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The Long Road Out
hamed
Jan 12, 2025
The roar of the flames echoed in Mia’s ears long before she saw them. The sky, once a clear blue, was now a thick, oppressive orange, choked by smoke. She …
The Fire and the Stone
eromance
Apr 26, 2025
The snow came early that year. Thick, heavy, merciless. Bran was hunting alone when he heard the scream — sharp, wild, tearing across the frozen pines like a hawk’s cry. …
The Shah's Departure
hamed
Jan 16, 2025
The palace was quiet, unnervingly so. It was the kind of quiet that settled deep into your bones, the kind that came before a storm. For years, the royal compound …
The Unexpected Guest
rumi
Jan 12, 2024
The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome …
The Red Button
hamed
Jan 12, 2025
President-elect Chen massaged her temples as she stared at the secure phone on her desk. Three hours ago, she'd accepted what she thought would be a routine congratulatory call from …
The Last Peach
hamed
Apr 23, 2025
Marjorie always saved the best for last. It was her way — a kind of hope, a promise that the end of the day, or the meal, or the season, …
The Last Decision
hamed
Jan 15, 2025
The email came at 8:04 a.m. sharp. Subject: Job Role Adjustment Notification Dear Clara, effective immediately, your position as Senior Marketing Strategist will be reevaluated by AXIOM, our autonomous decision-making …
For these days are fleeting and will not return
khayam
Jan 20, 2024
با دوستان مینوش و گل بر سر بنه کاین روزها رفتنیاند و بر نمیگردند با خود بگو که چه کار داری با دی و فردا کاین دم که داری بیا …
The Room at the End
eromance
Apr 23, 2025
She found the house by accident. An old manor swallowed by ivy, hidden behind the trees at the edge of the town she was trying to forget. The listing was …
Pigeons of Vengeance
hamed
Apr 25, 2025
It began, as most things in New York do, with a bagel. Terry, a junior analyst with a mustache of dubious confidence, stepped out of his apartment with an everything …