Edmund comes to the remote village of Black Thickett to escape the life grief has carved out of him. He wants silence. Distance. A place where memories can't follow. But Black Thickett is wrong in quiet, unsettling ways. The broken road becomes perfectly smooth the moment he crosses the boundary. The cottages are too neat, too deliberate. And on a noticeboard full of dry flyers, only one poster is wet. A missing boy, smiling as if he doesn't know he's lost. The villagers won't talk about the disappearances. The forest at the edge of the village seems to breathe, and the deeper Edmund goes, the calmer he feels... dangerously calm. The forest can quiet his pain. It can ease his grief. It can make him forget. But not everything that heals you wants you to survive.

Dominic St. Claire never expected to fall in love. Melody Harrington never expected a chance encounter at a bar to change her life. But in a town haunted by fear and secrets, some people are not who they seem - and some shades of red mean more than love.

Porter Solomon, manuscript reviewer for a publishing company suddenly finds himself unintentionally falling into the stories he's reading. With his sanity and his job at stake, he enlists a fellow employee to help him solve his dilemma, placing both their careers in jeopardy.

Frustrated by the inability to achieve some meaningful contribution, Rick Stanton has lost his direction in life through a festering annoyance over his own unmet expectations. Jaded with creating slogans and promotions for people whose enterprises make no truly meaningful contributions to the welfare of society, he is driven to a spontaneous, rash act - he quits.

1st in hell as of June 23 2018 & July 2 2020 1st in demon as of August 24 2018 1st in forever as of June 12 2019 1st in fantasy-romance as of June 23 2020 2nd in soulmates as of June 19 2018 2nd in fantasy-romance as of July 12 2019 & June 22 2020 3rd in devil May 20th 2018 4th in demons out of 73.3k as of July 2 2020 23rd in love out of 160K as of September 22 2018 A 17 year old girl loses her whole family in an accident. She uses a Ouija board to try and contact them. But it's not her family that she reaches... "Is anyone there?" The eye moved to the 'Yes' " Are you my mother?" It goes to the 'No' very quickly. "Are you my father?" It goes to the 'No' "Then are you my brother....?" I trail off. This is scaring me. It slowly goes to the 'No.' "Then... Who are you? Read to find out more. This story is copy right mine it also will have sexual scenes and spelling mistakes you have been warned (so please dont comment on the spelling). Editing is currently going on thanks to calmwatersabernathy! P.s. I don't own any of the pictures on the stories except for the one I drew which I will say underneath the picture. I also respond to all comments!

Seventeen-year-old Grace Walker never imagined that four words could haunt a person forever. "See you on Wednesday." It was the last thing her parents said before the tragic accident that took them both away. Forced to leave everything behind, Grace moves to a new town to live with relatives she barely knows. Between a new school, unfamiliar faces, and the crushing weight of grief, she struggles to find her place in a life that no longer feels like hers. At first, everything seems normal. Until strange memories, unsettling dreams, and unanswered questions begin to follow her everywhere. And the more she searches for answers, the less certain everything becomes.

ANYONE CAN MAKE BAD DECISIONS. IT TAKES A PRO TO MAXIMIZE THEM. Nat Harris has a recent track record of making bad decisions. Once an up-and-coming Army intelligence officer, bad decisions led to her disgrace, discharge, and a downward spiraling life in the aftermath. So why would deciding to stop for gas and a restroom break in the middle of the Arizona desert be any different? From a chance encounter into the depths of an escalating conspiracy, Nat seems hellbent on following a path from bad to worse. Can someone with a history of making bad decisions make the right one at the right time? Follow Nat's journey in an action suspense thriller where every choice seems bad and the key to her survival is finding the one least bad. Copyright © 2025 csBooks LLC - All rights reserved. ISBN: 979-8-9992840-8-2

In 1915 an unsuspecting passenger ship sails through treacherous waters toward a doom that was ordered from the highest authorities. For Jacob Blankfield, a thirteen-year-old boy dependent on leg braces and crutches, coming of age will come early, aboard a ship on its final voyage across the Atlantic, amidst explosions and torpedoes, battling forces unleashed by Great Powers in a Great War. After witnessing a murder, Jacob is thrust into the center of a conspiracy that threatens his own life and that of two thousand passengers. Forming alliances with friends and enemies, he digs to uncover the expansive details of a plot and the coconspirators before it is too late, standing in the way of secret plans and nefarious men, ultimately pushed to overcome his fear and handicaps to take matters into his own hands. As the ship approaches its destiny, Jacob closes in on a final duel of arms against an experienced and sinister opponent, learning that even his friends can be enemies. An introduction to arms, action and courage that promise to change his life forever and permanently forge his character, for better or for worse.

Camille disguises herself to gain a position as the captain's cabin boy aboard a ship bound for the Caribbean in 1676. She soon discovers her natural urges, and her feelings must be expressed as a young boy looking at a father figure, not as a smitten young lady of eighteen. The first portion of this novel was named Round One Winner in the 2020 Open Novella Contest, and it was selected for the Shortlist. It has now been expanded to a full-length novel, which is complete and was selected as a Wattpad Editor's Choice and as a 2022 Ambys winner. This is the first part of the five-volume Zeelandia Saga.

Entry in the 2026 Flabbergasting Flash-Fic Smackdown based another picture prompt from the wild minds of the challenge promotors.