July Challenge - "The girl in the photo on her wall blinked."

Memories haunting a lost love

At the dawn of the age of steam of electricity, a doctor tries to go beyond natural order and invents the prosthesis from hell. A young woman goes beyond the curtain of life to enter insanity. 

A servant girl gains revenge on her killers family years later

In a sterile AI controlled society, teenage Alisa lives a programmed, privileged life, until a girl in a painting blinks at her. The blink awakens forbidden emotions, buried history, and unbearable truths. Her final act of rebellion turns her into both a tragedy and a legend a reminder that no system can delete the human soul. Error

Jayney keeps a photo of her sister, Bella, on her wall... or is the photo keeping her?

Female Finnish Detective hunting a child killer

Steph has been left Fishrow Cottage in her late mothers will.

She blinked

Little is known of the ancient Portrait Prophets, yet Helena’s village worships them with god-like reverence. Desperate to change her family’s ill fortunes, Helena breaks the one sacred law—stealing a Prophet.

Some answers, though, should never be forced.