Cautionary Stories

A collection of cautionary tales inspired by the classics. For lovers of the Brothers Grimm.

Inspired from the tradition of cautionary fables from Aesop and others, this story tells of the horrors that arise when an innocent boy succumbs to the temptation of not doing his homework.

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A short vignette about child abduction.

Julie is an ordinary girl with some not so ordinary talents, having made some wrong decisions, she ends up in deep debt. Using her supernatural abilities, she begins doing odd jobs for people, and is hired by Tony Bizzare, the town's resident con man! He can only be up to mischief, will he get Julie out of her predicament, or will he lead her further down the wrong path? a/n: So this started as a short story for the side hustle contest, but it ended up turning into more fantasy than experience. Even so, I'm proud of it so I decided to publish it anyway.

Short story

In 2009, MarQui Clardy, Sr. was given a prison sentence of five LIFE terms plus 53 years in prison, which set a Virginia state record for offenses in which no one was physically injured. In this first-of-its-kind essay, MarQui chronicles his personal journey through the criminal justice system - from the court process to the city jail to the state prison - while exploring the roots of the "tough on crime" legislation that not only paved the way for his extreme sentencing, but also led to the U.S. having the highest incarceration rate in the entire world.

This story is a cautionary tale about fear. Genre: Vampire/Psychological/Moral Lesson

One For The Road

Isabella the happy eighth grader. Is she any different from Chloe the lone old woman? She will find out when she looks at her future, the mistakes of judgement she made as the eighth grader on the path of becoming Isabella the lone old woman.

Leaving home four years ago at 16 gave way to a whole new world for Juniper, but what she didn't expect was a addiction that would destroy her life. Wandering the streets of New York she lost herself and any hope she could've had and let the demons take her over. Many nights alone he spent sobbing into his pillow praying for a new beginning, anything to fill the void, drinking, self harm, but nothing ever filled that void that left him sinking. He sat still in his life wondering if things would ever go become they way they should. (Mature Content!) (⚠️TW⚠️) (SELF HARM) (HARD DRUGS) (VIOLENCE)

Folklore set in the world of Grimvalen

Two highly competitive twin brothers end up meeting a stray who offers to marry who ever can break a curse she placed on herself.

Khalilah is a smart, kind girl who's love music, hangs out with friends, love sports, and she also has a boyfriend( I mean what teen girl doesn't), she's 17, a junior in high school. She's beautiful and she also have a head on her shoulders, she doesn't take any crap from anyone. But the point to this description is one day she goes to her BFF/sister's house for their little brother birthday party..... She meets this 24 year old, he's handsome, a teacher at her old school, and so she's find herself slipping. Don't have too much to say but read the story and find out.

A funny tale about sticking to your good friends... or else.

A shortened narrative depicting the reality of the tragedy that so many women workers unfortunately, unknowingly had to face in factories, where they had to work with paint which had been laced with radium.

One of the cautionary-like, "pay the piper" stories