Surreal Histoires

This story will become free again as of 3 March 2025! It will then be removed in the not too distant future. Ike Wordsworth, a divorcee and rookie tour guide sent to Rome, struggles to survive a labyrinth of dark secrets, ancient mysteries and brutal murders. ***** Jessica "Ike" Wordsworth is leading the LiteraTour inaugural trip to Rome. But when senseless acts of sabotage culiminate in a murder -- with the victim's body dumped in a priestess's grace, alonside a message referencing long-lost prophecies -- Ike has to use her naturual talent for book-diving to find the killer before they strike again. But was the murdered girl really the intended victim? And who are the three women chasing after Ike? It's a race against time, because Ike can't solve the mystery if she's dead. ("Sibylline Greetings" is the standalone sequel to the 2018 Watty Winner, "Frankenstein's Guide.") [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren T

[This story is now FREE] Florette moves to Versailles, only to discover a group of Fae are destroying France. Allying with the battled-scarred Destan, she has to save the kingdom. ***** Florette, a painter's apprentice, is finally welcomed to the palace of Versailles. Ready to work, she notices that several of the courtiers are too beautiful to be human. Soon a battle-scarred warrior, Destan, tells her the truth: a faction of Fae have left the faerie and are slowly destroying the French monarchy. Determined that France must not fall, Florette is forced to use her skill to smuggle messages about the Fae inside her own paintings. Can she trust the rugged warrior at her side? And can Florette save France from creatures beyond mortal control?

This is a book containing stories revolving around the world of The Amazing Digital Circus! In this one-shot book, you'll find: 1. Ships 2. Reader inserts 3. Fandom crossovers With all that being said, I hope you enjoy these little scenarios!

Lucas, the boy known as the Indexless Boy, is trapped in a small country called Fallowphore. He cannot go anywhere, cannot search for happiness, and spends every day repeating the same routines: doing maths, playing with wooden blocks, and counting how many flowers bloom in his mother's garden. For an adventurous child like Lucas, such a life feels unbearably dull. Until one night, his neighbor, Mr. Fibble, gives him two tickets to a circus show. Lucas, who is also an animal lover, becomes excited to see the performance. But the tickets are not for a circus. Instead, they lead to a mysterious "game" rumored to make anyone truly happy, or at least, that was what people told him. To Lucas, it only seemed to drive people insane.

Neogovania is a group of cosmic hunters that protect Earth from shadow entities called Necrofades.

​In a city that never stops, some trains take you further than you intended to go. ​Caught in the monotonous grind of daily life, you find yourself stepping onto a platform that defies logic. As the familiar subway station transforms into a haunting, surreal landscape where reality begins to fracture, he must navigate the chilling echoes of your own mind. In a place where "Solipsism" is more than just a word scrawled on a wall, you face the terrifying possibility that you are the only thing standing between your existence and total erasure.

A children's show from the 1999 called Alphabet Street is one of every family's favorite show that brings entertainment and values to viewers. And then suddenly, a mysterious man with rage in his veins, set the place on fire, burning every family guests, staffs and the owner to death without knowning that its live broadcasted. And as for the viewers around the world at home watching, saw the incident and leaving them all scarred for life. Few years later, the same place got caught on fire got turned into a family amusement park called Dreamland, all thanks to a generous man and new owner named Mr. Hayward Fitzgerald, who's purpose to heal everyone's aching heart and is also looking for a child actor to be the star of the rebooted children educational television series called Alphabet Street and he found Michael's little brother named Charlie Chastain. Later that night, the new owner was confronted by an army of ghosts, who died in the fire incident before, who wants to do some unspeakable things with him, so he decided to served them and do whatever they says. 🏆#3 - masks (07-18-26)

The world trembles when something forgotten tries to return. Lian feels an ache she can't explain. Saerin carries an emptiness he can't escape. And Velin, a trembling thread of light, wakes between them, born from a moment neither remembers. As reality bends in quiet, impossible ways, an old woman who has seen the world shift before whispers a warning: "It's waking." A dream, a memory, a wish, something broken is stitching itself back together. And the thread is pulling them toward the truth they once lost.

The Raven Family Diary follows the everyday lives of an unusual ghost family living in the World of Death-the unseen, metaphysical counterpart of the living world. Here, memories are bought and sold, dreams are stored in banks, names sleep inside forgotten libraries, mirrors can go on strike, and every morning begins with a fresh issue of the Newspaper of Endings. The Raven Family consists of a grandmother who knows far more than she ever says, a father who is constantly looking for his missing head or hand, a mother who never skips the daily newspaper, a curious son and daughter, and their mischievous pet cat, Curse, who somehow causes trouble wherever she goes. Each chapter is a standalone dark fantasy tale filled with surreal humor, strange rules, and quiet mysteries, revealing another piece of a world where ideas are as real as objects-and where every ending is simply another story waiting to begin.

In Chapter 1 - Crossways, Tony spends the weekend with his sister and her family, and gets a late start for home Sunday night. Too tired to continue, he parks on the side of the road for a short nap. He wakes up too late to make it to work on time. But, as he'll soon discover, losing his job will be the least of his worries. Chapter 1 is less than 1,000 words. I'll add additional flash-fiction stories as I write them, each under 1,500 words. I hope you enjoy them, and I'd love to hear what you think. ~Simultaneously published on PoetrySoup and Royal Road.

a death machine with a cute name in various worlds of hurt goes on some real wacky and silly adventures!! THIS FANFIC WILL CONTINUE TO GET MORE CHAPTERS AS TIME PROGRESSES. (or at least try to) this fanfic is for i say "experimental" writing with different media and such.

Each one of you is put into this strange place and no one but you can understand why. (?) You can relax and enjoy while you still can but... you know you shouldn't be staying there for too long or else... 👁️

Inside the Brain Theater, every emotion becomes a performance. Shaft grieves beneath the spotlight. Shaun burns through rage. The King rules from a golden balcony. Darnell keeps the entire theater from collapsing. But beneath the stage, something forgotten has begun to wake - and the audience is starting to remember what existed before the show ever began. Every mind has a stage. Not everyone gets to leave.

After loss tore her world apart, Raine Dyer vanished into the forest living in a forgotten cottage. There, beneath the canopy's twilight glow, she stumbles upon an ancient clay statue hidden among the roots. From that moment on, dreams bleed into reality. Whispers follow her. Shadows shift. And the forest remembers more than it should. A haunting tale of loss, isolation, and the secrets buried beneath moonlit soil.

𐀔 3# IN FAE RISE SAGA 𐀔 "You are a helpless human. You can stand against none of our kind." Her voice dripped with venom as she spoke. "Yeah." I snarled bitterly. "But that doesn't mean I can't hate them." At long last, Lisa is mildly safe in Puck's world, the Faerie Realm. And after making new acquaintances, and becoming accustomed to the exotic cultures and magic, she begins to lose her heart to this news land. But when war begins to brew, Lisa is not safe in either world. Despite her immense trust for Puck, he cannot hide Lisa in his arms forever. As the Seelie King and Queen become desperate for alliances, danger begins to twist around the struggling kingdom, leaving it open to stubborn Trolls, lying Djinni, and the wicked Unseelie Faeries. And when all seems well, there could an occurrence that breaks everything. What is the occurrence? Find out by reading this third book in the FAE RISE Saga. Where the enemy plot will be revealed, and the foundations of trust will be rattled. And the line between safe and unsafe will be blurred by an exquisite paintbrush.

Why do dreams occur at night? And what do they symbolize? Are they fragments of an existing Multiverse? Or are they just mere creations of our own intense feelings and emotions? The question that even modern science failed to answer. Meet Kaizen Mizuki, an ordinary high schooler living an extraordinary nightmare. By day, he survives classrooms, bullying, and the quiet weight of expectations pressing down on him from every direction. By night, his sleep fractures into something far stranger, dreams that feel too real, spaces that exist between waking and reality, and fears that take shape and speak back. At first, they are only dreams. Then they begin to follow him. As Kaizen drifts through liminal worlds where logic bends and fear becomes tangible, he learns that sleep is not an escape, but a doorway. What begins as psychological horror slowly unfolds into something vast, astral travel, higher dimensions, and cosmic beings that do not hate humanity... yet are willing to erase it without hesitation. While galaxies burn and universes tremble beyond human perception, Kaizen still wakes up for school. He still laughs with friends. He still falls in love. Aoi, a girl who is playful, teasing, and painfully human towards him becomes his anchor to a normal life, even as Kaizen is pulled further away from it. Between awkward lunches, quiet walks, and moments of fragile romance, he carries a truth no one else can see, that reality itself is unstable, and he may be the only one standing between the boundary of existence and collapse. This is a slow burn story, blending slice-of-life warmth with psychological tension, scientific curiosity, and cosmic horror, Liminal Drift is a story about crossing boundaries, between dreams and waking, fear and courage, love and responsibility. Because sometimes, survival isn't just about saving the universe... It's about choosing to face it, even when the cost is everything... - P.S- Images in this story are all AI generated

Ziggy Hamantaschen Widdershins XX is a long Furby who has a passionate and slightly unhealthy obsession with all things related to the pharmacy Walgreens. No one can explain why he loves it so much, although experts from all over the world have struggled to find an answer. Sure, he can get his mother's dementia meds or nibble absent-mindedly on some Ghirardelli or even play sudoku with Velgar the shadow demon there. But despite everything, there seems to be no single, concrete explanation. Join me-the documenter of Ziggy's strange life and the author of this biography-on an awesome and wonderfully weird journey through Siegfried Hamantaschen Widdershins XX's life! Currently #1 in long Furby, #1 in Furby, #1 in Furbies, #1 in Walgreens, #1 in creature, and #1 in weird fiction! I'm a true scholar! WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT: - A contest winner on August 3rd and a new bonus section. ENTER THE CONTEST WHILE IT LASTS!

There's something in Jhastin's dream, one that feels surreal. ____________ TMI: Inspired by their musics again for more emotional chapters🤟 Soft story. Architecture X Fine Art Student Bulan X Araw Province X City Boy

I wasn't supposed to be there-but I was. I couldn't touch, couldn't speak. But I watched everything: the chase, the cows, the fall, the bullet that passed through me... and hit her. When Sam escapes from a haunted past and finds refuge in a surreal farmhouse, the dream begins to crack. He's not alone-watched silently by a narrator trapped in ghost-form, split between action and observation. As familiar figures appear and time begins to bend, the story spirals toward an invisible tragedy: a moment of irreversible loss... and the final awakening into truth. This is more than a dream. It's a reckoning. A story of invisible grief, desperate protection, and the haunting realization of what-and who-we take for granted. Dream Story #2

Kalydoros was never important enough to be remembered by history. A quiet Mediterranean island of harbors, mountain villages, aging hotels, and inherited routines, it survives through tourism, bureaucracy, and the comforting belief that nothing truly changes there anymore. Then the anomalies begin. At first they seem harmless. An inconvenience. Another strange story to discuss over coffee before returning to work. But as the weeks pass, citizens begin standing motionless in the streets, staring northward for reasons they cannot explain. Others develop conditions that defy every medical explanation. Entire districts adapt to events no one understands. Authorities rename what they cannot solve. Institutions reorganize around the abnormal. Life continues. Because life always continues. When Dr. Leandros Sarantis survives an accident that should have killed him, and microbiologist Dr. Irini Delimaris uncovers evidence that the phenomenon may not be natural at all, they find themselves confronting a transformation spreading quietly beneath the island's ordinary routines. Some mysteries arrive with violence. Others arrive politely, become familiar, and wait for society to welcome them. The Borrowed is a psychological mystery and literary dystopian thriller about memory, identity, adaptation, and the terrifying ease with which human beings learn to surrender uncertainty in exchange for direction. New chapters released weekly. © 2026 Samuel Harry Lorian. Thank you for reading The Borrowed. Reader thoughts, theories, and comments are always welcome and greatly appreciated.