the dollhouse novel

The Dollhouse Widow is a gothic fantasy horror about captivity, performance, and the quiet defiance that grows in silence. In an alternate American South, the Barinov estate stands in slow decay—ruled by old money, older curses, and monstrous etiquette. The year is unclear, but the rules feel ancient. Here, the house watches, and obedience is not requested. It is expected. This is not a world where the supernatural hides. Here, they have learned from humanity—its power, its cruelty—and perfected both. At the heart of the story is a man who owns more than land, and a woman whose silence was never submission. But this is not just their story. Told through rotating perspectives, every chapter opens another door. Every voice has scars. Some characters seduce. Some serve. Some stay silent. And some wait for the right moment to strike. Roles are stitched into the skin: servant, master, shadow, muse. Many were born into them. Others were bought. All are expected to perform. The walls don’t forgive missteps, and the mirrors remember hesitation. Monsters here walk the halls in tailored suits. They kiss with knives behind their teeth. They teach their children how to smile while bleeding—and call it tradition. There are no chosen heroes. No noble quests. Only people trapped in a system, deciding whether to uphold it, betray it, or burn it all down. If you enjoy southern gothic atmosphere, ensemble casts, dangerous romance, and stories that blur the line between reality and curse, you’ll find something to sink your teeth into here. There is no rescue coming. Only the performance.

In the crumbling halls of Saint Lysandra’s Orphanage, Mikael discovers a door that wasn’t there yesterday, a narrow red door with no handle, only a keyhole shaped like a doll’s eye. No one else seems to notice it. No one except Elise, the quiet girl who never speaks unless it's to deliver warnings no one believes. When strange dreams begin to blur with reality and porcelain dolls whisper secrets in the dark, Mikael realizes the door isn’t just a door, it’s a passage to something much older, something that remembers him. Behind that door lies the Dollhouse: a twisted, ever-shifting world of forgotten memories, cursed children, and crimson dreams that feed on fear. If Mikael wants to survive, and uncover the truth about who he really is, he’ll need to open the door. But some doors were never meant to be opened.

"perfection be destroyed, if a majorette falls hard and nobody's there to catch her... does she still make a sound or she does continue dance like no one is watching?"

A dark Gothic tale of secrets and ghosts. A young woman who would have her stepfamily gone must marry a rake, while two sisters discover a dark secret about an old family legend.

Although Dola was not foreign to the hustle and bustle of Nigerians, she still found it hard to fit into their some lifestyles. Driven by hatred, betrayal, fear, distrust, anger, mistakes,survival instinct... She unknowingly became a strong willful woman who was immune to all sorts of emotions including love. Being in the highest peak of her career, she later discovered that those her all lessons that she should learn from.She found love,her most amazing experience. * * * "Okay fine! I want you" She said with emotions glimmering through her eyes. This man had...forced her to admit to her own desires...this devil.He bent down to her neck and she arched her back in the hope that he'll kiss her there... "Dola Beg me" He whispered. Is this her wage for torturing him? "Damn" She cursed and he laughed "ahhh".

So this is death...? I... Wish this moment would last forever... this is euphoric bliss in its purest form... why do humans fear this feeling? [The Slothful Moon Goddess intervenes with your curse!]

"Gue enggak mau kehilangan senyuman manis lo, Vania!" - Alvaro Vania Keisya, seorang perempuan yang mengalami lupa ingatan pada saat ia masih duduk di bangku sekolah dasar karena kejadian yang tidak pernah diinginkan selama seumur hidupnya, sehingga dia harus melakukan rehabilitasi dan home schooling selama tiga tahun lamanya. Sekarang saatnya dia diperbolehkan melakukan aktivitas layaknya orang seumuran biasanya. Melakukan hal baru yang tidak pernah dialaminya, seperti cinta dan persahabatan. Tetapi saat datangnya murid pindahan, semua berubah. Ingatan Reva yang hilang, muncul kembali membuat semua ingatannya menjadi campur aduk dan membuat Reva ingin menuju kematian untuk kedua kalinya.

kasus yang baru terjadi akhir akhir ini, membuat banyak masyarakat resah untuk berkeliaran di khususkan para idol, mereka yang menjadi target utama dalam kasus ini. membuat polisi tampan yang menjadi ketua dalam masalah ini berusaha dengan keras untuk menjaga masyarakatnya dan juga cinta lamanya.

I am trying so hard but keep failing, I am reaching so high but keep missing. New possibilities, new opportunities... but no continuity. This is my dreadful and delightful story... of how I died?

In a world where almost everyone is born with powers granted by the gods, one boy enters life with nothing. Orphaned, powerless, and cursed with looks that make him almost indistinguishable from a girl, life—earning money in a dangerous ways just to survive and find a way to upperworld