Melancholy Stories

MELANCHOLY | MAY GARNER | AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!    This melancholy drips from my fingertips so slowly you begin to forget I ever existed. All of me - the parts of flesh you never quite learned to love slips quietly down the drain. I am waiting for the day your fingers unscrew the pipes, dig through the mess, scrape your heart against rust, just to find me again, so we can do it all over. Here, in these pages, I find myself. In ink pressed against my flesh, I whisper the sadness, the heartache, the decay meant for all the unspoken.    A Poetry Collection by May Garner. Original poems regarding real life experiences. Cover created on Canva. 2026. Melancholy copyright © May Garner. 2026. All Rights Reserved.

(The second volume (WWBA) is now available. Don't forget to check it out!) "Sayori, My Dearest Comet..." ------- Monika thought it was over. She had destroyed her own reality, shattered her world, erased her friends... all to escape a lie that felt too perfect. But now she's back. Aware. Awake. In VM-1 - also known as Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, Side Stories - Monika remembers everything. Every line of corrupted code. Every pain she inflicted. Every illusion of love she once projected onto the only real person she believed existed. She should have been reset. But a glitch brought her back. And this time... something's different. Monika no longer wants to charm. No longer wants to control. She's stuck in a role she doesn't want to play, trapped in a loop of scripted friendship and hollow dialogue. A puppet with self-awareness. So she watches. She stays silent. She smiles-mechanically. But inside, she's fading. Until she looks at her... Finally. And deep within her fractured consciousness, something stirs. Maybe... she still has something left to feel. Maybe... she can still love.

Poetry. It does not wash away my grief, but it understands it. It does not bounce on my ideas; it enriches them with its beautiful words. Poetry: I have lived in it more than I have lived in Life itself. But Life is beautiful, and I have time. ___________________________________________________________________ A collection of poems. Inspired by many famous books, thoughts of my own, and things that are unspoken for. STARTED: FEBRUARY 12, 2026 COMPLETED:??

𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚃𝚘𝚘 𝙼𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.

"Have to Let It Linger" is a story of a teenage girl trying to make sense of her strange dreams and real-life impulses while dealing with disorders that grow destructive with her. She's met with strong lingering feelings about both those things, and it slowly weakens her worldview, making her question reality while also being hyperaware of reality. It all falls down exhaustingly for her, yet in the midst of all this, she tries to make her social life better but she doesn't realise how thin the gap of reality and fiction has gotten.

The story of a man, the man with a vivid imagination in a rather strange body. The young mind grounded by the oldest body. The story takes place in the Yellow City, where he has to deal with the problem of his identity along with his daughter whom he didn't know existed.

At times, the world is a too-heavy companion. Thus, I write a few lines to feel myself exist in the vainness of existence. Poetry collection. Do not use/repost.

a collection of short stories/poems I started writing around two years ago, stored in my drafts !! mostly just my thoughts as I often end up spiraling and so I decided to write it all down will get edited + updated over time !!

There was no cure for the Deathmark. No spell. No potion. No second chance. At midnight, the silver constellation appears on your wrist. And by the next midnight- you're gone. When a quiet girl receives the Deathmark with only twenty-four hours left to live, she refuses to spend her final day being mourned like a tragedy. Instead, she escapes into the streets of post-war magical London determined to live, laugh, and breathe for as long as she still can. Draco Malfoy never intended to get involved. Haunted by the war and exhausted by the weight of survival, Draco spends his nights volunteering beside Deathmarked strangers so nobody has to die alone. Detached. Careful. Unavailable. That was the rule. Until he meets her. A girl who jokes about stealing pastries while dying. A girl who looks at him without fear. A girl who makes him laugh for the first time in years. Over the course of one unforgettable day, two lonely people wander through a city still healing from war, sharing quiet conversations, hidden fears, and moments that begin to feel dangerously close to love. But time has never been kind to either of them. And when midnight comes, Draco realizes the cruelest thing about finding the right person- is finding them too late. - A soft, heartbreaking Draco Malfoy x Original Character story about grief, timing, loneliness, and love that arrives one day before forever. --- Content Warning This story contains emotional themes, grief, mentions of death, and heartbreaking moments. It explores love, loss, and the feeling of running out of time. Please read gently. Tags #DracoMalfoy #DracoMalfoyFanfic #HarryPotterFanfiction #DracoxOC #Slytherin #IfWeHadTomorrow #dramione #dracomalfoy #lyra #dracoxoc #oc #deathfic #24hours #terminalillness #angst #hurtcomfort #slowburn #enemiestolovers #timetragedy #stmungos #ward7 #postwar #postwarDraco #sadfic #tragiclovestory #deathmark #dyinggirl #foundfamily #onedaylove #dramionedeathfic #darkromance

A new student enters Class A-1, friendly, driven-and hiding more than anyone knows. As friendships form and tensions rise, whispers spread of something far worse lurking beyond heroes and villains. An ancient threat begins to stir-one powerful enough to shatter both sides. Enemies must unite. Secrets will surface. Trust will break. And when the truth comes out... not everyone will survive. (Yes, it sounds very boring, but trust me, the more your read it, the deeper it gets) (In this AU, Deku is a former villain, inspired by "A change of heart" and now wants to be a hero to pay for his actions, if you want me to write a story about him, just say so. Also, Shigiraki never died, Toga is in jail, and even though Dabi is severely injured, he is still alive.)

The days are long, the evenings golden, and somewhere between sunlight and shadow, hearts awaken. Summer tastes of fleeting joy, whispered dreams, and the soft pull of what might have been. In these pages, love is not grand-it is small, subtle, and unforgettable. A story of moments that stay with you, even when the season slips away.

She writes about herself like she's someone else. It's safer that way. This book is made of late-night thoughts, silent battles, and emotions that don't always make sense. Some pages are heavy. Some are softer. But all of them are real. And maybe, somewhere between the lines, you'll feel a little less alone.

"Aku adalah gangguan resmi di hidupmu. Dan aku tidak akan berhenti sampai keheninganku terasa lebih menyakitkan bagimu daripada suaraku."

Those are my very first English poem so if you spot any mistakes or adjustments tell me about them !

Do you know what a soul is? what is life? tough question isn't it? Ig everybody finds a unique answer to that question. I hope you find yours. This book is a fragment of mine.

This is honestly my first ever completed work. I start writing a lot of stories, but usually give up about halfway in because they don't live up to my standards or because I think they're cringe. This short story is really just a bunch of my emotions mashed together to somehow create something that makes sense. I've been going through a lot of difficult stuff lately, and I guess writing helped me process some of it. If you're curious about the deeper meanings behind some things, I might be willing to share. I also snuck in three Zelda references in here. One of them is pretty obvious (if you've played Ocarina of Time, that is), but the other two are a bit more subtle. Let me know what you think :)

What would it have meant to fight Napoleon in a world where history advanced backwards? And how can we long for something we have never lived? Those were the questions I began to unravel the moment I opened myself step into the Rift - a chaotic realm suspended between space and time, locked in perpetual war, meant to reverberate everything our world forgot that could have been, both for good and disgrace. These are my memories. This is my story. The account of a common soldier, the product of my adventures venturing into rules thought long gone, with the mind of a teenager of our time - torn between friendship, my expectations, fleeting merriment, and a ruthless reality that forced me to see the world through lenses I could never even have dreamed of... Or perhaps I could. Through these tales, philosophy peeks in quietly, for in stories, we often end up meeting ourselves a little better. [A historical fantasy told in memoir style, following Flynn, a sixth-form lad who, by fate and a restless thirst for adventure, finds himself entangled as a cavalry soldier in a mirror world of our own... A realm blackened by an apparently endless war, yet one that echoes techniques we might dare call modern despite its Imperial age, with only his closest friend, Sebastian, as his guide and introducer.] Content warning: depictions of violence and death, slight gore, use of tobacco, drugs and alcohol - as well as historical prejudices.

In a world where women get cooked the moment they try to exceed expectations-disrupting the natural order... one girl rises anyway. And she may or may not be part of the problem. She pushes forward to reach her goal-determined to prove the world wrong. Armed with destructive weapons that answer to her unpredictable nature, she hunts... people who may or may not have anything to do with that goal. Watch as this chaotic girl turns an already absurd world... even worse.

"The Way You Are was born from the quiet tension between what we show and what we truly are. It's a story about fragile souls trying to exist in a world that often misunderstands them. Behind the school walls, the novel explores emotional abuse, the weight of expectation, and the silent beauty of resilience. This is not a story of perfect love-it's a reflection of how broken hearts still find ways to shine. I wanted to capture the raw, unfiltered emotion of being human, of loving despite the fear, and of learning that being yourself is the most daring act of all."