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Chapter 1: The Sapphire Shard The Tesla Model S Plaid was parked in Mom’s driveway, its metallic deep blue paint catching the late afternoon sun…

The sun was beginning to dip behind the skyscrapers, painting the sky an almost metallic orange, a color seemingly made for those who can pause…

The stepmother laughed drunkenly as she forced her stepdaughter to scrub the floors and care for the baby until she was completely exhausted, until the…

The scent of funeral lilies is a specific kind of suffocation. It is a cloying, heavy sweetness that coats the back of your throat, tasting…

«Fix this, kid, and I’ll give you 100 million.» Dr. Harrison Blake jabbed his finger at eight-year-old Maya Williams like she was a pest. The…

At my sister’s wedding, the music stopped abruptly when my mother slapped my little girl. “Why did you spill wine on the wedding dress?!” she…

On Monday morning, as I was peacefully sipping coffee in my new apartment overlooking the river, the bank made the first call. Then came the…

Christmas Eve in Chicago possesses a particular kind of malice. It is a cold that doesn’t just sit on the skin; it seeks out the…

The wife conspires with her lover to harm her husband, but unexpectedly, a poor boy ruins everything. The Fog Stream: Not everyone is saved by…











