Fiction
The Gravedancer’s Waltz - Part 5
The estate no longer shimmered with illusion, it sagged under its own truth. What had once been gilded grandeur was now bone and rot, memory stripped of its polish. Faded roses wilted in the garden below, their petals unmoved by wind, for even the air no longer pretended to flow. The sky was not night nor dawn, but something between, a lavender-hued stasis where stars drifted like silt.
By Richard Bailey7 months ago in Chapters
The Billion-Dollar Industry That Profits from Your Loneliness
Loneliness is a silent epidemic. Despite living in the most connected era in human history, millions of people feel more isolated than ever. But while loneliness destroys mental and physical health, a shadowy industry is quietly turning it into a goldmine.
By shoaib khan7 months ago in Chapters
Best Friends, Broken Roads. AI-Generated.
### **Chapter 1: The Inseparable Duo** Lena and Mira had been best friends since third grade, when Lena had defended Mira from a bully who stole her lunch. From that day on, they were inseparable—two halves of a whole. They shared everything: secrets, dreams, even the same worn-out copy of *The Secret Garden*, which they read under the oak tree in Lena’s backyard.
By Mamoon Munaeem7 months ago in Chapters
Businesswoman Chapter 180
The gym space rivaled those of public ones. Loreen had machines and workout stations and a sauna. She stretched. On arms and back day, she committed to the cause of ensuring that she maximized her exercise routines. Then her phone vibrated.
By Skyler Saunders7 months ago in Chapters
The Gravedancer’s Waltz - Part 4
The ballroom burned with moonlight. Not firelight, not candlelight, moonlight, bright and cold and wrong. It poured in through the fractured windowpanes like liquid memory, and wherever it touched, time unraveled. The chandeliers melted upward. Tables elongated. Violin strings snapped themselves back into tune, and the waltz played with aching clarity, notes like blades.
By Richard Bailey7 months ago in Chapters
"The Kingdom Without a Name". AI-Generated.
The Kingdom Without a Name: Lost to Time, Bound by Fate Chapter One: The Marked One The mist came every morning in Brinmere. It rolled over the hills like a living memory, ancient and restless. Villagers swore it was harmless—just weather—but they never strayed into it. Not past the old standing stones. Not east.
By Khazar khayam7 months ago in Chapters
The Gravedancer’s Waltz Part - 3
A thin veil of dusk laced the estate, though time’s rhythm had already begun to stutter. Elira stood alone in the music room, her fingers brushing the spines of abandoned scores. Each parchment pulsed faintly with residual magic—inked not with notes but sigils. These were not mortal compositions. They were fragments of memory, twisted and set to melody. When she whispered a note aloud, a chandelier above her flickered in time.
By Richard Bailey7 months ago in Chapters
Businesswoman Chapter 179
Loreen looked at her smartwatch. She had spent the morning and late afternoon crafting her course on Chancery Courts in Delaware. She had an expression on her face that spoke of quiet resilience. With the fight against lethargy long gone, she focused on her role as a closer. Her white blouse and blue jeans seemed to comfort her. They hugged her tiny frame and allowed her the ease of just standing in front of her desktop computer.
By Skyler Saunders7 months ago in Chapters
The One Moment That Changed Everything
They say life can change in a moment, but no one ever tells you that sometimes the change is so quiet, so small, that you don’t even know it happened until much later. My moment came in the middle of an ordinary Tuesday. Nothing grand, nothing cinematic. Just a hallway, a backpack, and a voicemail.
By wilson wong7 months ago in Chapters
