In a small town located in the state of Maine, a place called Pumpkin Hill, a group of exorcists work to keep the town safe from spirits and demons and other paranormal entities. Unfortunately, after a sudden event, the group splits up, leaving only two members to keep everyone from harm.
Unfortunately for them, their heroic decision has placed them in an inescapable hell.... more>>

This is only one story of many.
Welcome to Pumpkin Hill. <<less

“I could tell by the way he looked at me. He was afraid...” ... more>>

Lilliana's interplanetary journey takes an unexpected turn when her ship crashes on a primitive planet.

Stranded and injured, she must keep a low profile to avoid alerting the locals, who are yet to discover space travel. Lilliana soon realizes that she can't survive on her own and desperately needs help until her brother arrives.

She is soon discovered, but the alien, Jarath, surprises her when he takes her in. Though they can only communicate through basic gestures, she feels drawn to him, but she is determined to never give her heart away again.

With others of Jarath's kind searching for her, the race is on. But who will get to her first - her brother, or the aliens out to do her harm?

Sparks fly in this romantic science fiction novelette.

[COMPLETED!]

© Susan McKenzie 2017. All rights reserved. <<less

In different corners of reality, five individuals are living out their cliche stories until they are collected as 'Players' by strange entities. Dragged through a... more>> mysterious door, they find themselves in an unknown realm where they are sent to evolve, unaware of what lies ahead.
Join them on their journey as they uncover what lies Beyond the Storyline. <<less

Jennifer Li wants her first weeks as spaceship captain to be a success. Getting along with her new crew might be a harder task than she prepared for. The new ship therapist isn't impressed with Jennifer's untested command style, and in the aftermath of facing a murderer together Jennifer and her new second in command might have an intense bond or only an awkward acquaintance.... more>>

An emergency call redirects her ship to Rommys to face the double threat of a tear in time-space that threatens its residents, and a mysterious woman that knows more about Jennifer than she's comfortable with. As the time-space anomaly grows, teamwork becomes more important than ever, and if they fail Jennifer could lose more than just the respect of her crew. <<less

Young man named Jennifer goes from a semi-dystopian mundane life into a war between oligarchs and rebels.

Earth got hit with an nuclear star because of the well known Cosmic War. 10,000 people survived and recreated Humanity. The circumstances to survive are... more>> now different with elemental powers? <<less

One night when he was at a party Jacob got home to find that his dad has been murdered Now suffering from depression... more>> and addiction, Jacob can't seem to find anything that helps him feel better about himself except for revenge <<less

Waking up from dormancy, a Planet-Destroyer unit travels to Arcadia, and after discovering that humanity was not an evil or impure race, decides to defend... more>> the world from her creator's wrath. <<less

Namike Heiner, an ordinary person who couldn't dream, was able to dream once, not knowing the consequences that could occur.... more>>

This story is based on a prompt I got from Chat GPT, so some bits may have holes, but I hope you can bear with it. <<less

Join Rune as He tries to figure out how to survive the imminent doom of the planet. Armed with a random visions of his death... more>> and nothing but his wits how will he prepare for the incoming Apocalypse? <<less

Set on the space ships and space stations of the Union of Allied Planets, Four Bodies in Space follows Commander Solaris, a scientific officer on a small ship that just wants to be left alone to check her experiments in peace. A peace threatened first by the murder of an ambassador and then by the friendly overtures of his emotionally volatile widow. With her ship in danger and her future on the line, Solaris can't hold back her curiosity about the murder.... more>>

Into this mess steps newly promoted Captain Li, eager and a little too friendly, and fascinated by the psychic gift Solaris considers her greatest burden. Solaris would rather cling to everything she holds dear than accept the difficulty of something new and untried even if pushing away Captain Li's help risks damage to her career and the people she wants to protect, but fleeing from Jennifer Li's hand in friendship could mean falling into the killer's hands instead... <<less

Random short stories, short scripts, and/or scenes from larger works.... more>>

Penelope (Screenplay) - A researcher for an experimental federal program tries to find justice for a hit-and-run victim only to uncover she is part of a larger conspiracy. <<less

"Vivid Lives" is a captivating story set in a world where people's imaginations can materialize into reality through their telekinetic abilities. Society values these powers... more>> greatly, but not everyone uses them for the greater good. Enter Eding, a eighteen-year-old boy who has yet to show any supernatural capabilities and is deemed worthless by his society. However, his life takes a drastic turn when he seeks refuge from the rain in an abandoned school. Follow Eding's journey as he discovers the true power of his imagination and uncovers the dark secrets of his society. Will he use his newfound abilities to make a difference in the world or succumb to the temptations of power? Dive into the world of "Vivid Lives" to find out. <<less

In the heart of Dark Wells, Dr. Everhart and Dr. Thorne, along with a mysterious old man, unraveled the secrets of a lighthouse that was... more>> more than it seemed. They discovered the existence of a malevolent multiversal entity lurking beneath the sea, threatening their world. Joining the Orders of Shadow, they dedicated themselves to mastering sorcery, alchemy, and science to confront this cosmic danger. When a crow signaled the entity's return, they prepared to defend their reality. Their journey had evolved from archaeology into a battle against cosmic shadows, a quest to protect their loved ones, and a commitment to safeguard their world from the ancient evil that sought to consume it. <<less

Two different people, Two different worlds. Both a cripple in their own world, but what happens when they trade their resources?

A third Doctor and Jo story set during the days when the Doctor was exiled to Earth and acted as scientific adviser to UNIT. ... more>> Also set in 19th Century India.
Can the Doctor and Jo solve the mystery of the Indian Rope Trick or will the Masters of Illusions destroy the whole of reality? <<less

A hidden world of supernatural, that no one talks about or even searches for. Encounter with the power “Muda” leads these people on quite the adventure.... more>>

(Another one of my based on a dream ideas) <<less

A girl who sees ghosts. A magic out of control. A group hellbent on destroying what they’re afraid of. ... more>>

Maddie can see ghosts and for that she is sent to a mental institution. Maddie Johnson is sent to a mental institution because she talks to people who aren’t there. She insists that they’re ghosts. Just as she thinks she’s convinced the doctors that she is fine now, a dark-haired ghost with dreamy brown eyes rushes in and ruins everything.

She is sent to a halfway house that helps people with mental illness assimilate back into society. But then she hurts someone using magic she didn’t know she possessed. Now she has a new problem. She will have to learn to control her magic.

She discovers that the town has secrets of its own and there are people going missing. How far are people willing to go to destroy what they are afraid of? Maddie and her handsome spirit might just find out first-hand.

© 2024 Susan McKenzie. All rights reserved. <<less

I wrote this last school year, I was just now posting it here to write more and gain constructive criticism and feedback.

Having escaped 6 Years of being an unwilling lab rat to an experiment with only an eye and two broken legs, Yuuta is assigned to... more>> a guardian by the government in hopes that he will have a normal life. Thankfully, he comes prepared with his psychic powers to help him out, but will he be able to survive being in a high school? and more importantly, How will he fare in this futuristic Tokyo? <<less

The system made its choice. 8 players. One World. Gods, Demigods, Mortals, Devils, Mythical creatures, and Monsters. The world started to awaken from its slumber.... more>> Greedy humanity is finally receiving divine punishment and soon the whole continent will be one huge bloodbath. 8 players chosen by the system are game-changing characters who have one mission: find the NEVERLA ND. They will keep slowly approaching hidden secrets of the past and in the end will face dark reality. What is the system's true purpose? On whose side is it? Why NEVERLA ND? wHO WILL survive and who will die? Do players live or do players die? (Support me on Royalroad. I will be publishing this fiction on Royalroad too) <<less

Everyone has a story to tell, made from the moments in the lives we share. Consequently, every person has their own perspective, their own subjective experiences, and thereby, their own subjective realities. Even if the exact same story is told by two people, the details from one will differ in the other.... more>>

Reed and Lumina share their lives together, but each of them came from different backgrounds; each of them went through their own unique experiences. Reed is a human being like everyone else on Earth. Lumina is an Altiri, like every one in Genosis. Both are aliens to their own world, and both have seen their own source of immense darkness in their time.

The other side of the same story might sound similar at a quick glance, but in the depths of every personal reality, very little is ever the same. Welcome to the far side of the universe, in a safe corner of the world you've probably heard nothing about. Welcome ~ to Genosis. Welcome ~ to The Other Side. <<less

After that event... The world was never the same again. Economies weakened, countries tried to expand and lock themselves in like dying stars; the progress... more>> we were so proud of became only a fleeting remembrance in the memory of some grandparents. Of all the nations that managed to expand and prosper, Taured was always the quintessential hermetic country. In this place, three young friends will have to make a tough decision, after reuniting with a childhood friend who they thought had died. The towering plateau and its gods of yesteryear eagerly watch the times of change. <<less

While the distribution of video content across the internet was suddenly made dangerous by the Condor Raid in 2040, shortform video has been an ubiquitous way for people to share snippets of their life or the life they'd like to live for about a generation! Fortunately, by 2043, the twin geniuses Wen Hong and Jiang had come up with an algorithm that could reliably unreality proof content shorter than about two minutes and fifty-two seconds. Allegedly.... more>>

Well, in this day and age, safe enough is enough to win you fame and popularity! Today, Bonbon is one of the only websites known to be accessible from over ninety percent of municipal and national intranets.

Now, let's log in every day, open up our refurbished phones, and let a million cutting edge events spear through our very hearts and souls!

(a collection of incoherent random little snippets because rn i can't be bothered to string together a sane story...
cc-by-sa 3.0. although honestly i'm not sure why you'd want to share this one) <<less

In a world plagued by the Carrington Event, where communication collapses and chaos reigns, a select few individuals find themselves bestowed with extraordinary abilities, each represented by a tarot card. Among them is Eros Hermes, a determined seeker of truth, whose quest for forbidden knowledge leads him to unravel the mysteries of the hierarchy of the universe. Guided by his insatiable curiosity and the allure of power, Eros embarks on a perilous journey, navigating the paths of both the physical and metaphysical realms. As he delves deeper into the secrets hidden within the fabric of reality, he discovers the existence of 21 contract holders, each harboring their own ambitions and agendas. With allies and adversaries... more>> alike vying for control over the fate of humanity, Eros must outwit them all. Bound by knowledge yet freed by silence, Eros's fate becomes intertwined with the very essence of existence itself, leading him on a thrilling odyssey of discovery, danger, and ultimately, godhood.

In the wake of the Carrington's cosmic sway,
Lost are the voices that once guided the day.
Gifted with might beyond mortal ken,
Each soul marked by a tarot's golden pen.

How shall humanity dance in this twisted fray?
Will they hold fast, or scatter away?
Amidst the chaos, the contract holders stand,
To wield their power, or with a higher purpose, band?

Enter Eros, seeker of truths untold,
Bound by his quest, his ambition bold.
Through realms unseen, his path winds and twirls,
Yet shall he emerge, or be lost in the shadows' swirls? <<less