Cliffhanger

Idiopathic Idiot
Oiy, I must be hungover. But it was just one little wine cooler—I shouldn’t be hungover. My eyes are killing me, though. Look left, and it stabs. Look right, and it stabs. Up and down stab, too. There’s a dull ache behind them. It hurts so bad, I’m thinking about calling into work. On a scale of one to ten, I’d give it a solid seven. Anything above a six for me is pretty bad. What’s a ten? A ten means I’m in the hospital.
By Elizabeth Smith7 months ago in Chapters
Idiotopathic Idiot
My heart is jittery, hands sweaty as I hold the roughed-up green folder that’s barely holding it together and filled to the brim with my life story. My one in one-hundred-thousand in one-hundred-thousand story. Tears pool in my eyes, blurring my vision. Naturally, my head hurts. There’s pain in the back of it, behind my eyes, and my ears are ringing.
By Elizabeth Smith7 months ago in Chapters
Songs of the Silver Wizard
COMPENDIUM “The thing about dangerous friends is that they are dangerous, even if they are your friends.” Flames licked the air, dancing like tendrils of smoke that still carried the warmth of the fire. Thaddeus slammed his staff into the ground, and the courtyard shuddered as the wall of water met the unholy bonfire.
By Matthew J. Fromm7 months ago in Chapters
Worth The Wait . Content Warning.
“Damn, it’s dark out here,” Monica whispered to herself as she walked down the narrow street connecting to Washington. She was about 60 seconds away from the old church where Rami was supposed to meet her. But the closer she got, the worse her gut felt—this whole thing was starting to seem like a bad idea. Still, it was too late to turn back now.
By Crystal Cane7 months ago in Chapters
The Echoes of Unbending will
The air in the mountain town of Naro Moru, at the foot of Mount Kenya, always carried the scent of pine and damp earth, a promise of the wild untamed beauty above. But for Elias, it carried the intoxicating aroma of his own certainty. He had climbed smaller peaks, navigated treacherous forests, and faced down swirling blizzards. Each triumph had chiseled away a silver of doubt, replacing it with an unshakeable conviction in his own abilities. He was, in his own mind, a titan of the high places, and mount Kenya, with its twin peaks reaching for the heavens, was merely the next challenge awaiting his conquest.
By Tallgirl7 months ago in Chapters
🌫 Dream Logic and Sonic Fog: How Dark Ambient Disorients the Mind Into Meaning . AI-Generated.
Dreams don’t make sense—but somehow they matter. A forest becomes a stairwell. A face becomes your childhood home. You wake up not remembering what happened, but knowing something happened.
By Yokai Circle7 months ago in Chapters
🌌 Music for Spaces That Don’t Exist: Soundtracking Imaginary Worlds . AI-Generated.
There’s music for parties. Music for breakups. Music for long drives, chill Sundays, heartbreak recoveries. But what about music for worlds that aren’t real?
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Chapters
Go home and love your family
Go home and love your family, For the world outside is cold Vampires in suits, With smiles that never reach their eyes,
By Tallgirl7 months ago in Chapters
The Telepath. Top Story - July 2025.
Imagine a world of infinite possibilities. To finally grasp the things we cannot see. What was beyond this world? The understanding and knowledge that existed only scratched the surface. Imagine accessing knowledge one couldn’t even fathom accessing? Secrets. Dreams. The unreachable depths of the mind.
By Jasmine Aguilar7 months ago in Chapters
Squid Game Season 3 – Full Story Summary. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
Squid Game Season 3 picks up right where Season 2 left off — with Seong Gi-hun rejecting the chance to reunite with his daughter in the U.S. and instead deciding to expose and destroy the organization behind the deadly games. However, what begins as a personal mission of justice soon pulls him back into a much more horrifying version of the game he once survived.
By Abdullah khan7 months ago in Chapters
The Moment Before
The sky was unnaturally quiet. Even the birds seemed to know that something was coming. Ava Carter stood at the edge of the cliff, her boots pressing into the soft dirt as the wind tugged at her coat. The valley below looked peaceful — golden fields swaying, the river cutting like silver through the land — but inside her, everything was crashing.
By Anwar Jamil8 months ago in Chapters
The Unexpected Twist
Rain slicked the pavement as Ella Novak stood outside the café, staring through the fogged glass at the man who wasn’t supposed to exist. For seven years, she believed her husband was dead — gone in a boating accident that left no survivors, no wreckage, no explanation. And yet, there he was, seated by the window, sipping espresso and reading The Times, just as he used to.
By Anwar Jamil8 months ago in Chapters