Lights Out Novels & Stories

When the lights went out, I didn’t scream. Mostly because I was too tired. There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes after you’ve had to accept that your home is alive, your roommate drinks blood, and your other roommate might be plotting a coup. “Brenda?” I whispered into the dark. No response. Not even a pity buzz. “Cool. Silent treatment. Love that for us.” I switched my phone flashlight back on. My battery was at 11%. Of course it was.

I take a pause. His eyes are fully immersed in my legs. “But…” the words disappear from my lips as the lights go out. “The electricity is down.” I murmur. This is fucking perfect.

The ceramic base rang once, sharp, then nothing. The lights cut out. Every bulb, every strip, every glow from the kitchen under-cabinet LEDs, gone in the same heartbeat. The estate exhaled into predawn gray. The glass walls became mirrors, trapping four silhouettes in a tableau of exhausted victory. Marco’s laptop woke by itself. Blue-white light carved hollows beneath his cheekbones. “Grid’s live,” he muttered, fingers already dancing. “Generator should have..” The holo-table rebooted. No touch. A single line burned across the glass:

There was only the quiet, steady hum of a future they were about to build, a future that existed entirely outside the lines of the ice. When the sun finally dipped below the horizon, bathing the room in a deep, bruised purple, Jaxson walked to the master light switch and killed the power. The penthouse went dark, the only light coming from the distant, glowing grid of the city. "Time to go," Jaxson whispered.

He lingered there for a long second, his thumb tracing the edge of my chin, neither of us moving, both of us completely trapped in the slow-burn pull of the bond. Before the tension could snap, the digital clock on the main monitor flashed 11:59 PM. Suddenly, the green and white lights of the security screens flickered twice and went completely dead. Outside the window, the entire western loading bay plunged into pitch-black darkness as the main harbor power grid shut down for the midnight reset. The idling engine of Cassian’s car cut out, the headlights dying instantly, leaving nothing but the sound of the pouring rain echoing through the dark night. Killian dropped his hand from my face, h

THE PERIMETER Jaxson Lawson pov: The lights went out. For one second, the entire estate disappeared into darkness.Then Kirrily gasped.“Toby.”I was already moving.I grabbed the flashlight from the drawer beneath my desk and switched it on.“Kirrily, stay here.”“No.”Her answer came immediately.

She then began to look for a way to open the skylight. She looked under the bed for a remote that might have dropped, but could not find it. She then searched the dresser, recliner, and closet, but still, nothing was found. She soon began to touch the small buttons on the windowsill. She heard a soft hum and looked around to see what had changed. A beam of light shot from her right and it began to grow. Hae Mina stepped back and watched the walls retract and reveal the night and ocean. She climbed on the sill and used the headboard to rest her back on as she watched the moonbeams dance on the waves.

Andrew, Daniel, Alex and even Lisa is also present at the party. "When they came Mr Alex?" Lisa asked. "Sorry, miss Green, I don't know about that. Maybe they are on the way", Alex replied. Suddenly they all hear the sound of the car and immediately understood. They all went to switch off the lights to gives surprise to Emily. When Emily and Ryan get off from the car they saw all the mansion lights are off. "Ryan is there is a light cut in this area, why there is no light in the home?" Emily asked cutely.

Naglakad lakad muna ako sa campus at napadpad sa canteen ng Business Ad department nang matanaw kong muli ang lalaking nakita ko kahapon. He's alone. Busy siya sa pagha-highlight ng kung ano sa librong hawak niya. Kinuha ko ang lighter sa bag ko bago naglakad papalapit sa kaniya. "Is this yours?" I asked him. Umupo ako sa tapat na upuan niya. He's wearing a dark grey polo and black pants. He first looked in my hands where the lighter is then he finally looked at me. I smiled. Sinusubukang bumawi sa inis na dinulot niya sa akin kahapon.

she did not let them go. After she saw them gone, she switched off all the lights. The time was 9:48 p.m .... Outside, all of the man felt something's amiss when all the lights were turned off. But they did not move and await the order of their Captain instead. They just thought that the family was finally ready to sleep.