Neonoir Stories

Candy Doll es una novela corta de estilo neo-noir que se puede leer en distintas capas. Por un lado, presenta a los dos protagonistas, quienes deberán sortear diferentes adversidades a lo largo de los cuatro bloques que componen la historia; la relación entre ambos es sumamente tóxica y su evolución será una montaña rusa. Por el otro, está el subtexto que toca temas muy actuales: la idealización, la hipersexualización y la fantasía del mundo virtual, la cual confronta directamente con la soledad, el estrés y la alienación del mundo real.

Everyone remembers her. She remembers no one. On her first day at a new university, strangers greet her like an old friend. They know her name, her favorite coffee, the songs she used to hum... and the promise she made before she disappeared. She has no memory of any of it. As anonymous crimson letters begin appearing at her door, each containing details that no stranger should know, she is forced into a maze of forgotten memories, impossible coincidences, and people who seem to know more about her than she knows about herself. Then she meets the one person she should trust. He remembers everything. She remembers nothing. But in a story where memories can be rewritten, truth becomes the most dangerous lie of all. Sometimes the greatest mystery isn't who you're running from... It's who you've become.

He was born to hate her kind. She was built to replace his. In a city of cold logic and chrome, the most dangerous glitch is a heartbeat. Elias-Asset HML-314-BE-is a man out of time. A designer in a world that prefers algorithms to art, he's a ghost haunting the neon-choked sub-sectors of the ADdition. He's spent thirty-two years surviving on synthetic chicory and spite, waiting for the system to finally render him obsolete. Then came 111. She is an NM-series Neoman: a masterpiece of porcelain perfection and terrifying efficiency. She was built to replace him. She was designed to be the perfect creative weapon. But beneath her matte-silicone skin and calculated amber eyes lies a shattering secret-a recursive loop of trauma that is tearing her neural-link apart. When Elias witnesses the "perfect" machine begin to break, his world shifts from grey to blood-red. To save the woman who was meant to be his ending, he must enter NeoLegend-a televised slaughterhouse with a 98% fatality rate where the elite watch "assets" die for sport. One is a man with nothing left to lose. The other is a machine learning what it means to feel. Together, they are a synergy the Circle never programmed: a rebellion born of love and fueled by spite. The game is rigged. The city is watching. And the revolution has a pulse.

"Mind On" is a story about a dream of a person or A boy who see strange things in his dreams. It will be a 5 part story. The first part of the story is released as a short film on Youtube and Instagram. Checkout my instagram and youtube and my account name is Exposure screen.

# THE LAST ORDER Kematian kedua orang tuanya dalam sebuah pembantaian misterius mengubah hidup Canala Willowe untuk selamanya. Polisi tak kunjung menemukan pelaku, sementara satu-satunya petunjuk yang ia miliki hanyalah janji dari keluarga Ryland-keluarga sahabat masa kecilnya, Norwen Ryland. Apakah bergabung dengan keluaraga Ryland adalah jalan terbaik untuknya? Karena terkadang, perintah terakhir perlu dipertanyakan.

Winston, a struggling real estate broker, is forced to buy the same house he failed to sell after a sudden breakup leaves him with nowhere else to go. What seems like a desperate fresh start quickly turns into something far stranger when unexplained events begin happening inside the house. As reality starts to shift, Winston must uncover what is wrong with his new home before it changes everything.

I was given the challenge of writing a story with the sentence "But fortunately he had listed me as next of kin on the UCSF form for them to pick up his body". I thought it was impossible, so I went for it. the only named character was another writer's group challenge where they gave me the character and told me to put them in a story. in short, this is going to be a weird one. anyway, it turned out fun. hope you like it!

Darrel Smiths is a hard-boiled detective in Newmont, 2034 - a city where shadows run deep and justice is never simple. Haunted by his past and driven by instinct, Darrel takes on cases that most would rather ignore. His closest ally is Lorna Vexley, a sharp-witted forensic expert whose science and sarcasm keep Darrel grounded. Over them looms Captain Elias "Ironjaw" Merrick, a gruff, battle-scarred veteran who commands the Major Crimes Unit with a mix of tough love and ruthless pragmatism. Together, they navigate a labyrinth of lies, corruption, and danger, chasing leads that twist and turn through the darkest corners of Newmont - where every case could be the one that finally breaks them.

A dark, neo-noir sci fi series: Jorg the Destroyer! Jorg is a Destroyer. He is controlled by a powerful, punishing regime which aims to terrify the city civilians. Owe some debt? Dropped some rubbish? Supreme leader just doesn't like the look of you? Then Jorg will be on his way. But how far is Jorg willing to go, in a tale of morality and hope. ** Updated Weekly **

An Indigenous noir Short Story in the vein of Cormac McCarthy and Dennis Lehane, Hobo With the Shotgun follows a homeless man navigating a frozen prairie city where justice is personal and mercy is rare.

what follows pain is another kind of truth...

Behind closed doors, the owners of a chemical plant collect maniacs like trophies - until the strongest of them manages to escape, and the nightmare spills out onto the streets.

In 'Secrets Under the Neon' Detective Declan Reese finds himself plunged into a labyrinth of mystery and deceit when a routine night takes a deadly turn at a deserted McDonald's drive-thru. As he investigates a seemingly straightforward car crash, Declan uncovers a tangled web of secrets, lies, and betrayal that reaches far beyond the fast-food restaurant's walls. With the help of an enigmatic witness named Ethan Finch, Declan delves into the heart of the darkness, unravelling the threads of a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the fabric of their city. But as the body count rises and the stakes grow higher, Declan is forced to confront his own demons and make impossible choices in pursuit of the truth. Filled with pulse-pounding action, heart-stopping twists, and complex characters, 'Secrets Under the Neon' is a gripping tale of justice, redemption, and the power of friendship in the face of adversity. From the neon-lit streets of the city to the shadowy corners of the human soul, this gripping thriller will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very last page.

Cigars, fedoras, trench coats, and revolvers-1950s Los Angeles is a city painted in cigarette smoke and neon. When the young daughter of a powerful, well-connected family vanishes without a trace, rookie private eye Calvin "Cal" Burgos is pulled into a case far bigger than he ever imagined. Still shackled to a tragedy from his past, Cal finds himself navigating a labyrinth of corrupt cops, gangsters, and a family hiding more than grief. Every clue drags him deeper into the city's underbelly, where favors are debts, lies are currency, and redemption is never free.

In a futuristic city consumed by corruption, surveillance, and fear, a legendary detective erased from government records wages a secret war against the powerful organizations controlling society from the shadows. Hunted by the same system he once served, he operates through underground intelligence networks, encrypted files, and hidden investigations to expose truths dangerous enough to destroy entire empires. But when a new conspiracy connected to his forgotten past resurfaces, he is forced to confront the people who erased his identity - and uncover a secret capable of changing the city forever SYNOPSIS Beneath the neon ruins of Vantros, the system does not kill its enemies-it erases them. Kael Mercer was once a decorated intelligence officer... until the day he stopped existing. Officially, he died. In reality, he was rebuilt. Turned into Subject Zero-a living prototype designed to hunt the very system that created him. When underground secrets begin to surface and an old war reignites beneath the city, Kael is forced to confront the truth about his past, his closest friend, and the architect of the world above him-Adrian Vale. But the deeper Kael goes, the clearer it becomes: He wasn't just erased from history. He was erased for a purpose. And that purpose is still active.

In a quiet Chelsea apartment building, a woman wakes to find a new door across the hall. What opens isn't a room, it's an absence.

The fabric of humanity has changed. Advances in synthetic organ growth have created a society of near immortals. Society has fractured, with those how can afford to live for ever becoming the elite, and a race of robotic clones their slaves. Stuck between them is John Foss, a New York detective reanimated as a test subject, a technological hybrid not human enough to be an elite and not robot enough to be enslaved. He is a cyborg, he is a private eye, and he is about to uncover a corporate plot that may end all human life on earth.

An emotionally vacant loafer falls for antisocial waif in this Palahniukian short story.

He's just looking for a worthy executioner.

Beneath the neon glow and velvet shadows of Eclipse-the city's most exclusive nightclub-beats the hidden heart of a criminal empire. To the public, Eclipse is luxury incarnate: champagne towers, flawless dancers, and a stage where silence is worshipped as much as desire. But behind its mirrored walls, money is laundered, secrets are sold, and power is bartered at a price written in blood. At the center stands Dante Black, the enigmatic owner whose charisma masks ruthless precision. To his enemies, he's a kingpin who cannot be moved. To his allies, he's the only man who can keep the fragile balance between indulgence and annihilation. Every night, he walks the line between decadence and danger, between loyalty and betrayal. But when rivals push too far and the underground fractures, Dante must confront more than threats to his empire-he must confront himself. For in Eclipse, nothing stays hidden forever. A story of ambition, seduction, and survival, Eclipse: A Dante Black Novel pulls you into a world where every deal is a gamble, every romance a risk, and every shadow hides a blade.