Nanorimo Stories

To the stars and beyond. *trigger warning*

The Bloody Benders were a real serial killing family in the 1870's who ran an Inn along a well-traveled Western trail to lure victims into their lethal trap. This historical fiction novella delves into two of the Bender's most notorious victims- a father and his infant daughter, as well as the Benders themselves. After all, even the darkest individuals have a story.

When a reclusive writer moves into an unusual appartment building he hopes it will be the fresh start he needs while battling his inner deamons. But when his illness appears to be fighting back, it beggs the question - is it all in his head? Or is there more to this than meets the eye? **first draft so please be gentle with me** **Nanorimi2020** **Any characters similar to those living or dead is purely coincidental. Basically, if the shoe fits lace that bitch up and wear it but don't sue me**

I looked at him. He looked at me.. Love is often about getting the one you love but sometimes you have to watch them love others. This happens to a person whose love is true because if he does'nt seem to love her back then she might let go. So, for you it might be easy. Seeing him more happy with her than me made an ache in my chest. It was like collapse of two walls.

Ikeuchi Sara belongs to the least recognized class in her high school, D4. She rightfully belongs there, not being particularly smart, or pretty. She relies solely on her bright, energetic, personality to draw people to her. She's extremely simple-minded, and can't seem to do anything right, her only parent, her father constantly worries how she will be able to succeed in the type of world she was born in, where if you didn't have brains or strength you most likely died on some street corner. He saw the only solution being marriage, being a woman, surely some unlucky guy out there would choose to marry her. But Sara was only set on one person, the most unlikeliest. Her fellow classmate who belonged to the most recognized class D1, Satomi Yuki.