Countdown Stories

Cursed to never find love, Sandhya steals a forbidden spellbook and breaks every rule of magic to rewrite her fate before it gets sealed on Valentine's Day - only to discover that the magic answering her might be the same magic destroying her.

As professionals clean up the rubble and demon's blood from the capitol of Las Aminour, President Aron Firehand shifts all operations to the city of Ariororon. However, a secret order rears their masked head and threaten to reveal the president's secrets. This story deals with a devil with a smile, a reunion of heroes, a hidden underground city, and a president with secrets of death.

The second act of last year's countdown has arrived! I loved doing it, so I it was no question if I repeat it this year with the class of 2026. But if you weren't here last year, I'll tell you what this book contains. This is a countdown to the first semi final of Eurovision Song Contest 2026 where each day, I give you some information about the songs and artists, and yap about my opinions, giving you a place to do the same - all in the order of my top 35! So if you're a fellow Eurovision fan (or even if you're not) - take a look! (About Eurovision: it's a music contest, where the countries from (mostly) Europe pick an artist to represent them at the festival with a song which they will sing in the semi-finals and (if they qualify) in the grand final. Eurovision Song Contest 2026 takes place in Vienna, Austria. The semi-finals will be on 12th and 14th May, with the final happening on the 16th.)

During a packed morning assembly at Brookside High, the lights cut out without warning. Students laugh it off-until every screen in the auditorium flickers to life with a flashing skull and a distorted voice demanding $50,000 in one hour. Most assume it's a prank... until exactly sixty minutes later, a student is found dead. The countdown resets. The ransom rises. The rules shift. And the anonymous hacker behind the threats seems to know the school's secrets better than anyone. Seventeen‑year‑old Blaine Ellison, the child of a local detective, refuses to stand by while classmates are targeted. As Blaine digs into the victims' hidden connections, a buried tragedy begins to surface-one the school hoped would stay forgotten. Someone is using the countdowns to send a message. And Blaine is determined to uncover the truth before the timer hits zero again.

"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." - Psalms 23:4 I wish that were true. Ever been called by a house? Not just any house - Braxton Manor. It doesn't just stand. It watches. It waits. There's a library hidden within its walls. And somewhere inside it... a book with my name already written. A spiritual inheritance. A double-edged sword. The answers I've always wanted-and the ones I was never meant to find. They say curiosity kills the cat. But I think... it chooses its victims first. Because some stories don't just predict your future... they decide it.

Each day, Zeke hears of people dying, even those who are seemingly healthy. Scientists are unable to explain the cause of these passings. When the government begins a global count of the total number of deaths, panic grips the people. What is going on and can anything be done to stop it?

25 Chapters of a Bnha Future Fic UA Students Katsuma, Eri, and Kota Mahoro's The Best Sister Ever Pro Hero Midoriya, Bakugou, etc. - Class 2-A is anxious, as they start nearing Christmas break. The students are ready to pack up from the dorms and visit their families as the cold weather rolls in, welcoming the holiday season. One thing's for sure, though- Kota is not as excited as his friends. When Eri and Katsuma find out why, they're determined to give Kota the ultimate Christmas present. ...But they're going to need help from their favorite pro heroes to do so.

On Elena Chen's fortieth birthday, a number appears on her palm: [30]. Thirty chances. Thirty memories. Thirty opportunities to understand why every relationship she's ever had has ended the same way-with her running. A mysterious painting arrives showing six panels across six centuries. All with her face. And a man named Adrian who claims he's been waiting six hundred years for her to wake up. Each memory costs her. Each time she chooses fear over love, the countdown drops. When it reaches zero, she'll forget everything and repeat the cycle. Forever. But if she chooses to remember-if she faces every moment of cowardice across six lifetimes-the price isn't hers to pay. It's his. *Kintsugi: the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold.* *Some scars aren't meant to be hidden.* *Some scars are meant to shine.* 🏆 Entry for Open Novella Contest 2026 | Prompt #53 Content Warning: Mature themes including death across timelines, emotional patterns, LGBTQ+ relationships (historical period), war trauma (WWII), and discussions of obsessive behavior. Recommended for readers 16+.

A Christmas collection of short stories, each with a dark twist. Once again, made with TheFangirlInBlack. We'll be doing a lot of work together. This time, another friend joins me- DevastatedArtist, who I'll also be doing a lot of collabs with. Anyways, I'll be posting one story each day until the 25th. Hope y'all enjoy!

Highwater City has three days before it's erased. When a government experiment turns the living into something trapped between humans and monsters, Saddie Mcauley is forced to survive a world unraveling around her. Her only goal is to save her sister. But as the infection spreads and begins to take hold of her... Saddie must decide who she's willing to become... and what she's willing to lose. Told through the voice of someone who remembers it all, this story becomes one of sacrifice and the quiet question that lingers long after the end: What does it truly mean to love someone... when it costs you everything?

Tigress and Po try to navigate the waters of their new relationship after the fall of Kai while major changes erupt around them. This is a midquel to "The Countdown" that expands and explores in more detail what happened in the Epilogue.

One day, every phone in the world receives the same message: "7 days later, the world will end." At first, everyone thinks it's a prank. But when strange things begin to happen, people realize it might be true. Olivia, an ordinary girl, suddenly discovers that she is one of the seven chosen people who can stop the end of the world. The problem is-she has only seven days to find the other six. If the seven of them meet before time runs out, the world might survive. But if they fail... everything will disappear forever. Time is running out. Seven days. Seven people. One chance to save the world. 🌍⏳

A rock doesn't bleed. But when fourteen year old Alan Chandler wipes out on a lonely trail outside Kachina Village, Arizona, his blood soaks into a strange blue stone and something wakes up. By morning, his wounds are gone. By night, he's faster than he should be... and the "rock" is changing, growing lighter and smaller each time Alan sleeps, as if its purpose is being spent. Then a voice speaks inside his mind. Ru is an alien intelligence- stranded, trapped, and running out of time. The nanites now inside Alan's body can make him extraordinary, but only if Alan helps Ru reach the warship that's been lost in the asteroid belt for thousands of years. Alan has five days to choose: Keep the power and become the key to a war humanity doesn't even know exists... or walk away and hope the universe never comes looking for what he carries. Quantum Rock is a high tension YA science fiction thriller packed with first contact, buried secrets, superhuman abilities, and a choice that could cost Alan everything. Coming soon to Kindle Unlimited!

Summary: Po is starting to get the hang of being the Valley of Peace's new teacher following the defeat of Kai. But although he's learned the key to bettering both new and old students, being the Great Dragon Teacher is still going to come with some hard curveballs. This story will be published weekly as a countdown to Kung Fu Panda 4 which will air March 8, 2024. <actually finished on {insert date} because I mentally couldn't write for a while>

A heartbreak, a careless wish, and a ring that glows. When Vaela mutters she'd rather date a demon, the ring delivers: Orryx arrives with a timer on his wrist and a sentence to serve-mutual care, shared truth, a goodbye meal-before 00:00:00. Under Edinburgh rain and string lights, punishment becomes tenderness. But "temporary" is its own kind of curse. If the clock steals him back, what does she keep-her old wounds, or a new beginning that came wrapped in horns?

New technology allows for implants which dictate how long a person has to wait to meet their soulmate. A story about accepting yourself and others for who they are.

This is an AU (alternate universe) that I made up of Uglydolls where all of the dolls live at their studio (STX Entertainment) along with other movies that STX made including Love, Action, And Horror films and the dolls are living toons who are acting the movies on stage. During the making of the film, Lou doesn't like his role of being the villain like he use to not because of the hatred haters of him give him, but because every time he acts like the villain onset, it feels like he's hurting his 'best friends' for reals. One day during filming, Lou freaks out and runs away from the studio and 6 of his best friends follow him only to find themselves far away from home. Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN UGLYDOLLS, THE BOY, COUNTDOWN, THE GIFT, THE BYE BYE MAN, OR STX ENTERTAINMENT. I don't work there either. All the movies belong to the studio and to all their rightful owners. All credit goes to them, I made this just for fun.

This is a book of 2000 dots, simple as that.

He finds a shadow in his room, with no source. Little did he know the horror that awaits. I wrote this about 1 year ago, so I just gave it some tweaks before posting it on here.