Midnight Chronicles · Short Stories

A Thousand Little Lives.

Brief worlds. Lasting echoes. Curl up and lose yourself in stories that end before dawn.

A lonely lighthouse
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8 min read

The Last Lighthouse Keeper

"On the night the sea swallowed the last radio signal, Mara realised she was the only one left who still believed the ships would come back. She wound the mechanism anyway — out of habit, or perhaps out of love."

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Fantasy 12 min
The Clockwork Heart

In a city powered by steam, a watchmaker attempts the impossible to save his dying daughter.

Horror 6 min
Footsteps in the Attic

The house was supposed to be empty. But every night at 3 AM, the pacing begins.

Romance 15 min
A Coffee Shop in Paris

Two strangers share an umbrella, a coffee, and a fleeting moment that alters their lives forever.

Mystery 20 min
The Quantum Alibi

How do you catch a killer who was simultaneously at the scene of the crime and 500 miles away?

Literary 10 min
Echoes of the Dust

An old man returns to his childhood farm, finding nothing but wind and the ghosts of memory.

Fantasy 14 min
The Mermaid's Bargain

A sailor washes ashore with lungs full of water and a pocket full of cursed gold.