Fiction
Ashes Beneath Hollowspire - Part 2
The next morning broke with a sky the color of old slate. Clouds churned above Hollowspire like a wounded beast trapped beneath the heavens, restless and clawing. The town sat under that bruised sky like a secret buried too shallow, its edges rimmed in blackened shale and the mine yawning open like a throat carved into the earth. Its scaffolds groaned under their own weight, reinforced with etched sigils that shimmered faintly in the shifting light. No workers moved among them. No carts rolled over the gravel paths. The mine was not abandoned, but it had long stopped belonging to the living.
By Richard Bailey7 months ago in Chapters
Ashes Beneath Hollowspire - Part 1
The road to Hollowspire twisted like a spine cracked too many times. Fog clung low over the dirt path, thick as breath on glass, curling between ancient trees that stretched like skeletal limbs toward a grey, overcast sky. Each step forward felt like trespass. The woods had long forgotten how to welcome strangers.
By Richard Bailey7 months ago in Chapters
Businesswoman Chapter 185
Jury selection called for “Entrepreneur Paul” Atkinson to appear in court. He laughed. This presented one of the few times he actually wore a suit. A ten- thousand-dollar suit at that. Once he read through the letter, he had in mind both his timing and effort in applying his business acumen.
By Skyler Saunders7 months ago in Chapters
The House That Still Waits for Her
It’s been eight years since she walked out of that door, and still, the house waits. People say it’s silly—assigning memory to wood and stone—but I know better. I’ve lived here long enough to hear the echoes. To see the signs. Some places hold on to people. They keep the shape of their presence like breath lingering on glass. This house? It remembers her.
By Jawad Khan7 months ago in Chapters
A Messy Start
*Adult content advised* Mikaela slips off her skirt, and there’s an understandable hitch in my breath as she exposes her long, smooth legs. I lift my eyes slowly, taking in her beauty as best as a mere mortal like me can. My eyes catch on her naked breasts. My god, she’s beautiful. I can’t believe I’m standing shirtless in front of an almost naked Mikaela, in her apartment. She’s left in nothing but her pink laced underwear that I want to rip off with my teeth, if only I dared to move. I’m so aroused, I’m like a bottle rocket of sexual energy capped off, waiting to erupt. I don’t know how we got here. I honestly can’t remember anything that’s happened in my life before this moment, and I don’t care.
By Simon George7 months ago in Chapters
Businesswoman Chapter 182
The heights of the Wilmington skyscraper never bothered "Entrepreneur Paul” Atkinson. He sat relaxed in jeans and a light jacket. Across from him sat the mayor, Collier Brightfellow. He wore a gray suit with gold buttons. His mouth remained slightly opened and he rubbed his hands together.
By Skyler Saunders7 months ago in Chapters
