Literaryfiction Stories

He reads the dead by the rhythm of what's missing. Thaddeus Vane was a poet once. Now he reads crime scenes the way he once read verse-by meter, by caesura, by the single letter that never made it to the page. When Bow Street calls him to a printing house where a man lies dead beside an unfinished line, Vane doesn't search for fingerprints. He listens for the beat beneath a widow's grief, the broken rhythm of a boy who cannot finish a sentence, the silence where a consonant should be. Every case is a new page. Every page, half-written. In his pocket, a reversed letter he will never correct. Across from his desk, a second chair no one will ever fill. The ink is still wet. The next line hasn't been set.

Summerhall has always known where to find Prince Daeron. Find her. She remembers his dreams before he does. She knows which silences mean he will drink and which mean he will disappear. For years, the castle has mistaken devotion for duty and habit for love. So have they. Then the king announces her betrothal to Prince Aerion.

She never met him. A single text message changed her life: Please stop sending me SMS. After leaving a successful corporate career to become a full-time mother, Tam feels as if she has lost the woman she used to be. When she becomes fascinated by the remarkable life of a man she's never met, she begins writing a novel inspired by him. What starts as admiration slowly becomes obsession, then imagination, and finally something neither of them could have expected-a journey back to herself. Windmills of My Mind is a literary novel about ambition, motherhood, creativity, identity, and the stories we invent to survive.

💡 Original idea. Funny. Satirical. Sometimes it makes you laugh out loud, sometimes it makes you cry. This is an English translation from my own novel: Mari Kita Bully Demi Kebaikan. While bullying is usually cruel, this novel asks the reverse question: can bullying be a moral cure? Imagine a bizarre national movement called "Social Gaze"-just by staring together, people can make rule-breakers tremble. It starts out hilarious, but slowly turns terrifying: slander spreads, innocent people die, and even honest figures are framed. And out of all that chaos comes a single question... 👉 "Revenge, or forgiveness?" 📖 A satirical story about virality, dirty politics, and who truly deserves a place in heaven.

When two introspective adults meet, only to demand certain answers from each other, curiosity is bound to strike a chord. This is where Chandni and Saksham randomly discuss insecurities through the lens of nature, specifically ponds and clouds. A crisp, wholesome and slightly motivating story about how life requires two visions to completely see it. And how unexpected meet-cutes have the power to flip your life upside down, for the better. ............................... Word Count : 4.7k words © teantypos 2026

Harmony and Leif. Two souls addicted to pleasure, to chaos, to each other. Together they built their own universe where winter settled quietly over the fjords and summer nights refused to grow dark. Some called it love. But perhaps it was something beautifully wilder: a chemical madness disguised as obsession. Because when you love too deeply, it doesn't fade- it lingers in the broken corners of your soul and follows you like a ghost. This is a story about youth, the illusion of first love, and the quiet ache of remembering what almost was.

Efua watches her parents and takes notes on everything she'll never do. Remini watches Efua and hopes she'll change her mind. Iredun watches his father and keeps the secret that could destroy everything. They're sixteen. They have no idea what's coming.

Barry believes he ruins the lives of everyone who loves him. Stella believes no one is beyond saving. When tragedy forces their beliefs to collide, only one of them can be right-but discovering the truth may cost them everything.

Emma Price is found dead in the shallow waters of Millbrook Creek. There are no wounds. No signs of struggle. Only a smile. As Detective Ray Pell investigates the impossible death, a grieving best friend, a brilliant thirteen-year-old obsessed with strange phenomena, and powerful people hiding an old geological secret begin uncovering something buried beneath the abandoned Hartwell Quarry. Whatever waits below has been watching the town for years. And now... it has started watching them. A slow-burn literary supernatural mystery where grief, guilt, and cosmic horror collide

After losing the person he loved most, Ash believes nothing could ever fill the silence they left behind. But one rainy evening, fate places a stranger in his path-a man who wears the face of someone who should no longer exist. As memories fade and new ones begin to form, grief slowly blurs the line between love and longing, truth and illusion. Because sometimes... the hardest person to find isn't the one you've lost. It's the one standing right in front of you.

Aafia lives by rules. Ever since her father's death two years ago, order has been the only thing keeping her together. Then Zara transfers to her Lagos secondary school and turns Aafia's carefully controlled world upside down. When tragedy strikes, Zara leaves behind a list of things she never got to do. To honor her memory, Aafia must do the one thing she's always feared: break her own rules and truly learn what it means to live, love, and grieve. Beyond the Noise is a coming-of-age novel about friendship, loss, and finding hope beyond heartbreak.

My mother loves me. She wakes at dawn to simmer silver ear mushroom soup. She knows every teacher's number by heart. She gave up her own dreams so I could play the piano. Everything she does, she does out of love. So when my right hand goes limp and dead, everyone says it's my fault. The doctors can't explain it. The teachers say I'm stressed. My classmates mimic me behind my back, like I'm putting on a show. And my mother just stares at me in silence, like I'm a doll she can't fix. But no one ever asked me - Do I even want this hand anymore? This is a story about love, control, and silence. About a girl who learns to say "no" to the world, with a hand that refuses to obey.

Every day, he sees the same girl. Every day, he tells himself he'll talk to her tomorrow. And one Sunday... he finally does. But some stories don't begin where they seem to. And some endings aren't endings at all. As reality and fiction slowly intertwine, A Week of Love unfolds into a deeply emotional mystery where every page makes you question what was real, what was imagined, and why some names stay with us forever. A novel about love, loss, and the memories we choose to carry.

Some questions refuse to let go. When twenty-one-year-old Hannah Morgan leaves her small hometown to study neuroscience, she carries little more than a suitcase, a notebook filled with questions, and the unwavering support of the grandmother who raised her. She believes she's beginning an ordinary college education. She has no idea she's taking the first steps toward one of the greatest scientific challenges in human history. As Hannah watches the person she loves most begin to lose the memories that define a lifetime, a single impossible question begins to consume her: What if memory didn't have to disappear? Dismissed by colleagues, tested by failure, and forced to sacrifice more than she ever imagined, Hannah devotes decades to a vision that others call impossible. What begins as grief becomes an obsession, and eventually a revolution that will challenge everything humanity believes about memory, identity, and what it truly means to leave a legacy. The Architect's Journey is a sweeping founder story about love, perseverance, innovation, and the extraordinary cost of refusing to give up on an impossible dream.

What comes after the main event? Neither a collapse nor a rebrand. A quiet choosing. Of a life that is yours. After years under the spotlight, Kim Seokjin leaves Seoul for London to start over quietly-far from the stage, the cameras, and the life that once defined him. In a new city, he builds a different kind of routine: working at a small Korean restaurant, getting lost in unfamiliar streets, and learning how to belong to himself again. But the past doesn't stay still. Old friendships, shared history, and the people who still know him best continue to find their way back. Background is a soft, emotional post-fame fiction about healing, distance, home, and the love that remains when everything else changes. (An ongoing novel.)

Reed Valor spent his entire life fighting for a place in America. A veteran of war turned teacher, he finally has everything he sacrificed for-a career, a future, and a home. Then, without warning, he's deported back to Vietnam. Stranded in the country he spent years trying to escape, Reed becomes obsessed with one question: What happened to his missing student, Yohan? When an old war friend offers him a place to stay, the answers seem closer than ever. But the deeper Reed digs, the more he uncovers a web of lies, fear, and secrets stretching across generations. And at the center of it all is Yohan-a boy who may be in far more danger than anyone realizes. As past and present collide, Reed must confront the ghosts he left behind before they destroy what's left of his future. The Fallen Mangosteen is a literary thriller about exile, identity, family, and the cost of holding on to the past.

You don't get a will, you get a duffel bag. At 2:04 a.m., Brie is 18 when a phone call ends her college essay and starts the rest of her life. Her brother, Kent, goes to the river and doesn't come back. What comes home isn't closure but instead a worn denim bag: zipper closed and still warm from yesterday. Their family starts measuring time in coffee mugs, pill organizers, and the quiet after. This isn't a book about how grief ends. It's about the days after it arrives. If you've ever loved someone enough to be afraid of losing them, this book will find you on the floor at 3 a.m. It won't tell you to put the bag down, it will ask what you're carrying it for. ════════════ Updates: Friday 2 A.M. ET Some bags are just hard to put down, so let's carry it together.

"𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏?" She once left home seeking freedom and has returned home to meet herself again. When Devika signs the divorce papers, it's not just about ending a marriage; it's also the beginning of a journey to find herself again. With a suitcase of memories, her daughter, and memories of the past that haunt her and nurture her heart, Devika returns to Madhurapatna after ten years. As forgotten wounds resurface and new bonds are formed, Devika must learn that healing isn't a destination, but a journey like the tides of the sea. With the nostalgic sea, and her daughter by her side, she learns what it means to belong, to forgive and restart life. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆 is a story of second chances, quiet strength and generational healing. Join the journey of Devika as she once again learns to hold the reins of her life on 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆. Start: 07/09/25 End: 02/01/26

Inspired by the world of Project Zomboid. Written for readers who enjoy the quiet humanity of The Road, the protective bond of The Last of Us. Earl Mullins is fifty-four years old, a retired U.S. Army rifleman and armorer who never learned to read. Armed with nothing more than a battered soup spoon and decades of hard-earned discipline, he survives by refusing to make unnecessary noise. Everything changes when he discovers seven-year-old Molly Calhoun hiding alone beneath a farmhouse. Together they cross the ruined countryside of Knox County, searching for the only family she has left. Along the way they build more than a refuge-they build a future. While Earl teaches the quiet arts of survival, Molly discovers that knowledge may be the last weapon humanity still possesses. When a scientist reveals that the Knox virus might one day be cured-not by miracles, but through years of research, technology, and sacrifice-their journey becomes more than survival. It becomes the first step toward rebuilding civilization. **Veteran and Molly** is a slow-burning survival drama inspired by the world of *Project Zomboid*, focusing on humanity, community, and hope rather than spectacle. It is a story about inheritance-of skills, of knowledge, and of the quiet determination to keep one child alive long enough to inherit the future. --- ## Disclaimer *Veteran and Molly* is an unofficial, non-commercial fan work inspired by the fictional universe of **Project Zomboid**. Project Zomboid, its title, setting, characters, artwork, trademarks, and all related intellectual property are the property of The Indie Stone and their respective rights holders. This work is independently created for entertainment purposes only and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by The Indie Stone. All original characters, plotlines, dialogue, and newly created narrative elements appearing in this novel are the author's own original creations.

Long before Troy remembered the name of Patroclus, before Achilles, before war and glory, there was a quiet hill overlooking the sea, two weathered stones, and a boy who believed the horizon was never the end of the world. When Patroclus meets Clysonymus, an ordinary afternoon becomes the beginning of a bond that will shape the person he is destined to become. Together they chase distant shores, impossible dreams, and the wonder of a world that always seems larger than yesterday. Yet beneath the innocence of childhood, unseen threads are already weaving a fate neither of them can escape. A reimagining of Greek myth that begins not with heroes on the battlefield, but with two boys learning how to look beyond the horizon.