In a scouting mission gone awry, Kaiser, a young squire under the Duke of Abdera, discovers a disastrous force capable of demolishing the kingdom he calls home. As the unfortunate harbinger of this news, he tarnishes his name and thrusts his homeland into imminent war. Now, given another chance, he ...

What does it mean to be free? Free from obligations and responsibilities. Free from the constraints that reality shackles around your neck like a collar. Free from the fear of death. Well I ask you, what would deny your freedom if death was no longer a prison? If the largest conscious restraint of f...

I am Winter, I write strange one off stories. Some are dark and twisted, and others may be sappy and romantic. Writing is my outlet so expect to find either gripping horror, tedious drama, steamy romance or whatever was eating at me on the day of writing. So drop a follow and think of this as the Wi...

This is a short story about ghosts that may or may not be good. The goal is an interesting story that may or may not have horror elements, because I'm still working on the horror genre and this will be a great stepping stone on that journey. This is going to be submitted to a ghost story contest at ...

A politician assassinated. A monster reincarnated. A Scourge unleashed upon the galaxy. Victor Slate, former Marine infantry officer and the Governor of Texas, has just won his bid for the presidency over the United Nations of America. When an assassin's bullet takes his life during his victory spee...

When siblings Lacey and Herman Tate go missing near Brody's Cross, Arizona, local law enforcement gets unwittingly involved. What begins as the disappearance of respectable sheep ranching heirs spirals into a tale of revenge and the supernatural. Will the small town survive the storm to come or will...

This is the old version of Failed Gift. Synopsis: Starting over isn't always easy. The decision to lose all your hard work and be sent to the beginning again. The choice to never see those familiar faces again. Jack didn't have that choice. He didn't expect to get it after everything he had done. Bu...

How far would you go to save the one you love from dying? In his desperation to help his girlfriend, Lia, Harrison made a deal that meant she had to forfeit her soul. She is no longer sick but now shares her body with a malevolent entity. That's only fair...right? Right?...

The infamous serial killer Raymond Reid is known for having victimized several people, especially women and children. He was a known devil worshipper, a sadist, and a masochist. When he succumbed to a terrible disease, the beautiful and powerful spiritual entity Death brought him into Hell. Finally,...

(Dungeon Core Story) Focuses on the eye of a creator god, named The Light, as it tries to understand what love means and why everyone just wants to die after centuries of being forced to live and serve under it. Surely it can't be as bad as The Dark, brothers being equal and opposites but not capabl...

Ian Lionheart is a royal knight of a small kingdom and is in love with the princess of that kingdom...both of them are In love with each other but one day when the princess was on her small trip suddenly they were attacked by the princes of the Empire ....and both the princess and Ian lose their lif...

Nestled in the Evergreen forests of Washington State is the county of Wilson. Wilson County is known for its dense, beautiful forest and lush wilderness that surrounds the cities and towns within. Just over the Wilson River, you can find the city of Derringer. [The last part of the pamphlet looks li...

A nuclear war happened in the year 2076, leaving radiation, rubble, mutants, bandits, and many strange things that are beyond explanation. in the midst of all of this, is Jason Rider, a truck driver who delivers and trades between settlements, dealing with men and monster alike. However one day in a...

It is the time of the Great Crusade, a time of legend and myth. The Empress of Mankind has sent her greatest generals, her Primarchs, out into the stars to unify humanity under one banner. After dying an ignoble death, an average college student is transported/isekai'd into a version of Warhammer 30...

What happens after the lonely gamer Ryan and Jeffrey Woods decide to meet in real life for the first time? Ryan, being a desperate, sweet soul who's yearning for a friend and quite innocently naive, never questioned what Jeff's intentions may be after they decide to actually see each other and not j...

Earth had undergone a huge change. One fateful day, I was just leisurely sun bathing beside my pool when that damned space crack suddenly appeared behind me and sucked me into some place unknown to me yet! I've had my fair share of battles, but waking up around a pile of dead bodies? Bloody heck no!...

The young Lord of a Noble House is taught by his Father that he is a dragon. When he takes helm of his house as an adult, he begins to take steps to make this dream a reality.  Thus the Dragon Does Ascend is a dark fantasy short story by author Connor van Bussel....

An archaeology expedition gone wrong. A young noble trapped in the jungle. And the old, dark knowledge she turns to, in order to live, and to kill....

A tight-knit group of nomads lives on a ranch in a remote forest town. Among these travelers is Mica, an independent but troublemaking young woman living with her mother and three siblings. She is complacent until the disappearance of her youngest sister sends her on a journey to uncover answers she...

Civilization sucks, what is one to do? Leave. Develop superior technology and go your own way. An uncensored black-mirror esque anthology: if Netflix employees experienced the real life brutality of having your sleeping bag stolen while being homeless in Palo Alto to work on unfunded independent AI ...