Penance Stories

My Last Rites My Brother Performed My Last Rites While I Was Still Alive. At fifteen, I was called a monster for a crime I never committed. My family performed my last rites and declared me dead while I was still alive. I begged them to stop. No one listened. I begged them to believe me. No one did. At sixteen, I watched the same ritual with numb detachment. At seventeen, I stopped caring. At eighteen, I watched it with amusement. Because I knew... It would be the last of my last rites I would ever witness. I laughed. Because I knew the next funeral would be real.

Abhijit's unwavering devotion becomes Vansh's only shield when he is broken, abandoned, and shunned by the world. Years later, standing at the threshold of a new life, Vansh is forced to choose between his future and the brother who once held him through hell. He chooses wrong. Now, burdened by guilt and regret, Vansh must face the question that will define him forever-can repentance mend what betrayal shattered, or has he lost the devotion of the one person who loved him without condition? Once, Abhijit stood at the edge of an impossible choice-his own life, or his brother's. He did not hesitate. He chose love. He chose sacrifice. He chose to stay. Years later, that same brother becomes the hand that wounds him. Betrayal cuts deeper than any hardship he once endured. Now the question is no longer about sacrifice, but about mercy. Can a heart that gave everything learn to forgive what shattered it? And if forgiveness comes... will the fracture ever truly heal?

THE OPEN BOOK is an anthology that tells the physiological battles of a boy in love, ditches of insecurity and orchards of guilt, where he perpetually lies as he bares himself. The Open Book is told in a unique and spectacular fashion that would test your emotions to its very limits. Touching, sensitive and realistic. It is divided into three parts; LOVE, INSECURITY AND PENANCE

There was a man named John Barker. There were things that he tried to forget through all his life. There was one thing that he managed to forget successfuly. Unfortunately that town reminded him of everything. That cursed town... Silent Hill.

Salem and Ozma thought their story would end with victory or defeat. They were wrong. Both ancient souls descend into darkness-bound by curses, But they don't face the Brother Gods who cursed them and abandoned Remnant. Instead They face something dark, something forced to serve justice when the Brothers would not. "The walls here are thick, Your screams will not reach the Brothers, And now you will answer for every single sin."

A boy and his grandfather spend a tranquil afternoon together after the grandfather completes a painting session. As the evening rolls in, secrets start to unravel in the most unusual ways. This flash fiction is allegorical and contains the perfect pinch of emotional thrill.

For thousands of years, Calypso has been trapped on an island- Ogygia- that many people would call a paradise. But for Calypso, it's a torturous prison. As penance for siding with her father, the Titan Atlas, in the battle between the Titans and the Olympians, Calypso has been trapped on Ogygia with no way of leaving. Until now. After a raft magically washes up on the beach shores, what else is Calypso expected to do aside from get on and let it take her away from her home. But little does she know that this single decision will place her in the middle of the cross hairs for another all out war, and neither side looks all that inviting. **cover photo created using two photos property of google.

Plot: Jaune Arc had been transported to the DC world, he became a member of the Justice League found love with Wonder Woman,Until the desolation of Metropolis caused things to change among the world of heroes and villians Especially Jaune's life Jaune x Harem

Life has an uncanny habit of creating myriad variants of life-forms. Taking our own species as an example , we can see that owing to our minds , each and every one of us is unique. There are some imbued with great powers who do not realize the meaning of such powers and use them for reasons less than noble. It is seen that some of these mighty men realize the Essence of Life as their own lives progress. They come to be known as Champions of Justice of who rose from the Darkness. Let us celebrate these men who , having learned the meaning of suffering and sin forge a better world.Here in this poem such a man is a Samurai with the title of the Scarlet Swan.

When you feel drowned and agonized in the lake of pain then emotions raise in the form of verse and poetry

What is that? (Not there) Wait (right here.) I can't screa(m).

I'm making this because there's no Penance Reader stories

The alternate ending...

I apologize for this because I totally suck at poetry...but I got inspired. :) And check out the video of the amazing song Hospital Beds by Cold War Kids! It was also covered by Florence and the Machine, who is my all-time favorite musician :3

The land of Psyche craves life. Its colorful variety lures many with grand dreams of fame and power but consumes all but the most focused minds. A half-orc broken by a fanatical inquisition, a high-born elf thrown into the gutter, and other fated souls try to become something more. However, heroes are not born from blood. Heroes are made in the mind. Will they succeed or will they be lost amongst the Shards of Psyche.

The prequel of Blasphemous to add clarity of the game.

Till six months ago, she had been Ragini Gadodia, a loved daughter and adored granddaughter. Till six days ago, she had been Ragini Maheshwari, married to the man she loved above all, loved enough to kill her sister, or try to, twice. Six hours ago her world turned upside down and now, she was not sure who she was anymore. Her family had disowned her and the man she loved had turned his back on her. She had no place to go, no one to turn to, no idea what to do next. All she knew was that some way, some how, she would have to make up for the sins she had committed, even if those whom she had sinned against did not want to have anything to do with her. This is her journey, from sin to atonement, from remorse to redemption. A journey from being lost to finding herself. A journey through hiraeth to reach home. ___________________________ Hiraeth (pronounced [hiraɪ̯θ]) is a Welsh concept of longing for home, which can be loosely translated as 'nostalgia', or, more commonly, 'homesickness'. Many Welsh people claim 'hiraeth' is a word which cannot be translated, meaning more than solely "missing something" or "missing home." To some, it deploys the meaning of missing a time, an era, or a person. It is associated with the bittersweet memory of missing something or someone, while being grateful of that/ their existence. ____________________________

Many successful parents wish for their children to follow in their path, understandably so. Who wouldn't wish for their success to be generational, being meticulously crafted by lineage? Happy with any profession their children may choose, wishing only for their success. But doctors are different. Why do they insist and persist where other parents would not? Undoubtedly, there is a nobility to the profession, and of course financial freedom. But, what if there were more to it than that? Is there more to this than simply a parent's love? Is there more to this than a doctor's ego? What secret do they keep? Kurt Ellend, a third-year med student at the University of Pennsylvania, never questioned his path. In the same way two plus two equals four, his father's omniscience was a matter of fact. So imagine his surprise when the truth was revealed. Had he spent his life chasing after nothing?