Secluded Stories

They didn't come here to die. They came here to disappear. Elena Miller needs a clean slate. With her marriage fraying at the edges and her family teetering on the brink of collapse, a week at a secluded lake house seems like the perfect escape. Deep in the woods, miles from the nearest soul, Blackwood Lake promises silence. But the silence is a lie. The moment Elena steps onto the dock, she realizes the lake is not a reflection of the sky. It is a window into a submerged, grey-toned purgatory-a prison for the souls of the wicked who were never meant to be forgotten. They are still here. They are watching from beneath the surface. And they are tired of waiting in the dark. When the lake's stagnant, silt-heavy water begins to bleed into the pipes of the house, the boundary between the living and the damned begins to dissolve. Elena soon discovers that the house isn't a sanctuary; it's a lure. And the lake doesn't just want their secrets-it wants to trade places. In the depths of Blackwood, the only thing scarier than what's in the water is the darkness already inside your own home.

Nikolai Sokolov is the biggest Russian mob boss in Russia and America. He is known for his ruthless ways but that's only when he's in his business mode. Nikolai is now thirty and every since he was a child he wanted a family. He wanted to be just like his father. A good man and husband. Business is business but his personal is what he cherished the most. But, he hasn't had much luck considering his position. Women either wanted him for the power or sex but he didn't want that. After his brother suggests that he uses a disguise until he finds a wife, Nikolai does exactly that. He decided to disguise himself as a nerdy, school teacher from out of the country named Nicholas Solo. Out of all places, he picked a very secluded area of Arizona called Flagstaff. The day he moved in, his eyes had caught the elegant beauty of his new neighbor. Fireworks nearly exploded and since then he does everything to gain her attention. He eventually starts to feel foolish that she hardly gave him the time of day but when her brother starts being friends with Nikolai that gave him the chance to see her every day in her house. She eventually warms up to him and after getting to know each other he understood why she was so "isolated." They began getting closer and closer with each other until they fall in love and everything starts looking up for the both of them; but when some of Nikolai's enemies find out where he's at and they send their men to target him his hidden life comes back in full circle. He is forced to tell her everything but will she be able to handle it or will she be forced to let him go? Cover by @saudi_araybia

Seven different elements, and 1 Paradise. Teenagers of the elements water, air, earth, fire, healing, death, and metal visit a remote area of Maine to enhance there powers. But this year a game of riddles is held for an unknown reason and all are required to participate. Who will win and what is the prize?

Speria Island is a traditional, old school, cozy mystery located on a once abandoned, now renovated island. A group of people, some familiar with each other gather to play a murder mystery game for a million dollar prize. However, once they realize that they are stranded because of a large, slow moving storm; fear and terror begin to set in especially when guests begin to go missing throughout the large mansion. Now, they must figure out why this particular group of people were invited to play the game and how solving the mystery will ensure them a reprieve from the island with their lives intact. Find a cozy quiet place, grab your favorite cozy blanket, a glass of wine or mug of hot tea and relax. Take the journey with the guests of Speria Island.

How can the devil be pulling you toward someone who looks so much like an angel when he smiles at you.

This story idea was innavertaly given to me by my friend's BF (both appear in the story) so thank you! If that seems weird I really don't care. ~ AJ, Salem, Max, Isaac, Parker and Elliot are just six normal teenagers who are about to be living every teenagers dream. When AJ uses the money she's saved up to rent three small cabins in a wooded secluded area for fall vacation, her and the five other teenagers can't wait! It's a dream come true. No rules, no curfew, just a few check ins every now and then and a week away from the parents. What more could they ask for? What the six teenagers didn't realize was that the area has it's own guests and they don't exactly like company. Can the six teenagers make it out alive or die trying?

He chose to be secluded. Always waited till the hallways cleared before walking them, he never did things too out of the ordinary fearing that he would be seen. That he would be spoken of. He prefered the seat in the back of the classroom, and when he wasn't in public these fears still haunted him. Every door, every window, in his lonely apartment had to be shut. Lights only on if he was in the room. Another walking pencil in a crowd. He was different, to say the least. She was forced into being secluded. The sickness of society pushed her into being an outcast, she desperately tried to fit in but being herself mattered too much to her. She didnt want to ditch her skinny jeans for skirts or her dirty converse for high heels. So she was an outcast. A walking highlighter in a crowd of pencils. She was different, to say the least.

Someone comes in from the woods. No one has ever come in. In a world of distraught, tormented by tjose infected by the rapids, violet meets someone unexpected and unfolds hidden truths about the society she lives in.

Gaano nga ba kabigat ang mga salitang binibitawan ng tao? Naaayon ba ito sa kanyang trabaho, Sa taas ng kanyang pinag-aralan, Sa estado ng kanyang buhay, O di kaya naman sa sigaw ng kanyang pangalan? Tunghayan ang kwento ng isang taong nagging hangganan ng walang hanggan. The Grin Reaper.

A story of a teenage girl, trying to escape from reality. Attempting to succeed, she finds herself within a world of her own... I inspired myself to write this, searching for a reason as to why this sudden empty feeling hit me.

a girl who has always given love her entire life never demanded everything fine herself in a midst where she has no one not even a friend to talk to . let's uncover her story and go into the depth of her life of how she faced challenges and wishes someone to have a deep bond with her .

Catriona Phlox is a girl who's more unique than the people who try their best to be. She didn't ask for it, but was born with it. Catriona doesn't want people to know exactly what she can do, though, having heard horror stories of what's happened when people have discovered other abnormal things and people that weren't nearly as abnormal as she. Born with these powers, she can help and do so many things. But when a man named Mason comes to her, hoping that she will help him to become overlord of everything and everyone she joins an opposing alliance. Along her journey she'll learn the value of teamwork and love. Second draft is in progress! (I do not own the cover.) This book is copyrighted.

When Matthew and Mason Hoover receives an invitation from a long-lost colleague, they were offered to join him at a secluded resort to spend the holidays together. The siblings were thrilled. But it all goes downhill when a wicked cult ruins their visit by targeting them along with other people. Momentarily, their vacation turned into a freakish nightmare when the cult began obliterating other vacationers. But the cult went there for one particular reason only, Money. *** Blood isn't the enemy, it's greed! and the Hoover siblings are somehow linked to the resort's prize possession. They weren't there for fun, they were there to unlock an answer. An extremely disturbing answer. Later on, everyone's hearts began to load up with intense greedy behavior. DISCLAIMER: This story is being narrated by Mason Hoover's POV.

Since the day that a girl was able to walk, she wasn't normal. Everyone knew it. Her parents never let her meet new people and even her aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents were never allowed to visit. The small girl never thought anything of it, so she thought it was normal to be secluded. This was all to protect her. She, however, needed to begin school and with her parents needing to take on new jobs, they were forced to send her to a school. Sent to a private school, her supervisors were given specific instructions on the care of their child. The girl meets another child. He feels the need to protect her and succeed where others have failed. He shows her what life is really like and opens the doors to many opportunities for her. This is the story of (Y/N)...

Ever since he was a kid he's been different. More mature, more secluded, more quiet. But then again, he didn't grow up like 'normal' children. That might be because of the fact that he remembers his past lives, and that they all ended in abuse and loneliness. Feeling pain so unimaginable, anyone would cry just by hearing about it. Never smiling, never showing any emotion, never caring. It was bound to attract some attention from outsiders. So that's why his parents tried to make him socialize and go outside. But even then he would always find a way to sneak back inside and read his books. During these years of locking himself in his room, Elliot turned to the library for knowledge of this new world, and soon excelled in all subjects. And when his parents would force him to go out and play with the other kids like his brother, all he would do was sit in the shadows and observe his surroundings. Being extremely smart and attractive for his age, of course made the other kids want to play with him, but his unresponsive behavior when they would ask if he wanted to play only made them pout then walk away. And soon enough, Elliot was alone again. But it's not like he minded, right? I do not own any of the pictures I use in my story, all rights belong to the owner.

•••First installment of The Fantasy Series••• In an apparently boring world where nothing interesting ever happens, other than perhaps the arrival of few new novels in her new town's only library, Chloe Adler's life is suddenly turned upside down the day she accidentally discovers the completely different and very dangerous world, secluded at the very back of...her own garden.

When you are alone with your thoughts, you might learn something about yourself.

Marla lives in the mountains with her boyfriend, but their relationship is far from normal.

Alone. Lonely. Forlorn.