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August 21, 2026

Reflections of Her

The mirror arrived three days after her mother's funeral.

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August 21, 2026

Voices Left Unheard

The week everything disappeared began on a Monday.

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February 19, 2026

When the Lantern Flickers

The sea remembers every love story it swallows.

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December 9, 2025

Waiting in the Window

The brownstone on Wexley Avenue had stood longer than most people could remember, its brick exterior the color of dried blood beneath the December snow. Every evening as the streetlamps flickered on, Evan Whitmore saw he...

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November 28, 2025

A Rose is Never Left Untouched

I tossed and turned, watching the antique glow of the clock on the wall. The soft tick tick pressed against the silence and refused to let me sleep. It was only 7pm, yet the night had folded itself thickly around the bui...

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November 28, 2025

The Mirror at Blackthorn House

Marianne Ashford woke before dawn, as she always did, though her bones no longer thanked her for the habit. The room around her rested in a heavy quiet, the kind that settled thick in old houses. A faint cold lingered in...

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November 10, 2025

Echoes of the Mind

It is a curious thing, how the mind may become both one's refuge and one's torment. I have pondered long upon this mystery, though I fear the act of reflection has become the very root of my undoing. Once I believed that...

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November 3, 2025

Night of the Returning Light

The first candle flickered to life, trembling like a heart that could not decide whether to break or keep beating.

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October 24, 2025

She Loves Again

The moon rose pale and enormous over the Silver Woods, its light filtering through branches veined with frost. The trees whispered with the hush of ancient secrets, and among them moved a shadow in the shape of a woman. ...

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October 16, 2025

Bound by the Fence

He came with the first frost.