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Life is Short
افسوس که نامه جوانی طی شد و آن تازه بهار زندگانی دی شد آن مرغ طرب که نام او بود شباب افسوس ندانم که کی آمد کی شد Alas, the …
Reconnection
Anya felt a pang of loneliness as she watched the couple walk by. They were holding hands, smiling, and laughing, oblivious to the world around them. They looked so happy, …
The Code of Love
Mira sat in front of her laptop, eyes glued to the screen as the lines of code danced across her IDE. It was supposed to be a simple task: create …
Life Starts at 40
When Lina turned forty, she threw herself a funeral. Not the tragic kind—with sobs and lilies—but a proper burial for all the versions of her that had been politely dying …
Japan vs Iran
Alice: Hi, Sara. Did you watch the football match yesterday? Sara: Yes, I did. It was hilarious! Alice: Hilarious? How so? Sara: Well, you know how Iran was playing against …
The Falling Tide
The layoff notices arrived on recycled paper, printed single-sided to save costs. Beth watched from her cubicle as they made their way through the office like a slow-moving tide, starting …
The Envelope
Emma Cole stared at the thick manila envelope on her desk, her fingers tracing the edge of its flap. It had arrived anonymously, slipped into her mailbox at the Capitol …
All the News Fit to Print
Henry Jarvis stared at the printing press, its gears clanking like a restless machine ready to birth something monumental. Around him, the newsroom buzzed with the frantic energy of ambition …
He had traveled too far
The Time Traveler He had always wanted to see the future. He had spent years working on his time machine, hoping to witness the wonders of human civilization in the …
Shortage of Trust
The town of Redfield was small enough that everyone knew everyone’s business. And for the last ten years, it had also been big enough to rely on its own emergency …