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The Director’s Cuts: Horror Tales

Not every horror story gets released. Some are buried. Forgotten. Or never meant to be seen. These are the films that whisper in projection rooms, flicker through broken reels, and show up on tapes no one remembers recording. “Each novel is a standalone nightmare—scripted, cast, and directed by a man no one remembers hiring.” The Director. No one has seen his face. No one has survived two of his films. You're not reading a novel. You're watching his cut. Just pray he never turns the camera on you. --- ## Book 1: My Husband is a Serial Killer (and He Doesn't Know It) The reel clicks to life in an empty theater. Frame one: a woman's trembling hands holding a bloodstained journal. The handwriting inside matches her husband's perfectly—each confession detailing murders that made headlines, each date stamped with precision. Behind the camera, something breathes. Mara Lockwood thought she'd escaped her fractured past when she married Daniel Kessler—a gentle trauma therapist who forgets where he puts his keys, loses hours to daydreams, and loves her with desperate intensity. Their seaside home feels safe. Quiet. Until the journal surfaces from a locked drawer, its pages filled with Daniel's careful script describing acts of violence he swears he never committed. The camera never blinks. As bodies surface along the fog-drenched Oregon coast and Detective Elara Finch closes her investigation net, Mara faces an impossible choice: expose the man she loves or become his accomplice. Because the deeper she digs, the more she discovers about their shared time at Haven Creek Mental Health Facility—memories that were supposed to stay buried. Daniel's blackouts are getting worse. His sleepwalking more violent. And someone keeps leaving notes on Mara's windshield: "He doesn't remember what you made him do." In the projection booth, a clapperboard snaps. The Director adjusts his focus. He's been waiting for this story—one where the audience can't tell who's performing and who's just pretending to be real. Because if Daniel's the killer, Mara might be the reason he became one. And if she's covering for him... The film has already started. --- Disclaimer: All characters are original. Visual references are imagined and used for creative purposes only. No real person, actor, or public figure is involved or affiliated with this work. Poster concept and story by [D_Setia] Cover art generated using AI with original composition
D_Setia · 5.3K Views

Dream with me: The Echoes of Rebirth

She has lived countless lives—always aware, always searching. He has walked beside her through time—sometimes at her side, sometimes as a stranger. Bound by fate and severed by time, Zhang Minyue and Zhang Zilin are caught in a cycle of reincarnation—meeting again and again in different lifetimes, torn between love and duty, surrounded by war, betrayal, and buried truths. In every life, the world changes—but the ghosts of their past never rest. With assassins lurking in shadows, thrones stained with secrets, and a prophecy whispering of a girl cloaked in moonlight and fire, Minyue must navigate betrayal, war, and fate itself. Some will bow. Others will betray. But she has never been one to follow fate. Even if she must make him fall for her all over again. > “No matter how many lifetimes pass, I know I will always find you.” “Foolish,” she smiled. “I was never lost. You just needed to remember where to look.” “Even if the whole world turns against you, I will stand by your side.” “And if you fall, I will fall with you—only to rise again together.” “I don’t need the heavens to bless me,” he whispered. “You are enough.” “Then let me be your prayer,” she replied. “One that never fades.” A love that defies time. A truth buried beneath lifetimes. And a promise that nothing, not even death, can silence. Disclaimer: This story is the product of my vision and voice. Every word is written and shaped by me, the author. At times, I’ve used AI tools to assist with martial arts choreography or sharpen the pacing of action scenes—just as one might consult a map to better navigate a vast world. But every name, choice, emotion, and heartbeat in this story remains deeply personal and entirely mine. Its soul is human. Always. Cover concept and rights belong to the author.
MidnightQuil · 4K Views

SMALL BULLIES: ASHES OF REDEMPTION

In a war-torn empire where power corrupts absolutely, seven broken warlords branded as monsters must defy their past to forge a future worth redeeming. Once feared as "The Ghost Tigers"—Zhang Wei’s brutal enforcers—Kalima Chileshe (Hellfire Incarnate), John Mwanabeti (The Golden Fist), and their brothers-in-arms unleashed devastation across the Jade Expanse. Kalima’s flames razed villages. Chisangalalo Zulu’s breath poisoned rivers. Vincent Kabonde twisted flesh into abominations. But when the warlord they served turns their affinities against their own families, they shatter their chains, becoming hunted outcasts with blood on their hands and empires on their trail. Haunted by the ashes of Frost Moon Province—a genocide Kalima can never undo—the Ghost Tigers are consumed by a desperate chase: to escape their sins, control their cursed gifts, and find a peace that feels forever out of reach. Their only anchors are the love of spouses they were forced to abandon: - Kalima’s healer wife, Mei Lin, whose faith in his humanity is fading. - John’s fierce swordsmith wife, **Hana, imprisoned for defying Zhang Wei. - Zulu’s herbalist wife, **Lihua**, dying from the toxins he once weaponized. Their quest leads them to the **"Breath of Heaven"**—an ancient philosophy teaching control over their destructive affinities. With this fragile hope, they unite with rebels and clans to build **"The Sanctuary"** in the poisoned Mourning Moss Swamp, transforming their powers into tools of healing: - Kalima’s fire now warms forges. - Zulu’s breath purifies blighted land. - Vincent’s bone-warping mends wounds. But Zhang Wei’s vengeance is relentless. He creates monstrous Serpent’s Teeth" soldiers and poisons the empire’s wells, blaming the Ghost Tigers. Facing annihilation, they make a final stand—not with fire and fury, but with irrefutable truth. Risking everything, they expose Zhang Wei’s atrocities to the Imperial Court, culminating in a celestial aurora over the capital—a beacon of their restraint and redemption. In the aftermath, the Ghost Tigers achieve the impossible: Reunite with their spouses against all odds. Cleanse the land they once poisoned. Build a sanctuary where affinity-bearers and refugees find hope. Force the empire to acknowledge their humanity. Years later, the Ghost Tigers stand not as warlords or monsters, but as guardians of the Sanctuary—a thriving city born from ashes. Kalima and Mei Lin heal beneath blossom trees where infernos once roared. John and Hana teach children to forge swords into plowshares. Vincent and Jia mend broken bones and broken pasts. Their scars remain, but their measure is finally taken in lives saved, not lives erased. "We chased shadows... and found our light not in hiding, but in building this." — Kalima Chileshe, Sanctuary Dawn
John_C_Mwanabeti · 5.2K Views

Reincarnated as the Villain's Sister

Lu Qingyan was once the perfect daughter—an obedient, soft-spoken high school girl known for her academic excellence and fragile health. But the one person she loved the most was her older brother—hentle, dazzling, and far too burdened for his age, he was her everything.. No one noticed his silent suffering… until it was too late. The day he took his own life, she shattered. Months later, while saving a child from an oncoming car, Lu Qingyan dies and awakens inside a familiar story: the school novel "A Thorn in the Crown", one she read during her lowest days. But she’s no longer just a reader. She’s now Lu Qingyan, the infamous younger sister of Lu Mingxuan—the novel’s violent and cold-hearted villain feared across campus. A notorious delinquent, and ironically, the sworn enemy of her favorite character: Wang Jingyuan, the story’s tragic antagonist turned misunderstood villain. In the novel, Lu Qingyan is little more than cannon fodder—a delusional girl who idolizes her brother, gets caught in the crossfire between Lu Mingxuan and Wang Jingyuan, and ends up being dead. Determined to change the plot, she initially plans to curry favor with Wang Jingyuan—to save him from his doomed fate. But everything shifts the moment she lays eyes on Lu Mingxuan. He has her brother’s face. The same weary eyes. The same lonely back. The same silent cry for help no one else hears. And in that moment, Lu Qingyan’s plan shatters. This isn’t just a story anymore. So Lu Qingyan vowed to protect him this time, even if it means dragging her brother out of gang fights, squaring off against entitled rich kids, or defying the other villain himself—Wang Jingyuan, the school’s cold and brilliant golden boy... and Lu Mingxuan's sworn rival. In the original novel, Wang Jingyuan was one of the big villains—the cunning and miserable friend of the male lead. Now, he’s front and center... and watching her a little too closely. ... Lu Mingxuan always disliked his bootlicking sister, but one day he discovered that she had stopped following him around. Later, he unexpectedly found his sworn enemy, Wang Jingyuan, trapping his sister against the wall and between his arms. With an ambiguous and languid expression, he coaxed in a soft tone, "Just give up on that useless brother of yours. What Lu Mingxuan can give you, I can too." Lu Qingyan: ??? Wang Jingyuan, you dog!! That’s my sister!! Stop daydreaming!!
melincaiyi · 86.8K Views

Transmigrated: Sifu and Demon Fight Over Me

Transmigrated: Sifu and Demon Fight Over Me is a fast-paced romantic fantasy laced with sharp banter, scandalous flirting, and enough peril to keep you breathless. Jia Wei Xin didn’t sign up for this—waking up trapped in an ancient martial arts world, stuck in a mountain sect with a maddeningly unpredictable sifu who invades her space and clearly enjoys her suffering during “training.” Then there’s Zhang Tian—a dangerously smooth demon with a roguish grin and a penchant for bending the rules (and her will). Now he’s convinced she’s his and doesn’t hesitate to break boundaries, much to her sifu’s growing frustration. One came from the righteous sect, the other from the demonic one—but when it came to shamelessness, there was no difference. Liu Mo Fei and Zhang Tian seemed to have made it their joint mission to harass Jia Wei Xin to death—one with relentless flirting, the other with reckless kidnapping attempts. But as shadows of betrayal creep closer and hidden enemies emerge, Jia Wei Xin begins to suspect there’s more to her transmigration than meets the eye. Dark secrets from her past—memories she doesn’t even realize are missing—begin to echo through the chaos. A name she doesn’t remember. A promise she once made. And an unknown figure pulling strings behind the scenes, determined to keep her from discovering the truth. I came here to survive. Not to be fought over by a sifu and a demon with too much time and too many abs. (Warning: Highly flirtatious master, aggravatingly smooth demon, lurking villains, and a past that refuses to stay buried.)
RomanceDreamer · 40.6K Views

JIÛJIÉ DE XĪN(TANGLED HEART)

Swords slashing through skin, battle cries filled the air as the two armies waged war against themselves,the earth soaking in their blood. A woman cried out,"Don't hurt me. Please don't hurt my-". But before she could finish, her head was brutally severed off. The soldiers surged into the homes of the commoners, dragging each and every one of them to their own deaths. Innocent Citizens Admist the chaos, a woman held a poor and dirty looking five-year-old child dearly in her arms as she fled for dear life. She patted her head gently with a whisper,"Don't worry, my child. We'll be safe". The little girl in her arms watched as her entire town was being destroyed in the bloody massacre. Livestock escaping for shelter, the tables at the market were overthrown and the town square was thrown in great pandemonium. The emperor,who had led the war sat proudly and triumphantly on his horse, smiling wickedly at the Duke's head which was hung high on the wall. He shouted,"Raze down the entire city of the rebels. Nothing with breath should be left alive". Swords clashing, clubs clanging and agonizing cries were heard. A soldier gazed at the fleeing woman and thundered,"Don't let her escape ". Hearing this, the woman ran even faster. "They're coming for us. They're coming for us ". She dropped the child in the nearby bush and said,"Stay quiet and live on. You must not die. Promise me that". The little girl nodded with her big eyes and remained quiet. Soon eno,the soldiers caught up with the woman and without wasting time, an arrow was pierced into her heart. The child watched with stinging tears as her mother fell lifelessly to the ground. Another soldier pointed out,"She was holding a child. Find the child and kill". The little girl held her breath and closed her eyes but she was never found. After a while, a bomb set off and althe entire city was caught in flames. The child fell to the ground due to the impact and lost consciousness, with little flames by her side. After the fire had died down and the troop had retreated, a man with well-hidden face walked stealthily in the town, searching for war survivors. He stumbled across the little frame and gently placed his fingers around her neck, checking for pulse. He breathed out in relief,"Atleast a survivor". The child opened her eyes slowly to look at the man whose face was hidden except his eyes. He patted her head as he squat beside her,"Do you have a name?" "Zhang Li" came the weak reply. "Well, Zhang Li, from today, you'll live with me". The man said and with that, he carried her onto his back and out of the ruins left of the city. As Zhang Li gazed at the land and the scattered bodies with her tear-striken face, she made her first unconsciously into a ball. She asked inwardly,"Why?Everyone's dead". As young as she was, she mentally swore revenge on those responsible for the slaughter. But will she be able to carry out that revenge when she finds herself inlove with the crown prince? Will she set her feelings aside or will she be blinded by love and settle for peace instead?
Jasyl · 2.5K Views
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