After-life Stories

Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]

The first thing she noticed was the silence. Not the kind that comes at night, but a heavy, watery silence that pressed against her ears. When she finds her own body at the end of the hallway, she realizes she is still there, but her family isn't looking. As she drifts through the rooms of her house, she discovers the cracks in her family's love and a chilling truth: she didn't die when she died. She was already gone.

Radius wanted to become a cumulonimbus cloud. Gold wanted to become a cumulonimbus cloud. But after one fateful night, the two discovered that they have no choice but to depend on each other, if they want their dreams to come true. This is "Dead Clouds." KB2 Productions SpiderWriter Studios 12/31/2020

Death meets a sinner at the hanging tree and guides him on his journey. (A short story)

Clara arrives in a beautiful garden and notices the seams. Sable has been waiting sixty years for someone who would look back. Together they go below, find Yaw and Fatima, burn the Gilt Realm. Cassius watches with the gauge-checking expression and walks away to build elsewhere. The violence of being comfortable.

When ruthless New York corporate lawyer Arthur Pendelton drops dead mid-trial, a demon attempts to seize his soul under a standard damnation contract. Instead of panicking, Arthur spots a clerical error in the micro-print, sues Hell for wrongful asset seizure, and successfully stays his own damnation. Trapped in the afterlife, Arthur is drafted as a public defender in Dis. Partnered with Lou Fletcher, a cynical 1970s Chicago detective ghost, and Chloe, a tech-savvy millennial spirit, Arthur begins exploiting ancient legal loopholes to save exploited souls. But when a corporate hellhound hits his office, Arthur uncovers a massive cosmic scam: Lucifer is harvesting six billion living human souls through a hidden clause in a viral smartphone app's terms-of-service update. To stop the heist, Arthur files the largest class-action lawsuit in history: Earth v. The Morningstar Syndicate. Facing his underhanded mortal rival, Victoria Vance, and the silver-tongued ghost of Aaron Burr, Arthur must pierce the ultimate corporate veil, drag the Devil to the witness stand, and show eternity what happens when you don't read the fine print.

Brianna Carter and Eli Bennett grew up beside the same river, sharing childhood adventures, whispered dreams, and a bond that seemed stronger than friendship. Beneath the shade of an ancient willow tree, they promised each other a forever neither fully understood. Then tragedy strikes. Years after Eli's death, Brianna's world is shattered when she becomes the victim of a crime that leaves her caught between life and death. In the mysterious space between worlds, she finds the one person she never expected to see again. Eli. While Brianna fights to uncover the truth about what happened to her and protect the people she loves, Eli waits patiently beside the river that has connected them across time. Together they discover that some promises survive death, some souls are destined to find each other again, and some loves are powerful enough to last for eternity. A heartbreaking and hopeful story about first love, loss, destiny, and the courage to choose love even when everything else fades.

Death rules the Afterlife, and Lenore Moriarty is determined to break free from his grasp. Cold, calculating, and deadly, Lenore finds herself at the heart of the rebellion against a corrupt and oppressive system. One where Death's power stretches far beyond the grave. With deadly skills and a mind sharp enough to outwit the gods themselves, Lenore is prepared to do what it takes to take down Death, one soul at a time. But when she crosses paths with Eris, Death's unpredictable and dangerously gorgeous daughter, everything changes. Tension simmers between them, and soon, Lenore wants more than just revenge. She wants her.

Description The Raven Family died a very long time ago. Unfortunately, that was only the beginning. In a world hidden beyond death, where memories are traded like currency, cursed objects fill the markets, and abandoned places become thriving cities, the Ravens live an almost ordinary family life. Almost. Their children collect nightmares as hobbies. Their grandmother reads the daily funeral reports with her morning tea. Their mansion is alive enough to argue with its owners. And every week seems to bring a new disaster involving ghosts, curses, stolen emotions, or reality itself. Between haunted markets, forbidden relics, and strange laws that govern the afterlife, the Raven Family navigates everyday problems the only way they know how: Poorly. A dark fantasy comedy about death, family, and the wonderfully strange things that happen after the end. 🖤 Welcome to the Raven Family. Try not to stay alive for too long.

Soo-ah en est persuadée : elle est morte. Pourtant, lorsqu'elle parvient enfin à ouvrir les yeux, elle se retrouve entourée de parfaits inconnus, à des kilomètres du lieu de l'accident. Mais la jeune femme d'affaires coréenne n'est pas au bout de ses surprises. Lorsqu'elle découvre son reflet, le choc est encore plus brutal : elle possède désormais un visage complètement différent. Plus aucun trait asiatique. Son corps est plus musclé, ses cheveux sont bruns et ondulés. Même sa personnalité semble avoir changé. La seule chose identique à avant, ce sont ses yeux. Soo-ah croit d'abord rêver, surtout lorsqu'elle reconnaît ceux de son pire ennemi chez son voisin de chambre d'hôpital. Seo-jun est là lui aussi. Coincée dans une autre dimension avec la personne qu'elle déteste le plus, Soo-ah comprend rapidement que leur accident ne les a pas seulement tués. Il les a renvoyés ailleurs. Le cauchemar prend une tournure encore plus folle lorsqu'ils découvrent qu'ils se sont réveillés dans ce qui semble être leurs vies précédentes... au jour exact de leur naissance. En 1995.

Sophie's life was full of quiet brilliance, curiosity, and deep love for those around her. From her devoted but sometimes overbearing father to her younger sister Lily, and to her friends Daniel and Ravi, Sophie shaped the world with her presence and her choices-small gestures, moments of care, and the subtle ways she connected with others. Tragedy strikes, and Sophie dies unexpectedly. Those she loved are left grappling with grief, guilt, and the weight of things left unsaid. But Sophie's spirit lingers, observing and feeling. From her father learning to release the expectations he placed on her, to Lily discovering her own capacity for joy, to Daniel and Ravi finding the courage to move forward while honoring her memory, the story traces the subtle yet powerful ways love persists beyond presence. Love, the story reminds us, is never simple. Timing, choice, and chance can twist it into forms we never expect. Sophie's life ended too soon, but the echoes of her choices and her connection continue to shape the living. We do not always get a chance to respond later, fix it later, or make the perfect choice-but the love we carry forward remains. Ultimately, the novel is a meditation on loss, memory, and the invisible threads that connect us. Grief transforms into grace, absence creates space for growth, and life finds its way back to hope. Sophie's journey is both ethereal and deeply human-a story of letting go, moving forward, and the subtle, almost imperceptible ways love endures.

Sumptuary law Any law designed to restrict excessive personal expenditures in the interest of preventing extravagance and luxury. The term denotes regulations restricting extravagance in food, drink, dress, and household equipment, usually on religious or moral grounds. They were enacted to enforce order and obedience to the Crown and to allow the assessment of status at a glance. There were three class structures: HIGH CLASS - Monarchy-Rulers - Nobility - Gentry-Aristocrats - knights MIDDLE CLASS - Merchants-salesmen - Yeomen-farmers LOW CLASS - Peasants-poor •○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○• Elise Black is a peasant who lost her parents young. She now resides with her aunt and uncle, who were one of the richest merchants in the kingdom. Elise life takes a complicated turn when she falls in love. Her past, future, and present converge to create a life filled with choas, love, loss, betrayal, and the will to live. Join Elise as she fights for her right to be seen, loved, and protected.

The Gracious - Book One of The Gilt Series Edmund Crale died on a Tuesday. He expected nothing. He got Heaven - and Heaven is wrong. The village is beautiful. The people are warm. The woman who greets him knows his dead wife's name. Everything is exactly what it should be, and exactly is the wrong word for anything real. Perpetua has been here since 1348. She is genuinely kind. She is also feeding on the grief of every soul who passes through, taking the specific, irreplaceable weight of what they feel and leaving behind something that looks like a person and isn't quite. Edmund is a retired history teacher. He notices things. He makes a list. A psychological horror series set in a Heaven that got very, very old.

The guillotine cut off Elena's miserably short life. After her head fell off from her body, her spirit was watching as the protagonists of the story celebrated their victory. Her ex-fiancé' holding his innocent mistress, and her family cheers for finally they removed a huge thorn by their side. What will happen from now on? She was now a wandering spirit forced to watch how the lives of those who wished for her death went on. This is a story after the Villainess die.

After the death of Tanzen, known as The Angel of Flames, Sahyeol, Sagiri, Obikawa and Mizu are trapped in an unknown realm. To get back, they have to ressurect an ancient demon, a symbol of rebellion known as Lilith, to reopen The Crimson Doors. While searching for her grave, they are being haunted by mysterious entities and voices, that leaded to Tanzen's death.

This is my first story and most likely there would be long intervals of time between each chapter posted. So focus on other stories! -------------------- 30 children will be kidnapped And one is shrouded in lies One will be a tool And one will die Each and everyone will be assigned a secret role Relationships will change To reach the ultimate goal They are all useless toys trapped in a bin But let's not reveal more info And let the games begin First chapters are info chapters about my AU a stuff like that. This story does not have any ships.

Cosmo, an aging busker dying on the subway floor in a pool of his own blood, finds himself in a literal desert world of his own memories on a quest to reunite with Eve, his long lost love. "Soul" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" meet "Across the Universe" set to a soundtrack of timeless original pop songs.

My debut Ln, in which the protagonist Satoshi Katsurou goes through a seemingly ordinary death. Expecting to be reincarnated in heaven, he ends up in an afterlife that is just as harsh as the real world. Waking up in the afterlife Katsurou finds himself in a world where Death actively performs compassion, a son racing to godhood, and a daughter who can perceive what seems to be infinite possibilities. The divine family carries the weight of the world they destroy and nurture simultaneously, a world that they could destroy should they be off by a mere milliseconds. This story isn't your typical power fantasy nor is it entirely polished, the first couple of chapters are a deterrent but the later chapters (90+) are what makes this story worth investing in!

I will come again...රුද්‍ර වර්ෂා! එදා ඒ පාලු පල්ලියේ අඳුරු ප්‍රාකාර මැද, ලේ විලක් මැදින් ආත්ම දෙකක් වෙන්ව ගියේ තවත් භවයක මුණගැසෙන පොරොන්දුවෙන්. නමුත් දෛවයට පිටුපා එදා තමන්ගේම ජීවිතය තමන් විසින්ම නසාගත් ඒ මහා පාපය, අද රුද්‍රගේ ආත්මය ලුහුබඳින දරුණු "ශාපයක්" වී හමාරයි. නින්දේදී රුද්‍රව වියරු වට්ටන ඒ ගැඹුරු කළු ඇස් යුගල කාගේද? එදා මරණය හමුවේ වෙන්වෙන්නට සිදු වූ ඒ ආත්මය, යළිත් මේ භවයේදී ඔහුව සොයා එන්නේ අසම්පූර්ණ වූ ඒ ප්‍රේමය සම්පූර්ණ කරන්නටද, නැතිනම් කළ පාපයට ලේවලින්ම වන්දි ගෙවන්නටද? ආත්මීය බැඳීමක් සහ දරාගත නොහැකි ශාපයක බිහිසුණු නැවත පැමිණීම! පෙර භවයේදී මෙන්ම මේ භවයේදීත් ඔවුන්ට දෛවෝපගතව වෙන්වෙන්නට සිදුවෙයිද? Rusahisith 🥀💔