High-tension Stories

It is the year 2500. What was once the seven continents is now a thousand independently governed provinces. What was once a trustworthy government is now a regime of deception and treachery. What was once a community is now a prison cell. Johanna Parker lives amid one of these societies, Erona, which requires its fifteen-year-olds to undergo a mandatory shot which was supposed to "sharpen the adolescent brain." And she believes these lies that have been fed to her until she goes through the process herself, and discovers she is immune to the chemical inserted in her. And that the purpose of the shots was to turn humans into mindless automatons, programmed to obey every single command of the authorities. But the mendacities don't stop there. Now transferred into Senior School which harbors a dangerous secret of its own, Johanna and her allies realize that it was time to stage an escape plan, to flee Erona forever. But how can they, with all the intense security? How can they, when they would be leaving their loved ones and thousands of innocent citizens behind? How can they, when the rest of the world could have warped people of its own? #thebunnyawards2019albinos

A short story of a high-tension scenario involving a sleeping, clingy boy and his older brother's friend.

Alaric Thorne didn't just enter a room; he haunted it. Standing at a towering six-foot-three, he was a masterpiece of gothic tragedy. His face was a landscape of sharp angles and porcelain-pale skin, unmarred by the sun for a decade. But it was his eyes-void of warmth, heavy with shadows-that truly paralyzed me. He smelled of cold sandalwood and the sweet, cloying decay of old roses, a scent that promised both a sanctuary and a grave.

Title: Daft at Heart Author: Essy "I don't do refreshes, Simisola. I want a legacy." In 2022, Simi Adeyemi was the visionary design student at the University of Ibadan, and Tobi Oke was the scrawny, "safe zone" friend who guarded her sketches like they were gold. But when Tobi disappears to the UK, he leaves behind a silence that lasts four years. Now, Simi is the top Creative Director in Lagos, armored in structured blazers and professional detachment. When she's called to pitch for a massive rebrand for Oke-Ventures, she expects a titan of industry. What she finds is "The Mountain." Tobi Oke is no longer the boy with the taped glasses. He is a billionaire tech mogul-massive, observant, and dangerously honest. He hasn't just built an empire; he's built it using the very blueprints Simi once threw away. As the lines between a professional rebrand and a personal reckoning blur, Simi must decide if she's brave enough to step out of her "Safe Zone." Because Tobi isn't just looking for a new logo-he's looking for the girl who saw him before the world did.