Bathroom Breaks & Bedtime Tales

On the eve of war, a secret can be deadlier than the enemy. At a scorching airfield in the American Southwest, teenage cadet Will Thomas trains to earn his wings—while hiding a truth that could destroy everything. He isn’t who his papers say he is. He’s too young to be here, flying under his brother’s name, carrying a lie born out of loyalty and fear. As the pressure of flight training mounts and...

Measuring is a harrowing psychological horror story told from the perspective of something that cannot be named—and refuses to be stopped. Set in the aftermath of an unspeakable act of war, the story follows Hana, a woman stripped of her family, her body, and her former life, as she struggles to survive in a world that keeps demanding more from her. Hunger, shame, violence, and loss become tools i...

On the rain-soaked fields of Crécy, a blind king waits for the moment history will demand something impossible of him. The Blind King’s Charge is a gripping work of historical war fiction inspired by true events, told through the eyes of the knight sworn to be his king’s sight on the battlefield. As English longbows begin to sing and chaos closes in, duty, loyalty, and honor are tested under the w...

The Assembly of Fear is a psychological horror story that knows it’s a story—and uses that knowledge against you. A man stumbles into the narrative mid-motion, already in danger, already being watched. Footsteps echo behind him. Doors appear at precisely the wrong moments. Clues surface that feel uncomfortably personal. As the tension builds, the mechanics of storytelling themselves begin to emerg...

What happens when the social contract breaks—and the people decide to act? Blue Key Rising: It’s Always Raining in Oregon is a near-future political thriller set in a rain-soaked Portland where a single act of civil defiance sparks something far bigger. When a food bank is shut down and the system once again fails the people who need it most, a small group decides to stop asking for permission. Wh...

Naptime is a quiet, devastating short story about two young friends killing time at a drive-in theater while one of them is running out of it. As they trade insults, jokes, and half-spoken fears, the night becomes a reckoning with friendship, mortality, and the things we cling to when sleep—and peace—won’t come. Raw, darkly funny, and deeply human, this story lingers long after the screen goes dar...

A man rides onto a decaying Southern estate believing he’s finally come to claim what should have been his. The land is dying. Old power clings to life. And long-buried truths wait inside the house. The Bitter Taste of Ambition is a dark Southern Gothic Western about inheritance, betrayal, and the cost of mistaking control for victory. As alliances shift and the past refuses to stay buried, one co...

A Trip to the Consulate is a chilling, multi-perspective literary political thriller inspired by real events. On a cold October day in Istanbul, a journalist enters a consulate for what should be a routine appointment. He never comes back out. Outside, his fiancée waits as hours stretch into silence. Inside, employees sense that something is deeply wrong. And far away, unseen hands ensure the mach...

Told through the voice of a woman the textbooks never mention, The Day Jack Kennedy Killed Me is a dark work of literary historical fiction that strips the myth from one of America’s most sacred moments. This is not a conspiracy story. It’s not a whodunit. It’s a reckoning. Set between the late 1950s and the morning in Dealey Plaza, the story follows a young woman drawn into the orbit of power—whe...

In the thick of a suffocating jungle, an elite British unit prepares for its first real battle against the Germans. The heat is unbearable. The tension is worse. Every instinct says something is wrong. They’re right. The Battle of the Bees, inspired by true events, is a darkly funny and unsettling war story about fear, chaos, and the brutal absurdity of combat—where training, discipline, and brave...

Shades of War is a haunting historical war story set in a city crushed beneath tyranny, where art and violence collide on the eve of battle. Luca, a painter trying to outrun the memories of war with pigment and canvas, finds his fragile refuge unraveling as soldiers march through the streets and another offensive is called at dawn. Beside him stands Jacopo—an unshakable optimist clinging to hope,...

Official Policy is a historical fiction audio story inspired by real events from the Prohibition era—when government policy quietly crossed the line from enforcement into atrocity. A chemist on the run. A leather satchel filled with stolen files. A truth powerful enough to bring down an institution—and dangerous enough to get people killed. As federal agents close in, one man is forced to reckon w...

My Man is a quiet, devastating short story about loyalty, loss, and the people society forgets. Told in an intimate first-person voice, this story follows an aging man living on the margins—haunted by grief, worn down by illness, and subjected to casual cruelty—through one cold night on the streets. As memories surface and violence intrudes, the narrator bears witness with unwavering devotion, off...

Such a Fine, Sunny Day is a historical resistance narrative inspired by the true story of Sophie Scholl, a 21-year-old university student who stood against the Nazi regime from within its very institutions. Told in an intimate first-person voice, this story follows Sophie and her brother Hans as they secretly distribute anti-Nazi leaflets at a German university—knowing full well the cost of being...

In a decaying underground city ruled by fear, Elias discovers something impossible: a fractured bottle containing a map to the surface. Freedom. Escape. A truth no one is supposed to find. With enforcers closing in and the council tightening its grip, he turns to the one person he trusts… unaware that betrayal may be closer than the walls themselves. The Sound of Silence is a claustrophobic dystop...

Step into the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London during the height of the Jack the Ripper murders. Set in Whitechapel, 1888, this dark historical crime story follows a haunted detective tasked with investigating a series of brutal killings that have left the city paralyzed with fear. As newspapers fuel panic and the police struggle under political pressure, the investigation narrows toward a...

What happens when the fool is given the crown—and the king is forced to become the joke? In The Crown and the Fool, a sharp-witted jester proposes a harmless game… only to find himself ruling an entire kingdom for a year. What begins as satire quickly becomes something heavier, more dangerous, and far more revealing. As the jester learns the true cost of leadership, the king discovers the quiet po...

A city sealed beneath glass. A storm pressing in from all sides. A chase that never seems to end. When Alaric and Rue run for their lives through the flooded alleys of Triton City, they believe they’re escaping the Organization’s drones and enforcers. But as the storm intensifies and the city begins to collapse, something far more unsettling reveals itself: death may not be the end—and survival ma...

We Were Just Playing is a quiet, devastating story told through the eyes of a child who doesn’t fully understand the world shifting around her—only that the rules are changing. Set in a tent colony in early-20th-century America, the story unfolds through small moments: games in the dirt, whispered warnings, men with guns, and the uneasy feeling that something is coming. What begins as an ordinary...

A true story about being ten years old, in love for the first time, and humiliated in the most unforgettable way. Set at a church camp in the summer of 1981, The Kiss at Camp looks back—honestly and humorously—at how desire, fear, and embarrassment collide long before we have the words to understand any of them.

Falling Up is a darkly comic short story about ambition, confidence, and the fine line between leadership and delusion. Told through the voice of a man who believes every setback is actually a promotion in disguise, this satirical workplace story explores modern office culture, corporate language, performance reviews, and the myths we tell ourselves about success. As small inconveniences pile up,...

A sheriff responds to a late-night call he’s been dreading for years. What he finds inside the house isn’t just a crime scene—it’s the end result of everything the town chose not to see. Cause of Death is a dark, morally charged crime story about silence, complicity, and the moment when justice stops being clean.

Malcolm Goldman has solved the mystery of the missing cats. This time, the case is… personal. When a mysterious Valentine appears out of nowhere, Detective Malcolm is thrown into his most dangerous investigation yet: figuring out who secretly likes him. Armed with a clipboard, a magnifying glass, and a trench coat that’s seen better days, Malcolm sets out to uncover the truth—before the situation...

In a village locked in by winter and tradition, one woman steps into a public reckoning she knows will cost her more than it gives. Old power doesn’t collapse quietly, and truth has a way of inviting retaliation. Whispers Beneath the Snow is a tense, atmospheric confrontation where justice is only the beginning—and the cold remembers everything.

The Dodge City Affair is the first episode in the Grady Hart series—a gritty Western noir set on the edge of violence, power, and buried memory. In 1874, Dodge City is a town split down the middle by the railroad and held together by fear. As tensions rise and men gather with guns in their hands, Grady Hart rides into town carrying a mystery that haunts him: an entire year of his life is missing,...