Blood-Bought Rice

A Southern family’s life unravels after a stranger’s bizarre request on Grandma Carol’s birthday leads to her mysterious disappearance. As the family is haunted by misfortune and death, they turn to a feared local seer, uncovering supernatural forces tied to ancient rituals and the ghostly secrets of Willow Creek. With each failed attempt to lay Grandma to rest, the evil stalking the family grows stronger, culminating in a chilling confrontation at the drained pond.

He killed the boy’s parents and offered him a sword—expecting vengeance, not a plea for mercy. Ten years later, they’re master and apprentice: one raised on violence, the other desperate to break the cycle. When a simple meal spirals into bloodshed, Eli’s beliefs are put to the ultimate test, and Coach’s old ghosts come calling. But in a world ruled by blades and debts, can forgiveness survive—or will vengeance claim them both? When justice knocks, whose blood will answer?

Traded by her starving father for four pieces of cornbread, Molly’s only path to survival is serving as a maid in the ruthless Whitaker mansion. When she’s forced to compete against a beautiful rival for the young master’s favor—and a chance to escape a life of servitude—one misstep could cost her everything. In a world where dignity is a luxury and betrayal lurks in every hallway, will she risk her soul for freedom?

Forced into a twisted marriage with a monstrous snake to save her brother, Hannah’s sacrifice turns her family’s desperation into a dangerous secret. As her younger sibling fights hunger and the pull of forbidden meat, the family teeters on the edge of ruin and betrayal. But the curse lurking beneath their roof is growing—and promises alone may not be enough to survive.

Caleb enters a deadly game where kindness is a weapon and betrayal lurks behind every promise. With his girlfriend’s life hanging in the balance, every choice could be his last—unless he can outwit the rules, outlast the competition, and trust the untrustable. The prize is $100 million, but the real cost may be his soul.

I paid his rent, funded his dreams, and still, Sean gave his heart to someone else. Now, as a new, eager sugar baby tries to buy my affection with charm and ambition, I wonder if I’m just another transaction in this city of deals. When love is bought and loyalty is always for sale, who’s really using who?

Waking up in a blood-soaked church basement, I’m forced to play priest to three monstrous strangers—each hiding a deadly hunger and a secret agenda. The rules of survival are twisted: obey the wrong command and you’re meat, but refuse and you break the code, risking a fate worse than death. Now, trapped inside a cursed golden bowl, I must outwit the cannibals and the false Redeemer, all while hiding the truth—I’m not the real Father, and one wrong move will expose me to slaughter.

My mother killed my sister for a dowry, injecting her with tainted blood and forcing a wedding to a cursed heir. Now, as my sister’s vengeful spirit rises in her red bridal dress, both the living and the dead want me dead before dawn. Trapped in a house of blood, betrayal, and greed, I must survive the night—or become the next sacrifice to my family’s sins.

When Carter sells a haunted BMW to a desperate groom, he never expects the car’s bloody history to destroy a marriage, claim a life, and bring the dead man’s ruthless fiancée back to cash in on his corpse. In a small town where every deal is a gamble and the past always rides shotgun, Carter’s honesty is the only thing standing between him and ruin—until a new buyer arrives, hunting for a car with the highest body count. But when the police call, Carter realizes some secrets can’t be sold, and some ghosts never leave the lot.

A mother’s grief is a hungry thing—sometimes it demands more than tears. When Eli’s brother dies, their mother turns to a black snake, convinced it can bring her golden child back. But the price is Sarah, Eli’s sister, forced to endure unspeakable horrors in the name of hope. As Sarah’s spirit lingers and a ritual spirals out of control, Eli must face the truth: in this house, love is a curse, and blood is never enough. With neighbors whispering and family secrets turning deadly, Eli’s only chance at survival may lie in a rooster’s cry and a warning from the one person left who cares. Can Eli escape the darkness before he becomes the next sacrifice—or is the family’s fate already sealed in red?

When Brian’s obsession with purity spirals out of control, he finds the perfect girlfriend in Natalie—sweet, untouched, and desperate to escape her predatory father. But when her dad tries to sell her to pay off his gambling debts, Brian makes a deal with the devil to claim her innocence for himself. In a world where love, trust, and betrayal are for sale, how far will he go to possess the only thing he believes is pure?

Hope is a dangerous thing—especially when it’s dying. For three years, drought has scorched the Redwater River valley, and a timid rain spirit named Creek hides from desperate townsfolk who would do anything for a drop of water. But when a hustler preacher, a grieving President, and a crowd hungry for miracles all demand the impossible, Creek is dragged from the shadows and forced to answer for a world’s pain. Blamed for every withered crop and empty well, Creek faces impossible choices: betray his own kind, or betray the humans who mistake suffering for punishment. When hope turns to anger and ritual becomes a trap, Creek must decide what it means to be seen—not as a god, but as a person. Can a spirit survive when faith turns into fury, or is the only way out to become human after all?