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Donut Trumpet has only one wish: to be king!

When he stuffs down 101 burgers, he discovers a strange power-the ability to leap through time and hurl himself back into the past.

When a party suddenly goes dark beyond anything Olivia has ever experienced, hearing her name in the dark opens a panicked spiral into what might be happening. The lights of the apartment are out, but so are the stars and moon.

The demiurge of death sealed a fivefold promise to the universe in the hopes of being freed of their fate. Because of that, Pinocchio’s fate is placed in the hands of destruction incarnate, bending and breaking to its merciless will so that he can fulfill the demiurge’s promise. Burdened with a celestial responsibility, Pinocchio learns more about the world with each encounter, coloring his universe with a rainbow of experiences. In his quest for knowledge, he learns more and more about the wonderful things immanent in the human condition, including every shade of heavenly love paired with their grotesque shadows. With the weight of a bloodthirsty world on their clockwork heart, who will the doll place his faith in? See how Pinocchio's path to becoming human is a path composed of cruel thorns and bittersweet roses.

When what you've always wanted comes knocking at your door... what would you do?

Forget monsters in the air vents. The real horror is already inside your head.

For Dr. Aris Evans, alone on the deep-space vessel Odyssey, the nightmare begins when the power dies and a voice starts speaking. Not over the comms, but directly in her mind. It knows her heart rate. It knows her regrets. It can weaponize the memory of her daughter's laughter.

Luna, a Traveler, returns from a jump three years into the future only to find she has pulled another person into the present with her. This story recounts how Luna repaired the mistake and saved all of Time and Space.

Can you imagine losing everything all at once while gaining a new life at the same time? Can you imagine being everyone’s saviour and not just for one planet? Then having a heavy weight of not being able to save everyone can you imagine that burden? That’s how it was for Melody.

When Eleanor wakes up to find 17 voicemails from an unknown number, she thinks it’s a glitch—until she presses play. The first messages sound almost tender, like love notes from someone who knows her intimately. But as the recordings continue, the tone grows darker, more desperate… and terrifyingly personal.

This is a story for the September challenge

When Verity wakes to find 17 encrypted voicemails on an obsolete device, each one is from her future self—pleading, warning, and revealing a fate she can’t escape. The more she listens, the closer the danger comes. But one message is missing: Message 18. And without it, she may never survive the night.