[FEATURED] Upon discovering mermens exist, Sera Chang and teenage detective Junjie Williams work together to kidnap a merman as proof that these once-thought fictional creatures exist.

Do you believe in witches? In 1692, The Salem Witch Trials plagued the entirety of colonial Massachusetts, when over 100 people were convicted and prosecuted for participating in the practice of witchcraft. Over a century later after this tragic event, Henry Pickford, a real estate agent, travels unknowingly through Salem Village to return home to his beloved fiancé. The town's toxic past is unbeknownst to Henry. While making many stops along the way, one in particular will prove to Henry that things once thought forgotten, are very much real and part of a most mortifying and disturbing present. Featured On: Wattpad's Official Fright Profile: @fright Highest Rankings: #1 - eerie #1- salem witch trials #10 - witch trials #10 - short horror stories #31 - creepy stories #57 - scary stories

༶╢- - notice - -╠༶ This story is written for maybelline's #BraveTogether contest! For every story, Wattpad and Maybelline will donate $1 to Crisis text line and others, which I think is very important. Please do consider participating:) ┓ ꧁Blurb꧂ ┗ No one can possibly understand Alcyone. Her universe is different from everyone else's. Her mind is a dark spiralling abyss drenched in dimming stars. She is like a music box which yearns to play a melody. There's a cluster of stories inside of her, wishing they'd be told. It's a pity they can't be. Because she's broken. ┏☀︎︎⋯ disclaimer⋯☀︎︎┓ This is a story about mental illness, therefore, it will contain themes that might be disturbing for some readers. - - - Word count: 500 Time: 2 minutes, 59 seconds.

"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.