When Avery - Becks - Beckett returns to England for the reading of a mysterious will, she never expects to uncover a legacy of ancient bloodlines and forbidden truths. As secrets buried for centuries begin to surface, Becks finds herself caught between the wife she adores, the childhood friend she never stopped loving, and a blood-bond attraction she can't control.

Some revelations, once unveiled, demand the highest price. Will Becks be able to protect the people she loves, or will she fall prey to the ancient rulers who've controlled humanity for millennia?

They say it’s a gift—to see what others don’t.But when you’re a child haunted by whispers, shadows, and truths no one believes, it doesn't feel like a gift.

This is my story. A quiet horror. A confession. A survival.

I never asked for a sixth sense. But I was born with one.And it never left me alone.

It's not just interesting to know that something that you love to eat, too has a family, friends, emotions and a life. It too is a living thing just like you. Before you say a Lion is a monster because it can eat a person...., why cant a Chicken call you a monster when you eat its family almost a billion times... or more?.

Well... my fellow human monster I introduce to you 'The Next Place ', a story about a little chicken born in a farm of our old human monster friend "Mack" who's just had a great day and is about to have a little dinner... or should I say a full body of a chicken as dinner, with his lovely son Donny, his two daughters Emily and Lilly, and let's not forget his wife who's also know as the mother in the story... ladies and gentlemen a big round of applause for Miss Susan.

Before you begin reading this story I just want to let you know that you have a patient and kind brain to keep reading this far. This is a made up story I had come up with a few years ago but did not publish it, just kept it in my pocket in my room. I thought maybe now it's a good time to take out the gold from your pocket. Enjoy reading and I hope you find it interesting... of course you will... atleast I'm confident that you will. My name is "Abdias Batiki" and I represent to you: "The next place".

Loss scars the heart. But this family believed it could also connect.

Welcoming their distant relatives in, compassion triumphed through mountains. United by heartbreak---perhaps they could heal together. But something else managed to get past the forests and hills...

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#3 in Philippineliterature*

#7 in Provocative*

*As of May 28, 2025 in Wattpad

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This story contains Moderate 🟨 inappropriate content (language, violence).

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When Freddie reads of hauntings at Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park in Ontario due to a mysterious lullaby, "Lucilla", he drags the gang on an unexpected canoe trip, where he's determined to prove that not only do ghosts exist but also that not every villain hides under a mask.

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Freddie, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy are leaving soon for college, which causes them to fear that their mystery-solving days are over. As the gang leader, Fred takes matters into his own hands and tracks down one last mystery for them to solve--the legend of the Ghost of Ontario in the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park.

While canoeing on Lake Anima Nipissing to search for clues, the gang runs into an amnesic hermit who claims he's only ten winters old and has never heard of the Ghost of Ontario; yet, whenever he's around, strange things happen, such as unexpected storms and angry spirits. It looks like he may be the gang's biggest mystery yet, but is this mysterious hermit a masked villain or something more? And what is this "Lucilla" that everyone in the provincial park keeps discussing?

It's up to the gang, Scooby, and one brave young man to solve this mystery--for all of Ontario.

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*Don't ask... LOL!**FYI: This story is based on a TV show, so expect a screenplay-like writing style.**Moral Lesson: "Some people are not what some people think they are."

"The things someone will do to protect their land is something to think about when we return to the saying, 'Everyone wants to live in peace.'" - @SwiftWindSpirit on AO3, regarding colonization.

When Vanessa Hudgens, a world-famous actress, disappears without a trace on a quiet California night, the search for her begins as a routine missing persons case but quickly spirals into a chilling enigma. Friends, family, and authorities find no answers—only silence. Months pass, then years, until her abandoned Ferrari is discovered on a lonely stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway, surrounded by tire tracks that defy explanation.

The investigation deepens, revealing a terrifying connection to XMVs—extraordinary motor vehicles that blur the line between machine and nightmare. Sightings of these unearthly rigs and cars have been reported for decades: vehicles that seem to think, vehicles that can vanish into thin air, vehicles that seem to hunt. Linked to bizarre abductions, mutilated landscapes, and eerie encounters, these XMVs aren’t just anomalies—they’re threats from a realm humanity barely understands.

Through the eyes of investigators, survivors, and paranormal experts, the mystery unfolds. Were these XMVs merely mechanical marvels, or were they harbingers of something far worse? What role do they play in a shadowy, interdimensional conspiracy, and why do their operators seem both familiar and alien?

The story is not just about Vanessa’s ordeal. It’s about the fragile line between our world and others—about what happens when that line breaks, and the unknown comes roaring through at 100 miles per hour.

This is a tale of paranormal intrigue, relentless investigation, and the unsettling discovery that the roads we travel may lead to places we were never meant to go.

​​​​​​​Disclaimer

This story is a work of speculative fiction and should be treated as a "What if?" scenario. While Vanessa Hudgens is a real-life celebrity, the events, characters, and situations described in this narrative are entirely fictional.

The story does not intend to portray Ms. Hudgens, or any other real individuals or entities, in a factual or realistic manner. Instead, it explores a paranormal and investigative "what could happen" narrative set within a purely imaginative framework.

Fans of Vanessa Hudgens and readers alike are encouraged to enjoy this tale as a creative exploration of mystery and the unknown—not as a reflection of reality.

If mythical creatures only exist in folklore, are they truly fictional? Or just kept under very tight wraps?

Hazel Adams is a timid high school student who spends all her time hiding from people and reading about Japanese urban legends. Those tales are far more interesting than her boring life, after all.

But monsters don't just live in stories.

Not only are these creatures very real, but a secret society of wizards also monitors and polices supernatural activity all around the world. To make matters worse, they just accidentally let four Japanese monsters- also known as Yokai- loose in Hazel's city.

Now, Hazel must work alongside these wizards to track them down before the unleashed Yokai threaten the balance between the natural and supernatural worlds.

Kavin suffers from trauma and he don't want to live in the world. So, he placed his thoughts on nature and happened next is unimaginable horror

When life is hell, heaven's just around the corner. Chlyce Esastella is just an average everyday girl cursed with a below average life--OR IS SHE? When mysterious but enchanting Joshery Cristo shows up giving her wierd warnings and dire proclamations, a mystery is unfolded right at Wayvale High. Soon Chlyce finds that there's more to life then she ever imagined, and that she might not be so average after all.

The saga begins now, but fare warning to all passengers--this ride's guaranteed to give you dark dreams and a broken heart.

Prologue

A woman shatters the silence in the night with a bloodcurdling scream that awakens Tre. At first, he shutters and pulls the covers over his head, praying that whatever he heard was a figment of his imagination. After a few moments of heavy breathing, he hears the sound of the woman again, shrieking as if she’s been torn apart piece by piece. Tre begins to breathe faster and harder as each second passes. Underneath his legs, he feels the wet sheets soak in urine; the putrid smell enters his nostrils. He waits, terrified, whimpering like a prey cornered by its predator. The woman lets out one more screech, but this time cut off, followed by a thud and an eerie silence.

Tre stayed hidden for a time, listening and hearing nothing. He doesn’t hear any movement, no creaks from the weight of an intruder on the floorboards, no more screaming or even the slightest hint of life on the other side of the door, absolutely nothing. He waits a little longer and then begins to lower the covers from over his head. All of a sudden, blue and red lights start flashing, getting brighter and brighter as each second passes. He takes the covers off and swings his legs over the side of the bed, trying to quietly place his right foot and then his left on the wooden floor. Tre begins to put all his weight on the wooden floor, and it starts to creak as he takes each step toward his bedroom door.

Once he reaches the door, he leans in; his ear rests on the wooden surface and listens for anything, indicating life on the other side. Tre hears nothing, so he opens the door and pokes his head out before entering the hallway. He finds a bloody handprint to the right of his door that is smeared and leads around the corner to his parent’s bedroom. Before going around the corner, he waits a few moments before passing the hallway to the kitchen. He looks on both sides of the wall and sees a trail of blood leading into their bedroom.

As Tre passes the kitchen, he can see a police cruiser and its lights flashing in his driveway. He wants to run out and get the police officer but instead decides against it. The boy makes his way into the vicinity outside of his parent’s bedroom and sees the door slightly ajar with blood smeared on the door handle. His instinct is to call for his parents, “Mom… Dad…” Neither of them answered. “Mom… Dad… Are you okay?” The gut feeling Tre had was gravitating toward the worst possible explanation imaginable. After not receiving a response again, he begins to cry as he steps closer and closer to their room. “Please, answer me.” He goes to push the door open and jumps as he hears the sound of hard knocking at his front door. “This is Officer James. We received a 911 call from this address. Is there anyone home?” Tre doesn’t answer, and he can’t answer. He’s stricken with fear.

The officer knocks again, “If you don’t answer, I’ll be forced to enter the premises. Is there anyone…” Tre’s attention gets pulled away as he hears a snarling behind him. He becomes paralyzed, refusing to turn around and confront what lies behind him. Gradually, he begins to turn his head and sees a beast staring at him with bright yellow, a goldish iris surrounding its pupils. He continues to scan the creature from head to toe and notices blood dripping from its mouth, “Hello, Tre.” The beast smiles and reveals its teeth, soaked in blood. “We warned your parents, and they refused to give you up. They ignored our demands and showed no fear when threatened.” The beast's hands clenched, its claws digging into his palms. “My masters will not be ignored if they ask for anything; there should be no hesitation or resistance in getting what they want.” Tre stood there, unable to move, unable to speak, as he watched the beast’s blood dripping from his palms.

“Since I’ve removed your parents from the equation, I suggest you come with me.” The two stared at each other, allowing the silence to fill the ever-shrinking hallway. His fear turned into defiance. His parents had risked and lost their lives, refusing to give him up. Even though he was just a teenager, Tre knew he had a choice, and he would rather die than be taken away, giving this beast and its masters the satisfaction of getting what they wanted. The beast grinned, tilting its head sideways. “I ask you not to be foolish and believe you have a choice. Make this easy on both of us; no one wants more blood to be spilled.”

Suddenly, the front door was kicked in, and he saw a flash of light. “Holy fucking shit! What is that?!” Bullets started flying towards Tre and the beast; multiple bullets ripped through it while a stray hit Tre in his left arm. “This is Officer James!! I need backup at—”. In the blink of an eye, the beast dashed forward and slit the Officer’s throat from ear to ear. The Officer's eyes grew wide with shock, and fear spread across his face. He reached his neck with both hands and fell to his knees. He tried to speak, but only gurgling from the blood filling his throat was audible. The beast walked up to him and placed its hand around his, pulling his hair back and exposing the neck as blood poured faster and faster from his wound. The last thing Tre saw was the Officer moving his lips, mouthing the words “Run.” The beast then pulled upwards, removing the Officer’s head from its body, and with a loud thud, the Officer hit the floor, and Tre sprinted for the back door.

Eren Nor, wakes up on a school's rooftop with another student named Terry Phaser. They're both suffering from dissociative amnesia, for any information about their friends, family, or personal interests, are completely forgotten.

The school is completely surrounded by an endless white space, with a single radio tower in the distance. They explore the school in hopes of regaining their memories, but it seems that every memory makes them grow farther apart.

This surreal purgatory they are trapped in, starts to become a labyrinth, for rooms start to move around, any attempt to escape leads them back to the roof, and there's something haunting the school hallways.

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Daniel Matton wasn't ready for an adventure, not until 3025 sent him into space on a journey to prehistoric times. The prehistoric animals test his patience, but Dan must endure all the pain and suffering to return home safely.                                                                                                          ***

Seventeen-year-old Daniel Matton, still grieving after his mother's death five years ago, is given the adventure of a lifetime when he's selected as the Star of 3025's PPMC Project for a journey through a black hole, wormhole, and white hole to prehistoric times. Now, does Dan want to be the Star? Heck no, but he has loved paleontology ever since a bittersweet memory with his mom twelve years earlier.

Programmed to resemble Dan's mother's personality, PPMC vows to keep him safe on his journey, but it's difficult when the stubborn teen constantly gets in trouble, not just with himself but also with prehistoric anomalies: volcanic eruptions, eight-foot-long millipedes, terrifying saber-toothed cats, and, above all, disaster.

Now nearly trapped in time, Dan and PPMC must work together to escape the geologic time scale before Dan's love for paleontology and the mighty Quetzalcoatlus prevent him from learning how to truly trust PPMC and "let go" of the burden that's weighed him down for five years.

A teen, a starship, and Becca...

Have you ever wanted to see where life first began?                                                                                                          ***

*Moral: Accept where you belong.*

JUDGES AND REVIEWERS!The world of Through the Wormhole is enormous, and I cannot touch on every nook and cranny of it in merely five chapters. Please keep that in mind.

Word Count: 20,000-30,000

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