Tales To Keep You Awake Novels & Stories

he said softly in the dark. Rae shivered. The room grew cold suddenly, and she felt certain for a minute that she would wake up from her dream and be thrown right into her gruesome reality again. Tara would be sleeping beside her, and it would still be dark. She would lie staring at the ceiling with a heavy heart, hoping to fall right back asleep so she could continue her dreaming but seeing Keegan was too painful, so she'd rather stay awake than immerse herself into a fairytale that would end when the sun rose. Before the sun rose, actually, since she had to start waking up with the other cooks.

I kept that promise to myself. After dinner, I unpacked every single box and arranged the house and by the time I was done folding the last sweater, it was well past midnight. But I didn't go to bed. My body begged for sleep, but my mind refused to sleep. The nightmares were always worse if I went to bed exhausted. They crept in easier, sharper. But tonight, I didn't want to wake up drenched in sweat. Instead, I curled up on the couch and reopened the tab I had left open from days ago— Duncan Teague's F******k page.

Caleb retreats to his room, and soon, the villa is cloaked in darkness as all the lights shut off for the night. ...... Awakening from a nightmare, I glance at the clock and see that I've only been asleep for half an hour. The vividness of my dream leaves me anxious about falling back asleep, so I grab a book to distract myself. However, before I can even get through a few paragraphs, exhaustion pulls me back under.

he commented as he took a step forward. Shoving every single thought that was crossing my mind to the farthest place, and swallowing any comment that I could have made about his appearance, I cleared my thoughts. "That's because that's exactly what is going to happen. I'm going to read you a bedtime story,” I said confidently. However, I realized how absurd that sounded as soon as I said it. Can you believe it? The Night Reaper, in his pajamas, having a bedtime story being read to him. The universe would have had to gamble some of the ozone layer just for those words to even be placed in that order.

“Just wait until I get my hands on you.” Jumping up, I give a stretch and wait until they finally get up and begin to move again. Only once the two are safely in the school do I head back inside so I can get some much needed sleep. At least, that was the plan, but my sleep is interrupted by images of feral beasts with saliva-soaked jaws and blazing red eyes. Their long claws dig at my skin while their guttural voices scream for help again and again until I finally give up on going back to sleep.

We sat in the empty seat and as usual, i took the thick encyclopedia. “I'm Tyler.” I introduced myself to her, but she just raised an eyebrow at me and ignored me. I only heard her voice once, and then she was silent the whole time while still reading the book. What is so special about that book besides me? In a few moments, my eyelids became heavier. Gradually i closed my eyes, but i immediately slapped myself just to wake up. I can't sleep! Wake up Baron! I got up again and left my seat. I did push-ups one hundred times just to stay awake. Then i dat down next to her again. In less than ten seconds, i closed my eyes again.

I’m scared of what I’ll do if I fall asleep. I rock back and forth, whispering, “Stay awake, Flora. Stay awake.” Because if I sleep, it all ends. Because if I sleep, everyone dies.

My earphones are broken, and I have n’t had the chance to get some new bones . “ Lila. do n’t start, ” mute griped. Dad and Levi chortled. “ Yes, you ’re far enough down, do n’t worry. ” Elias winked. I moaned and shook my head, but I scowled at them. We headed into the hostel, I was ready for bed, but I misdoubt I ’ll be getting any sleep. My wolf is so restless. I ca n’t stay to get to the pack so I can go for a run. “ Lila, wake up! ” Dad was pounding on my door. I went over to my door and opened it. I had n’t had any sleep at all. I was poured and in fresh clothes. “ Oh. You ’re awake. ” He affirmed. I chortled, seesawing. “ I allowed

“You think I am old? Age is just a number. I still believe I am young. You never know, I might even outlive you.” Shiva’s face tensed a little. He looked down, avoiding the old man’s eyes. They stepped out of the store, filled with their own thoughts, and ambled in opposite directions towards their homes. Shiva carried a short-stories collection in his backpack from the shop. Mr. Ben had told him he could take any book from the shop to read. He planned to read it to his sister at night. She loved stories, especially those with happy endings. She loved to imagine herself as a character in those stories and live the happy lives vicariously. This was the only pleasure Shiva could give her – for

She merely set the container down and opened it, her eyes narrowing slightly as she said, "You woke up just in time, Tristan. I just made this, so please have some." I took small sips of the chicken noodle soup, feeling the chill leave my body. I said, seemingly offhandedly, "It seems like the Jensens went down quicker than I anticipated. Willa is certainly ruthless, but the Jensens were well-established. "They shouldn't have been so easily overwhelmed by Willa's methods. There must have been another party involved here." In that instant, the spoon struck the side of the bowl, producing a sharp clink. I continued, "I can count on one hand the number of people who would call 200 million dolla