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Rumor Has It
hamed
Jan 29, 2025
Ashanti swirled her straw in her iced tea, watching Nelly smirk across the restaurant table. “So…” he started, dragging out the word like he was setting up a punchline. “You …
Carbon Copy
hamed
Jan 29, 2025
The receptionist at StarClone Inc. barely looked up. “And which version of Ms. Monroe would you like today?” Jake hesitated, scanning the options on the sleek holographic menu. Classic Blonde …
The Widow’s Waltz (Petticoat Affair, USA, 1829)
eromance
Apr 22, 2025
Peggy O’Neall, a Washington tavern-keeper’s daughter, was trouble in a corset. Her dark eyes and quick tongue had John Eaton, Secretary of War, panting like a hound. Her first husband, …
The Great PHP Escape
hamed
Jan 08, 2025
Once upon a time in the grim, syntax-heavy land of PHP, there lived a developer named Byte. Byte had been slaving away at his keyboard, wrestling with semicolons, dollar signs, …
The Forgotten Club | Part Five
hamed
Feb 10, 2025
The rumbling of the cavern’s walls continued to echo through the space, but Olivia stood firm, clutching the book. The weight of the strange symbols and cryptic message gnawed at …
The Price of Peace
hamed
Jan 10, 2025
James Morgan wiped the sweat from his brow as he looked at the faded sign of Morgan & Sons Hardware. For twenty-four years, he'd been the first to arrive and …
The Last Message
hamed
Jan 26, 2024
He had one message left. He had used up all his credits, and he couldn't buy more. He had to make it count. He had a car accident in the …
Crossing Borders
hamed
Jan 10, 2025
The air smelled of wet earth and desperation. Layla adjusted the straps of her backpack, her fingers numb in the icy night. Ahead, the faint glow of a distant village …
The Night of the Dreamers
hamed
Jan 25, 2025
When the planets aligned, the skies shimmered with a cosmic elegance unseen in a thousand years. Astronomers called it the Grand Parade—a celestial spectacle where all the visible planets danced …
White Silence
hamed
Jan 17, 2025
The wind howled like a wolf circling its prey, rattling the windows of the small farmhouse. Snow piled higher by the hour, burying the fences and erasing the world beyond …