My Books

"Where my thoughts found their way into books."

Welcome to my collection of published works, stories shaped by emotion and experience. Every book here represents a chapter of my creative journey as a writer. These are stories I trusted the world with, one page at a time. I hope you find something here that stays with you.

The Water Never Tells: A Psychological Thriller Told in Poems

There is a lake far from the city.
Quiet. Still. Unassuming.

People come here to rest, to think, to escape. They leave believing the water forgets them as easily as it reflects the sky.

It doesn’t.

The Water Never Tells is a psychological thriller told through poetry and prose. Following an unnamed, unreliable narrator, the book traces a slow descent from calm observation into obsession, fractured memory, and quiet confession.

What begins as atmospheric reflections on nature, routine, and silence gradually reveals something far more disturbing. The lake watches. The town changes. The narrator insists on harmlessness, even as the truth begins to surface.

This debut poetry collection blends:

  • Psychological suspense
  • Unreliable narration
  • Literary poetry and prose
  • A chilling slow-burn reveal

 

There are no graphic scenes. No loud confessions.
Only a voice that never raises itself, even when it finally tells you everything.

Perfect for readers who enjoy psychological thrillers, dark literary fiction, and poetry that lingers long after the final page.

Deadline: A Horror Story Told in Poems

What an Artist Finished Before Morning…

An artist stays back alone in a family house, racing against a deadline that cannot be moved.

As the night deepens, the house begins to change.
Lights flicker. Silence stretches. Fear settles in slowly, then all at once.

Told hour by hour, through a blend of prose and poetry, Deadline follows a single night where creation becomes compulsion, and survival depends on finishing the work. What begins as isolation turns into obsession, and what feels like haunting blurs into something far more unsettling: the mind under pressure, pushed beyond its limits.

As the hours pass, the house itself becomes the canvas. Every room fills with meaning, terror, and intention. By morning, nothing is untouched, least of all the artist.

Was there something in the house that night?
Or did the true horror come from within?

Deadline is a psychological horror story about art, ambition, and the quiet violence of expectations. It explores the cost of creation, the myth of suffering for greatness, and the fear of being unfinished, told through lyrical prose and haunting poems that linger long after the final page.

This is not a story about monsters in the dark.
It is about the ones that wait for you to keep working.

riya bhorkar
horror novel

The Flyover

No one ever asks what a road takes—only where it leads.

For ten years, the Eastern Flyover has been just another road, a stretch of concrete carrying people from one destination to another.

But beneath its surface, something has been waiting.

When a series of strange disappearances begins to unfold around the flyover, each incident appears unrelated at first: a missing passenger, an abandoned vehicle, a vanished pedestrian, a bus that arrives empty. No bodies are found. No answers emerge. The city moves on, as it always does.

Until the count begins.

As the missing cases grow and an unsettling pattern emerges, a chilling truth starts to surface, one tied to a long-forgotten accident buried in silence years ago. A tragedy that was never acknowledged. A story that was never allowed to be told.

Now, the road remembers.

The Flyover is a haunting, atmospheric horror novel about grief, injustice, and the stories that refuse to stay buried. Blending emotional depth with psychological tension, it explores what happens when silence becomes a crime, and memory becomes a form of vengeance.

Because some places don’t just lead you forward.

Some places take something from you.

Hate to Heart: 100+ Enemies-to-Lovers Writing Prompts

Hate to Heart: 100+ Enemies-to-Lovers Writing Prompts is a prompt book for writers who love sharp banter, forced proximity, and tension so thick it practically sparks.

Inside, you’ll find 100+ high-heat, story-ready prompts designed to kickstart scenes fast, whether you’re writing contemporary romance, romantasy, YA, dark academia, thrillers-with-romance, or anything in between. Each prompt gives you a clear setup, emotional stakes, and built-in conflict, so you’re never staring at a blank page wondering what happens next.

You’ll write rivals trapped in elevators and safehouses, enemies forced into fake engagements and undercover roles, competitors battling for one win, and two people who swear they can’t stand each other, right up until the moment they have no choice but to trust.

To make writing easier (and smoother), this book also includes two “unstuck” pages you can flip back to anytime: question banks that help you deepen the rivalry, raise the stakes, and turn anger into chemistry without losing the edge.

Whether you need a quick scene starter, a full plot seed, or a way to break out of writer’s block, Hate to Heart gives you the spark, then dares you to turn it into fire. 

100+ Enemies-to-Lovers Writing Prompts
100+ Fake Dating Writing Prompts

Fake Dates, Real Feelings: 100+ Fake Dating Writing Prompts

Fake Dates, Real Feelings: 100+ Fake Dating Writing Prompts is a prompt book for writers who love rules, rehearsed chemistry, forced proximity, and the delicious chaos of catching real feelings in a relationship that was never supposed to be real.

Inside, you’ll find 100+ story-ready fake dating prompts designed to help you start writing fast, whether you’re building a quick scene, a short story, or the first spark of a full novel. From weddings, family pressure, and workplace politics to celebrity PR, fantasy courts, dangerous cover stories, and high-stakes public performances, these prompts offer clear setups, emotional tension, and plenty of room to make each story your own.

This workbook also includes supportive craft pages to help you go deeper: trope guidance, tension tools, character-building prompts, a relationship arc tracker, and “unstuck” question banks you can return to anytime.

Whether you write rom-com, slow burn, romantasy, contemporary romance, or emotionally messy high-stakes stories, Fake Dates, Real Feelings gives you the setup, then invites you to break the rules.

Because the best fake dating stories don’t end when the act gets convincing.
They begin when the feelings stop being fake.

Before I Fall in Love Again Journal

Before I Fall in Love Again Journal is a gentle reflection journal created for the season between heartbreak and new love.

Designed for honest self-reflection, emotional clarity, and healing, this journal offers a private space to process past relationship experiences, understand your patterns, rebuild trust in yourself, and reconnect with what you truly need before entering something new.

With a clean, minimal layout and plenty of writing space, this journal is perfect for:

  • post-breakup reflection and emotional processing
  • relationship pattern awareness
  • rebuilding self-trust and boundaries
  • heart healing journaling
  • clarifying what you want in future love
  • thoughtful self-reflection before a new relationship

 

Lightly guided and open-ended, Before I Fall in Love Again Journal supports healing, growth, and self-connection, one page at a time.

before i fall in love again journal
5 min mind dump journal

5-Minute Mind Dump Journal

5-Minute Mind Dump Journal is a simple, calming space to unload your thoughts and clear mental clutter, one page at a time.

Designed for real life and busy minds, this journal gives you a gentle way to pause, reset, and write without pressure. Whether you’re overthinking, feeling overwhelmed, mentally exhausted, or just need a quiet moment, these pages are here to help you release what’s weighing on your mind.

With a clean, minimal format and plenty of writing space, this journal is perfect for:

  • daily mind dumps

  • stress release writing

  • mental decluttering

  • emotional check-ins

  • morning or night resets

 

No rules. No perfect words. No pressure.
Just 5 minutes, a page, and a little more room to breathe.

Couples Reflection Journal

Couples Reflection Journal is a shared space for meaningful conversations, thoughtful check-ins, and deeper connections.

Designed for couples who want to slow down and be more intentional with each other, this journal offers a gentle way to reflect, communicate, and reconnect, one page at a time. Whether you use it during date nights, weekly check-ins, or quiet moments together, these pages help create space for honesty, appreciation, and emotional closeness.

With a clean, minimal layout and plenty of room to write, this journal is perfect for:

  • relationship check-ins

  • shared reflections

  • gratitude and appreciation

  • communication and connection

  • date night journaling

  • An intentional couple of conversations

 

No pressure. No perfect answers.
Just a shared space to pause, reflect, and grow together.

couples reflection journal
cant sleep thoughts journal

Can’t Sleep Thoughts Journal

Can’t Sleep Thoughts Journal is a gentle nighttime journal for racing thoughts, restless nights, and quiet emotional release.

Created for the moments when your mind won’t slow down, this journal offers a calm space to unload worries, replayed conversations, mental clutter, and late-night overthinking, without pressure to write perfectly or solve everything at once.

With a clean, minimal layout and plenty of writing space, this journal is perfect for:

  • nighttime journaling

  • racing thoughts and mental clutter

  • overthinking before sleep

  • emotional unloading and quiet reflection

  • bedtime writing routines

  • restless-night thought release

 

Open-ended and lightly guided, these pages help you put your thoughts somewhere safe, so your mind can rest a little easier.

Closure Journal

Closure Journal is a gentle guided journal for heartbreak, endings, and emotional release.

Created for those moving through breakups, grief, loss, or life transitions, this journal offers a private space to process what hurts, reflect on what ended, and begin letting go, at your own pace. Whether you are writing what was never said, grieving a chapter of your life, or trying to find peace after emotional upheaval, these pages are designed to support honest reflection without pressure.

With a clean, minimal layout and plenty of writing space, this journal is perfect for:

  • heartbreak and breakup journaling

  • emotional closure and letting-go writing

  • processing endings and life transitions

  • grief and reflection journaling

  • self-compassion during healing seasons

  • honest emotional release through writing

 

Lightly guided and open-ended, Closure Journal helps you hold what you need to feel, and release what you are ready to leave behind.

closure journal
Riya Bhorkar (author)

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