My entry in the TEGSA2025 challenge. 10 chapters based on specific musical prompts for each chapter. Charlie Croft had it all and lost it - his own fault. This is his rocky journey, trying to recapture all the things he carelessly threw away, and only now realizes it wasn't just things he discarded - it was his life.

I wrote this to Hauwau. The one who broke me first and also broke me twice. But I'm still standing, I don't even know if I'm strong anymore but I'm not dead

firstly is dedicated to my late mother,she was a strong woman is all about Africans. .the cry of the people in Africa especially in Nigeria I want you to please vote and comment to fight for the helpless just like my mom. the future us in our hands

This poem is real, it is about myself

The fear of a boy called olumide

Nico was dared to stay the weekend in the town's local haunted house, but upon setting foot inside he discovered it wasn't haunted at all, just abandoned, the windows and everything else adorned in content orb-weaver spiders. The house is actually in good shape, and in the quiet solitude Nico imagines making it his own and living there permanently.

If other worlds exist beyond the looking glass, how do we cross over to those foreign shores? What will we find there in the lands of whimsy and fantasy? What will find us? *** Malachi is a miserable man who's had one too many bad turns. On his last ropes, he's ready to give up the ghost when he finds the green door. Pulled into another world, one of monsters and demons, he is given new gifts and a new purpose. A crumbling queendom needs a hero and Malachi needs a new reason to live. The Sleeper must awaken and save the people of a world that isn't even his own. ONC 2025 Prompt #1: You stumble upon a mysterious door made entirely of briars and thorns. As you step through, you're granted extraordinary powers. But with great power comes great responsibility -- it's now your duty to save the crumbling kingdom.

***COMPLETED*** Lady Graylynn has been groomed to be the perfect partner to an important diplomat. It isn't until her twenty birthday that she finds out who that is. Can she fall for the man she's being forced to marry? ⚠Warning: Mature for strong language and adult content. Many thanks to @xo_heartbroken_xo for the cover!❤

Talk about fish out of water... Last week, Marlon was just another mailroom clerk. This week, he's a diplomat on a mission of national security. He didn't train for this and he he's not equipped. Saying things are going to get interesting is an understatement. *** Marlon Smalls has been chosen as one of a handful of ambassadors to pass beyond the veil and into the LM, Land of Monsters. The goal is to see if us, humans that is, and them, the monsters beyond the veil, can coexist peacefully. If he succeeds, he'll be a hero and a pioneer. If he fails, he'll likely start a war.

{ONC2021 2nd Place Overall, Round Two Ambassador Picks & Shortlist} When Max O'Brien receives an almond with a skull painted on it, he initially plays it off as a prank. But, after his wife leaves town, he begins discovering more of the nuts hidden around the house. More disturbing than that is that some unseen intruder is keeping an accurate running count. The more almonds Max finds, the stranger things get. Mysterious noises. Moving Objects. Damaged valuables. It's a haunting that grows in power with each success in the involuntary scavenger hunt. As the almonds pile up so do the threats until Max realizes he may just not survive. __________ ONC2021 Prompt 62 Cover by @mensemortuis 1st Place in Horror/Paranormal - The Opulence Writer's Awards Also posted on Royal Road