Sweet Things That Kill

The things we want are so very rarely the things we need. Clifton Heights, a modest Adirondack town, offers many unique attractions. Arcane Delights sells both paperbacks and hard-to-find limited editions. The Skylark Diner serves the best home-cooked meals around, with friendly service and a smile. Every August, Mr. Jingo’s County Fair visits, to the delight of children and adults. In essence, Clifton Heights is the quintessential small American town. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone is treated like family. It is quiet, simple, and peaceful. But shadows linger here. Flitting in dark corners, from the corner of the eye. If you walk down Main Street after dark, the slight scrape of shoes on asphalt whispers you're not alone, but when you look over your shoulder, no one is there. The moon shines high and bright in the night sky, but instead of throwing light, it only seems to make the shadows lengthen. Children disappear. Teens run away. Hunters get lost in the woods with frightening regularity. Husbands go mad, and wives vanish in the dead of night. And still, when the sun rises in the morning, you are greeted by townspeople with warm waves and friendly smiles, and the shivers pass as everything seems fresh and new... Until night falls once more. Handy's Pawn and Thrift sits several blocks down from Arcane Delights. Like any thrift store, its wares range from the mundane to the bizarre. By daylight, it seems just another slice of small town Americana. But in its window hangs a sign which reads: We Have Things You Need. And when a lonely traveling salesman comes looking for something he desperately wants, after normal visiting hours, after night has fallen, he will face a harsh truth among the shelves of Handy’s Pawn and Thrift: the things we want are rarely the things we need. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

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When a child mysteriously disappears from a small town and even his mother seems indifferent, it’s time for the new sheriff to step in. Meet Chris Baker, the new sheriff of the quiet Adirondack town of Clifton Heights. As one inexplicable case after another forces him to confront the townsfolk in The Skylark Diner, it’s the furtive Gavin Patchett that hands Chris a collection of not-so-fictional short stories that tumbles him into a world of monsters, ageless demons, and vengeful citizens. As Chris reads through the stories the veil starts to lift, and he soon questions what is real and what’s not, and whether he really wants to know. Nothing will ever be the same again. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Autumn Shade only wants one thing: to get away and live her own life. Tired of being forced by her father to take on the business, and follow in his steps, she leaves. She wanted to show her father that she was capable of making her own decisions and not screwing up. But just when she successfully leaves, she's caught up in another whirlwind which threatens to deem everything she'd known a lie.Justin Black and his friends see Autumn and they find that she was perfect for what they were planning, given that it was her father they wanted to take revenge on.Autumn learns a shocking truth about a scandal involving a murder and her father, and persistently denies it. But apparently they have proof.All Autumn wants to do is the right thing. If her father is innocent she gets to say 'I told you so' and if he's really a cheating murderer then she does what's right and gets out of this mess once and for all.But as usual, things get complicated. Actually, feelings get complicated, because the longer she stayed, the closer the broken boy held her.© 2020 by Everleigh Winters

My sister leaves some last words before committing suicide, and everyone who sees those words die. My grandmother is the first to go, and then my father. In the end, even my mother jumps off a 30-story building. The reporters fall over themselves trying to score an interview with me, and the police interrogate me. Countless people want to know what my sister's last words are. However, I keep my silence until my sister's tenth death anniversary. I see a figure before her grave, and I'm agitated beyond imagination. I know it's time for death to take me.

Lelah disiksa oleh ayah tirinya, Lea memutuskan untuk kabur dari rumah. Bermodal paras cantik dan tubuh yang indah, Lea bertahan hidup dengan bekerja sebagai penari striptis di Night-O Club, sebuah club malam elit di Brownsville. Selain menari, Lea juga menjadi primadona dengan tarif tertinggi di club tersebut yang menerima pekerjaan sampingan sebagai "teman kencan" tamu-tamu VIP. Zen Aberdein, pengusaha di bidang perhotelan yang terobsesi untuk menyewa jasa Lea, melakukan apa pun agar wanita itu tetap berada dalam genggamannya. Hingga suatu saat, jati diri Zen dan Lea terungkap. Zen dengan dunia hitamnya, dan Lea dengan masa lalu kelamnya. Fakta bahwa mereka memiliki musuh yang sama, membuat Zen semakin berhasrat untuk menghabisi lawannya. Namun yang terjadi tak seperti yang dibayangkan. Campur tangan dari orang-orang yang tidak terduga membuat nyawa Zen dan Lea berkali-kali nyaris melayang. Hingga pria itu menyadari bahwa dia memiliki satu titik lemah, yaitu Lea. Wanita yang membuatnya rela menukar nyawa untuk sebuah kata "cinta". Tak sedikit nyawa yang melayang dalam perjalanan kisah mereka. Akankah Zen dan Lea menjadi salah satunya? SWEET CAKE by Rusmiko157 Follow me on IG @rusmiko157 FB Rusmiko Maulana

"Darby.” My name comes out as a low snarl and I struggle to think. “I'm afraid you have me at a disadvantage, Alpha.”"That's how I like you.” This almost purrs. He shifts his weight to the thigh between mine, brushing against my clit and I tremble as agonizing pleasure spirals through me. His nostrils flare with his next breath and the purr is a low sensual growl. “The better to see to every pleasurable need you have.”Big bad devilishly sexy wolf. Oh shit.

Dengan siapa kamu akan jatuh cinta~ -o0o- Aku tidak bisa mengingat masa-masa SMA-ku. Tepatnya lima tahun yang lalu. Namun, entah kenapa, waktu mempertemukanku dengan beberapa orang baru yang justru membawa benang merah kejadian lima tahun lalu. -o0o- "Aku tidak mempedulikan masa lalumu. Aku hanya butuh masa depanmu di kehidupanku." ~Septian "Tenang saja. Aku akan selalu ada untukmu jika kamu membutuhkan pertolongan dariku." ~Alan "Aku akan menemanimu kemanapun kamu pergi. Percayalah padaku." ~Ren "Untukmu, aku akan membawamu keliling dunia." ~Henry

Fajar, pria yang memiliki perusahaan teknologi dihadapkan pada kenyataan jika dirinya memiliki kepribadian ganda. Mariska, kekasih Fajar tidak mengetahui apa yang terjadi pada dirinya, hanya satu orang yang mengetahuinya, Indira. Seringnya Fajar dan Indira bersama membuat mereka memiliki perasaan berbeda. Bukan hanya Fajar yang menyukai Indira, tapi 2 kepribadiannya yang lain juga menyukai Indira dibandingkan Mariska. Akankah Fajar sembuh dengan bantuan Indira? Bagaimana dengan percintaannya dengan Marissa? Siapa yang akan Fajar dan hatinya pilih?

Tak semanis mimpinya, Gea harus rela menggantikan posisi sepupunya yang lari entah kemana di hari pernikahan, karena tidak ingin dijodohkan. Bahkan Gea tidak mengenali siapa calon suaminya. Namun, siapa sangka, pernikahan tersebut membawa dampak dan suasana baru di kehidupan Gea. Lantas apa saja yang terjadi semenjak Rayyan hadir dalam kehidupannya? Yuk, simak ceritanya di sini.