Memory Stories

She had everything- A glittering skyline at her window, parents who adored her, a lover who swore the stars would bow to her smile. At twenty-eight, Aarika Singhania ruled her empire-a company she'd built from dust and ambition. She was everything which a girl dreams of. Her life was perfect. Too perfect. Until one night-screeching tires, shattered glass, and then-nothing. When she opened her eyes again... the world wasn't hers anymore. A cramped bedroom. Faded walls. Two small faces staring at her with tear-filled eyes- "Mommy?" Her reflection in the cracked mirror was a stranger-twenty-one, tired, beautiful in a way that carried pain. A ring on her finger, a man's shirt hanging on the door, and two toddlers calling her mother. The CEO of a billion-dollar company... now a young wife in a life she never lived. Who was the woman she replaced? Where did her own body go? And can she return to the world that once bowed to her name- or is she destined to rewrite her fate in this borrowed skin? Her heart says it's a second chance. Her mind whispers it's a trap.

NOT COMPLETED!! SMG3 has been feeling a bit under the weather lately, he even forgot to do a few things, but it was small things, so it's not that big of a deal... right? Part 1 in the "Miss me?" series. ‼️Ooc‼️ My artstyle changes a lot TwT. The main ships in this story will be Mar4 and SMG34. (Mar4 is hard for me to write about so it will be mostly platonic, sorry). This story will be read mostly in a perspective from SMG3 himself and takes place just before the Guns 'n Puzzles arc. Here is your list of trigger warnings (there will be more specific warnings in the chapters): Mentions of murder and dr*gs (dr*gs will be cencored) Violence Gore Blood Death Crazy characters Unhealthy relationships Possibly uncomfortable images Swearing (like a LOT of swearing) This last warning may spoil the entire story so i suggest you read until the last chapter before looking at this one‼️ Suicide

ONC 2026. Prompt 19. "When you accidentally spill coffee on someone, the moment that should have been ruining your day becomes the beginning of surprising and life-changing friendship, in our case, romance." She remembers every time they've met. He remembers none of them. She is immortal, as long as she does not interfere. He is human, and without knowing it, he is changing everything. One meeting altered their destinies forever. She has spent lifetimes turning back time to save him, losing pieces of her immortality each time she fails, becoming more human with every loss. Every version of his story ends the same way. Him dead. This is her last chance. To save him, she may have to attempt the one thing she has never tried before: let him go. Because loving him might be the very thing that kills him.

"Hey?" "Hey... Stranger"

Author's Note This novella is written in the shadow of the wars being fought in our world today. It is for the innocent lives taken away, the homes torn open, and the ordinary futures that never get the chance to arrive. While food, water, oil, and electricity grow more expensive, ordinary people continue to carry the cost of decisions made far above them. The powerful speak of borders, strategy, history, and destiny; families bury sons, daughters, memories, and the simple lives they were building with tired hands. Love and War is a work of fiction, but its grief belongs to the present.

This is the tale of how Telikos, once a bustling, beautiful city, was turned into but a small, unnaturally-shaped town whose residents, if they had not already died, were those condemned to the galleys.

Rewriting MemoryWhat if your childhood was never truly yours? What if your most precious memories were manufactured in a lab? In a near-future world ruled by a powerful tech corporation called Nexora, a revolutionary app named MNEMO lets people record, replay, and even edit their memories. For most users, it is the ultimate escape. For Yaseen, it becomes a doorway to a lie. After accepting a high-paying temporary job cleaning corrupted memory files for Nexora, Yaseen stumbles upon something impossible: a hidden memory fragment that shows his own face in an event he does not remember living. When a mysterious hacker called "Cipher" tells him this is not the first time his memories have been edited, Yaseen's world starts to crack. Haunted by the "accident" that killed his father ten years ago, and drawn to Lian, a conflicted cognitive scientist working for Nexora, Yaseen is forced into a maze of altered memories, buried experiments, and corporate conspiracy. The more he uncovers, the more he realizes that his past, his pain, and even his love may have been rewritten. To reclaim his life, Yaseen must do the one thing Nexora never planned for: use their own memory-engineering technology against them. Can you trust your feelings... if you can't trust your memories?'

ආදරණීය අවසන් හමුවීම සමුදීමක්.

I woke up in a room I didn't recognize. No memories. No name I could trust. No past I could hold on to. All I knew was this-everyone around me seemed to know who I was... except me. Then a stranger came knocking, saying he had been looking for me. But how do you trust someone who knows your name, when you don't even know who you are? And why does it feel like remembering the truth... might be the most dangerous thing I could do?

A confession A strange shop Seven chances to relive the past But some memories aren't meant to stay.

The Last Bell is a diary-style collection of personal notes written from the perspective of a 23-year-old reflecting on childhood, school, friendship, and the quiet deaths that come with growing up. Set through memories of Russian school life, it moves between nostalgia and philosophy, exploring how people, places, and even versions of ourselves disappear long before we realize they're gone.

My best friend disappeared without a trace. No one knows what happened, where she is, or if she's okay. What really happened that night? And how do you live with yourself, knowing you might have hated your best friend in her final moments? This story follows the aftermath of a teenage girl's disappearance. The story is not build around just the mystery itself, but also explores the psychological weight it leaves behind. Told through a reflective, almost poetic voice, it explores guilt, memory, and the fragile line between love and resentment. Echoes of the Evening is a slow-burning, psychologically layered story with underlying moral and societal themes. Note from author:I'm writing this story intuitively, discovering it as I go. Neither the characters, you nor I know how it will end, but isn't that the fun of it all? I always set the standard for myself on writing meaningful literature. I hope to carry moral, psychological or societal depth in my stories. English isn't my first language, so I'm always open to feedback (both positive and critical!). I hope you'll enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoy writing it!

In a world where memories are currency, traded, erased, and even stolen, Shikha clings fiercely to the past-especially because it holds the last fragments of her best friend, Maya. When Shikha faces the enigmatic Memory Hunter, she discovers a truth far more heartbreaking than mere death: Maya's suffering was erased, her memories taken away in the guise of compassion. But without her past, who is Maya now? And who gets to decide which moments are worth preserving? As glimpses of Maya's lost self begin to reappear, Shikha is faced with an agonizing choice-to bring her friend back, but at the cost of her own most precious memories. Love, laughter, shared dreams... all for the chance to reclaim someone who might never truly be the same. Torn between sorrow and hope, Shikha must decide: is it better to forget the pain, or to hold onto the memories that shape us-even if they wound us deeply? Because some memories don't just reside in the mind... they live within the very soul.

**KRITYANSH MEHRA - 29 years old, 6'2 tall** A man who learned control before comfort. Silence before words. Responsibility before desire. **AGHANYA TIWARI / PIYA - 25 years old, 5'7 in height** Soft-spoken. Observant. Dangerous in silence. °°••°°••°°••°°••°° Some identities are chosen. Some are buried. And some are forgotten-until fate decides otherwise. A prestigious college. A girl who doesn't quite belong. A man who notices what others ignore. As secrets begin to surface and danger hides behind normalcy, one question refuses to stay silent: **"What happens when the truth you're hiding is the truth someone else has been searching for all along?"** A story of hidden identities, unspoken promises, and love tested in the shadows- where every smile could be a lie, and every step closer could change everything.

1902. A courtroom. A glance that changes everything. Harry Styles, an attorney who has spent his whole life trying to disappear. Niall Horan, a woodcarver who is never silent, even when times aren't safe. They cross paths in a trial they'll never forget, but their story is written elsewhere... in pages where ink spills in secret, love presses between lines, and truths that can only survive when hidden. Love doesn't always survive in this cruel world, but love always survives in memories. DOES MENTION (CHILDHOOD) SA, PLEASE READ WITH CARE!!

Dream is in prison. The prison he built for himself. Nightmare doesn't visit him as much but when he does, Dream can't help but question himself. And after weeks in prison, Dream commits. He comes back as a ghost. He doesn't remember much though but after running into Technoblade, Techno tries to ease his memory... Was Dream really such a bad person? Or was it just Nightmare controlling him?...

There was a time when the sky was different. Elias remembers it. He remembers standing beneath ancient pillars as lights descended from the stars. He remembers a world on the brink of revelation - and ruin. But those memories do not belong to the life he lives now. In the present day, university researcher Dr. Evelyn Carter is drawn into a mystery buried beneath history itself. Her work intersects with Elias in ways neither of them can explain. The deeper they dig, the more the past bleeds into the present. What if humanity's oldest myths are not stories - but warnings? The Man Who Remembers is a cinematic, emotionally grounded blend of ancient mystery and near-future possibility - a story about grief, memory, destiny, and the quiet truth that time is not as linear as we believe.

#ONC OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2026 📚 #ROUND ONE ONC QUALIFIER ✨ What do you do when your best friend's brother-who just moved into your shared house-turns out not to be entirely human? You scream into your pillow so no one hears. You question your grip on reality. You start double-locking your bedroom door every night. And then-you begin watching him. *** ONC PROMPT 25: You live with four other housemates, but one of them is secretly an alien trying to learn how to act human. PROMPT 105: Your chatting with someone when you suddenly notice the mirror behind them shows everything except their reflection.

Si Dwin ay isang single mother simula ng mamata ang asawa niyang si Samuel ay napilitan siyang buhayin ang kanyang anak mag isa hanggang isang araw habang siya ay magsusundo sa kanyang anak ay aksidente siyang nabundol ng sasakyan ng isang mayaman na lalaki na nagngangalang Flake Lawson Caballes anak ng isang mayaman na tao at kilala sa mga naglalakihang negosyo sa pilipinas kahit abroad. Dahil sa insidenting nangyari iyon ay nakaramdam ng pagkapamilyar ni Flake sa babae kanyang nabundol hindi niya mawari kung saan niya ito nakita oh nakasama basta pamilyar sa kanya ang babaeng ito. Dahil na din sa pagpupumilit sa kanya ng kanyang ama na mag-asawa ay binayaran niya ng malaking halaga si Dwin upang magkunwari asawa siya nito at anak niya si Jana ngunit hindi niya pala alam na totoo anak niya ang bata. Hanggang sa nagpaimbestiga siya at nalaman na ang babaeng nasa kanyang pangangalaga ay iisa sa babaeng kanyang hinahanap ngunit ang akala nito na anak ni Dwin sa kanyang yumaog asawa si Jana pero ang hindi niya alam na ito ang naging bunga ng aksidenting nangyari sa kanila noon ni Dwin mahigit walang taon ang nakakalipas.

" Some people are always meant to be villains. Aren't they ? "