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She Called Me ‘Mom’—But I Was Just the Nurse
It was 2 a.m. in the ER when she held my hand and said something that broke me. --- I’ve worked night shifts in the ER for over seven years. I’ve seen people come and go—some make it, some don’t. It’s not that I’m numb to it. You just learn how to build a wall between your heart and your hands. You show up, do the work, and keep going.
By Izazkhan8 months ago in Fiction
The Promise I Made to a Stranger
I wasn’t planning to be at the train station that day. A canceled meeting and a delayed phone call led me there—just me, my notebook, and too many thoughts buzzing in my mind. The benches were mostly empty, except for a woman with silver hair and kind eyes. She looked like someone’s grandmother, waiting patiently with a brown leather bag clutched in her lap.
By Izazkhan8 months ago in Fiction
Nuwa Patching the Sky. AI-Generated.
In ancient times, a thunderous rumble suddenly shook the heavens and the earth. For some unknown reason, the four towering pillars that held up the sky began to crack with loud “kacha kacha” sounds, as if they could no longer bear the weight of the ages. With a deafening crash, they collapsed. In an instant, half of the sky caved in like shattered glass. A huge black hole gaped in the azure sky, resembling a ferocious beast opening its enormous maw, revealing its dark, bottomless interior and exuding a terrifying aura.
By empire datang8 months ago in Fiction
Aliens Friendship
The ship landed on a Tuesday. Not with fire and thunder, but with a sound like soft humming- more a sigh than an invasion. It appeared just outside a sleepy Colorado town, hovering above an empty wheat field. No weapons. No announcements. Just a door, opening silently.
By Emma Ade8 months ago in Fiction
Echoes of Feeling
In the year 2084, humanity stopped speaking in full sentences. There was no longer a need to. With NeuroCast, people could upload emotions directly from their cerebral cortex to a global cloud called The Resonance. Joy, heartbreak, grief, longing- all digitized, shared, and consumed. You didn’t just say “I’m sad”- you let someone feel it, pulse for pulse, neuron for neuron. For artists, it was liberation. For marketers, a goldmine. For therapists, a revolution.
By Emma Ade8 months ago in Fiction
The Royal Traveling Holiday
Traveling in class one, the Princess pondered what Queen Anne had at stake, wanting winning results down at the Docklands, a harbor village with seaside theme shopping. Taking a second, she dialed her good friend, Rosallion a busy talent making a long shot move attending a show in Cairo.
By Marc OBrien8 months ago in Fiction
A Time Traveler’s Debacle
The year was 2419 when Elias Vane initiated the return sequence. He had spent eleven years in the 14th century, cloaked in anonymity, watching the Black Death sweep through Europe and reshape the course of civilization. His mission: observe, never interfere. He followed the rules- mostly.
By Emma Ade8 months ago in Fiction
Vlad the Impaler: The Real Dracula Whose Cruelty Stained History in Blood. Content Warning.
A Prince Born in Blood In 1431, in the shadowy mountains of Transylvania, a boy was born who would grow into one of the most brutal rulers history has ever known: Vlad III, later called Vlad Țepeș, or Vlad the Impaler. one notable feature of his is that he had green eyes; the rarest of a kind.
By E. hasan8 months ago in Fiction
The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac. AI-Generated.
When chaos first separated and the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches were fixed, the Jade Emperor ordered a summons for all animals in the world. He intended to select twelve zodiac signs according to the twelve Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai.
By empire datang8 months ago in Fiction
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar: A Sacred, Surreal Quest for Belonging
What does it mean to live a life worth dying for? This haunting question echoes through every page of Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel, Martyr!—a work that defies easy categorization. At once a lyrical meditation on identity and a surreal odyssey through grief, addiction, and faith, Martyr! is a novel that dares to stare into the divine. It’s bold, wildly original, and brimming with emotional intelligence.
By Hamad Haider8 months ago in Fiction
When the Rain Forgets to Fall
The monsoons had always been on time in the small town of Sitapur. Year after year, without fail, dark clouds would gather like old friends at a reunion, thunder would roll like distant drums of a marching band, and the scent of wet earth would rise as if nature were breathing in relief. But that year, the rain forgot to come.
By shittu adeola8 months ago in Fiction
The Village That Answered No One
THE VILLAGE THAT ANSWERED NO ONE Written by Haroon Bahramzai Somewhere in the fog-soaked valleys of northern Europe, tucked between two forested hills where GPS signals fade and birds fly cautiously, there once stood a village called Eld hollow.
By Haroon Bahramzai8 months ago in Fiction