Masks Stories

Everyone thought she was an angel. Gentle voice. Soft smile. Always hungry - never satisfied. I was the only one who saw the teeth behind her kindness. The way she fed on secrets, admiration, silence. By the time they finally noticed the devil, I had already learned something worse: Nobody believes the victim when the villain looks like an angel. Book for the Open Novella Contest 2026. Prompt: 112

කොල්ලෙක් ට බැරිද සින්ඩරෙල්ලා කෙනෙක් වෙන්න? පුලුවන්. එහෙනම් ඇයි මගෙ සින්ඩරෙල්ලා වෙන්න බැරි? මොකද... ඔයා මගෙ සින්ඩරෙල්ලා හින්දා.. 💙🌙...°The male cinderella°...🌙💙 නිල් පාට හදකට පෙම්බැන්ද කොළ පාට ඇස් දෙකක්. නිල් හදට කොල පාට ඇස් දෙක මුලු ලෝකයක් ම වෙද්දි කොල පාට ඇස් දෙකට නිල් හද වර්ණ සුසංයෝගයක්... Two hearts met in one spotlight, unspoken love speaks in their eyes... කඩන්න බැරි යාලුකමක්, සොයාගත් අභිරහසකින් හෙලි වුනු සහෝදරත්වයක්... නොබිදෙන සහෝදරත්වයක්, එක පවුලක්... "මං ආදරෙයි හිම වලහෝ..." "මමත්...My little bunny boy..."

Two rivals, one throne, and a decree that will change everything. Every year, when the moonlight reaches its zenith, the fate of the nobility no longer belongs to them. Prince Techno has always lived for competition, for order, and for outshining his greatest rival: Dream. But what happens when the silver light binds them in an unbreakable bond? Behind masks that hide their shock and a silence that screams unwanted truths, they must decide: Can they overcome their rivalry for a decree they never asked for, or will they continue to deny the moonlight until their world falls apart?

Past lies, present crimes, and an invitation to a game of hide-and-seek. Different lives got tangled in the world of impostors and fraud. When dead and buried rumors resurface, chaos ensues.

College isn't supposed to feel like survival but at Hartwell, every secret, every desire, and every betrayal carries a cost. A diverse group of students navigates friendship, love, addiction, and obsession, only to find themselves trapped in a legacy of psychological manipulation, masked performances, and unsolved disappearances. As paranoia escalates and trust shatters, one of them vanishes and the real terror begins. Will they survive Hartwell, or become part of its dark history?

Every person has worn a mask in their life. No? If not for a moment or two. I dare say that is a vain thing to do. Trying to hide who you really are. Well, you might just want to think about that another time. This tale tis about a lad of the age of 16 years of life as mortal organism. Now what was the lads name. Ah! Shirou Sky, a dim youth with a mind that of the cat that had curiosity take it's life. Shirou was procrastinating which of the places around town that he may procure a costume for his school dance. Unfortunately he found an antique shop and messed with things that were better left but not alone. No that boy freed me and my cohorts into the world to start our little game once again. Oh, how accursed are all those that knew him. Tis the season of fear, tis the season to show your masks. If this is Shirou reading this account. Well... -Thank you for releasing me. Our great savior and Fool!

Clara is thankful for the job she has on the Llewelyn family manor airship, and doesn't want to do anything to jeopardize that. But when her mistresses, the Llewelyn's daughter Araminta, demands that Clara take her place at ball being thrown in Araminta's honor, Clara's world is thrown upside down when she meets Araminta's soon to be fiancé, Harrison Norrington. Clara returns to her regular life, but cannot avoid Harrison forever. As she navigates hiding her connection with her mistress's fiancé, Clara's life back on Earth is being threatened by a sinister force. Secret relationships, people disappearing, and threats to the wellbeing of Clara, her home, and everyone she cares about, swirl together in this alternate reality, steampunk fantasy. Will love be enough, or does Clara have greater responsibilities?

"The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist."- Charles Baudelaire, Paris Spleen

Ahh Termina. A land filled with great people... Can't you see the shining light of the moon over your head.... Oh yeah... Well three days to save everyone from a giant explosion, good luck link! (Y/n) shall be following the young hero to his adventure. Tatl and Tael would be also helpful to this quest. What would (Y/n) do? What would Link do? I dunno... S p o i l e r alert but that's a game that came out long ago so...

In the town of Cheddar City, the largest in the nation, there was a new strand of disease that had been spread throughout the dystopian land. No one knows the cause, only the effect. Masks cover the truth behind leaders destructive protocols, but are even they to blame? It doesn't matter. This world is dying. Those trapped inside are forced to suffocate at the grasp of an unknown hand. They have had enough. We have had enough. W̷̹̯̘͖͙̗̍̊͝ȇ̴̢̫̖͍̰̖̘̼͊̂̀͊̇̀́̆́ ̴̛̺͙̘̲̼̝̫̥̭̂̎͌́̎̆̀͝͠ͅh̶̡̛̛̛̜̙̟̲̝̀̉̓͐̾͘͜ȃ̴̧̲̣̤̮͇̜̌̐͑͂̀̀ͅͅv̵̢̛̀́̉̇̀͝e̵̥̭̭͇͓̮̜̗̓̐̔̈́̌͆͒͆͜͝͠ ̷̢̮̲̲̫͕̥͆́̋͘h̸̫͇͇̞̦̊̏ͅa̴̛̭̲̘̐̄̋̑̑̈̅̕͝d̴̘̞͍̔̿̍͂̏̈́ ̸͔̜̰͐̔̿̄̕͜e̸̢͇̙̣̜͍̦̮̪̥̔̊̓̿͗̚͠n̶̟͚̥̓̑͑̈́̍̚͜ȯ̸̺͉̗̳̥̊̀̐͗̔ṳ̴̡̢̻̘̟͈̘͐̒̐̒̔̾͘g̷̡̮̤̤̯̰͍͙̰͔͑͌̋̎͂͑͌̚͝ḩ̸̢̛̫̯͆̃͆̐́̔̓͐̾.̴̞̒̈͝

The Witness is the fourth novella in The Fractured Veil, a psychological suspense series where identity fractures, memory rewrites itself, and truth resists the record. For years, Lina's mother has hidden her from the town that insists she doesn't exist. According to the files, Lina was never born. But Lina has her own notebook, scraps of Rae's handwriting tucked into library books, and a stubborn pulse that says otherwise. When she glimpses Ash through windows and reflections, she realises their stories overlap. Rae's notes warn her not to answer when called. Mrs. Dunn visits with "concern." Harrow debates how many "copies" the town can tolerate. And Lina discovers transcripts that change when spoken aloud. As parades of masks march through the fog and files demand her signature, Lina learns the danger of being a witness in a place built to erase. Her own mother's journal leaves her one final instruction: "If you're reading this, Lina, then you never existed. And that means you're the only one who can tell the truth." Unsettling. Lyrical. Haunting. This installment pushes the series deeper into unreliable testimony and fractured perspective, told through the eyes of a child who was never supposed to survive the record. Perfect for fans of The Silent Patient, Never Let Me Go, and Behind Her Eyes.

" SOMETIMES I WAKE UP AND I THINK, 'IS IT OVER YET ?' " Non-Fiction Wattys2017 Unedited and unscripted

" 'The common fallacy in thinking is that there is only one correct way to crash a car without harming yourself or the surrounding areas. It is true that we must consider the terrain and avoid a rollover crash, but it is far more complicated than that...you have to consider the size and weight of your vehicle, how much room you have, whether there are other vehicles present...' Her voice dies out as Typhon snores, his feet sliding off the pedals." Theresa, a no-nonsense magical girl-like entity, crashes her taxi through the underworld realms and creates portals for a living. That is, when she is not preoccupied with transporting the deceased to the underworld realm. Or when she finds herself covering for the exceptionally eccentric ruler of her realm, Death. As if Theresa's slowly pulsing heart wasn't unsettled enough, she finds herself conned into babysitting Death's recluse of a son, as well.

“When I told you I went into the make-up designing business, I wasn't lying when I said it was because of my sister. That much was true. But it wasn't because of Lacy...” I braced myself for what I would tell him next, knowing that the more I talked about this part of my past, the more vulnerable I became. Meet Arianna, a 19 year old female living in London in her University dorm rooms with her two best friends, Elise and Charlotte. She is studying make-up design and hairdressing. She does all of her sister's make-up and hair for pageants. She normally goes for the 'bad-boys' but knows how to handle herself in a relationship in most cases. She's very confident in herself and her body. She knows she is attractive and she likes to show off without being cocky about it. Arianna is living her sister's dream and she's more than proud of what she's achieved during her time at University. When international pop star, Harry Styles, enters her world and wants to know about her past, Arianna becomes apprehensive. While letting her walls down and allowing someone new in her life, Arianna goes behind her best friend's back in order to find why she chose to live her sister's dream rather than her own.

Matthew and Joanna were separately invited to a Masquerade party. Destined to meet, they get to know each other.

Nya is missing. Trouble is stirring. Ninjago is in danger. What will the ninja do? Read to find out!

A Collection of Poems That Paint My World For You To See.

the people of South Park forgotten two people go do something amazing this town without no one knowing it's them and this is how the story begins. Will they become friends or will they kill each other. Their story will end happy or not PS if you don't like to stay I'm sorry if you don't just don't vote it or do anything but if you do it thank you.

Okay, ever since I was little, I made my own dream anime character. A boy assassin with a special eye. Oh yeah, and he was trained in the Underworld.

In a world of masks, hiding is easy, but you can always be found, or at least that's what everyone thought. An unknown, masked, and non-existing group is found among all the masks, yet they aren't found. How do you find a group hiding among others hiding?