Kurou has always been a lazy, insubordinate, foul-mouthed slob. He hates working and talking to others, and more often than not gets involved in some kind of scuffle due to his short temper and constant bad mood. After miraculously surviving an airplane crash, he finds himself in the middle of the E...

askuna wants to be a hero but suprise suprise he hasnt got a power however him and his sidekick greg who is a squirell are determined to be number 1...

An ancient body-stealing creature of nightmares is unleashed upon a rural community in the middle of nowhere. In this story, we follow the siblings Hannah and Garm going through their day-to-day when strange things start happening around them. What will they do when their lives are increasingly turn...

Imagine an Elf, raised as a human in the 20th-century U.S., getting traumatized by human brutality from wars and getting sick of society. This is a story originally created for the "Forrest Gump project" for APUSH end-of-the-year assignment. My friend encouraged me to publish this here since I wrot...

Kafkaesque is a collection of scary stories, each one differing in theme and tone for a unique reading experience....

A short story from The Caleuche Chronicles, a collection of shorts taking place within the Luke Coles universe, by Josh Walker. The story introduces The Smith, a character who later takes part in significant events within the universe. It includes an appearance by The Captain, the protagonist of the...

Whether you’re a fan of mythology or not, there’s no denying that everyone’s familiar with, or at least heard of, the concept of merfolk to some extent. From ancient folklore to modern fictional media, it is a widely known subject with various different interpretations. May it be sirens luring sailo...

One of the twin cities, Three Bridge, is a city plagued by nightmares and menacing threats. Its citizens are powerless and victimised by those from the other twin city, Lundein. Berwyn—a brilliant, heroic, outcast—lost his home to those who desired power above all. After finding a new home in Three ...

Witching Souls: Part 1 of 3 Lexi is feared and misunderstood by those close to her. A coven is meant to be family, so why is the leader scared of her extraordinary abilities rather than celebrating them? In a modern world twisted with the supernatural, a 17-year-old Lexi has struggled with a secret:...

Witching Souls: Part 2 of 3 As more memories from their previous lifetimes surface, Lexi and Leo must confront the haunting echoes of their history. Together, they delve into the mysteries of their shared past, seeking to unravel the reasons for the cycle of death they are trapped in. With each reve...

While on an archeological expedition, brigands accost Emkay and his employees with offers of 'protection'. Among them is someone who painfully reminds him of his past failures. It took over fifteen centuries for the world to recover from the cataclysm caused by the extinction of an ancient race know...

Adahlia Highstreet is a bright, ambitious preteen-- with a soft spot for the fantastic.  Unfortunately for her, she is often the target of a group of older girls. After narrowly escaping the bullies' clutches; Adahlia wanders into the nearby woods.  There, she meets a magical new friend.  One who wi...

Katherine has been able to see ghost all her life; for her, this has always been a nuisance. Able to help spirits reach the afterlife, Katherine, for the first time in her life, must use her curse to unravel a murder and send a familiar spirit to paradise....

Eva Diaz, a marine biology student, has always loved the sea and the orcas that call it home. This makes her summer job a dream come true for the struggling university student. When an opportunity arises to check out her uncle's current project, a very rare specimen of cetacean, in the top-secret re...

For all of you that know me from before yes it is I. But enough about me, this is not my story.   This is a story about a young man in his early thirties who has how he likes to say bad luck. From a difficult childhood to a even harder life. Donny is a guy who was born in a world similar to our own....

The fourth entry in The Thaumaturge series. Jackie, a 17 year-old girl in Nevada, 2023, finds that she suddenly develops pyrokinesis. Kineses are potent superpowers that an extremely small amount of people around the world have developed. Her friend, Paul, who she meets in a government protection pr...

A short story, beginning with a crash landing of a door upon the beach.Originally written for the "Best Australian Yarn" competition, 2023....

Tauheen is dead, and her followers have scattered. Some of them are now helping the vicious and deadly feather mafia hunt down their own kind.Aeriels are being branded and killed, their wings hacked off and sold to the highest bidder on the black market.But after a clash between the Aeriels and the ...

Short story from Notters. Final edit made on Mar 9 2024. "And bring what headlong shewed Re-string the dreadsong bow A pledge on row, a ten ton ringing..."...

A story written as a fairytale meditation on the exploitation of the natural world....