
Short Story·Romantasy
Three Peppercorns
Irene Sabater
Three solar peppercorns suffice to wake a slumbering parish, if you can find one not afraid to burn their fingers.
The Mystery of the Old Lighthouse
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“Recording an urban legend seemed like fun—until the mic picked up footsteps in the abandoned tower.”
In the peaceful coastal town of Bahía Serena, three inseparable best friends decide to cap off their senior year by recording a podcast about the local legend of the abandoned lighthouse. But what starts as a prank filled with laughter and tangled cables takes a chilling turn when their audio equipment captures impossible sounds echoing from the locked tower. To uncover the truth before graduation, they must venture into the dark, entirely unaware of the family secret waiting at the top.
“Nobody fears a dead lighthouse until a deaf machine learns to listen to what the fog prefers to keep quiet.”
“«The sea gives back rotting timber and hollow hulls; family lies are the only things that refuse to float.»”
“Sometimes guilt does not hide in the gloom out of cowardice, but out of the sheer, terrifying fear of dazzling the eyes of those who still harbor innocence.”
“My whole life I'd been told the lighthouse was there to save ships from catastrophe, but the catastrophe had always been on land, signed in promissory notes and stored in fruit crates.”

Short Story·Romantasy
Irene Sabater
Three solar peppercorns suffice to wake a slumbering parish, if you can find one not afraid to burn their fingers.

Short Story·Romance
Leo Marchetti
Every morning, she leaves a letter on the bench at platform three. Every afternoon, someone has replied.

Short Story·Fantasy
Irene Sabater
Every envelope holds another’s wish, but the last one bears her own name.
An Inkora Stories original, written with AI assistance under human editorial direction and review. Valeria Quintana is an editorial pen name. Learn more