Children's Fiction

The Train That Arrived Before It Departed
In 1996, a train left Prague bound for Vienna — and arrived before its scheduled departure. Station clocks confirmed it, but passengers insisted the journey took five hours.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Reflection That Showed Tomorrow
In a rundown motel outside Lisbon, there’s a cracked bathroom mirror that reflects not the present, but the next day. Guests who check in often see themselves doing strange things: crying, screaming, or staring at something off-frame.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Painter Who Used Shadows as Ink
In Paris, an artist named Lucien became famous for his portraits painted in pure black. He claimed he didn’t use pigment — only “borrowed darkness.”
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Candle That Wouldn’t Go Out
When Eleanor’s grandmother died, she inherited a strange candle: pure black wax, no scent, no wick showing. A note was tied around it: “Light this only when you miss me most.”
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Room That Waited to Be Remembered
Every city has one building you’ve seen a thousand times but never entered. In Draycott, that building is Number 11 Hazel Lane. No one remembers who owns it, but everyone remembers walking past it, thinking, that looks familiar.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Library That Dreamed of Fire
After the great fire of Bellhurst, the town rebuilt its library stone by stone. The books were gone, the archives destroyed. But the new building stood tall — quiet, safe, sterile.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Church That Prayed for Itself
In the village of Saint-Aubin, the church had no priest. The last one died fifty years ago, yet the bells still rang for mass.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The House That Rebuilt Itself
On a quiet stretch of Maine coastline, the Watterson House stood empty for decades. Locals said it was cursed — any attempt to renovate it ended in disaster.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Portrait That Grew Older
In a Parisian flea market, art student Claire found a cracked mirror framed in gilt and paint flakes. When she looked in it, she didn’t see her reflection — she saw a painted version of herself, faint and unfinished.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Radio That Broadcast Tomorrow
A hobbyist radio operator named Martin Graves loved old frequencies — the ones abandoned since the Cold War. One night, while scanning static, he caught a broadcast labeled “Station Tomorrow.”
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Lighthouse That Blinked Back
Off the coast of Skagen, there stands a lighthouse that hasn’t been manned in over seventy years. Its keeper, Henrik Lorn, disappeared in 1949 after sending one final radio transmission:
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Library That Borrowed You Back
In Prague, an underground library existed with no entrance — only an exit. Scholars who claimed to have found it said the books wrote themselves, recording the reader’s life as they turned the pages.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters