The heat of the riot was inescapable, even from where Daniel crouched beneath the great oak at the edge of the square. The tree had stood for centuries, roots tangled deep in the soil, but tonight even it seemed to tremble.

Shouts of looting echoed through the streets — glass breaking, doors kicked in, lives torn apart.

Daniel clutched the old journal tighter. It wasn’t the jewels or gold they we...

Every night the tree burned red against the sky. Its branches reached like claws, dripping light instead of leaves.

Maya always woke before she reached it, breath sharp, heart hammering. She had never seen the tree in real life — yet somehow she knew it was real, waiting.

And the most terrifying part wasn’t the tree itself.

It was the shadow standing beneath it, always facing her, always closer ...

The colors dissolved beneath Alex’s feet, spilling him into a meadow where time itself felt heavy. At the rainbow’s end sat not gold, but a mirror — tall, arched, framed in silver.

When he looked inside, he didn’t see his reflection.

He saw every choice he had never made, every life unlived, flickering like flame.

The rainbow had not promised riches. It had promised truth....

The fight began long before the vows.

At least, that’s how Emma remembered it as she sat at the reception, champagne glass trembling in her hand. The music was too loud, the laughter too sharp.

Earlier — or maybe later — she saw him slip the note into his pocket. A folded secret, carried like a blade.

And before any of it, years ago, she had whispered yes to his proposal under a rainstorm, thinki...

Lena’s pockets were always heavy. In the left, a silver locket with a photo of her brother — the only family she still spoke to. In the right, a small notebook filled with lists: groceries she couldn’t afford, places she wanted to visit, things she’d never say out loud. And tucked into the back pocket of her jeans, folded so many times the paper was soft, was a letter of resignation she’d written ...

The room smelled faintly of detergent and instant noodles.

Marcus dropped his briefcase onto the lower bunk, already pulling out his laptop. He had a report due by midnight and couldn’t afford to lose a second.

On the top bunk, Kai swung their legs lazily, strumming an old guitar missing two strings. They had never filled out a job application in their life — the thought of deadlines felt like a ...

When the stars fell,

they shattered like glass across the night,

burning trails of silver sorrow.

We reached out,

palms open to catch their glow,

but the fire seared our skin.

Still, we kept our hands raised —

for who could resist holding the broken pieces

of heaven?...

I watch every shadow that leans too close to her. The world thinks I hover because I’m paranoid, but they don’t know the truth. She’s fragile in ways they can’t see. Every smile she gives costs her, every step forward is a battlefield. I’ve sworn to stand between her and the storm — not because she asked me to, but because I can’t breathe if she’s in danger. If love means chains, then let me be th...

“…but where is my happiness?” Daniel whispered into the empty room.

The trophies on his shelf gleamed under the dim light, silent witnesses to years of chasing victories. Yet the silence pressed in heavier than any defeat he had known. Success had filled his pockets, but left a hollow ache in his chest....

In a world full of roses, be a wild fern,

Rooted in shadows where few ever turn.

Not every beauty must dazzle in red,

Some thrive in silence where soft moss is spread....