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Last Train: The truth of a mysterious night | Mysterious story. AI-Generated.
Last Train: The Truth of a Mysterious Night Author: [ratan lal ] Part 1: A normal night like any other Ravi was an ordinary man. He must have been around 28 years old, he was a software engineer in a private company. His office was in the middle of the city, and he used to reach the Central Railway Station at 11:20 every night after finishing his shift at 11 pm. His daily local train used to leave from platform number 3 at 11:30 pm.
By Horror best kahani10 months ago in Fiction
The Politics of Escape: A Deep Dive into Road 96’s Themes
Road 96, the 2021 indie breakout from French studio DigixArt, is more than a story-driven road trip game. It’s a political allegory, a meditation on freedom, and a reflection of the difficult moral choices faced under authoritarian regimes. Road 96 follows a rotating cast of teenage runaways who risk everything to cross the border to freedom and are set in the fictional nation of Petria, which is ensnared in the grip of a repressive government. Road 96 uses these cultural anxieties with surprising nuance at a time when questions about democracy, youth activism, and civil resistance are more relevant than ever. Beneath its stylized graphics and synth-heavy soundtrack lies a game with a lot on its mind. Through its characters, branching dialogue, and layered narrative structure, Road 96 explores what it means to live under oppression—and what it means to resist it.
By Shahadat Hossain10 months ago in Fiction
How Road 96 Redefines Narrative Adventure Games
In the saturated world of narrative-driven games, Road 96 dares to veer off the beaten path. Developed by the French studio DigixArt, this indie gem doesn't just tell a story—it hands you the wheel and invites you to live it. Road 96 reimagines the adventure genre through procedural generation, multiple protagonists, and real-time political commentary, whereas traditional adventure games rely heavily on linear storytelling and predetermined character arcs. It’s bold, it’s experimental, and perhaps most importantly—it works. Road 96 redefines what a narrative adventure game can be in this way.
By Shahadat Hossain10 months ago in Fiction
Freedom on the Run: Exploring the Emotional Journey in Road 96
Road 96, developed by DigixArt, is far more than just another indie adventure game. It’s an emotional rollercoaster, a political commentary, and a narrative masterpiece rolled into one. Set against the backdrop of a fictional authoritarian country called Petria, the game puts you in the shoes of several teenagers attempting to flee a collapsing regime. Each choice you make can change not just your own journey, but the very fabric of the nation.
By Shahadat Hossain10 months ago in Fiction
The last cup
Benny made her tea every morning, even after she was gone. The tea cup sat steaming on the kitchen table, a habit he could not shake.
By Susan Fourtané 10 months ago in Fiction
The notebook of the child who never existed
I’ve always been a skeptical person, but what I experienced in 2022 still gives me chills every time I remember it.
By Shanti Vega10 months ago in Fiction
THE LAST FIRST DANCE
Outside, the world groans beneath an endless storm. Inside, a cabin forgotten by time barely stands, lit only by the flickering glow of a candle.
By Gerson Azurza10 months ago in Fiction
The Oak Tree. Content Warning.
I watch the news coverage of your trial months later. I don’t have cable up in the mountains, so I have to travel to a small cafe in the valley that offers free internet. There is a small TV in the corner that can stream various news channels. The owner of the cafe does not ask me why I return every day to watch a criminal trial on her small TV. She just places my black tea beside me - I won’t drink coffee anymore - and then she leaves me be.
By New England Poet 10 months ago in Fiction
The Quixotic Paradox: A Hallucinatory Pilgrimage Through Cervantes' Labyrinth
Prologue: The Birth of Literary Schizophrenia Imagine, if you will, a world where reality is but a flimsy curtain—and one man, armed with nothing but delusions and a rusted lance, tears it asunder with manic glee. Enter Don Quixote: part lunatic, part prophet, wholly unforgettable. Cervantes didn't merely pen a story in 1605; he unleashed a literary atom bomb, one that detonated the very boundaries between sanity and madness, comedy and tragedy, fiction and... something far stranger.
By MI BADSHA10 months ago in Fiction
Eyes That Spoke Before Words
Hazel, a boy from the city quiet, thoughtful, a little lost in the chaos of life agreed to a holiday in the Swiss Alps just to escape routine. His friends pushed him into it, hoping he’d breathe a little, live a little.
By Silent Tears10 months ago in Fiction
Faded Pulse
Have you ever scrolled for hours... and still felt nothing? Not sad. Not broken. Just… empty. Like the world is moving, and you're watching from somewhere underwater.
By Debarghya Chatterjee10 months ago in Fiction
The Sprout. Content Warning.
The furnace rumbles to life as the clock hits 7:02am. Your chest rises and falls again my spine. I have been wide awake for several minutes, staring at the gray, concrete wall inches from my face. My thoughts do not race or jog. They walk in a casual but continuous stride through the center of my mind.
By New England Poet 10 months ago in Fiction