Rural Stories

An old school Indian romance story in which the groom's father (45) , a widower, marries the bride (25) to save her dignity and her family's honour, when the groom runs away on the wedding day. What begins as duty turns to care, desire and slowly love between them as they accept each other as husband and wife. Read and be a part of their journey... ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 No forced proximity | No non-consensual romance | No toxic relationship Translations are available for the Hindi dialogues ! PREVIOUS RANKINGS : #2 in India #1 in arrangemarriage #1 in accidentalmarriage #1 in rural #1 in soft #1 in silentlove #1 in duty #1 in acceptance #1 in intimate 🔥🔥🔥

သစ်ခွစာပေ အပိုင်း ၁မှ၁၀၀ အထိ သစ်ခွစာပေရဲ့ တယ်လီချန်နယ် ORCHIDSARPAYFREENOVELS မှာ ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါတယ်။ ပေးဂရုမှ စ-ဆုံး ပြီး။

Okay hi. I'm new here and this is my first time actually posting my work!! buckshot is honestly just a personal project that turned into a shared project with friends. most of this will be in the point of view of this cannibalistic teenage girl, Jodi lee Campbell. the setting is very rural and empty and takes place in the 1980s. for me, I think I wrote this as a way to show people that they can learn to live with illness. but art can be anything, you can have your own opinion. okay enjoy authors note: also, this isn't really a whole chapter. YET i just call it that

A deadly heat wave coupled with a power outage in a rural Appalachian town leads to a series of tragic deaths; an HVAC repairman must get to the safety of his home with an old woman whom he has kidnapped. Also, there's a deadly wildfire. Also, God has forsaken him.

Ruby Sheffield Ruby is an outcast that lives in the same small town she grew up in, where she spends her time working at the local coffee shop, Spook's Coffee Bar, that gives all the right amounts of creepy and fun. Ruby spends her free time balancing kickboxing classes, her YouTube channel, and raising two stray kittens. One day she sees the most mysterious character walk into the coffee shop. She doesn't know what to think of him yet but her body is telling her all the thrill yet comfort she could have if she finally gains the courage to allow someone into her heart. She was bullied all throughout high school, kids making fun of how she dressed, pretending to be her friend, including people asking her on dates just to stand her up. Ever since, she has been weary to let anyone too close. Follow along as Ruby learns how to open up to people that have shown themselves trustworthy, watch her gain amazing friends, exploring abandoned buildings, going ghost hunting and many other crazy adventures along the way. Tommy Steele Tommy just moved into the most quaint town he could find to lay low after his previous mission. His boss, Brian Claymlont, had informed him his identity would be perfectly well hidden and he should have no fear going into it as it is a straight forward mission "A simple man's work" as he put it. It was NOT what he expected to get himself caught up in. On his way to his new home he spots the most intriguing coffee shop he had ever laid eyes on. He couldn't believe his eyes when he walked in, captured in her trance, ordering a special with the most serious case of the butterflies. Since discovering his newfound obsession, will he scare her away or will he get her in his grasp?

Shakira Vialva wasn't one to back down, not even when a gun was placed between her lips. Known for her attitude and mouth that could start wars, she never expected to catch the attention of Danreà-aka Don a street-slicked hood gangster an with danger in his veins and lust in his eyes. What starts as a threat turns into something messier: obsession, fear, attraction, and a power neither of them understands. But Shakira isn't your average ride-or-die chick... and Danreà isn't just another bad boy. This is not your typical love story. This is Ms. Unruly & The Ghetto.

Hello, lovely readers! Welcome to my first desi story. I hope you will enjoy reading it❣️ Happy reading✨️

Some places possess a dark, magnetic gravity... and some tormented souls refuse to let the living exist in peace." Dr. Devang Patel is a man of science, but his life collapses when he encounters a girl on a remote forest road with a brutally crushed face. Dismissed as a hallucination, the entity soon begins to haunt his home, leaving wet footprints and weeping whispers behind. As Devang's sanity and physical health rapidly deteriorate, his wife, Gargi, fights to uncover the truth. They are thrust into a harrowing investigation of a decade-old tragedy, a vengeful spirit, and a lethal secret. In the suffocating depths of the jungle, they must confront the chilling reality that some ghosts will not rest until their blood-debt is paid. Dive into this gripping supernatural thriller where the line between clinical logic and ancient vengeance vanishes.

Philippine Literature (mostly short stories)

A group of people cross over the edge of their ordinary lives and find themselves in the remote woods of the Ozarks, where they encounter strange creatures of light and darkness, the Snawfus and the Ozark Howler. As they struggle to find their way through the hills, they must come to terms with what they have left behind.

A short story about a man who uses a borrowed camper and discovers more than he bargained for.

Madhubala was married young and abandoned by her husband. Her life shattered when her husband brought a second wife home. Unloved, uncherished at the young age of nineteen, she was left all alone. Then came her husband's brother, Abhimanyu. He saw her, understood her in a way no one did at home. Read more to find what happens between them. 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧.

Playing in the forest behind his family's farm, the introverted thirteen-year-old Noah Thornton and his dog Chuck discover a golden chest with mysterious carvings hidden in the ground next to his favorite waterfall. More than just a buried treasure, the trunk takes Noah on a journey to a hidden realm where magic-filled indigenous tribes, known as The Twelve, still live as they have for centuries. The source of their magic is inside the very trunk Noah discovers, and the envy of the dark mystic Viruñas Wakinyan who wants nothing more than to see The Twelve destroyed. On his journey of self-discovery and exploration of this ancient world, Noah makes new, shape-shifting friends along the way as he learns the pain and suffering of those who walked the land before him. Joining the fight to help his friends and family, Noah learns secrets from the past that help him find his own strength, and his own identity. With twists and turns around every corner, THE ANCIENT WATERFALL spins a web of intricate stories over many generations. Filled with magic and mystery, tradition and treachery, the past and present collide in an extraordinary journey of fantasy and excitement. Noah's fate, the fate of The Twelve, and the fates of countless others dangle at the cascading edge of The Ancient Waterfall.

Anastasia and Samuel have been married for seven years but, when their relationship goes sour Ana needs to make a decision for not only her but for her five year old daughter, Frankie. - "Samuel stop. We are not doing this. Just let me go, let me leave." He pins my arms behind my head and begins to kiss me. It isn't passionate, it's aggressive, out of pure anger and almost hatred. "Sam-stop it." I cry between breaths. My own husband was going to rape me and there was nothing I could do to stop it. He towers over me and weighs almost 100 pounds more than me and most of it is muscle. "Sam stop." I'm crying now, pleading with him. "You can't love me." "But, I do love you, Ana." My heart both softens and aches at these words. I knew it wasn't true but I wanted to believe it for one night so, I stopped fighting him. -

#3 Top 10 in India on (30/5/26) #4 Top 10 in India on (01/6/26) The year is 1980. Sudha Gupta - a simple village girl with hundreds of dreams in her eyes - imagines a future full of hope, freedom, and happiness. But destiny had already written something very different for her. She is married to Dhruv Pratap Singh, a man she barely knows. An arranged marriage that suddenly changes the course of her life forever. Two strangers. Two different worlds. Bound together by tradition. Their journey is a rollercoaster of emotions - fear, silence, understanding, trust, and maybe love? Will they learn to accept each other? Will Sudha find the life she dreams of? Or will fate test them in ways they never expected? ✨ Let's step into their world and witness the beginning of Sudha and Dhruv's unforgettable journey. ✨

This is a collection of reflective poems that explore what it means to live, love, lose, and understand in a world that rarely says what it truly means. Written from a perspective shaped by rural landscapes, human contradiction, and emotional observation, these poems move through themes of silence, resilience, attachment, loneliness, and the stories we build about ourselves and others. At its core, this collection is not about dramatic endings or perfect answers, it is about the subtle moments in between: the conversations that never fully happen, the people we almost become, the quiet ways life changes us without asking permission. It is a study of ordinary things that turn out to be anything but ordinary.

Valerie and Naomi are just trying to get through their final year at their local high school when the banished mysterious Alex arrives in their small town to keep things interesting. Suddenly, Valerie sees a lot more of Alex as he is paired with Naomi in classes and the foundation for a romantic relationship is laid. But can these best friends survive the addition of Alex into their very comfortable lifestyle or will Alex be the end of Val and Nay?

Joan has watched her whole life as her family has been able to shift from human to werewolf, and back. She remembered her first feeling of the pull of the moon. Though her 1st shift never came. Which left her feeling like an outcast. Her parents tragic end, a new start and finding love finally helps her feel like she finally fits in. But is it all too much. Is it too cold in her big sister's shadows? Disclaimer: Although some of the places mentioned are real places. The characters are fictional. They are not modeled after anyone's life story. Copyright © 2022 DeeDeeCherial all rights reserved

This short story is about a man who goes to a beautiful area in France and meets an old man and some horses. (Note, it gets better after the second chapter)

"Do you think that just for a second," he'd asked, looking over at me, "just for one second, that if you didn't make me drop that gun, they would have killed me, too?" A group of friends in small-town California find their lives turned upside-down when a conflict beyond their comprehension shakes up their quiet lives. This is a short story version of a longer novel in progress.