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Five Floors Up
hamed
Jan 09, 2025
Every morning at 8:15, Elena and James rode the elevator together. Five floors of exquisite torture, sharing space with a stranger who felt anything but strange. She noticed how he …
The Boardroom Mirror
hamed
Jan 16, 2025
“Next on the agenda,” Marcus said, tapping his pen against the glossy table. “The DEI program.” The room fell silent, save for the hum of the air conditioning. Amelia watched …
The Status Update
hamed
Jan 18, 2025
Erica sat at her desk, staring at the screen of her computer, a mixture of curiosity and uncertainty swirling inside her. It was February 4, 2004, and Facebook had just …
A Day in the Life
hamed
Jan 14, 2025
It used to be that Marta’s mornings began with the sound of the rooster crowing, just as the first light of dawn broke over the mountainside. She would rise from …
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 …
The Last Search
hamed
Jan 24, 2025
It was a quiet Tuesday morning, the kind of day where nothing much happened, but the world was always on the brink of something. The sky was clear, the birds …
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 …
Revolving Life
dehongi
Jan 04, 2024
She hated the noise. The constant yelling and fighting of her parents, the loud TV and music, the banging of doors and dishes. She wished she could escape to a …
Maybe It's a Grave
hafiz
Feb 05, 2024
من مست و تو دیوانه، ما را که برد خانه؟ من چند تو را گفتم کم خور دو سه پیمانه؟ I am drunk and you are crazy, who took us …
AI Gone Wrong
hamed
Jan 26, 2025
“Doctor, the transcription says the patient needs a cranial llama implant,” said Nurse Patel, her voice wavering between disbelief and laughter. Dr. Ahmed snatched the tablet, squinting at the screen. …