Vonalt: Stories

Professor David Faeth was getting ready to head home. The day had been a rough one in the office, filled with student schedule changes and grade appeals. It was also his wedding anniversary, and he was anxious to get home. He was just about done stuffing paperwork and notebooks into his messenger bag and turning off the lights when he had a visitor who brought him news that was about to change his life forever—none of it good.

While clearing out his late mother’s attic, a retired medical researcher discovers a surgical chest once owned by his ancestor—a respected nineteenth-century surgeon known for his skill and discipline. But the chest tells another story. Inside are clues—subtle, then unmistakable—that suggest the man wasn’t just a healer. He may have been something far more sinister. It was a secret the family buried over a century ago. Until now.

Halloween Writing Contest 2025
A Midwestern student follows his childhood passion for whales to New Bedford College, home to a world-renowned marine biology program. There he meets Desdemona Sewall, a pale, mysterious woman descended from some of New England’s most infamous figures—Sarah Good, Samuel Sewall, and Lizzie Borden. Rumors claim she’s a vampire or something even stranger. Drawn to her despite the warnings, he’s pulled into a world where science and the supernatural collide.

Ginny B came across as this beautiful seemingly innocent college coed. The one most college guys could only dream about. In truth, Ginny B was a narcissistic psychopath, who used her good looks and charm to her advantage. I made the mistake of dating her and soon she became obsessed about me and for the next six years she made my life hell. She not only tormented me she was a serial killer. Get close to me and chances were you would end up dead.

Valentines Day Contest 2026
Jack from Boston hasn’t had the best of luck with women. Twice dumped by women he was serious about, the last happening on St Valentine’s Day. He is ready to give up and withdrawl from life. His friend from Mike draws him out and with his help Jack find’s the one that he was meant to be with.

James returns from the Middle East, ready for peace, family—and even Beast. His surprise homecoming, however, ends in betrayal. Haunted by a past of obsession, Russian ties, Washington politics, and life in the shadows, James is pushed to the edge. To protect what’s left of himself and his family, he disappears into the only world he truly knows: loneliness and anonymity. And maybe, just maybe, he’ll find his way back to a normal life someday.

James being James, he lets his ego upset the applecart—and ends up once again in service to his country, halfway around the world. Follow James as he relies on logic, mathematical principles, and a bit of dumb luck to survive and fight his way back home to the people he loves.

Imagine being on college spring break your senior year and waking up 400 miles away from where you are staying, suffering the worse hangover. And if that isn’t enough, you find yourself in bed with the naked fiancée of the son of a US Senator. It only gets worse when you both find out you were married in a ceremony that you neither remember.

A devoted husband’s world is shattered when his deeply trusted wife, now a ministry leader at a megachurch, rekindles a secret relationship with her former boyfriend—none other than the church’s charismatic pastor. When she returns from what was supposed to be a spiritual retreat, the husband discovers damning evidence of betrayal. Consumed by heartbreak and fury, he begins to plot a calculated revenge, setting the stage for a dramatic unraveling of trust, faith, and justice.