Softgothic Stories

A sharp-tongued transfer girl. A secret society of dream-powered boys. And a magic the world tried to erase. When Lunara Estelar awakens the forbidden art of Dream-Walk, she becomes the key to a war between dreams and reality-and the one person fate refuses to let sleep.

A fragment of absence Not an indelible mark A promise between two sisters To cross through loss under a new prism Facets that gleam and tint themselves with misted hues Theolene is singular, Meraude is light Beneath the bell of temporality No cries, no tears A fragment of farewell •» 🕰 «• TW: Grief, death mentioned, atypical perception of loss. (A poetic and introspective short story, with no graphic description.) 🕯️ This story is also available in French: Théolène et Méraude. dear_lost.readers - 2025

When ten-year-old Ellie - a shy orphan who can walk through dreams - arrives at Nevermore Academy, she feels out of place among the strange and powerful outcasts. But when Wednesday Addams steps in to defend her from cruel laughter, an unlikely bond begins to grow. Ellie's gentle heart and strange gift start to reveal secrets even Wednesday can't hide. And though Wednesday insists she's merely "tolerating" the child, it soon becomes clear: the little dreamer has found her way past the Addams' walls. 🖤 A soft, gothic story of friendship, found family, and the rare warmth hidden beneath Wednesday's shadow.

when nick nelson transfers to a quiet english school, he meets charlie spring - pale, shy, and impossibly kind. nick thinks he's just fallen for another boy. he doesn't realise he's falling into a century-old secret. charlie's family don't eat. they don't age. and yet somehow, their house feels more alive than any place nick's ever known. from the rain-soaked classrooms of windsor to the candle-lit glasshouse at the edge of town, this is a love story about restraint, discovery, and the strange warmth that only arrives when you touch the cold. he's heartstopper soft. he's twilight haunted. together, they learn that you don't need a heartbeat to love. TRIGGER WARNINGS * emotional abuse (past, referenced) * mild violence & blood imagery (non-graphic) * body horror (transformation, sensory detail) * grief and loss * anxiety / panic depiction * self-control & restraint themes * queer identity stress / internalised fear (the tone stays tender and PG-13; focus is emotional, not gore.) --- hey lovelies ♡ this story re-imagines heartstopper through a twilight lens - keeping alice oseman's honesty and tenderness while exploring what immortality does to softness. read with the lights low, and your heart open. 🕯 - tommy h.