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“Buried Truth in a Birthday Cake”
The town of Willow ridge loved birthdays. Every week, balloons flew, music played, and cakes were sliced in celebration. But none were as eagerly anticipated as the 18th birthday of Sarah Elwood. She was the mayor’s daughter—beautiful, brilliant, and beloved.
By Tanveer Ahmad10 months ago in Fiction
The Signal From Room 119
It started with static. Martin Reeves, 58, had been working as a night janitor at Pinewood Research Facility for over a decade. Nothing ever happened here after dark. No secret labs. No conspiracies. Just dust, floors, and coffee-stained keyboards.But on a cold Wednesday night in October, something in Room 119 started humming.
By Amran Hossain10 months ago in Fiction
The Birth of a Drowned Maiden: Rusalka
The legend of the Rusalka begins with pain. Unlike the sirens of the Mediterranean or the playful naiads of Greece, rusalki were once human—young women whose lives ended violently, often by betrayal. Jilted brides, abused lovers, raped villagers, drowned suicides. Their deaths were not peaceful, and neither is what comes after.
By E. hasan10 months ago in Fiction
The Possession of Grandma Jessie (And Her Bingo Club of Doom)"
Chapter 1: The Devil Wears Cardigans It all started on a rainy Tuesday in the quiet town of Fernhollow. Thunder rumbled ominously. Birds flew backwards. And Grandma jessie baked her world-famous prune muffins with just a pinch too much cinnamon—which, as everyone knows, is the exact amount needed to open a gateway to Hell.
By E. hasan10 months ago in Fiction
The perfect life . Content Warning.
“What if perfection was the scariest mask of all?” Nicholas clairmont was the kind of man people instantly adored. Tall, effortlessly handsome, with warm brown eyes that held a quiet, almost shy kindness, he moved through life like a ghost, unseen when he wanted to be, unforgettable when he chose to be noticed.
By E. hasan10 months ago in Fiction
10 Billion Suns, 10 Billion Earths?
The search for life beyond Earth has always intrigued scientists, philosophers, and dreamers alike. Recent astronomical studies have brought us closer than ever to understanding the potential for life elsewhere in the cosmos. One particularly exciting revelation is the estimate that at least 10 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy could host habitable planets. This staggering figure doesn't just open the door to the possibility of alien life—it flings it wide open.
By MD. Nasim Hossaain10 months ago in Fiction
Donkey in Lion Skin
There was a foolish donkey that found the lion skin, which a hunter had left behind. The donkey, out of ambition, put on himself the lion skin.
By Rohitha Lanka10 months ago in Fiction
Planets in our Milky Way galaxy that are habitable can be supported by at least 10 billion stars.
Stellar corpses are supposed to cool, fade, and mind their own business. Yet a new climate modeling study hints that some of these faint objects – white dwarfs – could keep nearby planets toasty enough for liquid water to exist.
By Tobi10 months ago in Fiction
Murder In A locked Room
#Chapter 1: The Locked Room London, 1894. The fog lay thick like soup across the cobblestones of Fleet Street. The rain had stopped, but the city still wept with a cold dampness. I had just settled into my armchair with a copy of *The Times* when Inspector Langley burst into my chambers.
By Omor Faruk Dewan10 months ago in Fiction
Ryan Gosling to Lead New ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Movie in Epic Galactic Comeback
Ryan Gosling has been officially cast as the lead in the new Star Wars movie Star Wars: Starfighter, which will be released in 2027. This means that the galaxy of Star Wars has received a significant boost from the power of stars.
By Yeameen Hamzaa10 months ago in Fiction
GIBSON PIER. Content Warning.
Chapter 1: The Pier The first body turned up at sunrise, splayed like a gutted fish at the end of the Lakeshore Pier. The locals called it “The Plank”—a rotting finger of wood clawing into Lake Pontchartrain. Detective Elijah Boone stepped out of his SUV, the air thick with brine and decay. A kilo of cocaine glittered in the corpse’s hollowed chest like perverse confetti.
By Gibson Official10 months ago in Fiction
The Echoes in Apartment 9F. Content Warning.
When Anny merry moved into 9F of the dilapidated Fairview Heights apartment complex, she didn’t expect much beyond peeling paint, creaky floors, and the occasional scream from neighbors fighting. She was a freelance crime reporter used to chaos. But there was something about her apartment , 9F — something off.
By E. hasan10 months ago in Fiction