Author: JKMATHEW

Amelia Bennett stared at the freshly turned earth, the Ravenwood Village cemetery a desolate patch under the perpetual fog. A low moan, not of grief, but of shifting stone, rippled from the mausoleum behind her. Heads turned. Whispers erupted. The stone door, sealed shut for generations, was grinding open. Anxious murmurs turned to panicked gasps… Read more

Rain lashed against Alex Morgan’s face as he navigated the neon-slicked alleys of Neo-Tokyo. His slender frame moved with an agility honed by years spent chasing shadows. He wasn’t hunting criminals tonight, though. Tonight, it was data. The feed from his wrist-mounted scanner pulsed erratically, signaling a quantum anomaly near the towering skyscrapers that defined… Read more

Elena Brooks adjusted her slender frame on the hard pew, the scent of lilies heavy in the air. Rain lashed against the stained-glass windows of the Raven Hollow church as the eulogy droned on, but Elena’s gaze was fixed. Not on the somber face of the priest, but on the ancient, engraved box resting beside… Read more

Eleanor Blackwood gripped the worn leather of the diary, its pages brittle beneath her fingers. Dust motes danced in the weak light filtering through the Ravenwood Manor library window. Her grandfather’s funeral had ended hours ago, yet a disquiet lingered, thicker than the fog clinging to the ancient stones outside. A misplaced, heavy, oak box,… Read more

Ravenwood Cemetery clung to the cliff edge, mist swirling like restless spirits. Elena Harper knelt, placing black coffee – still steaming in its white mug – beside her grandmother’s stone. A raven, perched on a skeletal oak, cawed sharply, then dropped something at Elena’s feet. Not petals, not leaves, but a tarnished silver locket, intricate… Read more