Tales from the Twilight
Where stories flicker in the dark. Explore haunting science fiction, enchanting fantasy, spine-tingling horror, and uncanny tales that linger long after reading.
Featured Stories
The Last Signal
When the universe goes silent
After fifteen years of scanning the cosmos, Dr. Elena Rodriguez watches in horror as every extraterrestrial signal goes silent simultaneously. But is it the universe that went dark, or humanity?
The Midnight Garden
Where flowers bloom in darkness
When Lily inherits her grandmother's house, she discovers a garden that only exists at midnight, filled with flowers that glow with their own light and a legacy she never expected.
The Lighthouse Keeper
Some lights guide us home, others keep us away
For thirty years, Marcus tended the lighthouse on Blackrock Island. For thirty years, he never questioned why ships always turned away. Tonight, when the light goes out, he'll learn the truth.
Elevator Ghost
The commuter hits every button to avoid the office, but the elevator shudders and stops between floors. A faint figure leans on the panel, apologizing for the delay. They talk about office coffee, tax...
Deadline Machine
A desperate writer finds a watch that freezes time whenever a deadline looms. Each pause costs one memory. First goes the name of a childhood street, then a birthday. Draft after draft, she pays in fr...
Post-It from Tomorrow
Yellow squares appear on the fridge each morning. "Mug too hot. Use towel." "Left shoe lace snaps." The notes keep the household one step ahead of nuisance. After a week of perfect days, the notes van...
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View AllThe Painter of Laws
In the republic of Varo, no law took effect until it was painted. This tradition began after a revolution when citizens demanded to see legislation in a form everyone could understand. A painter, Alis, was appointed as interpreter. Decades later, the role persisted. Laws arrived as dry text; the Pai...
Shadow Adoption Agency
Behind the old cinema, stray shadows gathered, detached from owners by bright hospital lights, careless deals, or simple neglect. The city, tired of odd flickers and complaint calls about “unauthorized silhouettes,” opened a Shadow Adoption Agency. Its front door was hard to find; you had to stand b...
The Accidental God App
CalmCompute’s meditation app pushed an update with a bug: whispered hopes began manifesting. Lost socks reappeared, parking spots opened. Support tickets flooded in: “My app answered a prayer.” The company panicked. Developers traced the glitch to a misrouted server farm interpreting intent as tasks...
The Statue that Listened
In the town square stood a bronze statue of a woman holding a book. Legend said if you whispered a wish into her ear, she might grant it once. Most treated it as folklore. One winter, a child named Eli whispered, “I wish my brother would talk again.” The next day, his brother spoke his first words i...
The Daylight Heist
A crew of thieves planned the impossible: steal an afternoon. They hacked calendars, hijacked city clocks, and launched reflective balloons to confuse sundials. At 2 p.m. on a Tuesday, time hiccupped. Watches showed 2 p.m. again. An extra hour appeared, untethered. The crew aimed to sell it—one hour...
Rental Conscience
The start-up ConscienceCo offered morality on demand. For a fee, you could rent a conscience—a voice in your ear nagging you toward ethics. Models varied: “Classic Guilt,” “Practical Kant,” “Empathizer.” Jin, a mid-level manager, rented one to get through layoffs without feeling like a monster. The...
The City that Dreamed of Forests
Heron City woke to saplings sprouting from concrete. Blueprints on planners’ desks were covered in leaf prints. Architects blamed vandals; poets blamed the city itself. Imani, a poet and urban gardener, proposed listening. She organized a sleep-in at the plaza. Hundreds lay on pavement, dreaming. Th...
The Apartment Between Floors
Between the seventh and eighth floors of the Grandview Tower, an apartment existed where no blueprint showed. The elevator stopped there only if you pressed 7 and 8 simultaneously and hummed. Tenants whispered about it but few found it. Those who did entered a cozy space with mismatched furniture, a...
Orchestra of One Second
Aya composed symphonies from single seconds captured across time: a monk’s chant, a rocket launch, a child’s laugh, a subway screech. She stitched them into movements, making history audible in minutes. Audiences cried at the collision of eras. Aya was missing one perfect second to complete her late...
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Lights in the Dark
A collection of stories about illumination—both literal and metaphorical. From lighthouse keepers to glowing gardens, explore how light reveals what we'd rather keep hidden.