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A photo that blinks. A voice that echoes. A soul split across centuries. Lucas never expected to find himself in the eyes of a ghost—but when the past refuses to stay silent, he must decide what he's willing to break to move forward.
A young man walks into a blizzard, seeking escape from a life that has left him numb, each step away from home carrying the weight of loss and betrayal. As the storm swallows him whole, he reaches a breaking point. An unexpected encounter interrupts his isolation, and he wonders if there’s still warmth left in the world. An emotional story exploring grief and the fragile hope of connection.
When my mother took her life the day before the winter solstice, five days before Christmas, she didn’t just leave me behind—she left me with an inheritance I couldn’t refuse. Darkness became my shadow, grief my companion, and every step forward felt like slipping further into her absence. But the body has a way of keeping score, and now mine has secrets it refuses to let me ignore. This is the story of reckoning with what we inherit, what we bury, and what refuses to stay buried.
When Harper Hayes receives a mysterious gift from a Secret Santa—a locket once cherished by her late mother—her carefully rebuilt life begins to unravel.
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A writer goes with his boyfriend to work, and horror ensues.
Sophie is not ready to face the day. She has to face possibly the hardest task of her life, saying goodbye to her best friend, Amy.
The story follows a woman writer who finds herself standing in her living room, numb and disoriented, after a series of devastating events in her life. Her 20-year-old son has recently left home, abandoning her to "find himself," leaving her feeling isolated and hurt. To make matters worse, two months ago, she discovered that her husband had been unfaithful, referring to his affair as a "mistake." His betrayal shattered her trust, but she never confronted him with rage, only silence.
In the midst of this emotional turmoil, her beloved cat, Min, died from kidney failure just a week ago.
In the heart-wrenching yet ultimately uplifting mini-novella, The Echoes of Laughter, we follow John's extraordinary journey through the tumultuous landscape of mental illness, loss, and the enduring power of human connection. From the tender age of one, when his father's tragic passing casts a long shadow over his life, to his present day at 35, where he stands on the precipice of newfound hope and self-acceptance, John's story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
Dead and projected to remain so, Sam really wants to move on. Unfortunately, his arch nemesis (read: a clock) is making that impossible.
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