Anomaly Novels & Stories

Across town, Adrian’s console flickered. New anomaly detected. Subject pair entering non-linear response pattern. He leaned forward. For the first time Uncertainty appeared.

Tired of pretending the holidays didn’t take every insecurity I owned and amplify it by ten. The worst part was that I didn’t even know what I wanted anymore. Not really. Just that I needed space. Somewhere, I wasn’t being watched. Somewhere, I didn’t feel like a progress report. Somewhere I could exist without explanation. I reached for my phone again. I wasn’t planning anything dramatic. This wasn’t a breakdown. This was a browse. A harmless scroll. Completely reasonable behaviour. I opened a travel app. France appeared almost immediately, as if it had been waiting for me to admit something.

“Sometimes when we come into our magic, it’s a lot for our body to handle. It can come out in weird ways, mood swings, tantrums, fever. You’ve gone 18 years without releasing any kind of magic, and over a full week since being 18 without any kind of release. It can’t be healthy. You should go to the infirmary and get checked out.” “My lessons start tomorrow, I’d rather not be bed ridden my first week of class…plus I felt fine until yesterday, and now I have this weird mark on my neck.” Sebastian turned to stone, “Weird mark? Can I see it?” Before I could tell him it was none of his business he was pulling my hair to the side, his voice turned to ice. “Where did you get this?” “I don’t know,

I yelled, rolling on the ground and getting to my feet as the Anomaly shook itself off from crashing into a garbage can. Barrier spell, I thought, panic clawing at my throat as the Anomaly padded towards me. Under the bright streetlights, I could clearly see it. It was like a very big panther and it wasn't black but a rather dark brown with spots of red fur. And instead of having a tail it had three snake-like things waving around behind it. The tails hissed at me and I realized the red spots weren't fur, but blood. Its red eyes glowed with hunger. Oh, lord, this is bad. This is really, really bad.

My hand was shaking as I was accepting their request. I also had more than a thousand notifications, thanks to Noah's tag on my name on his post. I was browsing my I*******m account when I saw Anne's latest I*******m post. Her post kill all the excitement that I felt earlier. It was a picture of her and Andrew. It was a candid shot. They look happy and in love. Anne's caption says it all. "Partner"

a chirpy high pitched voice caused Trix to flinch. She stared into the milky mix and I could have sworn it sparkled. "Thanks," she said, blinking back her delusion when she realized that it was just the ice. "You okay, everyone's been looking for you," Sierra asked, writing something on her notepad. Trix furrowed her brows confused. Her voice held no interest in Trix's well being. A car alarm went off in the parking lot. She turned just in time to meet the eyes of a feline walking by. She was so confused. She turned to Sierra in time to see her stuff something into the little pocket in her apron.

"Archana you are invited to my home for my birthday" She looked at me and said "But.. umm. um.." "what?" I asked her curiously. She hesitated for a few moments before replying and finally said " What about uncle? You know he is quite angry with me." I looked over at Archana and instantly realized what she wanted to say. " Archana it is not your fault it was no one's fault. It was an accident . You are not even present in that spot. Then how can it be your fault?".

I stared into her gaping dark brown eyes. Her intoxicating scent raised through my nostrils giving me a mere taste of what more there was. Her round almond-shaped eyes filled with pure fear startled me. “ W-what are you doing? “ Katherine asks I didn’t answer. Instead, I examined her body. I couldn’t explain why I had put us in this position except that I was curious about her. She was unlike any girl I had seen with perfect bones. I could see the bones popping out of her skin. She wasn’t curvy, but very thin and that grasped my attention. Many supernatural girls had perfect, unnatural bodies, but Katherine had a strikingly different, but perfect, body.

I felt the falling temperature as well and noticed that there must something terrible happened, so I said to her: "Well, Miss Isabella, if it's hard to say you could just ignore me will be alright." Isabella, who had been silent at first, suddenly interrupted me, then changed back to her sloppy appearance at the beginning and said: "Weirdness is the result of the unwillingness of people after death, the spiritual wisdom born after a hundred years of immortality, and the rumours spread by word of mouth. In the final analysis, weirdness is the existence of hatred and resentment, do you understand, little cutie."

As Leona was lost in her gleeful thoughts, Daphne spoke up, “This cold is numbing my senses. I cannot feel it but somehow it is affecting my ability to comprehend my surroundings.” They all could feel it, this snow held some strange power which affected all of them mentally, stealing their senses. “That’s why it’s dangerous. It steals your senses, weakens you so you cannot face the monsters lurking here.” Zadicus warned them to be careful. “What about you, Asshole? Can you sense things?” Tristan asked rudely, folding his arm. “You have already considered me among the inhumane ones, don’t be astonished if I do.” Avin hummed, putting his hand in the air in defeat, not wanting to argue unnecess