Modern Mysteries

Embrace the unknown with Modern Mysteries, a collection of haunting short stories that blend the supernatural with contemporary themes. These narratives captivate, drawing you into a world filled with fears and secrets.

The stories reflect the visceral corners of the human mind, with compassion at their core. Characters from the LGBTQ+ and disabled communities are vital and powerful, confronting modern anxieties around identity and belonging.

What you’ll discover inside:

  • Short stories merging everyday life with suspense

  • Empathetic representation of diverse protagonists

  • Thrills that linger long after reading

  • Twists grounded in modern dilemmas

Ultimately, every tale in Modern Mysteries invites you to ponder: what's scarier—monsters in the dark, or our inner traumas?

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Pronouns In The Dark - COMING SOON!

As you step into Pronouns in the Dark, something will shift. You may notice at first the faint hum of a space just beyond recognition. But then you will sense them: two figures, nameless, faceless, genderless. This is deliberate. They exist for you to fill in, to imagine, to confront. And when you do, when you bend your thoughts around the empty spaces, be careful.

Do you feel it yet? The quiet tension crawling along your spine, the flutter at the base of your skull, the feeling that you are not entirely alone? That is the story settling around you. That is the story pulling your breath into its rhythm.

What lives in the dark corners of your mind, the corners you never admit to anyone, the ones you barricade with distractions and polite smiles? What do you bury, carefully, in the hidden rooms of your memory? What horrors do you pretend to forget, even as they coil in the quiet, waiting?

Pronouns in the Dark is not a safe space. It is not a story meant for comfort. It is gender-neutral, disability-inclusive, and unapologetically strange. But it is also a mirror. It will reflect what you hide from the world, and in that reflection, you may glimpse something you were never meant to see. Step carefully. Look closely. Listen. The story is beginning. And it has been watching you long before you noticed it.


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