It's the beauty of light that it owes its existence to the dark. And the prime reason you're here, highlights the fact that you need to embrace the darkness before appreciating the light. They're stories that terrorize you, Stories that are dark, Stories of the cryptic past, Stories to deepen your scars. This is a dark short story collection. It traces the memories of our lives and the stories behind them. Memories which often leave us startled to the extreme. We often find ourselves manipulating the circumstances and fighting everyday with our past and the present. But do you ever feel the need to peek into the future? What will it be like? Dark or light? I'll tell you. Our future will be like starlight--- but, it'll leave you startled everytime you embrace it with delight, unfolding its dark side. Let's see if you can emerge out tantalized, horrified or with the urgency to change the lighting system altogether. Remember, every light is not as soothing as it seems. ---⭐--- Copyright infringements are punishable under law. Copyright © 2018 Anvil E. Gottlieb. Cover Credits: Whitney, @-starless

Jordan Albrite and Quinn Mitchell have been friends since birth. Getting each other in and out of trouble while always being there when the other needed them. One day when Jordan comes home from a late football practice he finds Quinn sitting in the corner of his room. Alone and crying. After that moment they become inseparable.

Elizabeth Lockwick wants one thing... to ensure Ophelia remains dead. For years she's weaved a life seen through rose-coloured glasses in idyllic Vermont with her husband Sebastian Lockwick, an alluring man with a broken moral compass, whose intent lies in protecting his wife. However, apart from her unorthodox understanding of Sebastian's dark and gritty hidden nature, she finds herself slipping away from her sanity in maintaining this picturesque life. After receiving a gruesome gift from an unknown sender threatening to expose her, she finds herself haunted and possibly hunted by her buried past. In order to make things right for herself and ensure that her secret is hidden, she reluctantly travels back to her sleepy small hometown in Wisconsin. A town where young girls seem to be mysteriously disappearing. There, she reunites with the dysfunctional Pierre-Louis', a French-American family who sheltered her in their manor in her time of need. With time slipping away, she struggles with her guilt and a dangerous affair and realizes that perhaps Ophelia wasn't dead after all these years. Elizabeth suddenly finds herself caught in a game of cat and mouse, unsure of which she really is this time and who she can trust.

"How can you not be on time for a simple arrival?" He laughs a little too evilly. "But I understand why your father put you as this low ranking job. Just a pity employment, I'm assuming." "We've only met and you're being such a-" I stop myself quickly. Oh, my goodness. I nearly just ruined everything my father trusted me with. I have to be more careful. "I'm sorry for raising my voice, sir." I bow my head, biting down my bottom lip to keep more unnecessary words from coming out. Hoseok smiles. "Little assistant, you have to watch your mouth. You don't want your father to get a bad report about his dear daughter. Right?" I tighten my jaw. "Right." "Good girl." He chuckles. "Now get me some green tea and no leaves please. I almost choked on a leaf the other day and it was not a fun experience." "Of course, s-sir." Start: 4/30/17 End: 6/2/17

20 year old Ava Winston works in a small bakery. She is kind, sweet and shy. Her parents passed away so she has to take care of her 5 year old adopted brother. 23 years old Carter Nicholson is the richest and biggest billionaire in the world. He is arrogant and rude, he has a younger sister and kind parents as well. When Ava and Carter first cross lines past each other, it wasn't the in most amazing way in fact it was in the most humiliating way possible for either one of them. But do you think they will get along with each other since they'd have to face each other every day? Join their journey of sadness, arrogance and love and find out what will happen!

#1 - romanticsuspense #3 - mystery As a four years old child, Kimberly Jacobs, made global news as a psychotic. A child who murdered her own mother in cold blood. And now, thirty years later. The evil cycle has repeated itself again. Someone in Kim's life - her husband - has been savagely murdered. On a night Kim sent all their employees home. So many possible reasons for Kim to want her husband dead, but, did she do it? Did she pull the knife to end the life of the father of her child? Or is someone trying to implicate her, so she makes global news again? But this time, it wouldn't just end there. She could go to prison, and serve life imprisonment. Or in fact, face the death penalty. For a crime, she may or may not have committed.

Aria Carter was another victim of teen pregnancy. When she told the child's father, Scott Johnson about her pregnancy he left her alone. Her parents kicked her out and she had to drop out off school. She struggled a lot at first but it started lessening. Somewhere in it all she found her love Brandon Johnson. Then at the day she was giving birth to her baby her parents surprised her by showing up in the hospital and even wanted to take her back in. •Why did Scott left her? •Was it an accidentally pregnancy? •Who was Brandon Johnson? •Why did her parents show up? •Why did they decided to take her back in after (9) nine months? •Was her baby a girl or boy? Read and come along the journey with Aria. It's fill with sadness, smiles, laughter, cries, pain, hurt, drama and romance. Follow me👇 Instagram: vvvyaaa_ Wattpad: karishma357

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On their first birthday, they learned to walk. One their fifth, they planted seeds in handmade pots. On their tenth, they learned there are some words you can never take back. Amanda's eleventh birthday should be a happy occasion. Instead she's dressed in an itchy costume her mother picked out for her boring Hollywood-themed party while, across town, her ex-best friend, Leo, is celebrating their joint birthday with a huge bash including a hypnotist, a football star, a giant iguana, and a rock band. SO not fair! Amanda can't wait for the day AFTER her birthday so she can stop thinking about the fight that led her and Leo to have separate parties for the first time in their lives. There's just one problem. The next day is her birthday all over again. In this hilarious and touching adventure, Amanda must figure out how to get unstuck, in more ways than one. ATTENTION: I GIVE FULL CREDIT TO WENDY MASS. THIS IS JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE BOOK

This book is where I point out the things that I think is too cliche in books.