Inbetween Novels & Stories

everything continues around us kids laughing balloons popping someone calling for more snacks a camera flash strobing in the distance but none of it lands. There’s something passing between us. Something small, but sharp. unspoken but loud.

The emotional storm I just survived. Aria blinks at me. Then she laughs too. Soft. Warm and Understanding. We stand there laughing together, the sound echoing across a space that feels neither dream nor waking. “Does this mean I’m awake now?” I ask between breaths. Aria smiles. “Not yet.” The world around us begins to dissolve gently. “This is just the in-between,” she explains. “The place where the soul untangles itself before returning.” I glance back once, instinctively. The field is gone.

Used to fighting just to remain oriented inside the world. But here, there was nothing to fight. I looked around slowly. The space I stood in wasn’t the forest. It wasn’t the Mirror realm. It wasn’t Bloodstone or anything I recognized. It was… absence shaped like presence. A place between states. Between outcomes. Between collapse and continuation. The air felt neither warm nor cold. The light was neither red nor silver. It simply was. I took a careful step forward. Nothing reacted. No distortion. No fracture. No ripple.

The In-Between That Chose Control Its form stood in the distance Tall. Defined. Stable in a way the others weren’t. But Not Balanced Its shape was sharp. Edges too perfect. Movement too precise. It Turned Toward Us Slowly. Deliberately. Its Voice Was Clear Cold. Certain. “This reality is mine.” Theodore Steps Forward “Yeah… we heard you the first time.” His energy flared. “This is where you step aside.” The In-Between Doesn’t React Emotionally It doesn’t get angry.

Mom told her at twelve, voice low like a warning: _“Bale hears thoughts. That’s why we don’t speak certain things at home. Some thoughts are doors, and he walks through them.” Beatrice had learned to keep her mind quiet since then. No names. No images.though she wasn't very good at keeping all her thoughts locked in. Sometimes Just surface thoughts are dull and boring: _Check the net. Watch the tide. Breathe. Don’t think._ Bale wasn’t listening to the surface. He was looking at the cracks underneath. Mom’s voice came low and fast at her ear, meant only for her. “Don’t look at him. Don’t answer. If they ask, you were at the outer reef all week. You never found anything. You don’t know what th

My phone buzzed one more time. A final message. This one had no video. Just words. Tick tock. Your move.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

I was trying to keep the peace but he was making this difficult. I was sitting in my back patio, enjoying the fall breeze. All i needed was a good book and some wine to complete my little peace of happiness. The kids was gone and I was enjoying the quietness. My phone start ringing. I looked down at it and smiled when I saw Micheal name popped up. "Hey babe." I said into the phone. He didn't respond but I could hear a lot of noise in the background. I could hear him talking but it seem like he was far from the phone.

It was nearly organized. There was a vase of plastic flowers – anemone – sitting in the corner, all arranged at a specific angle, forty degrees or so and an empty fish tank, adorned with fake seaweed and multicolored pebbles. But its empty and its water was clean. There was a television, almost a meter, I guess. I walked towards the marble table, beeping the recorder. "Twelve bottles of beers please, -" I said, looking at the white bed, "- room thirteen."

He too knew that his way of treating Gianna was different from his interactions with an ordinary friend. For the past few days, Gianna had gotten closer to Danyel, and both of them felt like it was something more than a friendship. But Danyel had Yasvie. He was already on a path in which Gianna had no space to exist. They were in two different worlds which were never meant to meet. Gianna and Danyel were two different people who should never cross paths.

It was very boring and she wanted to move to the party she came for but she had to wait and be patient. " Wait ! " Pauline said as they got to the part where Diana left for the bathroom. "Could you slow down the pace " Pauline said as they increased the speed at which the event played. Pauline looked closely and saw the interaction between Diana and the man but she could not make out the face of the man because he was inside the room and Diana was outside. Just then.. " Can you please zoom in on that tattoo please " Pauline said as she squinted her eyes trying to make out the image on his left hand.