A collection of horror shorts. SHOWER SCENE: One rainy night, Wesley Bishop lounges alone, sipping a Jack and coke. Though his girlfriend is on her way, Wesley browses a dating app, fantasizing about women he's only seen in photos. He's unashamed, enjoying himself... until he comes across a profile that makes his skin crawl.

The criminal Virey family is one to watch out for. They're some of the most intelligent criminals in recorded history and are responsible for the bloodiest murders and most devastating hits ever. The main head of operations, Mr. Monte Virey, gets his son, Wade Virey, into the family business at a rather early time in his son's life. He teaches him everything he needs to know about society as a whole and what to do with those who dare to fuck with him. Gaining this knowledge as a child leads a grown-up Wade to commit a murder of his very own. Despite agreeing with what his family stands for, he can't help but wonder why they hate people so much, leading him on a thought-provoking journey to discover his family's roots

[Wattpad Picks: Editor's Choice] A research team dedicated to advanced medical care is in the process of creating a bandage that seals and heals all injuries almost instantaneously. The catch? The bandage itself is a living organism that burrows inside of you. When the team's attempt to breed a new version of their bandage produces something unexpected, they go underground to protect their research. Now, they are on the hunt--for answers, for investors...and for test subjects. Pearl is a fast-paced thriller with a dash of mystery that will develop into an action sci-fi/fantasy novel as it progresses. It contains scenes of gore, body horror, and some violence. Proceed with caution, and dive into the world of illegal research where morals are optional and curiosity turns to obsession.

Nyarlathotep, by H.P. Lovecraft. This short story was written in 1920, and was first published in the November 1920 issue (No. 2) of the United Amateur.

Shakespeare's Sonnets is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets by William Shakespeare, which covers themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man; the last 28 to a woman. The sonnets are almost all constructed from three quatrains, which are four-line stanzas, and a final couplet composed in iambic pentameter. This is also the meter used extensively in Shakespeare's plays. The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. Sonnets using this scheme are known as Shakespearean sonnets. Often, the beginning of the third quatrain marks the volta ("turn"), or the line in which the mood of the poem shifts, and the poet expresses a revelation or epiphany.

"A House of Pomegranates" is a collection of fairy tales. "The Young King" tells the story of the illegitimate shepherd son of the recently dead king's daughter of an unnamed country. Being his only heir, he is brought to the palace to await his accession. "The Birthday of the Infanta" is about a hunchbacked dwarf, found in the woods by courtiers of the King of Spain. The hunchback's father sells him to the palace for the amusement of the king's daughter, the Infanta, on her twelfth birthday. In "The Fisherman and his Soul," a young Fisherman finds a Mermaid and wants nothing more than to marry her, but he cannot, for one cannot live underwater if one has a soul. "The Star-Child" is the story of an infant boy found abandoned in the woods by a poor woodcutter, who pities him and takes him in. He grows up to be exceedingly beautiful, but vain, cruel, and arrogant, believing himself to be the divine child of the stars. Cover done by @zonaamind

Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.

"The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ in order to escape burdensome social obligations.