Britishsetting Stories

After losing her father, Alice Whitmore discovers a plain silver ring while sorting through his belongings in the attic. Its origin and purpose are unknown-but from the moment she puts it on, something inside her begins to change. Her reflexes sharpen beyond human limits. Her body moves before she can think, instinctively avoiding danger and choosing only the one path that ensures survival. It isn't a gift. It isn't a curse. It's an uncontrollable transformation, activating without her consent. When a sudden accident occurs at her boarding school, Alice is forced to use the ring's power for the first time-not for herself, but for someone else. Standing there, witnessing what she shouldn't be able to do, are Noah and Arthur. Through coincidence and choice, the three of them are drawn into the same secret- one that can never be undone.

Caoimhín (pronounced KWEE-ven) Brook is a frustrated writer who only wants to save his sister from heartbreak and make his deadlines. Unfortunately, he's at a wedding, and everyone knows you're not supposed to be writing in loud, public places. . . Or A short story that dramaticizes why I hate writing in public that I wrote for my writing course. If someone likes this, I *may* expound more on it, but for now, please enjoy!

Love doesn't end when the choosing is done. Sometimes, that's when it begins. After finally finding their way to each other, Rowan Hale and Lucas Whitaker aren't learning how to fall in love - they're learning how to stay. In shared mornings and borrowed space, in silence that no longer needs filling, they discover that intimacy isn't built on grand moments, but on repetition, trust, and choosing each other again and again. Still Learning the Shape of Us is a soft, domestic boys' love story about what comes after the almosts - about love that doesn't rush, doesn't demand, and doesn't disappear when things get quiet. Some stories are about discovery. This one is about keeping what you've found. TRIGGER WARNINGS / CONTENT NOTES * Emotional vulnerability * Anxiety surrounding intimacy * Fear of abandonment * Mild dysphoria (non-graphic, internal) * Relationship growing pains *(No explicit sexual content. This story remains PG-13, with gently maturing emotional intimacy.)* AUTHOR'S NOTE (WITH COMMENT RULE) Thank you for returning to Rowan and Lucas. This sequel is about staying - about the quiet work of love once the fear has softened, and the choice has already been made. It's intentionally gentle, intentionally domestic, and intentionally slow. This is not a story about escalation. It's a story about continuity. Comment Rule (Please Read) I welcome thoughtful, respectful comments - especially ones that reflect on emotion, language, or quiet moments. Please do not: * Rush the characters * Ask for explicit content * Demand faster progression This story breathes in silence. Let it. Thank you for reading with patience. - theo.

Even seemingly quiet lives hold deep, dramatic stories Adelani has always been the kind of woman people overlook-a quiet, conservative church girl, dutiful and measured. But beneath her composed exterior lies a woman shaped by displacement, heartbreak, and a hidden wild streak she dares not name. After years of moving between cities in Nigeria, she has finally settled in Norwich, UK, where she is still finding her footing. Yet, home is a slippery thing when you carry the weight of expectation on your shoulders. When her paths crossed again with Alexander an older, professor from her time in university - her world tilts. He is unlike anyone she expected to love, and their attraction is immediate, undeniable. But love is never simple, especially when ghosts of the past refuse to be buried. A familiar name reappears-Dayo, the Nigerian ex who once shattered her trust. And with it, a triangle of longing, loyalty, and unresolved history begins to take shape. As Adelani navigates love, family, and the cultural pressures of being a Nigerian woman who dares to want something different, she harbors a truth that defies expectation: she does not want children. It is a choice that shocks those around her-a quiet rebellion against tradition, against the life that was supposed to be hers. But the past has its own way of creeping back, and when a secret side of her life comes to light, everything she has carefully built is at risk of unraveling. Bold yet intimate, *No Small Lives* is a deeply personal exploration of identity, love, and the quiet revolutions that shape us. Because even the quietest lives carry storms within them-and no life is ever truly small.

A psychological mystery novel set in a quiet British coastal village on the shores of Yorkshire. Nurse Grace Walker arrives to care for Mrs. Katie Hall, a woman whose mind is slowly consumed by encephalitis, trapping her in terrifying hallucinations and haunting visions. Within the walls of the old house, Grace's path crosses with Dr. Christopher Brown, Katie's son and a psychiatrist desperately trying to save his mother from the grip of a fractured mind-while finding himself gradually drawn to the brave and compassionate nurse. A novel that weaves together psychological mystery, emotional intensity, and the cruelty of illness... where reality blends with illusion, love intertwines with fear, and healing is born from pain. Written by Dina Hanna

(Hazbin Hotel AU) Fourteen years ago, a single night of chaos rippled through the human world- unnoticed, unexplained, and forgotten by everyone except one woman in Brighton, England. Now, Noah Whittman is fourteen years old and trying to live a normal life. He balances high school, rugby practice, and a growing passion for creative media and drama. He's popular, talented, and grounded-everything a normal teenager should be. Except electronics don't behave around him. Screens flicker when he's emotional. Cameras glitch when they focus on his face. And sometimes, in the low hum of static, it feels like something is listening. Noah doesn't know that his existence is tied to Vox-a powerful demon of media and manipulation who once escaped Hell to wreak havoc on Earth... and left behind more than broken signals. When Vox finally makes contact through Noah's laptop, the truth begins to surface: Noah is not just being watched. He is being claimed. As Vox prepares to return to Earth, Noah must face a terrifying question-are his strange abilities a curse, a weapon, or a legacy he refuses to inherit? With Hell closing in and secrets unraveling at home and school, Noah's life is about to change forever. A story about identity, choice, and the fear of becoming something you never asked to be-set between the bright lights of modern media and the darker signals of Hell.

Some names are easy. Some names are chosen. Some names are never meant to be spoken until everything is ready to change. Rowan Hale believes that language is intimacy - that the words you use can keep someone close or push them quietly away. Lucas Whitaker doesn't think much about names at all, until he realises there are some he's afraid to say, and one boy he's terrified of losing. Set over the slow shift from summer into autumn, *What We Called Each Other* is a soft, slow-burn boys' love story about proximity, silence, and the weight carried by the things left unsaid. Through borrowed clothes, shared nights, and the careful shelter of nicknames, Rowan and Lucas learn how closeness can exist long before it's named - and how one word, spoken at the wrong moment, can change everything. This is a story about almosts and accidents. About learning when language becomes truth. And about how sometimes, love begins not with what you say - but with what you dare to call each other when it finally matters. Trigger Warnings / Content Notes * Gender dysphoria (non-graphic, internal) * Miscommunication * Emotional vulnerability * Fear of rejection * Mild internalised anxiety (No explicit sexual content. Romance remains tender, emotional, and PG-13.) Transphobia, misgendering, or debates about trans people's legitimacy will be deleted. This space is for respectful discussion only.

This isn't a ghost story. This is my story. I was nine when we moved into 13 Lodgers Grove - a tired terraced house on a quiet street in Birmingham. My family believed in the paranormal. We weren't sceptics. We knew that kind of thing existed. But even we weren't ready for what waited inside. Based on true events, this is a personal account of a haunting that went far beyond shadows and strange noises. We thought we were moving in. But something was already there.

William Scott leva uma vida previsível em Rosemont Hill, cercado por livros de viagem que ele nunca usou e uma rotina confortável demais para ser memorável. Tudo muda quando uma mulher desconhecida entra em sua livraria, pede um telefone... e foge levando um moletom. Dias depois, ele descobre que a "ladra" é Scarlett Monroe, uma estrela de cinema mundial tentando escapar da própria fama. O encontro improvável entre um homem comum e uma mulher extraordinária dá início a uma relação marcada por ironia, desejo e situações absurdamente reais. (Qualquer semelhança com um filme de ficção famoso, não é mera coincidência)