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The Flood Line
hamed hamed Jan 14, 2025

Mara stood in her front yard, staring at the faint watermarks etched into the side of her house like scars. The last flood had reached higher than ever before, swallowing …

Writing Love
hamed hamed Jan 10, 2025

Thomas Blake stared at the blinking cursor on his screen, watching it mock him with each flash. Sixteen bestselling romance novels, and now... nothing. His editor's calls went unanswered, his …

The Red Button
hamed 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 Red Thread Merchant
hamed hamed Jan 19, 2025

Jin Mei sat in her office, the soft hum of city life seeping through the cracked window. The walls were lined with shelves of old books, trinkets from her travels, …

Humanity Awakened
hamed hamed Feb 08, 2024

Year 2094. Earth was a well-oiled machine, humming with flawless efficiency. Traffic moved in synchronized patterns, crops produced optimal yields, and every human enjoyed a comfortable life, their desires anticipated …

"Ctrl+Alt+Defeat"
hamed hamed Jan 21, 2025

The crowd roared as the final match of the Nexus Invitational began. On opposite sides of the stage, Kira "PixelQueen" Nakamura and Alex "VoidKnight" Chen adjusted their headsets, their fingers …

The Unexpected Guest
rumi 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 Empty Shelves
hamed hamed Jan 15, 2025

Lena glanced at the row of empty shelves in her small café, the faint hum of the refrigerator the only sound in the otherwise quiet space. The supply truck was …

The Pardoner's Last Laugh
hamed hamed Jan 22, 2025

In the parallel world of Pardonia, President Brydon sat at his ornate golden desk, pen poised over a stack of parchment marked Preemptive Pardons. Outside the White Oval Bubble, news …

The Shah's Departure
hamed 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 …