Bookstore Stories

"𝒊 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚."ˋ°•*⁀➷ "𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚..?"➛⋆˚࿔ •┈┈┈••✦ ♡ ✦••┈┈┈• 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝, 𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨. 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝, 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 67𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩. 📖💌☕️ •┈┈┈••✦ ♡ ✦••┈┈┈• ranks- vivianhugo: 2nd 8/9/26 bunnyiglesias: 2nd 7/27/26 julienloki: 2nd 8/10/26 charles chevalier: 1st 7/31/26 bllk: 4th 9/2/26 ˚₊ · »-♡→ started on: july 21, 2026 published on: july 21, 2026 ended on: don't read if you haven't read the bllk manga unless ur okay with spoilers!!

This is a new Christmas romcom story! I have never wrote a healthy romance before, even less a Christmas one. _______ Special thanks to those who helped in correcting some parts and improve the writing/story: @meilley_ , @W0lf3N

A stubborn bookstore owner. A frozen Swedish billionaire. And three inches that could ruin everything. Farrah Denise Rodgers has enough problems. Her dating app is a disaster, her cousins won't stop judging her choices, and running her family's beloved Chicago bookstore and tea shop, Rodgers Roots & Pages, already takes every ounce of patience she has. Then Aldrich Cunningham walks into her life. Cold, ruthless, and almost twice her age, Aldrich is a Swedish billionaire used to buying whatever stands in his way. But when his luxury redevelopment project hits a legal snag, all he needs is one tiny thing from Farrah: three inches of her family's property line. Farrah says no. To Aldrich, it's a minor easement. To Farrah, it's the first piece of a legacy her family fought too hard to keep. What starts as a business standoff quickly turns into something messier, warmer, and far more dangerous than either of them expected. Between awkward dating app disasters, jealous ex-wives, protective siblings, a past Aldrich can't keep buried, and a Rodgers family determined to bring South Side chaos all the way to Sweden, falling in love might be the least complicated part. Farrah doesn't need saving. Aldrich doesn't know how to be soft. But somehow, over tea, contracts, family dinners, and one very inconvenient truth, the woman he couldn't buy becomes the one thing he's terrified to lose. A contemporary interracial age-gap rom-com about legacy, laughter, healing, and the kind of love that teaches a cold man how to come into the light.

The lantern maker, Scipio Razven, is on the run when the Rouge Sunstroyer attempts to steal a new lantern powered by a mysterious, alien liquid fuel called the Autumnix. The chase continues in the Xsimr world where the Glittered Inktraitor and his alternate self, Casmiel Doronai, seek the assistance of swordsman Killian Decuir and his son Drave Decuir, the Fairy Queen's envoy. Together, the Glittered Ink Duo and the Decuir family follow Scipio's lantern in outer space, hoping to acquire the liquid fuel, before it falls into the vile clutches of the Rouge Sunstroyer.

Skylar's family had to move hours away from the home she grew up in. That's where she meets Tyler and learns more about herself than she ever knew. Oh and she has aspergers.

"When did you take that?" My voice shaken, a small photograph fitting loosely between his fingers. The photo was of me, but in a light I couldn't quite capture when I looked at myself. His eyes burned into mine for a few seconds before speaking. "Does it bother you?" "I'm not sure." "Not sure?" "What was the intent behind taking a photo of me without my knowledge?" His expression stayed the same, his eyebrows furrowed. "Does there need to be an intent?" "I think I deserve to know, being it's of me, no?" His eyes glanced down at the photograph, his thumb running around the edge of it slowly. "I like to take photos of things that interest me." I frowned. "You think I'm interesting?" His eyes looked into mine again. "You aren't exactly the easiest to ignore." - • - Harry Styles is a photographer living in a small loft apartment in Boston. He has his own studio, where his work ranges from fashion editorials and magazine campaigns to portraits of musicians. To most, he is reserved, elusive, and difficult to know. Cherrie Calloway is a newcomer to Boston. Following the passing of her father, she decides to make a life of her own and opens an independent bookstore just a few doors down from Harry's studio. What begins as a chance encounter between two neighbors gradually develops into something neither of them anticipated. As Cherrie becomes familiar with the quiet rhythm of her new life, Harry finds himself increasingly drawn to the woman who seems determined to remain a stranger. Some stories are written. Others simply happen.

Dahlia thought she was coming to New York to settle her grandmother's affairs, decide what to do with the bookstore her grandmother left her, and leave. She's spent years avoiding the grief she never wanted to face. But between rainy autumn afternoons, old books, and Calum, the boy from a childhood she barely remembers, she begins to wonder if maybe some things are worth staying for. Maybe some stories aren't meant to end when you close the book. She just never expected that somewhere between the pages, she would have to decide whether she was ready to stay, too.

Bookery (BUUK- uhr-ee) -- a collection of books _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ When a boy finds out his crush works at the local bookstore. This book is currently unedited (read with caution) Highest Category Ranks : #2 in Bookstore, #3 in Teen Romance #6 in Diverse

1968, Bangkok. စာအုပ်ဆိုင်လေးတစ်ဆိုင်၊ မိုးရွာတဲ့နေ့တစ်နေ့နဲ့ မထင်မှတ်ထားတဲ့ တွေ့ဆုံမှုတစ်ခု... The day it rained was the day our story began.

The evening shift at the bookstore brings Loki more excitement than he'd planned on. For the prompt "Chilly" in the Thorki Discord server Cross-posted on A03 and ff.net

A SOMBERTROVE STORY During a curious stroll through the smaller streets and alleys of Boston, our young explorer stumbles upon a strange bookstore with an even weirder shopkeeper and a grim secret... This story is heavily inspired by the works of H.P.Lovecraft and E.A.Poe - and set the starting point for what turned into the "Sombertrove Stories".

Elaine Reyes is an insecure, 22 year old, cat lady with all the wrong ideas about love and confidence. Shes a part time college student and full time overthinker. When her best friend Andre Torres breaks down her walls and they engage in a steamy not so serious relationship Elaines school work is quickly pushed aside. Will a new love interest steal Elaine from their arrangement and force her to take control of her education and follow her dreams. Shes going to have to learn a thing or two to get her degree, find love, and hopefully learn to love herself along the way.

A short romance story about two rivals, one deadly in love with the other, one oblivious till the day she dies, and a sore shoulder. (A collection of inter-connected standalones with a mysterious narrator and a bookstore)

Forced to work with the ex who once broke her heart, Evelyn finds Dominic changed and stirring feelings she swore she'd buried years ago.

An Iredescent private detective and her family work together to stop her fairy stepmother and an energy manipulator from opening a portal to another world within the Iredescent multiverse. ________________ Killian Decuir is banished from planet Iredescent. His daughter, Mara Decuir, becomes a private detective in hopes of uncovering the true reason why her father killed her mother. After encountering the Glittered Inktraitor, Mara and her brother Drave are sent back to their home planet Dusaro. A tea dispute forces the ship to crash land on planet Monshalow. While searching for help, Mara is captured by a fairy named Ireyna Roseshimmer and taken to Killian, who is overjoyed to reunite with his daughter. Mara learns of her father's knowledge of alternate worlds at the same time Drave learns of the fairy's involvement with an energy manipulator. The Decuir siblings and Killian work together to stop Ireyna from a precarious endeavor. A bittersweet consequence results from a simple wish gone awry, though a father's love always remains, even in another universe.

A rom-com coming of age, dual POV story about a girl who might have met Mr Right...if only he hadn't met her identical twin sister first. The Rules say it's sisters before misters. Reed's never been good at following the rules. Any rule. Annie's always been excellent at following the rules. All rules. But Reed is willing to do whatever it takes to show Annie she's the twin he wants. And eventually, bookish Annie can't help but be won over by the soft and squishy centre hiding under Reed's roguish exterior. If Abbie found out, it would break her heart, but Annie's not sure she can walk away from Reed. When it comes down to a choice between Abbie's heart or Annie's, Annie is willing to give up the chance of a happily ever after. But Reed hasn't fought so hard to prove he's really a guy Annie could love only to give up now. *I'm working on this one for actual submission - haven't done that in a while and it's terrifying, lol. Blurb's less a blurb and more my initial brain rambles as I'm still working on it.*

The morning of a rueful day a long time ago. Not so long ago.

In the quaint and historic city of Aria, a series of bizarre deaths and inexplicable disappearances cast a shadow over the community. Inspector Malachi Graves, a seasoned investigator with a knack for the supernatural, is called to unravel the mystery. His investigation leads him to a house frozen in time, where he discovers clues hinting at ancient and desperate magic. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Alistar Quill, who runs the family bookstore Aria's Scriptum, is drawn into the mystery when a page from a book reveals his uncle's name. Alistar, along with his prodigious nine-year-old sister Ellie, embarks on a journey to rescue their uncle from an interdimensional threat known as the Abyssal Sanction. The siblings' quest takes them through portals and into boundary realms, where they confront eldritch horrors and interdimensional anomalies. With the help of their family's extensive magical knowledge and the assistance of Officer Adam and Inquisitor Voss, they engage in a desperate battle to contain the Sanction and save their uncle. The story culminates in a climactic confrontation where Alistar uses forbidden magic to combat the Sanction, nearly sacrificing himself in the process. Divine intervention from the goddess Lacunara Mercantia ultimately saves him, but at a cost that binds him to a future obligation. As the Quill family and their allies regroup, they realize that the crisis is far from over. The appearance of the Abyssal Sanction was just the beginning, hinting at a larger scheme that threatens the stability of multiple dimensions. The family prepares for the challenges ahead, knowing that their knowledge and resilience will be crucial in the battles to come. New chapter every weekend at 12 p.m. UTC +7. P.S: This story is a sequel to the previous work, "Clouds of the West".

In the serene town of Cresthaven, Olivia's life takes an unforeseen turn as a dormant darkness awakens within her. "Whispers Within Shadows" is a gripping tale that unravels the intricate dance between light and darkness, morality and villainy. Follow Olivia's journey of self-discovery as she confronts the consequences of seemingly innocent choices, leading her to the unsettling realization that she might be the very villain threatening the town's peace. As shadows deepen and bonds shatter, Olivia must navigate the treacherous path between redemption and succumbing to the darkness within. Will Cresthaven survive the storm of its own shadows, or will it be consumed by the secrets buried in its past? Explore the thin line between heroism and villainy in this atmospheric narrative that challenges perceptions and explores the resilience of the human spirit. "Whispers Within Shadows" is a riveting exploration of the shadows that lurk within, begging the question: Can one find light within the depths of their own darkness?