Mid Night Blues Novels & Stories

ADY It's almost midnight, but our town and maybe even other places still don't have power. Even though the storm was terrible, Granny's radio, which must have been around my age and ran on batteries, was still working while we watched the news. The storm has completely flooded many locations, making them unreachable. The storm didn't bring wind, but it did bring water and rain that didn't stop for 9 hours. I was on the bed, looking at the candle on the table next to me.

He was a murderer, a murderer of women, who before killing he cut a lock of their hair, they were blonde or brown, brown, he did not have a specific taste, The midnight killer, the newspapers began to announce, was on the front page of THE SUN newspaper. A man read with interest what was published in the newspaper, he had on his work table many knives and scalpels, a hacksaw, bottles of chloroform and various substances for the preservation of corpses. He put the diary aside, he needed to be careful, he couldn't raise suspicions, people were terrified, they even believed in vampires and other fantastic creatures, like the fairy Banshee, he laughed to himself.

The Uber arrived outside just as we were walking out, my mom had gotten one for us just in case. After the short ride, the night was ready to begin. Thankfully, Seth was on good terms with the bouncer at the door so we got in without a wait. The inside of Panic was loud and full of colors, which somehow seemed brighter than they had ever before. “It’s wolf vision,” Leah said in my mind. “We can see in the dark. As the days pass, we are getting stronger. In a few days' time our full strength will be revealed.”

I feel so alive, oh I feel so free. Dancing in the moonlight , now you hold me close, your breath tickles my senses ..you boop my nose. All laughter fills the air, our faces lit up with impish glee... I want this to never end, for we are all just stardust. You and me. Forever yours, Meg

whispered against lips in the airport lounge. Adeyemi sat alone on the low daybed she’d brought out from storage—same cushions, same view of the glittering skyline. The moon was new tonight, a thin silver crescent, stars sharp above the desert haze. She wore the silk robe Layla had left behind—soft, faintly scented with amber—and nothing else. The silver anklet still chimed when she crossed her legs. Her phone sat beside her, screen dark. She hadn’t looked at it since landing.

--- Dawn. A kind of moment where the midnight, and early rise of morning meets in a certain knock of light in the blues of darkness, and right now, the moment was just it; the blend of dark blue, deepening it with the blooming light to rise, as downside was the awakened Seoul in city-lights; a faint shore of wavering Han river, the bridge of it was still gleaming in the lights of brightness. The late midnight rain had left the chilling breeze of the gone winters, blooming spring, and the freshness of the soil.

Determined to unmask my midnight phantom. Damn! What did I get myself into? The hours pass on faster than I anticipated, and right now we are already in our matching unicorn onesie Nancy bought a couple weeks ago. Mine was purple while hers was pink. We both settled in my living area, devouring the food we had ordered online like gluttons and, of course, paired with drinks. Vodka and tequila. I questioned her drink of choice, knowing full well how this would end, but she persisted and I am a fool for agreeing with her.

ASTRID Thirty minutes prior… *** It’s almost midnight. I should be sleeping, cozying up to the lulling sound of the rain. Instead, I’m pacing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows like a war general, peering every two seconds at the gloomy, rain soaked streets.

' Midnight growls, his eyes glowing brilliantly blue as he remembers what the 'Master' did to us last time he had us in his power. 'He was never going to let her go.' I told him, 'We were so stupid to think he would let her walk away from him.' Midnight looked back at me, his primitive instincts written all over his handsome face. He was ready to kill, and those poor guards were about to meet a very painful and bloody death. I don't hesitate any longer. 'Move forward.' I order, and Midnight slinks through the shadows behind them while my Betas grey wolves, hit them from the front. It was not a lesson they could learn; it was a massacre as we tore them to pieces, their weapons useless against

No animal dared to enter his domain, including the grizzlies that occupied the area ever since he battled the one that previously claimed the cave as home. The moon was full and shined brightly in the black sky. Kaynon lifted his head to stare into its light, feeling its mighty pull and relishing in its power. Closing his eyes, he took a deep inhale of the crisp air signifying the imminent return of autumn, and the anniversary of his pack's death. Their screams still haunted him and kept him up most nights. Another day of redemption tomorrow. He thought to himself before drifting off into a dreamless slumber. *******************************