A Web Novel by Madison Faust
As I watched tree after tree in silence I thought about the note I received not that long ago. Over the weekend I’d done some research and… nothing, just about everything was a dead end. All I had to go on was that note, which only confirmed that Leigh was probably not dead, and for …
Continue reading “Chapter 24: Stuck in the Woods: Part I (Kish)”
In all my 200 years on this godforsaken Earth, this had to have been the worst foie gras I’d ever had. Of course my opinion didn’t count for much here, the Americans loved it, and most of these people would probably never even leave this country, let alone try real French food. Still, the wine …
The sun had nearly set behind the waters of The Atlantic ocean, the sky orange in the waning hours of the day. It made me realize how long I’d been sitting here pondering this case. I’d been doing this long enough to know that not everyone was found, not every story had a happy ending. …
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It was almost 8:45 AM when I was walking as fast as I could reasonably get away with through the college halls. I had fifteen minutes to turn in my paper before the deadline of 9:00 AM. Last night I got distracted and didn’t start my paper until 7:55 PM. I finished the entire thing …
Continue reading “Chapter 21 – The Essay and the Letter (Kish)”
The Peachtree Times: Top stories Report: Shield of Cyprus leader Farshid Hassan confirmed dead in drone strike in Turkey, SOC threatens retaliation Report: Archer Enterprises unveils unprecedented A.I. for military use. Exclusive Interview: President William Marshall on his unprecedented third party upset in 2020, heightened terror threats, economy, and more Box Office: Shadow Prince has …
“What are you writing there?” Laura said as she entered our dorm behind me. “Nothing.” I said as I slammed my notebook closed. “Just some uh, worldbuilding for my fantasy novel.” “Okay.” She sat down on her bed, which was on the other side of the room from the desk and my bed. Despite there …
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Sometime after all that Hayden finally got out of the hospital. Our house was fixed up, everything went back to normal. Which honestly was the weirdest part. Laura and Hayden were all there for all that weird shit. They saw as much as I did, but they never once mentioned it again, even looked at …
The barely lit figure of Hayden stood in front of the only way out of this dark, damp dungeon, staring directly at us. I was just behind Thalia and trapped between shelves upon shelves of stuff. The metaphorical noose tightened. “Interesting, that you thought that broken down old church was so interesting, when this, the …
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