Psychological Fiction
In Jupiter’s Shadow
Henry Walker
Category
Trigger Warnings
Violence, death, mental instability
On Europa’s frozen surface, scientist Abuya and her crew search for life beneath the ice—until their mission spirals into paranoia and terror. Strange symbols appear, supplies vanish, and brutal violence erupts. As fear takes hold and a monstrous presence looms, Abuya must uncover the truth before it’s too late—all while protecting the woman she loves. A gripping sci-fi thriller where survival and discovery collide.
Heids Up
Neil Renton and Mark Fleming
Category
Trigger Warnings
Violence, language, references to sex, drugs, child abuse, sectarianism. Descriptions of psychiatric institutions.
Neil Renton and Mark Fleming met at a mental health support group. Neil was candid about the depression which prompted suicidal thoughts, while Mark opened up about spells in psych wards. Finding out they both used creative writing to document harrowing experiences and maintain wellbeing, they collaborated on an anthology. Flash fiction, longer short stories, memoirs and essays intertwine to conjure snapshots of life; dark and disturbing, sometimes hilarious, always life-affirming.
Deceitful Reflection
Jessica Tepper
Category
Trigger Warnings
Sexual scenes included as well as profanity
Brad and Amelia O’Neil seem to have it all- looks, careers, love, and wealth. But secrets cant stay hidden forever. When Amelia discovers Brad’s infidelity, she demands a fresh start in her hometown with therapy- or divorce. Brad, fearing financial ruin, agrees. In Greenwich, he learns Amelia hid a shocking secret: a twin sister given up at birth. As more lies emerge, their marriage is tested. Can they navigate the truth, or will deception destroy them?
Gideon’s Secret
Lauren Stevens
Category
Trigger Warnings
miscarriage, self harm, gaslighting
Andrea goes into detail about her past losses as she recovers from being intubated from having Covid and her Emergency C-section. Her husband is the head of General Surgery at the same hospital where she gave birth.Gideon starts to become distant and starts fights about how she needs to keep their daughter safe. Gideon has a secret about their new baby. He starts to come undone as the people he works with uncover his secret.
The Widow’s Curse
Sonia Rompoti
Category
Trigger Warnings
Grief, emotional trauma, references to suicide.
Salome never expected widowhood to feel like this—isolating, haunted, and filled with unanswered questions. Returning to her home, Willow’s End, she is forced to confront the stages of grief. But when strange occurrences blur the line between memory and reality, she realizes that moving forward may be the hardest battle yet. Set against a haunting Halloween backdrop, The Widow’s Curse is a gripping story of love, loss, and the strength it takes to begin again.
Who is M?
Lauren Stevens
Category
Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
Esme Dalton moved from city life in Washington to a cottage in Mapleville, Tennessee. She was trying to get away from her past. When her past starts stalking her, she has no choice, but to ask the police for help. A family secret, murdered women, and a missing woman are uncovered in this mystery chase to find out, Who is M?
Sleep Tight
Lauren Stevens
Category
Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
This is the second installment of the psychological thriller with the Dreamdom company. Join Addie, Sara, Bitty, and Kit as the mystery unfolds. The Nightmares Department is in its beginning stages, but Addie and Sara still aren’t safe while they sleep. Someone is still pulling the imaginary strings of their Dreamdom accounts. Read if you dare the new made nightmares the employees create, as you try to connect the invincible dots behind the nightmares forced on the two best friends.
Wide Awake
Lauren Stevens
Category
Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
The story creates a sense of mystery and suspense as employees navigate through their daily lives while dealing with disturbing occurrences. Dreamdom: A company that develops and authorizes the purchase of Dreams in the year 2125 has a new President Kit. As he began expanding his company, he developed a new department that was supposed to be strictly research. Someone has gotten impatient while waiting for approval for cultivating dreams in the Nightmare Department.
And Let Time Stand, Still – The Elemental Pentology: Five
Ariadne Pautina
Category
Trigger Warnings
Alcohol use; blood and gore; epidemics; explicit content; family conflict; infidelity; manipulation; mass deaths / murder; physical abuse / assault; pregnancy / birth; sex; torture; violence; war
Zoya Iskralin is testing the boundaries of discovery. Testing how humans investigate cruelty and if her reckless games would be exposed. With increasing threats, Zoya is called home; her skills needed to assist her sisters, to protect the Compound, and to save the world. Katya’s endgame jeopardised by devastating loss. Will Katya’s sisters forgive her, once the truth is revealed?
Sempiternal – The Elemental Pentology: Four
Ariadne Pautina
Category
Trigger Warnings
Alcohol use; blood and gore; drowning; epidemics; explicit content; infidelity; manipulation; mass deaths / murder; physical abuse / assault; pregnancy / birth; sex; torture; violence
Calina Iskralin is searching for evidence of the past. Searching for means to repair a broken world. With the release of a deadly virus, Calina must make a world-changing decision. A horrific sacrifice which will fuel the division between the two factions. Both sides harbouring lies and manipulating perception to gain advantage. The alliance devastated by loss, with war’s arrival bringing potential annihilation.
