By The Crackling Fire
- Reads 372
- Votes 17
- Parts 4
Ongoing24m
Last published Thu, Aug 10, 2023
A collection of the type of stories you'd want to read out loud with your buddies as you're all relishing the heat of a fire, grilling marshmallows and drinking caramel tea. The types of stories to take you to dark, magical places. Are you thirsty for blood? Or waiting for your prince? No matter what you desire, there will always be something else lurking in the corner, waiting for the perfect opportunity to appear.
Other times, you may not be able to see more except for the tears falling on your screen, blinding you and that is okay too.
This is a collection of stories to make you burst out laughing, clutch your plushies in horror, finally let that dam within you burst, or just to make you simply be.
Grab your fuzzy blankets and gather your tissues, but don't forget to close the windows because darkness always finds a way to slip in through the cracks.
Disclaimer: Please do not copy or repost my work.
All Rights Reserved
#329
autumn
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
Datura
A retelling of a well known fairytale Datura facing a life threatening illness has lived all his life in a tower the unexpected happens when he saves an unknown girl and is faced with life a changing decision following an inevitable death will he leave it all behind and discover the secrets untold ? They say wedding are supposed to feel like the most happiest day of you're life buy why does hers feel like a funeral A war can make or break people but which is worse ?Complete![[kodachrome]](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/353007492-256-k353702.jpg)
[kodachrome]
Life is as intense as you allow it to be. Some people bring overwhelming joy; others leave wounds that never fully close. [kodachrome] is a journal born from that intensity, where healing through words becomes the only way to survive what cannot be forgotten. Rather than blurring pain into shades of gray, this collection paints it in color: memories, almost-loves, resentment, longing, and the quiet aftermath of heartbreak. Like a kodachrome photograph, each piece is vivid and emotional, preserving moments that shaped a soul in an era filled with sadness. This book contains poetry, short stories, and intimate reflections, written as an act of release, a way of forgiving without forgetting, of remembering without losing oneself. * Mostly fictional, inspired by real emotions and past experiences. 📌 Pinterest board: https://pin.it/397dQqEff
The Things You Will Never Know
If you go down to the woods today... Well, in this town, you probably won't come back. Unexplained deaths and disappearances are normal around here. In Haltonshaw Grove, we tell these real life horror stories to our kids like bedtime tales. They help us learn from a young age to stay out of the forest after dark. But one halloween, we didn't listen- Me and four boys. We broke the rules and we paid the price. We barely made it out alive and now we live with the trauma, the nightmares, the memories. Seven years later, the events of that night, like most things tend to do around here, have come back to haunt us. We never talked about the night we ran in the forest, never spoke afterwards at all really, but now we're going to need each other if we're going to survive what's coming. Me and those boys I've loved all along. - - ‐ - - - - - - - - - - - - - Our town is haunted. The five of us are cursed. And Halloween is just around the corner... Let's see who makes it to November 1st.
Crown of Greed and Power
["You look like hell," she stated at last. Azlan scoffed, "Likewise." She continued to study him through suspicious eyes and he couldn't help but wonder what she looked like beneath all the dried blood. He could tell she was unique though, definitely intriguing. ### "You think you know everything?" She turned to him in challenge, but Azlan only stared the female down, unbothered. "You don't know anything." "Don't I? It doesn't take a person with eyes to recognize all that built up anger and pain sizzling inside you." "Stay the fuck out of my business."] While grieving the loss of her boyfriend, huntress Nera Atherton made it to her mission to kill every beast she can hunt down to avenge her love. Two years pass when she crosses paths with a mysterious and arrogant man, Azlan, who claims to be searching for his sister's killer. When her uncle vanishes without a trace, Nera and Azlan put aside their differences to track down the threat endangering their home, Asteria. However, as Nera finds herself drawn to Azlan, she remains unaware that he harbors a dangerous secret-one that could put her life in grave danger.Complete
Winterstorm Chronicles
*SLOW UPDATES* Collection of tiny world stories crafted for the moments when the world outside is cold, but your heart deserves to be warm. Each page is a little escape, a cozy hug in the form of words, meant to be savored while you're wrapped in a blanket, a steaming mug of hot chocolate in hand, and the chill safely locked outside. Let the tales whisk you away to places where love sparks under starlit skies, laughter echoes in snowy cabins, and every ending feels like the soft glow of a fireplace. These are stories for your soul-bite-sized and brimming with comfort, perfect for when the world slows down. So, snuggle up, sip your cocoa, and dive in. Here's to warm hearts on cold nights.
A Fever Dream
England, 20th-century. Days before her wedding Aster escapes busy London, retreating to her grand grandmother's cottage in South England to pick up a traditional wedding dress. In an old chest of drawers, she finds a ticket to the city she's never heard of and a stack of love letters never sent. A ticket, curiously, expires today. What she finds a short train ride away exceeds all of her expectations and makes her finally believe in fairytales. But nothing is ever permanent in Summer. COMPLETE # 1 enemieswithbenefits (10.07.22) # 2 magickingdom # 3 lightacademia # 3 periodic # 3 magickingdom # 5 gothicromance # 8 intrigue # 8 royalcore # 11 yafantasy # 15 darkacademia Lovely cover by @DemureMissDreyComplete
A Big Book of Short Stories
A collection of my ideas. While most could have been cared for and nurtured until they grew into fully fledged books, they have only matured halfway, creating a efficient way to get stuck in your head. I'll also post short stories that I may or may not try turning into novels. From "The Kid is Hot Tonight," a story about such topics as high school parties and domestic abuse. To "Just Another Nightmare," a story about a kind of hell you might never have thought of. This collection will likely make you question if something is wrong with me. Spoiler alert; there is. It will also show you the farthest reaches of the world and the furthest horrors that I can write about. If you want an update on how the next story is coming along, you can ask me however you want. Seriously I'm so so lonely...
My Last Breath (Book one of The Portal Series)
BOOK ONE: Having enough courage to run through the woods and away from the people who convinced me they were saving me was not how I believed I'd spend my day. Yet, there I went escaping from the only place I knew existed in the world. Being held captive was too much for me, especially when these people wouldn't tell me who they were or even who I was. The first moment in my life I recall very clearly. I awoke in a dark room, with recollection of everything that happened in the world except for one thing. I had no memory of myself existing, I didn't know where I was or why these men kept me from leaving. Days after I first woke I asked plenty of questions, and yet none of them were answered. The only thing I learned was that I was not allowed outside because the woods heald the most powerful magic on the planet, the most dangerous magic. It was more than just bad men and curiosity about the forest that got me to leave, it was a pull towards something; towards magic. Once I was in the forest turning back was never an option, so I put it in my head that I'd keep walking until I found a civilization or a nice paved road that would lead to safety. But that never happened because the forest has a force living through it. Believing that the forest held something strange was the easy part but experiencing it myself was something totally different. I didn't expect anything normal but I didn't expect to be completly engulfed into the forest. I was led by an unknown presence that made me truly believe it was a living being, and in fact it is. I was innocent then, but now I know that anything can be hidden under a small platform in the woods with a secret bigger than the world itself. I was given life that day, until it all ended months later; the day I took my last breath.Complete
A retelling of a well known fairytale Datura facing a life threatening illness has lived all his life in a tower the unexpected happens when he saves an unknown girl and is faced with life a changing decision following an inevitable death will he leave it all behind and discover the secrets untold ? They say wedding are supposed to feel like the most happiest day of you're life buy why does hers feel like a funeral A war can make or break people but which is worse ?
More detailsContent Guidelines