Twistending Stories

A missed turn. A quiet conversation. An ordinary moment that refuses to stay ordinary. Crossways is a growing collection of flash fiction where familiar situations take unexpected paths. Some stories lean toward mystery, others toward speculative fiction or quiet reflection, but each explores the moment when a single choice, coincidence, or revelation changes everything. Each story stands alone and can be read in just a few minutes, with every tale under 1,500 words. New stories will be added as they are written. ~Simultaneously published on PoetrySoup and Royal Road.

BUY THE COMPLETE NOVEL ON AMAZON https://a.co/d/8mJY9ZX The night was supposed to be hers-until it wasn't. Ava Carter walked into the room expecting a celebration of love. Instead, she found betrayal wrapped in confetti and lies. Her boyfriend. Her best friend. A banner with another girl's name. And a room full of people who knew. Left heartbroken and humiliated, Ava must untangle a web of deception far more twisted than she imagined. When an unlikely ally emerges and a dangerous secret surfaces, Ava finds herself at the center of a game she never signed up for. But this time, she's done being a pawn. Told with raw emotion, sharp twists, and a fierce dose of female empowerment, The Night That Wasn't Mine is a story of heartbreak, redemption, and the strength it takes to turn betrayal into power.

Elena has spent years believing the creatures in her nightmares are nothing more than monsters her mind invented. Every night, they come. Tall. Terrifying. Impossible. Their legs seem to stretch endlessly as they chase her through forests, empty roads, abandoned buildings, and places she has never seen before. No matter how fast she runs, they are always faster. Then one night, Elena sees one while she is awake. And suddenly, her nightmares don't feel like nightmares anymore. As she searches for answers, Elena discovers old photographs, forgotten disappearances, a mysterious door hidden deep in the forest, and a terrifying truth her grandmother took to her grave. The creatures aren't chasing her because they want to kill her. They're running from something. Something far worse. Something that has been waiting for Elena since childhood. Now the boundary between her dreams and reality is collapsing, and Elena must return to the place where it all began to discover why she was chosen-and why the creatures have been trying to warn her. Because the thing she has feared all her life may not be the monster. It may be the door.

The Odds Favor No One Bob Austin has never considered himself lucky. Shy, awkward, and struggling to find his place in a new school and unfamiliar town, Bob has grown accustomed to feeling invisible. But when he unexpectedly meets Vanessa, a beautiful and mysterious girl who seems to understand him in a way no one else ever has, his uneventful life takes a dramatic turn. For the first time, Bob begins to wonder if things might finally be going his way. But Vanessa has a secret. And the closer Bob gets to her, the more he realizes that their meeting may not have been an accident. What begins as an unlikely friendship-and perhaps something more-soon pulls Bob into a mystery involving death, secrets, and questions that were never meant to be answered. Because sometimes the person who changes your life isn't supposed to be in it. And when the truth finally comes looking for you... the odds favor no one. Inspired by the Odd Thomas series.

Un'auto sfreccia nella notte sotto la pioggia battente. Luce si risveglia sul sedile del passeggero con le nocche sbucciate e il ricordo confuso di un'aggressione a casa sua. Accanto a lei c'è Marco, il suo ragazzo, che le promette protezione e la conduce in una dimora isolata per metterla in salvo da un mondo esterno giudicante e ostile. Tra i due si consuma un legame oscuro e claustrofobico, dove la dedizione assoluta sfuma nel controllo totale: Marco le sequestra il telefono, le pulisce con cura ossessiva le ferite e le assicura che ormai esistono solo loro due. Quando Luce riesce ad esplorare una stanza rimasta chiusa a chiave, si imbatte in una spaventosa galleria interamente dedicata a lei - con centinaia di foto scattate a sua insaputa, diari falsificati e un ritaglio di giornale che parla della sua scomparsa avvenuta tre mesi prima. Ma la rivelazione finale travalica ogni aspettativa: Luce si risveglia, scoprendo una triste verità sulla fuga e su Marco.

What does it mean to be haunted? Long before the wood and stone began to crumble and crack, nothing sane or reasonable festered in the years the House stood empty. Holding whatever darkness and secrets within the walls of limestone and brick. No one, alive or dead, can truly prove to exist under the extreme conditions of the reality we have created or believe in. Before you or I began to see where time left nothing spared, unchanged, or unchallenged. Amongst the places where mirrors are broken, doors are slammed shut, and brick walls hide where secrets and silence mix within the darkness. You are now complicit, dear reader, in the uncovering of what is within these pages of my experiences within the Crain House. And whatever walked there did not walk alone, knowing there is truth behind madness and lies.

As the city fractures under faction conflict, four friends steal abandoned art to survive. What begins as opportunity becomes a moral thriller, where loyalty corrodes and value is measured in betrayal rather than currency.

BENEATH She was supposed to be dead. Two years ago, someone she trusted drove a blade into her and left her to bleed out in the dark. She survived but the girl she used to be didn't. Now she's back. Quieter. Scarred. With gaps in her memory she can't explain and a body that flinches at things she doesn't remember. Her parents keep her sheltered, careful, close afraid that the world will break her again. When they arrange her marriage to the son of a powerful family, they think they're giving her a future. They don't know they've handed her back to her past. --- He knows exactly who she is. He watched her die or thought he did. He grieved her, broke because of her, became someone colder and darker in the space she left behind. He's been running on grief and fury and something that looks dangerously like revenge ever since. And now she's standing in front of him, wearing his ring, looking at him like he's a stranger. Because to her he is. She doesn't remember loving him. She doesn't remember what happened that night. She doesn't remember what she saw before the blade found her. But her body does. --- As stolen glances turn into something neither of them can name, and fractured memories start bleeding back through the surface the shadows from their past begin closing in. Because what happened that night didn't end with her. And someone is running out of patience. They'll have to uncover the truth buried beneath their perfect lives - before whoever silenced her once decides to finish the job. Some love stories begin with a meeting.* This one begins with a funeral that never happened. Love doesn't forget. It just waits. And so do secrets. 🖤 Dark romance · Spicy tension · Slow burn · Arranged marriage · Memory loss · Psychological thriller · Revenge · Twists you won't see coming** Mature themes - 18+ New chapters drops soon

Kool-Aid Man is living his best Kool-Aid life. He happens to stumble upon not one but two perspective lovers. The two handsome, sexy, men he falls for are the strong, manly, Tony the Tiger and the outgoing and charismatic Barry B. Benson. With theses two alpha males competing for his affections, who will Kool-Aid choose?

A word of advice for those who seek to reclaim what time is taken. Memory is a fluid thing, easily trapped, impossible to breathe. Arthur found his lost youth tonight, preserved perfectly at 68°. A permanent exhibit in the basement of Oak Ridge High, now open for the season. A bite sized Twilight Zone inspired psychological horror Story about nostalgia, regret, and the dangerous depth of preserved pasts.

They say strange things happen when there is a blood moon. *** TW: violence, death

When Detective Liam Mercer is framed and locked inside England's toughest prison, he's forced to navigate a deadly web of corruption and betrayal. With his real identity exposed and a kill order on his head, Liam must fight to survive long enough to uncover the truth-and escape before it's too late. But in Blackridge, trust is a weapon, and everyone has a secret. A thriller about survival, Iies, and the cost of justice.

Lydia Hart didn't disappear the way missing girls are supposed to. No struggle. No warning. No trace. Just an empty room, a phone left behind... and a silence that doesn't feel normal. At first, the police call it an easy case. A runaway. A misunderstanding. A girl who wanted to be found. But then the reports start changing. People say they heard Lydia speaking after she was gone. Voices echo from recordings that shouldn't exist. And the words she never said begin showing up in places she's never been. The deeper the investigation goes, the less certain anything becomes-about Lydia, about the people searching for her, and about reality itself. Because something is repeating her. And it's getting louder. Detective or witness, victim or suspect-no one is safe from what they think they hear. And the truth isn't hidden. It's being rewritten. too.

when a woman losses her husband and needs to let go only to talk to her dead husband,will she move on or go insane?

Your daughters letters to her dad. (Calum) |Edited by @prettyIittIeIashton|

Maryloo is a short story about a magic garden, about music, love and faith, and how places and people can touch you profoundly...

A clash of strangers. A web of revenge. A past she never knew she lived. Ananya is just a girl-until the dreams begin. Memories not her own. Faces she's never met... but somehow knows. In her search for love and belonging, Ananya stumbles into a world where nothing is a coincidence. A romance that isn't romantic. A revenge with uncertainty. A friendship built on both trust and betrayal. ........ Everything changes when she enters her new high school. People feel familiar. Especially him. He's here. What is fate trying to tell her-this time?

A fictional character named Ralph (no relation) finds himself in...a scary story! Oh no!

The crisp ring of 30 balls rings out in the night, heralding the true freedom of Larry. Cover art from Craiyon.com Edited by chatgpt

A lighthearted tale of teenage glances, unspoken feelings, and heartbeats that race faster than time. Between teasing friends, silent smiles, and stolen moments, one boy finds himself caught in the whirlwind of a girl who says more with her eyes than words ever could. But just when things start to feel real... something unexpected splashes in.