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The Skeptic’s Shadow
hamed
Feb 26, 2025
Ethan folded his arms as the psychic, an older woman draped in violet silk, traced circles over a worn deck of tarot cards. The air smelled of incense and something …
A Vote for Change
hamed
Jan 15, 2025
Maya stood at the edge of the campaign office, eyes darting between the overflowing stack of phone banks and the muted TV in the corner. The results of the 2020 …
A Curtain Divides the World - Chapter 8: "Field Trip to Reality"
dehongi
Jan 17, 2025
The announcement came out of nowhere. “We’re going on a field trip,” Mr. Shafiei, their civics teacher, said one morning, standing in front of the blackboard with his usual air …
The Contrast
hamed
Jan 14, 2025
It was 9:00 a.m. when Olivia’s Zoom screen flickered to life, revealing her well-lit office corner, complete with a potted plant in the background. She smiled, adjusting her headset as …
The Curse of Love and Immortality - Chapter 4: The Melancholy of Elnaz
dehongi
Jan 16, 2025
The king sat in silence for a moment, gazing at the flickering candlelight as if seeing another time, another place. The princess waited, sensing the weight of the tale he …
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, …
sweet gaze.
ziamaiko
Feb 03, 2024
چاقوی زریننگارش را محکم در دست گرفت. انگار قرار بود لیز بخورد و نابود شود. خودش هم اطمینان کامل را به خودش نداشت. انگار در همین لحظه چیزها قرار بود …
Bound for the North
hamed
Jan 17, 2025
The sun had barely risen when the Ford Model T sputtered to life, its engine groaning as if reluctant to leave the familiar red soil of Mississippi behind. Clara Harris …
The Text Message Mix-up
hamed
Jan 09, 2025
Sarah stared at her phone in horror. The message she'd meant to send to her best friend about her boyfriend's terrible cooking had just gone to... her boyfriend. "OMG, he …