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The Last Ember
hamed
Jan 12, 2025
Dani’s car rolled down the narrow, winding road toward her neighborhood, her hands clenched on the steering wheel. The air was thick with smoke, still hanging in the valley like …
Behind the Screens
hamed
Jan 15, 2025
Jenna stared at the screen, the cursor blinking like a reminder of everything she hadn’t done. It was 10 a.m., but it felt like a strange time, suspended somewhere between …
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 Auto-Reply
hamed
Jan 09, 2025
Dave set his out-of-office email to: "Currently hiking Mount Everest. No access to civilization. Back in two weeks." He was actually binge-watching Netflix in his apartment. His boss replied: "Amazing! …
The Legend of Perry the Donkey
hamed
Jan 23, 2025
The sun was setting over the rolling hills of a small ranch in Hemet, California, painting the sky in hues of orange and lavender. A group of reporters, filmmakers, and …
Entangled
hamed
Jan 18, 2025
Dr. Kian Vaziri stood before the quantum field generator, his fingers trembling as they hovered above the controls. The lab hummed with the low vibration of machinery, a comforting reminder …
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 …
Digital Whirling
hamed
Jan 19, 2025
Maya had always been driven by the art of immersion. As a VR designer in Silicon Valley, she prided herself on creating worlds that felt alive, that felt real. Her …
The Last Archive
hamed
Jan 12, 2025
Aria's fingers itched for her confiscated tablet. Its smooth surface had been her world—an endless stream of data, escape, and connection. Now, it was just an empty memory, like the …
Library Grand Re-Opening Disaster
hamed
Jan 22, 2025
The doors of Oakwood Public Library swung open with the fanfare of a grand unveiling—at least, that’s how Marcy, the library director, had envisioned it. She had spent weeks planning …