Light-horror Stories

*Previously Featured, reached #3* Inspired by her father, 16-year-old Ruby never misses an opportunity to challenge her village's ridiculous rules. Her friends and brothers try to dissuade her hot-headed methods, but Ruby can't help it. She doesn't believe Seers should determine the fate of individuals before a crime is committed, and she doesn't back down, not even when the Seers banish her father into the deadly forest. When Ruby spots survivors beyond the gates, she breaks every rule to save them. She lands the same fate as her father, only to be saved by a psychic instead of banished. But why would a Seer protect a troublesome girl? With the village out to get her, Ruby pulls one last stunt that destroys the lives of everyone she has ever known, and to her horror, Ruby learns the dark and twisted truth behind why the psychic saved her.

The origin of Sunrise Carnival, a political swing band brought together by pure unluck.

Meet Emily. She's seven years old and she has a new best friend. The monster under her bed. Her family thinks its just another phase of her autism showing but Scales, the monster under her bed, is very real. And he's about to realise that being Emily's monster may be a lot more complicated than he originally anticipated.

A collection of unusual stories that have lived in my mind for a little while now. It's nice to let them come out and play so others can experience these oddities as well. I will be adding stories to it regularly. Hope you find at least one you like and thank you so much for taking the time to read them. tale 1: Little One - The sheriff is sweet on Miss Lizzie Mae, but he doesn't know about her 'little one' yet. tale 2: Choo choo time - A misunderstanding not only puts Gerald Thompkins on trial but makes him the joke of the courtroom.

A Pair of Siblings enter Patchwork City; but something is off.

Anastasia has died. She shouldn't be walking the earth, and yet-she is. Brought back by accident, Cassian now carries the weight of her unnatural return, haunted by what it might mean. As strange events unfold around her, he can't shake the feeling that it's all his fault. This is their story-a journey through a world steeped in magic, mystery, and the price of second chances. (Note: I use ChatGPT to edit. It is marked completed, but I will likely be re-reading and editing to update the chapters. There are some inconsistencies still in there that I need to fix. I am mostly doing this because I find it fun creating stories, not because I am that great at writing lol Thank you and enjoy!)

In the orderly town of Numeria, where numbers dictate every corner of life, a strange curse awakens. When a rogue number bites a simple toaster, it transforms into the terrifying Were-Four-a creature of sharp edges, perfect quarters, and eerie precision. To survive the rising chaos of rogue numbers-unruly Sevens, mysterious Threes, and the awakening void of Zero-the Were-Four must unite with a peculiar crew of enchanted objects: Lulla, the soft and nurturing satin baby blanket; Tick, the anxious yet loyal pocket watch; Blip, the unpredictable retro TV; Quadra, the calm geometric puzzle; and Fizz, the lively soda can. Together, they must balance harmony and chaos, protect Numeria from unraveling, and confront the shadowy forces that threaten the very fabric of their numerical world. Full Moon Equals Four is a surreal, whimsical adventure blending math, magic, and the heart of unlikely heroes.

I'm just your average high school teenage, I like hanging out with my best friend, playing video games, eating myself to death and cursing the sun for waking me up when I literally just got two seconds of sleep. You know typical teenage stuff the only thing that's missing is a boyfriend, I'm not the type of girl who needs to be in a relationship all the time but from time to time I will need that kinda of comfort but that's why I have my friends. Things were going so good for me up until I had to go back to school from summer break. I reunited with my friends and met a new one as well , he was really nice, funny and very handsome and it just seemed that fate put us in some of the same classes but all good things have to come to an end right? My birthday just had to fall on a Monday, I should have know things weren't gonna go right , I had all these strange things happening to me. Hunters, Demons, Angels, and half breeds, what?! I should known today wasn't going to be normal from the look in his eyes, I should have never agreed to play his game , it had a hint of a diabolical plan, about it plus it's the reason I'm in this mess in the first place. It's his game and he's winning ,already in the lead and he knows, it's irritating to see that smug look he has but I'm not gonna lose to him so that he can have his way.

Theo Altair has a death wish. He has tried everything he can think of to cut his life short but he can never seem to get it right, and somehow he always manages to survive. His latest attempt nearly destroys his ship, which houses a sentient A.I. named Shade who is not particularly thrilled with Theo's antics, and the duo is forced to make an emergency landing on a nearby farming moon to make repairs. There Theo meets Dimitri, a farmer-cum-engineer with a penchant to sing away his worries. The two form an unlikely friendship and when Theo tries to run away from his feelings, Dimitri isn't quick to let him go so easily. He takes it upon himself to join Theo on his flight to the next star system - with some help from Shade - and Theo is forced to face his feelings head on. But there are some things lurking in space that are more frightening than letting yourself be cared for. ---------- ALL SYSTEMS CRITICAL is part pastoral sci-fi, part sci-fi horror lite, part lgbt romance... and my first full novel! this was written for nanowrimo 2020, and completed/edited in the months after. new chapters will be posted weekly. i am also posting this novel on royal road! rating: pg13-ish content warnings: suicidal ideation, brief allusions to self-harm, and violence/injury