Dualnarrative Stories

Dealing with a breakup is hard. Dealing with your new, besotted selkie husband after a breakup is even harder. The socially-awkward, history major, Vivian, is finding out that lesson firsthand. How was Vivian supposed to know that helping out the pretty stranger would only lead to her getting hitched?! If life was a game, Vivian would have a world record in speed-running breakup to marriage. This is a multi-view point story, centered around a human college student, and her new relationship with a selkie.

This is a duet of silence and fire - of someone who stayed, and someone who burned. Told in the voices of Garnet (me) and Sapphire (him), this piece explores a bond that doesn't demand, doesn't waver, and doesn't break. A song of unspoken loyalty, of being there without needing to be seen. Dedicated to my friend Anthony (whom I call Principito) - the quiet soul who taught me that staying doesn't always make noise. This is us, speaking together, and with each other.

Cece Barnes--aka romance writer Cecelia Worth--doesn't believe in love. Her stories make readers swoon across the world, but the fiercely private 25-year-old never tells them that her own stories feel like fanciful dreams to her. With a history full of unsuccessful relationships, unrequited feelings, and her parents now divorcing after almost 30 years of marriage, Cece's not sure that love is anything more than the stuff of storybooks. Callum Gray is trying to write his first romance novel. He can see the characters in his head, feel the way they care so deeply for one another, but he can't seem to get it on the page. When his professor--Dr. Elise Burris--connects him with one of the foremost up-and-coming romance writers in the country, Callum jumps at the chance to get advice. Except Cecelia Worth is nothing like he imagined. Grumpy, cynical, and a little too happy with her red pen, he can't imagine how she writes some of the greatest love stories he'd ever read. Dr. Elise Burris is trying to solve a cold case. After a successfully bringing attention to another unsolved Washington State murder. When she comes across the unsolved murder of 19-year-old heiress Amanda Murray on the old Madison Park ferry dock. She knows she has to write about it. If only Dr. Burris were a little less good at what she did. When Dr. Burris goes missing, Cece and Callum must work together to find their beloved mentor. It becomes evident that to find Dr. Burris, they have to first solve Amanda Murray's almost 60-year-old murder case.

On a mountain carved by memory, ghosts, and grief, two women's lives entwine in a story of devotion, silence, and the cost of being seen.

"My entire existence revolved around loving her. I was brought into this world, bound to her. Everyday, I was meant to make her smile; I wanted to see her laugh. My arms were supposed to be open every time she wanted to be embraced. But now, she wanted me dead." 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟐+ 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲/𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐀 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 :) ☕️ #1 dualnarrative #2 regretful #2 wishes #3 twostories 𝗜 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆! 𝗦𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗵𝗮.

Dzen Day - the 9th story in the Chester & Paul cycle. One day in Belgrade at two speeds: Paul finds morning zen in the city's small mercies, while Chester wanders the night alone with intrusive thoughts, learning why the crowd is his only friend. At dawn they strike a fragile truce-haiku, a song line, and a phone lit with missed calls-order before the chaos. By ExFuture. Thanks for your interesting.

Air. I needed air. I was gasping, but my lungs refused to take any in. Jasmine's world is crumbling around her. Still reeling from the discovery of her parents' identities, she is forced to face the repercussions of her actions in the Helian Realm, while her beloved home is besieged by Helian attackers. And she still can't control her powers. Roxy is confronted by the realisation that she has travelled across the Realms for a boy who thinks she betrayed him. A boy dating the girl who sold her out. And even while freezing in the Arcan Realm it seems she can't escape Cinaer's grasp. Time is running out for the girls to save the world - and the boy - they love. But to have any chance of defeating Cinaer, they are going to have to work together. Cinaer is on a warpath and he's not giving up until he has secured the Helian throne - even if he has to reduce the Arcan Realm to dust in the process. Air is the third novel in the Elements of Power trilogy. Please check out Fire and Water first, otherwise it might not make much sense!

Tanjiro is a second class citizen working as a mechanic but his life is turned upside down when his family was cruelly murdered and his sister mysteriously disappeared. Determined to find her, Tanjiro joins the slayer corp in hopes of getting revenge on Muzan Kibutsuji, the tyrannical Imperator of Luna City. Unbeknownst to Tanjiro, Nezuko is alive and under the care of the Imperator himself, who treats her as a prized test subject. She climbs her way up the lower and upper moons, while also battling with her own humanity. Despite knowing the DEMONs are monsters, Nezuko creates strong connections with some of the upper moons. When Nezuko crosses paths with her brother, she has to decide which path to fight for.

After a breakup, Mollie meets a man that gives her a new sense of life. After an attempt, Spencer meets a woman that gives him a new sense of life. Not yet finished!!

2046, Newlandon. Nine Year old Alviria Penn pulls the trigger of a gun. By eighteen, she's an Influencer, obsessed with peace, and striving to leave her demons buried in the past. A fateful encounter with one of the military's finest, however, brings her comfortable reality crashing down around her as she learns the true cost of her country's version of peace: Freedom.

Bethany and Lily. Lily and Bethany. Inseparable right? Wrong, because Lily's gone and she's never coming back. 'My Lily wouldn't of wanted lilies. My Lily would of wanted roses. She was just like a rose my Lily. Her beauty and her thorns. You couldn't get to my Lily without being pricked first, in a way she was testing your loyalty, seeing how much you could take of her before you left. I gripped her so tightly it drew blood and it was so worth it.'

Meet a broken man who fights his forgotten past that threatens to consume him. Then discover an ethereal deity bound to cosmic laws that condemn him to suffering. And finally, there is a flower... A mere flower in a pot. Fragile and half-withered, it slowly dies without love, the symbol of which it used to be. The three will intertwine. The three will transform one another. This novelette spirals through countless realities, erasing the boundary between them. It's a blend of science fiction and mystery with a surreal, philosophical background. An example of how a choice of an ordinary mortal can alter cosmic-scale order. And a perfect space to reflect: what makes a god-and what makes a human? For those who love Ted Chiang, Peter Watts, and Stanislaw Lem. From an award-winning, cross-culturally published writer (vl-sciencefiction.space). Form & Length: a 16,000-word cerebral SF novelette. Approx. 2-3 hour read. Cover illustration created by professional artist Egor Shokoladov (shokoladov.com). Heartfelt gratitude also goes to the editors, beta readers, and English teachers who helped shape this story over three years of meticulous writing and refining: Jordan Estrada, Sean Glenn Miller, Kelly Lenihan, Mary Pel (Mozy Adless), and Igor Kirilin.

The Tenth Puzzle by Zero They called her the Puzzle Killer. Nine victims. Nine puzzle pieces. One woman left behind in the fire. But Dr. Alexia Yoon, a forensic psychologist known for her sharp instincts and colder conscience, always doubted the official version of the case. Years ago, she studied under the brilliant yet mysterious Dr. Lee Seung-joo-the prime suspect in a serial murder case that shocked the nation. Seung-joo vanished the night of the final fire. The media declared her dead. The task force closed the case. But Alexia never believed it. Because she was there. And she pulled Seung-joo from the flames. Now, years later, a tenth puzzle piece appears. Clean. Bloodless. Delivered straight to Alexia's door. The real killer has returned. Hwang In-chan-a forgotten figure from their past. A man who once whispered revenge into Seung-joo's silence. The one who taught her how to vanish... while he did the killing. As the murders resume, Alexia must confront her greatest fear: the woman she saved might not be the villain after all. But the man who still haunts her every step? He's just getting started. And this time, the final puzzle is her.

People think staying out of things is the same as being innocent. It isn't. It's just quieter. Nathan is a university student who believes observation is neutral until one ordinary moment forces him to intervene. Samuel Phiri is a detective returning from suspension, unwelcome and untrusted, dropped back into a system that never wanted him comfortable. Their stories begin separately. They will not stay that way. Silence Isn't Neutral is a slow-burn psychological crime thriller about responsibility, violence, and the moment you cross a line you can't step back over.

"Fields of Mercy" is a slow-burning horror story about a young couple who move into a newly built home on a quiet stretch of rural land. What begins as an ordinary fresh start quickly turns unsettling as strange dreams, disturbing discoveries, and unexplained phenomena start to unravel the truth beneath the soil. Told through fragments of a recovered journal, the story weaves together the present and the past, revealing how the land remembers - and some things refuse to stay buried.

I'll write the negative and positive versions of venting pages I write. Negative will be normally typed and positive will be italicized.

He sat in the corner and watched everyone. She smiled at everyone and let no one in. When two people who've learned to protect themselves from exactly each other finally start talking - the question isn't whether they'll fall. It's whether the wounds they're carrying will let them. A dual-narrative philosophical romance told in two voices, two silences, and one sentence that almost ended everything. Some wounds aren't yours to begin with. You just inherited them.

Severus Snape doesn't do colleagues. He does obligations, surveillance, and silence. Then Dumbledore hires the wandless American witch, and an accident tangles Snape's mind with hers-dreams he can't block, walls he can't keep up, and a woman who won't stay where he puts her. With a werewolf in the staffroom and Sirius Black circling the grounds, the last thing he needs is something this dangerous: someone getting close. A Snape-POV retelling of Crossed Currents. Prisoner of Azkaban era. Slow burn.