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When Eli Harland, a struggling songwriter, accepts a mysterious offer to co-write in a secluded cabin, he doesn't expect the artist behind the door to be Zahir - a British-Pakistani musician whose fame has turned into silence. Over days of rain, notebooks, and unfinished songs, the two men find themselves drawn into something deeper than music - a fragile rhythm that neither can name, but both can feel. The Quiet Verse is a slow-burn story about art, isolation, and the strange intimacy of being truly heard. 🌧️ If you love stories like Call Me by Your Name, Normal People, or the quiet ache of rainy soundtracks - this one's for you.

Eliza Maynard, an 82-year-old widow, spends her days in a quiet home filled with the ghost of laughter and the scent of memories. When her only son, Henry, promises to return for dinner - a dinner she hasn't cooked since her husband died - her heart stirs with hope. But fate has a different plan. What unfolds is a story of love, longing, and the aching silence of an empty chair. This heart-shattering tale explores how the past clings to the present, and how sometimes, the heaviest things we carry are the moments we never got to finish.

Noah's boyfriend Dan was killed in an accident abroad during the summer, leaving Noah devastated. He's not looking forward to going back to school alone. Dan wasn't just his boyfriend, but his best friend too. Noah is busy worrying about how he'll be able to make new friends when he's shy and socially awkward when he receives a text-from Dan. Could Dan still be alive? If Dan isn't behind the messages, then who is?

A former British Army medic, Natalee Radcliff, lost more than just her limbs during the great third world war, her scars formed the cause of her extradition to one of the hundreds of labor camps which were established as a result of the economic catastrophe. During her internment at the compound she is caught up in the middle of the process of change which is trying to force its way up the food chain, in a world that doesn't want to change but following a raid by the organisation known as the Terrors Natalee learns of something which would change her more than any battle scar or shell shock. In a world where every resource is scarce, the one thing that is in abundance is hope. And nothing is more powerful than hope. Text & Maps Copyright © Ell Bennett 2018 Script & Cover Copyright © Ell Bennett 2018

one shots. short stories. late night thoughts. early morning ideas. unsent texts. gothic writing. but I'll throw in things to mix it up a bit. all my own creation, some inspired by others words or an image. enjoy ❤

As word spreads the land of Malathia of the return of the great Xanthian army from across the White Sea, Valan finds himself on the run accused of a crime. Meeting people and creatures along the way he soon discovers that he is pursued for reasons unbeknownst to himself.

Some victories come with a price you never agreed to pay. At twenty, Petra Fairchild has everything she's worked for: a prestigious legal award, a rising career, and a chance to take on one of London's most powerful corporations. The harassment case should have been straightforward. Instead, it leads her to a fifteen-year-old death that was buried too quickly. A brilliant lawyer who uncovered something dangerous. A conspiracy that someone desperately wants to stay hidden. The deeper Petra digs, the more the past and present collide in ways she never expected. Everyone around her has secrets. The truth will cost her everything. But some fights are worth finishing, no matter the price. A legal thriller about power, corruption, and the dangerous pursuit of truth.

To her, he represents authority and power. To him, she spells sedition and danger. Orphaned at birth, Cecily Neville owes more than her name to the former hospitallers of Temple Roding. She was still a child when the reformation wrenched her home and adopted family from her and now, like the few surviving monks, she lives in fear that her past could take a deadly toll. Her closest friend is her precious peregrine falcon, Charlemagne. Her greatest enemy is Allan Smythe, the new owner of Temple Roding. Grieving over the loss of both wife and child, Smythe throws his heart and soul into reviving the old hospitaller commandery that he's bought in partnership with his brother-in-law, Kennett Clark. He can't risk being distracted by the mysterious but tempting Cecily and her murdering bird. However, when Smythe is forced to save her from his brother-in-law's lecherous clutches, the unscrupulous Kennett vows to destroy them both. On a knife-edge, Smythe can't afford to relax the rents owed by Cecily and her fellow villagers. If he doesn't demolish her former home for profit, he risks losing everything to Kennett. But when necessity forces him to employ Cecily, there's more at stake than his future and his battered heart. Something lies hidden in the depths of the hospitaller commandery that could solve all of Smythe's problems... or threaten his life. It all depends on whether he, or the very determined Cecily, finds it first.

The world didn't end in fire-it ended in firmware. Now, in a fractured UK, one coder and one soldier hold the line between human order and machine logic. But when the bots stop obeying their makers, the real question isn't who controls them-it's whether anyone should. Tomorrow Might Be Different is a near-future cyber-thriller blending realism, tension, and quiet humanity amid a world of code, conscience, and control.

Ben's a gamer, not a hero. But when a fossil from his Saturday job reveals two miniature TALKING dinosaurs on the run, his life goes from ordinary to impossible. Lazar and Manette need to get home, back to a hidden world where dinosaurs never went extinct. With his best friend Fez, Ben steps through a cave portal into the Badlands: a brutal prehistoric landscape where meat-eaters and plant-eaters are locked in an ancient war, and newcomers like him are prey. Ben's gaming skills might help him survive. But this isn't a game he can restart. One wrong move, and the Badlands becomes their grave.

Alfie Wright has never been good at letting go. He met Amy Rowe in his second year at Loughborough and has been falling for her ever since. She's fire and contradiction-warm one minute, gone the next. Every time he thinks he's figured her out, she slips through his fingers again. Now uni's over, and life is supposed to be starting. He's signed with Bedford Blues, moved into his first flat, and told himself he's ready to move on. But Amy has a way of showing up when he least expects it-and when she does, all the lines he's drawn start to blur. Because no matter how hard he tries to keep his distance, he still wants her. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts. A story about timing, fear, and the kind of love that refuses to leave quietly.