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Threads of Fate
hamed
Jan 21, 2025
The jacket was perfect: 70s leather, caramel-brown, with just the right amount of wear. Clara spotted it first on a tiny thrift store's Instagram page, its post tagged “DM to …
The Algorithm of the Soul
hamed
Jan 18, 2025
Leila sat at her desk in the quiet hum of the data center, eyes flickering between lines of code and the endless stream of numbers on her screen. As a …
Currency of Survival
hamed
Jan 14, 2025
Tariq tightened his grip on the bag of potatoes, his knuckles white against the coarse burlap. Around him, the market buzzed with desperation. Sellers shouted prices that changed by the …
The Price of Peace
hamed
Jan 10, 2025
James Morgan wiped the sweat from his brow as he looked at the faded sign of Morgan & Sons Hardware. For twenty-four years, he'd been the first to arrive and …
Finding Hope Through Connection
hamed
Jan 27, 2025
Mira sat alone in her small apartment, staring at the blank canvas on her easel. She hadn’t painted in months, not since her younger sister, Ayla, passed away. Ayla had …
The Artifact
hamed
Jan 18, 2025
Zara floated in the void, tethered to her orbital skiff as she guided her gripper arm toward yet another hunk of space junk. Most of her days involved clearing shards …
The Unseen March
hamed
Jan 15, 2025
In the quiet town of Pine Ridge, where the roads were dusted with memories of a slower time, the protest felt out of place. Pine Ridge was a town that …
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 …
The Great Egg Panic
hamed
Jan 24, 2025
In the year 2147, the world was powered by AI—smart cities, smart cars, smart homes, smart everything. Humanity had long since delegated even the most mundane tasks to machines. No …
The Gharial's Tears
hamed
Jan 19, 2025
The river, ancient and winding, carried its story through the heart of India, flowing steadily beneath the sky where the stars whispered secrets to the moon. In its depths, hidden …