"A lottery ticket?"

"Yeah!! I might get........lucky.....huh?"

This is what happens if you don't return something that belongs to someone else.

A man who just happened to pick up a lottery ticket which fell from a lady's purse turned his life upside down and made his cost his life every breath...

Read the issues to find out how he ends up.

Following the execution of her father, Norah Chamberlain's life turned upside down. Her impoverished mother to a position as a governess in faraway Romania. Travelling from England across the European continent, they come face to face with a dilapidated castle perched high on a crag. The eerie occupants frightened Norah. Nevertheless, her mother immediately falls under the thrall of Baron vonHelfin. Soon, Norah finds herself in his sights. Will she fall under the same spell as her mother? .

Everyone has dreams, some remember them, some lose them along the way. Some just live but everyone has something to drive them, what if you could have your wildest dreams fulfilled? Are you that such person? You must be! After all this letter has only ever found those that fit this bill, follow the address on this here invite you've been given and come by to play this wondrous game. Fear not there are few games  and nothing too intense, we have a simple hide and go seek game, a bit of blackjack, you feel lucky enough to reach 21 don't you?? Finally we have an Amusement Park where you'll have to make some points to buy a ticket and run free. A snow wonderland, oops can't reveal all the fun. Just know all you have to do is play these games with other players, simple enough right? So come on down and we'll be waiting for you along with your comrades and competitors!

Ayilla Mcglaire is a singer who wants to live in a skyrise building someday. But until she gets out of the inn she is staying, her life will forever be enraptured by strings. Vocal cords singing for the melody of creaking ting, ting, ting. For who? For a doll…a darker sonata of loneliness, grief, and war.

As always, happy reading everyone!

> Will be updated every three days!

Lena studies a wildlife sample under a microscope, noticing an unusual cellular structure unlike anything she has seen before. She meticulously sketches the peculiarities in her notebook. Dr. Keller examines Lena's sketch and instructs her to document all her findings for further discussion at the team meeting.

mystery, fantasy, war

In the heart of Texas, where the twang of country music meets the whispers of the restless dead, lies the Lone Star Honky-Tonk—a place where the past casts a long shadow over the present. Once the site of Lone Star High School, this derelict complex now serves as the backdrop for a chilling tale of violence, Satanism, and otherworldly hauntings that defy explanation.

Buck Cassidy, a country-western legend, dared to breathe new life into the decaying ruins of Lone Star High, transforming it into a haven for lovers of honky-tonk music and thrill-seekers alike. But beneath the neon lights and foot-stomping rhythms, a dark history lay dormant, waiting to ensnare the unwary in its web of terror.

As patrons danced and drank the night away, whispers of the school's sordid past echoed through the halls, mingling with the strains of Buck's mournful melodies. Tales of violence and gang warfare, of Satanic rituals and ghostly apparitions, hung heavy in the air, casting a pall over the once-celebrated venue.

Within the dimly lit confines of the Lone Star Honky-Tonk, the spirits of the past roamed free, their spectral forms haunting the shadows and corridors with malevolent intent. From the tortured souls of students lost to violence to the sinister presence of a Satanic cult that once called the school home, the echoes of the past refused to be silenced, their whispers growing louder with each passing night.

As Buck Cassidy and his patrons found themselves ensnared in a web of terror, they soon realized that the Lone Star Honky-Tonk was more than just a venue—it was a gateway to the darkest depths of the human soul, where the line between reality and nightmare blurred and the sins of the past exacted a terrifying toll. And as the ghastly apparitions of Lone Star High School rose from their restless slumber, Buck and his patrons were forced to confront the true horror that lurked within the shadows of their own haunted past.

(a short, pixelated, crisis)

https://gamejolt.com/games/ee/848933

(an on-going, existential, question)

https://www.yahaha.com/app/spaces/274901819197

short story written in Eco Café, they don't have the best coffee, story is a reaction to that through the lens of a horror narrative

(an on-going, dark, gloom)

https://www.yahaha.com/app/spaces/274898153615

I was following my prey when I was rudely interrupted.

If you want me to continue these stories I will