Historias de Urban-

A collection of flash fiction and short stories that center around the Fantasy genre. I'll be updating this collection on Fridays.

Meet Shaw Serling, a 16-year-old girl who can tap into the mystic inner power of architecture. A boy named Aaron, who has a similar link to great works of art, leads her on a quest to break into Heaven in search of her dead parents. But the Heaven they seek has a terrible secret: it's a higher plane of existence ruled by tyrants who've been using Earth as a dumping ground. Earth, to them, is Hell, and all of us are rejects cast off from the better world beyond. Can Shaw survive the attacks of the warrior angels fighting to stop her quest? Can she find strength in her newfound love for Aaron and the power of Earth's greatest architectural masterpieces? If Heaven has made our world Hell, only Hell's greatest treasure--Shaw Serling--can take back our rightful share of paradise.

Some girls always dreamt of being queen. Only if they knew.... Eighteen year old Claire Barnes is more than ready to graduate and head off to one of the most prestigious colleges in the US but that all changes when she takes a Summer trip to visit her grandmother in Michigan and runs into a mysterious man named Markus. Secrets lurk around every corner . She soon discovers Markus' secret and finds the ones she trusts the most have been hiding something from her.

When the demon Mestoph-an agent for Hell Industries-stumbles upon a cult of forgotten angels and demons called the Sons of Light and Darkness he takes it upon himself to uncover the secret of these long-lost outcasts. What he discovers is much more than he was looking for: not just secrets of the war between Heaven and Hell, but the Sons' plan to raise a god of their own to exact revenge against God and Satan. Sensing an opportunity to use the Sons to his advantage, Mestoph convinces his angelic best friend Leviticus-a cubical-dweller at Heaven, Inc.-to join him in his latest ill-conceived scheme to profit at the expense of their masters. With the aid of New Orleans Voodoo, South American shapeshifters, and African gods the two unlikely friends conspire to escape their eternal servitude to the politics of Heaven and Hell. But will their plans crash and burn, or earn them a permanent vacation with a poolside view of the apocalypse, sipping Mai Tais and watching as the skies burn and gods fall?

*FREE 6 chapter sneak peak of Soul Hopper!* Betty is your average twenty something girl. Except for the fact that she's dead, and has found herself lost in interim without a rule book for the afterlife. After striking up a friendship with a mysterious, ghostly peer she learns that there really is life after death in the form of soul hopping. The ability of a spirit to take on another body, and continue living in the manner they were accustomed. As Betty wrestles with her new life, her own death, and the morality of being a hopper things take a dark turn. Soon she sees a side of herself that she never imagined. Soul hopper is an examination of life, death, the choices we make, and appreciation for the time we have on this Earth. An adventure into the realm of the supernatural, who we are, and what we can become.

Dinsmore was founded by Alan Hannigan and his wife, Fingula Cedarhill. Hannigan fell in love with his fey wife, and she fell for him in return. However, they were shunned by both of their kinds, so they created a place of their own. Dinsmore grew into a hub for in-betweeners, half-breed fey, changelings, and humans with magic. It is now a large city bustling with fey and humans alike. Here, the fey are more human, and the humans are more fey. Dinsmore is isolated from the human world, and is unknown and unseen. The fey who live in their own world are known as Other-Siders, and are feared, and avoided. Hope Nowak and Taylor Peacock are the only two humans in their friend group. Their prickly personalities often keep them at odds, especially as of late, after Hope abandons her friends for a in-betweener boyfriend who broke her heart and spirit. As for Taylor, she has her own issues. Issues that trigger her own kidnapping and plunge the entire city headfirst into an eternal sleeping curse

Adam Woods, a small scrawny boy dreams of fame, success and above all money. But one day, after a series of unfortunate and uncanny events, he finds himself alone and lost, with only a mysterious deck of cards to keep him compagnie. How will Adam rise in the social ladders? What is the secret behind the cards? And who are the spectral ghosts following him around?

One moment, Emma Scott is in her college room in 2015, and the next she's in 1921 falling in love with an ex-soldier with a charming smile and a secret... Emma's an old hand at time travel: the first time she was pulled backwards she was ten years old. She can sense the memories that stone, fabric and wood have soaked up: usually she just sees them, but sometimes she ends up living them. She knows the drill: (1) avoid getting pulled backwards in the first place; (2) avoid the object that's pulled you backwards; (3) prevent the memory that imprints on the object, or, if all that fails, (4) wait it out until you're back in the right time. The problem is that the object was an old ring that her Granny Alice bequeathed to her, and Emma last saw it on the finger of her great grandmother, fleeing into a crowded London street. Now Emma is trying to find the ring and go back to her own time, but her great grandmother has vanished, and meanwhile there's Charlie Lawrence who's making Emma wonder if she even wants to go back at all...

The mind is the most powerful thing we possess. Through It, our heroes turn into villains. A father becomes a murderer. Family and friends become your enemies. The monsters of nightmares become everyday people. Your worst enemy is the sister you always wish you had. And you? Well your the Goblin Queen, sitting high upon your throne of corpses. Take a journey into the world of THE PENROSE PROPHECY, as I take you on a frightening adventure. Dark secrets rise to the surface of a crumbling empire. And with each new chapter, we find ourselves descending into a never ending nightmare. The only question that remains, is can you handle the journey without going insane? Trying not to loose your own mind, may be harder than it looks.

This story follows six superpowered teenagers (and a twelve-year-old, Jess) as they attempt to escape the evil forces of SIM and its ruler, Niraj. They will meet new friends, encounter new enemies, and discover a secret that would make the most hardened villains of SIM tremble. @IHopeThatYouBurn did the cover. Just sayin'. This story is a part of Project Niraj. Highest ranking: hahaha, nope

Augustine Lister is a private investigator of sorts. You think your wife is cheating on you? He gets the answers you may not want to hear. Your friend, the hot shot reporter, goes missing after a huge scoop? He cracks the case wide open. Your uncle uncovers an ancient tome, and unleashes a demented evil, hell bent on destroying everything in its path? Let's just say no case is too big. Underworld Investigations is a collection of short stories introducing you to the cases Augustine Lister helps solve.

The World Tree is dying. Only by combining the power of the tree's seed and the 14 earthly branches can the World Tree be revitalized. But there is little time remaining; if the tree dies, the world will come to an end.

Three years have passed since magic destroyed the world. Those who remain struggle to survive the monsters roaming the streets, fighting back with steel and magic—the very weapons that birthed the Howls in the first place. Tenn is one such Hunter, a boy with the ability to harness the elements through ancient runes. For years, the Hunters have used this magic to keep the monsters at bay, but it's never been enough to truly win the war. Humans are losing. When Tenn falls prey to an incubus named Tomás and his terrifying Kin, Tenn learns there's more to this than a fight for survival. He's a pawn in a bigger game, one with devastating consequences. If he doesn't play his part, it could cost him his life, his lover and his world.

A tale of romance, betrayal, conflict and a journey to face the injustices of a life which was once seen to be normal. A story about an ordinary teenage girl, who meets a man after she is chased by something unexplainable. The man turns out to be, not as he first seems, with many absurd secrets. And as for the ordinary girl, she meets a different guy in awkward circumstances, who she learns that she used to know well... This is a story created by yours truly, bound with dark secrets, twisted though loveable characters and meandering storyline. Are you ready to plunge into the unnoticed world of the unknown?

Afton-By-The-Sea is a small seaside community located right on the border between England and Scotland. Founded as a summer holiday retreat, the relaxed atmosphere and idyllic scenery provides the most picturesque vacation anyone could wish for. One fateful night, all this pleasantness shatters. The famous Dalton House is robbed in the midst of dinner. A doctor and his daughter are visiting the town on a much-needed vacation when they encounter a bizarre creature washed up on the beach and discover a centuries-old secret thriving undetected in the depths of the water. Life in Afton-By-The-Sea will never be the same again.

Siblings Alex and Robbie have lived with their grandparents for two years, after an incident that involved their parents occurred, and have often wondered why haven't they learned of their grandparents before from their mother...and what's with all the locked rooms in the mansion they're not allowed to go into, the locked shelf of books they're not allowed to read and the questions they're not allowed to ask. They find the answers to these questions one night, when their grandparents are out of the house and a mysterious being invades the mansion and attacks them. What are their grandparents' histories, who are these strange beings that keep showing up and trying to kill them, and what is the Otherworld that they keep mentioning?

UPDATED. Credit to @seventhstar for the beautiful cover! Blaise was supposed to die. Instead he falls through a tear in the seams of the world and finds himself in another: Earth, the world of humans. Thea is the one to find him, and Felix is the one left behind. Caught in a strained and unlikely alliance, Blaise's skill and Thea's knowledge must find a way to work hand in hand to find a way to get Blaise back home. The sole witness to Blaise's disappearance, Felix is certain the fall did not mean death for his friend. With only a single guard and the chief's daughter to guide him, Felix must search for Blaise on his own. Join Blaise, Thea and Felix in a story with three perspectives, two worlds and paralleled storylines.