Matthias Valk
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Midnight Rooms 4 stories

01
WesternMoral Drama

Dead Man's Warning

Thomas Brennan sits in a jail cell three hours before his execution, watching Apache scouts position themselves for tomorrow's attack on Millfield. His telegraph skills revealed the threat—but also make him the outlaw no one will believe.

17 read · 3,445 words
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02
HorrorPsychological Thriller

Inherited Damage

Genealogist Sarah Kellerman's nightmares of the London Blitz feel disturbingly real—until she discovers they might be her grandmother's memories bleeding through seventy-five years of death.

15 read · 2,956 words
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03
Sci-FiGeneration Ship

The Last Witness

Commander Elena Vasquez is the last person alive who remembers Earth—and the only one who knows their generation ship is heading toward the wrong planet. But how do you convince a crew that thinks Earth is mythology?

16 read · 3,287 words
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04
WarMoral Drama

The Translation

Captain Maria Santos sits in a negotiation tent between American and Taliban forces, holding the power to prevent or enable a massacre through her choice of which words to translate accurately.

15 read · 2,987 words
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