Isolation Stories

Maybe loneliness was its own kind of ritual after all.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭 Jasper Jean Mariano was given one year- to be herself before everything is decided for her. Mark Keifer Watson was used to being the one who handled everything-so no one else had to. 𝖥𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾, 𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗒. 𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗒 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝖻𝖺𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾. Inspired by Ang Mutya ng Section E. Characters belong to the original author, Ate Lara 🤍. The storyline and character interpretations are based on my imagination.

Dream is entering his 3rd year as a McLaren F1 driver, but the media has noticed he's not the same loveable driver they once knew. He's distant, cold, and exhausted now, barely even performing for the cameras. George Davidson gets the pleasure of meeting Dream during this, yet he feels compelled by his new teammate, an intrigue that transcends anything he's felt before. George makes it his mission to befriend Clay, but over years together as teammates, this mission grows significantly as they change who they are as humans. It's a story of triumph, defeat, love, and most of all forgiveness for what the world of racing can do to a person when under pressure.

This is a very, and I mean very, short story about a girl who lived in isolation all her life. She created her own misery but still blamed others for it. At the end, she finally saw the light, and started living instead of surviving.

Sixteen-year-old Maya has spent her life watching her family sail away without her, always told she isn't ready. One day, she decides to prove them wrong and takes a boat into open water alone. When a sudden storm turns dangerous, everything changes-and Maya washes up on an unknown island that isn't on any map. She starts remembering things about her past that may change the reality of her life forever.

Isabella is on holiday in Italy when a sudden storm changes everything. She wakes up in a vast white mansion above the sea, with no memory of how she got there, and only one other person inside. Nicholas. He doesn't lock her in. He doesn't threaten her. He watches. As Isabella searches for answers and a way out, she begins to uncover something far more disturbing than captivity: a carefully constructed obsession. And the strangest part? He might not want to hurt her. But he also might never let her go.

In the depths of Purgatory - a massive Nether prison ruled by NULL - Spoke is supposed to become just another broken prisoner. But after a failed escape attempt and weeks of surviving inside the violence, fear, and psychological pressure of the prison, something inside him begins to change instead. As guards tighten their control and prisoners slowly lose what makes them human, Spoke becomes obsessed with understanding how Purgatory works. He studies patterns. Learns manipulation. Adapts faster than he should. And the more he survives, the more the line between survivor and monster starts to disappear. The prison was built to destroy people slowly. The terrifying part is that it might be turning Spoke into someone far worse.

"Tumhare baare me toh sabko pata hi hai." Maybe this is exactly where everything starts breaking. Because Meher knows one thing better than everyone else- People only know the version of her story they were told. To some, she's the girl who destroyed her own relationship. To some, she's the reason a family fell apart. And to some... She's simply someone who disappeared without looking back. But no one knows why she really left. No one knows about the truth buried beneath years of silence. The sacrifices hidden behind cruel words. Or the damage caused by a man who smiled while ruining everything she loved. "Mai ab us ghar ka hissa nahi hoon." Then why does losing them still hurt like grief? Now living under a new identity, Meher tries to move on quietly while the past she escaped slowly begins to find its way back to her. A family that still misunderstands her. A brother who never stopped searching. An unfinished love buried behind anger and betrayal. And someone watching her far too carefully for it to be a coincidence. Because sometimes people don't leave because they stopped loving. Sometimes they leave because staying destroys everything else. And when the truth finally comes out- ___ Someone will have to answer for every life that was ruined in the process.

She wakes up in an overflowing bathtub with no memory of who she is or how she got there. Under a strange yellow light, she discovers her veins have been STITCHED WITH RED THREAD. Armed only with an empty revolver, she must descend and ascend into the depths of this inexplicable place as she tries to uncover what is happening.

The Woods Before Us is a nostalgic supernatural coming-of-age story filled with mystery, friendship, emotional family drama, eerie woods, and the terrifying feeling of growing up too fast. When eleven-year-old Liam Decker moves from Ohio to the isolated woods of Stillwater, Minnesota, he leaves behind everything that ever felt like home. But everything changes when Liam discovers a strange portal hidden deep within the forest - a place connected to this world, but somehow outside of it, where time doesn't work the way it should. Soon Liam finds himself uncovering buried secrets tied not only to Stillwater... but to his own life, his family, and the people he thought he knew best. Because some things hidden in the woods were never meant to be found. This story can also be found on Royal Road

Nyla has lived her entire life on guard. She has nothing interesting to share about herself, only sleepless nights, overthinking and a constant feeling that something is wrong with her. After all, it must be her who's flawed. The whole world can't possibly be the problem when she's the only one who seems to be right. She makes herself small. Invisible. She keeps people at a distance before they grow tired of her and everything that goes on inside her head. Because people make her uneasy. They leave. They lie. They destroy things. Wade already knows how brutal life can be. You work until your body gives out. Fight hard enough to make a living. Bury your feelings deep enough so they don't destroy you from within. While other people seem to live lives they actually enjoy, Wade has only learned how to survive from one day to the next. Boxing is the only thing that quiets his mind for a while. They live completely different lives, but they find each other in one thing: silence. It's not love at first sight. It's sleepless nights. Bloody knuckles. Thoughts that never let them breathe properly. Two broken people who slowly start to feel a little less alone in each other's presence. Because some people save each other, while others only learn how to drown together.

"They tell you never to whistle in the Appalachian Mountains. Now I know why." When a sudden plane crash strands Jack, Veronica, and Vanessa in the heart of the most ominous woods, survival is their only goal. But the deep, atmospheric silence of the forest is a lie. Hidden within the shadows is a predator: The Crawler. As the sun dips below the ridge, the group discovers they aren't just lost they're being hunted. One of them has already become prey, and for the others, the psychological dread is only just beginning. In a place where the trees have ears and the darkness has teeth, the real horror isn't just surviving the woods... it's surviving what's inside them. Can they find a way out before the Crawler finishes the job? New chapters every wednesday!!

In a world slowly crumbling beneath the weight of a deadly plague, truth hides within the quiet stories left untold. person who refuses to give up. person who steals apples to survive. A person burdened by duty. A person who doesn't yet understand loss. They all live in the same dying village-separate, yet connected. Apple's weaves a tale of fractured hope and quiet sorrow, seen through the eyes of those who chose to keep walking when the world begged them to stop. Each chapter reveals another side of a fading world-its secrets, regrets, and the simple desire to stay close to someone, even if just for a little while. Because sometimes, a single apple... is enough to save someone. Or destroy them.

A lighthouse. Isolation. A tragic accident fifteen years ago. David volunteered for the solo shift to escape the past. But the past followed him. Strange sounds. Cold handprints. A child's whisper. The sea remembers. And the lighthouse... the lighthouse shows you what you fear most.

In a world where mysterious portals reveal a person's true self, everyone eventually crosses over-except her. Left behind while friends and loved ones move on, she struggles to reach the one person still waiting for her on the other side. But when a dark force tears her away from the portal meant for her, she becomes lost between worlds and is forced to choose a different path just to escape the emptiness consuming her.

Hiccup is the outcast of his village and no one likes him, not even his own father. Hiccup shoots down a Night Fury and runs away with his new found friend. Now Hiccup is known as the Tyrant of the Night, feared by all. His main mission, make Berks life a living hell and save the dragons. That's not his only mission. He needs to take down a dragon hunting market as well as keep his identity under the wraps. But can he do all of this when an intruder makes herself known to him?

Persephone was born into the highest royal lineage, raised under strict rules where every step of her life was already written for her. To the world she was a perfect princess-graceful, disciplined, and destined for a golden throne-but behind that perfection she felt nothing but chains. Refusing to be controlled by tradition, she chose to break away from the crown she was meant to inherit and stepped into the shadows on her own terms. From a royal princess bound by duty to a force rising in the underworld, Persephone didn't fall from grace-she chose to descend into power and become a queen no one could control. 🖤

This is a psychological horror/mystery novel set in South Korea and follows Han Jisoo, a college graduate who moves into a cheap apartment near his workplace after finally getting a job. What starts as an ordinary new beginning slowly turns into something much more unsettling.

Six people. Eight months. No bodies, but only the blood. Only the number. Only the book left open on the floor like an invitation no one knows how to accept. Ansley Huber knows every one them. Knows their voices, the small and ordinary details of their lives. They were the last people in the world he would call family, and now they are simply - gone. The investigation has stalled. The city has moved on, the way cities do. But Ansley cannot move on, because the grief has nowhere to go and a mind like his does not rest, and so he does what he has always done when the weight of something becomes unbearable.So Ansley does the only thing a man with unbearable grief can do. He starts looking. What begins as an investigation into six disappearances slowly becomes something else - something quieter and more unsettling.The killer is patient, brilliant, and way ahead than Ansley himself.. The killer knows Ansley better than anyone. The killer has always known exactly where he would look, and where he wouldn't. The answer has been there from the beginning, infront of his eyes but still Ansley was blind. The VII'th Victim is a psychological thriller about grief, isolation, and the terrible, inevitable moment when a man comes face to face with the truth that he never fully understood yet..

..someone who learned to survive by releasing it word by word, someone who knows the triggering edges of life, someone who does not belong to any human relationship, someone who writes to shut their brain..