Ashes Stories

[POETRY #1] Some loves arrive like fire-beautiful, dangerous, and all-consuming. This is the story of one. Burnt Things Still Bloom is a story told in poems: a journey through the spark of first glances, the wildfire of intimacy, and the ruin that follows when everything collapses. Because even burnt things, in time, still bloom. Burnt Things Still Bloom written by: syrynah © All Rights Reserved

A forgotten guardian. A broken world. A truth hidden within heaven itself. When Lin Yuechen binds himself to an ancient ruin, he uncovers a terrifying reality - the world is controlled by a system that demands sacrifice to survive. As he grows stronger, he slowly loses everything that makes him human. In the end, to save the world... he may have to erase himself entirely.

The city tells us what to remember. What to believe. Who to be. I've spent my whole life obeying. In Greyhaven, questions are dangerous, truth is controlled, and memories don't always belong to the people who carry them. Then a stranger looks at me like we've met before. A message appears inside my apartment. And impossible memories begin slipping through the cracks. The more I remember, the more I realize something terrifying: The system didn't just steal the truth. It stole part of me. Now I'm chasing answers through a city built on forgetting-and if I uncover what was erased, I may lose everything I've ever known.

We were young, fooling and madly in love. Until he left... taking my heart with him. Years later, grief brings him back. But I've moved on... at least that's what I tell myself. He still looks at me like I'm his... And maybe I still am. Because... LOVE never really dies... it just turns to ashes, waiting for a spark. ❝IF WE EVER MEET AGAIN... AND WE'RE BOTH NOT OKAY, THEN WE TRY AGAIN❞ ·✶·𝐀 𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐖𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂·✶· ©LAYBIE 2025 - 2026

i am unlearning the sound of your laughter in my mornings. you turned into a stranger with the exact face i used to kiss. xoxo. sj mi breya : )

By the fires of war, kingdoms are forged. By the blood of the worthy, thrones are kept. When the Duchy of Caldenmoor falls to the iron grip of King Maerik, Sir Aldric Vane-the last knight of a broken land-wanders without purpose, haunted by the villages he could not save. But fate intervenes in the form of a survivor: a twelve-year-old girl with unyielding eyes and a secret path through the mountains. Together with a wandering friar, they discover Veldmoor, an abandoned citadel whose walls still whisper of glory. What begins as refuge soon becomes resolve. Amid snowbound passes and ruined halls, Aldric dares to dream of something greater: a city reborn, a sanctuary for the dispossessed, a covenant of iron forged not by lords but by those who have lost everything. Yet every stone laid, every oath sworn, draws the gaze of Varenthal's armies-and the price of power is never paid in coin alone. The Iron Covenant is a sweeping tale of resilience and rebirth, where shattered knights, wandering exiles, and forgotten ruins converge to ask a single question: can a kingdom rise again when built on the ashes of the fallen?

Two girls far from home and a thrill-seeking Nun. What could go wrong...

Elara Laurent grows up in a home where love is not equally given. While her younger sister, Sienne, is cherished effortlessly, Elara learns to live in the quiet spaces left behind-unseen, unheard, and slowly fading within her own family. As she grows older, the pattern follows her. The people she trusts the most begin to fracture her world in ways she never expected. Her best friend, Vanessa, crosses a line that can never be undone, choosing her own desires over Elara's feelings. The one person Elara silently loved, Julian, becomes a painful reminder of everything she was never chosen for. Hoping for something better, Elara enters a marriage with Sebastian Lancaster-a man who seems to offer stability, but not love. What follows is a relationship marked by distance, betrayal, and the presence of another woman, Valeria Devereaux, whose existence further unravels what little remains of Elara's hope. Caught between neglect, broken trust, and love that never truly belonged to her, Elara's life becomes a series of wounds that refuse to heal. This is not a story of simple heartbreak. It is a story of what remains when a person is slowly reduced to nothing- and whether anything can survive the ashes left behind.

;standing proud on the remnants of our broken love. . . . ፨image cover credit: shutterstock.com

This is an old story that I found saved on my computer from several years ago. I thought I might share. Young Alaina is on a train ride that takes a turn for the worst. "Alaina saw them before she heard them, but before she could comprehend any of it, she fell to her knees at the sound of a loud BOOM! Screams surrounded her as panic flooded the air, making it hard to breathe. The guns started mowing the people around her down." It's astounding what will happen when you least expect it.

On the most bittersweet days of her life, Beatrice Rogers or Bea finds out her long-term boyfriend, Todd, wants out of her life but also that her little brother, Dan has achieved his life long dream of being picked for the Australian Test Cricket team and will play in the most dramatic rivalry series; The Ashes. After her brother literally smashes everyone's expectations in his first match causing an upset defeat against England, her family are thrust into the limelight as the world wants to find out about this superstar cricketer from the outback. After a field-side interview with the Australian commentators, Bea sparks the interest of the media as well as the English Cricket Team, specifically Gavin Butler a fast-bowler, Bea discovers that it's not just her brothers life that is going to change.

Here, I'm going to rant to my heart's desires, or just say some random stuff. May it be positive or negative varies on my mood. I hope you enjoy.

In the country of Lacio, power belongs not to the people, but to the corporations. Skyscrapers made of glass and gold rise like titans in every city, monuments to greed, control, and manipulation. The common citizen walks in shadows, silenced by debts, oppression, and fear. Then the fires begin. One by one, the headquarters of the most powerful conglomerates go up in flames - each inferno so precise, so absolute, that only ash remains. And in every smouldering ruin, they find just one body. But here's the twist: the bodies? They planned the arson. Every single one. They left confessions, evidence, maps, and timelines. Dead men and women lighting the match for their own demise. It's a pattern. It's a message. And it's only just beginning.

A person's house, wife and daughter burns to ashes. Them and their remaining daughters are left with almost nothing. They find a cheap, beautiful and large house located in Achlys' Cove. After a little convincing the family decides to move there. What could possibly go wrong? **This story was written so the protagonist can be whoever you want, everything is possible, right?**

A teen boy who wakes up to nothing but ashes in the middle of seemingly nowhere. Why? He can't remember. He can't even remember who he is or who even lit the fire that caused the whole problem. With a mild concussion and a small dose of amnesia, the boy begins to get his memories back through timed intervals. His mystery on why he's left virtually in the middle of nowhere in burnt destruction comes to a devastating conclusion. ~●~○~●~ Rankings: #736 in mystery/thriller (06.16.17) #966 in mystery/thriller (06.22.17) #813 in mystery/thriller (06.25.17) I don't really know about this book. I'll try to keep on updating as fast as possible, but now I'll be juggling two stories - Unforeseen Circumstances and Arson. I really want this book to be one of the ones that make it to the big screen so vote, vote, vote!