horace riddle

Gunshots waken Ian Tunbridge, an assistant curator of classical antiquities at the British Museum, on his first day on a dig in California. The only way to save his life is to run for it, but luck is not on his side. At least, not until he meets Lucas Arpini, the brash American photographer who seems to have some sort of clue what’s going on. Together, they’re supposed to be the tools in finding an artifact nobody believes is real -- nobody, that is, except Lucas and the man kidnaps them both.<br><br>Ian doesn’t know what to believe. His colleagues are dead, he’s injured, and he has no choice but to put his faith in a gorgeous stranger. Their escape should lead them straight to the police, but when Lucas shows him pieces of the puzzle they were meant to solve, Ian is too intrigued to walk away. He wants to solve the riddle as badly as Lucas does.<br><br>Unfortunately, they aren’t the only ones ...

Stuart is a lone photographer based in Dunfermline, Scotland. His specialty; post-mortem photography. At the beginning of the 20th century, the custom of photographing the dead is at its dawn, but Stuart is an old-fashioned war veteran. He keeps the practice alive. His life starts changing after his brother's death. Stuart suddenly gets flashbacks of the past long forgotten. The dead subjects on his photos turn out distorted, as if moved... He meets Regina, a photography enthusiast herself. The two engage themselves in photographing crime scenes. More strange occurrences appear in their photos. Stuart is scared that someone is threatening him and his distant family. He aims to find a rational explanation while the ghosts from the photos are haunting him in his dreams. They're warning him there's something more dangerous than them he should be afraid of...

Follow the lives of two boys, both orphans, who grew up together with only each other to depend on as they suffered through fear and prejudice, and then the discovery that they were in fact, truly powerful, magical,people. Follow them as they form a bond that even death cannot break Story made by athey on FanFiction.net

This will be the last time I let her down because it will be the last time she gives me the chance to.

A youth steps onto a road, a road seeking dharmic salvation, a road to solve the secret behind dharmic perfection. His words, his deeds and his very belief will be put to the test on multiple occasions. Follow him, as he makes his judgement, broadens his perspective and proves his position. You will quickly find out that my writing style differs a lot from usual novels. I like to integrate information about the world, the characters and the martial arts dynamically into the dialogues and interactions between the characters. I won't write from the perspective of the main character exclusively, but include the view other characters have onto the things happening around them. I won't give you a curfew about the cultivation system, the world, the countries and the main character during the first chapter. I want you to unveil more about the story as you continue reading instead of explaining everything from the start and just follow plotlines. I don't know whether this will turn out to be a pro or a con, but I mainly write this story as an experiment and find my own personally exclusive style. This will include a lot of experimentation and it's possible that I'll fail hard at some occasions so please bear with me and tell me and share your honest thoughts about subjects I can improve on. For the start I plan on releasing chapters on a daily schedule at 4:20 am until we reach chapter 20. After chapter 20 we'll see whether I'll hold the schedule or take it down a notch to match up to my motivation. I don't own the cover image. Creator of the Image is Hu Zheng and I found this work here: http://coolvibe.com/tag/hu-zheng/

Cinta itu sederhana, manusia itu yang rumit! Ben dan Daisy, bukan sepasang kekasih dan belum menikah, saling mencintai hingga diumur mereka yang hampir berkepala tiga. Hanya saja, lamaran Ben selalu ditolak oleh Daisy karena Ben telah menyembunyikan sesuatu darinya. Apakah itu?

Some puzzles aren’t meant to be solved. Especially when you’re the final clue. When a cryptic riddle is sent to every phone in the city at midnight, no one takes it seriously—until people start dying. Each victim, a clue to the next, part of a chilling puzzle spelling out a name no one recognizes. Avery Locke, a brilliant but reclusive linguist with a traumatic past and a gift for solving patterns. She's dragged into the investigation when the riddles begin referencing secrets no one but she should know. Paired with Detective Elias Reed, a skeptic with his own ghosts and a college student named Elias with a part yet to be known, they race to uncover the identity of the killer before the final riddle drops—and Avery becomes the last answer. But as the clues dig deeper into her own history, Avery begins to wonder: Is she solving the riddle… or is she the riddle?

In the heart of a bustling urban city, Ava Cole, a young and ambitious woman, has always prided herself on being able to navigate life's challenges with clarity and precision. Working as a junior architect, she’s focused on building a career while staying out of the chaos that surrounds her. But when she accidentally stumbles upon a cryptic message—a seemingly innocuous text hidden in plain sight—her world begins to unravel. What starts as a small curiosity soon spirals into a dangerous web of secrets and deception. Ava finds herself entangled in a mystery that leads to hidden truths about the city's most influential figures, including a high-profile developer who is also the enigmatic and captivating Ethan Blackwell—a man whose charm and mysterious past draw her in like a magnet. As the investigation deepens, Ava and Ethan's connection grows, blurring the lines between trust and temptation. Torn between her growing feelings for Ethan and the undeniable suspicion that he may be involved in the very conspiracy she’s uncovering, Ava is pushed to the brink. As she digs deeper into the secrets that bind the city’s elite, she begins to question her own safety—and whether the man she’s falling for is her greatest ally... or her most dangerous adversary. In a race against time, Ava must navigate a maze of lies, betrayal, and forbidden love to expose the truth. But with danger lurking at every turn and her heart torn between love and suspicion, can she uncover the conspiracy before it’s too late, or will the veil of deceit pull her under forever?

Ashma was a wise and intelligent girl living with her family. Strange things started happening to her one day when she was hanging out with her friends. Then a mysterious boy came into her life. He seems to know what was going on and offered help. "I can help you because I know what is going on with you. I know you have many questions but everything will be revealed to you at the right time." "How can I trust you?" "Because you have no other choice." Ashma had no other choice but to believe him. She didn't know what was going on with her. Little did she know that she would be tricked by his hands because her identity was no joke. What a perfect scheme the boy had made that he kept her in dark for so long. What was his purpose? Was it to protect her or to take advantage of her? --------- Sneak Peek "Why? Why did you do this to me!? Were you that greedy for power?" Ashma, with her heart broken and cheeks dampened by tears, yelled with all her might at Zaki. "I had to do so because I had no choice. You must understand that everything I do, I do it for the better. You must keep in mind that I'll never harm you." Zaki replied with a stern face and glowing eyes but with a concerned expression in his eyes for her. "For the better?", Ashma smirked ironically, "Yeah! For the better! You kept me in dark for the better!...You toyed with my feelings for the better!....And, you are keeping me in dungeon for the better!" She yelled at him with her broken heart and eyes that showed hatred and love for him at the same time. -------- Who do you think is the boy and what is his identity? How did Ashma got tricked and why? Will Ashma be lost in the abyss of mystery forever or will she find the answers she was looking for? -------- Thank you, please keep supporting me. Your support gives me courage to write.

After being found and brought back by her wealthy family, Arabella Donovan has an unexpected awakening and discovers that the world she lives in is a mishmash of popular story tropes. Her eldest brother is the tragic guy in a melodramatic, angsty novel; Her second brother is the cannon fodder in an showbiz power-fantasy novel; Her third brother is the scapegoat who ends up with a criminal record in a doting teen romance; Her fourth sister is the vicious villainess in a 'real vs. fake heiress' story; And even her parents are just antagonistic background characters in some sweet, middle-aged romance. Arabella Donovan: This family is a complete collection of misfortunes. The word 'tragic' doesn't even begin to cover it. Her family, after hearing all of her inner thoughts: "..."