MD NAZIM UDDIN
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Writer on tech, culture, and life. Crafting stories that inspire, inform, and connect. Follow for thoughtful and creative content.
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Hunting Gypsies
Hard rain was pouring down—thick, solid sheets that hid the world outside Ivan's car. Then, with a sickening crunch, his car slid off the road and crashed into a muddy field just shy of the edge of a dense black forest. When Ivan came to, the engine kept going, but the radio was now a cacophony of static and shattered songs, switching between them in an endless cycle, like a broken record.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Horror
Deafening Hysteria: When Bugs Take Over
"Honey, I told you that you cannot eat those," I whispered, trying to cajole one of my patients who had this strange fixation on catching insects—and worse, trying to eat them. I held out my hand to retrieve the insect from his hand, but instead, he squashed it until it popped. I sighed and glanced over at my coworker Jake, who was barely suppressing a laugh.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Horror
Right on Time
I had always pictured "due date" as a deadline—a definitive, tangible one, like the deadlines on school assignments that came with red pen and stern lecture. But pregnancy isn't tangible, and nothing on my journey to motherhood went according to plan.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Horror
Ghosts of Vinh Sanh Chi
South Vietnam, January 11, 1970 A pecking crested argus at the edge of the river was oblivious of the troops boarding off a secured PT boat at its back. The pheasant was unconversant in war, yet instinct tightened his nerves in the beat of the snare drum. The bird took flight to the suffocating air—and was confronted halfway up by the shadow.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Humor
Soft as Sweetbread: A Fairy Tale Gone Bitter
My sister had always had a soft heart—soft as sweetbread. She wept for the old witch despite everything. Maybe because of everything. I held her while she cried, both of us covered in soot and ash, her fingers blistered from pushing closed the oven door.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Horror
Digesting Darkness
The first time I ate someone's sorrow, it was by mistake. My aunt had died. At the funeral, my cousin wouldn't cease crying. She gripped her mother's wedding ring so tightly in her fist the knuckles went white. When she hugged me, she pressed the ring into my palm.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Horror
Mouths Full of Rain: How I Accidentally Started a Frog Cult
I didn't mean to create a frog cult. It started with just one. His name was Cletus, named after a guy my dad used to buy pills from. Seemed fitting—sleazy and stubborn, like something that'd survive the apocalypse by digging itself into a crawlspace and scraping mold off copper pipes with its tongue.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Horror
When Summer Turns Terrifying: Meet the Experts Who Faced Real Horror
Summer — to most, it means sun, long days, and fun made by the water. But beneath the warmth and light lies a sinister undertow of real horror that only appears at the height of summer. So this summer, we decided to dig deeper and find out what real horror is like when the sun shines brightest and nights are still.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Horror
Alison Brie and Dave Franco Face Copyright Lawsuit Over Sundance Hit ‘Together’
Actors Alison Brie and Dave Franco, who share creative chemistry on and off screen, have suddenly found themselves the subject of a very hot legal fire. Their latest film, Together, which premiered to fanfare at last year's 2025 Sundance Film Festival as a supernatural body horror film, is the subject of an explosive copyright lawsuit. The plaintiffs argue the movie is a blatant copy of an earlier indie attempt, and controversy ensues regarding originality, impact, and Hollywood's generally obscurantist intellectual property universe.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Humans
Inside the Mind of Tom Segura: ‘Bad Thoughts’ and the Art of Unfiltered Comedy
There's a particular thrill in watching a comedian tightrope-walk between humor and horror—and Tom Segura has built a career on doing just that. With his newest Netflix special, Bad Thoughts, Segura opens his brain to us, and what we find there is both brutally funny and deeply revelatory.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Humans
Breaking the Silence: Cassie Ventura’s Testimony Shakes the Foundations of the Music Industry"
Cassie Ventura Testifies Once More in Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Case: A Story of Power, Silence, and Survival In a tense courthouse, the model and singer Cassie Ventura took the stand once more this week to testify against music executive Sean "Diddy" Combs, a turning point in a trial that has obsessed the entertainment industry and beyond. The federal trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering not only threatens the legacy of Combs but also challenges the hierarchies that have long insulated those in the entertainment business.
By MD NAZIM UDDIN 8 months ago in Families
