Secluded Stories

They didn't come here to die. They came here to disappear. Elena Miller needs a clean slate. With her marriage fraying at the edges and her family teetering on the brink of collapse, a week at a secluded lake house seems like the perfect escape. Deep in the woods, miles from the nearest soul, Blackwood Lake promises silence. But the silence is a lie. The moment Elena steps onto the dock, she realizes the lake is not a reflection of the sky. It is a window into a submerged, grey-toned purgatory-a prison for the souls of the wicked who were never meant to be forgotten. They are still here. They are watching from beneath the surface. And they are tired of waiting in the dark. When the lake's stagnant, silt-heavy water begins to bleed into the pipes of the house, the boundary between the living and the damned begins to dissolve. Elena soon discovers that the house isn't a sanctuary; it's a lure. And the lake doesn't just want their secrets-it wants to trade places. In the depths of Blackwood, the only thing scarier than what's in the water is the darkness already inside your own home.

Echoes of Our Salt-Kissed Promise is a contemporary romantic drama that explores the bridge between idealized love and messy reality. The story follows Gianna, a woman emerging from a hollow marriage, and Gabriel, a guarded architect mourning a deep personal loss. After months of exchanging intimate, poetic letters, the two finally meet at a remote coastal resort. However, they soon discover that the "perfect" versions of themselves they created on paper must now survive the friction of their flawed, physical presence. As they navigate their new connection, they are haunted by the "ghosts" of their pasts-Gianna's persistent ex-husband and the suffocating weight of Gabriel's professional legacy. Ultimately, the story is a journey of vulnerability, as both characters must choose to abandon their carefully curated facades to embrace a future that is unscripted, difficult, and profoundly real.

•••First installment of The Fantasy Series••• In an apparently boring world where nothing interesting ever happens, other than perhaps the arrival of few new novels in her new town's only library, Chloe Adler's life is suddenly turned upside down the day she accidentally discovers the completely different and very dangerous world, secluded at the very back of...her own garden.

Gaano nga ba kabigat ang mga salitang binibitawan ng tao? Naaayon ba ito sa kanyang trabaho, Sa taas ng kanyang pinag-aralan, Sa estado ng kanyang buhay, O di kaya naman sa sigaw ng kanyang pangalan? Tunghayan ang kwento ng isang taong nagging hangganan ng walang hanggan. The Grin Reaper.

Nikolai Sokolov is the biggest Russian mob boss in Russia and America. He is known for his ruthless ways but that's only when he's in his business mode. Nikolai is now thirty and every since he was a child he wanted a family. He wanted to be just like his father. A good man and husband. Business is business but his personal is what he cherished the most. But, he hasn't had much luck considering his position. Women either wanted him for the power or sex but he didn't want that. After his brother suggests that he uses a disguise until he finds a wife, Nikolai does exactly that. He decided to disguise himself as a nerdy, school teacher from out of the country named Nicholas Solo. Out of all places, he picked a very secluded area of Arizona called Flagstaff. The day he moved in, his eyes had caught the elegant beauty of his new neighbor. Fireworks nearly exploded and since then he does everything to gain her attention. He eventually starts to feel foolish that she hardly gave him the time of day but when her brother starts being friends with Nikolai that gave him the chance to see her every day in her house. She eventually warms up to him and after getting to know each other he understood why she was so "isolated." They began getting closer and closer with each other until they fall in love and everything starts looking up for the both of them; but when some of Nikolai's enemies find out where he's at and they send their men to target him his hidden life comes back in full circle. He is forced to tell her everything but will she be able to handle it or will she be forced to let him go? Cover by @saudi_araybia

"See I told you that I can help you" I know he was just trying to hep me but I couldn't help falling into his soft green eyes It's about this girl who is incredibly self conscious about what others think of her and she constantly is trying to please others

These are just a collection of some random poems I've written. I hope you like them.

When broke college student Maya Carter accepts a live-in nanny job for the wealthy Rossi family, it feels like a dream come true. The position comes with a stunning glass-walled mansion overlooking the dark waters of Lake Tahoe, two quiet and well-behaved children, generous pay, and the promise of a fresh start. But at night, Maya hears footsteps outside her locked bedroom door. The children whisper secrets they refuse to share. When she discovers the hidden diary of the last nanny, who vanished without a trace, her dream job quickly turns into a waking nightmare. The Rossis insist nothing is wrong, yet the neighbors warn her to run. The longer Maya stays, the more she realizes the danger is not only inside the house- it is also watching her, waiting for her. Some secrets are better left buried. This one wants out.

How can the devil be pulling you toward someone who looks so much like an angel when he smiles at you.

Molly Bishop was a sweet girl through high school, but now that she has started her second year of college she has goals, but what happens when two amazing guys get in her way. As the guys start to reach in and find out more and more about her past, she finds herself falling deeper for both of them but.....she can only choose one. If she even chooses.

Evelyn is the queen's illegitimate love child given to Jareth, a man known for using magic, in hopes he would protect her from corruptive society in exchange for peace. Evelyn grows up in a perfect world surrounded by two "aunts", where she never knows sorrow or pain. She falls deeply in love with the farmer's dreamy son, Jonathan; but her Aunt Rosy and Jareth have a bad feeling about him. This is a story about romance, tragedy, and a brave young woman fighting for justice... and her life.

I plan to make fifty poems inspired by fifty different tv shows/animes/books/songs - so yeah, eheheh<3 enjoy! You can also suggest a show/anime/book/song for the next poem! ciao~!

Sent to live at the Mystery Shack since he was born, Dipper has been sheltered from all things even his sister Mabel. So what happens when he meets someone who promises to give him what he's wanted for a very long time? Will Dipper finally have the "sight" to see the world or will he end up even more secluded from it? Read to find out ~ Sorry, I'm not good at writing descriptions. This is a Blind!Dipper AU and hopefully if it turns out right a BillDip story. This is also my first fanfic, sorry if it's not good. I do not own anything except the story

Arail is hiding behind her identity that she knows and no one else knows of. Only if she is slightly tempered they will know who she is. But what will happen one day, when she accident reveals herself to her natural enemy named Blaire. This is Enemy-Connected. What'll happen?

Kara Michaels had the perfect life (emphasize had.) She was rich, popular, had a hot and smart boyfriend, lots of friends and the perfect family. The Michaels family owned a beautiful snowy cabin a couple towns away from their hometown, Glendale. Over winter break, Kara and her friends were desperate to have a party-filled time off from school, so what was better than hanging out at a cabin, secluded, away from parents? There was LOTS of partying with lots of booze. Everything was going great, until disaster struck.

Clive takes out on a mission to check radar points when his own radar malfunctions causing him too to go off course. Despite having an innate ability to maintain course, his plane also develops a problem and the always-soever foreboding concerns that lurk has struck everything possible with the result in forcing his immediate and reluctant landing in complete isolation and far into the frost with no other form of communication. 'Treacherous' is a word that is feared!

Austin and his daughter Katt live in seclusion following the death of his wife Denice. Katt is a 6 year old girl with a pure heart and has never seemed off mentally, until one day.... it all changed...

Tucked away in the cool city of Tagaytay, 55 kilometers south of Manila is my secret place to relax and unwind. Find out where I went on my last trip to the Philippines.