Litfic Stories

In a city where magic flows like code-compiled, structured, auditable-Vex has learned to survive by being useful. They cannot cast. Every spell crashes with a fatal error no diagnostic can explain. So they've become a translator, a compiler, making everyone else's magic work while their own refuses. When wild-code appears-magic that flows from intention rather than syntax, impossible to regulate or suppress-the Mage Council sees risk. Vex sees people whose magic works differently, not wrongly. People the system rejected first. Commissioned to help eliminate wild-code, Vex must choose between the safety of invisibility and the risk of being seen. Between a career built on working around their "limitation" and fighting to prove it was never a limitation at all. A novel about systems that claim to be neutral, magic that refuses to lie, and the cost of rewriting infrastructure when you can't stay invisible anymore. Updates Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays!

[MLM] Moving to another state to start anew was Ryan's best bet in leaving behind memories of a messy situation. But when Cash Durand tumbles into the backseat of his taxi, suddenly, Ryan's got another messy situation on his hands―this one might be worth sticking around for, though. Maybe even worth both of them acknowledging their individual pasts clinging to their present selves. ****** At the fresh age of twenty-five, Ryan decides to move out of his small (and homely) two-bedroom flat, opting for a new start, away from messy memories and messy situations. What he'll soon find is a messier situation; starting with the one-room flat in a rural Indiana town he can't remember the name of, where his wake-up calls are the shouts from the town common across the road, because of course, the one place he found was smack in the middle of the busiest street. A cabbie as a job seems like a step up from his bartending days back in Illinois, and, well, it's not great compared to his exercise science bachelor's degree gathering dust, but he's still proving to the world that he's found something all on his own. Then, a day after he got the job, Ryan comes face to face with a twenty-something beaten up by life, who has a fire burning constantly in the palms he curls into fists, dark shadows under his eyes, and who acts like Ryan should know him―like there is more to them than this moment, than who they are right now. Maybe to him; but to Ryan, he's just the cabbie driving the annoying guy to the ice rink or random bars. That's all there should be to them. Until the cycle of familiarity becomes the string joining them together, and the past tangles with the present--even states away. No one can steer clear of messy situations forever.

Players enjoy playing an MMORPG, but for the first time, there are also ai also controlling video game avatars as if they are human players controlling avatars to play the MMORPG. Will the ai be good, accepted, and everyone has a good time welcoming ai into the world of gaming? Read the "new territory" progression.

After her best friend is found dead in a motel room with no clear answers, Sofia Wineheart is determined to uncover the truth--even if it shatters everything she thought she knew. ***** It's a quiet October morning in Palo Alto, California, when the news break out--June Beaumont was found dead in a motel room, and no one knows what happened, not even her family. Sofia Wineheart, confused and devastated, takes it upon herself to pick up everyone's pieces--her friends', June's brother Meridian, but not hers--and figure out exactly what happened that night for the sake of closure. The little leads she finds all connect to one place: San Francisco. There's no telling what it will bring, or if it will bring up any answers, let alone those she's hoping she'll get. [wattpad editor's choice] © 2019 caterina george // all rights reserved

[FEATURED IN WATTPAD PARANORMAL: Occult & Afterlife]. === After two seasons of grief from losing her mother, Charlotte finally felt good enough to look forward to the spring, a spring that had so far brought so much for her to be thankful about: She had earned her Ph.D, she had gotten a good job, and she began to do her side business again as a clown-for-hire for kids birthday party. It was all good, and to top it off: She would spend a few weeks with her archaeologist dad in Europe, he was doing some excavation project there. But that trip became a nightmare for her when the archaeologist team became perfect means to unearth what had been buried for centuries. Something that should have remained buried. A demon lurking beneath the earth. A secret order of immortals. A man with his own dark past and origin. A powerful weapon that could tilt the balance of the battle between the good and the evil. Charlotte was caught in the middle of it all, and the only way for her to have a chance to survive was this: A marriage between the light and the darkness.

Evelyn and Rosie had always been close. They were not just mother and daughter; they were best friends. At least, they were until disease stole away the woman Evelyn had once been. After an incident forces Rosie's hand, she soon comes to realise there's a lot she does not know about the woman who raised her. Or about herself. With disease ravaging her mum's memories, Rosie is in a race against time to time to unravel her mother's secrets and uncover the truth about her fractured family. Rosie will come face to face with not only her mum's past but the secrets she had kept hidden from herself. Will she be brave enough to face the truth and take her chance at happiness?

Take a break. Have a cup of coffee. Or maybe a shot of whiskey. While reading a couple of short stories. *** Featured in Official Wattpad Ambassadors Reading List @ShortStory | Microfiction @Ambassadors | Shorts & Poems

PALE MOON OVER PARADISE is the story of Leah, an African American girl struggling to survive poverty and discrimination in the Jim Crow South. Travel back in time to the days before the Civil War. Follow Leah's family through the dark days of slavery. Get to know Leah, a woman of strength and grit, and walk with her on her journey to overcome and prevail against bigotry and hate. *** The second installment in this series is Five Miles to Paradise.

Evil lives in the back woods and swamps of the Deep South. From the dark corner of a decadent plantation mansion to the soggy decay of a one-room swamp shack, it breeds and festers, grows and blooms. It lies in the recesses of small town ignorance and poverty. Waiting. Waiting. Always waiting. Watching patiently like a hidden viper coiled and ready to strike! And when it does, its venomous fangs show no mercy and suffer no remorse. Who will be Evil's next victim? *** Five Miles to Paradise is the second installment of this series. Pale Moon Over Paradise is the first installment.

A girl must choose between the future she'd envisioned for herself and the beautiful reality of a secondhand bookstore her first love calls home in this heartfelt contemporary romance that explores the power of love, literature, and community when it comes to changing and saving lives. Only three things stand in the way of the life Nell had always envisioned for herself: a bookstore, its book club, and the boy of her dreams. When Nell's brother-in-law walks out on her pregnant sister, it falls on Nell's shoulders to cover their mountain of bills. To do so, she must convince the owner of a secondhand bookstore to sell his property so she can earn a commission. But when she visits the store, two unexpected things happen: the owner offers her a job sorting the shelves-extra income!-and her childhood crush, Thomas Whelan, turns out to be the only other employee there. Only a fool would turn that opportunity down. When Thomas reveals he needs help with his love life, it seems all too perfect: get an in with Tom by helping him prepare for his dates, recruit him towards her cause of convincing their boss to sell, get paid, and live happily ever after. Except the more time she spends with Tom, the more she gets attached: to him, to the bookstore that soon might not even exist, and its customers. Set in a small town in the throes of gentrification, Second Chance Books is a novel that explores the power of love, literature, and community when it comes to changing and saving lives. * * * ""Second Chance Books" is a heartwarming romance novel that explores the power of forgiveness, selflessness and faith in Love. With its endearing characters and narrative depth, this book captivated me from beginning to end. [...] The author does a commendable job of crafting complex and relatable characters." - Clay (5-star Goodreads review)

Freya wakes up in an empty building. Every door she opens leads to another memory. Fragments of her past flash before her eyes. Each room pulls her deeper into her thoughts. But something feels off. The building isn't just empty. It's alive. It watches her. Freya begins to question her sanity. Is she dreaming? Or is this a twisted reality? She finds clues, left behind-notes and drawings. They hint at a hidden truth. As she unravels her memories, the line between reality and dream blurs. Who is she really? What happened to her? The answers lie within the building. TW: This story contains themes of trauma, dissociation, psychological distress, and implied self-harming behaviour. Reader discretion is advised.

In the near future, when corruption and poverty have taken over, police and government officials no longer take care of the people, but rather, those wealthy residents that can afford the protection. Because of this, families are left to protect themselves, turning their own communities into the armed forces they need to put an end to all of the violence that's quickly sweeping through each, and every, household. Will the law-abiding citizens prevail? Or will the law-breaking officials have their way in the court of life? Or better yet, will they ALL discover a truth NOBODY expected? ------------------------- (****WARNING - CONTAINS SEX, DRUGS, VIOLENCE, ALCOHOL and MORE) -------------------------

A blind boy walks about in the night, thinking of the giant above him.

Chasity Whitmore is left picking up the pieces after the sudden death of her mom. At the tender age of 17 she is up against the biggest problem of her life. Her baby sisters Mya is sent to live with her asshole of a dad. Chasity and 10 month old Santana are sent to a foster home. When she turns 18 she is kicked to fend for herself. She has only one goal to get her sisters back together and nothing will stop her from doing that.

"Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel." For those who observe, it is just entertainment. I hope these stories capture life well enough to be just that. So, come on in, enjoy the comradery and partake of the offerings of Joe's Bar.

Phoenix is a muscular good looking, crime fighting superhero and now he is dead. What will his creator James do to fill the void. Ah, he has a solution. Annabelle le Roux. This story is the result of spending too much times on the website TV tropes. Lampshade everything. #1: Girlfight (30 November 2020) (Yes, it is a very large tag, thanks for asking) WARNINGS: (Because this seems to be a good way to advertise the story). In this story the word decompose will be used in reference to a person. There will be words that some may consider swearing. This story acknowledges the existence of sex. There is no sex however, so don't get your hopes up. Cover art done by @eryxnaps

What if Ertugrul had hunted that gazelle down instead of following it? What if he had never rescued Halime? A short alternate universe story that follows this concept. **** Halime Sultan has always known that you can't get whatever you want in your life. She is more of those women who welcome life for what it is. But somehow, she can't accept the grave turns of life regarding her arranged marriage with the Eyyubi Sultan. For some reason, her heart yearns for the veiled stranger that had rescued her. Hearts are candid, and perchance Halime will learn this the callous way. Add a lovestruck Ertugrul in this equation. Oh and must not forget Ceren, Ertugrul's little sister, who has her own piles of mess to deal with. A Dogan who is contending between his feelings and loyalty, and a Bamsi who cannot forget a certain honey haired beauty. Just one uncomplicated question. Where do we go from here?

Elderly Donald loves to sit down. He tells the story of the last place he sat, and how he never stood up again. [Literary. Magical Realism.]