octavia butler best short story

Waking up from a nightmare several hours before dawn, Belle fetched a drink of water. She paused in front of her kitchen's window when she noticed a lit lantern in front of her mansion's garden. Her butler stood there, shovel in hand. This was no hour to be gardening. Curious, she made her way outside, but when she had gotten close enough to see a large and hollow pit next to her eternally-stoic and polite butler, she saw him pick up a rotten body. A DEAD BODY! Her eyes widened fearfully when she saw her handsome butler drop the rotting body into the fresh hole. She asked in horror, "What are you doing?!" Surprised to see his young miss awake at this hour, he stared at her with the same expression he had been keeping up for all these years. He had made sure she was asleep before coming here. "Gardening." "And the body?!" she looked at him in disbelief. "Fertilizer," he answered her before picking up the shovel that was on the ground. Belle was now certain something had possessed her butler. Who gardened dead bodies?! She then heard him ask her, "Want to help me in planting it, Miss Adams?" he gave her a sweet smile. Note: If you enjoy a book of comedy with light-hearted romance and a gothic background. This book is for you~

After defeating the fallen god-king in divine war, Ziel Grisel (Ken Nijisaki) is cursed by his opponent and loses all his emotions. Ken feels the emptiness in his life and decides to create reincarnation magic by using his innate ability to dispel the curse. Nine hundred years have passed, and Ken has been successfully reincarnated. Unfortunately, the curse cannot be removed, and Ken is forced to live in that era without his emotions. After learning that fact, Ken is determined to live a quiet and peaceful life as... a butler?

Short stories to accompany you.. STORY-1: Falling For The Antagonist, Mr. Choi! Seeing her father getting killed right in front of her eyes, Na Ae Ra swears that she will avenge her father. 12 years later, she finds the person who killed her father, was none other than her first love, Choi Yu Shik. What will Na Ae Ra do? Will she avenge her father or not do anything? STORY-2: Love Me Harder Song Yu Qi, a high school graduate gets married to a man whom she barely knows. Without knowing much about him, she soon falls in love with him. Since then, a cute give and take relationship starts in between the two. STORY-3: The Promise Baek Ji Ah and Kang Minhyuk were living happily married for a year until, Baek Ji Ah's long-lost childhood friend, Lee In Joon appears and their married life crumbles. Will Ji Ah be able to amend her broken heart by finding love in her childhood friend's embrace or get back with her husband? STORY-4: An Unexpected Proposal Han Sora always had a crush on Lee Yi Kyung since high school and she even encourages herself to propose him on the graduation day but instead gets proposed by Yi Kyung's elder brother, Lee Junsu... Will Sora's heart melt with Junsu's flowing love? Or Does Junsu's heart gets broken into pieces? STORY-5: Love Amidst Investigation Park Ji Hyun is a detective who has been framed for killing her own brother. While running away from being caught, she meets a handsome young man, Han Seo Jun, who helps her all the time. She falls in love with him and investigates the murder of her brother. STORY-6: I Travelled Into A Comic and Made The CEO Fall For Me Son Mina is a young university students who gets body shamed for being fat and ugly. One day while reading her favorite comic, she travels into that comic world. Her soul gets swapped with the comic's female lead's body. And with that she makes the CEO fall for her.... STORY-7: I Hate You, I Love You Park Ji Sang always loved Kim Yeon-Ah but never expressed his feelings towards her and they remain friends. Due to a certain incident, Yeon-Ah slaps him and starts to hate him. Five years later, they meet again and this time Ji Sang tries his best to express his feelings towards her. STORY-8: Forbidden Relationship Despite of being married, Choi Ah-Yeong cheats behind her husband’s back. Not because he is a bad person but because she again has feelings for her ex who returned back. Will Ah-Yeong leave her husband, Jung Sang Hoon for her ex, Kang Dae Hyun? STORY-9: Feelings Rekindled Byeon Da-Jung and Yang Woo-Jin were married to one another but they divorced soon after four years. Four years later, they meet again due to some circumstances and realize the mistakes they did and that they still have feelings for one another. Will they get back with one another or go separate ways? NOTE: This book is still under progress so, I apologize to make you all wait! Thank you for your love and support! Stay safe and take care y'all!!!

A series of short stories, of different genres. Simple yet thought-provoking reads.

After I died, the woman who called herself a goddess summoned me to her side and sent me to isekai to be reincarnated. She said that earth is her world and my existence here makes her sick. So far everything was normal, according to our agreement I would even have a system after I was reincarnated. But why is my system named the butler system? Anyway, I'll forgive the goddess for choosing such a beautiful mother for me. Ehehehehe ------- one year later Well, it was obvious this was going to be like this. If you ignore something as important as cleaning a wound before bandaging it, of course the wound will infect. What can a simple village pharmacist do with a huge wound this close to the heart? It's too late ... What the fuck is that light coming out of the old woman's hand? ------- four years later "I want you to be my personal butler, Yuto" Isn't that supposed to be a choice, you little bitch? How can you say it's a free choice when there's a man behind me waiting to kill me the moment I refuse? Should I use my teleport ability to get out of here? [ Your five-year time limit has expired, if you want to continue using the system, please become a real butler as soon as possible ] There's a lot of pressure on me... Anyway, I'll just be a bit of a butler, what's the most that can happen? ------- main tag- comedy-isekai warning - even if the tags say harem, the harem is something that will be revealed later in the story. ( not the brainless harem ) ------ Arc I- reincarnation / 1~12 Arc II- Being a Butler / 13~35 Arc III- Blessing / 36~41 Arc IV- a noble... / 42~54 Arc V- An ordinary? day for the Ironblood family / 55~71 Arc VI- Puclic auction and banquet night / 72~116 Arc VII- The Emperor level training battle / 117~130 Arc VIII- Separation / 131~150 Arc IX- The ruthless hunter of the dark seas / 151~??? ------ Total words 190k The gramer quality of the first 45 chapters is dropping in some parts. I am working on it. (17/45 complate) New chapters will arrive in September.

Anna is a girl capable of controlling time ever since she lost her parents. However, by using her powers recklessly, she ended up being adopted and exploited by a corrupt noble family, pushing her body’s health to its absolute limit. To Anna’s surprise, a boy with an unknown identity offered her something she can no longer remember. That’s because, to her astonishment, she was sent back in time to the moment she first arrived at the orphanage, granting her a second chance. Her friends—those she hadn’t seen again since being taken in by that family—were now standing in front of her once more. With that, Anna gained the resolve that if this wasn’t just a dream… she wouldn’t repeat her past mistakes. Despite her lingering fear of using her powers, Anna is determined to live this second life in a way that truly matters, forming bonds with friends who will stand by her side as she faces the chaos of a world shaped by magic and the political ambitions of a selfish few. ◇◆◇ Chapter 7 - A Risky Move Anna stood across from Darius, the most respected and calculating player in the room. They had tied four times in a row, something no one had ever seen before. “I’ll raise the stakes,” Darius said with a cold smile, pushing a massive pile of chips to the center of the table. The dealer turned to Anna: “You must match the bet, or you’ll lose automatically.” Anna hesitated, glancing at her dwindling pile of chips. She was out of money. The murmurs of the spectators grew louder. Finally, the dealer offered her a way out: “You can play on credit, but if you lose, you’ll have to pay it back—with interest… or face more serious consequences.” Anna swallowed hard. She knew continuing was a massive risk, especially since exhaustion was creeping up on her. But Leo’s words echoed in her mind, urging her to keep going. She looked at the dealer and, with unwavering determination, declared: “I accept. I’ll double the bet.” Silence fell over the room as the game resumed. Anna used her ability to rewind time and fix every mistake she made. But with each use of her power, the fatigue took a heavier toll. The minutes ticked by, and when she finally scored a perfect 21, leaving her opponent in the dust, her body couldn’t take any more. “Anna wins,” the dealer announced. But before Anna could celebrate, her vision blurred, and she collapsed in front of everyone, leaving the room in complete shock.

This is my very first story and I don't know how to write a story so I hope you enjoy! "I'm sure you already know the present circumstances, so I am going to ask you for a small favor. Can you save this world? In exchange, I will give you a tiny bit of my power to make your job easier." Those were the words I heard in my dream. This is the story of how Zeta, the weakest general in the Hero's army in his past life, saved the world... As a butler! *Story might start off a bit slow but, things will begin to speed up around Volume 3. Also, the butler part is going to be insignificant in the earlier chapters but, it will get attention, soon *Update times might be a bit unstable but, I will try to make sure that the maximum amount of time in between the chapters is only 2 days. *Chapter Length: 1000 words to 1650 words Limit, Exceptions May Happen

A collection of stories from another word

A collection of paranormal short stories ... These stories prove that... Some things which can be beyond your imagination and are mysterious....

　We always think that if we could go back to the past, had our time again, we could make the difference and control our destiny. 　But you have to believe that all meetings and departures have their own reasons.　　 As the long years pass, we finally get used to no longer having each other, living alone in our own worlds, no longer yearning so much, and no longer feeling so many regrets. 　If one day, we meet again at a corner of the city, will we still recognize each other, the person we once loved so deeply at first sight? No one knows. We always think that if lord gives us another chance, allowing us to go back to the past, to start over, we can correct our mistakes, control our fate, and have our time again, not realizing that in the myriad of timelines, we may have already reached a fork of the destiny, we have been losing each other. Everything that will happen, will happen eventually. So let's move forward, because that's our life.