In Floreca's village, human sacrifice is a necessary evil. The monstrous-looking angel, Aĉaĵego, demands one sinner every month. But when Floreca and her older sister become the sacrifices, Floreca questions if the Aĉaĵego is really as monstrous as it seems. As she awaits her death, Floreca seems to be developing a strange friendship with the angel... but can a monster ever really know humanity? Featured on @Retold's Fractured Fairytales reading list.

Shibasaki's Detective Office isn't just an ordinary detective office. The investigators at Shibasaki's Office have unusual special abilities. Not only they have unusual abilities, but the cases they handle are also far from ordinary. The Shibasaki's Detective Office is specializing to solves the "unsolved" cases. They may be "strange" in some way, but they will work hard to solve the client's problems. So, please come to the office. They will be waiting for you.

"I'm assuming that little speech was meant for me?" "It was meant for everyone." "But mostly me. Is it because I called her selfish earlier? Are you still hung up on that?" "I'm not hung up on anything, Gemma." "Then why would you go up there and say that?" I demand, my voice rising above a whisper. "Of all days, why would you choose today to publicly humiliate me?" "Today isn't about you, Gemma," Bowie says, catching me by surprise. "Today is about Raelyn, and the fact that we all failed her." ----------- 𝕲𝖊𝖒𝖒𝖆 𝕭𝖊𝖆𝖚𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖙's life is turned upside down the day she gets the call that her best friend, Raelyn, took her own life. No note, no explanation, just an empty bottle of pills atop a mountain of unanswered questions. As far as Gemma knew, Raelyn wasn't depressed. Why did she do this? Why did she kill herself? While searching for answers, she forms a bond with Evangeline, Raelyn's six-year-old daughter. Gemma soon learns that Raelyn didn't just leave behind a daughter, though. She also left a stack of secrets so high that Gemma fears she never knew her best friend at all. She's so desperate to find out the truth that she may get more than she bargained for. After all, you can't un-ring a bell. BOOK ONE IN THE RAE OF LIGHT SERIES. Copyright © 2019 Briana Eliza. All rights reserved. 50k - 60k words Awards: 2019 Summer Zodiac Awards - 2nd Place ⭐️ 2019 Talent Awards - 1st Place ⭐️ 2020 Winter Rose Awards - Honorable Mentions 2020 Belle Amé Awards - Runner Up

Alice was a normal teen like any other girl in her small town. But something happened that night, in that operation chamber. The doctors, they did something to her. Something unknowingly that changed her forever. Something that mustn't happen to anyone else. They should have poisoned Alice that night, but they couldn't. And that started her search-search for a peaceful death, for which she is still living. ****** A short story.

A legally separated couple faces monsters, dead and alive.

[CONTEST SUBMISSION by @Ghost] [UNFINISHED BUSINESS: THE GHOST OF AIDEN D. FARRELL] [Word count: 7400] HOPE NOT EVER TO SEE HEAVEN. I HAVE COME TO LEAD YOU TO THE OTHER SHORE. INTO ETERNAL DARKNESS INTO FIRE AND INTO ICE. (By Dante Alighieri) Aiden D. Farell is a Professor of physicist and parapsychologist. He claimed to be the best Psychic of the 19th century with various experiments he did in the field of parapsychology. Professor Farrell not only has ESP Abilities (Extrasensory Perception) that are often called the sixth sense. He is also a PK user (Psychokinesis Powers). In 2019 he founded the Pseudoscience Researchers Organization (PRO) is an organization stated purpose is to understand events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal, including telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-death experiences, synchronicity, reincarnation, apparitional experiences, and other paranormal claims. In 2038, professor Farrell was responsible for the deaths of 49 14-year-old girls in Bradley and was sentenced to death by the court. He committed suicide in 2041, the day before the execution dates. His last words in his will later became a legend. "My body might die. But, my soul will last. I will return even if it takes a hundred years!" *** A hundred more years have passed, revenge and unfinished business. Mysterious death caused by an evil spirit that possessed the human body increased in the last 20 years until the year 2161. Edward Barnett and his team from the Criminal Special Division of PRO attempted to end the unfinished business of Professor Farrell. With the help of Sasaki Kira, a girl with precognitive abilities, they tried to prevent the rise of Professor Farrell's evil spirit. However, reality brought them into deep darkness. Can Edward and Kira stop Professor Farrell's evil spirit? Or should sacrifices be made once again?

A bundle of balloons and an awkward situation.

Do you really think "spirits" sit around all day waiting for it to get dark? The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for! Being a real Paranormal Investigator isn't about running around screaming or negatively provoking reactions. It's about finding break through evidence seeing, beauty in historical places, helping those in need, talking to souls from the past and hearing stories lost in time. (Quote by North Cornwall Paranormal) Welcome to Anthology of Paranormal Short Story Contest Submission!

A short story about love, loss and a new beginning. Twenty years have already passed since the death of his beloved Rose, but Ron is still unable to move on. One of the reasons he still suffers so much, might be the cruel, mysterious letters-- letters accusing him of murder. Will Lily, his best friend, be able to help him? Will Ron be willing to start a new life, after all this time?

a journey through heartbreak - • featured in @Romance's reading list • • featured in @TeenFiction's reading list • • featured in @CoffeeCommunity's reading list • • lowercase intended •