Top Stories
Stories in Chapters that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
Something Wicked . Top Story - October 2023.
“Ostend te,” I whisper. The wall has vanished and in its place, a winding stairway appears. Faint light lines the walls as candles flicker. The stone walls feel slick and cold as the wall guides me down the stairs. I follow down the steps as mice scurry past my feet. Warmth hits me before anything. The fire that warms the cauldron is strong tonight. Mine and my sister’s magic has become even more powerful from the drought.
By Michelle Taylor3 years ago in Chapters
Exodus, Chapter One. Top Story - October 2023.
Black clouds had receded and were banking sedately in an overcast but peaceful sky, far off by the misty line of wold which marked the horizon. Joe had seen the dome of a dazzling morning soar so high over these flat fens as to awe the observer with a sense of distance, but in this still afternoon hour the mood was more of a reassuring nearness. The heavens all but touched the tops of the telegraph poles, and those lopsided old wooden uprights were themselves not such a way from the verge. Birds were beginning to sit at rest along the wires that dipped between. Our hero, having been reading this land since infancy, knew the earliest signs of day drawing to a close.
By Doc Sherwood3 years ago in Chapters
Love Lies Bleeding, Chapter One. Top Story - October 2023.
Joe had returned home, to his attic amid the dockside dereliction of Boston one murky windswept night. Now the lone figure who had followed him there from another galaxy intended to make sure he never left. Our hero shoved Mini-Flash Pseudangelos to the sidelines and sprang to meet Schiss-Zazz head-on.
By Doc Sherwood3 years ago in Chapters
Aging Groups of Supportive Friends. Top Story - October 2023.
In October of 2012, I was diagnosed with bronchitis. It was not bronchitis. Then I was diagnosed with pneumonia. It was diagnosed as pneumonia a second time and now we are in November of 2012. I was diagnosed with cancer.
By Denise E Lindquist3 years ago in Chapters
Hi mum. . Top Story - September 2023.
The rain begins to fall lightly against the pavement, as delicately as piano keys are played. Dancing upon the concrete as they hit the ground. Not before long, a crash of thunder bellows through the sky, followed by a flash of lightening that fills the surroundings with the palest blue light. The rain begins to pour heavier and heavier, causing shockwaves of sound through the city streets.
By Billie Whyte3 years ago in Chapters
Self-Liberation: An Intense Experience. Top Story - September 2023.
The quest for liberty takes many forms, from political activism to philosophizing. But the freest country in the world will not be satisfying to one who is not at peace with oneself. To one who lacks self-esteem and a sense of personal worth, political freedom means very little. And one who is not confident in their moral code or who lacks a clear-cut set of values is more susceptible to authoritarian pressure than the self-confident individual.
By Marco den Ouden3 years ago in Chapters
