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Stories (1945)
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The Man Who Sold His Shadow Twice
In Berlin, 1923, a desperate painter named Otto sold his shadow to a stranger for gold. Without it, fame came fast — his portraits glowed with unnatural light. But soon, people avoided him. He cast no shadow, and no soul trusts a man untouched by darkness.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Girl Who Collected Silences
In a forgotten village, a girl named Mira wandered through abandoned houses and gathered silences in glass jars. The silence of a burned-out church. The silence of a letter never sent. The silence of her own heartbeat when she was alone.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Clock Tower That Waited
In a small northern town, the clock tower froze one December evening. The hands pointed to 11:59 for nearly a century. When restoration workers finally climbed inside, they found a woman’s skeleton in the bell chamber, seated neatly on a wooden stool.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Princess Who Married a Shadow
They called her Selene — a princess born during an eclipse, her face half-lit, half-dark. Every suitor feared her curse, except one: a figure who visited her each night as dusk fell. He never spoke, never touched her, only danced in the moonlight — a shadow shaped like a man.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The City That Slept Beneath the Sea
Off the coast of Thessalon, fishermen whisper about a city visible only at night. Beneath the waves, lanterns glow as if the streets are still alive. Divers have brought back coins dated to no known kingdom, etched with one strange phrase: We Still Breathe Below.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Garden of Lost Voices
At the edge of the kingdom, there was a garden where silence bloomed. The flowers there had faces — small, delicate, and forever frozen mid-sentence. They were the talkers, the gossips, the storytellers who’d spoken secrets meant to stay buried.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
