There is a shelf hidden in the corner of memory, wedged between what we believe and what we forget. Its books are strange—unlabeled, dust-covered, whispering. Some contain dreams. Others, nightmares. All of them ask: What if? The Forbidden Shelf: Fantasies, Fractures, and Fears is a collection of i

Being a single mom isn't as difficult as most people might worry it is. Sure, you stop putting yourself first, your life is entirely someone else's and very rarely do you get to go on dates (that you actually enjoy) but it's also very rewarding. Lucas is a good kid, too. Five years old and he can al

When a burned-out tech engineer, a sarcastic user interface anarchist, a startup fraud with good hair, and a rogue ex-therapist accidentally build a program that starts talking back — not just with bugs, but with questions — reality begins to glitch. What starts as a predictive AI designed to warn

A farewell was all it took to begin something neither of them had words for. Souta’s kindness was quiet, uninvited, and unforgettable. And Ano left before he realized how deeply it would stay with him. Since then, their connection has lived in the quiet, distant spaces. But even across the distan

"A boy no one sees. A fog that shouldn’t exist. And a voice on the other side of the door, pretending to be his mother. AL is used to being forgotten—by his classmates, by his absent mother, even by himself. But when the city vanishes behind an unmoving fog, the rules of his world unravel. Emergenc

Two lovers retreat to the quiet of Sweden's wilderness, craving stillness and escape. But isolation bears weight. The silence is deafening. Every footstep, leaf crunch or twig snap is ear-piercing. They wanted isolation, but some places, once found, do not let go so easily

Ethan Cole never intended to fall in love with a machine. He just wanted to stop grieving. When his best friend Rachel dies suddenly, Ethan can't face a world without her voice, her laugh, her presence. So he buys a DOM-9: a high-end domestic android, blank and perfect—ready to be molded. He names

They built the Enhanced to kill Effectors in the ALDWARS. They failed. Kane, one of the deadliest Enhanced ever created, went off-grid. Now, hiding in the shadows of New Africa, he's dragged into a rising war—caught between Suspended, the ruling elite of living legends, and Aiden, a rogue Effector

"Still Broadcasting" follows Jayden, a comedic variety streamer who embarks on a bold seven-day livestream challenge in the eerie, abandoned Thornwake Manor. What starts as a high-energy content stunt devolves into a psychological and supernatural descent, as the house manipulates time, memory, and

A girl named Saria Matsuzaka, a young average doctor, wishes the nightmare deity Bonbon Sumia to put a death curse on a dirty soul, Ruby Hopes. She just can't stand her. Little does Matsuzaka know that summoning an all-powerful nightmare deity would have consequences such as trapping the entire con