megan changes everything. In a moment of public humiliation, a "click" occurs: she realizes she isn't just a victim-she is a conduit for the very degradation she once feared. She is Disgusta.

You shouldn't tempt a goddess. Eleanor knows very well not to draw attention to herself, especially not from the ruthless Soliste. Ever since a bargain binds her to their city, the goddess demands a sacrifice. Each year she is back for more, and those who are picked suffer a horrendous fate. The goddess doesn't know mercy, she only knows hunger. Still, Eleanor deems herself save from the curse, just like many do. Because it is never someone you know who pays the price. It is never you. Until it is. ⚠️𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ⚠️ Although this book doesn't contain smut, there are some graphic descriptions of violence that might make it unsuitable for some readers. Given English isn't my first language, it might also have some "triggering" spelling and grammar errors.

𝟏𝟔𝟗𝟐 A woman engulfed in flames screams from the pyre that she will make the town weave its destruction. Disregarding her promise, the townsfolk throw her ashes into the waves. As the tide swirls in, sailors drown, and women begin to hear whispers of what the sea could offer were they to betray their town. 𝟓𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 The young inquisitor Rowan patrols the beach as he stumbles upon a bottle near the cliffs. There is a message inside, asking the dead witch for help. Rowan realizes he needs to act before the curse destroys what little remains of their once blossoming village.

16 Horror stories to read at night.