Retro Stories

(SLOWBURN) She gave up on love long ago. Julia Williams has perfected the art of being invisible-a girl who learned to survive alone, caught between parents who chose their new families over her. Emotionally neglected and yearning for affection she'd never receive, Julia built walls around her heart and accepted a bitter truth: some people simply weren't made to be loved. Music became her escape. Performing in bars and clubs, she poured her pain into songs, never expecting anything more from life than the stage beneath her feet. Until one fatal night changes everything. A tragic accident shatters Julia's world and awakens her in an impossible place-a glamorous birthday celebration on August 29, 1987. She's face to face with the most celebrated artist on the planet: Michael Jackson, the King of Pop himself. With a new name, a new identity, and thirty-eight years erased from existence, Julia is thrust into a world of fame, fortune, and unexpected connections. But as she navigates this glittering past, she discovers something she never thought possible: perhaps her heart wasn't broken beyond repair. Perhaps some people are worth learning to love for. Will Julia be able to rewrite his story?

Hey readers! This is a fictional story that takes you back in time, into a world so vivid you might forget it never truly existed. Reet and Veer's story is intense, emotional, and full of chaos, but I won't spoil anything here 👀 You'll have to read the rest to find out what really happens...

April 21, 1998. A senior QA tester named Wesley Mariani sits in the basement of a failing game studio in suburban Chicago. He has spent six years of his life finding bugs that nobody fixes. His boiler hums at B-flat. His coworker thinks cats can talk. His mother dreams she does not recognize him at the front door. Then he opens an email. The email is from a domain he has never heard of. The email is dated tomorrow. The email contains patch notes for reality. Sunset saturation adjusted three percent warm. New tertiary moth species in the North Atlantic. The Berenstain Bears asset bundle has been re-merged with a deprecated naming convention. The Fruit of the Loom cornucopia has been removed. The flicker on Pikachu's sprite has been resolved. A list of legacy NPCs has been queued for audit. Wesley remembers things differently. He always has. So do you. Patch Notes is a long-form Humanity Fuck Yeah serial in fifty chapters, originally posted on r/HFY. It is a sci-fi conspiracy thriller about the Mandela Effect, late nineties pop culture, the bureaucracy of reality, and what humans are uniquely good at that the rest of the galaxy is not. It is also, occasionally, very funny. If you grew up renting VHS tapes from Blockbuster, listening to Art Bell at three in the morning, arguing about Han shooting first, and remembering things that other people insist never happened, this story was written for you.

Ocean Park is the local dead mall where Aqua Moore is doomed to spend her summer vacation. She thinks she's going there to model for the local boutique owners, but behind all of the retro interior and sleepy department stores, there are a few details that seem to defy the laws of physics. Like whole rooms of merchandise disappearing overnight. Or the sound of what could only be a pod of killer whales moving through the walls. Aqua finds all of this superstition pretty funny until the day a customer shows up dead. Suddenly no one is laughing and the phantoms in the walls don't seem all that strange. Things get complicated when it turns out the person who found the body is the same boy that Aqua is crushing on, Sean Mori. Somehow Sean knew the exact time, date, and location of the victim's death before it all even happened. Aqua wants to believe that Sean isn't the murdering type, but things are starting to get a little too weird too fast. The more time she spends with Sean, the more she understands the burden he's been forced to bear. And the ghosts that haunt the mall begin to take on a new meaning. *content warnings: graphic death and light gore*

chain, keep us together (running in the shadows!) fem oc x steve harrington stranger things season 2 - n/a! started: December 2025

After a deadly expedition into the mysterious Keyanu Forest, soldier Maksim is rescued as the only survivor of a mission to hunt the terrifying Abominable-creatures resembling the legendary . But when his lover, zoologist Maya DuBois, disappears with her talking coyote and Martin her admirer while searching for him, Maksim returns to the forest to find her. What he discovers is far stranger than he imagined: Herod, the true king of the Abominables, has taken Maya. As a false king Nero rises and an ancient reptilian race from the planet of Nibiru-the Silurians-begins to emerge from a hidden portal beneath the forest, Maksim must choose between the world he knew and the truth hidden within the shadow of Herod the King.

The year is 2008(AD), and the world is in the throes of another 70s revival. Nobody knew how or why it all began. That is the least of humanity's problems, however. Reality itself seems to be breaking down, to the dismay of scientists, corporate titans and the ruling elites/reptilian demigods that have lorded it over the existing structure for countless eons. Secret agent Cassius Croon is hired to investigate a series of particularly bizarre events transpiring around the globe. They suspect he is the One. Actually, he is the None.

Maj. Haider Ali Hamdani: An honest and courageous military man. A gruff yet affectionate father. In his eyes, he's the one to blame for his daughter's trials. Hala Ali Hamdani: A makeshift mother. Grew up too fast, too soon. Hafsa Ali Hamdani: Hope. Hashim Ali Hamdani: Achiever. Book enthusiast. Hasham Ali Hamdani: All that's left of what's been stolen. Rooh Afza addict. This book is a hefty collection of events occurring in the Hamdanis' lives. The story is set back in the 1980s, in old Pakistan. (For foreign readers, the narration/description is written in English while the dialogues are in Roman Urdu. However, English subtitles are provided.) Ps The story and the characters present in this book belong solely to me, except for the photos used now and then. I've most likely taken most of them from Pinterest unless I say otherwise. Do not copy or translate my work.

[Ambassador Featured, Top 25 in 2023 Historical Awards, 2022 Watty's Bootcamp Mentee] 💜Embark on a heartfelt journey of self-discovery, first love, and the transformative power of a 90s playlist in this captivating coming-of-age story.💜 To 15-year old Rose, it's not just 1995. It's the era of mixtapes, shrink-wrapped CDs, and bass blasting from a boom box. It is sophomore year in a new school and mean girls who dash her hopes at fitting in. It's a dizzying crush on her bully's boyfriend Zach and the desperate desire to become part of his world--even if it means becoming someone she's not. Cue Rose's glow up and a series of missteps which put her on a path to popularity she never intended to walk. With Zach finally within reach, and revenge in sight, how far will Rose go on the quest for transformation? Will she risk friendship, her self respect, and even a shot at true love in the quest to prove her worth? Sometimes you have to face the music, and die a little inside, to rise as a better version of yourself. **** PG-13 for underage drinking, drug references, profanity and sexual humor **** Trigger warning: portrayals of bullying and anxiety

New York City, 1986. The streets are loud, the clubs are louder, and nobody gets out untouched. Leon O'Brien spends his nights screaming through basement shows with his punk band, Working Class Sinners, trying to outrun grief, police violence, and a city that seems determined to crush anyone who refuses to stay quiet. Music is the only thing holding him together. Everything else is pressure. Gwen Cabot moves through a different New York-fashion runways, gallery spaces, polished rooms filled with people who mistake control for strength. But beneath the surface, she's drawn toward the rawness and honesty of the downtown punk scene, even as it threatens to unravel the life she's built. When Leon and Gwen collide, their connection becomes more than romance. It becomes survival. As tensions erupt between punks, Neo-Nazi skinheads, and corrupt police, the city itself turns into a battlefield where every show feels dangerous and every act of self-expression becomes political. What begins as rebellion slowly transforms into something deeper: a fight to remain human in a world that profits from breaking people apart. Spanning underground clubs, riots, courtrooms, and the fragile spaces people create for each other in the aftermath, East Side Hearts, West End Nights is a punk coming-of-age story about love, identity, music, and the things that survive after the noise fades.

I mean do you even really read these. be honest... Gh♡st_Véil built her life behind a screen. No face. No name. Just art. So when Fazbear Entertainment invites her to help design their newest attraction, she expects neon lights, bowling lanes, and a simple job. Instead she faces lies, destruction and a path that she never planned for herself. But the more she creates, the harder it becomes to stay invisible... and the harder it becomes to ignore what all goes on in the mega plex. Best Rankings: 1st - securitybreach 2nd - roxy 2nd - foxy 2nd - security 3rd - glamrockbonnie 3rd - chica 3rd - freddy 4th - monty 18th - fivenightsatfreddys 23rd - bonnie Disclaimer: Scott Cawthon is the original characters owner and creator. I do not claim any credit for these character and only using them for entertainment and creative liberty Disclaimer 2: I am not very good at grammar so I have used tools that obtain AI usage (aka grammarly) to help correct my poor grammar. But all the ideas and story plot comes purely out of my own head and I would never used Ai to write fanfiction. that would be very low of me. I only used this as a tool and not a substitute for my own imagination. thank you for reading that fully.

Celeste Light has a very simple job: go to Earth, find a messy garage, and "fix the vibe." Armed with a suitcase full of glitter, a gold bow on her wing, and absolutely zero knowledge of how a microwave works, she's ready for her big makeover mission. But Frankie Rossi doesn't want to be fixed. She wants to fix cars, keep her family's legacy alive, and be left alone. When a literal angel crashes into her workshop demanding strawberries and offering to "fey up" her coveralls, Frankie's life goes from gray to technicolor overnight. Can an angel who's never seen a storm handle a girl who lives in on

Finally... Sushila aur Pramod are back. ✨ New chapters. Same characters. Their love, their struggles, their journey... and the story continues. ❤️

Two aliens land on Earth. One is chaos in red boots. The other was sent to observe him... and never get involved. Del is an Orkan Specialist - precise, logical, and completely unprepared for humans, feelings, or the disaster that is Mork. But as the days turn into missions, and the missions turn into something that feels suspiciously like family, her perfect data starts breaking down. Because Earth isn't logical. It's messy. Loud. Emotional. And the longer Del watches... the more she starts to belong.

"You use a spider to flirt? Smooth, Jackson. Real smooth." The year is 1976. Deep in the heart of Texas, sixteen-year-old Beyoncé is ready to take the world by storm. As the youngest member of the rising sister group Destiny's Child, she's used to hard work, big hair, and matching bell-bottoms. But nothing could prepare her for the ultimate gig: opening for the legendary Jackson 5 at the Houston Astrodome. Enter Michael Jackson. At seventeen, he's a global superstar, a vocal powerhouse, and the boy with the most mesmerizing smile in the world. But backstage, away from the screaming fans and flashing cameras, he's just a shy, mischievous teenager who loves playing pranks-and he's got his eyes (and his pet tarantula, Blackula) set on the beautiful girl from Texas. When a backstage scare turns into an instant spark, Beyoncé and Michael find themselves drawn into a whirlwind romance of secret glances in the wings, late-night phone calls, and the heavy pressures of teenage fame. Can two of the biggest young stars in music find a way to balance the stage and their hearts? Or will the spotlight tear them apart?

Ciara Vaux is a young French pickpocket that refuses to fall for the charm of a certain Brit's smile. She lives by the rules of the streets of Paris, where survival always comes first and hope barely stands a chance. Yet she still clings to the ghosts of dreams that once carried her to the next sunrise. Harry Styles is one of the most celebrated acrobats of the Reverie Masquerade Circus, blessed with unmatched talent in the air and a dangerously magnetic charisma that has all of Europe under his spell. He's at the peak of his career: idolized, untouchable, suffocatingly perfect, everything he's ever wanted. And that means he has to smile. Always. On one of those nights, Harry's idyllic world slips into Ciara's decaying reality like an unexpected eclipse, shedding light on everything she once buried in the dark just to survive. And for a moment, he makes her believe again. In something soft, something fleeting. A world where she could rise from the ashes, where there are no limits, no rules, only the fragile promise of dreaming again. And it's there, too, where the lines between love and horror begin to blur, dissolving into a dizzying dance of lingering caresses and lies she can no longer escape. A mirage that refuses to let her go. Welcome to the circus. * * * Start date: 25/11/25 * * *

AUDIO / VIDEO BOOK. By the time Nelson Staff wakes up on a September morning in 1983, Earth's accepted timeline has already begun to unravel. His first indication is an impossible letter left by his missing friend, Duke. It is NASA-embossed, marked Top Secret, and describes lunar missions taking place in 1927 - forty years too early. Nelson digs deeper and is eventually abducted by a clandestine group of Elon-esque tech moguls preparing to abandon their 1980s Earth entirely. But, Duke is not missing. He is in another world, recruited into an unfathomable first-contact mission to help a self-serving Captain and a weary Almighty correct a catastrophic mistake in Earth's evolution. The Quit is a dry-humoured sci-fi novel blending the bureaucratic satire of The Office with some retro love of Star Trek. (The book is complete. I am uploading chapters as I get the time, hopefully daily)

Set in the mid-80s. A teenage girl who loves to go to the arcade after school discovers a new game. And the game discovers her, strangely enough.

Before Teen X became the world's greatest superhero team... there was Signal. Brock Armstrong was once America's strongest hero - a living legend capable of stopping disasters, destroying monsters, and saving entire cities alone. The world saw him as invincible. But behind the fame and cheers was a man slowly falling apart. After a brutal battle nearly kills him in front of millions, Brock makes a life-changing promise to his pregnant wife Vanessa: No more fighting. No more hero work. No more Signal. Retiring from hero life should've been easy. But the world outside is changing. A powerful corporation known as Vanguard Dynamics is rising fast, replacing real heroes with government-controlled celebrity superheroes built for fame, money, and control. Crime worsens. Cities grow darker. And people begin losing faith in what heroes are supposed to be. Meanwhile inside the Armstrong home, things become even more dangerous. Their children are beginning to develop powers of their own. Riley hides strange energy abilities she barely understands. Jason dreams of becoming just like his father. And Brock struggles every day trying to live a normal life while the world keeps begging for Signal's return. But when Brock uncovers the horrifying truth behind Vanguard's experiments on superpowered children, he realizes his family may be connected to something far bigger than any of them imagined. Now Brock must choose: protect the peaceful life he promised his family... or become Signal one last time before the world loses real heroes forever. Main Themes * Family vs duty * The cost of being a hero * Fame and corruption * Fatherhood * Legacy * Hope in a broken world * Learning when to let go

Will Byers is probably the bigest loser in his school. He's bullied and tormented everyday just for the simple fact that he's gay. Mike Wheeler, biggest douchebag in his school. A big homophobe with a big secret. What happens when they're seen kissing at at a celebratory party? WARNING: SLURS (HOMOPHOBIC), SWEARING, MATURE CONTENT, BOYXBOY, VIOLENCE . IF YOY SRE NOT OKAY WITH SNY OF THIS, PLEASE DONT READ .