Kerosene Bay is a city that refuses to die quietly. It festers, leaks, and keeps moving out of spite, dragging everyone inside it along for the ride. This story drops you into that slow collapse and lets you watch it from the gutter up—through broken friendships, bad love, late-night decisions, and the kind of humor people use when hope feels irresponsible. These pages aren’t about heroes or clean redemption arcs. They’re about survival, identity, and the lies people tell themselves to make it through another night. The work unfolds raw and unfiltered, showing the process as much as the product: unfinished moments, sharp dialogue, and scenes that feel uncomfortably real because they are. If you’ve ever loved a place that hurt you, laughed when you shouldn’t have, or stayed up too late chasing something you couldn’t name, this is for you. Step inside. The lights are still on—for now.

Think your neighbor’s late-night howling is just bad karaoke? Think again. This tongue-in-cheek guide uses folklore, moon habits, and suspiciously furry hoodies to help you spot a werewolf next door—without getting bitten, cursed, or banned from the HOA. Sleep tight… or at least invest in sturdy trash cans.

Stan Prolongo thought he was investigating a ghost. He walked into something far older and more dangerous. I should've known better when the gorgeous receptionist vanished into thin air. But sightseeing don't pay the rent, so there I was, Stan Prolongo, private detective, investigating a ghost at the Sciacca Retirement Community. A manager weeping over his dead wife in a broom closet. A receptionist who kept disappearing like smoke. Ten naked seniors with pickleball rackets. That's when I knew this wasn't your typical haunting. Five zones decorated with goddess symbols. Photographs showing the same women, year after year, except their faces kept changing. An old man poked my chest: "You'll never be one of us." By the time I met Mrs. Aphrodite Oshun, beautiful and dangerous with smoke curling around her fingers, it was too late. Blue smoke. Darkness. I woke up in white robes. Surrounded by cultists. Pure of heart, they said. Wrong place, wrong time, and exactly what they needed.

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This is a small comedic story that happened to me. It is the funniest thing to ever happen when I was working at Rosetta Italian Bakery. This was when I lived in Miami, Florida. It is shared in second person perspective.

Emori Williams is new to city and has been finding it hard to fit in at her new school. She has also found it hard to concentrate when all she can think about is the passing of her father. Until she meets Alow Sanders and find herself having a crush. Is this Emori's Dream , will Alow help Emori?

Stan Prolongo just wanted new sneakers. What he got was a case involving mysterious tattoos, a peeping Tom with two left feet, and a late-night tattoo parlor where nothing is quite what it seems. In the seedy streets of Visalia, this rumpled private eye will trade shoe discounts for clues, chew through cheap pens, and discover that some crimes solve themselves. A noir mystery with small-town quirks and a detective who files his cases by movie ticket stubs.

An absurdist short story about what happens when extremely online people meet IRL in a Central California shanty town. Features: Dublin Dr. Pepper, curry-scented suntan lotion, cryptid crafts, and an underground do-wop convention. For fans of deadpan humor and the weird corners of small-town America.

What do you get when you cross Nikola Tesla's DNA with ancient golem magic and a grave-robbing cosplayer? Nickolas Goylem—the pint-sized genius who treats physics like a suggestion and toy stores like an armory. When the dreaded Vuvuzela Vixens take a Visalia hobby shop hostage with their sonic weapons of mass annoyance, most people hit the floor in auditory agony. Not Nick. While everyone else clutches their ears, he's busy weaponizing RC cars, model rocket tubes, and foam planets into the most gloriously over-engineered rescue operation this side of a Rube Goldberg convention. Perfect for fans of: Terry Pratchett's absurdist brilliance, Douglas Adams' chaotic logic, Christopher Moore's irreverent humor, and anyone who's ever wanted to see farm animals used as tactical projectiles.

Private eye Stan Prolongo has pulled off some crazy rescues, but this might be his spiciest yet. When crime boss Big Bob Bamford kidnaps Mrs. Lum Lum and demands ransom, Stan knows he can't play by the rules. Armed with nothing but a sombrero, a fake accent, and some seriously questionable food, he infiltrates Bob's tortilla factory hideout for a daring extraction. What follows is a high-speed chase through industrial machinery, creative uses for broken tortillas, and workplace safety violations that would make OSHA weep. Fast-paced, funny, and featuring the best pun you'll hear all week—this is pulp detective comedy at its finest.

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It is about a lighthouse showing the light at the dark spots at life. And how elias can show you how to do it.

What does an author do when their hero just refuses to fall in love with his destined heroine? Call in the specialists at Fluff, Inc for an emergency assist!

Paul wants Marguerite to break one of Fluff, Inc's sacred rules. Will she do it for him? Or will she report him to a superior?

Some clients are more difficult than others. Luna's client is positively infuriating. Sometimes, just keeping your temper is the hardest part of a job.

An angry author is referred to Fluff, Inc by one of their competitors. Keiko tries to help the frustrated writer with the character, even though they didn't create the problem.

Marge introduces a Fluff, Inc customer to their character return policy. If you've ever been a writer frustrated by your characters, this is the stream for you!

Etymology: the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. "the decline of etymology as a linguistic discipline" the origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning. plural noun: etymologies "the etymology of the word “devil”"

Theme: The Minions Using the plot of the movie and the likenesses of the characters, rearrange them to fit the niches of a sleepaway camp. We won.

Think of a story you know well or a story that has been told to you by another person. Why did you like that story or not like it? What made it memorable? See if you can make the story more interesting, unique, or powerful by retelling it through character dialogue.