Disappearances Stories

Alison's sister disappeared filming a reality show, so she goes undercover as a contestant, discovering that in some cases reality tv is all too real. ***** Alison's sister disappeared while shooting a Survivor-style reality series, so when the show gets a reboot, Alison gets herself cast as a contestant. Arriving on the island, none of the organizers seem to be giving her straight answers. Forced to manipulate the situation to stay on the show, she starts an uneasy alliance with the handsome and physically capable Travis. They even act like they're falling in love, hoping their romantic appeal will keep them on the show. But as more challenges take place, and contestants go from being injured to dying in front of the camera, Alison and Travis realize that something is wrong. They have to win this game, or they won't make it off the island alive. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

One morning, a website appears called The Red List. It ranks everyone in town from most hated to least hated. The top hated goes missing.

"You think I don't care about you?" he murmurs. "You think I don't feel anything?" "I-Noel-" His voice is low enough to weaken me. "I feel everything when it comes to you. That's the fucking problem." When her best friend disappears without a trace, Lily arrives at college carrying more questions than answers. Raised by former detectives, she knows one rule: nothing vanishes without reason. What she doesn't expect is him - charming, guarded, and always one step ahead of the truth. As clues surface and feelings deepen, she begins to realize the person she's falling for may be the one who knows exactly what happened to her best friend. Some secrets are buried. Others are sleeping beside you. #1 in Romeo 02/26/26 #6 in mystery

When high school student Paris's sister goes missing and the police brush her off, she takes the law into her own hands to find her sister.

17 years ago, Delilah Whitaker lost her mother. As she grew up on Willow Creek Farms with her grandma, she came to accept the story that it was just a tragic accident. Over the years, she learned not to dig too deeply into the past. But the land holds more than just stories. Through a few found objects- Delilah discovers more about her past than she's ever been told. An old bracelet that didn't seem to mean much, old photographs. When she realizes her discoveries contradict everything she's been told, she must dive deeper than ever before. Small pieces and fragments come back to her- through memories she has no business remembering. She's determined to put them all together. Things just don't make sense. Did her mother feel the same connection she did with the earth? Did she have these emotions that didn't belong to her? When an old childhood friend reconnects with her family, she discovers that their past intertwines in ways she never thought possible. Could he be part of the mystery? Or will he be the one to finally bring the much-needed closure her family needs? One question leads to a thousand, and Delilah begins to wonder who she can trust. Her family, her old friend- and most importantly- herself. Has her entire life been a lie? She feels the undeniable danger in front of her, but where it lies- she's not sure. The townspeople? Memories? Or from within herself?

One trip to change everything.

Dr. Elena Mensah is a highly regarded psychologist in Accra, renowned for her ability to help individuals confront their deepest fears. However, her life takes an unexpected turn when a troubled young woman named Sophia Asare enters her office, insisting that someone is stalking her. This encounter pulls Elena into a mystery that refuses to remain hidden. As Sophia's fragmented recollections begin to emerge, they hint at the long-ago disappearance of a teenage girl from a prominent family in Kumasi-a case that had been thought to be forgotten for over twenty years. The more Elena delves into the investigation, the more unsettling the connections become. Missing documents, concealed journals, enigmatic strangers, and buried family secrets compel her to reevaluate everything she believed about her own history. Struggling with gaps in her childhood memories, Elena soon realizes that the truth is far more horrifying than a mere cold case. Someone has spent decades concealing the reality of what transpired, and as she inches closer to the answers, she begins to suspect that she may not be searching for the missing girl at all. In a reality where memories can be altered and identities can be usurped, Elena must uncover the truth before it consumes her-or reveals her true self.

Blackthorne Apartments was supposed to be a fresh start. One year after escaping a controlling, dangerous relationship, Emilia Hart arrives in the city with nothing but determination and a carefully rebuilt life. A new job. A new apartment. A new chance to finally breathe again. And then she meets him. Dax Mercer is everything she should avoid-cold, controlled, and far too observant for his own good. He lives across the hall, watches more than he speaks, and has a habit of appearing exactly when she needs someone most... and nowhere to be found when she starts asking questions. From the moment he sees her, Dax knows one thing with absolute certainty: She's his. But when the truth finally comes out, love won't be the most dangerous thing in the room.

The message was simple. Cold. Unforgiving. "You've reached the vanishing point." No one knew who sent it. No one knew what it meant. But those who received it... disappeared. Not a scream, not a trace-just gone, as if they'd never existed. Paris carried on like nothing had changed. But for Marinette Dupain-Cheng, nothing could ever be the same again.

Two students starting their first year at a university in a rural town find themselves caught up in a dangerous mystery involving the strange disappearance of two girls. But by trying to help the police solve the mystery they place themselves in danger of becoming the next victims. Mystery/Thriller Note: This novella is no 16 in the Silver Star series. It can be read as a stand alone story. Thanks to my chess friend Talia who created the excellent cover image for this story.

Kseniia Belova is an inconsistant russian figure skater of 14yo. At her latest Russian championship, the coaches took a decision that would change her life forever.

Seven years ago, Aria Elise Davenport vanished-leaving behind a broken future, a grieving partner, and a baby daughter who would only know her through photographs. Aria had lived through her lens. A passionate photographer and graphic designer, she built The Aria Edit capturing raw, beautiful moments. She was creative, witty, fluent in English and Spanish, and loved music, art, and late-night anime. To Grant Oliver Russo-a decorated USMC pilot-she was everything. He had been days away from proposing after five years together when she disappeared. Now, she's back. Rebuilt through advanced science that blurs the line between human and machine, Aria returns in a synthetic body-her memories restored, her voice the same, her love unchanged. Their daughter, Sloan Renee Russo, now six, meets the mother she barely remembers... yet somehow still knows. But love isn't easily restored. Grant must face the impossible: the woman he mourned is standing before him, both familiar and not. Aria struggles to understand what it means to feel human in a body that isn't. And as questions grow around the technology that brought her back, it becomes clear her return may not have been a miracle-but part of something much bigger. A blend of romance, humor, mystery, and science fiction, this is a story about love that defies time, identity beyond the body, and whether the heart can truly remember what was lost.

The Rowan family wanted a fresh start. What they found was something else entirely. Far from the noise of the world, their new home sits on the edge of an endless forest-quiet, isolated, and untouched. At first, it feels like peace. A place to breathe. A place to begin again. Until their son vanishes. No warning. No trace. Just an empty room and a silence that suddenly feels too heavy to ignore. As the search stretches on, hope begins to fracture. The forest looms closer, darker, filled with secrets no one wants to speak out loud. The longer Elias is gone, the more the truth begins to shift into something far more unsettling than anyone expected. Because something is out there. Watching. Waiting. And it hasn't forgotten them.

taraji Braxton was raised in Brooklyn New York she has her own company and she started when she graduated out of college she has her own magazine and she's only 23 years old but her father is going to convince her to her assistant and she's going to fall in love with him and let's see what happens in the story

"Its empty," I say looking around. "Theres nothing in here." "What? What do you mean," my mom asks pushing the cart in behind me. "Theres nothing here. Its empty, like there is nothing on the bed, the shelves. There's nothing," I say while looking around the room. My roommate never moved in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clara Brown and Penny Wells are planned to be roommates in the fall semester of college. Penny reaches out to Clara to talk about their dorm room, until two weeks before they move in Penny stops responding. Clara thinks it's a bit wierd but what's more weird is that Penny never moves in. Clara wants to know where she went and does some research to find a missing poster with Penny Wells name on it. Clara take sit upon herself to figure out what happened to Penny. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The locket was found on her bed. When they opened it, it laughed. Ten-year-old Nadia Mitchell vanished from her own birthday party without a scream, without a struggle, without a trace. The only thing left behind was a small silver locket that played the sound of a crowd laughing. Detective Samuel Cross has seen this before. Eleven years ago. A different girl. A different city. The same sound. Some secrets are heavier than evidence. ELEVEN - a psychological thriller that will make you question everyone you trust.

Xianan grew up in the Soil Realm-buried deep beneath the world, the poorest and most forgotten of the five realms. To others, people like her are nothing more than worms. She never thought her life would change. Until the day her father disappeared. The only thing he left behind was a single message: Go to Golden Academy. The world is divided into five realms-Golden, Wood, Water, Fire, and Soil. Golden stands at the top, a place of power, talent, and privilege. A place someone like her was never meant to enter. And yet, to find her father, Xianan forces herself to do the one thing she has never cared for-study. Against all odds, she earns her place at Golden Academy. There, everything begins to change. She encounters things she has never imagined. She sees the cruelty hidden in human hearts... and the quiet kindness that still remains. But what unsettles her most is this- She sees someone. Someone who looks exactly like the childhood friend who vanished from her life years ago. At the same time, traces of the long-lost "Five of Golden," who disappeared a century ago, begin to surface. What seem like isolated mysteries slowly begin to connect. As Xianan and her companions journey across the five realms, they are drawn into a series of cases-each one deeper, stranger, and more dangerous than the last. And in the end, all paths lead to the same question- Is she really searching for just one person? Or is she uncovering a secret that Golden itself has tried to bury?

In Silence, The Stars Speak لەبێدەنگیـدا، ئەستێرەکـان دەدووێــن The Universe Whispered, and They Just listened گـەردوون چـرپەی دەکــرد و ئـەوان تەنـهـا گوێیان دەگرت Even Silence Can Shine تـەنـانـەت بێـدەنـگیـش دەتـوانـێـت بــدرەوشـێـتـەوە She walked through the night as if the stars were watching only her ئـەو بەشـەوانــدا دەڕۆیــشــت، وەک ئـەوەی ئەستـێـرەکـان تەنهـا سەیری ئـەو بـکـەن Or maybe she was the only one who thoughts like that یان ڕەنگە ئەو تاکە کەسە بووبێت کە وا بیری کردبێتەوە

Thirty years ago, humanity stopped dreaming. No one knew why. No one cared anymore. For Maya Carter, dreams were nothing more than a forgotten piece of history. Until she had one. At first, she keeps it secret. Then people begin to disappear. And every time someone vanishes from the real world, Maya finds them waiting inside her dreams. A missing student. A famous scientist. A little girl who vanished without a trace. The deeper Maya searches for answers, the more she realizes her dreams are connected to something humanity was never supposed to remember. Then one night, she meets someone impossible. Herself. And her double has only one warning: "Wake up before they find you." Because some secrets were buried for a reason. And some dreams should never return. -- Royal Road Verification: I am the author of The Last Dream of Humanity and this profile belongs to me.

In the year 2033 the future is here, and the race is on to create robots that can walk, talk, think and even look exactly like humans. A scientific research facility secretly creates two prototypes, but before they can finish testing them one is stolen. Now it's out there in the community, it looks so real no one can tell it apart from a human. Does it have an agenda? Is it dangerous? A team on its trail to capture it, follows it to the other side of the country only to be met with devastating consequences. Science Fiction / Action / Thriller Thanks to my chess friend Talia for creating the excellent cover for this novella.