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Medical Miracles
hamed
Jan 26, 2025
Dr. Elias Banner stared at the MRI scans, his coffee growing cold on the desk. He’d seen cysticercosis before—larval cysts lodging themselves in human tissue, a cruel trick of parasitic …
A Day in Belarus
hamed
Jan 26, 2025
The sun barely pierced the fog that hung over Minsk, but Anya had already been awake for hours. Her phone buzzed incessantly, messages from Telegram channels lighting up her cracked …
The Corpse Flower
hamed
Jan 26, 2025
Dr. Malcolm Reyes leaned closer to the bloom, its sickly-sweet stench curling into his nostrils like a forgotten memory. The Titan arum, the infamous corpse flower, had unfurled its monstrous …
Snow Day
hamed
Jan 26, 2025
The morning began with a hush. Normally, the Houston Zoo buzzed with chatter and rustling leaves, but today, the air was thick with wonder. A rare snowfall had blanketed the …
The Humanoid Revolution
hamed
Jan 26, 2025
Shanghai’s skyline shimmered with neon lights as the rain slicked the streets below. Inside the sleek, glass-walled training base of NuTech Industries, Model HX-47 stood motionless, waiting for its initialization. …
The New Secretary
hamed
Jan 26, 2025
The oak-paneled walls of the Pentagon’s Secretary of Defense office felt more like a bunker than a workspace. Pete Hegseth adjusted his tie, his reflection staring back from the massive …
The Exchange
hamed
Jan 26, 2025
Amal sat on the worn cushion by the window, her hands trembling as they twisted the edges of her headscarf. Outside, the village hummed with an uneasy tension, its narrow …
The Last App Store
bastaki
Jan 25, 2025
In the year 2042, the world had moved beyond the walled gardens of app stores. The concept of downloading an app from a centralized marketplace felt as archaic as renting …
The Threads of Fate | Chapter 10: The End of the Thread
dehongi
Jan 25, 2025
The threads had shown him every possibility, every twist and turn of his life. He had walked the paths he could have taken, and those he had avoided. He had …
The Threads of Fate | Chapter 9: The Final Confrontation
dehongi
Jan 25, 2025
The old man’s mind, worn and frail with time, was drawn to another chapter of his life, one filled with unresolved conflict, where pride had overruled the simple but profound …