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​ Source The Church of the Sacred Heart had stood for generations, a beacon of hope and faith in the small town of Willow Creek. Its sto...

Source   Christmas is almost here, autumn is gone, the days lose their light, in the shadow of yesterday. You can feel the cold breeze t...

I had been on this ship for almost a year. I was eighteen Earth years old and exactly the same as every other young member of my species...

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Phone beeps "Hello, hold up, wait a minute, don't tell me it's what I'm thinking," Emma said on the other side of the phone. &q...

The poor havenworlder was eggbound. And the humans were only working with the most basic of medical as that was all that was available ...

source Reading this book now as an adult made me think about the behavior of the adults in the series more. Every adult is either an idi...

"Anything yet?" Detective Maya called out to Detective Rodriguez leaning on the door frame that led to his office. He had been...

The faint scent of incense lingers in the air, mixing with the sharp tang of sweat. The dim glow of hanging lanterns cast long shadows a...

Image by kp yamu Jayanath from Pixabay One of the things a man could get used to in eight weeks of time: five-year-old Robert Edward Lud...

Ladi is a vibrant young lady who is in her final year at the university, she has always been at the top of her class, and her family has ...

Cover Image Edited Using Canva “So it was you all along” I said as I turned slowly. Tears flow from my eyes as I turn to find out who w...

“Do you think he is going to stop?” Jennifer asked Mercy. The two roommates and best friends. Image generated using AI Jennifer is an ex...

Pixabay A matter of habit https://i.imgur.com/zpBzagY.png?3 When Valdo listened to the lawyer, he made no gesture of happiness; on th...

The Abyssal Temple seethed with malice, its black stone walls slick with a sheen that seemed to ooze from the cracks, as though the plac...

Title: The Coiling Ascension The Abyssal Temple stood cloaked in eternal twilight, its jagged spires slicing through a sky painted in hu...

A pure fractal made in Apophysis 2.09, overlaid in two different ways Trying to get home for Christmas on a starship is always a dicey p...

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Source Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 In the dark Gaan knew he was safe. Not even Klennu would speak, most likely through fear of ...

Image modified using a picture by Becca Clark from Pixabay This periodic magazine highlights a small selection of short stories posted to...

Source   Please say you love me Or the dawn will be Darkness and no Butterflies will fly Please say you love me, let your voice be the d...

Source   His eyes were as blue as the sky, like the water of the sea that bathes us, they shone as bright as the stars that we see above...

The Announcement The announcement came on a Friday morning. It always did. Cara sat at her desk when the email landed in her inbox, mark...

Source Her name is Aasha. She dances to your heartbeats and makes your brain go fuzzy. She is following you for no reason, and she is sl...

Image generated by chatgpt Derick was sitting on the couch watching one of his favorite thriller/action detective movies when his phone r...

Source "I still sleep at 6:00 pm every evening and wake up at 12:00 am every day," Mrs. Kuje said. Mrs. Kuje, a 43-year-old wo...

They'd spent a good portion of their life alone. A life in near-isolation makes it hard for a person to adjust to being around.. so man...

source This book was so good! Honestly, the whole conversation about how there isn't an end to the universe is one of my favorite things...

Image by Willfried Wende from Pixabay “I mean, we could try to trick him, but then again, we could also choose to live.” “Yeah, I got th...