➳ A quarry, two cousins and a daredevil act that has far reaching consequences ➳ A never-ending desert, a lost traveller, and a fennec fox with a lisp ➳ A pair of brothers on the run from an enraged dryad These are a but few of the short stories to be found in this collection, one for every October day, varying in length, genre, and tone. The prompts of the day are bolded, and each fill runs at about 500 words long. (prompts via fictober-event.tumblr.com)

impossible heists, lawless youths, and centuries-old paintings gone missing ✧ cover art by Louise Delfin

❝ THE APOCALYPSE DOES NOT WAIT FOR LITTLE GIRLS, MISS TAALIS. ❞ ― a runaway, an ex-apostle, a heretic, a soothsayer, a seductress, and a child all navigate an incoming apocalypse under the backdrop of an ancient city, a burning friary, a dark prophecy, and a doomsday cult.

❝ THE LAW AIN'T NEVER BEEN A FRIEND OF MINE. ❞ in the year 1864, twenty-four-year-old american outlaw jesse jordan gets caught and hanged, but his story doesn't end there. he ends up in hell, but he manages to slip through the devil's fingers. he snags a completely new body along with one of hell's treasures - an intricately carved, delicate golden ring that stops any supernatural creature from locating him with ease. but hell doesn't let its sinners go so easily. a demon is sent to get him, to catch him and return him to hell where he will face eternal torment. to make it as hard for them as possible, jordan hides himself away in the smallest, most out of the way town in america he could possibly find - graymore, california. There, he meets his ex-boyfriend casey hawkes and lives in graymore for a while in relative peace - until things begin to happen. animals are found dead, drained of their blood and organs. houses are found burned down in the mornings, but no one remembers smelling any smoke. a little girl disappears. jordan must find out the reason graymore has gone from a charming, sleepy village to a place that positively reeks of terror, the damned, and something much, much worse. he may be the only one that can save the inhabitants of this little town, quite possibly at the cost of his own soul, but damn him - jesse jordan has never been a good man.

"The darkness is safe. In the darkness I shall remain." Máire was a prisoner aboard the Fiontar, the airship that held the last of humankind after an extinction-level event plunged the world into a never-ending winter, too cold for even the hardiest of humans to survive. As Máire fights against society's class structure and corrupt excuse for a government intensifies, she finds new reasons to fight; she fights to remember. Remember her family. Remember her home. Remember why she was locked up in the first place. --- Original Story Cover by Me Rough first draft preview

"It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all." Sid Litman will be the the first one to tell you that this cliche is bullshit. After her mom left when she was eleven, Sid's been a member of a support group for kids with divorced parents. She met her two best friends in the group, but she's also heard countless tales of marriages falling apart, and she's come to believe the town is cursed. No love can last here, and nothing is worth having unless it will last forever. But, she's a senior in high school, and change is on the horizon. With only a few months left before she leaves for college (if she can even commit to a college), a good thing happens at the worst time; she and the new boy start falling for each other. Her best friends are excited for her, but she's afraid of starting something doomed to end once the new school year starts. Not to mention, her mom has just come back into her life, and she's terrified that going to different colleges will drive a wedge between her and her friends, who have been a makeshift family for the past six years. A story about reluctantly growing up, the families we forge, and learning that ephemerality doesn't negate worth.

* The Fiction Awards 2020 Winner * In Goodharts, the small town beyond the hills, nobody knows how Ferry Donovan looks. His mother has been keeping him out of sight for over nine years. When the boy finally begins school, the people are not only intrigued by his appearance but also by the strange things taking place around him. Yet, weird things are happening in Ferry's town, too. Every seven years, a person mysteriously disappears into the forest nearby. When one of his classmates vanishes into thin air, Ferry is determined to find him. With the help of his friends, who are just as different, he embarks on a journey into the Land of the Unseen. But is he really prepared for what lies beyond? Highest Rankings: # 1 in Fantasy, # 1 in Adventure, # 1 in Mystery, # 1 in Action, # 1 in Magic, # 1 in Middlegrade IMPORTANT: This book has been stolen from Wattpad multiple times and uploaded on Amazon and other websites for sale WITHOUT my permission. If you see this book or the content of this book on any other website other than Wattpad, please let me know ASAP. Thank you!