Fantasy

Dorm 9
It started with the bang. A crack like splitting wood echoed through the night. My eyes flew open. Pitch black. I sat up, heart thudding. The power was out—no glow from the hallway, no blinking charger light, just an all-consuming, suffocating darkness. I reached out for my phone and flicked on the flashlight. Cold blue light flooded my cramped dorm room.
By Kyle William2 years ago in Fiction
Lost in her Shadow. AI-Generated.
The first time George saw Mia, she was standing under the flickering streetlamp outside his window. The rain had soaked through her white dress, her dark hair clinging to her face. But she wasn’t shivering. She wasn’t even blinking. She just stood there, gazing up at his window, as if waiting.
By Lost & Found2 years ago in Fiction
The Life-Extending Conundrum
Dr. Elara Voss had always been haunted by the specter of time. As a child, she’d watched her mother wither away from a illness that clawed at her vitality day by day. By the time Elara turned 30, she’d dedicated her life to a single question: What if death didn’t have to be inevitable?
By Free Citizen2 years ago in Fiction
A Cursed Choice. Content Warning.
We have your daughter. She belongs to the viridin, now. You know what we want. Hands shaking, Belgrim Dultana folded the tear-stained note, and placed it back into his pocket, over his broken heart.
By Tyrel Starnes2 years ago in Fiction
Whispers of the Ananouki
Setting: A ruined landscape beneath a fractured sky, where ancient monsters crawl from the earth and the horizon trembles with the echoes of an unseen war.
By saad ahmed2 years ago in Fiction
Shadows of my past “continued ”. Content Warning.
The night everything changed, I was in the kitchen when I heard it. A struggle, muffled voices. I rushed toward the sound, my heart pounding. By the time I got to the living room, it was too late.
By Shewrites2 years ago in Fiction
The Lazarus Algorithm
When he unveiled The Lazarus Algorithm, it was meant to be a medical breakthrough—a way to preserve human consciousness indefinitely. Using a fusion of quantum computing and synthetic neurons, the system could scan, replicate, and upload a person’s mind into an artificial body. It wasn’t just immortality; it was continuity. You wouldn’t just live forever. You would be forever.
By The Kind Quill2 years ago in Fiction
The Traveler's Journal
Chapter 1: The Map That Shouldn’t Exist It began with a book that wasn’t supposed to be there. Leona had been exploring the ruins of Astervale’s abandoned monastery when she discovered the journal. Tucked behind a crumbling wall in a sealed niche, wrapped in oiled cloth and sealed with wax, it looked untouched by time. The leather cover bore a compass rose and a single phrase etched in gold leaf:
By Alpha Cortex2 years ago in Fiction
Data Corruption. AI-Generated.
Chapter 1: The Glitch The chessboard flickered. It was a minor detail, barely noticeable unless you were watching carefully—which Dr. Isha Maren always did. In the Observation Lab, nothing was accidental, especially not inside Project Mnemosyne.
By Alpha Cortex2 years ago in Fiction
Code 87: Lost in Flight
Chapter 1: The Signal Commander Elara Myles wasn’t supposed to be in the air that day. Routine recon flights over the Trion Belt were usually assigned to junior officers, but an unexplained electromagnetic pulse in Sector Theta-5 had disrupted communication channels with the outer colonies. Elara volunteered for the mission. Not because she had to. Because she couldn’t ignore the feeling in her gut—the same instinct that saved her more than once in battle.
By Alpha Cortex2 years ago in Fiction
The Whispering Forest. AI-Generated.
**Title: The Whispering Forest** In the heart of a quiet village nestled between rolling hills and an ancient forest, a young girl named Elara always felt an inexplicable connection to the woods. While the villagers spoke of spirits and dangers lurking within, she found comfort in the rustling leaves and the soft whispers carried by the wind.
By Davy Gabriel Lima Carvalho2 years ago in Fiction
Charm Against An Egg Boat. Top Story - April 2025.
Update: I am privileged to have had this piece accepted by The Gothic Gazette which has given me a massive boost as I have been feeling flat about my writing … to Charm Against an Egg Boat is one of my first pieces of flash fiction responding to traditional rhymes. It was published in Pagans of the North March 2024 edition https://www.pagansofthenorth.co.uk/magazine. I am submitting monthly to this online magazine and have popped my piece Ring O' Roses that was in the April Edition underneath Charm. The wee cartoon of the witch in her egg boat was drawn my partner Mick Smith.
By Alyson Smith 2 years ago in Fiction