Non-linear Stories

25-year old Lee still hasn't figured out why they could not form any long-lasting relationships, even friendships for that matter. Aside from family members, which they are obligated to talk to, there is no one else Lee had even come close to calling a friend. Well, maybe except for one. -------- Submitted for ONC 2026 @OpenNovellaContest Using the following prompts : 29. You will meet many people in your life. Many will come and go, but some will leave footprints in your heart. 104. While wandering in the woods, you dismiss the rustling behind you as nothing more than wind through the trees until you turn around and realize it isn't the wind at all. 106. After waking at 3AM to a freezing room and a door you're certain you closed, you find wet footprints and melting snow leading from your bedroom into the hall. Realizing someone or something is inside your home, you follow the trail to uncover the truth. ------------- © 2026 J. Lee Kennedy. All rights reserved. Cover design © 2026 J. Lee Kennedy. Images used in this work belong to their respective copyright holders and are used under license or in accordance with applicable Creative Commons terms. Edited or altered images are copyrighted by the author in their final form.

Republic of Anfisnardo, where Civil War never comes to an end.

Liya Merebold experiences teleportation and is never the same again.

They loved each other. They didn't survive. This time... they'll try again. WARNINGS: This story contains: - Sonadow (Sonic top / Shadow bottom) - BOOM AU - Mpreg (male pregnancy) - Angst with a happy ending - Sensitive themes such as: divorce, grief, child's loss, emotional trauma ARTISTIC CREDITS Mundayme @mundayme on X Smil @smilmagi on Wattpad Blah @blahlahblash on X Hayzie 🖤💙 @HayzieRoll on X Eggplant @eggplantcan on X

Ki Centauri is a man with many faces. The life of a military peacekeeper is not a kind one, and the people he's lost are nearly as numerous as the ones he knows. Time and time again, lives slip through his fingers, and all he is left with is the black skies of people now gone. Yet human beings cannot live without connections. Somehow, there must be a way to find friends beyond the limitations of Crest and Clan and forge connections that last and truly matter. But is the pain of finding love in an often bleak and broken world worth the cost of of threading a family across the stars? An ONC 2026 story based on prompts 29 and 69: "You will meet many people in your life. Many will come and go, but some will leave footprints on your heart." "The stars are disappearing one by one, and only you can hear their whispers." New cover by @toruinagod!

An investigation into the rumors surrounding Kiara Fried Phoenix (KFP), an up and coming fast food franchise that has been exploding in size since its establishment. Inside are official documents covertly obtained from KFP archives. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

A wandering collection of messy feelings, half-formed truths, midnight epiphanies and the kind of chaos you collect while growing up. There's no perfect storyline here-just honesty, curiosity, and the little lessons life slips when you're not paying attention.

What is love? Anveshna - this question asked by her mom shook her and usually Anveshna never asked for answers-until life handed her questions she couldn't ignore. One summer, surrounded by silence, dust, and memories no one speaks of, she stumbles into something that changes the way she sees everything. What begins as boredom turns into a quiet unraveling of the past-layer by layer, letter by letter. She thought she knew her family. She thought she knew herself. She was wrong. the question-what is love was only the beginning and anveshna had to answer and understand many questions in this journey. A slow-burning, emotionally raw story about the search for truth, connection, and the courage to face what we're not ready to hear.

Minjae can't say he's known a lot of peace since knowing any of them but he doesn't think he'd want it any other way. Or Bits and pieces of group that's weaved themselves together like a quilt, unknowing where one begins or ends Or Maybe Yechan was onto something when he swore up and down that Junmin was pack omega. {A xikers omegaverse au}

A short story that explores art (in all of its forms), meaning, and introspection in a contemporary way. Non-graphic themes of suicide are also explored in this work, so please exercise caution when reading.

breakfast with chenle and jisung through the years; a oneshot

There's no way he could give up. Not so soon. Not so easily. Without a fight. Genre - Low, Urban, Contemporary Fantasy/ Romance/ Fanfiction/ AU POV - 3rd Person Past Tense Copyright © 2023 Detroit99Turbulence ALL RIGHTS RESERVED I do not own the images. Copyright goes to the original owners.

Just where do we "draw lines" between when a game begins and ends?

He shattered the vault of heaven, not with strength, but with will.The stars forgot his name. The myths lost his shape. But still he walked - not above heaven, but beyond it. ....................... When Fate Gu was destroyed, the heavens did not fall - they fractured. In a world flooded with remnants of Heaven's Will, half-born Venerables, and myths twisting into reality, only one cultivator dares to walk forward. Fang Yuan, reborn from five hundred years of betrayal and war, has already defied fate once. But now, the battle is no longer just against destiny - it is against echoes of himself, against sovereigns reborn in blood and prophecy, and against the very rules that define what is real. Not for power. Not for peace. But for freedom so complete that even heaven cannot name him. Beneath the shattered vault, only one will remains. ............................... This work is a fan-made sequel inspired by the original web novel Reverend Insanity (Gu Daoist Master), written by the brilliant author Gu Zhen Ren. All credit for the foundational characters, world-building, and philosophy belongs to him. This continuation is made with respect and admiration for his masterpiece. .......................... BY: Threadless_Will

A practice in writing, expressing my emotions, raw ideas, and other stuff straight from my notepad. Written over the course of a few years. Unedited

Our world leaders and academics debate AI rights and electronic personhood while the influence of machines over markets and industrial production grows exponentially. Is it too late for humanity to maintain control of Earth? Millennia too late?

The important parts of the always mysterious, heavily alluring, Rosa Waters' life can be separated into three parts: Before The Fire, After The Fire and Now. Before the Fire held the best years of her life. After the Fire was followed by the worst years of her life. Now? No one can tell. All she knows is that Red Star are back and they will not hold back this time. And neither will she.

A series of writing practices... they come from a book, yes indeed... but perhaps from the book a new story could come?

Manhattan sometimes feels like a dreamt-up place with its shining skyscrapers and rooftop bars. In the place that can take you to wonderland and hell simultaneously, Harry experiences love, friendship and other struggles that come with the brink of adulthood. But his world is different because there's an American Express Centurion Card in his wallet, the figurative silver spoon in his mouth and traces of white powder under nearly everyone's nose. That's Manhattan for him all thanks to his name. A Zarry AU about finding yourself in the mids of an elitist society controlled by money, power and lies. All the conditions apply even when you're just a teenager. #27 on zarry #7 on zarrystylik