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The Roads I Didn’t Take
The Roads I Didn’t Take; Sometimes, when the house is quiet and the evening folds in like an old book, I find myself wandering down invisible roads. Not the streets I walk each day or the familiar paths of routine, but the ones I didn’t take — the decisions I brushed aside, the flights I never boarded, the words I left unsaid.
By Kine Willimes7 months ago in Fiction
Life In A Single Day
Morning light filters through soft curtains, casting golden hues across the hardwood floor. Elise awakens to the gentle scent of coffee and the quiet hum of contentment. There’s a text on her phone from Daniel—the familiar comfort of “Morning, love. Coffee’s ready.” In that moment, daylight arrives not with alarm, but with their shared ritual of connection and warmth.
By Masood Ur Rahman7 months ago in Fiction
Greek Mythology
Chaos in Greek Mythology: The Birth of Order from Cosmic Void Introduction: The Gates of the Mythological Universe Ancient Greek mythology is not only the world of gods, heroes, and monsters. It also offers a profound cosmological narrative about the origin of the universe, time, and order. At the very beginning of these narratives, there is a being that existed before everything else: Chaos. But who is Chaos? Or, more accurately: What is Chaos?
By Remzi Kazdal7 months ago in Fiction
Atlantic
A civilization that lies deep in the seas... A legendary city that rules the world with its advanced technology, but was buried in the waters overnight by incurring the wrath of the gods: Atlantis! So is this story real, or is it a metaphor thousands of years old? Today, we are putting all the details on the table, from Plato's writings to modern conspiracy theories, even NASA's explanations!
By Remzi Kazdal7 months ago in Fiction
The Gift of the Mango Tree
In a small, quiet village surrounded by lush green fields and chirping birds, there stood a magnificent mango tree. It was old—perhaps more than a hundred years—and was the pride of the village. Tall, broad, and full of shade, this mango tree bore the juiciest, sweetest mangoes anyone had ever tasted.
By Muhammad Tayyab 7 months ago in Fiction
Falling Hard for the Billionaire Next Door
I never expected to move next door to a billionaire. Not when I could barely pay my rent, not when my life felt like it had been lit on fire and left to burn. But after a messy breakup, a sudden job loss, and my best friend practically dragging me out of the city, I ended up in this sleepy little coastal town—where the waves crash louder than my thoughts and the sunsets make everything feel like it might be okay again.
By Mohammad Arif7 months ago in Fiction
AI Retold: Little Red Riding Hood. AI-Generated.
[[ This is the first in a series of exploratory short stories where I've just asked an AI (Copilot, in this case) to retell a classic fairy tale, both out of curiosity and interest to see what tropes and details it retains and what it changes. Further works will possibly include analysis sections where I genuinely compare and contrast the AI-generated versus the original, but this one in particular was just a trial run to see how it would turn out. Not bad, overall, but we'll see in the future how it handles more complex stories and what results. ]]
By Taylor Inman7 months ago in Fiction
Light Breaks Water
Light Breaks Water: The first time I realized light could break water, I was seven years old, standing barefoot at the edge of a lake I couldn’t name. My mother was somewhere behind me, calling out not to go too far. The sun was setting low, dipping its orange belly into the horizon, and as it scattered its dying light across the rippling surface, it fractured — like glass. It danced, scattered, shimmered in pieces, as though the water itself had caught fire.
By Kine Willimes7 months ago in Fiction
Echoes of Tomorrow
In the year 2149, Earth was no longer blue. Ash-colored skies loomed over crumbling cities. The oceans had receded, and green was a memory preserved only in data archives. Humanity had survived—but just barely. It clung to life through underground colonies, synthetic sustenance, and one final miracle: VORA, the most advanced artificial intelligence ever created.
By Masih Ullah7 months ago in Fiction
"Brenda Doesn’t Exist"
Everyone remembers Brenda. They remember the red hair, always damp like she’d just stepped out of rain. They remember the laugh that cracked the stillness of study halls, the notes she passed in class folded into intricate little hearts. They remember the way she walked—fast, like the world was trying to catch her and never could.
By Abuzar khan7 months ago in Fiction
