The Last Call: A Black Lantern Mystery

Mara Voss has run the Black Lantern for decades, serving drinks while keeping her vampire nature—and her past—hidden. But when a dead man is carried into her bar bearing a symbol from 1941, Mara’s buried secrets return. A woman she watched die appears at her door, murders begin, and an old mystery resurfaces. To stop the killer, Mara must uncover the truth about the night she died—before she becomes the final victim.

The House At 3:17

The house has been abandoned for twenty years. A girl named Evelyn Mercer disappeared without a trace. At exactly 3:17 a.m., a light appears in one of the mansion’s upstairs windows. So who—or what—is watching from the window? And why did she choose tonight to reveal herself?

The House At 3:17 Book Two: The Girl In The Window

Emma thought the nightmare at the house at 3:17 was over. She was wrong. When a mysterious girl begins appearing outside her bedroom window, Emma and Maya uncover a terrifying truth: some nightmares don’t stay behind. As the clock strikes three and the shadows grow closer, Emma realizes the girl isn’t trying to get in. She’s already inside. 👁️

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The Mafia's Deception

Evelyn is a detective assigned to investigate Daymian, a dangerous mafia boss. But the closer she gets to him, the more she falls for the man she's supposed to destroy. With a dangerous political conspiracy threatening to change everything, Evelyn must choose between her duty, her fiancé, and the man who could ruin her life or steal her heart.

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The Ghost of Who I'd Become

After illness took over her life and erased the future she planned, Lena Quinn discovers a film showing her the future she was meant to live. Why is someone trying to destroy it frame by frame?

THE HOLLOW CROWN

London is drowning in fog, and someone is leaving the dead on thrones. Each body is stripped of its face, wearing a porcelain mask with a painted smile and a wire crown. Investigator Edmund Whitmore takes the case with his sister Violet, who harbors a six-year secret. But this isn't simple murder—it’s a message. Someone is exposing secrets London preferred to forget, with a twisted idea of justice and a mask for every lie.

Everyone hated her until Monday

Amara thought everyone hated her—until she discovered that the rumours, betrayals, and missing memories were all connected to one terrible night. At Westbridge Academy, uncovering the truth could cost her everything, including the family she thought she knew.

THE BLACK SHEEP OF OTUMFA

Fyneface thought he had made peace with his father’s death. Fifteen years later, one detail changes everything: a closed casket. As he revisits a funeral everyone remembers differently, he discovers a church that knows more than it admits - and a quiet pattern behind the generosity of people he trusted. The deeper he digs, the clearer it becomes: his father’s death may never have been what he was told.

The Other Petra

Petra Brooke died at thirty-four with a bullet in her chest and a secret she never got to uncover. Then she wakes up eighteen again, three days into her senior year. This time, she'll protect her mother, uncover the conspiracy surrounding her family, and find the person who killed her. There's just one problem: she is falling for the man she married in her first life, and she still doesn't know if he was involved in her murder.

His Favorite Scandal

Mara Candal wakes up with her own funeral clip on her phone and three months to stop the men who made her look unstable before they killed her. Her fiancé wants her quiet. Her editor wants her contained. Julian Cross wants her dangerous. He helped ruin her once. Now Mara will use his secrets, his guilt, and his obsession to make powerful men confess, on camera and on their knees.

The Certainty Trap 2

“Some doors are only ever opened by the part of you that already knows what’s on the other side.”

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Let’s Play

The phones never stopped ringing — not for calls, not anymore. When the lockdown hit, an unknown presence began hunting anyone without a device. Now the only way to survive is to play: codes, puzzles, riddles, and choices that can’t be undone. You’ve been selected. The Corrupts are waiting. Let’s play.

The Whisper in the Wall

Lara thought Apartment 304 would be the perfect place to start over. But when strange whispers begin coming from behind her walls, she discovers that the building hides a disturbing history of disappearances and unexplained deaths. The more she investigates, the more the walls seem to know her and the more she realizes that whatever lives inside them may never let her leave. Some walls keep secrets. Others keep people.

THE EMPTY GLASS The Black Lantern Mysteries

Mara Voss thought the secrets beneath the Black Lantern were finally buried. She was wrong. When a mysterious stranger leaves an empty glass containing a single drop of blood, Mara discovers the name Elias Black engraved beneath it. As people begin disappearing, Mara and her allies uncover an ancient ledger tied to Evelyn Black, Mara’s family, and a ritual centuries old. Now Mara must uncover the truth before Elias finishes what his mother started.

ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏsᴛ ʙᴏʏs ᴏғ ᴅɪʀᴇʜᴀᴠᴇɴ

A ‘choose your own path’ mystery with CHOICES, CLUES, VISUALS & SOUND. Solve for Cold Case 174: a paranormal horror surrounding 7 boys who were gone for months in the [REDACTED] Conservation Site and came back forever changed after interacting with [REDACTED]. (CURRENTLY ADDING MORE CHOICE CHAPTERS BETWEEN CLUES!)

The Certainty Trap

“Some doors are only ever opened by the part of you that already knows what’s on the other side.”

The Chaos Theorem

"The most dangerous place a man can live is inside his own assumptions."

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Until i find you

For more than three years, a mother had lived with the unbearable pain of losing her two children. They had been kidnapped without a trace. She had searched everywhere. She had begged the police for answers, followed every lead, and spent countless nights wondering whether her children were still alive.But after three years of silence, hope was beginning to feel like a cruel joke. Then, one ordinary day at the police station, everything changed.

The Woman Who Remembered My Life

Nneka Eze thought she knew everything about her family; until a mysterious woman named Adaora appeared, revealing secrets about her childhood that no stranger should know. When an old photograph and a disturbing message surface, Nneka begins questioning everything she's ever believed. Her mother is hiding something, her brother remembers things differently, and Adaora knows the truth. But what if uncovering it means losing the only life Nneka has ever known?

THE WOMAN IN MY FATHER'S GRAVE

Three hours after burying his father, Daniel receives a phone call from the dead man himself. His father's warning is chilling: a mysterious woman has been buried beside him, and she must never be released. But Daniel witnessed the burial, and no woman was there. As strange messages arrive and his mother's secrets unravel, Daniel discovers a terrifying truth buried in his family's past. Someone is lying, and the dead may not be the only ones hiding something. Some graves must never be opened.

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The Spirited Guy

HE CHOSE DEATH OVER HIS LIFE. BUT SOMEONE CHOSE HIS LIFE OVER DEATH. Seventeen-year-old Arun survived his suicide attempt—but he was no longer alone. Someone else now lived inside his body. He called himself Kumar. Arun was trapped. Kumar took his life, his family, his world. But Kumar's arrival awakened something far greater: the mythical world. Arun feared them. Kumar terrified them. A mystery awaits in... A NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN INDIAN FANTASY.

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THE DEAD SEER

Areil walked away from her family's shrine, her grandmother's village, and the gift she never asked for. Five years later, something has followed her across an ocean. It knocks on her walls, stands in the rain outside her window, and takes more from her each night. When her grandmother is attacked and whispers that evil has returned, Areil has to go home and face the dead seer who has been waiting for her.

The Last Dragon-Kin

Vanya is the last Dragon-Kin. She looks twenty. She is over a hundred. Disguised as an archive maid, she plans to reclaim the scroll that holds her people’s stolen life force. Prince Killian, the charming spy who pretends to be a playboy, notices her because she is the only woman unmoved by him. Both are lying. Neither expected the other to matter. A slow-burn fantasy romance of mutual suspicion, costly magic, and secrets that refuse to stay buried.

If I Let You See

Quiet stillness is Eirik’s natural state. It’s far beyond any normal stillness, enough to unnerve everyone around him. They guard themselves and step away. So he performs movement. Exhausting as it is, he just wants to be mistaken for ordinary. He hunts criminals for coin and can see right through people. But when a murder case leads to someone who knows exactly what he is, he’s pulled into something bigger: a partner he never wanted, a rival who sees too much, and a town where people vanish.

Ẹmí Àjẹ́

Anyone who spills a woman's blood, steals her body, or protects the one who did, belongs to me." Don't let Ẹmí Àjé hear your cries. She has slept beneath this land since before it had a name. Now she is awake, and done watching. Every silenced girl, every blamed wife, every forgotten daughter, until the old laws crumbled and listening became unbearable. Some debts are owed for generations. She has come to collect. Complete story📚

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Jimmy and The Ghost of Alister

When psychometric prodigy James Kingston (Jimmy) arrives at Transylvania’s sinister Ashen Academy, he uncovers a horrific secret: a secret order siphoning the psychic energy of gifted students. Teaming up with the brave groundskeeper’s daughter, Clara, Jimmy must decipher ancient clues, battle dark parasitic forces beneath Carpathian crypts, and untangle a century-old conspiracy, all while falling deeply in love amidst the gothic shadows.

The Perfect lie

Investigative journalist Elena Hart receives an anonymous envelope with a chilling message: "The lie begins with your name." As she follows a trail of hidden secrets, mysterious deaths, and shocking betrayals, everyone becomes a suspect. With a determined private investigator by her side, Elena is must uncover the truth before the mastermind behind the lies silences her forever.

Your Last Seen was 2:17AM

At 2:17 a.m., Noah Vale receives a message predicting tomorrow. It comes true. Then the texts turn personal, exposing his three-year-old secret and we a dead podcaster, Elias Reed. Noah turns to digital evidence researcher Julian Cross, who has been investigating him all along. Both lie. Is it love, or strategy?

The Boy Who Knew My Secret

Three years ago, a girl disappeared, and Emily Carter was the last person to see her alive. Now, Adrian Blackwood has returned with a secret that could destroy Emily's life. He knows what happened that night—but the closer they get, the harder it becomes to tell the difference between love and revenge.

Easter hunt

It was only supposed to be a normal easter egg hunt but really it was a test to see who lives or dies. A detective who was sent by a nearby town went to investigate the missing children in the town of Achel. Achel is a town with nothing but serial killers. Their favorite time of the year is Easter.

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