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The Pleasure of Reading a Dark Romance
When I read my first dark romance book, I found myself thinking halfway through the first chapter: My God! What is this that I'm reading? It was a strange feeling, I admit. I knew it would have a heavy theme, but since it was my first one, I never imagined I would read something that, to me, was so disturbing.
By Persephoneabout a year ago in Fiction
Life Paralysis . Content Warning.
I awoke into my nightmare. My cold and unyielding body refused to obey my commands. I couldn't move. My eyes scanned the room with frantic urgency, darting from shadow to shadow. I was a prisoner in my own skin, unable even to blink. There was no respite, no escape. My heart drummed a steady rhythm, each beat amplifying the dread that pulsed through me. I was back. Again.
By Oliver Millwardabout a year ago in Fiction
Humboldt Hypnosis
Author's preface: Any materials in quotations or italicized below may have been taken directly from the source page (Wikipedia in all cases) or lightly modified. The modifications may have rendered the material no longer scientifically accurate (of course no guarantee it was to begin with), or it may not have. The reader will have to research for themselves if they are that interested in discovering the truth of the matter.
By Everyday Junglistabout a year ago in Fiction
Zealous Secrets
The room had that musty smell of older people. The odour wafted across the space. Not exactly the smell of death, but somehow close enough. Shelves of books covered the walls and there were no gaps between them. Soft seats were scattered randomly around the old room, each one atop an old ragged rug. Browned newspapers and pages full of notes coated the old oak desk near the large glass french doors that lead to the estate gardens. The glass of the doors was coated by years of unwashed dust one could barely see through to the footpath just next to the doors. The study was bound to hold many secrets, but not the one anyone that followed Adam here would search for. The stacks of rotten paper and books gave off such a pungent odour, Adam wanted to leave now … but knew the chase was not over yet.
By Savannah K. Wilsonabout a year ago in Fiction
Jack the Ripper
The enigmatic Jack the Ripper terrorized Victorian London in the late 19th century and left a terrible and mysterious legacy. His horrific acts of violence against women, which he committed mostly in the Whitechapel region, have puzzled historians and criminologists for more than a century. This article explores the horrifying specifics of Jack the Ripper's terror reign, looking at the background, the victims, the investigations, and the mystery surrounding his identity.
By Muhammad Aslamabout a year ago in Fiction
